I think it was the "O'Reilly Factor" that also led to the boycott of the "Minority Debate" by the leading GOP candidates.

Ok
We get it.
Bill O'Reilly is an ass ( an apparently clueless racist ass)

Can we get back the end of Habeas Corpus, Iraq (Move On discussion notwithstanding)
Walter Reed, Blackwater, Iran etc etc.?

Baby steps for some.
For Bildo it's one step foreward two steps back.

J.T., this is very much about all of those things and more. It is only due to the power of the right wing propaganda machine that they have been able to so damage our country. It is only by discrediting and destroying this machine that any progress can be made in repairing the damage.

You know, despite the comedy, the real tragedy in all this is that Bill O still has a show. He's still on the air and absolutely no one will tie his feet to the fire over his grotesque and obscene racist crap! For all the PC pansies out there in america you'd think they could drive the likes of an O'Reilly, Beck, and Limbaugh right into the toilet! Seems they're just as pathetic as Bill O & company.

Great motherf#@king clip. I lauhged so hard i almost pissed myself. Thank you C+L that made my motherf#@king day.

And I can't get over the fact that I only agree with the left 90% of the time. If some of you people took the trouble of actually listening to the audio you'd know it's hardly any sorts of racist. As much as I hate O'Reilly and I love to see him fired for this, it's kind of pathetic if that would actually happen because it is clearly taken out of context. And for all the terrible vile things O'Reilly has said and done it would be stupid if this dishonest smear of him would be the thing that hurts him most. TDS, left-wingers. I expect better of you.

van der Geest @ 14:

TDS, left-wingers.

Are we funded by Soros and moveon?

van der Geest @ 14:

If some of you people took the trouble of actually listening to the audio you'd know it's hardly any sorts of racist.

So, being surprised that a black restaurant is just as civil as a white restaurant is not racist? ROFL. You mean O'Racist claiming he was surprised that no one was asking for "mother f**king iced tea" isn't racist as well. ROFLx2 Thanks for the chuckle.

Yeah, keep spewing O'Racist's talking point that you need to listen to all three hours of his show to get his [racist] context.

van der Geest @ 19:

Dr. Matt @ 16:

van der Geest @ 14:

TDS, left-wingers.

Are we funded by Soros and moveon?

Are they the only left wingers? Besides I admire Soros and have no beef with moveON.
I don't mean to use left-winger as an insult because on the american scale ot things I'm about as liberal as you can get.

It's a compliment to call someone a left-winger. But these obtuse labels like "TDS left-wingers" and "moveon democrats" is pathetic.

Awesome. The clueless nitwit doesn't even get it. What he does get, is that his numbers are driven by fearful white people who are very guilty about their complicity in race and class suppression.

van der Geest @ 21:

Dr. Matt @ 18:

van der Geest @ 14:

If some of you people took the trouble of actually listening to the audio you'd know it's hardly any sorts of racist.

So, being surprised that a black restaurant is just as civil as a white restaurant is not racist? ROFL. You mean O'Racist claiming he was surprised that no one was asking for "mother f**king iced tea" isn't racist as well. ROFLx2 Thanks for the chuckle.

Yeah, keep spewing O'Racist's talking point that you need to listen to all three hours of his show to get his [racist] context.

Just go to media matters I believe they have the clip. It's closer to 3 minutes than 3 hours but the picture becomes pretty clear before that. And don't paint me as an O'Reilly fanboy. Personally I'd have him jailed for his influence on Iraq and in my country (Netherlands) he would be a janitor because our people aren't dumb enough to buy his shit.

I have listened and read the entire clip and it's still racist. Don't speak for others in that you think we haven't listened to the entire clip.

Dr. Matt @ 20:
It's a compliment to call someone a left-winger. But these obtuse labels like "TDS left-wingers" and "moveon democrats" is pathetic.

Notice the comma. I was calling the comenters left wingers and was also referring to TDS. I'm a left winger myself.

This a muth#erFU&^%# funny ass post.I mean Ive been laughing like a mu$^%**&.I mean can you believe there they pay with u.s currency?

I heard.

van der Geest @ 14:

As much as I hate O'Reilly and I love to see him fired for this, it's kind of pathetic if that would actually happen because it is clearly taken out of context.

Then, please, tell us what the context is or how we should view it. When I first heard the comment absent of any commentary... my thought was: Bill's an idiot, and I can't believe he can get away with saying that on the air. Granted, it is a flippant remark and in poor taste. Bill's ignorance is revealed that he doesn't know people can be people no matter what color their skin may be.

jimmiraybob @ 27:

Even if you accept that O'Dumbshit wasn't expressing a deeply profound personal epiphany and he was just leading his listeners/viewers along an enlightening path then wouldn't that be saying a little somepun somepun about his audience in that they need to be educated that black people are, you know, human...and decent? Somebody's unfathomably ignorant.

Nice goin' O'Dumbshit.

Are you referring to me? Because I'm not going to argue with you that O'Reilly's main audience is probably a bunch or right-wing christian bigots but that's not really what this is about is it?

Gee, Bill, I don't want to blow your mind or anything, but I worked at a company where all the technical guys were black. Yes Bill, really! And more astonishing still, they were a great bunch of guys, some of whom I am still friends with! Wrap your head around that, if you can.

Bill, please, obscurity beckons. Heed its call.

ThunderMonkey @ 32:

van der Geest @ 14:

As much as I hate O'Reilly and I love to see him fired for this, it's kind of pathetic if that would actually happen because it is clearly taken out of context.

Then, please, tell us what the context is or how we should view it. When I first heard the comment absent of any commentary... my thought was: Bill's an idiot, and I can't believe he can get away with saying that on the air. Granted, it is a flippant remark and in poor taste. Bill's ignorance is revealed that he doesn't know people can be people no matter what color their skin may be.

I listened to most of the segment posted on mediamatters and while I was at first convinced this was racist my mind changed on that. To me it seems his only remarkable comment were the wording of "I couldn't get over the fact" and if you listen to the entire clip I think you'll come to the conclusion that that is at worst a fruedian slip. I listened to this yesterday and lost interest when I concluded it wasn't racist (I guess I was dissapointed). You can listen to the clip yourself (will only take a few minutes) and come to your own conclusion I'm not going to to your work for you. Cheers I'm out.

LOL! Daily Show has gotten back on track recently.

I loved the expose on Hillary's impromtu laughing also.

bob, this was actually known about before shock and awe. It was understood that Saddam had offered to go into exile, and that Saudi Arabia had agreed to allow him there. Then, it was all quietly forgotten about.

steve davis @ 41:

bob, this was actually known about before shock and awe. It was understood that Saddam had offered to go into exile, and that Saudi Arabia had agreed to allow him there. Then, it was all quietly forgotten about.

no kidding...

We don't see to much of this O'reilly person up here in Canuckistan. Hate speech laws make it largely unshowable since too much editing is required. Also poverty makes his key demographic (stupid people) unlikely to have the required television hence the economics of putting him on cable are not viable. Besides, we still have all the PeeWee Herman reruns to catch up on. Still I thought I'd better YouTube the dude so as to understand the commentary. I must admit I was very impressed. He didn't talk like a leprechaun, he wasn't completely drunk in most of the clips (as far as I could tell) and although he cut off any guest liable to speak the truth, he did not sucker punch, kneecap, or car bomb any of them.Perhaps he was adopted.

Larry Wilmore does a fantastic job with stuff like this. He did a great skit on the Imus affair also. Nothing will happen to Bilo because FOX will cover his ass just like they did with the sexual thing too. Imus had to go because MSNBC and CBS would not stand behind him, and they were right. FOX is not racist, they are just right wing. If you are a right wing politico, then it doesn"t matter what you do, you are always right.

van der Geest @ 38:

ThunderMonkey @ 32:

van der Geest @ 14:

As much as I hate O'Reilly and I love to see him fired for this, it's kind of pathetic if that would actually happen because it is clearly taken out of context.

Then, please, tell us what the context is or how we should view it. When I first heard the comment absent of any commentary... my thought was: Bill's an idiot, and I can't believe he can get away with saying that on the air. Granted, it is a flippant remark and in poor taste. Bill's ignorance is revealed that he doesn't know people can be people no matter what color their skin may be.

I listened to most of the segment posted on mediamatters and while I was at first convinced this was racist my mind changed on that. To me it seems his only remarkable comment were the wording of "I couldn't get over the fact" and if you listen to the entire clip I think you'll come to the conclusion that that is at worst a fruedian slip. I listened to this yesterday and lost interest when I concluded it wasn't racist (I guess I was dissapointed). You can listen to the clip yourself (will only take a few minutes) and come to your own conclusion I'm not going to to your work for you. Cheers I'm out.

i've listened to the whole clip. some of it is sublimated racism, stopping just short of "some of my best friends ..." - some is outright outrageous, like "black people are finally starting to think for themselves." there is no way in hell that billo was making the argument his apologists put forth, that african americans as a whole are no different than any other americans. to him, sylvias was obviously the exception to the rule, and he took that as a promising sign perhaps of things to come.

but here's the bottom line: a remark is offensive if a sizeable number of people it reflects on are offended. racism or stupidity, it still deserves some kind of apology.

I might be more sympathic to O'Liely about this incident if it weren't for the fact that he does the same thing every day to people on the opposite end of the political spectrum. Hell, even if you are a little to the left of O'Liely, he'll smear you, lie about you, take your quotes out of context and do everything to marginalize you. Add to that his water carrying for the Bush administration and you can see why nobody feels his pain but revels in his come-uppance.

hey rusty at 15 i don't have to go out for it, i can cook it up myself...and tho i don't like sweet tea, everyone says i make the best sweet tea on the planet.
ha! you thought i was going to say motherfucking sweet tea!

you know i'm with van der at 14 a little. why do you want to pick on bill orally? you mean liberals just don't know how to accept praise. it was a compliment, kind of like: sure you're fat but you have a pretty face, or you look ok for someone so old, how about even tho you're a hack, idiot, bigoted, blow boy you don't have bad breath...well he might have bad breath but i didn't say anythiing about his enormous head or his pasty face.

Thanks a lot for this. I laugh till now!

Jenny'O @ 54:

hey rusty at 15 i don't have to go out for it, i can cook it up myself...and tho i don't like sweet tea, everyone says i make the best sweet tea on the planet.
ha! you thought i was going to say motherfucking sweet tea!

you know i'm with van der at 14 a little. why do you want to pick on bill orally? you mean liberals just don't know how to accept praise. it was a compliment, kind of like: sure you're fat but you have a pretty face, or you look ok for someone so old, how about even tho you're a hack, idiot, bigoted, blow boy you don't have bad breath...well he might have bad breath but i didn't say anythiing about his enormous head or his pasty face.

Um don't put words into my mouth conservatives are a million times worse than liberals.

just for the record I don't love those shows, I shudder every time I see a friend watching it for entertainment, and the only reason they have it on is for company...while at work Its a DC thing, some people listen to radio in their cubicle, some run the TV.

Woot! All is well in fantasy land, where mediocrity is considered as something to strive for..Your doing a helluva job billo. I would try to wrangle a dinner invite to the whitehouse thats where you'll find the motherfuckers with white trash manners and provincial minds. you'll be right at home.

Thanks for the smile,

Ricky Bones @ 61:

iraqconcilable @ 53:

Ricky Bones @ 47:

iraqconcilable @ 45:

For the most part, yes. Problem is Bill was just pointing out his abject ignorance about people of another race, Imus called a team of mostly black women, "Nappy headed hos"

So by that logic couldn't Imus be forgiven because he was
"ignorant of people of another race" ? That wouldn't pass the smell test and this shouldn't either, but it will for the reason I cited earlier.

No, they are both wrong, but the American public in general will totally view it differently. I think they are both wrong.

Let me clarify. Imus opnely made a racist comment and there is always outrage, even if most people don't care, it seems that people these days are conditioned to be reactive, even if they agree or don't give a crap that the comment was made. Whereas Bill O, was wrong, but most people are willing to look past it, because it's Bill O and he didn't come out and use a racial slur. Most of his viewers and listeners were probably of the same opinion upn their first time meeting someone that was black. Just ignorance and a lack of understanding of what is truly biggoted behavior.

Dr. Matt @ 11:

"and they don't accept bling"

ROFL

I agree. That one floored me too.

Joshdavis @ 67:

Ricky Bones @ 64:

Ricky Bones @ 61:

iraqconcilable @ 53:

No, they are both wrong, but the American public in general will totally view it differently. I think they are both wrong.

Let me clarify. Imus opnely made a racist comment and there is always outrage, even if most people don't care, it seems that people these days are conditioned to be reactive, even if they agree or don't give a crap that the comment was made. Whereas Bill O, was wrong, but most people are willing to look past it, because it's Bill O and he didn't come out and use a racial slur. Most of his viewers and listeners were probably of the same opinion upn their first time meeting someone that was black. Just ignorance and a lack of understanding of what is truly biggoted behavior.

Imus was just trying to be humorous and said something stupid. He even later apologized for it. O'Reilly wasn't using hyperbole - if he called someone a ho, he damn well meant it. "Nappy-headed ho" is something you might call one of you friends if they were OK with it. It's funny. But being surprised that black people are civilized and then not apologizing for it, that's f**ked up.

It IS fucked, and that is most of the like-minded curmudgeons that watch, listen to, and LOVE Bill O.

Boy I'll say one thing for sure, BillO's racial insensitivity really turned into a Tar Baby, didn't it.

Truthseeker @ 52:

I might be more sympathic to O'Liely about this incident if it weren't for the fact that he does the same thing every day to people on the opposite end of the political spectrum.

Exactly! If Sharpton went to some hillbilly hick restaurant in the South and commented that he was surprised that the white folks were well behaved, civil, and intelligible, O'Racist would be busting a nut and attempt to connect Sharpton to all leftists.

"imus was trying to be humorous" when i try to be humorous i don't refer to black women as hos, or young hispanic men as gang members, or even old ugly white guys as 'old ugly white guys.'
when i get drunk i don't rant about jews.
when i'm complimenting others i'm not amazed that they act just like human beings.
you can claim ignorance but a man o'r's age who has been all over and no doubt met hundreds of people, read lots of stuff, seen lots of speeches and interviews,,,he's ignorant of the fact that black people are like white people?
nope, it is plain old racism.

van der Geest @ 34:

jimmiraybob @ 27:

Even if you accept that O'Dumbshit wasn't expressing a deeply profound personal epiphany and he was just leading his listeners/viewers along an enlightening path then wouldn't that be saying a little somepun somepun about his audience in that they need to be educated that black people are, you know, human...and decent? Somebody's unfathomably ignorant.

Nice goin' O'Dumbshit.

Are you referring to me? Because I'm not going to argue with you that O'Reilly's main audience is probably a bunch or right-wing christian bigots but that's not really what this is about is it?

Not specifically to you but the overall audience. I heard someone somewhere state that O'Dumbshit wasn't speaking for himself but was using a rhetorical device in "leading a discussion" with his audience. If this is so then is O'Dumshit acknowledging that his audience (generic reference) is that ignorant and uninformed?

If it wasn't personal epiphany and he wasn't trying to instruct his audience then what the hell was his point?

I could not stop laughing at Larry Wilmore's segment, and I had been in a bad mood before I watched it. Second time and still funny. Kudos to Larry Wilmore, I'd love to see him on the The Factor and destroy O'Reilly.

You know, Bill O would have been all right if he'd just added "Bless their hearts" after each comment.

Thank God for Bill O. He is doing the world a favor. He discredits the Right by association, he reminds us that racism is alive and well (so that we might remain vigilant), he provides the fodder for very funny bits like this one, makes Fox look like the joke that it is, and reminds me that no matter how bad my day might get, at least I'm not Bill mother-effin' O'Reilly. Do anyone really think he influences ANYONE who doesn't already share his idiotic world view? If he's not changing anyone's (ignorant) mind, then we do indeed have better things to worry about.

[...] Given Bill O’Reilly’s shocking claims that Sylvia’s is just like any white restaurant, The Daily Show decided to send Senior Black Correspondent Larry Wilmore