Bill O'Reilly Roughs Up Obama Aide, Forced Back by Secret Service at New Hampshire Event

[panzerfaust]

Source: BuzzFlash

On Friday in New Hampshire, Bill O'Reilly crossed into a Secret Service security zone around Obama, without permission, and got into a scuffling match with an Obama senior staffer.

O'Reilly later imperiously justified his breach of security by declaring, "We're sorry we had to have that little confrontation, but no one on this earth is going to block a shot on "The O'Reilly Factor." It is not going to happen," O'Reilly said, according to the Associated Press.

Read more: http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/alerts/323

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So why did he not get arrested?

[KansDem]

1. "So why did he not get arrested?"

Or at least tazed!

on edit: now that's one video I'd like to see in the political videos forum!

[ProudDad]

58. O'liely, "Don't Taz Me, Bro!" (n/t)

[panader0]

2. I'd like to "scuffle" with Bill....................

[Kolesar]

52. He's big like a livestock overfed with growth hormones

You be careful out there. Peace.

[Fed_Up_Grammy]

3. Was there physical contact? That's what "roughing up" means.

[Bolo Boffin]

4. Yes.

O'Reilly grabbed the aide (full disclosure: guy was 6'8") and was pushing him away.

O'Reilly was also not in the press area and knew it.

[panzerfaust]

5. Sounds like

"... he grabbed me with both of his arms and tried to push me out of the way ..."

[WorseBeforeBetter]

6. Keith O. should be in rare form Monday night. (n/t)

[RamboLiberal]

66. Yep - Puppet theater is back!

From a TVNewser tipster: "NBC and MSNBC doing on-air promos of 'Puppet Theater' of O'Reilly incident on Countdown tomorrow."

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/

Bill O'Reilly was just on FNC (3:08pmET) talking with Brian Wilson about the confrontation at a Barack Obama event in New Hampshire today. Below is a rush transcript.

"..so a big guy comes over, stands right in front of the Factor camera. So I had to gently remove him from that position."
"...no scuffle at all, I just removed him from in front of the camera."

"...I might have called him an S.O.B. (laughter) nothing more than that."

"...about :10 seconds after we gently removed him I spoke with Sen. Barack Obama."

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/no_one_on_this_earth_is_going_to_block_a_shot_on_the_oreilly_factor_74313.asp

[papau]

7. Assault and battery - he confessed to "pushing" and saying "SOB" on Fox today

[sakabatou]

38. Since he confessed, it's time for an arrest

[Faygo Kid]

8. This is a clearer picture than I first heard. Dems all have to get used to it.

Rove's Orcs - Faux News, Limpballs, the rest of the usual suspects - are just getting started, and putting the candidates in physical jeopardy is not beyond the pale for them. They are likely to overreach, but that won't stop them.

O'Reilly is not just a creep parroting right wing talking points, he is a thug. Thank goodness we have A Hero ready to take him on.

[Zachstar]

10. Take him on?

How is not having him arrested "ready to take him on" exactly?

[Name removed]

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[Zachstar]

13. No thanks

You can take your crap elseware tho.

And do some research before calling me new.

[panzerfaust]

14. I seem to miss the point?

[maseman]

35. No offense but what is wrong with new people on this board?

I really don't like it when people who've happened to post a bunch over the years get cocky and talk down to newer members. This is an INCLUSIVE place, not exclusive.

Besides how do you know someone is new? Because of their post count? I had to start a new account a few years back with no posts.

[JoFerret]

18. Bugger heroes.

.

[Horse with no Name]

46. His actions are encouraging their MINIONS to put the candidates in physical jeopardy

Obama has Secret Service detail still doesn't he--for the death threats he received several months ago?
O'Reilly knew what he was doing.

[Lorien]

57. I'd prefer it if every Dem just ignored him and the rest

treat them for what they are: completely irrelevant and worthless.

[jeff30997]

9. All I can say is:

Bwaahhahahahaaaahh!The pooore baby! :rofl:

[truthisfreedom]

11. Nice one, bill. Real class.

Perfectly in character.

[rodeodance]

15. O'Reilly is stalking all the Dems and to her credit Hillary picked on him

Forum Name Hillary Clinton Supporters Group
Topic subject O'Reilly is stalking all the Dems and to her credit Hillary picked on him
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=334x538#538
538, O'Reilly is stalking all the Dems and to her credit Hillary picked on him
Posted by rodeodance on Sat Jan-05-08 12:34 PM

Forum Name General Discussion: Politics
Topic subject O'Reilly is stalking all the Dems and to her credit Hillary picked on him
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3959520#3959520
3959520, O'Reilly is stalking all the Dems and to her credit Hillary picked on him
Posted by wndycty on Sat Jan-05-08 12:30 PM

-snip-
Clinton who appeared rested after a brutal 48 hours of Iowa and New Hampshire campaigning. She had the crowd laughing when she acknowledged the host of the O'Reilly Factor standing unobtrusively next to a camera tripod.

"Hi, Bill how are you?" Clinton asked, as O'Reilly frowned, rocking on his heels.

"You've got to give to him points for courage," she told the crowd of about 800, which jammed the school's gymnasium.
-snip-

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/ny-ushill0106,0,1034905.story?coll=ny_home_rail_headlines

[fascisthunter]

16. "No One...." Hey Bill, You are a No One!

You just don't want to admit it.

[ladywnch]

17. why didn't the Secret Service just shoot him as a threat to the Candidate?

or at the very least taser him. Anyone else would have been.

[Progressive Radical]

30. He was in the "No Taze Zone" n/t

[JBoy]

19. "No one on this earth is going to block a shot on The O'Reilly Factor."

[truthisfreedom]

22. "No one on FOX NEWS CHANNEL's earth is going to block a shot on The O'Reilly Factor."

[Evergreen Emerald]

20. And Britney is the one they put under 72 hour watch as a threat to self or others.

Seems like they need to follow BillO around with a gurney

[Oreegone]

21. A Picture of Bozo Bill

This is a weird little website but has a bit of interesting information but especially a picture of the confrontation.
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/

[BobTheSubgenius]

50. "...weird little website....."

doesn't begin to describe it. It's as smirky a wingnut midden pit as any of them.

[panzerfaust]

55. Great Picture Though

[Yuugal]

23. Don't taze me bro!

Sigh, talk about missed opportunities.

[SpiralHawk]

24. repulicon propagandists like O'Reilly imagine they are 'special'

And republicons absolutely loathe being treated like ordinary citizens of the United States. That's just not good enough for chickenhawk homelander cronies like O'Reilly...

[Binka]

53. Malignant Narcissist Are A Difficult Breed

I've had a rough and rocky road with one. Man they are fucked up DNA.

[lynch03]

25. I can't even believe this

Reading this seems like it was parodied by SNL. But no, it's the real O'rielly. He really thinks he's some kinda God.

[customerserviceguy]

59. I miss SNL

It's too bad that the writer's strike had to come when the political season was at it's zaniest!

[KingOfLostSouls]

26. This is what "shoot on sight" orders are for

he's assaulting staffers and secret service people and crossing LEGAL BARRIERS BY THE SECRET SERVICE


how do they know he's not there to kill a possible presidential candidate? he could lose it and turn into the next sirhan sirhan


this is when shoot on sight orders need to be implemented against bill o'reilly for threatening and endangering a public official and presidential candidate. history has proven right wingers have no regrets about using violence against the opposition. save america, shoot o'reilly.

[santamargarita]

27. Damn Right! "shoot on sight"

That fascist pig!

[KingOfLostSouls]

33. He's crossing over Secret Service security lines

john wilkes booth was a popular actor

sirhan sirhan was just a nice stable boy



whos to say a mentally unstable, conservative propagandist with a messiah complex and ego wouldn't think that he'd get away with killing a colored presidential candidate and be hailed as hero by his viewers and listeners for it and protected by them?

if this had been keith-O doing this to say, mitt romney, conservatives would be calling for him to be shot for treason and he'd probably have been billy clubbed on the spot for it.

bill-o is a threat to this country and you never know when he might snap. he's already proven he's willing to assault people to get his way. conservatives like bill-o are dangerous animals and should be treated as such.

[MadMaddie]

40. Agreed...

He is dangerous and should not be underestimated....

As more and more people like KO keep turning the screw on him and not letting him get away with his attacks and bullying...the more and more unhinged he becomes......

Yea O'Leilly is not even a real reporter although he may think he is one.

[theothersnippywshrub]

28. The Falafel Fucker strikes again. n/t

[east texas lib]

61. Killer Picture!...

Killer Picture! Let's see, how about Bushocchio?

[Zorra]

29. He needs serious professional help, and not just for his loofah problem. n/t

[Gman]

31. Don't taze me bro!

[Oreegone]

32. More Links

Other Links showing up:

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/01/bill_oreilly_in.html

Oh I love Fox New's response:
Updated 7:10 p.m. Ron Mitchell, a producer for Mr. O’Reilly at Fox News Channel, offered this response by email:

“Mr. O’Reilly was not in the front of the rope line. When Mr. Nicholson was asked to move away from the camera’s position, he declined. When the camera changed position, Mr. Nicholson moved to stand in front of it again.'’

“We would very much appreciate it if you could add those facts to your story,” Mr. Mitchell said.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/05/oreilly-involved-in-shoving-match-at-obama-event/:
wtf: :wtf: :wtf: Yeah,right you Morans.



Excerpt:
Since most of the press did not see O’Reilly’s tussle (our view of the rope line was blocked by a riser), we asked the campaign to comment. Marvin Nicholson himself gave a recap of events.

“I don’t know exactly what happened”, Nicholson said, “I was shadowing the Senator as I often do during the rope line and he started yelling at me to move out of the shot.

Nicholson said that he was standing there and O’Reilly moved around the barricade and grabbed him by the arm and tried to push him out of the way. Nicholson is 6’8”.

According to Nicholson, O’Reilly was told to go back behind the barricade. Nicholson then approached O’Reilly.

“I went up to him and said 'Sir, don’t push me anymore,'” Nicholson recounted, “and he said that I was low class.”

Nicholson described O’Reilly as being “really upset” and yelling.
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/01/05/politics/fromtheroad/entry3678350.shtml

[Roland99]

34. O'Reilly verbally, physically attacks Obama staffer at New Hampshire event

O'Reilly verbally, physically attacks Obama staffer at New Hampshire event
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/OReilly_uses_profanity_causes_incident_at_0105.html

The account of his "gentle removal" is a bit different coming from Nicholson himself, who says that an irate and verbose O'Reilly ordered him to move, and shoved him by his left arm.

O'Reilly insists that there was no scuffle, only a "removal" of a man that was blocking his shot. As for reports of profanity, O'Reilly says he may have called his target an "S.O.B." but nothing more. He also denies being "restrained" by two Secret Service agents, reported to have flanked him and escorted him away.

"Ten seconds after I gently removed the man from in front of our camera," he says, "I actually spoke to Barack Obama."

"The Secret Service guys led me right by, and we had a nice little chat, which you'll hear on the Factor Monday night."

[Bigmack]

36. Why doesn't somebody set O'Liely up!

You know... plant some of those "union goons" those Repubassholes always talk about in the crowd. As Billy pushes his way thru the crowd, the grunts take some serious short chops on his worthless ass. No big, attention-getting brawl, just some testicle or kidney shots.

He's a whiner, I know, and he'd bleat like a hurt sheep to his fans, but maybe he'd be a little leery of pushing his way in from now on.

[FloridaJudy]

37. Where is a cop with a taser when you need her?

I would pay to see that jerk get tased.

[Hulk]

39. If I were tazing, I know where I'd hit him.....

...in the void between his legs or the void between his ears.

[Zachstar]

41. Silly responce.

There is no need for violence here. It needs to be said that if this had been just about anyone not in the "system" they would have been hauled out of there or tazed.

I want to know right now WHY IS HE NOT IN JAIL!?

[DBoon]

64. why injure his two least consequential bodily parts?

he wouldn't feel a thing in either case.

[UP_4012]

42. I am sure that this has been said many times before, but

this is just another reason to skip the handcuffs, and move on to the straight jacket and soft padded room. This guy is so full of himself that he thinks he is invincible, and thinks he can get away with an apology. Because he has so much psuedo-influence, he must think he is immune to any punishment.

[momster]

56. What Apology?

I hear a man who believes himself, by the power invested in him by TV, beyond the normal boundaries of behavior. One day he'll learn differently, just as all the other rabble-rousing blowhards of the past have done. Anybody heard from Father Coughlin, Morton Downey Jr, or Joe McCarthy lately? They have taken their proper places in history as voices that most people now realize were 'sound and fury signifying nothing.' That's where Bill will be some day. I have to wonder what all that rage and bluster does to a man's heart.

[treestar]

43. One of the Universe's biggest Morans

What an idiot!

:rofl:

[Marthe48]

44. Secret Service must not assume toward harmless

No one should be allowed to slip around barriers, get in among any of the candidates' inner circle, aides, gofers, to the degree Bill O'Reilly did today. I'd have to research, but it seems to me that in the past persons in the crowd got in too close to candidate(s), and were hauled off to jail and held until they were checked out. Bill O'Reilly wasn't part of Obama's inner circle, he got in too close and hence, he should have been hauled off. Just because he's on TV, doesn't make him above the law. I hope the aide presses charges, like assault and makes a great big deal out of it. ANd I hope that the Secret Service agents all start paying better attention.

[Oak2004]

45. What also concerns me is that his actions may inspire some freepers

Thugs attacking the opposition is pretty much classic next-step-in-fascism.

[Horse with no Name]

47. The same group of thugs have been doing it since before the Kennedy assassination

It's their modus operandi.

[Hieronymus]

48. I look forward to Keith Olbermann's report on this incident.

[unapatriciated]

49. billo states he "gently " removed him

and the secret service was never involved. Can your nose get any longer billo.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=sjdFSbvegbs

[Cass]

51. This guy seriously needs to get over himself.

He has a way too inflated opinion of himself. :puke:

"We're sorry we had to have that little confrontation, but no one on this earth is going to block a shot on "The O'Reilly Factor." It is not going to happen," O'Reilly said, according to the Associated Press.

[Binka]

54. Brown Shirt Bullshit

Bill is a little NAZI. Fuck him in the ass with a red hot poker.

[pleah]

60. I want to know why they didn't have him arrested.

[Carrieyazel]

62. Why does Obama have Secret Service protection?? The other candidates don't.

I know Hillary does because she was First Lady. But why has Obama had it for months now?

[ManiacJoe]

63. They get it by default.

If an individual candidate does not want it, he would need to formally refuse the protection detail.

What makes you think that none of the other candidates have no SS protection?

[brooklynite]

65. No they don't...

Only party nominees get protection by default. Obama received it last year because of threats made against him. Clinton gets it by virtue of being a former First Lady. Any other assignments at this point are based only on need.

[Savannah_H]

67. School

and to think he went to Catholic school....

[RamboLiberal]

68. Pic of the confrontation at mediabistro

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/O'Reilly_SS_1.6.jpg

Despite our earlier reporting, the Secret Service did get involved during the Bill O'Reilly confrontation with an Obama staffer Saturday morning in New Hampshire. The picture below (Reuters/Jim Bourg) shows a Secret Service agent coming between O'Reilly and Obama staffer Marvin Nicholson.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly got into a confrontation with an Obama aide after O'Reilly started screaming at him as he tried to get Barack Obama's attention following a rally here. O'Reilly eventually did chat briefly with Obama and asked him to be a guest on his show.

The incident was triggered when O'Reilly--with a Fox News crew shooting--was screaming at Obama National Trip Director Marvin Nicholson "Move" so he could get Obama's attention, according to several eyewitnesses. "O'Reilly was yelling at him, yelling at his face," a photographer shooting the scene said.

O'Reilly grabbed Nicholson's arm and shoved him, another eyewitness said. Nicholson, who is 6'8, said O'Reilly called him "low class."

"He grabbed me with both his hands here," Nicholson said, gesturing to his left arm and O'Reilly "started shoving me." Nicholson said, " He was pretty upset. He was yelling at me."

Secret Service agents who were nearby flanked O 'Reilly after he pushed Nicholson. They told O'Reilly he needed to calm down and get behind the fence-like barricade that contained the press.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/01/sweet_foxs_bill_oreilly_in_con.html

[Turner Ashby]

69. How many times has O'Reilly mentioned

how tall he is on his show? Many, many times. He is an aggessive bully. He just ran into someone bigger than him on the playground and lost his cool, as most bullies do. But, it is ridiculous that the Secret Service get diverted from their jobs for a moment to deal with an idiot when there might be someone really dangerous in the crowd.

[Supersedeas]

70. Brownshirts don't get arrested

[guitar man]

71. billious o'loofah

fancies himself as some kind of tough guy and likes to play the schoolyard bully. I hope someone knocks him flat of his ass hard enough to send him to the ER. It's what he truly deserves. :grr: