Well somebody turned me on to some hilarious O'Reilly clips the other day, and Im just curious about everyones feelings about the man.

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Well actually I am magnetically drawn to his show somehow. I think that he is a bit of a liar, and that he just pushes his agenda, however he talks straight. It's bullshit, but he says it forcefully. I also like to see him and his guests speak their minds or spar. It's straight forward. Also, it's like a portal into the mind of the unknown red states for me. Fascinating. I just don't know any better.

I voted not fooling anyone by saying not republican. He also tends to have people that I want to hear from; not specific people mind you, but of the side of an argument I am interested in hearing from. I kind of feel the same in regards to his show as WEB does. I feel he is pretty up front and no nonsense but I don't know why I really watch the show. He's not particularly entertaining per se, but if it's 7:00 and I have no homework to do it's usually what is on.

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He's an ass but it's fascinating to watch his show. It's like when you can't help but look at a horrible traffic accident.

Interesting on the point "fooling..not Republican"...he didn't vote for Bush.

Kind of a slap in the face to all the people who say he is "Bush propaganda"

And WEB..have you read any of his books?
They are actually well written, something I wasn't expecting...

watched his show a few times

dont get why the left hates him that much he proves himself a ass weekly

and most people are not enamoured whith him as they are other pundits

YET

Air America is obsessed with this guy more than RUsh

daily Franken says something about this guy as does Rhodes

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From the European view I was amazed he was allowed on TV.

How can a channel claim to be a News Channel after that... He would have been chucked off TV along time ago.. He's a joke...

He always looks as if he's about to piss himself laughing.

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Where's the "I don't like him or dislike him" option ?

I pay no attention to him. But, here's what Savage has to say about him:


Pgs. 236 - 241 Bill O'Reilly (Lecherus leprechaunus)

Zookeeper savages intro: Top mammal in the Fox News pundit cage, the American Porcupine is a large terrestrial rodent well protected by its prickly exterior. When challenged, it erects its quills, swings its stout tail, and threatens to release the barbed tips into challengers' skin. Known for its grunting or groaning delivery, the porcupine is active mainly at night and is found occasionally on televisions in the sagebrush plains of the West. Also, according to legal filings that were "settled," the American Porcupine will occasionally try to find cable station staff willing to play games like "fetch the loofah" as part of its bizarre mating ritual.

Full description: Is Bill O'Reilly really an obnoxious, dictatorial jerk bent on hectoring and humiliating his guests to boost sagging ratings and his depleted self-esteem, or does he just play one on TV? Well, by all accounts, this American Porcupine is the real thing, a bona fide bonehead, crazy as a Fox News anchor, a real prick a thousand times over as only a porcupine can be.
Raising himself up from small media market news to become the guiding force behind tabloid journalism during his tenure at Inside Edition, there to be replaced by crack journalist Deborah Norville, this porcupine has become a trendsetter and an industry pioneer - at least in his own mind.
From his cage at The No Spine Zone, he lets loose like a porcupine on Percocet with his trademark smugness and patented sneer, regularly welcoming movers and shakers from the Beltway and beyond, threatening to boycott entire countries, barking nonsense about everything from the War in Iraq to the War on Christmas.
This newsy numbskull maintains that his dubious popularity is due to his (pardon while I clear my throat) "common sense" approach to politics and culture. No, Porky, I think people watch your show for the same reason they go to NASCAR races - to see the wrecks. In the world of serious political commentary, The O'Reilly Factor is no factor at all.
Here's an example of O'Reilly's "common sense" and folksy wisdom: In the political blame game that followed Hurricane Katrina last summer, the leprechaun (or rather, lepercon) criticized Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco for not sending National Guard troops into New Orleans before the hurricane.
And just who was going to rescue the Guardsmen once the hurricane had come through? Shepherd Smith? You would think there would be at least a couple of renegade brain cells still fighting it out in that giant melon of his. Instead the porcupine's prickly noggin seems to be filled with nothing but platitudes and 1-900 numbers.
Yet the American Porcupine claims to be a registered independent, which is somehow supposed to suggest freethinking on his part. I suspect, however, that his independent status derives from the fact that no one from left or right, the libertarians to the LaRouches, would claim him. This lepercon porcupine is so off-putting, he could turn a PETA-phile into a KFC franchisee. And yet, whenever the American Porcupine needs some affirmation, he wanders back to the Republican pound, pays homage to his masters, and yelps for a treat.
If Hannity is the favorite son of the RNC, the one who makes mommy and daddy proud by dressing smartly and never saying a bad word about the family, O'Reilly is his cantankerous older brother. He may throw a barb or two about mom's meatloaf to prove his edgy independence, but he still lives in his parents basement.
Few people at Fox wave the "fair and balanced" banner as mindlessly as O'Reilly himself, but as most people know, the American Porcupine confuses independence with incoherence. He refused, for instance, to invite author Ed Klein to discuss his biography of Hillary Clinton because Klein did not interview biographer extraordinaire Kitty Kelley for the book. He also bristled when Pat Robertson called for the assassination of Venezuelan Presidente Hugo Chavez, conveniently overlooking, of course, that he himself had called for the assassination of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Was he prickly because Robertson failed to footnote him? We're still waiting for the talking points memo to explain that one.
The American Porcupine even called your friendly zookeeper, Dr. Savage, a way-out "extremist" for demanding the bombing of Iran's ports. That is, until the lepercon himself called for the de facto nuking of San Francisco because of the insane antics of the city's Board of Stupidvisors.
He may seem like a poking, prodding would-be provocateur in the presence of politicos, but when in the company of ladies, O'Reilly morphs from porcupine to the big, bad wolf, huffing and puffing over the airwaves or telephone wires.
On his radio program, while discussing a lawsuit over New York City's policy of subway bag checks, the American Porcupine informed his co-host, Harvard Law - educated political commentator Lis Wiehl, that he was going to have to conduct a "full-body search" on her. Careful, listeners, you're entering "The No Tact Zone."
And after a penetrating interview with mega-pornstar Jenna Jameson, this porcupine requested some video samples to do some further "in-depth" research on the issues that she had, ahem, raised.
And it was the occasion of his interview with Jameson's porn colleagues, Sunrise Adams and Savanna Samson, that got this porcupine the only attention he never wanted.
Apparently, with his quills at full alert after the interview, O'Reilly made an after-hours phone call to one of his female producers and described to her in graphic detail his vast collection of vibrators. Tapes of a subsequent phone call-in which the amorous porky expressed his enthusiasm for falafel and "loofah mitts"-made the Monica transcripts read like Little Women.
Here's what O'Reilly said concerning his fantasy of a Caribbean vacation: "Well, if I took you down there then I'd want to take a shower with you right away, that would be the first thing I'd do... Yeah, we'd check into the room, and we would order up some room service, and uh, and you'd definitely get two wines into you as quickly as I could get into you, I would get `em into you... maybe intravenously, get those glasses of wine into you."
What is it with guys named Bill? Between O'Reilly, Maher, and Clinton, you have enough unfocussed libido to power (and populate) most Third-World countries. And in the time that it takes to say "sexual harassment," both parties were in court, trading lawsuits instead of phone sex. Fortunately for the sake of Western Civilization, the pair settled out of court, and both are bound to a confidentiality agreement preventing any further discussion of the incidents. Even though they may never learn what a loofah mitt is, the world's billions breathed a sigh of relief. This was one sex story that even Fox News refused to hype. Good thing it didn't happen in Aruba.
Since settling the lawsuits, The O'Reilly Factor is more a No Skill Zone than a No Spin Zone. If nothing else, we can be sure that when his program contract expires in 2007, the American Porcupine won't be made head of HR.
But until then, a word of warning to all you ladies out there in the Savage Nation. If you phone O'Reilly's show during porcupine mating season, which lasts from about January to December, do your best to sound like Janet Reno, avoid the subjects of Greek food and cleansing devices, and, above all, steer clear of the porcupine's biggest turn-on, namely himself.
A porcupine in heat is a dangerous beast. If he loves you, you'll be able to count the ways. In fact, you'll be able to count `em by the thousands while you pluck `em the morning after.

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Use liberals artistic manipulation of logic and language against them.

I read some of this. Savage sucks man. He tries to sound like an independent common sense guy, but what is truly even more frightening is that Savage does not like O'Reilly because O'Reilly is NOT CONSERVATIVE ENOUGH for Mr. Savage.

That's some scary shit, homeboy.


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