I've been told to keep my big mouth shut (O'Reilly)

New York Daily News ^ | 10/15/04 | RALPH R. ORTEGA, ADAM NICHOLS

[guitfiddlist]

Don't worry, Bill! All the conservatives you steadfastly spoke up for through recent weeks are still with you....and there's onnnne...oh, oh..two...no..THREE..people out there that'll light up the blogosphere in your defense....

Well,...maybe not. But I understand John Edwards is a pretty good trial lawyer. And I'll bet he'll represent you for free, in return for a softball run on your "no spin" zone, right after Kerry's.

[thegreatbeast]

Methinks this has the makings of O'Reilly's undoing. I won't be crying too hard over it.

[beaversmom]

"I have been advised to keep my big mouth shut"

Seems that someone should have advised O'Reilly of that a long time ago. He wouldn't be in this mess now. Anyway, the woman's a slime. She thinks someone talking dirty to her is worth $60 million. I hope she doesn't get one red cent.

[Scothia]

It's the timing of it that smells like last week's fish. If they'd waited till after the election, I wouldn't have the same reaction. It just seems a little too Anita Hill to me.

[familyop]

"Morelli refused to confirm whether he had tape recordings, saying only, 'We have concrete and unrefutable evidence that [O'Reilly] did it.'"

LOL! Alright, I didn't top that post. In other news, Bill's lawyer didn't deny the allegations about the harrassment.

We don't have any other good choice that I can see, folks, but to make it clear that we don't agree with O'Reilly's positions in favor of gun control, civil unions, victim feminism, environmentalism, his position against the death penalty or his fondness for Kerry (Memogate, his comments about having "known Kerry for 25 years," Kerry being a "patriot," etc.).

[TeddyCon]

"I have been advised to keep my big mouth shut, and I have promised to do that"

Chris Matthews should be so lucky.

[backhoe]

I have about as much sympathy for O'Reilly as he had for our gun rights...

That said, I have little use for the new breed of "sue 'em" women I'm seeing, either- in my day, she would have smacked him, or had a man from her family "have a word" with him.

[thegreatbeast]

Are you going to worry about Bill? He has the $ to hire Johnnie Cochran (if Johnnie has recovered from his brain tumor). Besides, this is all about money and money will settle it in the end.

[onyx]

I seem to recall he chided Rush for much the same statement.

[MadIvan]

I am not crazy about Bill O'Reilly, but I believe we should not be smirking over this. Let his ratings fall, yes. Let his books be a flop, yes. Judge him by what he produces and let him be found wanting, by all means.

However, this case smacks of a setup - Mackris went back to work for O'Reilly after the supposed harassment. She didn't have enough sense either to hang up, or to go to Fox's human resource department and make a complaint. This does strike me as chicancery, and we should not wish O'Reilly's downfall for the wrong reasons. This is decidedly the wrong reason.

I for one, hope Mackris falls flat on her sour face. It would be an improvement.

Regards, Ivan

[clee1]

Have you seen the "lady" in question?

She should be paying HIM to talk dirty to her.

[billclintonwillrotinhell]

It seems like all the reporters on TV yesterday were calling O'Reilly a "conservative commentator." I guess anybody who doesn't agree with Ted Kennedy 100 percent of the time is considered conservative by the mainstream media.

[laredo44]

Anyway, the woman's a slime. She thinks someone talking dirty to her is worth $60 million.

And apparently she listened. She could have slammed the phone down.

[Ken H]

Methinks this has the makings of O'Reilly's undoing. I won't be crying too hard over it.

Man, they weren't kidding when they said graphic.

If she has a recording, his career is toast. The complaint reads like a transcript, so I'm guessing she does.

[gsrinok]

It just seems a little too Anita Hill to me.

You hit it right on the head with that statement. Unfortunately, the liberal media is going to use this to portray all conservatives (though O'Reilly is hardly a conservative) as knuckle-dragging cave dwellers. Never mind that their heroes, Ted Kennedy and Bill Clinton, have the mating habits of male alleycats.

[billclintonwillrotinhell]

Never mind that their heroes, Ted Kennedy and Bill Clinton, have the mating habits of male alleycats.

The sad truth is that you're being entirely too kind to Kennedy and Clinton with that statement. I've never heard of any male alleycats who went out and hired private investigators and Carville-type goons to intimindate, threaten and harm past acquaintances and/or victims.

[No Surrender No Retreat]

O'reilly should have learned when you run with the democrats the mange is easy to obtain. Too Bad So Sad, O'reilly. When you slam President Bush, then you have slammed the majority of Americans. Bush/Cheney 2004

[Hunble]

Bill, I highly recommend that you talk to Sen. Trent Lott for advice.

Sen. Lott is able to provide you with some important information, and you must listen to what has to he tell you.