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Thor_MN

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4. Well, damn, by those standards...

Sat Feb 28, 2015, 11:57 AM

Feb 2015

I've seen the Civil War, WWI and II, Korea, Viet Nam, etc. I saw the Titanic leave England, watched Neil Armstong step onto the moon, The Beatles play to just 18 people before they were stars. I saw JFK shot and his brother moments after he was shot.

Bill O'Reilly, Walter Mitty. What's the difference?

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O�Reilly says he saw N. Ireland�s �Troubles.� What really happened? [View all] Botany Feb 2015 OP

Such puffery from this pompous ass! Clearly, O'Really is "COMPENSATING." n/t slumcamper Feb 2015 #1

clearly he is a compulsive liar notadmblnd Feb 2015 #11

He grew up in white bread Long Island.. mountain grammy Feb 2015 #23

Honest people would differentiate between photos and in person, Bill is not honest randys1 Feb 2015 #2

What you said! ybbor Feb 2015 #6

No, imperfect. candelista Feb 2015 #8

Yes ybbor Feb 2015 #18

No. candelista Feb 2015 #19

I like to find logical fallacies. I see none here. cheapdate Feb 2015 #20

Hasty generalization. candelista Feb 2015 #21

It's very unlikely that you know (a) how many Republicans he knows "in real life" cheapdate Feb 2015 #29

Has no one ever heard of hyperbole? n/t A Simple Game Feb 2015 #44

Well, that's what it is. candelista Mar 2015 #49

The sad thing is that among Bill O's viewers they will see these stories as attacks on ... Botany Feb 2015 #7

Bill says what Fox News wants him to say Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2015 #12

some people are are easily lead by confident bullies elehhhhna Feb 2015 #28

It was ever thus: maddiemom Feb 2015 #43

He's a typical right winger: As phony as a three dollar Bill. BillZBubb Feb 2015 #3

Well, damn, by those standards... Thor_MN Feb 2015 #4

Did I ever show you the pictures of my girlfriends? Botany Feb 2015 #9

Nicely done. Thor_MN Feb 2015 #14

Oh, I know her! We went to different high schools together Populist_Prole Feb 2015 #42

PERFECT. mahina Feb 2015 #40

Big whoop! Me and 300 other guys once held off a million Persians for a few days. A Simple Game Feb 2015 #45

I always suspect people who go on and on about their "combat" experiences. TexasProgresive Feb 2015 #5

Nail meet hammer. Agree 100% Lochloosa Feb 2015 #10

Oh, the humanity ! father founding Feb 2015 #13

Ole Bill The Embellisher. nt Snotcicles Feb 2015 #15

I don't even believe he was shown any photos Enrique Feb 2015 #16

Exactly...his story of being shown photos of the murdered nuns doesn't ring true either alcibiades_mystery Feb 2015 #46

Guess this is why he wrote the books about the killing of people. oldandhappy Feb 2015 #17

I'd be surprised if he wrote 3 pages tavernier Feb 2015 #24

I'll never forget when Ann Coulter was confronted with stuff from one of "her" books... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2015 #27

I've never seen a photo that wasn't a static image. His must be Harry Potter-quality. Sheelanagig Feb 2015 #22

So? I've seen a priest shot down in Central America by American mercenaries... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2015 #25

i was on Apollo 13 elehhhhna Feb 2015 #30

Billow has problems with the verb "to see", especially where war zones LuckyLib Feb 2015 #26

"The Optics of O'Reilly: Hermeneutics of Gaze and Pegging in the Media" MisterP Feb 2015 #39

Me too! HardLineDem Feb 2015 #31

Welcome to DU Botany Feb 2015 #33

what a thoughtful welcome. only thing missing is the chocolate! niyad Feb 2015 #35

Look between the apple slices Botany Feb 2015 #36

ooops, my deepest apologies!! niyad Feb 2015 #41

wow now I know what I want for beakfast Telcontar Mar 2015 #48

welcome to du niyad Feb 2015 #34

O'Wiley has always been a legend in his own behind stupidicus Feb 2015 #32

I was there when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor. edbermac Feb 2015 #37

Was O'Reilly a Irish Christian Radical Terrorist? randr Feb 2015 #38

I saw pictures of the civil war. Doctor_J Feb 2015 #47