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benburch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 05:10 PM
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Is this the end of the line for Bill O'Reilly?
Having just read the text of the lawsuit against Mr. O'Reilly, and knowing that most of his fan base detest sexual perversion more than they detest any other "sin", I am wondering if this is the end of O'Reilly's career?

If not...

How might we help finish it off?
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vi5 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 05:16 PM
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1. Is there definitely recordings of what he said?
If not I'd say he'll do what every other republican does and just deny it and his slavishly devoted "no-spin zone" denizens will delude themselves into thinking he's still just a straight shooting guy looking out for them.
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seeker4ever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 05:17 PM
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2. Depends Ben...
Edited on Wed Oct-13-04 05:18 PM by seeker4ever
In a half way decent world this would do some serious damage. In this Orwellian society I'm not so sure. I do hope so though!

Love your site by the way!
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 05:18 PM
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3. They only say they detest sexual perversion - actually they love it
they will be rallying to his defense.
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GR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 05:20 PM
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4. Of Course Not, These Things Don't Apply If You're A Republican...
Look at Gordon Liddy...Look at Ollie North...Look at Bush...
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physioex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 05:24 PM
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5. May not be...
After all El Drugbo was caught poppin Oxycontins and he is still on air......
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readmylips Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 05:31 PM
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6. It was not the end for Ahhold the Groper or Limball the druggy...
these people are like cockroaches, they never die.
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riverwalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 05:51 PM
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7. or Bill Bennett
the Czar of Morality. Pulling all nighters gambling 'til 5AM in Las Vegas with one hand on a hooker's ass and the other on a bottle of Scotch.
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ALoeppert Donating Member (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:51 PM
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8. I haven't finished reading...
but I just have one question for the woman... (and I hope this doesn't sound like "she must have done something to deserve it" BUT...) why did she KEEP GOING TO DINNER with him!?

I sympathetic to sexual harassment in the work place, or company sponsored events, but informal "meetings" at dinner? I dunno... I guess I'm not well versed in corporate behavior...

BTW: I'm not a friend of Oreilly...

not one bit.
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mchill Donating Member (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 09:40 PM
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15. Why did she go to dinner with him?
She's on assignment with him, he's her boss, he wanted to discuss business at dinner and he's her boss. This is what sexual harrassment is about..someone else making one's environment intolerable while one is trying to do their job. When the one doing the harrassing has the power, it is even more problematic, and ergo, your question.

Here is another question some often ask..."Why didn't she quit if it was so bad." Yes, I heard this from Pat Buchannen on Scarborough tonite. Ridiculous!! No, the point of the law is to make the workplace safe for the harrassed and no one is under any obligation to quit because they are being harrassed! Ridiculous. Typical of some to minimize the affect of sexual harrassment (Buchannen) and put the onus on the harrassed (Buchannen).

I hope O'Reilly and Fox pay for this. btw, Bill has not denied the charges :)

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zulchzulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 12:07 AM
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9. I want this scandal to drag on and on until he shoots himself
A long slow death is preferable for scum like Bill O-Lielly.
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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 08:18 AM
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10. No because he is like the Energizer Bunny...
< insert joke here >
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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 02:03 PM
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11. Absurdly, O'Reilly Could Become Bigger
Sad but true, he now goes from political asshole to Court TV star. He'll become the daily fodder on "E" and Extra and all the tabloid shows, his mug will show up on every Supermarket tabloid...it'll be all Vibrators, love nests, he said/she said. C'mon, you've seen this frenzy before.

It may chill for a bit...or fade if something's settled out (O'Reilly's a fool if he doesn't...even if he's not wronged...but then he's a fool), and then come back to life when the trial begins and when a verdict is reached.

If O'Reilly wins, he's still slimed with all the other side brings out in court, and who knows what could happen in a discovery investigation. This is the same shit that Clinton walked into with Paula Jones. We may learn of Jane Does and maybe even a Johnny! ROFLMAO.

Either way, his spin stops here, his downward spiral begins...slowly and delightfully.
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johnlal Donating Member (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 02:07 PM
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12. Somewhere, in some living room
Scott Peterson and Michael Jackson are tuning into Court TV and popping open a cold one. They look at each other and say, "This is going to be great!"
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alarcojon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 02:52 PM
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13. Well, at least
this is a serious dent in his senatorial plans!
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johnfunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-14-04 09:30 PM
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14. Let me kick it up a notch, Alarcoeg:
Stick a fork in the O'Reilly Exploratory Committee -- his political chances are done. Well done. Falling off the bone done.

I can't wait to hear the O'Reilly phone sex tapes -- or the Moby remix!
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zara Donating Member (470 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 02:52 AM
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16. republicans in fantasy land
live in denial until they turn on the weak like crocodiles. they eat their own. but like lazarus, they can be reborn, once they repent. like george bush. or when enough time has passed that it can be swept under the rug. like newt. or when a court can whitewash away their crime. like ollie north
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rniel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 04:58 PM
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17. Well you could say the same statement about
rush limbaugh, but he's still around
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Tropez Donating Member (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 07:32 PM
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18. Bye Bye Bill
This was just on TV. I bet they have audio tape. The girls lawyer said they had evidence that cannot be refuted. He even told the lady interviewing him "do I look worried"?

He is in deep.
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Shopaholic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 08:53 PM
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19. I hope and I pray. . .
but Rush is still going strong so . . . alas, probably not.
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hasbro Donating Member (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 09:43 PM
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20. It's a massive hit
to Buzz O'Reilly's rep. From now on anytime he badgers someone they can answer "Well, Bill all I have to say to that is ZZZZZZZZ."

I can see him end up like Swagert and the Bakers. Still in their old jobs, but influence gone.
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BushOnCrackcom Donating Member (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-16-04 09:44 PM
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21. Bush's Bulge was O'Reilly's Vibrator
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tompea Donating Member (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-04 09:36 AM
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22. We can only hope
FNN en masse is a disgrace to journalistic integrity. Edward R Murrow is presently, and Cronkite will be, rolling over in their graves.
tom pea
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Mabus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-04 09:00 PM
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24. Ewww.
You may have just turned a few of them on.

What perversion of theirs hasn't been exposed?
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johnlal Donating Member (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-04 12:05 PM
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23. I did not try to have phone sex with that woman!
Even in scandal, O'Reilly is a mere shadow of the man President Clinton was.

In fact, now he sounds more like Hillary Clinton with his talk about the vast left wing conspiracy and politics of personal destruction. I'm not sure that he'd be pleased with the comparison.
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Mabus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-04 09:13 PM
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25. If nothing else....
Edited on Mon Oct-18-04 09:14 PM by Mabus
it has almost convinced me of the power of prayer. Since last fall I've had as a screen saver Larry Flynt's "National Day of Prayer for the Death of Bill O'Reilly" jpg.

Every day for over a year I have sat in front of the computer and meditated on it for a few minutes.

This type of "death" is just too sweet.

It reads:

"Fox News Channel blowhard Bill O'Reilly would like America to believe he's a voice for the populace, but he's nothing more than a right-wing shill who tries to destroy the careers of those he disagrees with. The puritanical prick wraps himself in the flag and yet displays complete contempt for American ideals such as freedom of speech. If he's not telling a guest with an opposing viewpoint to "shut up," he's turning off their microphone. We believe it's time for The Almighty to pull the plug on Bill. Please join us in prayer...

Dear (God/Allah/Buddha/other entity of your choice) we ask you to afflict Bill O'Reilly with a brain aneurysm that will lead to his slow and painful death. O, Lord, may his blood vessels bulge out of his head and explode without mercy. May he writhe in agony on his office floor at Fox studios right after taping The O'Reilly Factor. O, God, may he reach for the phone to call 911 and accidentally dial 411. May he desperately gasp for breath and recall all the people he shouted down with no mercy. May he lay on the floor and twitch uncontrollably as he contemplates his worthless life. O, Lord, may he lose control of his bowels in those final moments so that the last and only warm feeling he ever experiences is his own shit. We ask this in all sincerity and humbleness. Amen."



For a copy of my screen saver see:

http://www.larryflynt.com/ad_parodies_gallery/source/prayer-parody.htm
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