O'Reilly was so bad, I thought Bernie Goldberg was getting p-o'ed at him.
I don't knock a guy off for one bad day, but I'm thinking, O'Reilly's reacting to the Glenn Beck rising like a rocket. O'Reilly fancies himself as above it all, looking down on the rest of us on the basis of facts.
Could be a tipping point for O'Reilly, we'll see.
Mr. TypeRighter usually comments that O'Reilly's "in the bag" again and we watch him just to see how utterly ridiculous he can be, and how heavy his makeup looks so he doesn't look too flushed from his liquid refreshment. [Mind you, we have NO PROOF he tipples, but by heaven, he can certainly do a great imitation of an argumentative fellow three sheets to the wind, complete with misspeaking and slurring, accompanied with a red-face and a lopsided sneer. If he were out of his chair, he'd be lurching around and crashing into the furniture, spilling his drinks everywhere. Watch him when those big arms start waving. It's a hoot.]
You're right that he seems really put out about Beck's popularity. And Bernie Goldberg has been making faces for weeks at Bill when he gets cut off or interrupted by some asinine comment from The Bloviator. To tell you the truth I was a bit surprised Bernie even came on the show today, since he always seems so put out.
We're going through the "should we watch O'Reilly or paint dry" for weeks lately and the only thing that keeps us watching The Bloviator is a Beck segment. I think the paint is going to win for a while. The Bloviator is a BORe.