Bill O'Reilly Says He'd Consider Presidential Run

NewsMax ^ | 11/13/03 | Limbacher

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

"I may take a look, certainly the option is open if I want it," the Fox News star told Long Island's liberal Newsday. "But what I want to do over the next few years here is clean up the process. We have the bad guys on the run - no question about that."

But all that's way off in the future, he said, noting that, "the country's not interested in an independent candidacy. Maybe in 10 years they will be, but right now, you have 50 percent of Americans who don't know anything - they're totally disengaged from the process, the 'Mall People.' They don't know anything, don't watch the news or listen to radio or read the newspapers. The other 50 percent - and there was a recent poll on this - are a third crazy left and a third crazy right and third in the middle. So the pie you're going for is a very narrow pie."

Though O'Reilly's many liberal critics say he is one of the most outspoken voices of the "crazy right," O'Reilly steadfastly declines to identify himself as a conservative.

It's possible, he told Newsday, that he "could mobilize a certain number of independent thinkers who think, 'This guy could be a ... Teddy Roosevelt kind of guy, who could come in and clean up the garbage...'"

But, O'Reilly quickly adds "I'm not a vanity player, I'm not gonna go out like Al Sharpton, to get on 'Saturday Night Live' to run for president, so unless I'm convinced I could pull it off, I wouldn't do it."

In the immediate future, O'Reilly has been urged to take on Sen. Hillary Clinton when she comes up for re-election in 2006.

O'Reilly has shots down that speculation by predicting that it would be a lost cause. "I'd lose.... It'd be a fun race [and] I'd drive her crazy, but she would ultimately win," he said. Besides, adds Newsday, he has no interest in the Senate: "I'm not a quid pro guy" who'd have to play at pork-barrel politics to bring "goodies" back to the state.

Fueling talk that O'Reilly may have political ambitions is O'Reilly's lastest new book "Who's Looking Out for You?" which Newsday calls "(at times) a political reformist's manifesto."

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[Blue Screen of Death]

My dream. O'Reilly and Hillary running against each other in 2008 and me selling tickets on planes leaving the country.

[Zavien Doombringer]

absolutely nothing! He can write another book about the experience, then rant about how Hillary sold more ofher next book compared to his ...then continually promote the book throughout his shows...

[jmstein7]

BUMP-OLA!

[Constitution Day]

Been really busy here; FR time has been basically nonexistent.
I will drop you an FR-mail, my friend.

[auboy]

Sure. And he could have his behavioral twin, Chris Matthews as his running mate.

[Killborn]

O'Rielly never identified himself as a conservative or a Republican.

Some of his views are liberal but most of his opinions are quite conservative.

He's a great guy but I want Joe Scarborough for Pres.

[Psalm 73]

"O'Reilly steadfastly declines to identify himself as a conservative."

And that's a GOOD thing.

[rface]

he should run as a Democrat

[Scenic Sounds]

absolutely nothing! He can write another book about the experience, then rant about how Hillary sold more ofher next book compared to his ...then continually promote the book throughout his shows...

O'Reilly-Franken in '08!!

[G L Tirebiter]

Listening to him is like hearing fingernails across a blackboard.

[pollywog]

I vote NO on Bill O'Reilly, YES on Sean Hannity!!!!!

[Pompah]

Boy.! Ego's are wonderful things to watch aren't they.?

Stopped watching No Spin Bill long ago. What the hell makes this pompous ass think people would vote him into the White House.

Amazing.

[taxed2death]

Is GWB a conservative, I think not.


Open borders, spends money faster than Marion Barry in a DC crack house. He needs to cut government spending first, then cut taxes (more).

Hardly a conservative.

[Consort]

He managed to make "Fair and Balanced" a pejorative.

[Strider]

He's a great guy but I want Joe Scarborough for Pres.

I agree. By the way, Scarborough Country is the only reason to watch MSNBC.

[Consort]

Hardly a conservative.

And....? So....?

[jern]

where is the barf alert

[LibWhacker]

Who would vote for him? Liberals hate him. Conservatives hate him. My SUV hates him. Plus, the dummy thinks Senator McCarthy was on the House Un-American Activities Committee.

[sully777]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahaha

(cough)

Hahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[jos65]

"People are promoted to the level of their incompetence".