O'Reilly Calls John Edwards A Charlatan Over Homeless Vets
By John Amato Thursday Jan 17, 2008 12:01pm
Bill O'Reilly has been attacking John Edwards since his campaign began and now he's taken it onto bizarro-land. Billo made a big point of telling both Edwards and Ed Schultz that there just weren't that many homeless veterans. The ego that dwells in the depths of Bill's mind must be a very dark place indeed---BillO couldn't be wrong, so he changed the rules. Now he admits that there ARE homeless vets, but not due to economic reasons, as he says Edwards claims (watch it again, do you hear him say that?) but because the veterans are substance abusers. John Edwards did respond to BillO's last attack on the troops, but it's pathetic to misquote Edwards and then say he owes BillO an apology.
His whole take on poverty in America is a novella by itself. He actually uses himself as a model of success.
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O'Reilly: Of course the rich have advantages, but I am living proof that you can start with very little and prosper economically. If you work hard and keep it honest.
Do you see a Tony Robbins-style “Making It Big When There’s Nothing In the Tank,” twenty DVD pack coming soon for old Bill? Will it include how much did FOX had to pay Andrea Mackris over the sexual harassment suit she won against BillO?
Now back to our vets. It's one thing to attack Edwards over policy, after all it might actually take a few bucks out of BillO's pocket, but to try and take his beef out on the vets is unconscionable and shows that these right wing/talk show zombies have no souls. Instead of starting a campaign to pay for homeless vets to go to the Edwards house, how about you take that money and put them up in a warm, low cost hotel?
Now Bill blames the vet homeless problem on drugs and alcohol abuse, but does he ask why they drink and use, if that's the only reason for their plight? I love the way he depicts poverty in America ala O'Reilly land. If a family makes 20K a year and have a color TV, they're living large! Let's see how Bill does with 5X that amount.
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EDWARDS 2008 !!
Note to self: Watch Olbermann tonight
Who cares what that gasbag thinks anyway. Watching his videos is like worrying a loose tooth with your tongue, you know you shouldnt but cant resist.
This is what Loofah Boy sounds like to me.
Charlie Brown's teacher.
"Wah wah....wahh wah wah wahhh."
Seriously.
He opens his mouth. Charlie's teach speaks.
:)
Will someone PLEASE shut O'liely up!?!
Have I said lately how much I appreciate C&L, Newshounds, etc. for looking out for us? You should all get combat pay for watching and keeping tabs on the nuts at FUX so we don't have to torture ourselves. A hearty THANK YOU to all involved! Otherwise I'd be pulling out my hair more than I already am.
This is fantastic. Please. I beg you, O'Reilly, keep talking about Edwards. Every show. Every hour.
I can't thank you enough for your help.
What a pinhead! The fact is our veterans do sleep under bridges, get sub-standard care, and get swept under the rug when this administration is done with them. Billo knows this. By protesting to much, he is losing what little credibilty he has. What a piss-ass.
Attention Surfers.
El Busho' called for tax relief for individuals _ probably to come in the form of one-time rebates _ to spend "as they see fit."
This is GOOD news. This is good publicity for John Edwards whose campaign the corporate media has chosen to kill by turning the cameras away him.
Thank you, Bill O'Reilly, for being way way way more stupid than people give you credit for.
Unless..... unless it's a ploy to make Edwards a Factor (pardon the pun) in the race once again to hurt one of the other two leading Democratic candidates.....
I wouldn't trust these guys further than Al Qaeda can throw a nuke from a camel's back.
Billo's fater was a CPA and they did not live meagerly. He spent his summers in Florida and enjoyed a White Collar lifestyle. The Poor Billo scam is just crap.
billo is so fucked up. he has licked bush's butt spoon too often.
Amazing Billo' gets $9,000,000 a year for this gig isn't it?
Bill O'Reilly, the well known great American hero, knows everything. What would happen to his few function neurons if an IED exploded nearby? It's hard to believe that he could get any dumber or more ignorant. Maybe, if he lucky, his libido would get a shot and he could stop the Viagra or whatever else thate he uses. What qualifies you to be a rightwing talk host? You must be amoral, insensitive, inhuman, really dumb, evil and totally egocentric. Bill is the same man who defended Christmas. Get him off of the airwaves before our brains explode. I guess next Bill will be checking into the VA Hospitals for surgery. the VA represent another way that our country takes care of its old heroes. The veterans are sent to hospitals to be operated on by physicians who were never truly credentialed properly before they started during surgery. This happened in Obama'own state. Our country has been ruined by Repugs who care only about themselves and could care less about the average American. John Edwards is no charalatan. But, you Mr. O'Reilly are surely a fool.
L.A. Confidential @ 9:
the last time bush gave the middle class a tax refund, i got one.
however, on my next years tax return i made the same amount of money
and guess what, i got less back. surprise, the difference was the tax refund
i got the year before.
Fredo @ 3:
I hate it when people say "who cares what (insert ass hat here) thinks. The very reason that they are on C&L is because a great many people do listen to what they say and believe the crapola that comes spewing out of their mouths. Otherwise This sit and many like it wouldn't be necessary.
Richard @ 11:
And I'm sure his father was always 100% honest on all the tax returns he prepared like most CPA's.
L.A. Confidential @ 9:
Oh boy, maybe they will send us a $250 check to buy our vote again! Gee, what shoud I buy with it? A tank or two of gas? Four bags of groceries?
As for O'Reilly, I have learned to NEVER EVER watch the clips of him posted here. It's too upsetting. I think I hate him as much as I hate George Bush.
John Edwards has my vote!!!! He is the one who gets it better than Obama or Hillary.
dadams @ 15:
Exactly - complete bullshit! It was effectively a loan to consumers.
BO says poor people own homes. Sure if it is already paid off. NOT ONE poor person can buy a home or afford a mortgage.
This guy is seriously unhinged.
If the Edwards campaign is smart they'll use this goofball to get some positive press on John, by inviting him to a homeless shelter or under a bridge to interview some vets about why they're there!
JRE'08!
Abby @ 10:
You are so right, Abby. So BillO has a purpose after all. We all know any publicity is good publicity, and the more that Edwards' name gets out there in the public forum, the better, particularly on issues like this.
BTW, has anybody noticed the screechings coming from Faux News are getting more and more shrill and desperate sounding? They are SO afraid.
Concerning our vets, it's obvious why they might have substance abuse issues. It's because the democrats are soft on drugs and crime!
dadams @ 15:
Keeping in mind that Cheney said people need to start putting money away for retirement. "A Million is not enough anymore."
He must of been speaking to those losers in the low 6 figures income bracket.
Edwards is the candidate with the biggest threat to the establishment. Of course Fox wants to discredit him. Truth doesn't matter here - expect more of the same.
Thanks OReilly-you're taking the Bait!! Edwards is now out in Media-HOORAY!!!
Hey guess what. On CNNs political ticker they had a segment on Rudy's use of the rubble of 911 in one of his ads. And then it disappeared. I wonder why?
Blue Lensman @ 23:
Ha ha ha ha ha!!! Good one!
What a dick! Substance abuse IS an economic problem. How can you pay rent if all your money is tied up in heroin?
I bet though that BillO's ultimate defense will be that he was specifically talking about homeless vets that live under bridges, and not about the total number of homeless vets, no matter where they live... er, don't live.
I watched Billo's opening last night & saw this. It turned my stomack. So if a poor family has a color TV (& where are you going to find a B&W TV these days, anyways) they are living large in Bill's fantasy world. After all they can just sell it to pay for that medical coverage.
Then he completely changed the premise of his attack on Edwards! I couldn't stick around to watch him rollover his experts on vets. Apparently, since some vets are homeless because of drug & alcoholy use, Billo considers it their own damned fault & they don't count.
The guy is so far off that he's laughable....but sadly there are people who take his word as gospel.
L.A. Confidential @ 24:
If there was any sort of deity or cosmic karma, Cheney should get a final --this time fatal-- hear attack the very same day he leaves office, so he gets to enjoy exactly $0.00 of the hundreds of millions of $$$ he has been saving for his retirement in Dubai.
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O'Reilly specialty is keeping people glued to the tube.
How the hell would O'Riley know anything about not just homeless vets, but homeless people of any caliber?
I am going to continue to say that this is the reason this Rupert Murdock media is so dame dangerous.
We are going to continue to be frustrated and pissed off. This is the kind of shit these people will continue to give us in our media.
They are going to stymie and block all excess to any opposing opinions and they are doing this buy working hand and hand with corporate America, this Administration and the FCC and they are bringing in these right wing judges by the hundreds.
We really need to pay very close attention to this up swing in judges, currently running for seats on our courts. We have no idea of what party affiliation these people bring to the bench and yet they are using their new found power of the courts to rule any way but the right, up to and including taking kick backs for decisions.
Why are we not privy to the party affiliation of these people, when they are using their affiliation to make important decisions?
These people have these HUGE, posters all over Las Vegas, that put the presidential candidates flyer's to shame and you don't know who the hell these people are.
Our veterans are never going to receive any kind of justice in this country if we do not keep our eye's and ears on the prize. We are depending on right wing, controlled media to lead us by our nose, right to hell.
Questions for BillO:
1. The government can do nothing about addicted and / or mentally retarded veterans?
2. Does the government recruit the mentally retarded or are they mentally retarded after after they become veterans?
What kind of heartless government do we have Bill?
classic Fox thinking - ignore the root cause of the problem.
Bill says the reason there are homeless vets is because they are mentally ill or addicted to drugs - govt. cannot help them.
OK?
the bulk of U.S. servicemen & women come from the lower tiers in our society.
a class of citizens traditionally unskilled in positive behavior modification (not unlike the rest of us).
the military teaches the soldiers to engage targets (kill enemies), then the soldiers do engage targets (sometimes lots of 'em) and witness their fellow soldiers be maimed or die in the field.
then...they get to go home with a wee bit of information about coping.
btw, admitting that you may be having trouble coping is a sign of weakness, so most soldiers 'tough it out'.
and, there is not much money left in the pot to actually deal with such challenges effectively.
believe it or not, mental illness and/or drug/alcohol addiction are some of the unintended consequences of military service and/or combat.
thanks Bill. way to really dig in to this issue.
shame on Edwards!
Well, let's be fair. Billo has indeed been an economic success. It's the "by keeping it honest" part I have a problem with. His economic success stems from his ability to tell the most shameless lies and distortions without blushing. In Billo's world honesty is defined as saying what your morning memo tells you to say.
Gosh, if O'Reilly's going to call Edwards a "charlatan," it sorta hurts that O'Reilly is lying and Edwards is telling the truth. O'Reilly's ridiculous, selective explanation of poverty is straight out of a right-wing think tank paper.
Glad to see that "fair and balanced" channel living up to it's motto.
/end sarcasm
O'Reilly is one disgusting human being.
Dr. Matt @ 39:
The essence of psychological warfare is to confuse the meaning of words
and to infiltrate the mind with conflicting concepts.
L.A. Confidential @ 33:
Yes, it can relieve guilt for those who have close loved ones in the asylum. They can just watch Billo rant and feel they've made that visit and saw how they were doing. He's still there and he's still ranting. He's fine and we're taking good care of him. Carry on.
Hey I just got a 2% CoL raise at work. Wow where will I spend it first? Oh right I can't because my rent just went up again, again and again. Darn and since I have hurt my knee, and need physical therapy I had to up my fsa so I could get some money back.
Those darn pesky drug addicted good for nothing homeless vets better not take my space under the bridge. I have it staked out and the rats are fat and delicious.
I really despise Bill O'Reilly. I watch Keith at 8 PM and for pain and pleasure I will switch to Bill during commercials. I see his fat, doughy face and hear that snark in his voice and I am right back to the commercials for Keith's show.
I really hate what this country has become.
Also, Al Franken debunked some of O'Reilly's claims about growing up poor before. IIRC, O'Reilly wasn't wealthy, but did grow up middle class. O'Reilly used to claim he grew in specific poor neighborhood when in fact he grew up in a different, more affluent one. (Apologies for not having the specifics at hand.) The man is a bully and a hack, but also a pathological liar.
CappuccettoRosso @ 32:
I just threw some cash John's way. It helps wash away the slimy feeling I got from watching this BOR clip!!
And the faux twits wonder why Democrats avoid their channel like the plague.
There is something in Sociology called the Climate of Poverty where people in tense fiduciary situations resort to easily gained excapism, which is generally drugs, booze and sex.
Unfortunately, the theory sounds like ALL the poor have these habits, although it makes it clear depressed finances are the key domino in the chain. Than of course you are spending less in actual dollar amount than a rich libertine but more of a percentage of your income thus making the situation worse with too much money going for excapism, and of course addiction possibly ruining everything.
With former troops the key domino could be anything from general anxiety, depression, and post traumatic stress disorder, but these are the sort of people least likely to seek help, which is seen as a form of weakness. Additionally, the VA has rarely concerned themselves with this issue and often cut costs on these problems, especially when someone like booshco is trying to do war on the cheap.
While I think we've established the fact that Bill O'Reilly is a freakin idiot, did anyone notice Mark Sheilds accuse, in the most journalisticly slippery fashion, Hillary Clinton of running a racist campaign? You know, the LIBERAL on PBS Newshour?
As the Daily Howler trys so hard to have us bare in mind, IT ISN"T JUST FOX NEWS.
Gee isn't it refreshing, we have such grown up people on TV. Wonder how Fox News picks such intelligent people to be on their shows.
Amosduncan @ 48:
Yes I've noticed Sheilds has been losing his sanity slowly but surely the past 7 years.
If you come home from war, addicted, and or messed up. Thats your fault and not anything the government should help you with? In my head I always hear "what a tool" when I hear the stupid things that come out of this guy, Bill "the tool" O'reilly
Bill O'Reilly will say he's talking about homeless verternarians, or vets, which this country has none of.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/1/18/04846/6848/626/438712
Blue Lensman @ 45:
Kicked down my first contribution of the new year and my third to Edwards overall. Let's do this!
The only homeless vets are the vets who murdered innocent German SS soldiers at Malmedy, therefore they deserve their circumstance.
One thing I have to give O'Reilly credit for...at least he hasn't ignored John Edwards. I can't say the same thing about the DLC.
This is just re-affirmation of the decision I made this week to endore Edwards for President on my blog and contribute for the first time to his campaign.
Anybody who riles O'Reilly must be doing something right. Ditto to the ones that rattle the DLC cages. That makes Edwards 2 for 2.
The scales fall from my eyes. It all makes sense now. We don't abandon these people because they fought for us. We abandon them because they are addicted to drugs or mentally ill. We gave them the opportunity to fight and die for their country. They fought but they did not die. They chose mental illness and drug addiction instead!
Wow. Whoever thought O'Lielly would do some actual good?
Thank you Bill for bringing attention to this important issue. Keep it burning . . .
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Dr. Matt @ 46:
pickles @ 40:
human being ????!! quite an overstatement ! And, anybody w/minimal sanity avoids Faux ..
How about getting him into REAL frenzy ?? Might all of Faux explode from within ??
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So, BillO is back to blaming all of the misfortunes that veterans have on themselves. To a degree I can agree with that but then again, as a veteran myself, not all of it is the fault of the veterans. A lot has to do with the military itself which is something BillO has never experienced. When I got out of the service (Marines) I didn't fit in with society and I knew it. I knew that because my training was as an infantryman that I would have a lot of adjusting to do. I tried, but an off color joke or something would come out that was usually funny in the Marines would get frowns from the civilian people I was with. Others would find my jokes down right offensive. I'd try to ask a woman out and the woman would say that I was to agressive or to forceful. Other people would say that I was just plain mean. I didn't think I was but that is the way that they saw me. It got to the point where I was so frustrated that I wanted to fight someone or anyone. It didn't matter who it was. Then, I turned to booze. It took me a long time to adjust where I can at least function in society. My dad, a Vietnam Veteran helped me with that. Even today, I have to watch my mouth around many people. Some military people get out, and they are not so lucky. Add on PTSD and other issues and they simply can not function in society. They are outcasts. Many can not even hold a job so they end up homeless.
Maybe BillO should walk in our shoes for a while before passing judgement on us vets.
Bill-O is one of those 'I Did It On My Own' clowns, just like Ward Connerly. That's like listening to Huckabee bemoan the plight of the paycheck-to-paycheck American and says he'll be a president who understands it all.
And the pot shot at vets with alcohol and drug problems is pretty low for a guy who claims to be the patriotic culture warrior who will save us from the world's evils. Face it, Bill, with you in charge, there'd be a lot more homeless people.
Andrea Mackris should have sued your pathetic ass.
We all can admit that there were more opportunities in 1950s, 60s, 70s, 80s and even the 90s. We also have to admit that the cost of living has gone up much higher than wages. But, Billo we are not living in the past and are trying to prepare ourselves for our and the childrens futures. Get in the world of reality Billo, the opportunties are not as plentiful for our children, if they are poor. The opportunties are not there if you just came back from an illegal occupation of a sovereign nation, missing some limbs or PTSS. If you were in the guard or reserves and came back and your job is not there anymore, you lost opportunities. Your repubug CEO shipped your job overseas you don't have the opportunity you had before you were activated. It is not the past Edwards is concerned about, It is the future of our democracy.
Dale @ 52:
veterinarians!
Ladies and gentlemen, we just witnessed a master in his element. Pay careful attention to the way Bill smoothly hijacks the terms of the argument away from what Edwards was really saying. With grace and fortitude, Bill manages to redefine the problem and imply that Edwards had the wrong cause for the effect. It's no longer about homeless veterans... it's now about the economy causing poverty (which, by the way Bill setup the argument, can only happen if you're too lazy or mentally ill). In fact if you watch most of Bill's arguments, he uses a standard rhetoric ploy to an amazing degree. HE takes control of the definitions and the premise. HE controls the structure of the argument and low and behold, HE wins every argument.
We all bitch and moan about Bill, but the reason so many people fall for his rhetoric (and many of the neo-con drivel) is because they forcefully take command of the definitions of the argument in order to win. WE HAVE TO STOP LETTING THEM DO THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE DISCOURSE IN AMERICA! It's easy for guys like BillO and El Rushbo to do it because they rarely have guests who disagree with them or who can be easily bullied down. But we have to... HAVE TO... take command of the dialog folks, or else we lose a good chunk of the country to the NeoCon propaganda.
John Edwards for president?
http://acropolisreview.com/2008/01/john-edwards-for-president_18.html
So, I'm glad that Edwards is getting media attention (even if it's BillO), but I'm also so torn because someone with as little humanity as Bill display doesn't deserve to live among other humans.
He's still working on that "keeping it honest" thing, obviously...
I was appalled at the blithe manner in which BillO dismissed "mental illness" as a "reason" for veterans (or anyone) being homeless. As if it were acceptable that the mentally ill sleep under bridges. As if mental illness were a form of selectable recreation that one chooses, and in so doing accepts the consequences.
To me BillO sounds mentally ill, and desperate. His rhetoric crambles around eager to blurt out whateve notion will free him of responsibility for his callousness, while helping him deny the dire state of the world after nearly thirty years of Reagan-style "conservatism."
Billo points at himself as an example that anyone can make it.
!. What a piss-poor example.
2. You have to be as dishonest as he is.
3. There is the Peter Principle.
4. Not everyone can be rich, there will always be poor people
dadams @ 15:
That wasn't an accident - that was the way the "rebate" was designed to work.
It was, in effect, a "tax bribe" - with no follow-up benefits AT ALL. You had to be in the upper brackets to get the actual rebate.
I have a bumper sticker on my car - "not rich enough for a tax break"
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I believe that O'Wrinkly would look good as a homeless person.
What a psycho
Isn't about money at all. These folks should just check themselves into the same clinic Mr. Limbaugh checked himself into when he had a substance abuse problem.
why aren't there protests at Fox Noise?
O'Reilly reminds me of those that used to sneer at homeless back in the 70's as just "crazy vietnam vets". And like them, justify the view with the Horatio Alger myth and it was their own fault for being homeless.
Mark Twain saw through the bullshit of that myth:
-- "Poor Little Stephen Girard"
I guess BOR feels repeating the same lies over and over makes them true...
Gee BillO, you just inspired me to add some extra $$ to my donation to Edwards today. How ironic that they have you to thank.
Jake @ 65:
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L.A. Confidential @ 9:
no thanks im still waiting for all that trickle down cash the rich bastards are going to rain down on my head due to his tax cut for the wealthy one percent, oh wait maby ive allready seen it but really it smelled more like piss then cash!
Bill(shit) O'Reilly... head still firmly planted up own ass.
tyree @ 78:
Yep, that would be it tyree. Golden showers for everyone.
hope @ 80:
The old trickle down theory.
This coming from a guy who grew up going to private school, a father who was an accountant in the oil business. Love how he claims he is from a working poor family.
My pipe dream -- Vote Vets and other veteran organizations organize to get all the veterans they can to DC. Especially the homeless and disabled.
Have them camp out on the steps of Congress and stay put until they get some serious media attention or get arrested - which would amount to the same thing.
The trickiest part would be getting the homeless organized and to DC. The disabled would have to do the heavy lifting here. But just imagine what a picture THAT would make.
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Stock market is still tanking. Got to wonder if Billo has sold off his shares in CITI.
Silly fuck.....I bet he takes it in the ass.....
"start with very little"?
Didn't Billo grow up in the upper middle class and go through a number of private schools?
Orally started with nothing???? By his own admission he grew up in Levittown, NY which is the picture of middle class Long Island and went to a private high school. Yeah right, he had nothing. LIAR!
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Ron @ 84:
Apparently bush's "rescue" package didn't impress Wall Street.
Oh no! I guess none of the realy smart people that watch bill will vote for Edwards now. Oh wait, never mind....
Hmm....
BillO says according to the census "Poor households have lots of stuff"
umm.... maybe.. but we are not talking about veterans living in a poor household, we are talking about HOMELESS vets. So if someone with such a low income can, according to luffa boy, get a poor house with some nice stuff (yea, right, try getting a house of any quality with todays prices) then doesn't that mean those that are homeless that much worse off than even the income levels he stated? Doesn't that mean vets are much worse off?
Oh, and as for blaming mental illness.. many of those with mental illness got that from being in combat. Shouldn't the people who sent them into combat, causing them to get ill do something to help them then?
Are there no veterans in Bile-o's audience? What does the damn American Legion think of this NON-veteran and his disparagement of those who would have willingly given up their lives for an invasion that 70% of their countrymen now oppose? Bill isn't alone in this. His audience, those nodding their head in vapid agreement, have, themselves, some explaining to do.
BOR says there's little politicians can do about mental illness!? How about parity for mental health coverage in health insurance plans for a start? How about making sure that every vet gets the help s/he requires? Maybe what they can do is put action behind what they're always yapping about as in "honor the troops".
The only thing more disturbing than Bill O'Reilly and what he says is the reality that there is an audience that watches this and accepts it as straight-shooting common sense.
Easily explains how Dubya managed to run (into the ground) for 8 years.
Rasputin....already done it....going to see him speak on Saturday, can't wait!
As for O'Lielly....the guy lies to his listeners & viewers about where he grew up....who the hell lies about something like that??? Exactly...someone you shouldn't listen to under any circumstances....
I really can't stand to actually watch. But any time O'Reilly calls anyone anything he is projecting.
Bill O'Reilly is the biggest bag of rectal wind in the planet Earth.
O.k.--I had to watch the clip in bits and pieces. Finally got to the end of it. Have to go throw up now.
L.A. Confidential @ 13:
More like just plain disgusting
But what comedy - BOR calling anyone else a "charlatan"!
Classic projection.
KEEP BLOVIATING BILLO
STAY IN SELF-DESTRUCT MODE
EVERYONE SEES HOMELESS VETS ON THE STREETS
**GO BILLO GO**
MountainMan23 @ 100:
True. And I'm hoping his viewers who are living in the "luxury" he thinks a yearly income of $20,000 and under provides finally see him for what he really is.
I love when BillO quivers with hate and rage. FuckO is going to have cardiac-arrest on the air one day, and on that day, BillO will not make Worse person.
It's like I always tell homeless guys. "Why don't you get your own cable TV show, ya bum!"
Bill is like the Wizard of Oz in this regard: On first glance a large, veiny, green-headed blowhard, complete with smoke and flames, who in reality is just a loser behind a curtain.
Such vitriol Bill! All because people dared call you on your bullshit. No wonder he won't go on Bill Maher's or any other show where he might actually get challenged on his insulting, demeaning and flat-out wrong stances. Everyone has to come on the Factor to debate him, where he controls the medium and the message. Keep quaking in fear behind your curtain, you fraud.
I wonder if this is true?
http://www.thepowerhour.com/news3/o'reilly_hannity_cia.htm
what an asshole
Hey, BillO, tell yer handler Rupert Murdick not to worry. Edwards won't be elected/selected. It's all ok, you can quit attacking the populist message. Americans aren't interested in a Presidential candidate that just may indeed look out for them. They are interested in the celebrity American Idol candidate. Now wipe the drool off your chin, and for crying out loud, quit bullshitting about how "dirt poor" you were.
Glenn Beck, you're next. Watching Beck's post surgery rant inspired me to search youtube for some footage of the Dance of the Butthole Fairy. Lo and Behold: BillO in all his glory:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inIWj6CU0GI
I suprised that Glenn's surgery on his ass did not affect his voice.
Didn't Billo go to Private School?
If you took the best parodies of BillO/Fox News/conservative pundits that tv shows like SNL, the Simpsons, or Colbert have created, and then parodied those... that's what Bill O has become in real life.
The most insensitive motherfucker on the face of the earth. We have homeless veterans who are pshycological and physically ruined by this war which fucking ruined the US economy, because the Government put us in a state of more guns that butter. There are basically not jobs available. Additonally, who is willing to hire a body or mentally handycap veteran. Not many firms are willing to take that chance nonwithstanding their claim to "Patriotism and support the troops"
I don't see anybody standing up confronting this fucking asshole for being just that: An asshole!!!
some of Bill's advertisers on his website
insure.com
txmstr.com
emigrantdirect.com
tell them to stop financing the reasonphobe
Ricky Bones @ 82:
And not a cheap private school. I have a friend who went to the same school and Blow-O was ahead of him. My friend said the family was quite well off...as you had to be to afford to go there.
List of things O'Reilly is right about ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
List of things he is wrong about : everything.
CD @ 86:
Yep, his father was an accountant for an oil company, and, adjusted for inflation, made over $100,000 a year in today's dollars. Billy's pampered ass went to a private high school, summered in Florida, and even spent a year in college over in England. Working class hero, my ass.
Bush is about to save America by printing 125 millions dollars economic help package. That's what I like about the decider. He is so fucking "smart'".
"Im proof that if you're HONEST and hard working you can make it" - BLOWRIELLY
HAHAHAHAHAHA.
All you have to remember is this man owns a dilido.
BlowRielly's factor in a nutshell-
"Tonight on the no spin zone, I'm going to attack someone i hate and then Im going to have some guests on who agree with me to back me up"
Rasputin @ 88:
I just shot this link out to a dozen of my friends and family. [Crossing fingers!]
Even after all these years of his ignorant blathering it is difficult to fathom Bill O'Reilly's casual inhumanity. He blames the destitute homelessness of America's veterans on drug addiction and psychological problems, then claims there's not much government can do about that.
These are our honored military veterans. They weren't this screwed up before they entered the military. Ever hear of post-traumatic stress syndrome? How about paying for their treatment, asshole?
Nope, government simply can't do that.
What about the numbers? Can you challenge Edwards on that?
Nope, but Edwards is a "charlatan."
Even Billy's flat-line fans must get tired eventually of his indecency. Some of them might even know a veteran.
If there are no homeless vets, why then does the US spend millions on programs to get vets off the streets and in their own homes? http://www.dol.gov/vets/programs/hvrp/hvrp-bp.htm
When I was a drunk, I was often guilty of "dialing while drunk", calling up friends at 2:00 a.m. for a drunken phone call on issues I thought couldn't wait for sobriety. Apparently, Bill had the same problem when he called Andrea Macris.
This is the hypocrisy. An alcoholic who is supported by an eccentric old rich man is OK. An alcoholic who served his country but is now penniless is a bad, evil man (or woman).
An Average Joe @ 17:
Billo also went to a private school.
Today on his radio show, Ed Schultz talked about the homeless vet problem. I wonder if O'Reilly's ears were burning as his name came up more than once and not in a positive way. Schultz was much more polite than he needed to be with regards to O'Reilly's lies and spin but Edwards, who was a guest, let O'Reilly have it. Too bad there aren't more decent guys like Schultz around and less lying guys like O'Reilly around.
O'Reilly isn't in today (on radio and TV) because he's out on assignment. Oh boy, Mr. "Journalism" is out plying his alledged trade again. So what is it going to be this weekend? Putting homeless vets on buses to Edwards house? Shoving and cussing out candidates' aides? Or perhaps this weekend he'll run down a small child and spin it as his constitutional right?
CD @ 124:
And he went to a private college. And he got to study in England for a year. And he got to travel all around Europe during that year. And he could afford to go to Harvard. For him to tout his blue collar working class roots is a complete joke. He had it far better growing than the majority of people in this country yet he pretends otherwise.
He had it far better growing UP than
RayC @ 16:
I hate it when people say "who cares what (insert ass hat here) thinks. The very reason that they are on C&L is because a great many people do listen to what they say and believe the crapola that comes spewing out of their mouths. Otherwise This sit and many like it wouldn't be necessary.
Like well Duh Ray. Way to spot the purpose of the website
Blue Lensman @ 45:
Me too, as much as I can afford (which isn't much given the falling value of my home, my retirement investments and my labor and the increasing costs of food, energy, the kids education, health care etc. etc.)
What war did Bill fight in to make him an expert on veteran's affairs?
L.A. Confidential @ 9:
Oh, good. I was afraid that I was going to be told how to spend it. And, of course, don't save it. No, that wouldn't be a good thing at all.
The guy is a true MORAN
pops @ 132:
I resemble that remark!
I'm an Edwards supporter . . . but I made a special point of donating today in honor of BillO
Oh and did anyone else get the impression that Bill was dimissing the
homeless vets he characterizes as only "drug abusers and mentally ill" as not worth his time?
I did
Oh and Bill how did said vets get mentally ill -- betcha they didn't start out that way.
Put your money where your mouth is BILLO donate to programs to help the homeless vets
Comeon Mr. "I'm living proof you can succeed if you yada, yada, yada" forget the fact that I never served -
put up the money! get them housed! .. at least house those in New York City BillO!
Peachy @ 126:
Sad thing is some people will actualy believe what he's saying.
Congratulations, BushCo and Media! I didn't think the Government could get any meaner than they were under Reagan. Man, was I wrong! I hope that in twenty years from now, if I'm still alive, I won't be making the same comment about whichever government will be in charge. Folks just have no shame now!
Hey can someone find out BillO's grades and GPA for all these classes he took in high school and college?
After all he keeps telling us that he's a smart guy
I'd like to see if it was true
YOu never hear Rhodes Scholar, Dr. Rachel Maddow tell everyone how smart she is.
So this air conditioning BOR is saying the poor have--is this opening a window or raising one side or your cardboard box?
Total strawman argument.
John Edwards NEVER said the homeless vets were caused by a poor economy.
He brought it up as another social problem that we have a moral duty to correct.
I think we should put them up in Edwards house, its not like he does not have the space, we can use the money he made from his Hedge Fund Days
chris @ 140:
Reich-wing "logic" never ceases to be anything short of pure stupidity.
Dr. Matt @ 141:
How so? He's not using all of those rooms, tell him to put his money were his mouth is!
chris @ 140:
Ca-ching. Your idiotic talking point just added to the amount of my donation to Edwards' campaign. Congratulations!
chris @ 142:
Thanks for proving my point once again.
SEXUAL PREDATOR! My wish is that lots of Veterens show up at his studio/home.
chris @ 140:
hello sweetiepie - we were worried you work too hard fighting on all the threads here !! take a break, troll ..
Did you remember to take your lithium pill today ?
This is chris
CappuccettoRosso @ 146:
I'm with Olberman O'Reilly should pay for all the Vets who are sleeping outside tonight to be put up in hotels for a week....and O'Reilly should go sleep under a bridge
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CappuccettoRosso @ 147:
hope @ 143:
A fool and his money are easily departed.......
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