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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 03:29 PM
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Bill O'Reilly Calls Himself 'T-Warrior'
what's the "T" for? Turd?

Unapologetic 'T-Warrior' Says He's Outnumbered

O'Reilly comes from a blue-collar background and lives with his wife and two young children in an upscale community.

Standing at 6 feet, 4 inches, he can resemble a formidable culture warrior at times.

He even calls himself, "T-Warrior," short for "traditional warrior."

When "20/20" pointed out that he had one of the loudest voices in the media, O'Reilly said he and his fellow traditionalists were outnumbered and had been since the days of Walter Cronkite.

-snip-

Walters asked O'Reilly about his thoughts on the possibility of New York junior Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton running for president in 2008.



"My problem with Senator Clinton is, that she doesn't answer questions," he said.



O'Reilly says he's asked her key questions like, "What would you do in Iraq? What would you do with al Qaeda?"



Currently, he said, she does not give a clear answer for those questions.



"If you don't answer the questions, I am against you," he said.

I suppose Bush's non answers, spin and mispronounced words ring clear as a bell to him



http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2465303&page=1
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Goblinmonger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 03:30 PM
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1. T is for torture? n/t
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LisaM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 03:32 PM
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2. When has he ever interviewed Hillary?
Granted, I don't watch his show, but you'd think an O'Reilly interview of Hillary would have garnered some attention. I have never seen him or any of his ilk even attempt to talk to her (I'd love to see Ann Coulter debate Hillary) but maybe this happened and I missed it?
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 03:32 PM
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3. He is really f..king crazy....
:crazy: And he has a pair of big ones to compare himself to Walter Cronkite. What a bison's ass he is.
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Bonhomme Richard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 03:33 PM
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4. "T" obviously stands for Turd. n/t
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warrens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 03:34 PM
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5. Hey, falafel boy
Shut your nazi piehole. You have no credibility, you're a fucking liar, you are wrong about 100 percent of the time (which is quite a trick) and you're a loudmouth bully and sexual psychopath. Fuck you.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 03:36 PM
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10. CUT HIS MIKE! n/t
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Marnieworld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 03:34 PM
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6. he does not come from a "blue-collar" background
He grew up middle to upper middle class in a nice suburban neighborhood on Long Island. Franken debunked this a while back.
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kskiska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 03:59 PM
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16. Michael Kinsley was the original debunker
He wrote a column and also appeared on O'R's program. O'Really never backed down, despite the proof of his middle-class background.

(snip)

Yet O'Reilly, like many other people, clings to the fantasy that he is a stiff among the swells. He plays this chord repeatedly in the book, a potpourri of anecdotes and opinions about life in general and his in particular. He had a very strange experience as a graduate student at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government (which let the likes of Bill O'Reilly through its ivy-covered gates, he is careful to note, "in an effort to bring all sorts of people together"). Other Kennedy School students, he says, insisted on being called by three names, none of which could be "Vinny, Stevie, or Serge." Their "clothing was understated but top quality … and their rooms hinted of exotic vacations and sprawling family property. Winter Skiing in Grindelwald? No problem." They tried to be nice, but Bill was nevertheless humiliated, in a Thai restaurant, to be "the only one who didn't know how to order my meal in Thai."

(snip)

…"I'm working-class Irish American Bill O'Reilly … pretty far down the social totem pole," he says. Growing up in the 1960s, he watched his father "exhausting himself commuting from Levittown" to work as an accountant for an oil company. Dad "never made more than $35,000"—which would be $100,000 or more in today's money.

more…
http://www.slate.com/id/2143244/
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 03:35 PM
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7. Outnumbered?! He's on crack!
Edited on Wed Sep-20-06 03:36 PM by redqueen
His wife forgives him for all those lame attempts at phone sex? For the payoff he had to dole out to avoid charges of sexual harrassment?

Where are the screechy, preachy, harpy-like Republican women who should be scolding her for staying with falafel-boy, the way they did to Hillary for staying with Bill?

What about Bush & Condi?

The fact that these stories aren't all over the media proves there are far more traditional right-wing-bootlickin-toadie pundits in the media than not.
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demigoddess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 03:36 PM
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8. Am I right in that this guy is on work-release from a mental institution?
They must keep him under close observation at night, right?
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InternalDialogue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 03:36 PM
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9. His problem with Hillary is that she won't answer questions?
Puhleeeze! I'm sure if she forthrightly answered him he'd be all about Hillary.

Passive-aggressive bastard won't just be honest about it.

As for the nickname... :popcorn:
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 03:39 PM
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12. Oraly likes to play the Interragator Card, asks questions not to learn
share but to denigrate...I am glad Hillary knows better than to engage in Q/A with a Dufus like Oraly.
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 03:38 PM
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11. that's odd. i call him numbnuts.
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Keepontruking Donating Member (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 03:39 PM
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13. Billy-Bob-Boy
T stands for tenacious, something gooey, sticky, and mucous
like that you can't un stick from yourself even if you want
too!!!!!!!!!!  Like a boo-ger!!!!!!!!!!!  Circus girl
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TygrBright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 03:45 PM
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14. oh, goodie! More grist for Keith Olberman's mill...
...from Keith's FAVORITE chew toy! Gotta love the guy, don'tcha? Never seen anyone foam at the mouth and splutter so winsomely...

sardonically,
Bright
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stopbush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 03:45 PM
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15. T Bone!
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 04:22 PM
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17. Hey T-Bone! nt
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 04:23 PM
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18. Truthiness
he doesnt have any actual truth, but he has plenty of faux truth.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 04:24 PM
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19. O'Reilly calling himself a warrior would imply that...
he's waging a war that no one else seems to be fighting. He must be having a tough time getting enlistees.
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