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2005-06-23 16:47 | User Profile
Gabrielle,
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O'Reilly: FBI should arrest the "clowns" at Air America Radio for being traitors
Responding to controversial comments by Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) regarding the treatment of detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly said that Americans "must know the difference between dissent from the Iraq war and the war on terror and undermining it," and that "any American who undermines that war ... is a traitor." He then hurled this accusation at Air America Radio: "So, all those clowns at the liberal radio network, we could incarcerate them immediately. Will you have that done, please? Send over the FBI and just put them in chains, because they, you know, they're undermining everything and they don't care."
From the June 20 broadcast of Westwood One's The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly:
O'REILLY: And when he [Durbin] went out there, his intent was to whip up the American public against the Bush detainee policy. That's what his intent was. His intent wasn't to undermine the war effort, because he never even thought about it. He never even thought about it. But by not thinking about it, he made an egregious mistake because you must know the difference between dissent from the Iraq war and the war on terror and undermining it. And any American that undermines that war, with our soldiers in the field, or undermines the war on terror, with 3,000 dead on 9-11, is a traitor.
Everybody got it? Dissent, fine; undermining, you're a traitor. Got it? So, all those clowns over at the liberal radio network, we could incarcerate them immediately. Will you have that done, please? Send over the FBI and just put them in chains, because they, you know, they're undermining everything and they don't care, couldn't care less.
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O'Reilly: FBI should arrest the "clowns" at Air America Radio for being traitors
Correction: According to O'Reilly [u]anyone[/u] who disagrees with the Neocons should be jailed for treason. One wonders how O'Reilly would distinguish between "dissent" and "undermining".
There is an audio link at the above URL for anyone who wants to hear it from the horse's as.. er, mouth himself.
2005-06-23 16:54 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Sertorius] O'REILLY: And when he [Durbin] went out there, his intent was to whip up the American public against the Bush detainee policy. That's what his intent was. His intent wasn't to undermine the war effort, because he never even thought about it. He never even thought about it. But by not thinking about it, he made an egregious mistake because you must know the difference between dissent from the Iraq war and the war on terror and undermining it. [B][I]And any American that undermines that war, with our soldiers in the field[/I][/B], or undermines the war on terror, with 3,000 dead on 9-11, is a traitor.[/QUOTE]Since when did O'Reilly care about soldiers in the field other than to insure he was not one of them. He certainly took pains not to gain personal exposure.
2005-06-23 16:59 | User Profile
Edward,
O'Reilly has stated that his friends that went over there recommended him to stay in college for it was lost. O'Reilly does like the give the impression that he is a vet by claiming to have been in some fire fights. When pressed on this he replied that he was a journalist and was shot at while covering the war in El Salvador. Whether this is true or just typical O'Reilly bluster I don't know.
The only thing O'Reilly cares about is his ratings and phone sex.
2005-06-23 17:16 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Sertorius]
O'Reilly: He then hurled this accusation at Air America Radio: "So, all those clowns at the liberal radio network, we could incarcerate them immediately. Will you have that done, please? [B]Send over the FBI and just put them in chains, because they, you know, they're undermining everything and they don't care." [/B][/QUOTE]
Spoken like a true Soviet. Funny how a piece of dung non-combatant like Bill O'Reilly has a platform to dictate who and who's not a traitor. The fact is Air America is the only mass media outlet that I know that dares to openly question and criticize the Bush Administration's many, many grievous and deadly policies as well the hypocrisy of America's sloganeering. Granted, AA is a liberal perspective but if the truth concerning Bush & Co's actions gotta come from some place.........
Bill O'Reilly must be getting nervous if he's calling out Air America. And good. O'Reilly is blabbering disgrace to the White race who knows in his heart of hearts that what he spouts is hurting America worse than Air America could ever do.
2005-06-23 18:27 | User Profile
LOL. And O'reilly and people like him will always be the ones talking about how the U.S stands for "freedom" And then say this:
[QUOTE] So, all those clowns at the liberal radio network, we could incarcerate them immediately. Will you have that done, please? Send over the FBI and just put them in chains, because they, you know, they're undermining everything and they don't care." [/QUOTE]
2005-06-23 18:27 | User Profile
And after they get them,they can go round the usual suspects (Suspects?Oh,who am I kidding?They're always guilty.) ,in Hollywood and Broadway.
2005-06-23 18:28 | User Profile
The only way one could "undermine" this ridiculous war of aggression with mere words would be to reveal classified information, troop locations, etc. I seriously doubt anyone at Air America is doing such things. What they're doing is voicing dissent -- nothing more. They have every right to do so.
O'Reilly is a bloody idiot and a coward who's making feeble efforts to intimidate those who oppose his twisted Judeocon propaganda efforts. If he were in the right, he wouldn't need to resort to such desperate tactics.
I'll say whatever the hell I damn please about this war, and I'd love to invite that O'Reilly prick to come arrest me himself rather than sending buffoons from the FBI to do it. Let him bring Horowitz, Limbaugh, Savage, and the rest of his Judeocon buddies with him. Nothing would give me more satisfaction.
2005-06-23 18:55 | User Profile
O'Reilly is still mad at Al Franken for that book. That is one of the reasons for this diatribe. Another reason is that O'Reilly is basically an authoritarian, his statements about freedom notwithstanding. This recent outburst from him only serves to convince me that the story about harrassing that woman is true. For someone that supposedly taught history he sure is ignorant. I guess he never read the statement of Teddy Roosevelt on patriotism and the presidency.
2005-06-23 19:22 | User Profile
O'Reilly is definitely a loud-mouthed, ignorant, sychophantic jerk, but even this stunt can't move him ahead of ol' Neal Boortz atop Quantrill's Official Most Worthless Human Being list. Lord Almighty, but I despise that bastard.
2005-06-23 19:48 | User Profile
In the words of Teddy Roosevelt:
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
2005-06-24 02:28 | User Profile
[QUOTE=mwdallas]In the words of Teddy Roosevelt:
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."[/QUOTE]That's one of my favorite political quotes. Someone ought to smash it in the faces of the Freepers.
2005-06-24 06:09 | User Profile
Pretending for a moment we should take anything uttered by that worthless sack of crap (O'Reilly) even remotely seriously, one can not commit treason by virtue of any action one takes, or fails to to take, with regard to our conflict in Iraq. Until Congress issues a formal Declaration of War, giving aid & comfort to "the Iraqi insurgency"/the rightful leadership of the Iraqi nation, is bad form in so far (and only in so far) as it might cause increased U.S. (and other NATO) casualties. Until such a Declaration is issued, such actions can never be treason, as defined by our Constitution.
By the same token, Jane Fonda didn't commit treason by clearly giving aid & comfort to the government of (North) Vietnam, because we were never at war with them, as no Declaration was ever issued by the Congress.
The last Congressional Declaration of War was issued on Jan. 12, 1942, against the Kingdom of Italy.
2005-06-24 06:14 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Angler]That's one of my favorite political quotes. Someone ought to smash it in the faces of the Freepers.[/QUOTE]
They'd probably think it was a quote from Malcolm X or Tom Hayden....
2005-06-24 12:01 | User Profile
Kevin,
You can bet O'Reilly has never heard of it and if he were asked to comment on it without knowing who said it would probably want him sent to Gitmo. Once the identify of the man was known he would attempt to weasel his way out by saying he is only referring to the war effort and not the president. These clowns are great when it comes to splitting hairs with the legal crap. I would also expect out of them that when Congress gave Bush that blank check that that covers the declaration of war in their eyes. When you pin them down on one thing they immediately jump to something else so one winds up going into a circular argument with them.