“Fox News host Bill O’Reilly argued to PBS counterpart Tavis Smiley on Thursday that Republicans are less apathetic regarding Black voters than they are afraid of them.

“I think they’re more intimidated than uncaring,” O’Reilly said.

“Intimidated by what?” Smiley asked skeptically. “Are Black folks scary?”

“No, no. The white Republican power structure is afraid of Black Americans,” O’Reilly responded. “They don’t know how to treat them, how to speak to them, they don’t know anything about the culture, and they don’t want to be called a racist bigot, so they stay away.”

“But why does that make you scared, as opposed to being interested in understanding, embracing,” Smiley began to ask before O’Reilly interjected, saying GOP leaders did not feel that kind of effort was “worth the trouble,” since they would likely only draw a few voters.“* Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola (TYT University), Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show) and Wes Clark Jr break it down.

*Read more here from Arturo Garcia / Raw Story:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/bill-oreilly-accuses-republicans-of-being-intimidated-by-black-people/