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The media have no bleepin' clue how to cover the death of Whitney Houston. That's because she was slowly dying for years and many in the press simply averted their eyes. It was ultra-disturbing that a beautiful woman blessed with an extraordinary singing voice chose a self-destructive path in full view of the world. I mean, here is a person who signed a $100 million recording contract, actually sold 170 million albums and commanded high six figures to deliver a 90-minute concert. Houston was a genuine international star, and yet she often was seen in public disheveled and confused, her...

Fox News' Bill O'Reilly finally got his long-sought interview with former President Bill Clinton on Tuesday -- and used the occasion to ask a timely question about Newt Gingrich. "You worked with Newt Gingrich. Do you respect him?" O'Reilly asked about the Republican presidential contender and former House speaker, whose clash with Clinton led to a government shutdown near the end of 1995 and at the start of 1996. Clinton paused briefly before responding, "I respect his ability to think and do and I eventually hammered out a really productive relationship with him." O'Reilly was ready with a trickier follow-up:...

From the moment Mitt Romney agreed to sit down for an interview with Bill O’Reilly, no one could have expected that interview to be a cakewalk for Romney. Nonetheless, Romney stood his ground tonight as O’Reilly questioned whether he was a conservative of convenience, how he explained having implemented Romneycare, and what he thought of his latest close rival, Newt Gingrich. O’Reilly started off the interview from the bottom up for Romney, forcing to identify and defend the “thing you were most wrong about” off the bat. Romney answered that it was “the issue of life and abortion,” as he...

I would like to know the answer to that question. Keep in mind, that most witchhunts occured BEFORE 1776, and the victims were hung not burned.

MILLER: What about my endorsements? Listen, you know why I'm off the Cain train, Billy. O'REILLY: Why? MILLER: He can't win. Listen, he's still a great guy, and this is a fluid situation for me. If he gives us the best chance to win tomorrow, I'm back on. But today, he can't win. O'REILLY: I know, I know. I mean, his numbers are down. The Fox News poll just out today got him at 15 percent. And the people who have defected from Herman Cain have gone to Newt Gingrich. And I suspect, Miller, that you are one of those....

The Obama admin. told Rep. Darrell Issa that Kevin O’Reilly – Gunwalker’s possible connection to Obama -- was “in Iraq and unavailable.” He’s there, but available. After we called him, his phone number was deactivated. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform led by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) is investigating to what extent the White House was aware of — or involved in — the “Fast and Furious” gunwalking scandal. The committee recently requested to speak with former White House National Security Staffer Kevin O’Reilly. According to CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson, the Obama administration answered: O’Reilly is on...

Glenn Beck is extremely upset with how he is being treated by former colleagues at Fox News because of comments he made about Occupy Wall Street. Beck appeared on his old friend Bill O'Reilly's program last week (view clip) and expounded upon his theory that the protests are not an organic uprising of disenchanted Americans, but a global movement with Marxist roots led by several revolutionary groups like the Service Employees Union and Working Families. These revolutionary groups are funded by George Soros and the whole thing is being orchestrated by America's most famous community organiser, President Barack Obama. O'Reilly...

Freepers, not long ago I almost threw my TV at BOR for his glib dismissal of CAIN's candidacy. I steamed for over a week (and I still smoke abit). Citing no data or reasons other than BOR's superior intellect and mysterious 'sense' of universal truth, tonight BOR shocked me...he slathered all over this in his opening: 'Talking Points, wherein he defended Cain's 9-9-9, and said Cain deserves serious consideration.

It has been a tough week for Attorney General Eric Holder, despite an attempted defense by Democrat spinmeister Lanny Davis, and it was wrapping up Friday morning with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly predicting Holder will have to resign, and Sen. Charles Grassley saying he will ask for the resignation of whomever “signed off’ on Operation Fast and Furious. “I think he’s going to have to resign.”—Bill O’Reilly For an administration that came into office in 2009 promising to be the most transparent in history, the Obama administration is suddenly drowning in scandals. Not only is there Fast and Furious, but...

Fundamentalist Mormon Joe Darger, along with two of his three wives, recently appeared on O’Reilly to discuss their new book, “Love Times Three: Our True Story of a Polygamous Marriage.” O’Reilly began the segment by pointing out that opponents of same-sex marriage have always argued that if marriage was redefined to include same-sex unions, other groups would want the same treatment. This is the classic “slippery slope” argument, and despite arguments to the contrary by leading gay thinkers (such as philosophy professor John Corvino), the slide down this slope appears inevitable.

http://video.foxnews.com/v/1207121301001/polygamists-want-equal-marriage-rights/?playlist_id=86923

So O'Reilly decided that only Paul and Cain supporters would flood a poll. Perry supporters and Romney supporters are so obviously above this.

Many Americans feel insecure. They are worried. Their financial condition is not good. They know they are dependent upon their employers, and they also know that losing their jobs could lead to disaster. An insecure nation is not going to re-elect its leadership. Franklin Roosevelt said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Well, with all due respect to FDR, that's no longer the case. Americans have a legitimate fear that government is simply out of control, spending the nation into bankruptcy and failing to fix economic problems. That fear is real, and it's a present danger....

Fox News presenter Bill O'Reilly has claimed that he has more power than anyone but Barack Obama. The news anchor made the extraordinary declaration while promoting his new book about the Lincoln assasination. He told Newsweek interviewer Peter Boyer: 'I have more power than anybody other than the president, in the sense that I can get things changed, quickly.'

I just caught a little bit of Dr. Keith Ablow on the Bill O'Reilly show. Unfortunately, I had turned the tv on at 8:36 pm and the Ablow segment was already in progress. He was talking about transgenderism. So if you would like to hear the Dr. Keith Ablow version versus the Megyn Kelly version please tune in to the late version of the O'Reilly show which begins at 11 pm EST. Watch the show from the begining so that you do not miss anything.

Rupert Murdoch is working hard to contain the fallout from the hacking scandal that has engulfed his U.K. newspapers. His nightmare scenario right now would be the coming to light of anything to suggest that the bad behavior that was so (allegedly) commonplace at the News of the World also happened with any frequency in the U.S. That means not just interception of voicemails but also use of shady private investigators and improper relationships with, or payments to, law enforcement officials. How unfortunate for Bill O’Reilly, then, that new accusations against him involve exactly those things. According to Gawker, the...

Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly used his police contacts to have his former wife's new boyfriend investigated by officers, it has been reported. After the couple allegedly separated and his wife of 15 years started seeing a Long Island police officer, Mr O'Reilly is said to have pulled strings to have the man officially investigated and warned to back off. Sources claim officers were instructed to collaborate with private investigators to dig dirt on Mareen McPhilmy O'Reilly's new boyfriend in the hope of Mr O'Reilly donating money to the police department in return for the favour.

When Kinky Friedman mounted his unlikely Texas gubernatorial campaign against Rick Perry in 2006, he articulated a “dewussification” of Texas platform. Friedman has apparently since realized that what he has in Texas is much better than what the rest of the country has. On Monday’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” Friedman explained why Perry is his candidate for president and Obama isn’t.

There are very few things the left is really good at, but one of them is propaganda, its bread and butter, the biggest arrow in its quiver. While extolling "the working class", the socialist movement has always been an almost exclusive preserve of radical intellectuals. These people, whose primary habitat is the ivory towers of academia, are far removed from reality. They spend their lives talking non-stop, engaging in verbal games and coming up with slogans and catch-words and phrases, sometimes quite ingenious. You have to admit that the NYT's headline "General Betray Us" mocking Gen. Petraeus, while sickeningly impudent,...

Let me restate that: There is no confidence in American leadership on the economy. Here are some of the reasons: Last December, the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform issued its report calling for deep spending cuts and entitlement reform. President Obama thanked the commission, headed by Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, and then ignored most of their recommendations. A few months later, Mr. Obama proposed his budget for 2012. It was defeated in the Senate 97 to nothing. So let's review. The president sets up a financial commission and then ignores it. The president puts forth his budget...

If you want less spending in the future, you will vote for Republicans next time around. If you want to continue with the big government philosophy, you'll vote Democrat. If the GOP wins the presidency, the Senate and holds the House, then we can expect a radical transformation in Washington. That is, massive spending cuts and hopefully a new tax code, which would raise far more revenue than the class warfare system we have right now. The truth is we need more revenue in America, and the far right should understand that. A New York Times editorial on Monday says:...

Bill O'Reilly thinks the only thing that can save the Obama presidency is the extremism of the Tea Party followers in Congress. And he's right. Maureen Dowd compares Obama to Jimmy Carter today in her Sunday New York Times column, clearly overwhelmed by the job, bowing to Republican demands at every turn, out of his depth. And she's right. Both leading Irish American columnists essentially agree that the only thing that can save this ineffectual president is the extremism on the right . The two leading Irish American voices (pictured together at an Irish Central/Irish Voice event above) rarely agree...

Yesterday during testimony on Capitol Hill, we heard Former ATF Special Agent in Charge William Newell admit he was in contact with White House National Security staffer Kevin O'Reilly about Operation Fast and Furious as early as September 2010. Newell also admitted that the DHS, IRS, DEA, ATF, ICE and the Obama Justice Department were all heavily involved and were full partners in coming up with the concept and execution of Operation Fast and Furious. Attorney General Eric Holder and President Obama still deny authorizing the lethal program, despite President Obama specifically asking Holder to conduct a complete review

Recently, Poop-ulist Bill O'Reilly had this to say on the O'Reilly Factor: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "From the beginning I have supported the Tea Party because I believe it empowers individual Americans, which is always a good thing. Also, the Tea Party wants fiscal responsibility and a smaller federal government. Again, those are good things as well. But now the Tea Party has come to a crossroads. Some of its members simply do not want to raise the debt ceiling, and that could be catastrophic. Thursday, Standard and Poor's met with Republicans in the House to tell them there is a 50/50 chance...

"There is not a shred of evidence whatsoever that the U.S. side of News Corporation has been involved in any of these scandals."

Bill O’Reilly, the Fox News host who White House press secretary Jay Carney has singled out as a conservative voice of reason, offered Thursday to go to D.C. and referee the debt talks. “So now I am offering to broker the debt compromise. I’ll go down there. I’m ready to answer the call. Because I’m looking out for you. Not some crazed ideology or political party,” O’Reilly said. Earlier in the segment, O’Reilly bashed the president and congressional Democrats’ “spending madness” as well as Michele Bachmann and other tea party-affiliated Republicans, whose current stance is against raising the U.S. debt...

BillO channeled his inner Chris Matthews tonight when he accused the Tea Party of putting ideology in front of doing what’s right for the economy, which is according to him, raising the debt ceiling. And he’s specifically talking about Bachmann: "Earlier this week we interviewed Congresswoman Michele Bachmann who said she will not vote to raise the debt ceiling no matter what. Talking Points respectfully disagrees with Ms. Bachmann because if a debt deal is not reach Americans will suffer greatly. I know some of you don’t believe that, but here’s even more evidence." "Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned...

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Once again, USA House of Representatives and GOP USA Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, (R/MN), had to do a “teaching moment” to Fox News Bill O’Reilly of the “O’Reilly Factor” on the NEED for United States federal government “to go on a diet” just as private business has been doing for the last few years, often in the unfortunate result of laying people off. Rep. Bachmann was very blunt also in her words, that there is a “time for tough love” in regards to the federal debt. Although Mr. O’Reilly warned Rep. Bachmann that she could very well be regarded as...

Presidential nominee Bachmann does not fall in to the GOP /media politically correct must do's; as Obama, and sometimes wishy washy Boehner and Geithner say raising the debt ceiling must happen or the world will crumble. Bachmann risks the unpopular trend and sticks to her guns;getting badgered by OReilly for going against Boehner and the GOP. Go Bachmann! WATCH THE VIDEO

Bill O’Reilly keeps addresses to his media enemies at a bare minimum, but tonight he devoted an entire segment to declaring war on left-wing media criticism site Media Matters for America and their current tax-exempt status. Along with Washington Times reporter C. Boyden Gray, O’Reilly highlighted the fact that MMFA had not paid taxes since well into the George W. Bush administration and it would take an independent formal complaint to remove their status. O’Reilly, who defined Media Matters as an organization dedicated to war on Fox News, asked Gray to explain

So I turned on the Blow O'Reilly Fracture as I wanted to see what Herman Cain had to say. His first segment he had on Tantaros (what a beautiful woman) and some Dem hag and O'Reilly was talking to them and how saddened he was that Weiner was being destroyed. BooHoo Blow but if you ask your guests questions, let them finish their answers before you interject with your big mouth. He had a moment in which he told the dem hag to learn from him. What an egotistic SOB. Then, he had Cain on and did the same thing...

Bill O’Reilly Is Worried For Andrew Breitbart: ‘Do You Fear For Your Life?’ videoby Frances Martel | 9:15 pm, June 7th, 2011 22 comments After a completely bizarre beginning of the week, Andrew Breitbart is reaping the praise he sowed after putting his career on the line over the lurid truth of Rep. Anthony Weiner’s online sex life. Breitbart spared no scorn for the media that tried to sink him, and revealed their coordination to blame the matter on him. The depth of the intrigue prompted Bill O’Reilly’s sincere concern, and asked O’Reilly what he was doing to protect himself...

The key finding in the telephone poll of 1,070 likely voters is that network news is dying. Some 28 percent say that they trust Fox News the most, followed by CNN at 18 percent. After that, the trust in TV news nose dives. NBC was third, at 10 percent, MSNBC fourth at 7 percent, CBS and ABC tied at fifth with just 6 percent.

Should U.S. cut aid to Pakistan? Yes No Not sure

It was interesting to watch Bill O’Reilly begin to turn hostile toward Franklin Graham regarding the gospel of Jesus Christ. He pressed Graham to answer questions regarding the fate of people who live “good” lives but die without accepting Christ as their savior. Franklin seemed to handle the question with much more back-bone than his father Billy Graham. (See Larry King interview when King pressed on the same question. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozjLaoPrcQ0&NR=1 The Rev, Franklin answered the question by saying that Jesus said “I am the way, the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father but by me”. O’Reilly...

Not Looking Out For You The once-vaunted Fox News network has joined the rest of the liberal, establishment media in providing cover and concealment for the origins of Barack Obama.  This morning on Peter Boyles’ Denver KHOW talk-radio show, Washington Times columnist Jeff Kuhner spoke about the “birther� story and its widely-known (and feared) underground status within the nation’s capital.  Boyles has been a hound on the trail of the cover-up for the past three years.  Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, not to mention Glenn Beck and contributor Ann Coulter, long ago jumped into the Orwellian chorus of them who will...

Video: Bill O'Reilly Busted; Caught Red-handed Lying About Obama's Social Security Number Reserved For Connecticut Applicants Video: Bill O'Reilly Busted: Caught Red-handed Lying About Obama's Social Security Number Reserved For Connecticut Applicants. P.I. Susan Daniels Debunks Bill O'Reilly's Big Fat Lie... Commander Kerchner Also Weighs In... The Segment Aired On 4/13/2011... Via Commander Kerchner: Bill O'Reilly told a big fat whopper and piece of disinformation on the ending email comments segment of his TV show tonight | by CDR Charles Kerchner (Ret) Bill O'Reilly told a big fat whopper and piece of disinformation on the ending email comments segment of...

I have never been more repulsed by such an ignorant display of bullying arrogance as I was watching O'Reilly's 'de facto' declarations about Obama's gaps, contradictions and ducking of questions. According to O'Reilly, we can all pack away any troubling notions about Obama now. The all-seeing, all-knowing Bill O'Reilly has declared the "all clear" on all questions concerning Obama's hidden past. And he amazingly did this waving of his magic wand cleansing all doubts without offering an iota of counter evidence! I used to believe O'Reilly was smart, but no more. What a disappointment. I hope this increased attitude of...

O'Reilly went over his talking points. He said he called the state of Hawaii and he says they do have a legitimate birth certificate for Obama. O'Reilly is still perpetuating the myth that Hawaii has confirmed the Internet Hawaiian COLB is genuine. BOR: Donald Trump is going to be proven wrong Combs: they are a bunch of nuts who hate Obama....

Okay, I am so mad at O'Reilly. I thought he was going to investigate Obama's sad lack of records. Instead, in his talking points memo, he listed point after point, conceeding that data was missing, but then adding a 'but' to explain how it is okay. It was basically a coverup. I suppose that I should take consolation that Obama's camp must be desparate to solicit O'Reilly to do coverup work. Also, O'Reilly did say that Hawaii is not issuing 'long form' birth certificates, but he glossed over that.

I caught Dennis Miller on the O’Reilly Matter a couple nights back and Miller made a noteworthy dissertation regarding the disreputable tactics of Nancy Pelosi. He referred to Pelosi telling the nation that seniors are going to be meeting premature deaths due to Paul Ryan’s Budget proposal. I really have to take issue with Miller’s rant but before I do, take a minute to view it so we’re on the same page... (continued after video)

My pal Glenn Beck is leaving his program on the Fox News Channel later this year. This has caused great joy among some uber-liberals who object to free speech as well as to anything Beck. The Media Matters outfit took just seconds to misstate why Beck is changing venues, but what else is new? George Soros partially funds Media Matters, so why would the website ever say anything truthful when far left propaganda is so much easier to dish? When you get past all the rubbish, Glenn Beck is really Norm, the guy on the sitcom "Cheers." He sits on...

I’m not into the body language readings, but all one needs to do is watch O’Reilly during his recent interview with Trump. Without question, O’Reilly was intent on discrediting Trump or at the very least making a joke out of the interview. When Trump astounded O’Reilly with intelligent common sense answers to some very hard ball questions it caught O’Reilly off guard. O’Reilly became so frustrated he resorted to foolishness and dishonesty. When Trump started challenging the lack of proof Obama was born in Hawaii it caught O’Reilly so off guard that O’Reilly resorted to providing a newspaper announcement as...

WHAT WILL HE SAY NOW? Last week in an on-air debate with Donald Trump, Bill O’Reilly based his entire case for Obama’s supposed Hawaii birth on newspaper birth announcements. With new information emerging now, O’Reilly may be interested to learn that the announcement images that were posted online cannot be from the microfilms we were told they were from. This article documents that the stories we were told were a well-orchestrated lie, which raises serious questions about the microfilms O’Reilly says he has found, since those lies back in 2008 would not have been necessary if the microfilms O’Reilly...

I’m really over Glenn Beck. He persistently promotes himself as someone who cares about the US Constitution, yet here he is on the O’Reilly show sneering and scoffing and trying to belittle Donald Trump (on the BC issue) with as much gusto as any leftist. How can he do this and then be sincere in his professed concerns for the application of Constitutional law? Trump is in the right, he’s brave, and we need to support him on this issue. If Beck cannot do that simple thing then he’s off my Christmas card list. There is absolutely no reason why...

The heartburn that a prospective Donald Trump presidential bid gives to other Republican candidates will now be delivered on a weekly basis. The bombastic real estate mogul will now be joining the morning show "Fox and Friends" every Monday, the program announced. "The Donald now makes his voice loud and clear every Monday on Fox," asserts a promo, which was first reported by Mediaite, a news media website. Lately, Trump has been loud and clear on the you-can't-kill-it-now-matter-how-hard-you-try matter of President Obama's origins, producing his own birth certificate and daring the president to do the same. He nearly sent Fox...

Dr. Kate was watching O'Bloviator's interview with The Donald the other night. You know, the one where O'Bloviator had Karl the Intellectual on in the following segment to bolster his notion that Obama's background was already established, an "unwinnable issue". Her observations were tone perfect. Her piece is headlined "O’Reilly & Rove Fail to Save Obama. Here's an excerpt: All of a sudden, the republican candidates for the Presidency are being forced to ‘come out’, or lets say, are being told to say that they believe Obama. Tim Pawlenty, Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee…you get the drift. All of them are...

Am I just crazy or are we a nation of fools. The birthers, the billboards, a whole host of others and now Trump seek out the seemingly impossible – Obama’s Birth Certificate. The courts won’t have anything to do with that quest, nor will people like Karl Rove engage in any serious conversation about the issue. The issue is now being made fun of by people like O’Reilly who seems to have no problem authenticating one’s eligibility as a “natural born” citizen by using newspaper articles. Too big for his trousers O’Reilly continues to squander his credibility with foolish logic...