'Between Two Ferns' director Scott Aukerman responds to Bill O'Reilly slamming Barack Obama for using comedy to promote Obamacare

After President Barack Obama appeared on Zach Galifianakis' Funny or Die talk show Between Two Ferns to promote the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), Fox correspondent Bill O'Reilly announced on his show, The O'Reilly Factor, that Abraham Lincoln wouldn't have done such a thing. He made some other points against the Funny or Die appearance, and now the director of the comedy talk show, Scott Aukerman, has responded.

First, you should check out what O'Reilly said on his show:
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Aukerman, who hosts his own show Comedy Bang Bang, sat down for an interview with Slate where he was asked about O'Reilly's comments. The director, who is seemingly a very nice person, was not happy.

"Well, to the first point, about how the president has time to do something like that-it's kind of ridiculous. People can do a lot of different things in the day. If they were that concerned about the president never doing something that wasn't serious and connected to his job, we'd elect two presidents. It would be a tag-team situation-one president is sleeping, they slap hands, and the other one gets in," Aukerman said. "I'm certain the president is not slacking off during the day. This is very important, trying to get the people who watch these videos involved in the Affordable Care Act. He has time to talk to young people about what they were doing."

He added: "As to the second thing-look, Bill O'Reilly is used to saying kind of stupid things to get attention. There's not much of a difference between the president appearing on Between Two Ferns and appearing on The O'Reilly Factor. The difference is that we admit we're a comedy show."