FOX News Channel and radio host Bill O'Reilly claimed: “They loved [former President] Bill Clinton overseas ... particularly the French, because he had a mistress and all people loved him. They love that mistress stuff over there.” O'Reilly told a caller to his October 1 radio show, "[T]his is what gives me pause about Senator [John] Kerry."

From the October 1 nationally syndicated broadcast of The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly:

O'REILLY: I think Kerry's probably going to be more effective [than President George W. Bush] at any summit meeting. You know, but, again, [Bill] Clinton was -- this is what gives me pause about Senator Kerry. They loved Bill Clinton overseas, you remember that, [caller's name]? [Caller's name], you still there?

CALLER: Yeah, yeah, I -- [crosstalk]. They loved him.

O'REILLY: You -- they loved him, right? You -- you -- loved him. French -- particularly the French, because he had a mistress and all people loved him. They love that mistress stuff over there.