and I refuse to get excited that Bill let Letterman, who was admittedly ignorant of many facts, verbally beat the tar out of him. It is what he wants.
I refuse to get excited because its a pyhrric victory on a few counts: First, what joy is there in further beating a beaten man? Second, what joy can be taken in the fact these interviews on shows like Letterman and TDS are really playing into the O'Reilly agenda. And here's why: First, these tar-and-featherings Bill receives gives him even more ammunition to fire on his own hour O' lies. Bill's recent appearance on TDS
Here, where Bill not only added to the jingoistic fire in this country by holding up Steven Colbert's ancestry and accused him of practicing slavery, also felt the need to hit back at the audience and insult them for being wine-swillers from Marseilles, and was finally criticized for actually adding "just injury" to the domestic political scene. Shortly thereafter, O'Reilly went on to take his now famous "war on Christmas" jab at TDS, certainly emboldened by the thrashing he received at the hands of Stewart.
TDS's reaction to the swipe, here:
http://mediamatters.org/items/200512080005Now Ol' Bill steps up to the plate on Letterman. And I believe this leads credence to my argument that O'Reilly has become a willing, self-promoting whipping boy of the left, a job that he embraces with his trademark scowling rictus®, and bright, shining dollar signs in his eyes. Did he expect Letterman to give him a serious interview? Did Bill anticipate an erudite forum where he would be able to push his talking points without fear of snark reprimand at the hands of Dave. I would expect not. Dave admitted that he didn't have the whole story and was merely doing gut checks at swiping at Bill. This obnoxious, unhinged behavior is where O'Reilly feels most at home (as evidenced by nightly rants on the Factor)and will always take the opportunity (and the $$) to let some lefties punch him up a bit, just so he can give it back later on his show (where its safe).
I wish the left media would leave O'Reilly alone, and not bring him out of his little Tora-Bora studio at Fox. Bringing him out to kick around not only feeds his talking points and lathers up his base, but also feeds his wallet and enables his particular brand of hatred.