Bill O'Reilly Loses It Over Bailout

[Sodan]

http://gawker.com/5055097/bill-oreilly-loses-it-over-bailout?autoplay=true

wow!

[TTUBatfan2008]

1. I agree with him for once...

[ravencalling]

2. is this real?

wow is right!

[Demi_Babe]

3. lol

[AlCzervik]

4. get me the fainting couch, he did not blame the Clenis.

[tomg]

5. He is so off the wall. n

[stray cat]

6. I actually agree with O'Reilly - the world really may be coming to an end

[Fearless]

7. IDK that doesn't really sound like him... IDK...

[Sodan]

10. Little more

Just a blog but:
Bill O'Reilly defends the bailout, and blames Bush

Gw6doqkeBill O'Reilly today launched into what sure sounded like a genuine tirade on his radio show today. It's worth checking out, whether you like O'Reilly or not. He throws a good tantrum. Best I can tell, he was making these points:

1) The bailout is necessary and you should support it.
2) It's President Bush's fault that we're in this mess. Blame Bush.
3) Don't listen to ideologues on talk radio who oppose the bailout. They're lying to you.
4) Barney Frank and Chris Dodd are idiots.

If I had to guess, I'd say O'Reilly's tirade against talk radio hosts was directed at Rush Limbaugh. (Among other things, O'Reilly said, "They're rich, these guys -- big cigars, all of that!")

I'm not certain what Rush has been saying about the bailout. I did catch a little of his show today, and he made a convoluted argument against the bailout that went something like this: There is a chance the bailout will be wildly profitable for the federal government, and Obama can't be trusted with all that money; and you could restore market confidence faster by reducing capital gains taxes anyway.

I happen to enjoy talk radio. I think these two and a few others are very influential, but it's hard to keep up with how they're using their influence. These guys do very different shows. O'Reilly is trying to position himself as an independent arbiter of What's Best For the Folks. He's been very critical of Bush lately, and he's threatening to be tough on Sarah Palin if she won't come on his show.

Rush, on the other hand, is relentlessly, cheerfully, partisan, a Happy Warrior for the Right.



http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laland/2008/09/bill-oreilly-de.html


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDou01X5d28

[Fearless]

13. Well obviously I don't like O'Liely

But I don't think that's his voice.

He would never slam Limpy. He would never side with Bill Clinton.

It just doesn't add up to me.

Maybe he drank his Kool-Aid that day, IDK...

[Sodan]

14. hehe agree.. did some googling

And the right wing nutters hate him now:
http://rightvoices.com/2008/09/25/bailout-deal-falling-apart-and-as-an-added-bonus-oreilly-is-a-complete-and-total-idiot/

http://truthreportnow.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/bye-bye-bill-oreilly/

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090746/posts

wow!

[Child_Of_Isis]

11. No...it didn't.

It actually sounded a bit like a very toned down Howard Stern.

[DangerousRhythm]

8. AWESOME. I emailed this to my Hannity-lovin' father.

"Wow, did you hear his radio show at all? Here's a clip of it where he unloads on EVERYONE regarding this bailout.

http://gawker.com/5055097/bill-oreilly-loses-it-over-bailout?autoplay=true

Well worth a listen! He sounds like he would punch the first person who walked into the room!"

It's a delicate walk convincing some people, y'know? :D

[chatnoir]

9. Has hell frozen over??

Damn, he was about to have an aneurysm!

The first and last time I'll ever agree with the man, surely.

[K Gardner]

12. He defended Bill Clinton? Oh.. wow.. just got to the part where he went apeshit.. UNREAL !

[Youphemism]

15. He takes losing his money on the market very personally...

He's been frothing over for days about his money, lost investments, etc.

You heard him say, "Don't worry about me, I have money, I'll be fine. It's you people I'm worried about."

But the emotional commentary in days preceding this rant came when he talked about his evaporated investments.

(I'm still thinking we can sell Utah and Iraq to the Chinese to pay off both this finance bill and the money we owe them. If they're tough in the negotiations, maybe we could throw in Bakersfield CA, a few plains from Ohio, and Crawford, Texas.)