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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:12 PM
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O'Reilly's on TDS!
Edited on Tue Oct-18-05 10:13 PM by NYC Liberal
O'Reilly: "I was informed you have a French guy on after you? Is he here legally?"

Wasn't laughing at ALL when Jon was joking about it.
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Rufus T. Firefly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:13 PM
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1. Jon: "Why so angry?"
Edited on Tue Oct-18-05 10:14 PM by Rufus T. Firefly
Ha!

Wow, O'Reilly's a dick. Like I didn't know already...but damn.
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:15 PM
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5. yeah, he is a dick
o'reilly: we have a lot of bad people to stand up to

jon: when ya gonna start doing that?
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:15 PM
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11. the french are our enemies
he's getting booed by the audience :D (surprise :eyes:)
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chalky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:27 PM
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61. "When ya gonna start doing that?"
Favorite line of the night. :D
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:14 PM
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2. Jon: Do you pick on Sheehan or the neocons more?
O'Reilly: Tell the truth, you don't actually watch my show. You watch the French guy.
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jayctravis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:22 PM
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49. Jon's reply, "the French guy's been on one day!"
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moc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:14 PM
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3. O'Leilly looks scared shitless!
:rofl:
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:15 PM
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4. WHAT A FUCKING COCK.
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:15 PM
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6. Jon: Yes, we add insult to injury.
O'Reilly: Well, you're honest.

Jon: And you just add injury.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:21 PM
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42. O'Lielly got "served"
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:15 PM
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7. "We're not playin' it for giggles"
His show is a fucking huge joke. Does he realize that he is an idiot?
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Chovexani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:48 PM
Response to Reply #7
69. The sad thing is
Colbert does O'Reilly's schtick better than O'Reilly does.
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MaggieSwanson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:15 PM
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8. Jon to O'Leilly..
We DO add insult to injury. But you add injury.
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Stand and Fight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:15 PM
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9. Boy is he pissed...
Edited on Tue Oct-18-05 10:17 PM by Stand and Fight
O'Reilly is such a weiner.

"The world could blow the hell up and he'd be giggling." - O'Reilly.

They're booing him!!!!


"I don't know if you know this, but they never found weapons of mass destruction." - Jon Stewart

They're roaring approval.


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WorseBeforeBetter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:15 PM
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10. What a prick. Good that the audience applauded...
when JS brought up O'Lielly's retirement and boycotting France. They're booing! LOL
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Occulus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:16 PM
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12. "We have enemies over there"
"FRANCE?!??"

LOL
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:16 PM
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13. He must be DESPERATE
He looks uncomfortable, and JS is nailing him to the cross.

Why would he do this? Does he need money to pay back the loan he had to take out to shut up Andrea Makris???????

They never found WMD!!!!! Oh, nail him, JOHN!!!!!!!!!
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:16 PM
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14. "We add insult to injury, but you add injury."
He's getting KILLED!!!

:bounce:
rocknation
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Rufus T. Firefly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:16 PM
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15. He's boycotting Colbert because he's French.
Guess THAT'S why the Katrina response sucked so bad. All those Frenchies. I'm a Boudreaux-Guidry, my wife's a Bourgeois...thank goodness we're in Texas - they're not looking for us.
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Rufus T. Firefly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:16 PM
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17. "We saved their ass in WWII."
Okay, but they saved our ass in the Revolutionary War. So we're even.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:18 PM
Response to Reply #17
24. More than even, we would not have been around to help them
had they not extended a hand of friendship first...when we REALLY needed it.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:49 PM
Response to Reply #17
71. I saved your life, now help me rob this liquor store
make any sense? :o
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-19-05 10:16 AM
Response to Reply #71
83. Only if you watch Jackie Brown...
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:17 PM
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20. He wasn't kidding either. What an idiot.
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:16 PM
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16. Pinhead? What a fucking piece of goddamn shit.
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Chovexani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:17 PM
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18. Is Bill high?
I'm not being funny, either. Dude is a taco short of a combo platter tonight (more so than usual).
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conflictgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:17 PM
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19. HA! This is awesome!
I thought Jon was going to go soft on O'Reilly but it looks like there is going to be some good tension here after all. This is true entertainment!
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chalky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:19 PM
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26. I think BILL thought Jon was going to go soft on him, too.
Lulled him into a false sense of security, did you Jon?

BwwwwwaaahaHAHAHAHAHA....
:evilgrin:
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bunny planet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 11:00 PM
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75. Dayam I didn't watch it because last time O'Loofah was on, Jon went easy
on him. Figures this time, I don't watch and Jon cleans his clock for him. When's the rerun, now that Colbert follows TDS?
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Stand and Fight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:17 PM
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21. He just called Jon a pen-head. What a bastard! n/t
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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:18 PM
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22. That was certainly over quickly.
Thank god. I couldn't take much more.
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globalvillage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:19 PM
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27. I'll bet he cut it short.
Wonder if there was a 'booing' clause? The interviews aren't typically that quick, are they?
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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:20 PM
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I actually want more of Jon bitch-slapping O'Lielly n/t
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Rufus T. Firefly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:18 PM
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23. Is that the quickest interview Jon has ever done?
There's something like 10 minutes left in the show!
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:19 PM
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31. Will he be back after the commercial, or did he say farewell?
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K-W Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:20 PM
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34. It was a full segment.
I dunno why they edited it this way.
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sonicx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:22 PM
Response to Reply #34
48. they did it because
ending the show with an O'Reilly interview would leave the viewers pissed. Need to have some comedy afterwards to recover.
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K-W Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:26 PM
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59. Good point, lead into Colbert with a comedy segment. EOM
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:22 PM
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51. They stuck it before they other segment instead of at the end.
Wierd.
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jayctravis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:23 PM
Response to Reply #34
53. Only people that Jon likes get two segments. :)
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:19 PM
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25. I thought that was a great exchange.
Very entertaining.
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:19 PM
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28. "The Neo-Con Republicans fear the Factor."
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!

Wait...He's serious.
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chalky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:21 PM
Response to Reply #28
43. Isn't there a medication out that can help with that level of delusion?
n/t
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:19 PM
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29. This just proves that O'Reilly is just another "entertainer"
He isn't shit.
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:20 PM
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35. And he doesn't even entertain well.
He just rants and whines and pounds his fists.
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:22 PM
Response to Reply #35
47. Yup
Another Rush. No content, just another idiot for the suckers to tune in to.
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Akoto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:19 PM
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This must be a new experience for Bill.
Doing an interview without his finger on the mute button, I mean. :)
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:21 PM
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40. He must be desperate for cash and ratings
Needs to sell the book to pay back the Makris loan?

Hoping for a clip to use on his tanking show?????
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Glenda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:19 PM
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30. When Jon tosses the book down like that...
you know what his feelings are about the guest :) Same thing he did to the guy with the book about the 100 people ruining america (Bernie GOldberg?)
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Rufus T. Firefly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:22 PM
Response to Reply #30
50. Damn! I didn't see that!
I was listening and typing. Have to catch it in the morning...or maybe on www.crooksandliars.com or www.onegoodmove.com tomorrow.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-19-05 10:20 AM
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84. here :)
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Gregorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:19 PM
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32. To the moon, O'Reilly!
/Jackie Gleason



He still thinks they found WMD's in Iraq!

And by the way, the French saved our asses in the Revolutionary War, dipshit!
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:19 PM
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33. Well, he came off looking like an a-hole, didn't he?
What a jackass. "France is our enemy!"
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:20 PM
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36. All in all
that was pretty fun. Especially when Jon asked if he was on our team.:7
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jayctravis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:20 PM
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37. "LUCY'S THE PROBLEM!!! GO AFTER LUCY!!!"
O'Reilly called him "pinhead", Jon said, "...you add injury" like a quick dagger stab. O'Reilly actually conducted himself with dignity and fairness whilst not stepping out of character.

A point of agreement is that O'Reilly said he no longer trusts any politician. Jon: "So you're one of us now?" Bill: "...No."
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:20 PM
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38. I liked Jon's Peanuts analogy - Marcie is France, who cares, she's rarely
even around. The Neocons are Lucy - GO AFTER LUCY!
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WorseBeforeBetter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:20 PM
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39. It's over already? What was that - 2 lousy minutes?! (n/t)
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Rufus T. Firefly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:21 PM
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41. Jon normally at least TRIES to be nice and fair...
But I think O'Reilly disgusts him, and he couldn't help himself.
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:21 PM
Response to Reply #41
46. I applaude Stewart for keeping his cool.
I would have clocked that arrogant fuck.
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Rufus T. Firefly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:23 PM
Response to Reply #46
52. I think laughing at Falafel Bill is the right tactic.
I think it pisses him off even more and makes him even more splotchy.
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nookiemonster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-19-05 07:32 AM
Response to Reply #52
82. I agree.
As stated by the great philosopher, Nelson Muntz.



Ha ha, O'Reilly. Ha ha indeed.

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Stand and Fight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:21 PM
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44. Wow... He ended THAT interview abruptly... Ouch! n/t
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Lancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:21 PM
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45. SOB thinks The Daily Show
makes fun of tragedies… NOT. All Stewart and the gang ever do is go after the people in charge of handling things who fuck it up.
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jane_pippin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:23 PM
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54. Hahahaha. Oh my god. Is that guy a dick!
He can't possibly believe that crap he says. There's no way. I guess when you're in it for the money you don't have to.
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:24 PM
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55. I think someone is a widdle gwumpy from all those INDICTMENTS
coming this week :7
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chalky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:25 PM
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56. Okay....who the HELL does the chicken dance sober?
Edited on Tue Oct-18-05 10:26 PM by chalky
sorry I went off O'Lielly topic, but something had to be said.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:25 PM
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57. Now watch O'Reilly whine on his show about getting boo'ed.
If he wouldn't have been bashing France, it would have been okay for him. Idiot.
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:27 PM
Response to Reply #57
60. This will be on the "Talking Points Memo" tomorrow night
And he'll spend the WHOLE damn show whining about it. :eyes:
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jane_pippin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:30 PM
Response to Reply #57
64. You got that right. Bill's a lot of things, but gracious in defeat isn't
one of them.
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jasmeel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:25 PM
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58. Read a book!
That's exactly what Colbert said last night and OReilly said tonight! Perfect!
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chalky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:29 PM
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62. Colbert: "I heard you were a little hard on the papa bear...."
:rofl:
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tomg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:30 PM
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63. I actually got my wish on
Edited on Tue Oct-18-05 10:31 PM by tomg
this one. A couple of days ago on another thread I said I hoped Jon would just laugh him off the set and refuse to take him seriously. It was great. Stewart simply treated him like a joke. Hilarious.

edit:typos
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The Revolution Donating Member (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:30 PM
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65. Is it possible that O'Reilly has gotten even more insane
over the years? France is our enemy? Seriously?
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Amonester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:44 PM
Response to Reply #65
67. What? So, I guess Ossama bin Forgotten is his best friend now?
Must be that, or...

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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:38 PM
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66. Jon Is Effing Brilliant and Fearless. & the Audience Booed O'LOOFAH n/t
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:47 PM
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68. The best part, angry bully guy was hawking a KIDS book
That was the secret humor of the whole thing.

Stewart just let him spout off like a lunatic, with the final twist of the knife being the holding up of the book...for KIDS!

It's like letting the angry old drunk guy on the corner babysit your children. Who in their right mind would buy the childrens book after THAT performance. Stewart absolutely nailed him to the wall. Perfect.
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:49 PM
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70. LOL I LOVED the way he held up the book and was like
"I guess I should do this now. Your book, Bill O'Reilly...(dramatic pause) for KIDS!"
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Jessica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:49 PM
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72. Did the audience applaud when he mentioned retiring?
Thought that's what I heard ... and if so, :yourock:
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 11:09 PM
Response to Reply #72
77. yes they did.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-19-05 02:24 AM
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78. You gotta read this, he probably is retiring because he knows his contract
will not be renewed. http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/nyc-etlede4473201oct18,0,7869231,print.story

What's hate got to do with it?
Plenty, because media firebrand Bill O'Reilly spawns enmity in all that he does - and he's sick of it

BY VERNE GAY
STAFF WRITER

October 18, 2005

In a corner office high over 47th Street in Manhattan, Bill O'Reilly stretches out behind a medium-sized desk that seems like a medieval fortress. Those papers piled high in the corners? Battlements. The pens, pencils and letter openers? Pikes, longbows and spiked flails.

The computer where O'Reilly had just filed his newspaper column moments earlier? Let's call that a drawbridge beyond which an angry mob has assembled. Google the words "Bill O'Reilly" and 6.5 million hits instantly appear. The first two are the flame-throwing newsman's own Web sites, but those are followed by the seething mass of obsessive O'Reilly haters who would love nothing better than to reach through the screen and throttle the tall, wan, rich, famous/infamous fellow on the other side.

Gauging the animus against O'Reilly has always been a rough art, but by his own estimation "it's gotten worse. Now it's so bad that I spend an enormous amount of money protecting myself against evil."

One usual suspect behind this rising tide of hatred, he says, is the Liberal Media Establishment, infuriated because it "can't marginalize me." But whatever the reason, almost exactly a year since he settled a sexual harassment lawsuit with former Fox News producer Andrea Mackris - the anniversary is next Thursday - the embattled life of O'Reilly has become an increasingly strange and scary one......

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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-19-05 02:47 AM
Response to Reply #72
79. yes, yes they did
And to be frank, it is a good time for bill to retire

He's made his money and his ratings all over the radio and TV are going down... better to do it now, than in six months when he is kicked off...

So at least he is showing intelligence... and I cannot believe I am even writing this... but I'll admit it, the man is choosng the right time to exit stage left
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DefenseLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:52 PM
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73. What was O'Reilly's reason for going on TDS?
I realize he is hawking a book. Is it the "all publicity is good publicity" angle, or did delusion get the best of him such that he thought he would come on and finally put Jon in his place in the name of all that is good and holy? Cause if that was his hope... ouch.
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stanwyck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-19-05 06:58 AM
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81. O'Reilly is delusional
he actually thinks he's smart and knowledgable and can think on his feet. He can't, as we saw on TDS. He was flailing. The repietitive French bashing was flop sweat. Really. The French? That's the desperation of a drowning man. Bash the French. Maybe Bushies still get off on that swill...they still giggle over Clinton blowjob jokes...years later.
O'Reilly was in deeper water than he's used to. And he couldn't handle it. Good thing Stewart is such a gentleman.
Which O'Reilly is not.
He got mad and started calling Jon names. Like the cowardly little bully he is.
When he's off his carefully staged "Factor", he's exposed.
Stewart was totally in control.
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 10:58 PM
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74. Excellent. I so have to watch it at 10 pst
Sounds brilliant :evilgrin:
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Singular73 Donating Member (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 11:05 PM
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76. Is there video anywhere of this?
They showed a repeat in Mountain Time Zone.
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Hatalles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-19-05 03:02 AM
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80. crooksandliars.com
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