O'Reilly releases "coward" list

[whometense]

Our guy made the list!

O'Reilly=self-deluded megalomaniac

http://mediamatters.org/items/200510270013

On the October 25 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly unveiled his list of invited guests who he said will not appear on his television or radio programs. O'Reilly explained that the list contains "people who are afraid to answer any questions." Earlier in the show, O'Reilly described the list as "people who will not stand up and answer questions about their bomb-throwing statements," adding "You have a moral obligation to do that. If you don't, you're a coward."

"John Kerry, another guy who said he was going to come on, told TV Guide he was going to come on The Factor. He's afraid."

Here's the list:

The list:

* Dick Cheney (Vice president. O'Reilly acknowledged, "He must be sick of getting our calls.")
* Michael Chertoff (Secretary of Homeland Security)
* Jeb Bush (Governor of Florida)
* Samuel Bodman (Secretary of Energy)
* Tom DeLay (Representative, R-TX)
* Howard Dean (chairman of the Democratic National Committee. According to O'Reilly, "the biggest coward in the country")
* Cindy Sheehan (anti-war protester, founding member of Gold Star Families for Peace)
* John Kerry (Senator, D-MA)
* Brad King (state attorney for Florida's 5th Judicial Circuit)
* Jon Corzine (Senator, D-NJ)
* Jane Fonda (actress)
* Jesse Jackson (founder, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition)
* Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Senator, D-DE)
* George Pataki (Governor of New York. O'Reilly, "He's so unsure of himself on TV.")
* Sheldon Silver (Speaker of the New York State Assembly)
* Al Gore (former vice president)
* Bill Clinton (former president)
* Andy Rooney (journalist, syndicated columnist, regular contributor to CBS' 60 Minutes)
* Richard Clarke (former counterterrorism adviser to presidents Clinton and Bush)
* Roger Mosey (Director of BBC Sport, former head of TV News at BBC News)
* American Civil Liberties Union (O'Reilly: "Anybody from the ACLU is afraid.")
* National Public Radio (O'Reilly: "The executives over there are afraid.")
* Oil and gas industry (O'Reilly: "The heads of the oil companies are afraid.")
* Bill Moyers (journalist. O'Reilly: "biggest mouth in town")
* Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (Governor of Louisiana)
* Ward Churchill (Professor of ethnic studies, the University of Colorado at Boulder)
* Barbra Streisand (Singer, actress. O'Reilly: "All of these Hollywood people ... I mean, they're way out of control there.")

[frogmarch]

1. O'Reilly, you ignorant

putz.

I think Keith Olberman had it right the other day when he asked, (paraphrased) "How many of you agree that Bill O'Reilly is about four minutes away from being hauled away to an insane asylum?"

I'm sitting here trying to visualize Kerry on O'Reilly's show. Can't do it.

Here's a link to a good O'Reilly website, Sweet Jesus I Hate Bill O'Reilly, Intl., an organization of hope. I wonder if he knows about it.

http://www.sweetjesusihatebilloreilly.com/

[beachmom]

3. Ahm, Frogmarch, I don't have the visuals, but ACTUALLY

Kerry HAS been on O'Reilly. Hat tip Ron and his wonderful Kerry Library:

http://www.kerrylibrary.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=17&pid=2839&st=40&#entry2839entry2839

The O'Reilly Factor (Fox News Network); 9/23/2004; Bill O'Reilly


The O'Reilly Factor (Fox News Network)

09-23-2004

O'REILLY: BACK OF THE BOOK segment tonight, you're probably tired of hearing about it, but President Bush will be on this program next Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. And we, of course, have invited John Kerry in to chat as well. On December 11, 2001, Senator Kerry did enter the no spin zone to talk about the war clouds gathering in Iraq. Here's how the discussion went down.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) O'REILLY: In the UNRESOLVED PROBLEMS segment tonight, there continues to be much debate about confronting Saddam Hussein. There's no question that the Iraqi dictator has encouraged terrorist acts around the world, including an assassination plot against former President Bush.

One of the possible Democratic presidential candidates next time around, Senator Joseph Lieberman, told THE FACTOR last week he wants to go in and get Saddam. Joining us now is another possible presidential contender, Democratic Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts. And do you feel the same way as Joe Lieberman, Senator?

SEN. JOHN KERRY, (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Essentially, yes. I'm not sure exactly what Joe means by that. But I think we ought to put the heat on Saddam Hussein. I've said that for a number of years, Bill. I criticized the Clinton administration for backing off of the inspections when Ambassador Butler was giving us strong evidence that we needed to continue.

I think we need to put the pressure on no matter what the evidence is about September 11th, but I think we have to do it in a thoughtful and intelligent way.

O'REILLY: Which is what? I mean, look, you know the guy...

(CROSSTALK) ... the guy is simply -- he is an out of control guy...

KERRY: Absolutely.

O'REILLY: ... and he's not going to respond to embargoes, no fly zones. He's not going to do that. How would you put enough pressure on him to open up inspections again?

KERRY: Well, I'd reinvigorate that process as step number one, and I think the administration is now suddenly starting to move in that direction. I think you have to work our allies sufficiently to pull that component of the effort back together. But the second thing I would do -- and I wouldn't hesitate to do it -- is back opposition more openly, and do it in a way that begins to put a counterinsurgency in the country itself.

O'REILLY: So what do you do -- drop heavy weapons to the Kurds in the north and to Muslims who don't like him in the south?

KERRY: Bill, let me tell you, I was all for our following through, at the end of the Gulf War, with the Kurd uprising, and I thought it was a great betrayal, in a sense, that we encouraged them verbally, we gave them forces, we gave them weapons -- we encouraged them and said we were with them, and then we pulled out at the last minute because the Kuwaitis and the Saudis, and others, were unsure of what might follow.

O'REILLY: Yeah, that was a classic mistake. But if you arm the Kurds in the north of Iraq, you're going to alienate one of our most valuable...

KERRY: I didn't say necessarily the Kurds. There are other members of the opposition. There are people who are outside the country prepared to go in. There are others inside the country. And I believe -- I mean, I was in Safra. I went there when the signing of the armistice took place at the end of the war, and I remember seeing that land, which lent itself, in my judgment, considerably, to the creation of almost an enclave, which I thought we should have done then, and I think is one way to begin to approach things now.

But there are other possibilities. The important thing is that Saddam Hussein and the world knows that we think Saddam Hussein is essentially out of sync with the times. He has acted like a terrorist, and he has engaged in activities that have...

O'REILLY: All right, but, you know, I still don't see the hammer that's going to convince him to open anything up.

KERRY: The hammer ultimately will be the evidence that we uncover as we go further down the trail that shows his support for terrorism, and begins to build the coalition, even more strongly...

O'REILLY: Have you seen any evidence that's really compelling that has not come out yet?

KERRY: I have not seen any evidence yet with respect to the 11th, but there are avenues to pursue there. The important thing is that Saddam Hussein has used weapons of mass destruction. Saddam Hussein fired weapons on Israel. They took some, I think it was 29 or more Scuds without even responding, during the war.

In addition to that, he has refused to live by the terms of the treaty that he signed at the end of the war, in which he agreed to do certain things.

O'REILLY: Sure, absolutely. I mean, we certainly...

KERRY: The international community ought to hold him accountable for that.

O'REILLY: But the international community won't. If he's going to get out of there, it's going to have to be us.

KERRY: Well, ultimately...

O'REILLY: It's going to have to be us. Nobody else is going to do anything, because they're all frightened little ninnies.

KERRY: In the end...

O'REILLY: Now, let's shift...

KERRY: In the end, we protect our own national security interests.

In the end, I'm prepared for the United States to do what it has to do in order to do that.

O'REILLY: All right. Well, he's got to go, that's for sure.

I'm laughing at this interview now. At the end, it's like O'Reilly is talking to himself, not letting poor Kerry get a word in edgewise. Actually, this is just one more piece of evidence that Kerry has been pretty darn consistent about Iraq. Even on the Factor.

[frogmarch]

7. wow, beachmom

thanks for the transcript! I still can't quite picture Kerry on squirrel-bait O'Reilly's show. His appearing on Faux is a good way for the Democratic message to reach the RW loonies, though, so bein on O'Reilly's show was a good move on Kerry's part, just as it was for him to be on H&C last night.

You are right. Kerry's stance hasn't changed. He's not no stinkin' flip flopper, and never has been.

[karynnj]

11. He went on O'reilly on his birthday???

[ginnyinWI]

10. Ok I have a question for O'Reilly

How about going on Al Franken's show---or are you CHICKEN? LOL.

[sandnsea]

2. Because O'Reilly's Irrelevant

We need an Irrelevant Blowhard List. O'Reilly, Hannity, Limbaugh, Coulter, Hitchens, Corsi, Santorum, who else?

[LittleClarkie]

4. It's not cowardice to not want to give you the time of day

you lying sack of shit.

[globalvillage]

5. What a pompous ass.

O'Leilly is actually so vain that he thinks anyone who won't come on his show is a coward?
Hey Bill, you blowhard, maybe they think you're just an irrelevant, no-good, overbearing, contemptuous, worthless, lying sack of shit.
The Senator is in good company. There are some awesome people on the list, and at least one Dick.
I don't think I could stand to watch his show even if Sen Kerry was on it.

[TayTay]

6. Bill should have him on with Al Franken

Oh, and on a live show only. No editting the tape Bill.

Has anyone here heard Stephanie Miller lampoon O'Reilly? It's so funny. She and her 'voice guy' Jim do a hilarious 'Bill O'Reilly was a man, yes a real man' thing that is so funny.

I think Sen. Kerry should go on 'The Colbert Report.' It's a parody of O'Lielly, only witty and intelligent.

[sandnsea]

8. Did you watch last night?

I can't remember the guests name, but that has got to be one of the funniest 5 minutes of television ever. 'Now that we've covered the earth's origin and creation of man, let's move on.' And the asteroid in 2029 that will hit before social security runs out, lol. I think it's going to be better than Jon Stewart and that's hard to to do. The Senator should definitely do the show, perfect format for somebody with intelligence and wit.

[beachmom]

9. I'm beginning to love Colbert, too, although I have a couple still

on my DVR, not watched yet.

I thought the same thing as you -- Senator Kerry should DEFINITELY do that show and just go with it. Since it's sort of half in jest anyway. He would need a good night's sleep the night before though, so he can come up with a few zingers. If it went well, all the morning news shows would show excerpts . . .