Deed to O'Reilly's house in Levittown, Long Island

[ochazuke]

He showed it on Letterman a couple of nights ago to prove that Al Franken's statement that Bill O'Reilly grew up in a house in the more afflent town, neighboring Westbury.

Any word on a reply from Franken or anything?

[papau]

1. His father was a well off accountant - Why is he still trying to con folks

about his humble beginnings?

[tridim]

2. Franken never said he didn't live in Levittown

Just that he lived in the rich part of Levittown (Westbury I think), which O'Reilly is still lying about.

[ochazuke]

3. O'Really?

I thought that Franken said that O'Reilly didn't live in Levittown, that he lived in Westbury. O'Reilly replied that he lived in the "Westbury section of Levittown" or "the Levittown part of Westbury". Franken's reply to that was that the two are separate entities, and saying that would be like saying something like "I grew up in the New Jersey part of New York." Or something like that.

[LiberalFighter]

6. There are two sources that could be checked

1) Polk Directory

If there is a directory for that city it would show who lived in the neighbor and their occupations.

2) Register of Deeds Office

Showing the current deed to the place he grew up doesn't prove anything. BUT checking back to the time that he was living in the house would show the actual name of the city, the value of the house, as well as the physical properties of the house.

3) Annexation

Find out when that part was annex if at all during that time.

[stewert]

4. Just More Spin From O'Reilly.....

As usual O'Reilly leaves out a lot of facts.

1) Bill O'Reilly grew up in Westbury Long Island, not Levittown. Westbury is a middle class suburb a few miles from Levittown.

2) His own mother told a Washington Post reporter that Bill grew up in Westbury Long Island. (Washington Post, 12-13-2000)

3) One time O'Reilly said he grew up in Levittown in a Levitt built house. The next time he said he grew up in the Westbury section of Levittown, but there is no Westbury section of Levittown. He uses different spin on different days, so which lie do we believe.

4) He wants people to believe he grew up in Levittown because it is a lower middle class neighborhood. Where Westbury is an upper middle class neighborhood. And he wants people to believe he grew up from humble beginnings.

But he father was an account for an oil company named caltex. He was making $35,000 a year in 1980, which is equal to making $93,000 a year in 2004. He also went to private schools, and so did his sister. And his father sent both of them to these schools with no financial aid. Bill also went to harvard and the university of london for a year. His father paid for all of that with no financial aid.

My father worked at a union printing company in 1980, he made $12,000 a year. So O'Reilly's father was making $23,000 a year more than my father in 1980. And we were middle class here in Peoria Illinois. My father could barely afford to send us to public grade school and high school, let alone private schools and college at harvard.

Basically O'Reilly's father was a cheapskate, that is why Bill only had one sport coat, but he sent both kids to private schools, and he left his mother a lot of money when he died. In these private schools all the other kids parents were probably millionaires, so O'Reilly thought he was poor. And that's if we believe he only had one sport coat.

O'Reilly has to continue the lie that he grew up from humble beginnings because it is documented. If he changed his story now he would have to admit he lied, and he will never do that.

Someone making $35,000 a year in 1980 is not middle class, that is way above middle class. And an oil company accountant is not a working class job.

[jdots]

5. A big LIE about O'Reilly as usuall.

no he's a self made man that grew up in a cardboard box in an alley in Hell's Kitchen.He was so poor as a kid,if he didn't wake up with an erection he had nothing to play with all day ! ha?
Any alumni out there that remember him in school ? was he a bully ?

[jdots]

7. O ' Reilly on the Daily Show !!!!!

John Stewart is gonna have to be extra charming,is this a sign that Oh Really may be worried about his future and have to reach out to humans ????? What will these people like Coulter do when Kerry wins ?

[Quadrajet]

8. The freepers dislike Billy O as well!

They think he panders to Kerry!

Check it out...

[stewert]

9. What ?

Most of the freepers love O'Reilly, the only time they don't like O'Reilly is when he is not conservative enough for them.

Once in a while a few freepers start a thread on O'Reilly where they disagree with something he said. But overall the freepers love O'Reilly. And don't forget 91% of the factor viewers are Republicans, 3% are Democrats, and 6% are Independents.

So clearly the Republicans are the vast majority of factor viewers.

[Quadrajet]

10. Oh I know...

...I catch a few minutes of FOX every day just to laugh/yell at Fox & Friends, Hannity, Gibson and O'Reilly, whoever happens to be on.

I just thought it was funny that they are so quick to turn on someone who clearly has the same agenda as they do. Any INKLING of "bad news for * " or "good news for Kerry" and they instantly name them a turncoat and discount what they're saying.

[hasbro]

11. That wasn't the deed on Letterman

I Tivoed it and clearly made out "This Mortgage." Slate has said the same before he went on Letterman.

Deed and Mortgage are seperate documents? And your mortgage can list another town?