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Something smells at Fox and that includes O’Reilly.

Well, last night Bill's top two segments were on the Dems being pathetically soft on terror. After that, he blasted Brian De Palma's new film against our troops. And Fox & Friends (silliness aside) have been doing loads of anti-Hillary segments.

On the Factor:

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President John Edwards?

"John Edwards has no chance to become president because he's simply too far left for most Americans, but the positions he holds are now acceptable to millions of voters and the mainstream media. Let's run them down: Edwards opposed a Senate bill that would officially label Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization; he would shut down Guantanamo, move the captured terrorists to American prisons, and give them civilian attorneys paid for by you and me; Edwards would stop surveillance of overseas calls to suspected terrorists without a warrant; he would quickly pull out of Iraq, leaving Iran to dominate that country. Talking Points believes most Americans reject that foolishness, and it has become a problem for both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The Democratic Party can easily be branded as 'soft on terrorism' because it's tough to make distinctions in this area. Again, no way Edwards will ever win the election - Kid Rock has a better chance. But just the fact that his misguided view of the world is so attractive to the left media and others is disturbing, to say the least."

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The politics of terrorism

To follow up on Democrats and terror, The Factor welcomed two political observers. Time magazine's Mark Halpern disputed the notion that Edwards is out of the running. "I think you're right that he is putting out views that tens of millions of Americans believe in, but I don't think you're right that he has no chance of getting elected. Most people think the balance between civil liberties and national security hasn't been struck the right way." Democratic strategist Liz Chadderdon insisted that John Edwards is sending just the right message. "The Bush-Cheney administration has made this country less safe by forging into a war that has done nothing but create more terrorists. I don't want to see more young men and women dying for reasons we can't explain." But The Factor argued that Americans will not elect anyone perceived as soft on terror. "If a candidate says we're a torture nation and we brought a lot of terrorism on ourselves, do you really believe that candidate is going to win?"

And what then when he smeared and lied about Free Republic being an extreme right wing hate site that advocates assassinating HRC?

The fact is Fox News finds it convenient on occasion to pander to the left and appease them by slamming the right, whether or not deserved doesn’t matter. O’Reilly is not your friend.

His way of grabbing ratings is to polarize and slam one end or the other. He suckered you in last night. He suckered leftists with his mealy mouthing to Kristin of FR.

He’s playing you and many others. He wants to get your adrenalin rushing as he pounds the other side so as to give you a vicarious thrill. You will sit on the edge of your seat saying “Get ‘em O’Reilly!”. And that is his schtick, turn people against each other. But his polarizing strategy is having diminishing returns. His ratings are declining.