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Bernie Goldberg calls out "several people on this network" who compare Obama to Hitler and his health care policies to fascism

August 19, 2009 8:43 pm ET

From the August 19th edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor:

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    • Author by dr. matt (August 19, 2009 9:07 pm ET)
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      Glad to see O'Racist just stated that facts and reality are concepts of the Left because David Gregory told the 100% truth. Pwned.
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    • Author by MickD (August 19, 2009 9:19 pm ET)
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      I'm not a fan of Goldberg and his simplistic diatribes against progressives, but AT LEAST he acknowledged a simple truth about Fox News. Gregory a leftist, that's rich.
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (August 19, 2009 9:19 pm ET)
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      Why is O'Reilly so fixated on ratings? I can understand how important ratings are to someone in his line of work, but why does he always talk about his ratings and those of competing networks? It's smarmy...

      And Bernie Goldberg... wow! I think some of these right wingers who are not totally devoid of either sanity or a conscience are beginning to see the monster that their irresponsible and dihonest rabble rousing has created. They see that violence could break out at any time at one of these events and things are going to get very, very ugly. They understand how crazy these tea-baggers really are. Maybe Goldberg is just trying to keep a clear conscience...a rarity indeed.
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      • Author by worrierking (August 19, 2009 9:30 pm ET)
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        Bedwetting talking heads discussing their ratings is nothing more than masturbatiòn.

        And speaking of ratings, I gave you a thumbs up Irony.
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        • Author by IRONY 101 (August 19, 2009 9:38 pm ET)
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          Thanks, King...but until this moment I was unaware there was even a ratings feature here. How long has that been in place?
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        • Author by ProgLib (August 20, 2009 6:44 am ET)
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          can you believe that oreilly actually claimed last week, when he was talking about his ratings, that he is "not gloating, just reporting"? and that was AFTER he went on and on talking about the big numbers and saying how monstrous they were. seriously, what "reporter" reports on their ratings so much? and who in their right mind devotes an entire segment (and maybe even a follow up segment) to them?

          and this isnt including segments where he talks about himself and his esteemed popularity. the man is a walking ego balloon that keeps getting bigger.

          its people like billo that make ratings such a big deal for their viewers so they dont have to care about actual journalism and accurate reporting. and this is the moron who claimed the ratings were rigged. now he brags about them when hes doing well. so who knows that they arent rigged right now, too?
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      • Author by dr. matt (August 19, 2009 9:31 pm ET)
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        Why is O'Reilly so fixated on ratings? I can understand how important ratings are to someone in his line of work, but why does he always talk about his ratings and those of competing networks

        He does so to make his lowly teabagging viewers feel good about themselves. They are inbred, uneducated, a permanent minority, and spend their sad lives worship drugbaugh and Faux. Their only reason for living is to give faux "ratings".

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      • Author by fairliberal (August 19, 2009 9:50 pm ET)
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        Violence has already broken out, the SEIU thugs attacked a guy, remember?And I wonder what Gregory had to say when the black panthers stood outside voting places with weapons in their hands. I don't know if he had any comment, does anybody know?
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        • Author by dr. matt (August 19, 2009 9:56 pm ET)
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          Cupcake, you forgot to mention Kennedy, ACORN, and ratings.
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        • Author by snoopy (August 19, 2009 10:20 pm ET)
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          Yeah, I saw that "attack". In the video, the SEIU guy was on the ground, got up, and then pushed back. Your poor little wonder warrior looked just fine walking around bouncing up and down like rocky prior to his shove back.

          And then the poor little baby, who had no insurance, cried out to his reichpublican friends to pay for his health care because the current system wouldn't cover him. Such delicious irony!
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        • Author by ProgLib (August 20, 2009 5:39 am ET)
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          Violence has already broken out, the SEIU thugs attacked a guy, remember?


          you mean the african american man who got up afterwards, walked away with no obvious injuries and was later seen sitting on a wheel chair with some kind of strap on his leg? yes, what a malicious beating that was. he must enjoy being pitied.
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          • Author by fairliberal (August 20, 2009 1:13 pm ET)
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            Yeah , it kinda reminded me of Kennedy and his neck brace. Did he wear it to MaryJo's funeral?
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            • Author by ProgLib (August 20, 2009 7:13 pm ET)
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              when in doubt, avoid the subject, right? and i wouldnt know anything about what kennedy did. try and stay on topic.
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        • Author by worrierking (August 20, 2009 7:10 am ET)
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          Since you aren't going to mention it, you're ratings for this post suck.

          It's 7 AM on Thursday morning and you've got 11 thumbs down votes and no thumbs ups.
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        • Author by bintx (August 20, 2009 11:51 am ET)
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          Wow, you really do have an obsession with O'Reilly, huh? That's really, really creepy.

          BTW, there was no incident with "black panthers" standing outside voting places with weapons in their hands. This was debunked long ago, but I'm sure you didn't hear about that on Fox. As for the SEIU "thugs," the jury is out on that. The video didn't actually show an attack and the guy who was supposedly attacked? Well, his story has been debunked also. He did have insurance, he really wasn't hurt and he is still collecting money for the medical bills he doesn't have.

          Try EXPANDING your horizons, you might actually learn that there is a world outside Bill O'Reilly worship.
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          • Author by fairliberal (August 20, 2009 1:17 pm ET)
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            I guess that the videos are just frauds.

            http://www.hyscience.com/archives/2008/11/black_panthers.php
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            • Author by tman418 (August 20, 2009 11:54 pm ET)
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              "During the 2008 presidential election, poll watchers found two New Black Panther militia members outside of a polling place in Philadelphia.[12] One of these two was a poll watcher, while the other was a Black Panther member who had brought a nightstick. Republican poll watcher Chris Hill stated that voters had been complaining about intimidation, while the DA's office stated that they had not been contacted by any voters.[13]
              The Black Panther with the nightstick was escorted away by the police. According to Fox News, the remaining member denied all reports, and even when shown the video tape he said, "I don't know what ya crackas talking about."[14][15]
              On January 7, 2009, the United States Department of Justice filed a civil suit against the New Black Panther Party and three of its members relating to the incident that occurred at the Philadelphia polling place during the 2008 election. The suit seeks an injunction preventing further violations of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The suit accuses members Minister King Samir Shabazz and Jerry Jackson of being outside a polling location wearing the uniform of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, and that Shabazz repeatedly brandished a police-style baton weapon.[16] On May 15, 2009, the DOJ, having obtained an injunction against the defendant who had carried the weapon, dropped the suit against the remaining defendants, against the advice of its prosecutors who had worked on the case.[17]"

              As for actual voter intimidation or vote-preventing, I can't say I see any evidence there. Other than the police escorting the one guy, no other "incident" really occurred.
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      • Author by bintx (August 20, 2009 11:43 am ET)
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        Because O'Reilly, like most egocentrics, has very low self-esteem. He has finally achieved the popularity he wanted in high school but was too nerdy to achieve.
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    • Author by ProgLib (August 20, 2009 5:35 am ET)
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      so oreilly picks out ONE clip where gregory repeated an exact quote by thomas jefferson that was on a shirt of a man with a gun, a shirt that the dirtbag mcveigh also happened to wear when he bombed the OKC building. how does he not see the obvious link there? and exactly how does that make him a "far-left" guy? he used facts. boy, i love how bill links being a "librul" to bad ratings... its so irrelevant. so i guess you have to be a far-right guy like oreilly, beck and hannity to get high ratings, right? besides, if anybody has ever watched david gregory conduct an interview, they know that he kisses so much corporate backside and repeats republican talking points that it is ridiculous. that is why oreilly counldnt find any more clips to show, so he had to pick on something.

      also, notice that oreilly hardly ever says that people like this are lying, he just claims they are "far left" or "librul", which is somehow a sin in his world.

      good job by goldberg (surprisingly) to be sensible for once and go after fox's lying. i was expecting oreilly to yell over him at that point. he usually just blathers on and agrees with oreilly's nutty paranoia.
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      • Author by fairliberal (August 20, 2009 1:21 pm ET)
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        Did you expect him to behave like this?

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRJ1oyhTZAQ

        Oh that's right, he is allowed. I forgot.
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        • Author by ProgLib (August 20, 2009 7:10 pm ET)
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          like bill o'reilly has never acted outrageously like this before? or even worse? did you happen to watch the jeremy glick interview? how about the one with colonel ann wright? how about the shootout with barney frank? need anymore examples?

          yes, looking at those, oreilly's behavior is very professional, isnt it? and you are comparing all the years of o'reilly doing that to a few times that lawrence o'donnell did it? its apples and oranges, my friend.
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