Comments on: It’s Bill O’Reilly Versus Daily Kos Versus Chris Dodd Versus O’Reilly

By: Gray

Gray — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 11:37:07 +0000

“The attack on San Francisco was a hypothetical based upon the military recruiters there. I disagree, but to say he â€œinvited an attackâ€ takes his statement out of context.”

You think it’s ok for a prime time TV VIP to make jokes about destroying SF? Don’t you think this is a bit, uh, sociopathic?

By: dan

dan — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:02:09 +0000

billo totally has a leg to stand on here, too.

By: kritter

kritter — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:09:09 +0000

Amazing how outraged Billo is by the caricature of Lieberman with Bush, yet has no qualms about treating a longtime US Senator disrespectfully by interrupting multiple times and basically calling Dodd a liar.

The insufferable gasbag must know everything there is to know and never need to listen to anyone with an opposing point of view. Oh well he should qualify for “Worst Person in the World” on Olbermann, lol. The clip of him lying will be repeated ad nauseum. Do his viewers even care?

By: Rudi

Rudi — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:11:47 +0000

Billo has taken Springer’s circus and applied it to his “news analysis”. While Springer and “wrasslin” are staged and fake, Billo takes himself seriously. Kudos to Dodd, 5/50/500 wackos on a site of 500,000 isn’t vile. Some commentors at KOS, CrooksandLiars, LGF and Redstate are off their meds, so what, they are just commentors, trolls or spoof. I bet when the cameras are off Billo eats brie, sips expensive French wines and listens to the DixieChicks. Without Billo, who will defend fiberglass baby Jesus and the Easterbunny. His softcore interview with the Miss Jersey bimbo showed us the reak Billo, and that was vile, children could have watched his talk on Springer-like “hot girl on girl action”.

By: Davebo

Davebo — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:58:37 +0000

I disagree, but to say he â€œinvited an attackâ€ takes his statement out of context.

If Al Qaeda comes in here and blows you up, we’re not going to do anything about it,” he continued. “We’re going to say, `look, every other place in America is off limits to you, except San Francisco. You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead.”

Guess it depends on the meaning of “is”, or some such clever word parsing.

By: Davebo

Davebo — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:56:23 +0000

Markos couldn’t buy this kind of publicity, and I see his ad revenue sky rocketing thanks to Bad Bill ordering all of his minions to go to the site.

By: domajot

domajot — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:44:34 +0000

From gladiators to wrestling matches to these kind of shout-downs, they’re all blood sprots providing vicarious thrills of a kind.

I like my news to be news, and my entertainment to be entertainment. Blurring the lines diminishes both.
At least wrestling never pretended to be foreign policy commenary.

By: Plear

Plear — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:20:28 +0000

The attack on San Francisco was a hypothetical based upon the military recruiters there. I disagree, but to say he “invited an attack” takes his statement out of context.

By: hanginjohnny

hanginjohnny — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:12:03 +0000

Bill O. needs to earn respect before he can give it. He is a showman and a ringmaster and master of agit-prop. He uses the word “vile” as often as the NY Post uses the word “fiend”. He really ought to open a thesaurus now and again.

By: casualobserver

casualobserver — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:22:55 +0000

Since I am highly fiscally conservative, but more socially liberal than BO’R, his segments are a hit or miss with me…….but one element that is always a “miss” are these “shout-downs”. (God punish his minister John O’Laughlin for ever introducing the concept to television.)

Both he and Dodd have points, but neither point is worth mentioning more than once, much less devote the entire block to. Dodd, true to character, offers a very logical counterpoint, nonetheless, a picture is worth…….

If the shout-down components are what’s behind his ratings, then far be it from me to comprehend.