O'Reilly speaking at a benefit for The Natl Center for Missing & Exploited Children

[kerry-is-my-prez]

in my town - Naples Florida. Someone wrote a letter to the editor about how crazy this is.

First, they have Mark Foley as an ombudsman - NOW Bill O'Reilly is involved with them. When are they going to learn? They really need to look into this group. AND to top it all off - Foley is from this area so you'd think they'd be very carful in selecting people who are involved with their group.

Maybe they think they are supposed to actually exploit and abuse the children instead of fighting against it.

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2007/jan/31/letters_editor_jan_31_2007/?opinion

‘Escape was easy’?

Editor, Daily News:

Brent Batten’s Sunday column quoted Bill O’Reilly’s remarks on national TV about the recently rescued 14-year-old Shawn Hornbeck in Missouri.

Batten’s article is quoted here: “In a Jan. 17 commentary, O’Reilly intimated that Hornbeck was complicit in his own captivity by not taking one of the many chances he had to escape. ‘It is hard for me to believe that a normal kid would stay in a horrible environment when escape was easy, especially if the child had confidence in his parents,’ O’Reilly said.”

These comments by O’Reilly are not only totally insensitive, but show a complete lack of understanding about the dynamics of the relationships between child victims and their kidnappers.

And this is the man who has been invited to speak at a charity dinner here in Naples on March 9 for the benefit of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children?

Richard E. Caldarone/Naples and Danvers, Mass.

[CoffeeCat]

1. This is beyond repulsive...

What exactly is going on at the Center for Missing and Exploited Children?

First Mark Foley---a man who Congress knew had pedophile tendencies. Now, they're reaching out to O'Reilly a man
who was embroiled in his own sex scandal in which he exploited a female co-worker. O'Reilly also suggested that
a child who was recently found--was complicit in his own sexual abuse and abduction.

I'm serious. What in the hell is going on at the Center for Missing and Exploited Children?

Is this some kind of haven for pedophiles?

[kerry-is-my-prez]

2. I'm seriously beginning to wonder....

They're either sickos or they have a serious lack of judgement.

I'm tempted to go over there and protest. At the very least, I'm going to call them or send them an e-mail. If I had a missing kid - I'd be totally irate.

[nickyt]

3. I just expressed my sincere disgust to them.

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=1285

This should link you to their contact page.