The O'Reilly Fatuitousness: Billo and Norm MacDonald on "Secular Progressive Heaven"
By Nicole Belle Wednesday Jan 02, 2008 7:18pm
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BO: That’s the liberal platform. They like that drug stuff. That’s secular progressive heaven you just described there, Norm. That’s what they want! Come on! It’s diversity, man. It’s diversity!
Isn't it funny that when we expect a media outlet to be accurate in its reporting or at least pretend to have a semblance of balance, we're called "intolerant"? And of course, you know that we liberals (or "secular progressives" in Billo parlance) are overly enthralled by those Hollywood types. So with no other comment, I offer you apparently acceptably tolerant FOXNews' Bill O'Reilly talking with Hollywood actor and comedian Norm MacDonald, substituting for former Hollywood actor and comedian Dennis Miller on the Iowa caucus today and what they perceive as the Secular Progressive Heaven.
Partial transcript below the fold:
NM: I know Obama is…this guy’s like a freight train. And now Dennis Kucinich has said that he might throw his support, man he’s going to be unstoppable.
BO: That’s right, so that’s at least six or seven votes that….Sean Penn…
NM: Yeah, that’s the equivalent of me throwing my delegates behind him. I think Kucinich is just barely above Ackmadinejohn (sic) in the polls right now.
BO: Kucinich and Ahmadinejad are running neck and neck…but we like Kucinich. No matter what you think about his politics, this is a stand up guy. Now, Miller loves Giuliani. Miller is like Giuliani’s guy. What do you think of the mayor?
NM: Well, he’s pro-choice, which is a little bit of a problem with me but I remember I was in New York and my God, he changed that city around like crazy. He did such a great job. And I remember my friends complaining. They were like ‘oh Times Square, it lost all its character.’ But I lived in New York during that time and Times Square was just prostitutes and junkies and serial killers prowling arcades. It was just… you know, it wasn’t character, it was…
BO: That’s the liberal platform. They like that drug stuff. That’s secular progressive heaven you just described there, Norm. That’s what they want! Come on! It’s diversity, man. It’s diversity!
Can you imagine the outcry for not only the job, but the citizenship papers or head of any liberal pundit that so gleefully joked in a similar manner about the Republican party?
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Does Bill know that Norm is Canadian?
Bigger question:
Does BillO know his arse from a hole in the ground?
(And it goes w/out saying that I apologize to the grounds ... everywhere)
Fuck Norm "out of work" McDonald. Times are tough huh? The economy is great and Norm just killed any chance he had of working in Hollywood again!!
C&L should ignore this guy.
It's like responding to the world-is-flat guy after explorers established the earth is basically round and revolves around the sun.
Come on.
The Dark Ages ended some time ago.
Look forward.
Norm McDonald??!!! Jeezus, talk about scraping the bottom of the barrel! I guess because he did a crappy job on 'Weekend Update' he's Orally's new waterboy. Ugh.
I have to suffer Millers idiotic rants in the morning on the way to work. The SOB lives in Santa Barbara which is where I grew up. One day I hope to run into him and tell him he stinks. As for Norm, that guy was funny once upon a time, like 20 years ago. Billo is so full of his own BS that its hard to watch the guy. Secular progressives, that is hilarious. San Francisco values...the War on Christmas, does it ever end Bill?
When does the NYT give Billo a contract for a weekly column? If William the Bloody gets one then Billo the Jester should too. Maybe Rush could weigh in - they could drop Dowd, Hebert and Krugman to make room.
Billo is a buffoon in a one act play that will close very soon.
Norm MacDonald never was very funny or very smart. Why is he even on as a political critic? Now he sounds as stupid as O'Reilly.
Apparently they still have to pay Norm for his contract for the Half-Hour Comedy Hour so they gave him something else to do (besides being assistant janitor)
Norms a repugnicon, no wonder he is completly un-fucking funny.
Norm who?
Who is Norm McDonald?
Had no clue he was even still alive.
Edwards ahead in early reporting.
I never thought that he was very funny... interesting that he is substituting for another former SNLer that I never thought was funny either...
Saw him live one time... and I have to say that it was the weirdest standup performance that I had ever seen.
VietVet8666 @ 15:
Woo hoo.
People are angry... I heard one report that a caucus that only had 86 people in 2004 in a republican district has turned out 286!!!!
"Fatuitousness"?
Not a word. I think you meant "Fatuousness". Or, better, "Fatuity".
Definition according to MSN Encarta:
fa·tu·i·ty [ fə t ətee ] (plural fa·tu·i·ties)
noun
1. self-satisfied unintelligence: a lack of intelligence or thought combined with complacency
2. unintelligent action: an action or remark that shows a lack of intelligence or thought combined with complacency
Nicole Belle: I know. It is an intentional mash up of the two words to convey stupidity.
Check out Norm's comedy CD sometime. And by that I mean, sometime your really hate yourself and want to suffer.
Early results Edwards 34, Hillary 31, Obama 30
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Totally off-topic, but Bill O'Reilly is one homely human being. Look at that still picture of him. I can see him when he's 70 with Alzheimer's, drooling, sagging jowls, running away from The Home with his pants unzipped to flash prostitutes, making obscene phone calls to the Salvation Army, and being an even worse pain than he already is.
God, is he UGLY!
Colin Quinn, your seat at the BillO punditry table is ready. . .
Whoever Norm is, he sounded like he was drunk. I hope he has a designated driver.
He built a 13 million dollar command center right next to the twin towers that was ultimately demolished on 9/11 in 6 seconds flat. That was good for New York.
He purchased knowingly faulty radios for the firemen at discount prices, causing their death. That was good for New York.
Although the EPA stated the air was safe to breathe (even though the reports showed it was filled with asbestos from both towers) Giuliani was directly in charge of respirator use causing death and injuring hundreds in the aftermath of 9/11. That was good for New York.
Giulian initiated a scoop and dump operation in the weeks following 9/11, basically removing bodies to the landfill. When firefighters protested, Giuliani sent in the cops, who physically fought and arrested the firemen. That was good for New York.
When he was organizing Giuliani Partners, a security consulting company, he enlisted a close associate Bernard Kerik who later plead guilty to accepting bribes and loans from developers with mob ties. That was good for New York.
Alan Placa, a former Catholic priest excommunicated from the church for accusations of sexual abuse as well as covering up the abuse of other priests, is a partner at Giuliani Partners. Recently, Giuliani stated that Placa will not be fired as a result of the coverups. That was good for New York.
Pasquale J. D’Amuro, a former FBI administrator and Giuliani Partners partner, admitted to stealing artifacts from Ground Zero. That was good for New York.
Giuliani had an affair while still married at taxpayer expense with Judy Nathan. That was good for New York.
Giuliani’s first wife was also his second cousin, and he has stated that he thinks a marriage works better when a mistress is involved. Now that is good for America!
Giuliani’s 21-year-old son, Andrew, currently won’t talk to him. Great example of family values.
Rudy Giuliani’s temperament is well known in New York. He’s quick to anger, an egomaniac, very stubborn, throws tantrums and is generally mean. He would make a fine leader.
Overall, I gotta agree with Bill-O and Norm-O. What's not to like?
What's ironic is that Bill and everyone else at Fox complains about celebrities who express political opinions. Of course it's all right when right-wing has-been mongoloid "comedians" (I use the term very loosely) come on Billo's show to spout their demented comments.
More early results, Edwards still ahead http://dailykos.com/
Billo's hate and intolerance grow stronger by the hour. What a disgusting douchebag!
A heads up note - Bill Maher is scheduled to be on Letterman tonight. His HBO show opens a new season next Friday, Jan 11
Does Bill O'Dork knows what "diversity" means? Diversity IS part of the "secular progressive" portion of the democratic progress. What kind of democratic progress does BillO'dork what? Iranian style government? Communism? Life under secrecy?
My favorite Bill-O line:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris16.html
And my favorite Bill "conservative family man" web site:
http://foxnewsporn.com/
Never understood how "secular progressive" is an insult. I know it's an O'Liely catchphrase kind of thing, but where's the insult? Secular is exactly what our Founding Fathers intended for the United States when they set it up. Progressive means moving forward in ideas and tolerance. I guess I should expect a Sexual Falafelist to think Secular Progressive is something bad.
As for MacDonald...is he still living off residuals from that classic film, "Dirty Work" (had to hit IMDB to look that up it's so forgettable), or did he break the bank with that new cell phone commercial where he plays a humorless gingerbread creature? Yeah, he's a success.
turk
VietVet8666 @ 5:
You mean it isn't blatantly clear to you that, in many of its posts, this is basically just our (the left's) version of Coulter or Limbaugh? Unfortunately, I have chosen to keep on coming here, as I do appreciate that they highlight a number of important stories that I don't seem to find anywhere else.
I had no idea Norm MacDonald was such a dumbass.........wow....billo is really scraping the bottom of the barrel.yeah.....he's an out of work hasbeen...trying to get some exposer......dumbass.
Roket @ 13:
Yea, who is Norm McDonald? Never heard of him. He must be pretty insignificant.
SEXUAL PREDATOR!
BillO should refer all drug comments to his pal RUSH OXYHEAD.
Has-been comedians for the American way! Lol.
Huckabee leads Iowa GOP caucuses
AP - 9 minutes ago
Norm McDonald always struck me as somewhat of a jerk. This appearance with Billo fully confirms my suspicions.
For all the attention you give this piece of shit (bill-o') you might have people thinking you have a fetish...A Bill-O fetish that is...
Ignore this fucking puke...big pussy.
I wish I could get him in a boxing ring....man.....I would woop his pansy ass!
LOL!!!!!!!
Preznit Huckabee
Orally probably imagines secular progressives under his bed at night.
Poor Billo
Chris Farley
Isn't the opposite of a "secular progressive" a "religious regressive?"
The definition of insanity is keep watching Fox news over and over and expecting to see real news.
Damnit, I loved Norm McDonald. I had no idea. I feel sick.
If reality based evidence is any indicator, drugs and hookers seem to be just like heaven for a whole bunch of conservative fundamentalists. For most secular progressives, heaven has more to do with making mortgage payments and having something left over to raise the kids.
myiq2xu @ 44:
If Con is the opposite of Pro then is Congress the opposite of Progress?
L.A. Confidential @ 40:
No..NO!.....I can't imagine that......
I didn't know that McDonald was a right wing prick.
turk96 @ 31:
Exactly. Is O'Reilly a 16th Catholic priest or something? Why not just call people 'heathens' or 'apostates'? Soon he'll be getting nostalgic about the Inquisition.
The opposite of 'secular progressive' is 'pious reactionary'. Maybe that's what media progressives should start calling O'Reilly. He loves the SP label so much, he couldn't object to being a pious reactionary.
Ron @ 23:
Sounds like he's fitting into Dennis Miller's position just fine. Just add a belch, a mumbled non-sequitur, and a stumble into the camera, and he's there...
Norm McDonald and forcible male rape will always be entertwined, in my mind. Although, trust me, I haven't thought about him in, what, 10, 15 years?
sulphurdunn @ 47:
"I like Rudy Guiliani because he will fight the terrorists and keep us safe"
- GOP Cac
So bill-o hates it when the liberals trot out the "devoid-of-any-moral-compass" celebrities to support their causes but he's in hog heaven when he can get some has-been comedian to come on his show.
Why doesn't C&L simply ignore this waste of airtime?
VietVet8666 @ 15:
The Bilderbergers are very happy.
Marc @ 56:
Bill O is the C&L poster child
mudshark @ 49:
The New Fuhrer
Great clip! This one should be filed under ( What ever Happened and, who Really Gives a Shit about Norm Macdonald.)
Mitt concedes, Huckabee wins!
L.A. Confidential @ 59:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDwEnFhMVOU they kinda look like each other.
Ruthless People @ 61:
Mitt should quit.
When BillO laughs like that something dies inside me.
Yeah, I thought Norm was funny before, but he clearly has the same brain disorder as Miller.
Wow, I never knew Norm MacDonald was such a dick. Now anybody who didn't does! Fuck you too Norm, good luck with that career of yours!
Andre31BC @ 1:
More to the point-Did Norm forget his brother is a respected journalist? Maybe he's pissed at Neil and wanted to embarrass him...
secular progressive heaven-- that doesn't even make sense-- what a moron--
Credit Giuliani for New Times Square?
What ever you say about BO, at least he doesn't let facts get in the way of his opinions.
Norm sucking Fox off. Later for you, shithead.
I liked Norm MacDonald too. He did an amazing impression of Letterman. Now I have to say--"Norm, you're a putz."
VietVet8666 @ 15:
Looks like the finish will be Obama, Edwards, Hillary.
The Huck won for the ReThugs. Hollywood Fred finished third, ahead of Mitt, McCain and Ron Paul.
Who is Norm McDonald?
The Political Junkie @ 71:
And we thought we couldn't get any lower then Bush.
Two talking sphincters.
So how did Guilani actually "clean up crime"? How did he do it? What were his methods? How would this translate to a whole country? I've have yet to hear any explanations on what he did to fix everything. All we've heard is, "Guilani did it. It's magic."
I also used to like Norm, too. Not no more. And he used to be Canadian.
Then there is religious conservative hell....bathroom stalls and rubber suits with condomized dildos and the occasional falaffel.
I still cannot understand WHY we keep giving BOR(E) a stage? Does someone here think he is going to have a profound awakening? Are we waiting to see how low the brain can keep a person's lips moving, after they are obviously brain dead?
This POS is playing to a payday. He is just like Limburger. They will keep mouthing an ever increasingly bizarre barrage of ejaculations, until their audience walks away. Dennis Miller was ready to cap a position in mid-level stardom, until he exposed himself while on MNF. The media companies started dropping him like used toilet paper. Now he is on FOX, a mere memory of what the mainstream thought he was, going into Monday Night Football (where he was an abysmal failure). Yet, I am sure that Jim Bob and Ethel damn near pee their pants at every stupid attempt he now makes at humor.
I believe, every time we give an idiot a platform, they will be back.
anney @ 21:
We end up with the face we deserve.
Do people still watch Bill O'Reilly?
Um, why?
Two has-beens opining on nothing...what's new?
Ahhh
Norm's a comedian. I see. I thought he was always more of the "who let you in here?" guy.
A few years ago McDonald showed up for an interview completely hammered on something. Hey Norm...errr hey pot meet kettle.
BillO has the market on unfunny comedians .
Just a note though....McDonald does a killer Burt Reynolds. And that's the extent of his talent.
I think OReilly needs to start the 'old SNL hack commedian' hour. First Miller then MacDonald. All the crappy hacks that SNL had to offer. Next you'll see him hosting Victoria Jackson and Terry Sweeney.
I had no idea Rush Limbaugh was secular progressive.
Remember the film "Boys Don't Cry"? Brandon Teena was a transsexual male - a man born with a woman's body, in 6 words or less. He was raped and murdered.
Consider Norm MacDonald’s commentary on Saturday Night Live following the news that Brandon’s murderers had finally been convicted. He said:
“In Nebraska this week, a man was sentenced to death for attempting to kill a female crossdresser who accused him of raping her. Sorry if this sounds harsh, but in my opinion, everybody in this case deserved to die.”
hahaha? Yes, weekend update was Norm's high point.
Damn. Unlike others, I won't pretend to forget who Norm is, or pretend that I never liked him. In fact, I've often found him to be pretty funny. I had no idea he was a ridiculous conservative though.
i used to really like norm mcdonald. that kinda sucks. he doesn't like the fact that guiliani is pro-choice???? what a nut!
Oh, and by "ridiculous conservative," I mean the type of asshole who is more preoccupied with having an opinion ('I dun like the sound of that! Pretty faggy stuff, there!') opinion than actual knowledge. The kind of person who can laugh it up with a complete idiot like Bill O'Reilly.
Sarah @ 46:
Sarah, I'm with you... my 24 year old son thinks he's great too - I don't think I'll tell him, he's still feeling on a bit of a high after
our Prime Miniature was recently voted out of office.
Norm has been reduced to doing ads where he plays a talking beaver for a Canadian tel co. Even that seems highbrow for him after appearing with Bill-o. Do us a favour will you? Keep him, we are done with him up here.
The funny thing is, is that McDonald's shtick is that of a brain dead stoner, and Dennis Miller's shtick is that of a coked up a-hole. And we all know of Dild O'Reilly's fondness for phone sex and dildos.
There's three fine examples of upright, conservative citizens.
Holy crap. I didn't know Norm McDonald was an asshole. Damn. Well, fuck that guy from now on.
I'm disappointed that Norm is a rightie. But he is still funny. It doesn't seem that he is that interested in politics though. I think that he just doesn't know what a wackjob BO is.
Seeing these two douchebags on the same screen is enough for me.
I'm supporting ANY Democrat that gets the nod.
(I think I may have soiled myself... a little.)
Ugh.
Stan the man @ 90:
Word.
If he finds Giuliani too liberal, he's clearly unfit for Canadian soil.
Norm MacDonald is still around?
Aww Bill, you're not such a bad douchebag after all.
Dear C&L,
Please stop reprinting the fevered ravings of that brain-damaged caricature of a human. It only serves to spread his foul spew on people who don't deserve it. We are agreed: he is a loathsome cretin. Now let's stop talking about him. Thank you.
Every time we do a post on Bill O'Reilly we get the same thing. Look at the name of the site. This is what we do. This is what we've always done. If you don't want to look at Bill O'Reilly, skip to the next post. But do not tell the site owner what he may or may not cover on his site. ~ sitemonitor
Norm MacDonald is a minor talent, but he's had his funny moments on SNL and elsewhere. He supports Giuliani because he evidently feels that it is acceptable to trample on individual rights and to kill the occasional African-American as long as you keep the streets clean and make the trains run on time.
Until now, I thought of him as a mildly intelligent guy. Now I have to wonder. He has as much right, certainly, as Sean Penn to speak out about politics And, as soon as he returns from a trip to Iraq where he gets out of the green zone to meet people and observe the wreckage of the country, as soon as he can tell us of his experiences in a land devastated by Republican arrogance and neo-conservative barbarity, I'll put as much truck in what he has to say as I do in what Sean Penn has to say.
But I ain't holding my breath.
(Oh, I'm sorry. I'd forgotten that the Party that MacDonald and Dennis Miller have their lips around, the Neo-Con Repubicans, has accused Penn of treason for going to Iraq and coming back with video and news that suggested that things were somewhat bad over there.)
norm macdonald is dead to me. so sad, considering he was a pretty damn good weekend update anchor (or at least better than any that have followed.)
I agree with Sarah. Unlike that pseudo-intellectual toilet comic Dennis Miller, Norm MdDonald is actually very talented and funny. It seems he's the one who is scraping the bottom of the barrel by appearing with O'Reilly.
I actually still like Norm, I'm sorry he appeared on the Bill O' Reilly show of all places because... well... he just doesn't fit in with the world of political punditry and he knows it. He's NEVER been this serious on television. I always thought he never had a political bone in his body, and I love his weekend update stuff and his appearance on The Daily Show. While I was watching the clip I thought he would crack a joke or something.
wow, I never realized that Norm was such an asshole, but when someone shows you who they are...believe them!
Did that windbag just say that liberals love prostitution and murder?!?!?!?!!!!!!!?????? Holy bloody hell!!! What a freakin' douche! How does that piece of filth get away with this. If some liberal said this about the cons, they'd be locked up and never seen or heard from again.
Fair and balanced media...pfffft...whatever...
er, isn't that either fatuity or fatuousness?
zomg, how did Bill'O manage to score the Bell beaver voice actor on his show?
I just love it when bor chortles it up with has been comedians...like this nobody and the other unshaven jerk off. It's like they are light hearted, light spirited beer drinking buddies. Such a joke.
Once again, who gives a rat's ass what bor and his warped loser paid shills have to say?? I sure as hell don't. He has NO credibility, and none of his has beens have even as much as he does combined.
He is washed up, and I hope he is looking toward retirement before they cancel his show because all his audience died from old age and cardiac arrest, brought on by severe anger and hatred.
love him or hate him, Macdonald is am awesome funny man. I'm Canadian Liberal and I support Norm Macdonald because he is funny.
LOL, he doesn't even have American citezenship, he's just running with the ball.
His Bob Dole impressions ruled!!
resetthathang @ 105:
Upon further investigation, I recind my question. (New one on me!)
resetthathang @ 109:
Wait-don't I mean rescind? WHo the fuck is Norm MacDonald, anyway?
I'm definitely one of those liberals who complained about the disneyfication of Times square. Talk about an outrage on every level, to the city's identity, to its resistance to the homogenization that makes it impossible to distinguish Atlanta from Dallas from Houston from Phoenix, to its rough and tumble spirit.
Don't be knocking Norm. Last week he did a great job cutting a ribbon at the grand opening of a new Pep Boys.
McDonald has bugged the living shit out of me ever since he dissed Canada(his home country)for not joining Bush in his little post 9/11 misadventure in Iraq.He can go take a flying fuck at a rolling donut.Friggin creep.
roger @ 111:
Amen to that! Why is it that non-New Yorkers applaud Giuliani supposed clean-up of the city? Why move there in the first place?
Ah, Norm, you poor bastard! Times are so tough that you make an appearance on that show? Tsk.
Too bad, so sad.
Actually, I loved Norm Macdonald on SNL, and I even hunted down and watched his short-lived sitcoms. In one incarnation, he was a hockey player caught fixing games and put to work in a social services agency where his co-stars were the old man from "ALF" and Laurie Metcalf from "Roseanne" who was incredibly funny. Yeah, he's an asshole, but in the day he used to play the part of an asshole getting his comeuppance.
Miller never was funny, but Norm had a dry, wry wit that I really liked. I'm just hoping his heart wasn't really in the O'Reilly interview and he just needed to the cash to support his gambling problem.
Who is Bill Oreilly?
COMING NEXT TO BOR: Guest Spot with Anthony Micheal Hall?
Jeez....might as well roll out all the "ex-SNL'ers" for a spin.
(((by man O' man, how I used to love me some Norm)))
But it's called Crooks and Liars, not Saints and Cool People.
Its funny Bill'O does not even get my heart rate up anymore.
My 78 yo Dad thinks he is great and Saddam was behind 911.
That is BO's audience, lost people who did not want to change
as America did.
Norm must really need a job if he is trying to make BO look cool.
That's all from just another Sp in Seattle...
the same repubs that talk about "creeping Sharia" attack "secular progressives"
its dangerous, first you had "journalists" who fuck up the reporting process by lowering the news to a form of entertainment, like BillO does, but now Entertainers get to come on his show and play journalism with the loudmouths, adding their stained copper 2 cents in, fucking up the reporting process even more. who gives a shit about what these people think about the issues? hell, I'll go on TV and spew my political opinion if you want me to, but it would hardly be entertainment, and sure as shit aint news. christ how does this guy still have a job?
Doug @ 112:
Actually he had a gig at my local super market, it seems that this FOX appearance did not involve asking "paper or plastic" which was his trademark sentence last time I saw him work. So good for Ol' Norm.
BTW, I guess that FOX News is where crappy comedians go when their careers die...
myiq2xu @ 44:
Unlike 'fundamentalist,' 'environmentalist' actually requires brains.
Now take Mike (H)uckabee. He's mental. He thinks the world was invented 6,000 years ago when God put Adam's rib into Jane. And there's some kind of chimpanzee, an elephant -- oh, yeah, and the yodel.
You ever hear (H)uckabee's yodel? He made Putin piss his pants (try saying that ten times fast).
Today at the caucuses (H)uckabee in a hair shirt beat a polygamist's child, a NYC bisexual, a warhawk Senator who wants to kill, not torture, a retired bathroom cleanser salesman who died five years ago and hasn't found out yet, and a neoconfederate doctor who's greatest wish is that he might be somehow alive in the Civil War era to be able to splint Booth's leg. Gang of vampires and carnies -- no wonder many Iowan's wore garlic.
darrelplant @ 115:
Amazing how fast the has-been sets in these days. The sonofabitch no doubt voted for Bush TWICE. I'll never watch him again.
Next week Norm is going to fellate Limbaugh so he can get some of that Hillbilly Heroin. Then he's going to go to Rudy's place and huff some glue.
Nobody here remembers when MacDonald appeared on some morning show with Barbara Walters during the Clinton years and called Bill Clinton a murderer? When Walters admonished him, he came back with "I'm sorry, but I thought that was documented fact". Since then his career was reduced to appearing for 10 seconds or so in Rob Shneider's blockbuster comedies.
Folks, please don't take Norm too seriously.
He is filling in for Dennis Miller this week and had to "fill" in the role as well, so he turned into a Republican dickwad. He probably played it safe so Bill wouldn't go ballistic on him, which he does, that crazy perverted fucker.
I know Norm personally, and he is not like that at all. Can't utter one word on politics. Looks to me that he was prepped for the gig. I doubt Norm is a big BIll fan either....In fact, I encourage anyone to see Norm's first appearance on O'Reilly, he was Hilarious! The end of the interview will cement the fact that Norm doesn't really care for O"Reilly.
yeah, Norm's a bit of a loser, but he continues to be one of my favorite comics.
What's with all these former S&L people turning out to be conservatives? Of course, it does explain why someone as UNfunny as McDonald was ever given work in comedy. The guy's as funny a rubber crutches for handicapped kids.
Billo
What an idiot!
I guess it's mandatory that when comedians become Republicans their "funny gland" is removed.
I love C&L's pictures of O'Reilly, by the way. I would love to see a picture of Bill's reaction when he found out the White House joined the evil Soros Secular Progressive conspiracy by wishing everyone Happy Holidays.
Sarah @ 46:
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I'm with you Sarah, I used to half-way like Norm McDonald, but I had no idea he was such a dirty pig-f*cker... That comment about being against Guilliani because he's pro-choice... Sitting up there on camera saying basically that he knows better that any woman about something as intimate as having an abortion... I mean, come on! I guess Norm's one of those bloated overly opinionated "My-Way-Or-The-Highway" Republican types. Oh well, he's the latest addition to my Shit List. (I think I need more paper...) I didn't even realize he was part of the Half Hour News Hour, and THAT shocked me. I hope Norm McDonald never ever works as an actor or comedian ever again.
Giuliani wasn't the one who changed Times Square, as noted above, and what they did to it sucks...but I'm one liberal who hated what it was before the change even worse than what it became. Now it's all a big corporate shopping experience--kind of like an outdoors Mall of America--but back in the late 70s it was a squalid red light zone with nothing but porn shops, strip clubs and liquor stores. I remember walking down one street and being propositioned to buy every known illegal drug there is in just one block. It was really nasty and vulgar. Now it's all clean and expensive and vulgar. Two sides of the same coin, I suppose, but at least it's no longer terrifying.
So Bill-O's wrong on all accounts. Giuliani didn't clean it up and all "secular progressives" don't find the drugs and sex for hire to be heaven.
Even for Bill O that's pretty bad
Norm McDonald,David Frum. Makes me ashamed to be a Canadian.
Jebus, I had no idea Norm McDonald was such a Dick. I used to like him back in the old days. Now I know why SNL fired his ass.
And as for Ghouliani "cleaning up New York". Crime fell all over the country not just in New York. There are a few theories as to why. The introduction of legal abortion 20 or so years earlier, the tackling of the lead paint issue, the Clinton economy. To give Ghouliani the credit is like congratulating him for the sun rising in the morning. The fact that he is there to see it doesn't mean he caused it.
whoa whoa whoa....when did norm McDonald become a comedian?
LOL! Norm MacDonald? This is the best fill in they can get? A guy who never even did any political humor? The guy is one of the dumbest comics out there as well. His shortlived sitcom was renamed to "Norm" because, when his character was a different name and people would speak to him, he'd miss all his cues. Not that I got any love for O'Reilly, but I'd expect MacDonald to be a more suitable guest for Glenn Beck.
Boy, that Norn guy is sure a zero. I haven't watch SNL in many,many years and he's why, like Dennis Miller he's NOT FUNNY. The comic talent pool for the right wing is pretty empty. They both look like fools in that clip. BillO needs to explain to me how being progressive is a bad thing. If it were't for the open minded progressives of the world we'd still be in the stone age were Billo wants us I guess.
Poor Norm. He's been taking Dennis Miller's sloppy seconds since SNL.
Two jerks sitting in a tree, mutually masturbating with so much glee. How quaint.
Wow, Norm MacDonald is a loser repub? No wonder he was never funny.... I always felt bad for the guy as he got sympathy laughs during Weekend Update, but this puts things in a different light...
I will gladly take secular progressive heaven over Rethuglican fascist theocratic hell.
Mr. Bill and Comedian Rush Limbaugh, etc., are gages of stupidity.
They bring out the worst in people for the rest of us to see what they are really like, what they stand for.
These comedians make morons feel comfortable spewing nonsense and hatred,
it's very important to watch and listen to what these stupidity gauges are presenting.
If you don't listen to the opposition, how can you understand what they are about?
Mr. Bill and friends are low lifes but they do expose the stupidity and I suppose that's
why they are presented for our viewing on C&Ls
would love to see a curve showing relative politics vs relative humor, would of course have to show times as well, So the data points for Dennis Miller would start high on the humor and low on politics, and as he got later in his career reverse. Dan Akroyd would probably have a similar data set. Anyone know of a reverse situation?
Did Rudy Giuliani personally scrub times square? Doubts here... Looks like Norn gets chucked in the box with Sandler - jokers who dont know squat.
FOX is State Sponsored TV @ 72:
You know the fast food chain, McDonald's? Well, Norm works there now.
I'd like to visit conservative heaven, but I don't have a time machine to transport me to the Spanish Inquisiton.
When he says "It's diversity!" as a joke think about what he is really saying. They were talking about prostitutes and junkies and the he says the 'diversity' line. Diversity as in people of all different races, creeds, colors? He's alluding that all prostitutes and junkies are of color. I guess that experience of dining with 'civilized' Black people up at the restaurant in Harlem didn't do much for ol' Bill-o.
Ah shit, and I used to like Norm, say it aint' so dude. What a time to jump on board the repug noise machine.
Secular Progressive Heaven is a place where ya don't have to listen to third-rate hacks and angry bullies like O'Reilly.
Life was so much easier for him before all the riff-raff got uppity.
Damn. I liked Norm a lot, too, back in the day. Disappointing.
Oddly enough, Norm's brother (Neil) is a REAL journalist, and a decent one, at that:
Neil Macdonald Biography
A 19-year veteran of CBC Television News, Neil Macdonald is currently The National's Washington correspondent. Macdonald joined CBC News in 1988. He was initially assigned to Parliament Hill, where, between Southam newspapers and THE NATIONAL, he would spend a combined total of a decade covering Parliament, reporting on five federal elections, and covering six prime ministers. Macdonald then reported from the Middle East for five years. Macdonald took up his post in Washington in March 2003. He speaks English and French fluently, and Arabic conversationally.
For more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/reportsfromabroad/macdonald/
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