O'Reilly: VA Beach will have "more dead girls" if mayor, police chief aren't fired
On the April 11 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show, Bill O'Reilly again attacked Virginia Beach Mayor Meyera Oberndorf, claiming that "she has no clue at all" and stating: "[T]he honest reporting is that Mayor Oberndorf has no clue, none, shouldn't be there and neither should the police chief. And that's the truth. And if you don't get them out of there, you're gonna have more dead girls in the street." O'Reilly made the comment while discussing a March 30 automobile crash that resulted in the deaths of two teenage girls, reportedly at the hands of an illegal immigrant who said he had been drinking the night of the accident.
As Media Matters for America documented, O'Reilly previously attacked Oberndorf and Virginia Beach Police Chief Alfred M. Jacocks Jr. on the April 6 edition of his radio program, describing Oberndorf as "limited in her intellectual capacity" and calling Jacocks "an arrogant incompetent."
Additionally, during a discussion about Don Imus' reference to the Rutgers University women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos," a caller to the program claimed "the word 'racist' " is "the single most effective weapon ever devised by the far left and anti-Americans," adding: "[I]t's more effective than nuclear arsenals." The caller then claimed that "[t]he Muslim jihadists use it against us" and "the Mexican invasion is enabled by it." O'Reilly responded affirmatively: "I understand what you're saying ... and it's absolutely true." He concluded: "You know, I'm throwing down the gauntlet on these people. And anybody that uses this weapon, you're gonna get a visit from me."
From the April 11 edition of Westwood One's The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly:
O'REILLY: No, she has no clue at all. And I understand that small town -- and, you know -- actually, Virginia Beach is the biggest town in Virginia, I've been told, about 400,000. But it's still relatively a small place. But I understand that, you know, the local guys have to do this, that, and the other thing for the sponsors and the money. It's all about that, which is why I have to step in, [caller], and I have to do the honest reporting. And the honest reporting is that Mayor Oberndorf has no clue, none, shouldn't be there and neither should the police chief. And that's the truth. And if you don't get them out of there, you're gonna have more dead girls in the street.
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CALLER: You know, about this word "racist." It's the single most effective weapon ever devised by the far left and anti-Americans. It immediately -- it's more effective than nuclear arsenals. It immediately puts us on the defensive, no matter what the subject. The Muslim jihadists use it against us, the Mexican invasion is enabled by it. Even our gangs. We can shut down the gangs with the National Guard and a big police presence.
O'REILLY: Oh, you could easily shut the gangs down. You're absolutely right. But, you know, but the ACLU [American Civil Liberties Union] would be right on your butt saying, "Oh, you're racist. You're profiling. You're doing this, that, and the other thing." I understand what you're saying, [caller], and it's absolutely true. But enough's enough. You know, I'm throwing down the gauntlet on these people. And anybody that uses this weapon, you're gonna get a visit from me.
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"And anybody that uses this weapon, you're gonna get a visit from me."
Now, now, Mr. T-Warrior, don't you mean a visit from Fox Security?
Mr.L: The United States will have more dead brain cells unless Bill O'Lielly is fired!! lol- using the national gaurd to 'shut down gangs' and I didn't know I invented the word 'racist'.... cool- me and Colbert are fattin' up the dictionary...
"But enough's enough. You know, I'm throwing down the gauntlet on these people."
Wow, another empty ultimatum from the T-Warrior. Even the boycott of France had more teeth than this does.
buffoon o'reilly rants against local mayor and chief of police... picks mercily at the grief of parents whose children have been killed in an automobile accident, all for the 'benefit' of his national following (growing small and smaller every day), and puncuates it all with the mighty fury of the man:
"call me a racist and see what happens! i can take it, i'm a man, but are you? if you call me a racist, are you ready for a visit from me?"
Sad stuff, even for a clown like bill o'reilly.
Seeing this item here made me curious: What happened to bill o'reilly the staunch supporter of the Iraq occupation?
I mean, the time is really hot right now for Iraq... as hot as ever... and this guy used to screech a lot on that subject (before he fell so pitifully to the substance of this item).
So I clicked 'Media Personalities' b.o. link, just to scroll back, to see when last the word 'Iraq' appeared in the headline of any item citing this clown... this is what I found:
You have to go back to January 27 (that's more than 30 b.o. items back) to find Iraq... one has b.o. saying sunnis and shias are having fun killing each other, the other has b.o. admitting to "pushing the goalposts further back" on Iraq.
Neither is any kind of cheerleading about the U.S. occupation, which is what I'm scrolling back looking for... as a matter of fact, the item that has b.o. saying Iraqis like killing each other, seems typical of what b.o. now has to say about Iraq: Think of it, the buffoon's message has turned from cheering on the occupation, to one of simply de-humanizing Iraqis (and I thought that to be true, and perhaps you may also, because I realized I didn't need to research that, I sort of sensed that that was truly how the buffoon's Iraq comments, however rare these days, had turned).
Back on the trail, looking for b.o. cheerleading the occupation (of which the two items found so far, are not examples of):
Back another 20 or so items worth, to December 7, and we have several items about b.o. and Iraq...
Note carefully: One has "The problem with Iraq is the Iraqis" and another where b.o. says "Do i care if sunnis and shias kill each other?" (see a trend forming here?) and then b.o. saying that the violence in Iraq is because "they're Muslims ...doing what they do" (this trend is amusing me now, and has me glad I went to scrolling back this buffoon's MMFA headlines).
A couple of items about b.o. and Iraq in November, neither an example of his cheerleading the occupation, and then BANG there's the item I'm looking for... the last instance of b.o. cheerleading the occupation, as cited by MMFA, headlined:
O'Reilly claimed Rosie O'Donnell "doesn't want George Bush and his administration to have a victory in Iraq because she feels they're evil"
...which is not so much that it was more than 80 MMFA headlines back, containing both "b.o." and "Iraq", to find that last instance of cheerleading the occupation, but for it's date:
October 20, 2006
...just before the election of Novemebr 7, 2006!
To summarize what I found in my little research here: Not since before the election results has b.o. been cited by MMFA in any way that I'd call cheerleading for the occupation of Iraq... not once since then.
Boy, does this ratings-conscience buffoon blow with the political winds, or what?
He no longer cheerleads the occupation, a thing he formally worked hard and mailiciously at... he now mentions Iraq only to de-humanize Iraqis, and to call them all killers... that's his new refrain, no more cheerleading, just blame: blame the Iraqis as killers...
He now only takes the rare time to mention Iraq, to no longer cheer the occupation, but give his reason for abandoning that cheering refrain: "They're all killers, so who really cares... not me anymore."
How high the mighty have fallen.
He no longer cheers the occupation of Iraq... he now picks at the wounds of automobile accident fatalities, and calls out the local mayor and the town's top cop in so doing... and screeches:
"call me a racist, and see how i'll punish you for it...
BRING IT ON!"
[Which amuses me, how far this buffon's rant of BRING IT ON has fallen: From Bahgdad to Virginia Beach.]
i love how you guys are soooo serious about helping this country that instead of discussing the issue you prefer to attack oreilly! fact is that if you dont hold the leaders accountable for this, they will continue to allow illegals to run rampant
that's what we're trying to do, piggy... responsibilty for ALL! Now if I just can Osama and find those WMD to let Bush and Cheney off the hook...
Snake, this is about media criticism, not immigration policy. It's fine if you would rather talk about that, but you can'tblame people for staying on topic...
his criticism is valid and appropriate seeing as how this illegal was allowed to run rampant on THEIR watch. someone has to be held accountable at the local level no?
It's a Catch 22 situation for local authorities. Potential witnesses to crimes know that they can testify and not be turned over to INS. A plus for the locals.
Everyone complains about illegal immigrants but these same people are the ones complaining that they don't want tax increases. for the local governments to do the work of the INS, they'd need to increase taxes. A negative for the locals.
No. It's federal law... and the feds (ICE) don't respond to misdemeanors.
Pigskin is just a troll who is here to raise as much hell as possible until he gets kicked off. He is not to be taken the least bit seriously. He's been here many times before, under many names.
The "back in the kitchen where she belongs" statement demonstrates the rock-bottom intellectual level of this dork. Not the statement itself, but the fact that this troll included it to elicit a response, not recognizing that it is a dead giveaway of the dummy troll's intent.
Can we take up a collection and buy this twit a bridge somewhere else?
i stole it from oreilly
You're only making it worse. Stop while we still have the impression you're related to homo-sapiens.
You still have that impression?
Really?
If you go back far enough, sea slugs are related to Homo Sapiens.Now let's take this thread in a more mature direction.
(heh heh... Homo..)
"i love how you guys are soooo serious about helping this country that instead of discussing the issue you prefer to attack oreilly!"
Bill isn't exactly making this a serious discussion, is he? He pontificates on things he has no understanding of. He makes makes empty, cartoonish "threats" and ultimatums toward people with whom he disagrees. He yells his freakin' head off on TV instead of engaging in a civil exchange. He exploits accident victims to further his agenda and gin up his dimwitted audience.
Words to live by: If you want to be taken seriously, don't act like a jackass.
Yo Pigface. The issue is not a permissive attitude on illegals. The issue is two young girls are dead because an inebriated driver just happened to be an illegal alien.
"but ,you know, but the ACLU would be right on your butt saying, "Oh, you racist. You're profiling...." Bill, I believe that the ACLU would be defending the Constitution. Do you have a problem with that?
Now the visit from O'Reilly would be funny. Can you just picture Mr. Tough Guy showing up at anyone's house...Bill, you are too funny in a number of ways. Come to my house please. And bring the LT.
FOX Comedy would be closer to its core competency goals if O'Reilly got fired.
This sounds suspiciously similar to Virginia Beach resident Pat Robertson's "prediction" that Orlando, FL would be hit with hurricanes, earthquakes, and tornadoes because Disney World was having Gay Day......
I just emailed this to good ole Billy.
"YOU Sir are a racist.
Are you going to come see me now? Or send "Fox Security"? You continue to stir up xenophobic and racist sentiment. This is not some leftist conspiracy. This is the reality of what you and a lot of the right wing pundits do."
I gave him my name, address and phone #. I hope he calls.
What are the mayor and the chief of police supposed to do? Stake out every person who looks like they might be an illegal immigrant, and then stop them from driving drunk on the streets? What about all the citizens of the US who are driving drunk too? Do they go to the bars, every bar, and stake out every person who might be driving drunk and pull them over? And then they'd have to go to every person's home and sit outside them to make sure that they're not drinking in the privacy of their own home and then driving. Jeesh Bill. You need to get a grip.
Deaths from drunk driving are horrible tragedies, and I'm certain they are not limited to illegal immigrants in Virginia Beach only. I'm sure that there are just as many, if not more, drunk driving arrests on normal every day US citizens in Virginia Beach than there are illegal immigrants. Bill's diatribes about illegal immigrants are getting worse I think. He's delving into Lou Dobbs' territory here.
And I'm pretty certain that if you took down some gangs, the ACLU would not be jumping to their defense at all. But the ACLU would actually defend O'Reilly if say the government took away his show. You know, that whole defend the Constitution thing. I'm still seriously confused as to why the right wingers constantly attack the ACLU as being "un-American". Is it because they want to actually adhere to the Constitution or what? I know that this is slightly off topic, but if someone from the right could point me in a direction, or a link somewhere that shows the ACLU going against the Constitution, I would be interested in seeing that. I know that it doesn't exist, but just wondering if I have missed something along the way.