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Once again Bill O'Reilly puts the critics to rest by explaining once and for all that it is not unfair to judge Obama for briefly meeting with Hugo Chavez because Richard Nixon in fact did not ever meet with Mao.
Debate over.
On the April 22 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly claimed that President Richard Nixon never met with Chinese leader Mao Zedong.
While discussing President Obama's handshake with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Fox News political analyst Alan Colmes said: "What do you, ignore somebody standing right next to you? Do we -- because he touched him, put his hand on his shoulder, shook his hand? Do these people have a problem with Mao and Nixon?" O'Reilly responded, "It was [Chinese Prime Minister] Zhou [Enlai] and Nixon. Mao was not involved." Colmes then said, "Did you have a problem with looking into [Russian President Vladimir] Putin's eyes and seeing his soul? Did you have a problem with any of the other --" O'Reilly interjected: "OK, all of those are valid points, as long as you realize it was Zhou Enlai, not Mao Zedong." Colmes replied: "Zhou Enlai, OK."
While discussing President Obama's handshake with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Fox News political analyst Alan Colmes said: "What do you, ignore somebody standing right next to you? Do we -- because he touched him, put his hand on his shoulder, shook his hand? Do these people have a problem with Mao and Nixon?" O'Reilly responded, "It was [Chinese Prime Minister] Zhou [Enlai] and Nixon. Mao was not involved." Colmes then said, "Did you have a problem with looking into [Russian President Vladimir] Putin's eyes and seeing his soul? Did you have a problem with any of the other --" O'Reilly interjected: "OK, all of those are valid points, as long as you realize it was Zhou Enlai, not Mao Zedong." Colmes replied: "Zhou Enlai, OK."
Debate over.
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