During an appearance on ESPN’s “The Herd” with Colin Cowherd, President Obama responded to O’Reilly’s claim that “Abe Lincoln would not have done” a guest spot on Funny or Die’s “Between Two Ferns” with Zach Galifianakis, as Obama did earlier this month.
Last week, O’Reilly criticized the President for appearing on “Funny or Die” stating:
“I don’t really have a problem with it in general, but I think the timing hurts Mr. Obama. The economy continues to be problematic and Putin is clearly testing the president. It looks like Putin believes the president is a lightweight. Will a comedy video counter that?”
“I’m all for PR and if Carney wanted to go on ‘Funny or Die,’ fine, but should the president of the United States? All I can tell is you is Abe Lincoln would not have done it.”
Obama fired back Thursday telling ESPN host Cowherd:
“Well, first of all, if you read back on Lincoln, he loved telling the occasional bawdy joke and you know being out among regular folks. And one of the hardest things about being president is being in this bubble that is artificial and unless you make a conscious effort, you start sounding like some Washington stiff.”
“And so you’ve got to consciously try to get out of that if you want to remind yourself of the wonderful people that you ‘re supposed to be serving who have a sense of humor and aren’t thinking every day about position papers.”
You can listen to the exchange below:
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