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'The O'Reilly-Clinton Factor'?
NewsMax ^ | 3/15/02

Posted on 03/14/2002 5:24:52 AM PST by areafiftyone

Fox News Channel star Bill O'Reilly has invited New York Sen. Hillary Clinton to co-host the debut of his nationally syndicated radio show, and if she works out the invite could be permanent.

O'Reilly's is set to hit the AM airwaves on May 8, (which, incidentally, is the eleventh anniversary of the day Hillary's husband asked a certain Little Rock office gal to "kiss it"). Mrs. Clinton is among several "very bright women" the TV talker says he would like to audition.

"We're going to bring in the feminine point of view," the FNC host tells the New York Post in Thursday editions. "We're going to give them a shot and see how it works for us."

O'Reilly's radio show is set to go live opposite reigning radio mega-talent Rush Limbaugh on KABC in Los Angeles and on tape delay on WOR in New York, with the station's king of political talk, Bob Grant, moving to the 5 to 7 p.m. ET time slot.

"The Factor" host told his TV audience last night he'd be announcing other stations soon.

Sen. Clinton has been a semi-regular guest with WOR's Joan Hamburg, who generally sticks to consumer issues and avoids hard political talk.

WABC Radio offered Clinton her own talk show during her 2000 Senate campaign, but insisted that the station's regular screeners handle her callers, a stipulation that was considered a deal breaker.

So far, Mrs. Clinton has not responded to O'Reilly's offer, the Post said.


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1 posted on 03/14/2002 5:24:52 AM PST by areafiftyone
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To: areafiftyone
Yeah, I'll stand by breathlessly waiting for Hillary to present herself in an uncontrolled talk format.

Pure PR buzz baloney from O'Reilly.

2 posted on 03/14/2002 5:30:16 AM PST by Mike K
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To: areafiftyone
Has anyone ever worked so hard to sink their own show before it even got on the air. Does O'R really think we are all breathlessly waiting to hear from Hitlery or any other woman of her ilk?
3 posted on 03/14/2002 5:31:34 AM PST by OldFriend
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To: areafiftyone
I don't dislike O'Reilly, but who's he kidding? A two-hour show against Rush in most markets and against Hannity in New York? Bob Grant was a New York institution and Hannity took audience from him. Now, for WOR, this isn't a bad move because Grant just can't handle a 4-hour show anymore. But O'Reilly won't get any serious audience numbers -- not enough to justify 2 hours of every one of his days.

He's unique on TV but nothing special on radio. He won't be able to book the same caliber of guests, unless he does that Hannity deal where they double-book for TV and radio.

People like to listen to somebody with rock-solid opinions and an ideological point of view. O'Reilly's ideology is so haphazard, he won't be able to articulate his opinions for that long.

4 posted on 03/14/2002 5:33:26 AM PST by AmishDude
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To: Mike K
Pure PR buzz baloney from O'Reilly.

I think O'Reilly is pulling someone's leg. He can't stand Hillary, and she can't stand him.

5 posted on 03/14/2002 5:34:16 AM PST by jpl
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To: areafiftyone
"We're going to bring in the feminine point of view,"

What does that have to do with Hilliary?

6 posted on 03/14/2002 5:39:52 AM PST by RckyRaCoCo
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To: areafiftyone
I think this is the first time that I have come close to actually, physically ROTFLMBO!

I'm not an O'Reiley fan, and this sure doesn't make me come any closer to being one. What a dunce!

7 posted on 03/14/2002 5:54:26 AM PST by basil
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To: areafiftyone
O'Reilly's is set to hit the AM airwaves on May 8, (which, incidentally, is the eleventh anniversary of the day Hillary's husband asked a certain Little Rock office gal to "kiss it").

It would be interesting to hear him hammer Hillary about Clinton's proclivities and Hillary's enabling reluctance to properly address it all. Also, O'Reilly better not jump on Hannity or Rush's show or I am verbally going to bust a chop.

8 posted on 03/14/2002 5:56:19 AM PST by Slyfox
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To: jpl
HOW ARE GOING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT ? THEY BOTH WILL BE TALKING AT THE SAME TIME ABOUT DIFFERENT SUBJECTS. THEY BOTH ONLY LIKE THE SOUND OF THEIR OWN VOICE TO MUCH.
9 posted on 03/14/2002 5:57:03 AM PST by chiefqc
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To: areafiftyone
I don't think there's much danger of Hillary! actually taking Bill up on his offer.
10 posted on 03/14/2002 7:58:22 AM PST by Irene Adler
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To: jpl
"Pure PR buzz baloney from O'Reilly."

And a perfectly justifiable ratings ploy from O'Reilly, IMHO.

I'm seeing the bare beginnings of the social pendulum beginning to swing back towards the center to right. O'Reilly's gambit could be to expose more mind-numbed robots to the actual idea of thinking, through what will obviously be some political fireworks; and to expose some fence-sitters to a more conservative ideal through his own message. It doesn't matter, though, if Hillary appears or not. I think he may believe the fence-sitters are more important, and they jusr might tune in, Hillary or not.

For the record, I think O'Reilly has plenty of conservative content in his politics. I agree with him most of the time.

11 posted on 03/14/2002 8:12:59 AM PST by Mugwump
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To: Mugwump
Of course your name implies that your mug is on one side of the fence and your rump is on the other side of the fence which sounds like you go the way the wind blows on any given issue. billy o is a phony of the first order.
12 posted on 03/14/2002 8:43:38 AM PST by poet
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To: jpl, nutmeg, dutchy, racebannon, Doctor Raoul, MiaT, Howlin
I think O'Reilly is pulling someone's leg. He can't stand Hillary, and she can't stand him.

I had the same thought but seem to recall him getting cozy with Begala and Carvile and seemed to boast when Hillary commented that she felt sorry for him awhile back. I am stunned and disappointed beyond words. If he wants pithy comments, just wait until he reads my e-mail.

13 posted on 03/14/2002 12:15:13 PM PST by StarFan
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To: areafiftyone
That will be the end of my O'Reilly viewing.
14 posted on 03/14/2002 12:16:29 PM PST by MissAmericanPie
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To: areafiftyone
If he throws cream puffs at her the way did at Michael Moore, she has nothing to worry about.
15 posted on 03/14/2002 12:18:28 PM PST by Deb
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To: AmishDude
O'Reilly's ideology as haphazard...you're right on the money with that one. He likes to think of himself as independent, but he's mostly Joe Sixpack with some class envy thrown in. Now that it has been shown that Enron did not stop its employees from selling stock, has O'Reilly issued any correction? He just assumes that one will go away...

I remember when he decided that doctors shouldn't make over $400K per year, and wanted that legislated. Not that more than a handful of docs make that much, unless they're abortionists, but who is HE to tell anyone what they can and cannot make? He passes gas for a couple of weeks and makes that much!!

Much of what he says is just free-floating emoting and off-the-cuff bluster. I think Shepherd Smith should get more of a tumble in the interview/idea shows. I saw him once conduct an interview and he was dynamite--surprisingly, not a lightweight at ALL . Also, SS is younger and more fun to watch than the aging O'Reilly (this is show business after all, shouldn't I get to watch someone pretty?).

16 posted on 03/14/2002 12:24:56 PM PST by Mamzelle
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To: Mamzelle
shouldn't I get to watch someone pretty?

Well, OK, but you'll have to find a channel to produce "The AmishDude Hour".

17 posted on 03/14/2002 12:30:46 PM PST by AmishDude
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To: areafiftyone
"We're going to bring in the feminine point of view,"

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Then...they are barking up the wrong tree.

Maybe if they want the radical marxist woman's point of view, or the N.O.W. woman's point of view...or the Demo Socialist leftist woman's point of view. But the "feminine point of view"? ROFLOL!!! What a hoot...!!

18 posted on 03/14/2002 12:32:46 PM PST by Osage Orange
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