Pundit O'Reilly Now Skeptical About Bush

[BadGimp]

Pundit O'Reilly Now Skeptical About Bush
Tue Feb 10, 9:25 AM ET


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative television news anchor Bill O'Reilly said on Tuesday he was now skeptical about the Bush administration and apologized to viewers for supporting prewar claims that Iraq (news - web sites) had weapons of mass destruction.

The anchor of his own show on Fox News said he was sorry he gave the U.S. government the benefit of the doubt that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s weapons program poised an imminent threat, the main reason cited for going to war.

"I was wrong. I am not pleased about it at all and I think all Americans should be concerned about this," O'Reilly said in an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040210/people_nm/campaign_bush_oreilly_dc_3

--------------------------

omg - I see Pigs flying outside my office window.

[LiberalBushFan]

1. Just fixing up his credibility among semi-idiots

so that they'll believe him when he says Bush is great later on.

[alittlelark]

6. The true idiots will start calling him a 'left wing hack'

or so I hope. Although I thought only the 'true' idiots watched/believed him anyway.:eyes:

[wyldwolf]

2. Read the responses on the Yahoo message boards

http://post.news.messages.yahoo.com/bbs?.mm=NEWS&action=l&ft=1&board=37138469&sid=37138469&title=Bush%27s%20Political%20Base%20Seems%20Restive%2C%20Anxious&tid=nmcampaignbushbasedc&date=02-10-2004&url=story.news.yahoo.com%2Fnews%3Ftmpl%3Dstory%26u%3D%2Fnm%2F20040210%2Fpl_nm%2Fcampaign_bush_base_dc_1&.sig=ROeL415_ONDKlsCBVwzTPA--

[ellie]

13. Thanks Wyldwolf!

That was really entertaining!

[BadGimp]

27. good catch wyldwolf

I keep telling people how fascinating and insightful the Yahoo news message boards are. You can really get a pulse on the true mood of the people by reading them on almost any story/issue.

Yahoo message boards for top stories can get 20,000 - 40,000 posts a day. Freepers can't sway that volume no more than Liberals or Progressives.

[CO Liberal]

3. Bill Better Polish Up His Resume

Look for Rupert Murdoch to fire his ass in the not-too-distant future.

[leftchick]

4. Small consolation to the families of the dead and

those serving in the Military. Not to mention the Thousands of dead Iraqis. O'reilly and the rest of the whore media are as culpable for those deaths as *. They were enablers who cheered him on and make me want to hurl at their fake contrition.

.... :puke:

[calimary]

26. They sure were enablers who cheered him on - collusion.

Gross dereliction of duty by the media. Shameless, gross dereliction of duty. AND cowardice. Check out this item that ran in the latest New York Review of Books - originally posted elsewhere here on DU. It really tells you why the press has been playing see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/16922 - link to article in NY Review of Books

[leftchick]

37. Thank You calimary....

I cry daily for the lives lost in this farce of a war. I can only hope some of the people and institutions responsible will be held accountable for this tragedy.

[aquart]

5. This yahoo reply is nice.

Re: Bush treats military like a sports t
by: br8answ12 (33/M) 02/10/04 03:48 pm
Msg: 2039 of 2157

They are from a breed of man that will not exist in 40 years. These guys actually believe that the president cares not only for the country, but for the soldiers.

I can't speak for everyone with family in the military -- but the 2 family members I have serving were both MAJOR Bush supporters and now can't wait to end their service and have both said they will be voting for whoever opposes him.


Posted as a reply to: Msg 1988 by dswansoniceman2

[GainesT1958]

7. Hey, O'Really--now that you admitted you were part of the Big Lie...

Shut up...just SHUT UP!!! :mad:

B-)

[David Zephyr]

8. Something' Up: Fox's R. Ailes & R. Murdoch Are Moving Away From Bush

You are a fast one, BadGimp. Great story.

He finally is admitting he was wrong, something he'd said he would do, but didn't until now. Why now?

Why is Fox's biggest star suddenly souring on Bush?

What do Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch know that is so goddamned explosive that they are now willing to distance their busine$$ from the Bush Administration?

This is not coming from the goodness of O'Reilly's heart. This is about their business.

Is it the Cheney / Ambassador Wilson growing story?
Is it that they know that the SOTUS is going to rule against Cheney on the energy meetings?
Is it that they now know the AWOL story is real and is going to bring a shitstorm against the White House?

This a major development. Ruppert Murdoch and Roger Ailes did not let Bill O'Reilly go off the reservation.

Something is up, as Cheney would say, "Big Time."

[alittlelark]

9. The rats are jumping ship....before it goes down

down, down, down.......:bounce:

[The Stranger]

11. My thoughts exactly. Some deal was cut behind closed doors to drop

the Chimp like they did his Daddy. I know I should be happy -- as the media was the best thing Chimpy had going for him -- but instead I am worried. What do they have up their sleeve now?

[LittleDannySlowhorse]

19. I know exactly what you mean

I should be pleased about this, but instead I find myself waiting for the other shoe to drop.

[Nay]

Shoot, me too. What can these bastards be up to now? I always

wondered if they would try to replace Bush as the repub nominee. Seems like there's not enough time for that, though. What about a different VP, and after the election, Bush steps down because of his "health" or something? Then the new VP takes over. I just don't put it past them to pull something really weird.

[Zhade]

36. Kerry.

But don't believe me. A lot of people won't.

It seems clear to me, however, that the corporate elite are most definitely hedging their bets with Kerry.

[Jackpine Radical]

40. That's my take on it.

Kerry is the corporate-approved Democrat of the Leisure Class who has been appointed to carry the banner. Dean got 70-30 bad press and Kerry 70-30 good press after the decision was made.

And, ya know what? I'm voting for Dean in the WI primary, and he will lose, and then I'll vote for Kerry in the General. Because damn near ANYTHING is better than the Shrub.

[havocmom]

12. Even FAUX viewers are seeing through the lies

and the media is being forced to keep pace.

Where I live, there is only cable/satilite news. FAUX is the major source. The natives are more than a little restless and there is open dissent here abouts these days.

The next wave of our reservists leave soon. A few local boys might just be coming home in a month or so. Letters home have meant a lot of change in public opinion. Folks have been heard snarling back at the talking heads on TV.

shrub* credibility is not the only thing that is in trouble. The in-bed-ed media is taking a hit too.

[markus]

15. Yeah, but what do they do with George?

Are they going to hand the reins over the Kerry? Not likely.

GWB will get to say. The GOP doesn't bolt in the general.

They have party discipline that would make Lenin blush with pride.

[JohnOneillsMemory]

29. 'Time' cover story this week is a litany of W's failures, OSP discussed!!

Pat Roberts(R) on the Senate Intelligence Committee as AGREED to Jay Rockefeller's (D) request to investigate the Office of Special Plans!!!!!!!!

Yesterday when I signed on to AOL (I know. Sucks.), I was astounded to see a photo of W with the caption 'Credibility Gap.'

I don't read the two news headlines that AOL throws out but I note them as bellweather indicators of what the corporateers want you to see 'above the fold.'

But I opened it this time and, lo and behold, this week's TIME magazine cover story described at length how Congress is about to have closed door sessions to deal with the 'intel failures.' Even Republicans think this whole war stinks now. And they don't think the panel W appointed is worth a damn. The cover of TIME has two faces of W with 'Credibility Gap' between them. The jig is bloody well up for this figure head and the carnies are distancing themselves very carefully.

NOW CHECK THIS OUT FOR TRICKY MEDIA ASS-COVERING!>>>>

Today when I signed on, the two headlines that AOL juxtaposed seemed to mean the opposite of what they meant individually:
"White House Releases Records
To Answer AWOL Allegations"

and right below that were the words
"I Was Wrong, O'Reilly Says"

So it looked as if W had actually proven something (he hasn't)
and it looked as if O'Reilly was admitting to being wrong in accusing W of being AWOL when he was actually apologizing for supporting W!

HOW FUCKING CLEVER IS THAT?? SOMEONE AT AOL IS VERY PROUD OF THIS TRICK!

[Nevernose]

33. I noticed the same thing

Machiavelli would be so freaking proud...

[aneerkoinos]

34. My guess

Dean didn't happen and Kerry did. By TPTB Kerry is considered safe and predictable Washington insider (and Blairite?), not unpredictable revolutionary to rock the boat. If the neoconservative nazi cabal (=Cheney) doen't succeed declaring marshal law and taking over in a coup (which TPTB will then accept as fait accompli), there is now enough mud to stick and pull Bush admin so down it's no longer usefull for TPTB.

[Julien Sorel]

10. And in a few months, the line will be,

"I was skeptical, but he's won me over. Besides, look at what the Democrats have out there. No, we don't need another liberal Democrat. blah blah blah." These people are as predictable as a sunrise.

[proud patriot]

14. wheeeeeeeeeeeeee !

Thank You Oh really . :thumbsup:

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. Lordly this is as good as Rush admiting to being a druggie

[0007]

23. What a daily double that would be if Rush were to be thrown

in jail and O'Reilly fired on the same day, 'eh?

[indepat]

17. Now that Bill is not pleased about it at all, maybe it's time he looked

at, for starters, GWB's: management of the budget and fiscal matters, environmental record, observance of international treaties and law, and standing in the world community.

[ignatius]

22. Amen to that. How about a bit of REAL investigative journalism

instead of rubberstamping every piece of crap thing this administration does.

BTW, you too have blood on your hands O'Really for the banging of the war drums and lending any kind of credibility to the nutcase in the WH.

[proud patriot]

18. Remember when he verbally attacked the 911 family member

I'm sorry I forget the guys name but O reiley really
laid into him . Bill went so far to say that his dad would
of been ashamed of him .

That family member was against the Iraq invasion .
I hope Bill personally apologizes to him . Bill
was disgraceful that day .

[Qutzupalotl]

32. Jeremy Glick was his name.

I saw that. I couldn't believe it.

"Please don't tell me to shut up."
"Cut his mike!"

[proud patriot]

39. thanks

Jeremy glick that was he .

[NewYorkerfromMass]

20. The Bill O's of the world look at Kerry and think

Wow. I forgot what a real President looks like. Kerry is the real deal.

[The_Casual_Observer]

21. All part of the larger strategy

They all know that the best thing to do is to admit they were wrong
and "move on" before the election campaign, that way the whole thing becomes yesterdays stale news. Bush is going to do the same thing, he already broached it on Sunday. And why not? They got everything they wanted, what can we do about now?

[Nevernose]

24. Also part of the strategy:

Pinning it on Tenet.

"While critical of President Bush, O'Reilly said he did not think the president intentionally lied. Rather, O'Reilly blamed CIA Director George Tenet, who was appointed by former President Bill Clinton. 'I don't know why Tenet still has his job.'"

[ronnykmarshall]

25. Weather Report from Hell:

Cold, cold, cold!

[calimary]

28. How the worm turns.

[DU GrovelBot]

30. ## Support Democratic Underground! ##

RUN C:\GROVELBOT.EXE
 
This week is our first quarter 2004 fund drive.
Please take a moment to donate to DU. Thank you
for your support.
 
- An automated message from the DU GrovelBot

Click here to donate.

[Eloriel]

31. Not an Onion story, right? No, it says "Yahoo"

Well, then, hell HAS frozen over.

I think I'm experiencing the most severe case of cognitive dissonance yet.

[yellowcanine]

35. Before you all get too excited, wait to see if there is a retraction

RWing nutjobs who stray from the reservation even a little bit usually get smacked down by the RW political police; I will wait and see to see if there is the usual back pedaling.

[colonel odis]

38. does anybody give a rat's *ss what o'reilly thinks, anyway?

the guy's a huge loser who'd be heading up entertainment tonight's omaha bureau if he hadn't slithered into this gig.

calling him a hack would be ascribing talents he doesn't have.