Dismissing fundraiser and ignoring McCain's appearances on radio show, O'Reilly claimed "McCain has nothing to do with G. Gordon Liddy"
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SUMMARY: Speaking with a caller to his radio show who noted that Sen. John McCain "accepted money" from G. Gordon Liddy, and that Liddy "held a fundraiser for him in 1998," Bill O'Reilly declared that "McCain has nothing to do with G. Gordon Liddy -- nothing," and added that comparing the ties between McCain and Liddy that the caller referenced with Sen. Barack's Obama's ties to Bill Ayers is "ridiculous." However, in addition to the connections the caller referenced, McCain has repeatedly appeared on Liddy's radio show during the presidential campaign, and McCain recently said that he was "not in any way embarrassed to know Gordon Liddy."
On the October 21 broadcast of The Radio Factor, after a caller noted that Sen. John McCain "accepted money" from G. Gordon Liddy, and that Liddy "held a fundraiser for him in 1998," host Bill O'Reilly declared: "McCain has nothing to do with G. Gordon Liddy -- nothing." O'Reilly continued: "I mean, if you want to make a comparison between Bill Ayers, who has consistently over the years interacted face-to-face with John McCain -- with Barack Obama, I should say -- if you want to make a comparison to Liddy sendin' the guy some money and holdin' a fundraiser 20 years ago, I mean, come on. It's ridiculous." However, in addition to the fundraiser the caller referenced, which Liddy reportedly held for McCain 10 years ago -- not 20 years ago as O'Reilly claimed -- McCain has repeatedly appeared on Liddy's radio show during the presidential campaign, including as recently as May. Indeed, during his appearance on the October 16 edition of CBS' Late Show with David Letterman, McCain said that he was "not in any way embarrassed to know Gordon Liddy."
An online video labeled "John McCain On The G. Gordon Liddy Show 11/8/07" includes a discussion between Liddy and McCain, whom Liddy described as an "old friend." During the segment, McCain praised Liddy's "adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great," said he was "proud" of Liddy, and said that "it's always a pleasure for me to come on your program."
As Media Matters for America has detailed, Liddy served four and a half years in prison in connection with his conviction for his role in the Watergate break-in and the break-in at the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers. Liddy has acknowledged preparing to kill someone during the Ellsberg break-in "if necessary"; plotting to kill journalist Jack Anderson; plotting with a "gangland figure" to kill Howard Hunt to stop him from cooperating with investigators; plotting to firebomb the Brookings Institution; and plotting to kidnap "leftist guerillas" at the 1972 Republican National Convention -- a plan he outlined to the Nixon administration using terminology borrowed from the Nazis. (The homicide, firebombing, and kidnapping plots were never carried out; the break-ins were.) During the 1990s, Liddy reportedly instructed his radio audience on multiple occasions on how to shoot Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agents and also reportedly said he had named his shooting targets after Bill and Hillary Clinton.
From the October 21 broadcast of Westwood One's The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly:
O'REILLY: Now Jay in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania's been hangin' on. He wants to talk about McCain and G. Gordon Liddy? Is that what you want to talk about? I don't know anything about G. Gordon Liddy, Jay.
CALLER: Yes it is, Bill. Hey, first of all, I just want to preface this by saying I -- if the election were today, I'd vote for Obama, but it's not written in stone. But I agree with you completely. All these Ayers questions are completely valid and --
O'REILLY: Right.
CALLER: -- you know, everyone should pay attention to it. But to stress that I haven't heard -- I heard David Letterman ask John McCain about this G. Gordon Liddy stuff. I mean, Liddy donated --
O'REILLY: What is the G. Gordon Liddy stuff?
CALLER: Well, the fact that he, on his radio show, explained to his listeners how to shoot Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agents. The fact that he --
O'REILLY: Yeah, but I mean, what does McCain have to do with that?
CALLER: Well, he accepted money from him. G. Gordon Liddy --
O'REILLY: Now, wait a minute. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
CALLER: -- held a fundraiser. He donated thousands --
O'REILLY: So Liddy made a donation to the McCain campaign? Is that what you're saying?
CALLER: Yes.
O'REILLY: Well, how would John McCain know that?
CALLER: Well, I would assume that he was told.
O'REILLY: How would he know that? I mean, Liddy's an American. He writes his check. He sends it to McCain -- the McCain campaign. I mean, how would McCain know he did that?
CALLER: OK. Gordon Liddy also held a fundraiser for him in 1998. So he knows --
O'REILLY: OK. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. That's 20 years ago. Whoa, whoa, whoa. It's 20 years ago.
CALLER: It's 10.
O'REILLY: Look, this is a -- look. This is a fabricated, nonsensical, far-left, kooky, stupid -- what other adjective can I throw in? All right. McCain has nothing to do with G. Gordon Liddy -- nothing. You know? And I mean, if you want to make a comparison between Bill Ayers, who has consistently over the years interacted face-to-face with John McCain -- with Barack Obama, I should say -- if you want to make a comparison to Liddy sendin' the guy some money and holdin' a fundraiser 20 years ago, I mean, come on. It's ridiculous.
Pwned
When did O'Reilly ever say he had nothing to do with Macris? She worked on his show, and he never denied that.
It's a funny thing how facts get in the way of a good smear, eh?
Heh. Maybe he was confusing the 'falafel' with hummus, which is a good 'shmear'
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you are in denial. He did deny having phone sex with Macris and paid her off on the quiet. I never said he had nothing to do with her while working.
Yeah, but that was, like, almost 10 years ago. I mean, how can you hold someone accountable for something that happened nearly a fifth of a century prior? Would you be able to justify everything that you did 30 years ago? You have to admit that a lot can happen, and people's attitudes can change in a 40 year span.
I just think attacking O'Really by bringing up a 50 year-old accusation is not being particularly fair.
No, it was not like 10 years ago. It was end of October, 2004.
I said "like ALMOST 10 years ago". But why are you attacking me for something I practically wrote yesterday?
who knows, i have too much time on my hand. i should get a hobby.
It is a hoot to see (hear) O'Dork get all flustered...
Billy, it's 2008. Got it, Pinhead. ...Now, 1998 was how many years ago?
Billy's math skills have now qualified him to be an "analyst" on the Fox Business Channel.
No one ever said that O'Lielly denied knowing Andrea Mackus. We're noting that O'Lielly made unsolicited phone sex calls to her, and then paid her a huge settlement to keep her mouth shut.
Nothing like truth getting in the way of your bad right wing lie.
What I find surprising is that BillO's response to the caller was a tacit admission that Liddy is a terrorist, the only question is whether McCain is as close to Liddy as Obama is to Ayers.
I've always maintained that BillO is a cancellation of his TV pukefest of a show away from ending up in a white padded room!
Of course..... maybe Billy might go and eat at Sylvia's again and have some iced-T..... I hear it's fother mucking good!
Of course..... maybe Billy might go and eat at Sylvia's again and have some iced-T..... I hear it's fother mucking good!
And the other patrons actually use silverware!!!!! :-)
Right after that, he will then tell his favorite anti-Black Happy Negro Conservative Republican Racist, Juan "I Hate Black People" Williams trying to justify his latest anti-black rant afterwards.
O'Lielly also goes bonkers when he can't read and/or understand what's written on the teleprompters.
McCain has repeatedly appeared on Liddy's radio show during the presidential campaign, including as recently as May.
Facts? We don't need no stinkin facts! Get off of my show, pinhead!
ZOMBLOG????
C'mon, Shoes - can't you cite a LEGITIMATE source for your information??? Or do you only go to places that are more right-wing wacko than you are???
Shoes89, are you MissDee? I can't believe two different people could so consistently swallow every bit of propaganda tossed their way, and have so many comments here go completely over their heads. You must be related, at the least.
Shoes89, are you MissDee? I can't believe two different people could so consistently swallow every bit of propaganda tossed their way, and have so many comments here go completely over their heads. You must be related, at the least.
Shoes and Miss Dee MUST be the same person. There can't be TWO people out there as totally confused, ill-informed, and ignorant as these two appear to be - can there????
For example, an Obama spokesman flat-out denied that Obama had written a blurb for Ayers' book. -shoes
Is a "blurb" not a specific word having to do with the dust jacket of a book?
What you linked to shows a review of the book.
Are a review and a blurb not different things?
But, Ben, Shoes is messed up on more than one level here;
Obama has LIED about it! For example, an Obama spokesman flat-out denied...
I don't think "example" means what she thinks it does.
I know, I know, but my head is hurting from trying follow up on this (using the google) and realized it seems a lot of wingnuts don't appear to know that words have specific meanings.
I will henceforth refrain from trying to make sense of their words. Oh, and eschew obfuscation.
I don't think "example" means what she thinks it does.
I don't think Shoes is capable of rational thought. She just parrots what she hears on right-wing radio or reads on right-wing cybersewer web sites, and then she gets everything all confused and jumbled up in her little addle-minded brain before she spews it out here ay MMFA.
Maybe they'll have a telethon to find a cure for Shoes someday......
Shoes doesn't think at all, Shoes just lies. Much like many other lying right wing Republicans. They lie.
There are two kinds of blurbs used in publishing. One is a short comment on a book provided by another author (often someone connected to the same publisher), based on reading an advance copy of the book. The second blurb is a comment lifted (often out of context) from a review of the book that the publisher either finds as complimentary or can edit so that it looks more complimentary than the full review.
The linked "article" claims that the photo of Obama proves he "stood by" the blurb. He wrote a review, someone lifted a blurb from it and ran his photo. Deep, dark sinister plots abound.
How deep does their association run then? Can you prove this to us? I'm willing to bet every single cent that I have, including my retirement account, that Liddy and McCain have spoken more, and interacted more than Obama and Ayers. Obama never lied about his relationship with Ayers, what little of it there was, never. Show us where he lied about it. You can't, that's the problem. And as others have said, a blurb would indicate that he made a note on the jacket of the book, meaning he wrote something specifically FOR the book, but again, what you link to is a review. They're different things...
Obama was 8 years old when Ayers committed his terrorist acts, as I recall. Liar Shoes will say that Ayers bought Obama an ice cream cone, or some other right wing lie, before he blew up the Pentagon, right?
Now, with the sociopathic fascist racist right wing homicidal domestic terrorist G. Gordon Liddy, Liddy once advocated shooting federal agents in the head, and Liddy is a convicted Watergate felon, and Liddy once talked about murdering Los Angeles Times reporter Jack Anderson. McCain went to Liddy's house for a fundraiser in 1998, AND Liar McCain once campaigned for Liddy's son.
Note that when Chicago Tribune Columnist Steve Chapman asked 3 members of the McCain campaign [Tucker Bounds, Nicole Wallace, forgot the other one] for a comment about McCain's embracing of Liddy. Chapman said that all 3 responded with deafening silence.
"Liddy has donated $5,000 to McCain’s campaigns since 1998, including $1,000 in February 2008. In addition, McCain has appeared on Liddy’s radio show during the presidential campaign, including as recently as May. An online video labeled “John McCain On The G. Gordon Liddy Show 11/8/07″ includes a discussion between Liddy and McCain, whom Liddy described as an “old friend.” During the segment, McCain praised Liddy’s “adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great,” said he was “proud” of Liddy, and said that “it’s always a pleasure for me to come on your program.”
Nothing like being paid $10m a year to be an out of touch moron; but leave it to Fox News to do so.
Principles and philosophies that keep our nation great? Like being a burglar? Or trying to get people to shoot federal agents? If those are great principles, than I'm glad that I'm NOT great.
THANK YOU!!! Shoes and her cohorts are just lost in the GOP quagmire.
So, O'Reilly, do you think activities like the Watergate break-in and planning fire bombings, the death of Jack Anderson, etc. are "principles and philosophies that keep our nation great"?
Why aren't you calling out McCain on the association with his "old friend", the radical G. Gordon Liddy? Why not dedicate a talking points memo asking why in the world would McCain attend a fund raiser for his campaign at Liddy's house knowing the kind of history Liddy has?
Or are you only concerned about radical associations when it comes to Democrats? Your right wing bias is showing itself, O'Reilly.
Let's also note that O'Lielly himself once advocated terrorist attacks upon San Fransisco, too.
GOP-Fox Lies, AND O'Lielly, are both trying, and failing, to cover for McCain and his buddy, Watergate fel and would-be assasin G. Gordon Liddy.
The rest of the corporatist conservative Republican Party controlled news media is also ignoring/covering up the Liddy connection to Liar McCain, as they are desperate to throw him and Liar Palin that last political lifeline to pull them out of the political quicksand before Election Day.
Absolutely. Bill O'Lielly is a bald-faced liar (among other things). Most of his audience members, and his fan calub, are also bald-faced liars.
he told his listeners to where to aim when they were shooting at federal agents, because they would be wearing body armor. he told people how best to murder federal agents.
Not only that, but Liddy once proposed the murder of Los Angeles Times Reporter Jack Anderson.
What if both McCain and/or Palin, along with Liddy and other right wing conservative violent fanatics and their sociopathc violent murderous fan clubs, and/or lying fascist racist sociopathic right wingers start to consider the possible assasinations of Randi Rhodes, Michael Moore, "The Black Eagle" Joe Madison, Warren Ballantine, Mike Malloy, Mike Papantonio, Beverly Smith, and other people that they don't like and/or don't like them?
BILL O'REILLY REVEALS AYERS-McCAIN CONNECTION!!
THANK YOU AGAIN! Billy boy and his crew are grasping for straws and he is a bully yelling to get his point across. What a blow hard.
When he had his 'rematch' with Letterman. McCain seemed pretty proud to know Liddy.
More like in his "second chance" appeare, McCain was so uncomfortable about other things that you almost couldn't tell whether he was running from his Liddy association or not.
Mostly, the corporatist conservative news media protects Liar McCain by not asking him any questions about Liddy at all.
Neon Desert's comments are hilarious. I really enjoyed reading them back in the 70s.
Is there something in the water? Has some agent of "The Evil Empire" released a gas into the atmosphere that induces madness? Right-wing insanity is a given with the likes of O'Reilly, Hannity, Coulter, Kristol, et al, but when so MANY of our public "leaders" display symptoms of lunacy I start to worry. McCain's steep and rapid descent into la-la land is startling. His pathetic and hysterical falsehoods and accusations about Barack Obama's patriotism and fitness to lead are examples of his deteriorating mental capacities. There was a time when I used to see only guys wearing head bands and dirty parkas muttering to themselves in the park. Now, they have their own TV and radio shows and/or run for office. "Straight Talk Express", my ASS; "Straight JACKET Express" is more like it.
Aw C'mon. Joe Sixpack needs his news show too! Where else would he get up to date information??
You mean the "Triple Talk Express", headed by Liar McCain and Liar Palin.
McCain's going further out of his membrane, and the rest of the lying fascist racist sociopathic theocratic right were never in their membrane tobegin with.
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