O'Reilly attacked as "far-left loon" caller who asked if he would apologize for "lynching party" comment
SUMMARY: Discussing his previous comments about Michelle Obama, Bill O'Reilly stated that "[t]he word 'lynching' was used because I said it quite clearly. I'm not going to go on some lynching party against Michelle Obama; that's ridiculous." However, O'Reilly had said: "I don't want to go on a lynching party against Michelle Obama unless there's evidence, hard facts, that say this is how the woman really feels. If that's how she really feels -- that America is a bad country or a flawed nation, whatever -- then that's legit. We'll track it down." O'Reilly also attacked a caller who asked him if he owed "Michelle Obama an apology for that disrespectful lynching analogy," calling him a "far-left loon."
During the February 21 edition of his nationally syndicated radio program, discussing the controversy surrounding his prior remarks about Michelle Obama, Bill O'Reilly stated: "The word 'lynching' was used because I said it quite clearly. I'm not going to go on some lynching party against Michelle Obama; that's ridiculous." However, during his February 19 program, O'Reilly said, "I don't want to go on a lynching party against Michelle Obama unless there's evidence, hard facts, that say this is how the woman really feels. If that's how she really feels -- that America is a bad country or a flawed nation, whatever -- then that's legit. We'll track it down" (emphasis added).
Earlier during the February 21 show, a caller asked O'Reilly: "Do you think you owe Michelle Obama an apology for that disrespectful lynching analogy?" O'Reilly replied: "Of course not. I stuck up for the man -- the woman, I'm sorry." He later called the caller a "far-left loon."
From the February 19 edition of Westwood One's The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly:
O'REILLY: You know, I have a lot of sympathy for Michelle Obama, for Bill Clinton, for all of these people. Bill Clinton, I have sympathy for him, because they're thrown into a hopper where everybody is waiting for them to make a mistake, so that they can just go and bludgeon them. And, you know, Bill Clinton and I don't agree on a lot of things, and I think I've made that clear over the years, but he's trying to stick up for his wife, and every time the guy turns around, there's another demagogue or another ideologue in his face trying to humiliate him because they're rooting for Obama.
That's wrong. And I don't want to go on a lynching party against Michelle Obama unless there's evidence, hard facts, that say this is how the woman really feels. If that's how she really feels -- that America is a bad country or a flawed nation, whatever -- then that's legit. We'll track it down.
From the February 21 edition of Westwood One's The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly:
O'REILLY: Let's go to Boca Raton, Florida, where Bill's in the No-Spin Zone. What's going on, Bill?
CALLER: Hey, Bill. Big fan. I have a question for you. Do you think you owe Michelle Obama an apology for that disrespectful lynching analogy?
O'REILLY: Of course not. I stuck up for the man -- the woman, I'm sorry. Just to point out that Bill in Boca Raton on the sheet says, "New York Times worried McCain will beat Obama." That's what Bill in Boca Raton wanted to talk about, according to what he told our screener. So then Bill from Boca Raton gets on the air and tries to say, do I owe Michelle Obama, who I stuck up for, obviously, everyone knows that, an apology. So Bill in Boca Raton Florida is a liar. He is a far-left loon. And this is what that crew does.
Hey, Bill, and this is -- I'm looking out for you, man, you need to rethink your life. You are a dishonest person, you're a loon, and you really need to rethink your life, sir.
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O'REILLY: OK, tonight on the TV side, we're going to have [former White House press secretary] Tony Snow, Bernie [Goldberg, Fox News contributor], and Jane [Hall, Fox News contributor], two Democrats, all analyzing the John McCain thing. And we're going to have Laurie Dhue come in. We've got a couple of letters about people who heard reports that I denigrated Michelle Obama, which of course I did not. That's not true, I defended her and have defended her constantly. I actually wouldn't let a, as the L.A. Times reported today, wouldn't let a caller say anything bad about Mrs. Obama, because we can't do anecdotal character assassinations, that's not fair. And I applaud the L.A. Times for pointing that out.
The word "lynching" was used because I said it quite clearly. I'm not going to go on some lynching party against Michelle Obama; that's ridiculous. You remember that Judge Clarence Thomas used the "high-tech lynching" when he was promoting his book, and I think that that was a very interesting way for Clarence Thomas to put it. Said, "I'm not going to participate in anything like that."
Now, those of you who heard the comments know that I was defending Michelle Obama. The comments are available, you can hear them. We'll put them on billoreilly.com, they're on every website. But, you know, this just goes to show you that the hatred in America is so intense that whatever you say will be twisted and turned.
So we're going to get into that tonight on the TV side and I -- if you hadn't heard the conversation, I urge you to go to billoreilly.com to listen to it, and I want to again thank the L.A. Times for accurately reporting it. That was great.
And, hey, I'm here. I firmly believe that Michelle Obama loves her country. I think she should clarify what she said, and I'm here to listen to her. I'd love her to call in and say, "Hey, this is exactly what I meant."
Benefit of the doubt. It's funny, I gave Michelle Obama the benefit of the doubt, but these people who are condemning me didn't give it to me, isn't that interesting. And not that I need it. I don't. Big boy. Said what I said. Defended Michelle Obama. Happy I did. I think I did the right thing.
What would he have to do to be considered anti-racist?
Well, for starters, refrain from making offensive, racist remarks. Baby steps, Bill.
Racist White Supremacist Rino Hunter's Words:
"I see. So saying that a black woman should be given the benefit of the doubt is a racist statement. Nice liberal logic."
Rino, O'Reilly's latest racist white supremacist comments are cut from the exact racist white supremacist context of a racist white supremacist female teacher in Florida during the 1950's telling a young black boy "You read good for a (racist slur against blacks that begins with the letter "n"). That young black boy from back then grew up to be black talk radio host Coz Carson, and Carson talked about this.
If O'Reilly's comments weren't racist as you and he and other right wingers claim, then I challenge the racist white supremacist O'Reilly to appear on the national black talk radio network XM 169/THE POWER with their black talk radio hosts "The Black Eagle" Joe Madison and Warren Ballantine, and/or on Chicago's black talk radio station WVON-AM 1690 with their black talk radio hosts Clifford Kelley and Roland S. Martin and Dorothy Tillman and Salim Muwakiil and repeat his racist white supremacist "defense" of Michelle Obama before BLACK talk radio hosts on BLACK TALK RADIO, so that these black talk radio host AND their black talk radio audience can barbecue him.
Also, Rino, if THE POWER's Joe Madison and/or WVON's Clifford Kelley had said on their radio shows that they wanted to wait before inviting Cindy McCain to the South Side of Chicago to be killed in a drive-by shooting, would you and the rest of the right wing be excusing that after they apologized, or would you and the rest of the right wing demand that Madison and/or Kelley be fired, AND demand that THE POWER and/or WVON-AM 1690 be taken off the air? I know it's the second one.
It's violent, racist imagery of the sort thug authoritarians resort to when they have no substantial refutation of their opponent.
Unbelievable. The guy is befuddled and confused because he wasn’t given “the benefit of the doubt”. Yes Bill, with your history you’ve definitely earned and deserve any “benefit of the doubt”. Give me a break! Poor Bill! Geeez.
And then he uses the use of the word by an African American as an excuse for it being OK for him to use the word. I suppose he may as well start calling his guests the N word too? I mean, THEY do it!
Sometimes this guy just makes me want to puke! Let’s see if tonight on his show when he “get(s) into it” if he even brings up GW’s little speech last week condemning the use of the word "lynching".
Hell Bill you M-Fer, I want more iced tea! not your good ol' white boy Kool-Aid.
'The word "lynching" was used because I said it quite clearly'
Well there we go! What are we complaining about? Bill has explained his reasoning perfectly lol...
What's he talking about? That's exactly what he did. He even asked her to stay on the line so he could get her friend's information, in order to get the anecdotal character assassination firsthand. He's clearly excited about the prospect of finding out if Michelle Obama is "angry about something." The idea that he was defending her is ridiculous.
I'm going to attempt to play devil's advocate here for poor ole Billy......
Could it be that his use of the word 'lynching' may be from his upbringing?
This would have some use as a defense, since many of those that are born within an upper middle or higher class status are usually brought up to see minorities, women and those less fortunate for being at fault for their being minorities, women or less fortunate?
Ok.... it was a piss poor job........ but I tried!
Hey, Bill, and this is -- I'm looking out for you, man, you need to rethink your life....
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Directed to the wrong Bill. Heal thyself, Bill-O.
1) Since when is Bernie Goldberg a Democrat?
2) At the end he turned into the Seinfeld caricature of George Steinbrenner.
"I don't. Big boy. Said what I said. Defended Michelle Obama. Happy I did."
"Bernie Goldberg has been a Democrat his whole life. But even he can see the overwhelming liberal bias in the media."
Bernie Goldberg's FIRST lie is that he's a Democrat. Bernie Goldberg is a lying right wing conservative Republcian. The only time you call Bernie a Democrat is that he's a DINO (Democrat In Name Only). Bernie's SECOND lie is when he repeats the right wing conservative's big lie about the liberal media/liberal media bias. The lying right wing conservative's liberal media lie/liberal media bias lie are 2 versions of THE BIG RIGHT WING LIE told by the RIGHT WING LIARS like Right Wing Liar Bernie Goldberg. The media is right wing corporatist conservative, and has a right wing corporatist conservative media bias.
So this guy is a "far left loon" because he asked Bill if he owes MO an apology? OK Bill, let's review. In life, this is called a question, and a question that is actually a valid one because of what he said. It's not like the guy was attacking O'Reilly. Nope. He asked a simple question, and O'Reilly's head starts to spin around like the dang exorcist.
Funny how much spin goes on in the no spin zone.
Why did the guy have to lie to O'Reilly's screener? I think that's where the "far left loon" came from. He pretended to have a legitimate question but then simply came on the air to personally attack Bill. That's something that far left callers do quite often on O'Reilly's show, which is why he accurately labeled the caller that.
Of course, RINO, Bill in Boca Raton would have gotten into the No-Spin Zone if he's telegraphed his true topic, right?
A deceptive radio show requires deceptive measures.
I don't believe a word that comes out of this "far-right loon's" mouth. He's a tool, and the only person he's looking out for is himself. He dug himself a big-time hole with this latest episode of audio diarrhea. When Fox makes you apologize, you know something's up.