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O'Reilly responds to Limbaugh's criticism: I have "criticized Obama for his socialist tenets"

February 22, 2010 8:23 pm ET

From the February 22 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor:

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Previously:

Limbaugh mocks O'Reilly for "giv[ing] socialism a fair shake," opposing "Obama bashing"

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    • Author by soze169880 (February 22, 2010 8:33 pm ET)
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      Shorter BillO: "Thank you, Rush, may I have another?"
      Wait, no, that's shorter Dominican child prostitute.
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    • Author by Bad News (February 22, 2010 8:40 pm ET)
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      When President Obama tries to help Americans he's a Socialist?
      When President Bush Waterboards Muslims he's a Pragmatist?
      When President Bush kills 4000 Americans in Iraq he's Tough on Terror?
      While President Obama, the one that Honors the Constitution is the one in Error?

      Speak truth to power.


      Mr. News
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      • Author by Bongo Fury (February 22, 2010 8:42 pm ET)
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        WTH?I almost threw up my arms in disgust,but realized it would badly damage my throat.
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    • Author by ojnabieoot (February 22, 2010 8:48 pm ET)
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      So, in summary:

      O'Reilly (correctly) points out that bashing Obama is politically unwise and shows that CPAC offers no real leadership.

      Limbaugh, in a wonderful display of where right-wing media is these days, ludicrously calls O'Reilly a socialist.

      O'Reilly, in a wonderful display of how cowardly non-Limbaugh right-wing media is these days, gives a fear-mongering and incorrect definition of socialism and accuses Obama of having socialist views. He, of course, fails to actually call Limbaugh out for anything, because he fears Limbaugh's retribution.

      Presumably this means O'Reilly has sufficiently paid off Don Corleone Limbaugh and won't be shaken down again. I'm not defending O'Reilly here, but Limbaugh simply has way too much power, and he clearly abuses it.
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      • Author by John Paradox (February 22, 2010 10:21 pm ET)
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        L-R: Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh:
        [http://images.dawgsports.com/images/admin/Don_Corleone_on_daughters_wedding_day.bmp]
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        • Author by ojnabieoot (February 22, 2010 10:35 pm ET)
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          Man, that is an unbelievably accurate representation of what's going on at FOX and talk radio. I really wish I was joking.
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        • Author by worrierking (February 22, 2010 10:42 pm ET)
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          Too bad they took down the toll booths on the Connecticut Turnpike.
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        • Author by mjh (February 22, 2010 11:01 pm ET)
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          BillO decided he didn't want to wake up next to a horse's head . . .




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        • Author by jediknight65 (February 23, 2010 9:31 am ET)
             
          i am giving thumbs down because Don Corleone is too great a man to have him compared to cluster rush.

          jimmy swaggert is better
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        • Author by cst (February 23, 2010 11:10 am ET)
             
          I really need to know who Fredo is...
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      • Author by jediknight65 (February 23, 2010 9:30 am ET)
           
        NO NO NO. he is not Don Corleone! that is insulting to the wonderful performance of Marlon Brando and the rich character created by Mario Puzo.

        Jimmy Swaggert would be more appropriate
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (February 22, 2010 9:35 pm ET)
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      Limbaugh's arrogance is astounding. How many right wing politicians and media talkers are going to celebrate when Limbaugh strokes out one weekend in the Dominican Republic?
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    • Author by dimes (February 22, 2010 9:45 pm ET)
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      Wow, I was betting Bill actually had testicles of some sort. Guess not.
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      • Author by tman418 (February 23, 2010 12:05 am ET)
           
        I actually don't see this as O'Reilly bowing to Rush Limbaugh like Palin, Cantor, Steele, and that what's-his-name who ACTUALLY called to apologize.

        He knows he's got more listeners/viewers than Limbaugh. He doesn't need to bow to Limbaugh. But I do believe that O'Reilly's rhetoric is definitely toned down because he's responding to Limbaugh, rather than someone from the left. No "secular-progresive", "far left agenda", etc. talk here.

        What's going on in the Obama-era is that conservatives are trying to out-crazy each other for more ratings, hence the paranoia among themselves, actually believing that the government is out to get them. O'Reilly doesn't believe Obama is out to get him, but his ratings are in danger if he doesn't get paranoid enough. Conservatives/teabaggers are looking for the most paranoid, hateful, delusional, Islamaphobic and racist person to guide them through this period of what it's like to lose an election and not be in power. If O'Reilly is ACTUALLY the voice of reason, he might not get a lot of viewers much longer.
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      • Author by John Paradox (February 23, 2010 3:32 pm ET)
           
        Maybe they're 'on loan from Rush'
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    • Author by worrierking (February 22, 2010 10:00 pm ET)
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      Can I lick that for you Rush, please?
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    • Author by Les Philling (February 22, 2010 10:42 pm ET)
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      I'm being blocked by the profanity filter and I can't figure out. so I'm going to make multiple posts but they are all just parts of a single comment.
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    • Author by Les Philling (February 22, 2010 10:44 pm ET)
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      O'Reilly says that "attacks" on Bush hurt him a lot. He implies that the criticism of Bush then is comparable in its effect to the criticism of Obama now. First I disagree with the premise that there was much in the way of attacks on Bush as compared to Obama.
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    • Author by Les Philling (February 22, 2010 10:46 pm ET)
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      The left felt it would be less than patriotic to go too tough on Bush after 9/11 and this was successfully reinforced for much of Bush's presidency by the right's pushing the idea that ANY criticism in wartime is unpatriotic (unlike now). And further the right dominated the main vehicle to give voice to such criticism - talk radio.

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    • Author by Les Philling (February 22, 2010 10:48 pm ET)
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      Second, the two have very different types of personalities. Bush let criticism roll off his back. If he could ram a bill home with no Dems on boards and using a simple majority in the Senate, he did so without hesitation. Obama on the other hand wants to be bipartisan and follow the rules of the Senate to the letter. Obama wants everybody to like him. He led us off the cliff but Bush was a leader. Obama would have made a great Senator.

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    • Author by Porkeater (February 23, 2010 12:30 am ET)
         
      I'd like to call him an effing retard, but that just doesn't do it. Can i call him a shallow, amoral wh0re instead?
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