O’Reilly: ‘The Reason I Said Robert Bergdahl Looked Like a Muslim’ Is Because He Does

O REILLY The far ░░░░░░░░ getting pounded as their ░░░░░░░░ President Obama continues to ░░░░░░░░ pounded in controversy As ░░░░░░░░ as the prisoner swap ░░░░░░░░ concerned here is the ░░░░░░░░ left spin MELBER What ░░░░░░░░ do know is that ░░░░░░░░ former P O W ░░░░░░░░ under treatment now at ░░░░░░░░ military hospital is being ░░░░░░░░ boated now by the ░░░░░░░░ anti Obama machine He ░░░░░░░░ deserve better than this ░░░░░░░░ night Bill O Reilly ░░░░░░░░ that Bergdahl s father ░░░░░░░░ Muslim O REILLY Now ░░░░░░░░ reason I said that ░░░░░░░░ Bergdahl looked like a ░░░░░░░░ is that he looks ░░░░░░░░ a Muslim And swift ░░░░░░░░ is what John Kerry ░░░░░░░░ opponents did to him ░░░░░░░░ he ran for president ░░░░░░░░ implied his Vietnam service ░░░░░░░░ not worthy Joining us ░░░░░░░░ from Washington Howard Kurtz ░░░░░░░░ of Media Buzz Sundays ░░░░░░░░ 11am So this looks ░░░░░░░░ desperation time over at ░░░░░░░░ and the other far ░░░░░░░░ websites what do you ░░░░░░░░ KURTZ Well a few ░░░░░░░░ hosts Bill unintelligible trying ░░░░░░░░ deflect blame here but ░░░░░░░░ s where Ari Melber ░░░░░░░░ we just heard from ░░░░░░░░ wrong Look at the ░░░░░░░░ landscape CNN and The ░░░░░░░░ York Times have been ░░░░░░░░ aggressive in interviewing soldiers ░░░░░░░░ served with Bergdahl who ░░░░░░░░ angry about him deserting ░░░░░░░░ post And if you ░░░░░░░░ at other coverage everybody ░░░░░░░░ covering President Obama s ░░░░░░░░ to consult with Congress ░░░░░░░░ includes Democrats who were ░░░░░░░░ off about this I ░░░░░░░░ Melber who worked for ░░░░░░░░ Kerry s 2004 campaign ░░░░░░░░ swift boat on the ░░░░░░░░ This is not a ░░░░░░░░ campaign by the media ░░░░░░░░ is the media challenging ░░░░░░░░ administration s narrative and ░░░░░░░░ it by digging out ░░░░░░░░ O REILLY Ok but ░░░░░░░░ s face it We ░░░░░░░░ Van Jones on CNN ░░░░░░░░ this was a Republican ░░░░░░░░ The real die hard ░░░░░░░░ who are never going ░░░░░░░░ say that President Obama ░░░░░░░░ a mistake about anything ░░░░░░░░ re really having a ░░░░░░░░ time on this story ░░░░░░░░ mean what I said ░░░░░░░░ Robert Bergdahl looked like ░░░░░░░░ Muslim when he appeared ░░░░░░░░ the White House with ░░░░░░░░ Obama A he absolutely ░░░░░░░░ like a Muslim B ░░░░░░░░ talked in Pashtu the ░░░░░░░░ of the Taliban And ░░░░░░░░ he thanked Allah I ░░░░░░░░ the appearance was totally ░░░░░░░░ I said it I ░░░░░░░░ stand by it Why ░░░░░░░░ I being objected into ░░░░░░░░ KURTZ Well I think ░░░░░░░░ went too far on ░░░░░░░░ one I m not ░░░░░░░░ fan of how Bob ░░░░░░░░ has conducted himself but ░░░░░░░░ the guy some slack ░░░░░░░░ REILLY Why KURTZ Because ░░░░░░░░ son was missing for ░░░░░░░░ years He s been ░░░░░░░░ hell O REILLY So ░░░░░░░░ KURTZ Suddenly this guy ░░░░░░░░ small town from Idaho ░░░░░░░░ pushed into the national ░░░░░░░░ He s not the ░░░░░░░░ He didn t walk ░░░░░░░░ a military unit in ░░░░░░░░ O REILLY Kurtz my ░░░░░░░░ is to be honest ░░░░░░░░ analyze honestly The man ░░░░░░░░ up at the White ░░░░░░░░ looking like a Muslim ░░░░░░░░ speaks Pashtu he thanks ░░░░░░░░ it s inappropriate ok ░░░░░░░░ he over the edge ░░░░░░░░ of his boy Maybe ░░░░░░░░ I feel bad for ░░░░░░░░ if that s the ░░░░░░░░ But what he did ░░░░░░░░ he presented himself was ░░░░░░░░ And I said it ░░░░░░░░ didn t say it ░░░░░░░░ any rancor I said ░░░░░░░░ in the context of ░░░░░░░░ wish he hadn t ░░░░░░░░ it I ll tell ░░░░░░░░ this Kurtz and you ░░░░░░░░ getting you re going ░░░░░░░░ remember these words This ░░░░░░░░ and this son they ░░░░░░░░ sympathetic to the Taliban ░░░░░░░░ s going to be ░░░░░░░░ out KURTZ I m ░░░░░░░░ disputing that But I ░░░░░░░░ the focus Bill should ░░░░░░░░ on Bowe Bergdahl and ░░░░░░░░ or not he caused ░░░░░░░░ death of other soldiers ░░░░░░░░ went looking for him ░░░░░░░░ by the way all ░░░░░░░░ it s all the ░░░░░░░░ s fault it s ░░░░░░░░ right slugfest it s ░░░░░░░░ The email that we ░░░░░░░░ all been quoting this ░░░░░░░░ in which Bowe Bergdahl ░░░░░░░░ his parents he s ░░░░░░░░ to be an American ░░░░░░░░ so forth this was ░░░░░░░░ out a couple years ░░░░░░░░ by Rolling Stone hardly ░░░░░░░░ of the vast right ░░░░░░░░ conspiracy O REILLY That ░░░░░░░░ right Well look as ░░░░░░░░ said the story is ░░░░░░░░ to get even more ░░░░░░░░ for the Bergdahl family ░░░░░░░░ Alright Howard we ll ░░░░░░░░ you Sunday.”