O'Reilly on Oprah

O'Reilly on Oprah

Last night we watched what Oprah called her antidote for an earlier Frank Rich appearance.  Okay, she used ''response,'' but snake bites require antidotes, and she chose Bill O'Reilly  (showing the clip where he questioned the veracity of Mr. Rich after his appearance).   Don't sneer folks.  Many, many Americans get nearly 100% of their political socialization via Oprah.  My take on her is she's a genuine person, who tries.  At heart Oprah is a staunch liberal, but willing to attempt fairness.  I think her very civil behavior (acceptance) when Dubya was her guest (during the 2000 campaign)  was crucial to his election.  She is a political force, although one that can explode at times (Katrina). Anyway, O'Reilly was as good as you'll probably get in this type of forum.  That is to say, he's glib, self effacing, and does not back down.  O'Reilly:  [Frank Rich] is a Bush hater. Oprah:  He says he's not. Me:  LMFAO O'Reilly: Believed by anyone who's never read his column. Not a direct quote, but substantially on target. There were two- maybe three ACLU activists/apologists in the audience, and he was, I thought, effective in explaining that this organization -of perhaps the filthiest group of Americans extant-  is  nothing more today than a gaggle of left-wing political activists. The most effective audience comments came from a young Black American.  During one exchange he noted that FOX news was the only venue where the ''right questions'' were asked of interviewees. In another, he opined that Iraq has served as a magnet, drawing terrorsts from around the world to confront us there, and not here.  Clap-clap-clap.  There was even an All-American pasty faced (really), America hating bitch (whom both of us wanted to see vigorously face slapped) in the audience.  Her diatribe included all the official DNC talking points, including Cheney getting rich off Haliburton's involvement in Iraq.  She was dismissed with  an O'Reilly eye roll, not worthy of  retort.  Each avatar below links to a portion of the interview.