O'Reilly Slams Edwards For Standing Up For Homeless Veterans
By Bill W. Saturday Jan 05, 2008 5:05pm
On Friday, Billo showed off his pundit wisdom idiocy following the Iowa caucus and went after John Edwards for saying the US should be taking better care of our veterans.
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O'Reilly: As for John Edwards, Good grief! this guy has no clue. (plays clip)
Edwards: ... and tonight, 200,000 men and women who wore our uniform proudly and served this country courageously as veterans will go to sleep under bridges and on grates. We are better than this. (see Edward's speech here)
O'Reilly: That was Edwards' concession speech last night. I mean, come on. The only thing sleeping under a bridge is that guy's brain. 10 million illegal alien workers are sending billions of dollars back home and Edwards is running around saying nobody has any money. Hard to believe.
Billo, who has a history of insulting veterans, just dismissed outright the plight of homeless men and women who have served in our nation's military and implied that they don't even exist. To mask his callous indifference he threw out illegal immigration as a red herring and insulted Edwards by saying he "has no clue." Well, as usual, Falafel Boy is the one who desperately needs to get a clue.
In 2006, approximately 195,827 veterans were homeless on a given night—an increase of 0.8 percent from 194,254 in 2005. More veterans experience homeless over the course of the year. We estimate that 336,627 were homeless in 2006. ...
What's more, Huckabee's 40,000 votes were 32% of the republican turnout (just 11% of the overall) so O'Reilly's claim that Huckabee won because "60% of the voters described themselves as evangelical Christians, and just about all of them voted for the governor" is also something he just pulled out of his you-know-what. The 60% figure O'Reilly cites came from exit polling from the Republican caucus, but since no one ever bothered to poll the Democrats on their faith the statistic is meaningless except it does show that nearly half if not more of Iowa's self-identified evangelical/born-again Republican caucus-goers must have voted for someone besides Huckabee.
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This moron needs to take a trip to San Francisco, where most of the homeless vets live.
I wish C&L would ignore O'Reilly.
Hey Bill...bite me you scumbag!!!
I have a dream...
Gore/Obama for two terms with Edwards as Attorney General...
Obama/Edwards for two terms...Edwards/??? for two terms
Rich in San Bruno @ 4:
Then my Grandkids will have a Future!!!
is it any suprise that billo has won the worst person awards
Jim Ward from the Stephanie Miller Show has said that the media thinks Edwards is a traitor to his class for carrying about the poor and middle class
Wingnut parody on/
But, but, facts and logic are evil!!!! Tools of Satan!!!! I know our great and glorious leader Bush and his Jebus would never allow such a terrible thing!!! Satan-worshiping atheistic Shariah law enforcers!!!
/Wingnut parody off.
Damn. And I thought the stupid would congregate around Huckabee. Looks like its spreading.
I guess he's not a "compassionate conservative."
Hard to believe there are people stupid enough to watch his show.
How come Billo's not talking about Wall Street and the military. Both of which depend on massive foreign loans covered by runaway printing presses. Putting a stop to that might be a Good Thing?
Jim Ward has more brains in his left little toe than O'Reilly has in his entire body.
Coincidentally, Jim Ward's left little toe is also the same size as O'Reilly's wiener...
Okay, sorry, nobody needed that visual...
Poor Bill 'O Flyly. He's gone completely off the deep end and is jabbering mindlessly. It' time for that straight jacket and a nice long vacation in that lovely padded room. NOW!
O’Reilly: That was Edwards’ concession speech last night. I mean, come on. The only thing sleeping under a bridge is that guy’s brain. 10 million illegal alien workers are sending billions of dollars back home and Edwards is running around saying nobody has any money. Hard to believe.
Yet it's BORs right-wing/corporate buddies giving the jobs to illegal workers and not our vets. BOR needs to pick a side and stop riding the fence here.
Bush the Liar @ 10:
My mother in law, a former Democrat, has his books all over her house. Which house is out in the suburbs following two generations of white flight by her family...
I'm sure this isn't O'Reilly's dumbest argument ever, but it's got to be fairly high up there. So because some people have money (illegal workers in his example) other people must also have money? I think he just solved the poverty problem with that bit of logic. Also, I'm pretty sure that saying there are 200,000 homeless veterans is not the same as saying "nobody has any money."
Edwards has gotten their attention.......let the games begin........again.and again,and again.....
Please, please tell me that these are the final desperate rantings of a certifiable lunatic. People like billo aren't even trying to temper their hate any more. When does this finally end and what exactly is his prognosis because it's apparent he has some serious mental health issues (plus I've never been so happy to see someone losing their hair--maybe there's no blood flow to that part of his body).
What do illegal immigrants have to do with homeless vets? That doesn't even compute. "All the orange crops were destroyed by frost. That's crazy we have apples"...um........DUH!
Somebody stick a finger up Orally's behind and if you find his brain, give him a lobotomy.
Why put up a video post with links if you can't click over? Road to nowhere.
F***ing annoying.
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Fix the links please. Thank you.
Bill has a point. After sacrificing themselves for our country, any vet that comes home and at least can't get a job as a migrant laborer is a slacker! Go get 'em Billo!
This is rightwing thinking at its finest. Our military should keep us safe 'over there' then come back and keep us safe over here by valiantly taking jobs from illegal immigrants thus making them all go home for lack of work.
Tom @ 21:
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Bill is a perfect example of an actual elitist millionaire --not the Left-wing university professor model cooked up by far right think tanks--who gets genuinely offended by the idea of helping the less fortunate.He never had to fight,he was brought up in an upper middle class home(not the working class back ground he continually lies about)and his job involves furthering the interests of the ultra rich.You know-the "elites".That these dirt bags continue to get away with their phony flag waving "patriotism" while totally ignoring the plight of injured and homeless Vets is obscene.
Don't forget Billo is an employee of the leviathan-capitalists that dominate the world's economy. They fear they could not get as big as they are if they don't have an unfettered, unregulated, and subsidized market.
Guess What. That is actually true.
It's like dead air on a radio station.
If ever there was a compelling argument for blacklisting....
Otay @ 20:
Tricky though given that he's a walking talking asshole...
O’Reilly:...Hard to believe.
The only thing hard to believe is that OhReally wasn't arrested for that shoving match with Obama's people, then sued along with FOX 'News.' It would have been so sweet to have him on film being taken down by some pissed off Secret Service people.
vids are working for me now.
Bill is milking this cash cow for all he can. I will grant us all the right to acknowledge his stupidity, but if one didnt know it was keeping Oreilly employed, one never learned with prior spotlight individuals.
I think I want his fifteen minutes back.
Ladies and Gentlemen, just when Billo couldn't go any lower, he makes a statement like this. And this on the coattails of the Obama incident. I do hope people complain to Faux News, but most of their viewers probably agree with him. It's kind of entertaining to watch Billo go down in flames. But we all know by tomorrow he will spin this (ala Limballs) to make it look like no big deal. This is just more proof of the Republican Partys demise.
The poor are making $75 of real money less than they were 30 years ago. Poverty is on the rise. But Billo is simply out of touch. Worst Person In The World stuff here.
We can learn a lot from O’Leilly's site
and who he acknowledges on his site ...
Who maintains O’Leilly's web site?
Nox Solutions http://www.noxsolutions.com
from the site... "Nox Solutions knows the media business. Talk radio, television, music, publishing and politics are a few areas of our expertise."
Quite a family of web sites they maintain..
Bill O'Reilly
Westwood One - http://www.westwoodone.com
Dennis Miller - http://www.dennismillerradio.com
Loveline
Mancow
Laura Ingraham
Dr. Erika
Bill Bennett
Mike Gallagher
Michael Medved
Janet Parshall's America
Rusty Humphries
Talk Radio Network
Jerry Doyle
TRN-FM
and.... Larry King
Bill-O - if you don't get help at Charter, please, get help somewhere. seriously.
It's time for billo to say good bye. Ba bye bill.
i'm looking at the pic of billy and i'm thinking to myself that he's really getting his cranky old guy look on, isn't he? dude is old.
The Smiths Go To Washington @ 35:
lol, best post of the day. thanks!
That video of Bill being manhandled by the SS resurface yet?
Love to see it. Mr. Poise in action.
L.A. Confidential @ 40:
he's a warrior, man.
We know the GOP fear Edwards because he's an ecomoic populist AND a southerner. Edwards might take up more southern votes. He's gonna trash edwards as much as possible. I remember last yr, Bill tried to paint Edwards as a phony.
PLEASE SOMEONE TAZE O'REILLY.
so i was watching Obama event on cspan and O'Reilly comes barging out of nowhere at the end begging Obama for an Interview with a camera to tape Obamas reaction. Obama just told him he would consider it after the NH vote and O'reilly got taken away by security...after being tasered.
O’Reilly: That was Edwards’ concession speech last night. I mean, come on. The only thing sleeping under a bridge is that guy’s brain. 10 million illegal alien workers are sending billions of dollars back home and Edwards is running around saying nobody has any money. Hard to believe.
I'd like to thank Billo. Yes, Hilary Clinton is my US Senator and with this tirade,he just convinced me to spend my vote and my money on the candidate who best represents my values and beliefs - John Edwards.
There are too many of my Vietnam comrades still sleeping under bridges, and they are being joined by massive numbers of castoff veterans from Bush's Wars for Corporate Oil.
Thanks, Mr. Edwards for remembering us, we will remember you in the New York Primary on February 5th. We will also remember Hilary's numerous votes to continue supporting Bush's war and decline to vote for her.
I see a nominee for Olbermann's Worse Person in the World tomorrow!
billo is a f**king asshole. Just once, I would love to see someone punch his lights out for all the nasty shit he spews from his ugly piehole!! Id do it myself if I could get close enough and Im a 66 year old lady. he would run like a deer and cry like a baby!! Am I the only one who wants to see that asshole get what he deserves???
joe cantwell @ 38:
You funny.
BillO's about my parents' age- 61 or 62. That's not old.
I work in a physical rehab/retirement center, and those people are old. We just lost a 104 year-old woman a few weeks ago and it kinda surprised me.
Hope you can live to be at least as old as BillO and still able to live your life comfortably when ya get there.
:D
You have to think (???) like Billo to understand him.
He wants Obama on his show. So he takes a shot at Edwards to convince Obama that he'll get a friendly reception.
Britney Spears' diagnosis of Bipolar disorder came out ultimately. Bill O'Reilly also will turn out to have some similar diagnosis - at least he does seem to suffer from hallucinations and delusion. Every sane person who reads and even looks around knows that there are many homeless veterans - plenty of them. Either he is not sane or he does not look around.
Can we ignore his program entirely and not waste time on his blabbering?
They spin and tell their lies. And millions watch and absorb it.
Even with C&L's popularity, the best you can do is reach a percent of a percent of their audience. And most of C&L's readers already know Fox's game...
I heard Dennis Miller has a HUGE fan base,he has 2 FANS.Him and Chimmpy.
Anyone else think Billo deserves to be beaten by homeless vets?
Thanks for posting the clip instead of linking to this bozo.
I don't want to give him any hits and he is obviously fishing for some again with this "come see me Monday"
NOT!
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Why is no one questioning the comment about the billions of dollars being sent back home? Billions, really Billions! O'Reilly being the prize-winning journalist that he says he is should have the facts to back up the billions of dollars being sent home by the 10 million illegal immigrants.
If you can't blame a Clinton, an atheist or a liberal, it must be a Mexican's fault.
Bill O is is still showing his priest molested shanty Irish NO CLASS ASS and his attacking Edwards this way will do a lot more to aid Edwards than any of BILL'S hypocritical praise!
HINT: If you want to hit back a this klutzy dumb ass BOYCOT ALL THINGS MURDOCK!
So, according to Billo, if we just get rid of the Mexicans, then the homeless veterans will be OK. Hmmm. Billo says a lot of batshit crazy stuff, but I must admit, he's outdone himself this time. I absolutely don't follow this "logic" at all.
Ash from Rochester @ 50:
Not in his neighborhood.
Coming Undone @ 56:
Hey, he got that information straight from the Paris Business Review!
John Edwards scares O'Reilly and all of the corporate media and their corporate masters to death. He is aiming right at them with both barrels, he has a reputation of fighting them and WINNING and he is the man the country is going to NEED in the coming difficult years after the disastrous and criminal Bush administration.
John Edwards gets it!!!! He knows that it is because of the corporate strangle hold on our government that we went to war in Iraq for Cheney and his oil robber baron friends who wanted to divide up Iraq's oil amongst themselves. He knows that it is because of corporate strangle hold on our government that our health system is below even the standards of health care in Cuba. He knows that it is because of the corporate strangle hold on our government that we are on the brink of another great depression. He knows that it is because of the corporate strangle hold on our government that production jobs are leaving this country to find cheaper, easily exploited labor in third world countries. John Edwards knows the evil that has invaded OUR government and he intends to cut the cancer out, and heal and restore the body politic of OUR government.
Some may love Obama, and some may want Hillary, but we are all going to need John Edwards to lead this country through the difficult years ahead, as we recover from the devastation of the Bush administration.
MingTheMerciless @ 55:
This must be what it sounds like inside O'Reilly's head. Gibberish.
This GOON gives John Edwards no respect, because John Edwards gives him exactly what he deserves....NO respect.
bor can't handle the cold shoulder or the bare truth, so he continues to belittle and insult John Edwards. Too bad for bor because I have a good feeling the Edwards is going to weather this storm out and prevail as the Democratic candidate in the immediate future.
I think Obama and Clinton will give a strong showing as well, but I honestly believe that John Edwards has the greatest chance to win and the greatest chance to follow through with making some pretty damned big changes in this country.
I WISH the American public were a bit more educated and less gullible, as I feel that Dennis Kucinich is what this country really needs, but they would never accept him, as his ideas are too different from the "World Wrestling League" mentality of this country...and the NASCAR south offers nothing to the intelligence of selecting someone who is anything more than "a good drinking buddy".
We really do live in a country filled with ignorant goons.
Stupid Git @ 63:
Ming, ding, ding, ding.
Ron @ 65:
Just looked at the crazy dude's website:
A fascist too dumb to spell it correctly... this guy is a shining example of all that is wrong with our country. Uneducated, scared of everyone and hostile.
I think a Britney Spears should be.[deleted--do not advocate violence against anyone on this site] KEEP HER OFF THIS BLOG,AND OUT OF ALL OUR LIVES.
When are Americans going to learn how to use the most powerfull weapon the common man has: HIS WALLET!
Call, write, E-mail all the sponsors, and trolls like this will soon be history.
So me and the missus are sitting in this restaurant the other day and we're sitting next to a table populated by about six people from O'Reilly's prime Demographic: the drooling 60 -to-dead Demographic, when I overhear this pearl of wisdom: "This country's economy would be just fine if we'd make France pay back all the money we've lent them!" Honest to god, that's what was said, verbatim. Oh, but it got better. After that, drooling O'Reilly zombie #2 says "What this country needs is a CEO for President, like Mitt Romney!" I said to my wife (in perfectly audible tones) "Oh yeah, isn't that what they told us George Bush was supposed to be - our CEO President?" Needless to say, we relocated before I started bashing my head on the table. THIS is what we're up against people! If BillO says 10 million Mexicans are sending "Billions" of dollars to Mexico, you can damn well be sure that legions of brain dead zombies are gonna take it as gospel. God fucking help us! Oh, by the way, yes I live in Florida.
I also think it is a common belief among republicans and libertarians: that the poor are poor because they WANT to be poor, the mentally ill are faking and just need to "get a grip" on and face reality, and if you were a GOOD person you would not be poor. Years ago, a male hairdresser said these very things to me. Needless to say, I quit the hairdresser. But living in Texas it is difficult not to be assaulted by this kind of thinking. Usually it is the so-called christians that believe this also. For example, voters fight to the death not to have the "robin-hood" theory of supporting our public schools. The rich should help support the poor schools. This would help a large majority of students in Texas. Not here. Or recently, in my city there was a vote on a new jail because the jail we have is old and cannot be repaired economically. Well, hell no -people in jail must be guilty so they should not be in a cozy habitable environment. They should be in a hell hole. And they claim to be christians. Well, my new testament Jesus said to take care of the prisoners. And to take care of the least of these would be helping Jesus. Not the christians in this country. They believe you must hate the poor, hate the prisoners, hate everyone except themselves. Oh-and don't have an abortion we want to kill them ourselves in our poor schools, poor health care, and later in prison with the death penalty. And they want the "fast track" on that.
Just for the record, C&L, I don't even play this idiots clips anymore.
It not only insults my intelligence, but all rationality.
I find this personally revolting. As a Vietnam combat veteran, I worked (volunteer) in outreach from 1979-1982. I am now doing the same for a new generation of veterans. We go out on the streets looking for vets. We have a great deal of information where they can go to get another running start at life. Believe it or not, for many, that is all that they need. We try to gain trust and establish a relationship. When they know they are talking to someone who 'has been there', is not playing an angle, and just wants to bring a 'brother home', the suspicion and defenses usually go away.
Unfortunately, the agencies, that can help the most, are funded at levels that make you feel sick to be an American. The people working there are good folk, trying to do their best. Each night they go home, dejected, shoulders sagging. As they drive home, in Seattle's winter rain, they know most of the people they spoke with that day, will be sleeping on the street.
Every time I read, or watch, heartless bastards like BOR, rubbing our faces in this morass of despair, and then having his 'blame finger' pointed at us, I want to ............................
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So me and the missus are sitting in a restaurant the other day, located right next to a table of six of Billo's prime Demographic - the drooling, nose picking 60-to-Dead demographic, when I overhear zombie #1 utter this pearl of wisdom: "You know, this country's economy would be OK if we'd just make France pay back all that money we lent them" Honest to god, that's what was said, verbatim. Not to be outdone, Zombie #2 says: "You know, this country needs a CEO like Mitt Romney running it". So I say to my wife "Hmm, a CEO President. Isn't that what they said George Bush was supposed to be??" Needless to say, we relocated to another table before I started bashing mine (or somebody else's)head against the table. THIS is what we're up against people - the creme de la creme of the stupid; the Killer Elite of the terminally ignorant.
I love Bill O'. He's such a delicious train wreck and he has no idea that he is. He and Britney have entertained me non-stop in the past few months. Only with Britney I feel sorry for her. Bill O's train wreck is one of his own doing.
But I can't get enough of Bill O' logic! The logic of the crazy Irish drunk who seems to live in the corner of the pub and pontificates on nonsense. I don't frequent pubs any more so now I have Bill O' as the perfect substitute. LOL.
VietVet8666 @ 2:
Wholeheartedly agree!
Just ignore this asswipe!
Sorry for the duplicate post. My first post disappeared only to mysteriously reappear. WTF??!! Many apologies, sitemonitor.
You gotta love Orielly.
He's the Morton Downey Jr of the new millennium
WHAT are you thinking by slipping in election day math that only leads to facts that only confuses the republic party?!?
After all, who was it that said back in 1988, "Facts are stupid things."
Oh, yeah - I remember now ... RONALD REAGAN
Maybe in 2009 the new chairman of the FCC will reevaluate the 1995 decision stating that Murdock's ownership of Fox was in the public's best interests. I'm sure we know better now.
Ming, are you off your meds?
jitter @ 78:
The scary thing is, you KNEW Morton Downey was a joke. Shit - even Morton Downey knew it. Freaks like O'Reilly are treated like serious opinion makers.
I would love to see KO win a peabody for his excellent coverage of billo.
gene214@82
Nah, Orielly's audience is the very old and feeble minded. He's on the decline.
I invite everyone to join me in laughing at him, not with him.
Otherwise, just ignore him. He'll go away soon enough.
ConcernedCanuck @ 19:
Most 'illegals' are in reality semi-legal undocumented immigrants, you have to assume most pay taxes if they work for legit law abiding companies not the crooked Republican tax avoiding ones.
The only thing that differentiates 'illegals' from 'legals' and 'Citizens' is permission to reside in the USA, as even Citizens have had their citizenship revoked and been deported for bad behaviour, we have to assume nobody has an enduring right to reside in the USA, which generation of 'legal' that could be deported is merely at the whim of POTUS, SCOTUS, Congress and future despotic DOJ types.
And the reason 200,000 Veterans are on the streets homeless, is due to PTSD and mental illness, and a lack of help from people to integrate back into civilian life and find jobs and homes.
Can you imagine being in some combat zone one day, then 24 hours later being demobilsed and dumped at some airport or train station. You have had cases of MN Nation Guard and similar being deprived of educational grants and benefits due to being signed up one day less than the trip point for military personal.
The Veterans Association which has had its structure privatized and sold off to the lowest bidder to run into the ground for profit and ideology...
As a member of his generation, I can say, he is having the Acid flashbacks our leaders in the sixtys warned us about!
gene214 @ 77:
Shit I thought two people wre having the same experience. Wow. It was like a flashback or something.
Captain Kangaroo @ 87:
markm @ 86:
So I wrote my comment aobut flashbacks before I saw markem's comment about acid flashbacks. Holy shit. To hell with the flashbacks where can I cget some orange sunshine... NOW!!
What is really funny about this was there was a clip yesterday with Chris Wallace basically harassing an Edward's staffer about why his candidate won't come on FOX NEWS for an interview.
Maybe it will take another Ron Kovic, the author of Born on the Fourth of July, to make people realize what is going on with our Vets. Of course if such a person showed up on Bill's show he would cut their mic and push them out of their wheel chair demanding that they walk.
But back on topic…
O’Reilly bashes Edwards, a spokesman for the underprivileged and people who need help against the corporate machines, and attacks Obama’s bodyguard and then continues to stalk Obama and finally catches up to him and wants an interview. Is O’Reilly out of his mind or something?
Ghost of Tom Joad @ 89:
And then they would bring on Dennise Miller to rant and rave and make fun of the poor crippled from the war vet.