Bill O'Reilly Calls Barney Frank a "Coward"

Barney Frank Gets a Spanking
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JUST ONE MORE DOLLAR, PLEASE.
"Send Fannie Mae more money. I promise they'll spend it wisely next time."

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Say what you will about Bill O'Reilly, but he's the only person who finally did what millions of conservatives have yearned to do. On the O'Reilly Factor last night, host Bill O'Reilly gave Rep. Barney Frank a very public spanking for "presiding over the largest financial failure of our time."

With his characteristic bulldog style, times ten, O'Reilly quoted Frank's July, 2008 statement that, despite a few problems, Fannie-Mae had a 'solid' future.' O'Reilly got increasingly agitated as he outlined how thousands of Americans took Frank at his word, only to lose big as Fannie Mae tanked shortly thereafter.

Barney Frank, consummate politician that he is, handled himself quite well, casting himself as having fought for greater regulation and reform of Fannie Mae. Rep. Frank was genuinely perplexed that Americans weren't judging him on his good intentions instead of the disastrous results of his actions, or lack of actions.


Frank held his own, using the proven tactic of attacking the messenger instead of responding to the actual issue. With a straight face, he accused Bill O'Reilly of not listening. "I didn't say Fannie Mae was a good investment," Frank stated. With that, O'Reilly went nuclear.

"Oh, stop the BS. Stop the crap," O'Reilly yelled, emphasizing his irritation with huge finger jabs. 'You're a coward." Living up to the moniker 'No Spin Zone,' O'Reilly went further, stating, "At least Christopher Cox was man enough to admit failure. Come on, be a man. Come on, you coward. You blame everyone else. You're a coward!"

Frank again tried to switch the issue to O'Reilly's lack of manners. On this point, he was somewhat correct. The confrontation indeed turned into a shout-fest, with both sides maneuvering for control of the issue. Bill O'Reilly won. Barney Frank lost.

Though this debate didn't conform to the civilized rules of debate by virtue of finger pointing, shouting and accusations, it nevertheless was long overdue. The point O'Reilly managed to convey was the utter lack of accountability assigned to the very people who were supposed to be in charge of financial oversight. Namely, Rep. Barney Frank and Sen. Chris Dodd - the very politicians who now jockey for face time after having appointed themselves the experts in charge of solving this vexing problem. After being directly responsible for causing it.

Hypocrisy is nothing new in politics, but with millions of Americans now paying the price for Barney Frank's decisions, his very public spanking was long overdue. Kudos to Bill O'Reilly and shame on Barney Frank for not 'being a man.'


by Nancy Morgan
Right Bias.com
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Bill O'Rielley Channels the Spirit of Karl Marx on Economics

RANT!
O'Reilly's Economic Spin Zone
"Populist Pinhead"






Bill O'Reilly has a Masters Degree in Broadcast Journalism and another in Public Administration, but apparently, he got thrown out of Economics--because he's functionally illiterate in the subject.

Anyone who's watched The O'Reilly Factor knows that if the host were paid a nickel every time he spouted an economic inanity, he'd be a multimillionaire.

And that's no spin.

His favorite topic economically is greed. Greed explains everything economic for O'Reilly. Gasoline prices go up? Greed. Gasoline prices go down? Greed again. Banks pushed into making loans to people who might have had a hard time paying them? Greed.

His failings on economic matters are an embarrassment--except to William Jennings Bryan aficionados.






There's no spinning that Bill O’Reilly is a populist pinhead. That's how Conservative Punk sees him--and that may be giving O'Reilly the benefit of the doubt.

Those on the right and left who are feigning righteous indignation at the “evil corporations” or “heartless Wall Street” are taking the otherwise complex issue of the financial meltdown, and simplifying it in order to appeal to their audience…or so they think. In fact what they’re doing is treating their viewers and listeners like simpletons and idiots. American's are grown ups, they can take a little bit of truth now and again.

On today’s Radio Factor, Bill O went on a tirade against other talk show hosts who don’t share his one sided and simplistic assessment of our current financial crisis is dishonest. Check out the audio at Johnny Dollar’s Place. During his nearly three minute long screed, O’Reilly goes on to blame rich, cigar chomping, private jet flying talk radio hosts of misleading and lying to their audiences about the bailout and the financial meltdown. Ironically, it’s rich, cigar chomping, private jet flying talk show host Bill O who’s misleading and lying to you.

Mark Levin says, "He (O'Reilly) has a fledging radio show that has no ratings and he'll be off radio soon because he's a failure."

O'Reilly's tactic is to bring someone knowledgeable about the mysteries of how the market works on his show and then attack them if the guest doesn't buy into the host's towering ignorance.

The market has determined that O'Reilly's lack of economic knowledge is worth almost a million dollars a year. That's what some sources estimate is O'Reilly's compensation.

Sounds way off-base to us, but we'll not attack the market for determining his worth: that's what markets are supposed to do. We don't think that Bill O'Reilly takes the money because he's greedy.

Guess that would disqualify us from ever hosting the No-Spin Zone.

by Mondo
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An American Carol Trailer: Michael Moore, Rosie O'Donnell are "Pinheads"

We received this exclusive trailer--at least for a little while--from "An American Carol".

It's not your average "Hollywood view of America" movie.






See?


by Mondo

O'Reilly Continues to Pound Olberman in Ratings

Notwithstanding HuffPo's Story



Bill O'Reilly continues to pound Keith Olbermann in the ratings--including the key 25-54 demographic, regardless of how The Huffington Post spun its recent article.

The Huffington Post recently pounded its chest when Keith Olbermann's 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' beat Bill O'Reilly's "The O'Reilly Factor" in the important 25-54 demographic--for one week.

What HuffPo neglected to mention is that this was one day, one demographic, one time.

From Newsmax:

MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" did average 477,000 viewers in the age 25 to 54 demographic during the first week of June, narrowly edging out Fox News "The O'Reilly Factor," which averaged 472,000 in that demo, according to Nielsen Media Research.

"This marks the first time that MSNBC has beaten Fox News in O'Reilly's 8 p.m. time slot," the left-wing Huffington Post screamed. But in fact, O'Reilly and Olbermann squared off against each other on only three days that week.

On Tuesday, the cable stations covered that day�s primaries, and on Friday, O'Reilly was on vacation, with Laura Ingraham filling in.

Ratings for "The Factor" dip when O'Reilly is not the host.

Viewership Figures: First week of June 2008
O'Reilly vs. Olbermann

25-54 demographic: O'Reilly 503,000 Olbermann 491,000
Total viewers: O'Reilly 2,193,000 Olbermann 1,031,000
[total viewers for the 3 days Olberman and O'Reilly went head-to-head.

May 2008 marked the 90th consecutive month that 'The Factor' was the leading program on cable news, averaging 2,497,000 viewers a night, while 'Countdown' had less than half that many, 1,098,000.

O'Reilly also beat out Olbermann in the 25 to 54 demographic for the month, averaging 534,000 viewers to 408,000 for 'Countdown.'

Keith Olbermann continues, like Bill O'Reilly, to be an acquired taste.

What Huffington Post didn't mention, was that more cable viewers, more frequently have acquired a taste for O'Reilly's show--including that key 25-54 demographic.

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Hillary Clinton, Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly Throws Softballs, Does Best Larry King Impression

Hillary Wins Big In O'Reilly Interview



Nancy Morgan
Right Bias.com
May 1 2008

Hillary Clinton appeared on The O'Reilly Factor last night, finally facing off with Bill O'Reilly in the No-Spin Zone. Judge Napolitano described it as the "toughest interview she's ever had."

Hillary was pretty in pink with nary a crease in her smiling face. She was cool, calm and collected as she answered all the hard questions lobbed at her by tough interviewer Bill O'Reilly. Questions like, "Are you surprised Fox News has treated your campaign in a fair and balanced manner?" Hard one. Giggle, giggle.

O'Reilly then moved on to the Rev. Wright/Obama situation. Hillary fielded this tough question by saying unequivocally, "I take offense. I don't believe the US government caused the AIDS crisis." Hillary scored big by finally declaring what most of America already knows. Talk about speaking truth to power.

On to the next hardball question. When asked how much she would raise taxes, Hillary stuck to her deeply held belief that the rich, herself included, were not taxed enough. Her policy as president would be to up the taxes on the rich in order to give it to the "hardworking middle-class, who get up every morning and keep the country running." Boy, its tough getting up in the morning when one is middle-class. Bill didn't mention that the rich get up every morning also. And neglected to point out that all those hardworking middle class guys were working at jobs provided by all those rich geeks. Who keeps the country running, again?

The pundits are describing this morning how O'Reilly really pinned Hillary down on her oil policy. If you actually saw the interview, you could see quite clearly that the score then was Hillary: 3, O'Reilly: 0. He did manage to bring up the fact that Hillary has voted down nuclear power seven times. Hillary skated, unchallenged (Hill 4, O'Reilly 0) with her most amazing statements of the whole interview. "We (meaning all us guys in fly-over country) will have to change the way we behave." In other words, Hillary will now set the standards of behavior to which Americans will have to conform.



She then burnished her tough guy creds by passionately demanding that oil companies be "held accountable" and "there is no basis for their profits". Since profit is now regarded as a dirty word, this statement, too, went unchallenged. Also unmentioned was the fact that the government takes .48 cents in gas taxes while the oil companies settle for .09 cents.

O'Reilly, to his credit, said her redistribution policies smacked of socialism. Hill, taking a page from the liberal 'debate' book, skirted the issue by pointing to FDR, as if his socialism justified hers. She got away with it, too. Then O'Reilly let skate the most astonishing piece of spin I've ever heard. "Rich people deserve all the opportunity to see that the next generation does well." Well, who are we to deny the rich the opportunity to be taxed to death in order to pay for failed government programs. Not Bill O'Reilly.

Hillary mentioned several times the need for accountability. Bill O'Reilly missed out big time on this issue. Hillary's claim that she has been 'vetted' has been accepted by O'Reilly. No need to ask any questions about Travelgate (perjury), Whitewater (fraud), making $99,000 and change from a $1,000 investment (bribery, fraud), the fact that she received 99.9% of the vote from a small community after hubby Bill dished out pardons for their terrorists members (bribery, vote fraud), the Vince Foster 'suicide' (conspiracy), her proven complicity in illegal Chinese cash (bribery, treason), the FBI files she probably still has after the former bouncer she hired, Craig Livingston, was given a vital security job in the Clinton White House (blackmail). Not to mention her complicity and active participation in the hundreds of scandals hubby Bill was involved in.

You can't fault O’Reilly, I guess. No-one, with the exception of Reed Irvine of Accuracy in Media, and Chris Ruddy of Newsmax, has ever followed up on the documented evidence that shows without a doubt the corruption and amorality of Hillary. Documented evidence that would put a lesser mortal in the slammer.

Even conservatives have refused to publish the real Hillary scandals. Possibly for fear of losing their credibility by being branded part of the vast right-wing conspiracy. This remains a puzzle to me to this day.

Hillary is one smart cookie. Under that Dorian Gray exterior, she is ruthless, determined and has shown she will go to any lengths in her quest for power. The real danger is the fact that, unlike Bill Clinton, Hillary is, and has been her whole life, a dedicated socialist/Marxist. She is a true believer. She has a vision of the world, one that has already been tried and proven disastrous, that includes her as President, with her hands on the levers of power. Power to destroy capitalism in favor of her version of utopia. Knowing that, since man, not God, is responsible for the state of the world, man (Hillary) will finally be able to establish utopia.

Despite the fact that every effort she has made to date has met with resounding failure. And the American citizens have been left to pick up the tab.

Another issue O'Reilly never brought up.



by Nancy Morgan

Nancy Morgan is a columnist and a news editor for RightBias.com
She lives in South Carolina, where she writes "Culture Watch" weekly.

Article may be reprinted with attribution. Bio available on request.


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Bill O'Reilly: Tap Dancing Around Alleged Obama Scandal?

While the New York Times continues to falter and sink...






We're not the only ones with a sharp eye. Yesterday a video was posted on Youtube by someone who believes they heard Bill O'Reilly and Tony Snow on The O'Reilly Factor allude to the still unsubstantiated scandal of illegal drugs and gay sex surrounding Senator Barack Obama.






O'Reilly and Snow were discussing the story put out by the New York Times which alluded to an affair between the top Republican candidate for President, Senator John McCain, and one cute blond lobbyist, Vicki Iseman.

Excerpts from the show's transcripts:

SNOW: But it seems that Bill Keller, the executive editor, thought this was a sloppy piece of work and kept resisting it. There was a lot of pressure out of the Washington bureau. "Hey, we've got something saucy, boss." And whether Bill Keller, for whatever reason, knuckled under and figured that this is the way to sort of get along, I don't know.

But having been in journalism for nearly 30 years, I've got to tell you, no editor is going to look at something like that and say that it measures up, because it doesn't. It doesn't even measure up in terms of gossip.

Reporting more on the level of the gossip rag, the National Enquirer, the Times piece on McCain was indeed, sloppy, and guilty of printing a story full of unsubstantiated gossip and innuendo, the foundation of the story built on the quicksand of "unnamed" sources.

O'REILLY: Well, here's the real tragedy, and this is an American tragedy, because this is stuff that's been going on for far too long. There isn't an accusation that McCain broke any law. There isn't an accusation that he actually had an affair with a woman. They don't say he did. Both parties deny that. OK?

All they do in The New York Times article is insinuate, is suggest, based on no hard evidence.

Snow and O'Reilly go on to discuss the pattern of journalistic misbehavior by the once venerable New York Times and other organizations whose readership is in decline:

SNOW: Look, I also think that there is a problem right now in journalism. Everybody's trying to get on air as rapidly as possible with something as sensational as possible. This is why we get all of these Britney Spears stories.

But the fact is that this is a presidential campaign. People are sick of this stuff. They're sick of the kind of cannibalism that goes on in Washington. They're sick of sloppy smears. What they like is somebody who's actually talking about stuff.

O'REILLY: See, I disagree with you there.

SNOW: No.

O'REILLY: There has been a longstanding rumor, and you know it, about a Democratic, powerful Democratic person in this country, longstanding, been around, people have looked at it, never reported by anyone, never mentioned by anyone. Easily done in the same way The New York Times did it. I could do it. I could do it. I could do it tomorrow, anonymous sources told me this individual in America, again, a prominent Democrat... Source - FOXNews

Is O'Reilly alluding to the Obama story swirling around the blogs, of a gay man who is accusing the squeaky clean Senator of two incidents of illegal drug use and oral sex? The story no one in the MSM dare not investigate nor dare not speak of?

While the MSM turns its collective noses up at verifying whether the Obama story is true the Times made the decision to print the hit piece on McCain. This isn't the first nor will it be the last time people will be outraged over the shenanigans over at the Times. Howls of protest they're used to, but not a steady decline in readership and advertising, the cash cow that keeps them going.

We agree with Snow and O'Reilly. The Times has failed Journalism's most basic tenets, reliable sources, facts back by hard evidence. In other words, after all these years of leaning hard to the Left, the Times finally fell into the realm of "slacker" journalism, or even lower, a "rag" mag.

But there's that other story sitting in the background, on another candidate running for President, a very popular Democrat candidate. The story concerns alleged illegal drug use and gay sex, also "unsubstantiated" and no "hard evidence" other than the man who claims he was a participant back in 1999.

The story hidden within the story is why the Times went with the "hit" piece on McCain and continues to ignore the story on the Democrat front-runner, Barack Obama.

We've attempted to get an interview from Larry Sinclair, the man at the center of the drug and sex allegations aimed at Obama.

We're not sure what's going on over at the Times, if reality has been supplanted by a Liberal Ship of Fools intent upon steering the course of American politics, while their ship founders and slowly sinks into the Journalistic Sargasso Sea.

By LBG

Image - Ship of Fools
Source - Obama: Gay Man Threatened Over Sex and Drug Claims
Source - Youtube - Obama's Limo Sex and Drug Party



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Post-Email, Michelle Malkin Still Going StrongMuch Pooh About Nothing

[photo: Baltimore Chronicle]
by Mondoreb

You know you've struck a nerve when the Left starts calling you names. You know you're really making a difference in opinion when your every move is tracked; when hours are spent blowing gassy vapors in the absurd attempt to construct political balloon attack animals.

The latest proof that Michelle Malkin has risen to the upper tier of conservative opinion-makers is the Left BlowhardFest over Malkin's decision to forgo hosting anymore Bill O'Reilly shows. The decision, the result of a on-air flare-up, resulted in more calls to San Francisco emergency rooms for hyperventilation treatment than any time since Nixon was president.

MM chronicled the fortunes of the Frost family and their use by Democrats in the Schip debate. Once exposed, nothing was done to refute Malkin's findings: what could be done, really? Instead, another round of "attack the whistleblower" was quickly organized by Leftards the Internet over. Nothing was said about the comic attempts to use an obviously comfortable family as an example of Republican coldheartedness toward the poor. So they focused on a pin to dance on.

It all resulted from this email, found on Michelle Malkin's site:

Thanks so much for your kind words. Much appreciated. I made the decision to quit appearing on the O’Reilly show in response to the poor handling of the Geraldo Rivera matter (in case you hadn’t heard, he threatened to spit on me because of my views about illegal immigration and his staged “apology” on The Factor was a complete farce). I won’t go into details, but please know that your support means a lot to me. You can catch me on other Fox News shows and read my daily blog posts and weekly columns at MichelleMalkin.com.

From the reaction of the Socialist side of the Blogosphere, you'd have thought MM called for the seizing of Starbucks' assets.

Such as this:

I think one of the funniest aspects of the political sphere today is that some of the toughest talking folks in the business really turn out to be big, fat, tear leakin’ wimps.

Or this:

WAAAAH!!
Pauvre Michelle. Booted off a FOX News show? Even better, booted off O'REILLY'S hatefest? That's quite the feat.

In a world where there's not enough news to justify the billions of pixels slaughtered daily on the blogosphere, non-events are just an excuse to unload your favorite pejorative on those you disagree with. And no brain cells were harmed in the making of the reactions of the blogo-pathological side's posts: none were used.

Michelle Malkin's a big girl: she can handle the slurs and arrows of the midget class. She makes arguments for and against important issues based on facts. It's a skill her opponents might try taking up instead of calling her names.

For at this moment, Leftist wordsmiths are busy coining new terms of derision for conservatives. If only they spent half as much time trying to answer our arguments, they could get out of the balloon animal business.



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