O'Reilly Gives Bachmann A Hard Time For Accusing Obama Of Extortion
It's a step into Bizarro World when Bill O'Reilly becomes a voice of sanity and defense of President Obama. He even valiantly tries to drag Crazy Michelle Bachmann with him to a place where anything the President does isn't met with instantaneous reactionary obstructionism.
Bachmann has been out everywhere she can, pushing the GOP meme that the BP escrow fund is Obama "shaking down" and "extorting" BP by demanding that an escrow fund be put up. Watch as Billo asks who else is in a position to do so and Bachmann has to step back into reality, if only momentarily.
Ever so deftly, O'Reilly deftly redirects Bachmann to back pedal on her criticism back to a level where she almost sounds reasonable. Suddenly, her only concern is that the administrator of the escrow fund not be politically motivated and get the funds to the people as soon as possible. Well, Michelle, done and done.
But I do have one fairly large reality-based quibble with the both of them: there's no way that $20 billion is going to make things "whole" again. That ship is sailed. The only thing that we can do right now is to make sure we don't have another catastrophe like this by tightening up regulations, enforcing them consistently and preferably, ending deep sea drilling altogether.
When is she up for reelection so someone who makes more sense can run like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orZIWD7axDk
Or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcArnepkhv0
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzAXb7qCCAo
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
That Bill O'Reilly is now defending Obama should tell you something about Obama.
While Obama disappoints me more by the day, this is all about just how freaking insane the howling teabaggers have become.
O'Liarry is just distancing himself from the stink...
I concur with your conclusion adding that it also gives blowhardbillowlielly a chance to burnish his impartial, reasonable, and independent cred.It doesn't matter whether that's a load of BS or not but that's the way Fux noise operates style over substance and appearance over reality every time.
President Obama disappoints you more by the day?
Then you are just as mentally ill as the teabaggin freaks!
If Oreallllly said the sky was blue, and you agreed with that, would you curse the sky?
Look, we don't have to be 180 degrees in opposition with them all the time. There will be a time when a few of them will tell their own to STFU, and we need more of them to do that.
I give Orealllly credit for manning up here. We're all pissed because he's been dissing the guy, now that he's defending him against one of the craziest pieces of shit in public service, Obama's the bad guy?
He just can't win.
me-oww!
They don't want to be seen as covering for BP. Boner and Can'tor came down on Barton for the same reason. It's all political theater for them. BillO was acting.
than you should tell you something about yourself.
Hasa Diga Eebowai
YOU belong into the projection hall of fame.
that BillO called her out, it looked like BillO has borrowed Boner's tanning bed. Probably a trade for trying to make Boner look good for chastising Barton.
bachman's mentor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIA1VS2bDa4&fe...
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06Fk3YLhq84&fe...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymMBEwtRZOg
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
You can say Billo is far right and he then might agree with Obama who is, from what he has shown so far center right, but Billo can disagree with Bachmann who is in a galaxy far, far away right.
I think BillO is now trying to distance himself from the far-right teabaggin' crazies. I'm sure he lumps Bachmann in with his cohort, Beck, who it seems he is no fan of.
The Repubes can't have it both ways. They piss on Obama for being ineffecutal re: the oil spill and then when he finally shows some cojones, they piss on him for overreaching.
Forget what I actually said in the video you just showed, Bill. I have some serious concerns which might distract your viewers. Do we know that Barack Obama did not threaten to have Tony Hayward's family executed by the CIA if he didn't come up with the money? Do you think Hitler would have hesitated to do such a thing? I'm not saying Obama did that; I'm just asking. It would be a very serious abuse of power if he did!
Obama might have mentioned eleven counts of negligent homicide hanging over Hayward's head and every other BP exec's head.
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
..perp walk. Did they ever arrest the mine execs for their negligent homicide? No? there you go then.
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
Shafted?
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
... I believe the saying is "even a blind chicken gets a kernel of corn now and then".
The saying "nobody is all bad" also comes to mind... but Dick Cheney is proof of that being a fallacy.
i thought it was even a blind hog finds and acorn sometimes.
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I heard it was "even a broken clock (analog) is right 2x a day"
me-oww!
I heard it was even a blind squirrel gets a nut once in a while.
I see two encouraging things here. One, more and more the knee jerk right wingers are seeing a different world when they come out of the bubble. 2. I think Bill has looked around and seen the market for knee jerk conservatives is saturated. I think he is trying to build a case for being the lone moderate in a world of extremism. Of course the more he moves to the middle the more it looks like the left and the less it looks like the right.
The idea that there is a shake down of BP is a silly soap opera phony talking point.
How do you shake down a company that has agreed they are at fault and has already agreed to pay all the costs? Putting some of that money in escrow to be handled by an independent administrator in no way is a shake down unless you are paranoid delusional..of which they are proving they are. They are quite obviously scared to death of Obama.
What a weasel. If I were running against Bachman, I'd show some excerpts from this. With BillO highlighted.
What this shows is the hypocrisy of Republicans who criticize Obama for everything.
Her Dem opponent is doing so.
http://tarrylclark.com/
Well, Bachmann certainly is in his league. It would take some finely calibrated instruments to choose the winner in a Bachmann versus Hayward Who's the Bigger Weasel Contest.
On the other hand, I doubt if Hayward is as stupid as Bachmann. I think she's got him there.
I'd see the day when billo would defend President Obama! Its the rapture!! Life can hold no more!! TAKE ME NOW, LORD!!!
The crazy bachman b!tch needs to be locked in a rubber room to prevent her from harming herself but, more important, so that we dont have to listen to her crazy talking points anymore.
If billo continues in this new persona, Keith Olberman just might have to take him off the worst person in the world list.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_hwMtG2xCs
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
BP has enough money to hire lawyers. They could have insisted on the $75M liability cap. I think the decision to do otherwise is two-fold, the first being that they have concluded that negligence would have been proved, lifting the liability cap. The second was, if they hadn't done so, they would have killed retail sales for BP products. I wonder, if by agreeing to the $20B fund, whether that could be construed as an admission of negligence. To the extent there was a "shakedown", that would have been the bully puppet of the Presidency that would have killed BP retail sales.
Bachman, Joe Barton, and earlier, Bohner, have implied that the government subsidize the losses. I think the American people have seen enough of subsidizing the losses while privatizing the gains.
Now, I'd like to see the philosophy applied to the banks, where the Fed loans money to them at near 0% interest, they in turn buy treasuries at 3% interest, and pay themselves $140B in bonuses for a job well done (in hosing the American public).
and because of this, they project this shit onto the opposition, ie anyone trying to help. The Thugs have a history of accusing Dems of getting ready to conspire to do stuff that they, the Thugs, have done all along. And when called out for doing it, become abusive toward the ones who point it out.
They suck.
me-oww!
Bachmann's answers are like Moebius strips, twisting and turning and going nowhere.
BatShitCrazy is when you say something so STOOPID even Bill O'Reilly calls you on it....
"Ronald Reagan is DEAD! His policies live on but we're doing something about THAT!"
"You’re asking a democratic congress to investigate a democratic administration"
Hmmmm, Yeah Ms. Bachmann, we are. And I'm far more trusting in that to happen than when the Republicans had the chance to investigate a Republican administration on things like; The energy commission, warrantless wiretaps, secret prisons, the war in Iraq...
of shelley's head have a growth on it? What's up with that dark, pouffy patch?
Michelle Bachmann would side with the jihadist before she would work with a "Democrat president" and a "Democrat congress" in helping to clean up the wreckage the prior administration and Republican congress inflicting upon this nation.
" Bu, bu, but, the Democrats. Do you really expect them to investigate themselves?"
Yes. I do. You lying two faced cRaZY bitch.
I also expect them to investigate this to the fullest extent.
Something tells me that CRaZy EyEZ is worried about this investigation.
Her hero and his admin are gonna take a hit in the public eye.
Spin spin spin.
Kudo's to billo for seeing both sides of this,on this one.
Could it be that he's had enough? That he just can't defend the wacko's on the right anymore? nawwwwww. must be the moon or sumthin.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
It's "Democrat congress" and "Democrat president". Bachmann is as petting and childish as she is compromised and crazy.
As Oil Spills, BP Chief Attends Yacht Race
Must be tough eh Tony?
What's your next punishment, your golden parachute?
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
as crazy eyes Bachmann and Rep. Joe Burton sides with those who unleashed eco-terror on America, BP CEO Tony Hayward finally gets his life back. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
..tighter regulations? Congress? They can't wait to go home for the summer to campaign for the next election that they're going to lose to a new bunch of sell-outs and wing-nuts who want something for nothing. Sorry, they barely passed health care and it was important. They haven't ended the wars, stopped spying on Americans, reinstated Glass-Steagall or cracked down on wall street in any meaningful fashion, solved or even mediated the illegal immigrant problem..need I go on? Of course we need more regulation but I'm not holding my breath any more hoping for change. The Dems couldn't even maintain the majority in the Senate that they had; how's that working out? They ought to be ashamed of the service they are providing the America they serve.
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
What Obama did is historic and there's little wonder the wingnut right has gone off the deepend on this one.
Bachmann and Barton have both used the propagandistic term "private business" (as in "how dare the Federal Government take money from a private business") to describe BP. By no sane definition is BP a "private business."
But the phrase has resonance. To whom should such a phrase apply? To private individuals. I have private business. You have private business.
Excellent Republican Propaganda.
But it doesn't work now because Americans SEE the mess. It's not in some distant land where we dont see the suffering our collective stupidity and greed cause. It's right there in the Gulf.
The normal procedure would be for all these claims to grind through the courts for years, with very little payout on the back end, except to the corporate lawyers defending BP.
This upfront escrow fund is historic as, in this case, it terminates the normal procedure for settling many claims.
What Obama did is huge. He asserted the Rights of the People OVER the legal protections normally afforded corporations.
It sets precedent for all future environmental disasters in the US, and to some extent, the world.
No wonder the extreme rightwing corporate hacks have gone nuts.
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
He avoided the same result of the Exxon decision. Waiting them out till most were dead.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
Thank you.
No doubt , when O'Reilly defends Obama and calls BS on a Repug / Reich winger , that's baaaaaaaaaaaad , leave it to Bachman to pull that off . As for the damage from the oil , the damned well is still gushing oil , we haven't even began to see what a disaster this truly is and the results of this cluster cluck will last for decades , not just months or years . Much of the culture and the environment ... from the wild life and fisheries to the plant life above and below the surface in the gulf is done for ... we won't see it as it was again in our life times , I don't think any of us will . Deregulate ! Drill baby drill ! Yeah man ! The F'ers are outta their minds .
Insanity , it is what it is , there is no understanding it .
this has been in my head for a while now but i have refused to ackknowedge it consciously.
why did i have to read these comments?
my heart is so broken for the gulf.
i have to go get a drink now.
goodnight all.
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..the other morning, I'm listening to the BBC and they're reporting on the "..poor widows and orphans.." who are going to suffer because of the crime at the Deepwater well. Well, I guess there's no doubt of that but that's what happens when you invest in a company that takes chances with your money on other people's lives and livelihoods. Now, that's not to say I don't have sympathy for someone who's not that well off, that does rely on pay outs from dividends but well..You buyz yer ticket, you takez yer chances. At a shareholders meeting, they should just sack the lot of bastards running the company or at least renegotiate their paychecks. Then arrest the fuc$s for criminally negligent homicide. Otherwise, its only gonna' keep happenin'.
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
Makes ya want a privatized social security don't it?
Yeeehaaaaaaw.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
What a great idea huh ? I think the Reich wing want to put Grandma , Grandpa and all of the lower and middle class out on the streets , maybe then they'd be satisfied ... but I doubt it .
Insanity , it is what it is , there is no understanding it .
"you takez yer chances" , yup , it's all part of the game , you win some and lose some , live and learn , never put too many eggs in one basket .
Insanity , it is what it is , there is no understanding it .
..bp hadn't committed so many offenses here and in the past and got 11 men killed. The shareholders need to take action.
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
There's left , center , right and then there is Bachman , right off the frigging charts and in her own world , she should be locked up and given a white smock and a butterfly net .
Insanity , it is what it is , there is no understanding it .
Is the brainwashing wearing off? They need to send him away again to Fox News "training" and have him believe Obama was born in Kenya again.
Bill O'Reilly is quite sane. He spews crap because it plays to an ignorant audience that continues to make him insanely rich. Period.
I think Bill really wants to distance himself from Beck.
Looks like Professor Beck needs to council Bill .
Insanity , it is what it is , there is no understanding it .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2B6SjMh_w
O'Reilly ought to be careful, someone might mistake him for an actual journalist. Well, even alcoholics have a moment of clarity. So this might be a passing thing.
I don't care about BillO... she's a blithering idiot who has an inability to answer a simple question because she's blinded by her stupidity. How she has credibility is amazing. What gives anyone the sense to vote a boob like this into public office?
Yeah... I know... the question has been asked before... I'm just sayin' ... again :)
keep on smiling you crazy bitch.
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She dresses well. She has great taste in clothing. (Unlike her trashy twin from Wasilly) And yes, she is a sick. And yes, she is bad for our country. A damn shame, and disgrace. And yes, I hope she is defeated. Good luck, Tarryl Clark.
Bill/s starting to look like a garden gnome less the beard.
gas just went up 20 cents per gallon overnight. I guess that we're payin for it already................
Reality has a liberal bias
first palin, now bachmann! their heads must be spinning! those two must thing o'reilly has forgotten which side he is on
Which we all know he wouldn't give a damn about gay rights if he didn't have a gay child.
It always amazes me when Republicans are affected personally they always side with liberals.
I'm reminded of the time Michael Savage wanted help from Hillary Clinton and the ACLU because he was banned from entering Great Britain.
I say it's in the genes. They can't possibly understand a situation unless they personally are wearing the shoes that has to take that walk.
While liberals generally have the ability to see a situation, take the walk in both person's shoes and make a logical decision on what is fair.
When I listen to sports radio I can almost pick out the Republicans when it comes to football and basketball. They always act as if they are running the team and never see the players point when it comes to contracts.
The NFL can cut a player at any second but if the player wants a new contract because they are underpaid they are the people screaming he has a contract and should honor it. When that player gets cut you never hear them screaming for the team to honor that contract.
Just something I noticed.
Bachmann defends poor, innocent and unloved BP.
This may come as a shock but that woman is not too bright.
NOBODY 2012
This woman is a flat out, stone cold fucking idiot. Just in that 3 minute clip, she contradicts herself blatantly about 20 times, says one thing and then the exact opposite ten seconds later, and just goes on like it was nothing.
Her advantage is that she knows, to a certaintly, that as stupid as she's willing to admit to herself she is, she looks out into the audiences she speaks in front of, listens to the people she talks to on the street, and hears on the talk radio shows she listens to, that her followers are twice as moronic and unable to process elementary logic as she could ever be.
The blind and stupid leading the really fucking blind and really fucking stupid.
When you have an army of lawyers whose only purpose in life is to drag out the process for as long as possible.
Crackling Christ, Bachmann, if you didn't put the screws to the oil executives they would not do a fucking thing.
My God this woman is an incredibly stoopid beeyatch.
It's pretty goddamned bad when O'Rielly is saner than his guest.
Democratic Party progressive, Vietnam veteran and proud Union member for 41 years
My head is spinning after listening to Bachman. She's upset that the president is being mean to the criminals??? Apparently in Bachmans' mind you can't be a criminal or held responsible if you're wealthy.
A broken clock is right twice a day. Unlike Crazy Beck and Rush Blimphog who are broken records.
I'm amazed that the Teabaggers haven't declared war on him because he's lighter on Obama compared to the 100% opposing shills. Still won't be someone I would watch though.
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