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Bill O'Reilly!
Posted on 01/28/2005 6:48:29 AM PST by Jay777
Bill O'Reilly named himself "The Most Ridiculous Item of the Day" on last night's Factor.
"FOX News host Bill O'Reilly denied calling Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) a 'nut' and promised to play a clip on the air to verify his denial. In fact, he did indeed call Boxer a 'nut' on his January 19 radio program," Media Matters explained.
On the Jan. 25th Factor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist challenged O'Reilly's use of the words "idiot" and "nut" to describe people:
BROWN: You did it last week. You did it last week on -- with Barbara Boxer. You called her a "nut." You called the voters who voted for her "loony." Is that not true?
O'REILLY: That's not true. I mean, what I do is I say, "there are loony left-wing people" or "this is nuts," but I never say "She's a nut" or "This person is a loon."
Brown was right. On Jan. 19th, O'Reilly said the following about Boxer on his radio show: "this is a nut. All right? This is a nut we got in the Senate."
"Now I denied doing that, and I didn't on television. But on the radio -- uh oh -- I forgot that I indeed did apply that word to Senator Boxer, while analyzing her strategy, or lack thereof, to fight terrorism. So Brown was right and I was wrong," O'Reilly said.
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a spade is a spade.....she is a crazy nut (with an agenda)
Bill O'Reilly!
I actually watched this guy regularly until he became a weenie and was beaten into submission by his desire to be "loved" by being "more sensitive" and PC.
O'Reilly as well as Boxer are nuts.
I thought I would read here that he apologized to the Swift Boat Vets. That's the only apology or confession of wrong I would accept from the big mouth of O'Reilly.
I watched FNC from its inception in 1996 and later thought O'Reilly was a much needed counterpoint to liberal thugs and shakedown artists such as Jesse Jackson. I applauded and greatly admired O'Reilly for his uncovering of corruption in the 9-11 charities.
But his growing success seemed to change his tact sometime after 9-11. I began to have a distaste for his growing overbearing obnoxious ego. But the Swift Boat putdowns caused me to ban him from my eyes and ears.
I could care less he says about Boxer the nut. I want to hear him retract his comments about the Swift Boat Vets.
I just want to know if Babs Boxer is going to contest the Iraqi election too?
Mark
You could probably take that to the bank
Well, Barbara Boxer IS a nut. O'Reilley called it right the first time - he just forgot he had done so.
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I saw the original segment and the "apology."
Frankly, it is a classic example of oh'really being distracted into irrelevant egotistical drivel at the expense of the main issue. It's "all about bill," b'gosh.
why does he keep his gig, since Laura I is so much better?
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