Well Slap my Face and Call me Mary: O'Reilly Comes out of the Closet

[babylonsister]

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/7807

Well Slap my Face and Call me Mary: O'Reilly Comes out of the Closet
by Steve Young | May 30 2007

Sometimes when a person makes a personal decision to keep their real identity in the closet or - in the case of Clark Kent - in the phone booth, it is a private affair. But when that person is a national icon who for years had professed to be someone completely different, then he is, then that becomes news.

Last night, Bill O'Reilly made news. Slap-my-face-and-call-me-Mary intensity level news.

Much of the reason to conceal who you are comes from the fear admitting who or what you're attracted to would affect what people think of you. But sometimes, living with the lie can be more painful than accepting the very truth you've tried to hide. Certainly the last person who you'd think would be in fear or dishonest about who he is would be Bill. So you can imagine my surprise when Bill, a man's man if there ever was one, came on the Factor last night and displayed guts rarely seen on national TV, coming out, no hold barred, to the Folks™ .

Even today the words still ring as if Mt Helen herself had announced that she were really Mt Bob.

"I think there is some basic racism on the Right," admitted Bill, "We don't like Latinos..."

Okay, I'm not going to get into the "racism on the Right" That's for Bill to defend on another day. But what shakes the very foundation of Independents everywhere, Latino or Right, straight or gay, is that Bill admitted that he is "on the Right." The communal "We" declared loud and clear that Bill is no longer an Independent.

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[rasputin1952]

1. A typical O'Reilly schtick...when all else fails, produce the

obvious...:)

[Mabus]

2. I hope the video hits the internet

and finally helps topple that buffoon. I'm e-mailing KO.

[Demeter]

3. So He Made a Mistake--a Little Slip-Up

Ease up on the guy already!

[babylonsister]

4. In your dreams.

:hi:

[Demeter]

5. It Was Sarcasm--You Do Know That?

[babylonsister]

6. Of course I do!

:)

[DeSwiss]

7. Bill's on the right??

Hey FauxNews!!! Whatever happened to:

"Fair and Balanced"???

The question was rhetorical. And superfluous.

No, ridiculous.... :eyes:

[shenmue]

8. Holy crimony, he said something honest?

:wow:

Did someone alert the folks at the Guinness Book?