Bill O'Reilly takes his toys and goes home

379 words written by dylan
Posted October 09, 2003 @ 12:26 AM
1 comments

Bill O'Reilly's interview with Terri Gross (host, Fresh Air, NPR) is priceless. If you don't have a chance to listen to all 40 minutes of spin (and I mean spin -- O'Reilly twists every statement so that he's a victim of some Hatchet Job(TM) by the Liberal Media (TM) and not responsible for at least some of what he's brought on himself), well, I'll give you the 30 second version.

Terri: Hello Bill.

Bill: Hello Terri.

Terri: Why you a player hater?

Bill: I'm not an player hater. The liberal media libels me by calling me a player hater. They are player haters.

Terri: But you're disrespectful, treat people terribly on your show, cut people off in mid-

Bill: Lies! Read the transcripts! It's all there! Liberal media!

Terri: sentence.

Bill: Lying liar liberal loo loo!

Terri: OK. Let's talk about you and your book. What do you believe in?

Bill: I don't have a firm opinion about anything.

Terri: You sound vague there.

Bill: Well, I believe in (mutter). I once hit my father in anger! I was tired of dealing with him!

Terri: So this guy who reviewed your book in People said you called him a pinhead on your show. Could you -

Bill: I will pontificate for five minutes, take my toys, and go home,
because I'm a crybaby who takes myself waaaay too seriously! AL FRANKEN! AL
FRANKEN! *click*

O'Reilly reminds me of some bullies I knew back in the day. He seems smart, but he's merely hiding some deficiency in him by using big words, pettifogging, and brickbats. It's not his fault, it's the liberal media libeling him. If you catch him out, then you must be part of the problem. Having spent my K-12 years getting bullied relentlessly, I have a strong distaste for people like him. Based on what I've heard him quote from his book, I doubt he really has anything to offer in the way of intellectual discourse.

I still find it funny that he claims he's not biased -- what, he's not a human? -- and that he has a "no spin zone" when all he does IS spin. Shift the blame. Man, imagine what Bill Clinton or Richard Nixon could have done with a man like him.

Comments

  1. Halleluh! Someone finally reveals the truth!

    Posted by: sue | November 18, 2003 03:36 PM