Bill O'Reilly is No Friend of the 2nd Amendment

[fightingquaker13]

Stop the presses! I agree with Eric! No ifs ands or buts. O'Reilly is a bully, and a self righteous douche bag. He doesn't invite guests on his show to debate, but to yell at them. What's the point? To be informative, you let a guy make his case, and then say why he's wrong, then argue. Just yelling at someone says nothing. Heat, not light. I've praised Rachel Maddow before and I'll do it again. I don't agree with her, but she gives her guests uninterrupted time to make their point, THEN, starts in on them. That's fair, that lets me learn something, why can't O'Reilly, Hannity and Olbermann get this? Its not about you. I don't tune in to hear bill. I want to hear both (or three or six) sides addressed. O'Reilly is like Bill Bennet. He is neither a liberbal nor a conservative. He is a populist authoritarian. The state, representing the will of an "authentic" in this case American, people is right and can do what it will. Anyone who defys that will (citizen, judge, politician, artist), can and should be slapped into line by the state. For Bill, the Bill of Right's is just a bunch of technicalities in the wayof the "greater good". Screw him.
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[billt]

I used to be an O'Reilly fan, and still watch his show, but my opinion of him is changing as well. He really needs to let his guests finish a single sentence before chopping them off. The other day he had Suzanne Sommers on to discuss free marketing of vitamin supplements without government interference, which Sommers is for. The woman could not complete a sentence without his constant interruptions. 

What also turned me off is on a previous program he seemed to almost support the New Orleans gun confiscation by police that went on after Katrina. He had a member of the "Oath Keepers" on when he managed that little display.

His classic was when he refused to call Hussein a socialist, stating pure socialism is when the government can come into your home and seize your personal property. He just about made a fool of himself in front of Newt Gingrich who opposed him very well. Gingrich is one of the best debaters alive today. Hannity is simply a hard core Republican that regurgitates every right wing, anti Hussein message he hears. While I agree with him 99% of the time, it gets tiring listening to the same rhetoric every night.  Bill T.

[ericire12]

Quaker, You are wrong about Maddow(D)..... she only does that with her guests who are as far to the left fringe as she is (which encompasses about 90% of her guest roster).

*Chris Mathews(D) is the worst at stone walling his guests.

[billt]

Quaker, You are wrong about Maddow(D)..... she only does that with her guests who are as far to the left fringe as she is (which encompasses about 90% of her guest roster).

*Chris Mathews(D) is the wost at stone walling his guests.

Very true. NBC, ABC, CBS, CNBC, and CNN are all left wing leaning. Just remember before becoming too critical of Fox. They are the only conservative news outlet on television today. The more the liberals criticize their content, the more I like it !   Bill T.

[ericire12]

Very true. NBC(D), ABC(D), CBS(D), CNBC(D), and CNN(D) are all left wing leaning. Just remember before becoming too critical of Fox. They are the only conservative news outlet on television today. The more the liberals criticize their content, the more I like it !   Bill T.

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[fightingquaker13]

Its not the content, its the style. As far as I'm concerned you could tie Olbermann and O'Reilly in a sack and drop them off a bridge and America would be a better (or at least quieter) place. I just want an intellectual debate on the merits rather than a shouting match. That means a host that will STFU and let the guest speak before starting in. No interruptions, y'know like our mothers taught us. All we seem to get are Jerry Springer wannabes.
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[tombogan03884]

And a host that will keep the "Liberal guest" from talking over or interrupting  the " Conservative guest".

[billt]

Matthews is far worse than O'Reilly. He can't even get along with his liberal guests. Dean actually made some sense in his analysis.  Bill T.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoGaUrwm2TI&feature=related

[ericire12]

Which is worse:

Shouting down the other point of view or the giant liberal circle jerk?







*I've noticed Chris Mathews(D) only goes into shouting down his guests mode when he gets cock blocked

Stop the presses! I agree with Eric!
FQ13

I'm as sickened by that as you are.

[billt]

I've noticed Chris Mathews(D) only goes into shouting down his guests mode when he gets cock blocked.

When there is a liberal circle jerk, Matthews is always upset when he doesn't get to be the pivot man.   Bill T.