Bill O'Reilly

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deb1:
IN the early days I liked O’Reilly’s concept of the no spin zone. It is still a good idea. At first Bill seemed to be unimpressed with famous people. This was refreshing. I no longer watch him because I find his style of debating to be abrasive. There is also the fact that he doesn’t allow real debate on his program.
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Yep, I watched him quite often during the 2000 election, but just lost interest. His show and H and C afterwards are just abrasive, loud, and annoying. The idea is great; maybe if they had real debate and discussion it would be much better.
 
mary bobo:
No, it makes you judgmental. You still seem to take all of the accusations as gospel. I don’t.
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Well, I guess that makes you naive to the facts.
 
mary bobo:
I am aware of the “evidence” you sight. Do you believe everything you read or hear in the media? Don’t know about any O’Reilly tape, but, then again, I don’t look for stuff like that. As far as Rushy is concerned, the deafness issue was conjecture in the media and never proven. The powers that be in Palm Beach County have been trying for years to discredit him. I know 'cause I lived there.

Guess I just don’t always look for the worst in people. As Rush says, libs can’t defeat him in the arena of ideas, so they revert to name calling. Looks like he is right.
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foxnews.com/story/0,2933,99731,00.html
In the past, Limbaugh has decried drug use and abuse on his bluntly conservative show, mocking President Bill Clinton for not inhaling and often making the case that drug crimes deserve punishment.
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“Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. … And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up,” Limbaugh said on his short-lived television show on Oct. 5, 1995.
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During the same show, he commented that the statistics that show blacks go to prison more often than whites for the same drug offenses only illustrate that “too many whites are getting away with drug use.”
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I think that most of the time, Bill O’Reilly’s opinions are right on target. If you read some of his books and really watch his show for a long period of time instead of when you’re just flipping through the channels, you will see that he is a great conservative who sticks up for the righteous.
 
Without spending too much time looking up what Rush said years ago, one poster made it look like Rush was taking illegal drugs while he was preaching against it. If I remember correctly, Rush was not yet addicted to the medicine that was prescribed to him to overcome the pain. I’m not trying to whitewash his actions, but:
a) I believe there is a difference in getting addicted to medication that is necessary and “not inhaling” an illegal substance.
b) I’m much rather listen to someone who espouses what is moral and right in this society, even if he has a weakness, than to hear someone brag “Well, I inhaled once”. Remember Bill Clinton’s audience, MTV. He was preaching to the choir. Do you think he would have been telling that to a question asked by Tim Russert?!?

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NotWorthy:
Without spending too much time looking up what Rush said years ago, one poster made it look like Rush was taking illegal drugs while he was preaching against it. If I remember correctly, Rush was not yet addicted to the medicine that was prescribed to him to overcome the pain. I’m not trying to whitewash his actions, but:
a) I believe there is a difference in getting addicted to medication that is necessary and “not inhaling” an illegal substance.
b) I’m much rather listen to someone who espouses what is moral and right in this society, even if he has a weakness, than to hear someone brag “Well, I inhaled once”. Remember Bill Clinton’s audience, MTV. He was preaching to the choir. Do you think he would have been telling that to a question asked by Tim Russert?!?

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He committed the same crimes as those who he admonished. I didn’t follow the story closely, but I hope he asked for the same punishment he advised for those same drug abusers he denounced.
 
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Greg00:
I think that most of the time, Bill O’Reilly’s opinions are right on target. If you read some of his books and really watch his show for a long period of time instead of when you’re just flipping through the channels, you will see that he is a great conservative who sticks up for the righteous.
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I watch O’Reilly but I do not think he is a conservative. He is more a populist. He does take on both sides. Like I said, I watch him but I do get aggrevated at him as he is so sure of what he thinks. Sometimes I have found that he is wrong. But he does have his good points and if I didn’t like him, the TV has an “off” knob.
 
I wish there were an option of “sometimes” or “occasionally” because most of the time I don’t like him but once in while I find myself agreeing with him.

Mostly I don’t like his delivery. He speaks off the top of his head too much and he is rude to some of his guests. Actually I think most of the conservative talking heads are jerks and I’ve never really heard a liberal talking head so they might be just as bad. Tony Snow seems rather reasonable.
 
Good example of what I mean when I say that polls can give you any result you want to get.
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Ryniev:
I wish there were an option of “sometimes” or “occasionally” because most of the time I don’t like him but once in while I find myself agreeing with him.

Good example of what I mean when I say that polls can give you any result you want to get.

Mostly I don’t like his delivery. He speaks off the top of his head too much and he is rude to some of his guests. Actually I think most of the conservative talking heads are jerks and I’ve never really heard a liberal talking head so they might be just as bad. Tony Snow seems rather reasonable.
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I also would have liked another option. I usually like O’Reilly. I think the show is generally entertaining. I agree with him off and on, I guess I agree with him about 60% of the time. I would much rather watch his show than some of the other garbage that is offered on primetime network tv. So most nights, I watch his show. O’Reilly aggravates me about 1/4 as much as the network news does. No competition there for me.
 
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PhillyMatt:
I used to like him…that is until he lost his mind and become such a pompous jerk. Sometimes I feel bad for the guests on his show, no matter how crazy their opinion may be. He just shouts them down if they don’t agree with him.

Don’t even get me started on Limbaugh and Hannity…all the hatred they spew makes me sick. What ever they say is law, and they act like they have no agenda. They all beleive their opinions are like Papal Infalibility.
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Pompous? Yes. Correct most of the time? Again, yes.
 
I do not like Bill O’Reilly.

As soon as he starts his, “Well, I’m a Catholic but… I don’t believe in this or that that the Church teaches” stuff, I turn the radio off. That is my first and main gripe against him.

The horribly arrogant way he has a spouting off his opinions drives me crazy even when I agree with him. The only reason I ever turn him on is when I am cooking and I can’t get EWTN on the radio.

Ugh, shudder, horrible man.
 
Keep it clean folks. If you are going to express an opinion, keep it charitable. If you are going to make a claim, you need to back it up with credible references.
 
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mikew262:
Pompous? Yes. Correct most of the time? Again, yes.
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Lighten up. Don’t know about the others but Limbaugh only claims to be an intertainment show. Perhaps it’s his opinions you don’t like. No reason to resort to name calling. That’s what folks who don’t have an opinion of their own and can’t explain it in intellectual language. Just because you do not like their style, it does not make them a jerk. If you don’t like, don’t listen.
 
mary bobo:
Lighten up. Don’t know about the others but Limbaugh only claims to be an intertainment show. Perhaps it’s his opinions you don’t like. No reason to resort to name calling. That’s what folks who don’t have an opinion of their own and can’t explain it in intellectual language. Just because you do not like their style, it does not make them a jerk. If you don’t like, don’t listen.
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Why are you chastising me? I like both Rush and Bill. Yes, I think they are a little pompous, but I also agree with most of what they say. BTW, Rush is a primary media mouthpiece for conservatives in this country.

If you think saying somebody is “pompous” qualifies as name calling, you lighten up!
 
There is a difference between “pompous” and “tongue in cheek”.

Rush claims that his talent is on load from God. That strikes me as being pretty accurate, for himself and for each of us as well.

Apart from his several marriages, Rush sounds more Catholic than anyone else on radio. [Come to think of it, Dr Laura sounds pretty Catholic also, although she is / was Jewish.]

Bill O’Reilly has an excellent radio show each day… was SHOCKED to hear him defending life and criticizing abortion. I think his radio show is “better” than his TV show… [ditto for Rush… when he was on TV ]… and also for Jim Cramer. Better on radio than on TV.
 
I wishe to say something “positive” about Bill O’Reilly…

I dislike him LESS than I do Sean Hannity 😛
 
Al Masetti:
There is a difference between “pompous” and “tongue in cheek”.
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I’m not sure what the big deal is. I think we are allowed to express opinions here. I happen to think both Rush and Bill have big egos and they show it (IMO), thus my use of the adjective “pompous”. To me, that is not name calling. If I had called them “jerks”, then that is name calling.

Again, I happen to like the guys, and feel most their points are right on.

Sorry Al, I’m still annoyed from Mary Bobo jumping all over me.
 
Hrm. I agree with the right on moral issues like abortion and homosexual marriage, but I’m not sure I agree with them on all political issues. For this, I am often labeled “liberal.” Of course, I also disagree with the left on a lot of political issues, so I get stuck with some rather more nasty names from some of them. I think it’s ridiculous to infer someone’s intelligence or moral character from whether or not they support tax cuts. It frustrates me to watch or listen to pundits on either side who yell, name-call, overuse sarcasm, etc. I don’t know these people personally, but they come across to me as very arrogant. Also, I rarely see any of them having a gracious, charitable discussion or debate. Even if I agree with the point of view being put forward, I don’t want to listen to someone shouting about it.
 
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