Oprah asks: Would you like to challenge Bill O'Reilly?

[pamela]

Bill O'Reilly will be appearing on Oprah next week. The show will tape on Tuesday and air on Friday. (The Dixie Chicks are the guests Tuesday!) Oprah is looking for people who would like to appear on her show to challenge O'Reilly. Here is the link for any DUers are interested.

https://www.oprah.com/plugger/templates/BeOnTheShow.jhtml?action=respond&plugId=232500001

From the link:

Would You Like to Challenge Bill O'Reilly?

Do you watch The O'Reilly Factor? Do you disagree with Bill O'Reilly's conservative point of view? Do you have a hard time with his brash opinions? Does his show stir up heated debates with friends and family? Do you ever wish you could challenge Bill O'Reilly on his ideas? Have you read his book "Culture Warrior?" Do you struggle with where he stands on the issues? Do you disagree with his opinion on everything from the war in Iraq to health care? What do you think about his stance on education or the division of church and state? What about the Foley scandal, Hurricane Katrina or 9/11?

The Oprah Winfrey Show is looking for viewers with a strong opinion on the political issues. If you or someone you know has always wanted to challenge Bill O'Reilly on his opinions, we want to hear from you! Please only reply if you're willing to be on television

[REP]

1. I Could Take Him On Abortion With My Brain Tied Behind My Back

I know that isn't saying much, but it'd be fun.

[pamela]

3. Well, here's your chance!

I'd love to see O'Reilly faced with an audience full of DUers. Wouldn't that be great?

I'd like to ask him how he can lecture on character and values in light of his history of sexual harassment.

[ClintonTyree]

11. Kicked and Recommended.

I want the daytime crowd to see this later. Perhaps we gave a budding giant killer among us? Come on everyone, lets get a DUer on Oprah to attack that POS O'Lielly! :woohoo:

[pamela]

13. Thanks for the k&r.

I hope a lot of DUers will see this. O'Reilly is directing people to go to Oprah's site to sign up for this. She is probably going to do an audience question format like she did with Frank Rich the other day. Let's get the audience loaded up with DUers! I'd hate to see it filled with nothing but OReilly people.

Another thing people can do, is send Oprah an email encouraging her not to do a "soft interview" and possibly suggest some questions that she might ask. I'd really like to see her address the sexual harassment issue. I don't think I've seen anyone really push that issue with him and I think it would be of great interest to her viewers.

Here is a link to send her a comment or question about his appearance.
http://www.oprah.com/email/tows/email_tows_main.jhtml

[Red Right and BLUE]

5. KiLaLa!!!!

Sorry, off-topic. I probably spelled it wrong, too. I just got really happy seeing that.

[REP]

7. It's Usually Spelled "Kirara" and She's My Favorite!

I think Rumiko Takahashi must have a cat, because Kirara is how most cats imagine themselves to be!

[Red Right and BLUE]

8. I LOVE HER.

If I get another pet (doggie or kitty) I am naming her that. Thanks for the correction :)

[wellstone dem]

9. I have a dog named Kiara

sweet, sweet dog. We are traveling together this week and she is an angel. Part huskie and part border collie, she looks like the stereotyped wolf, but with one blue and one brown eye.

[marzipanni]

20. OOOH - Your Kiara sounds similar to my old Billie-girl

Billie's mom looked like a border collie, but she was malamute-Australian shepard X , and her dad was a blue heeler. Billie had one blue and one brown eye, too! We loved her, but her old heart gave out when we were camping at Lake Tahoe three years ago. My son was eight, and he was comforted realizing that Billie died in a place she loved surrounded by her people, and at a perfect but sad time, at the evening campfire, like the original dog-man friendship.

Two months later I found "Freckles" face on the local SPCA website. She was a 2 yr.old border collie-blue heeler X. We adopted her, and she became Sally Freckles (just Sally most of the time) She's a loveable dog- and nudges us to throw tennis ball or frisbee daily.
What was this thread about-oh, yeah- O'Reilly on Oprah. What a bag of hot air he is. She should give each audience member a loofah tied in a
red, white, and blue striped ribbon at the end of his appearance.

[Brewman_Jax]

33. You're both correct

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirara

Kirara (雲母, pronounced as Kilala in the English dubbed anime) is a character in the manga and anime series InuYasha.

P.S. waiting for the next set of InuYasha amines on Cartoon Network. :woohoo:

[REP]

57. Wait No More - They Started Last Week

They've mostly been filler episodes, so you haven't missed much though.

[Jeanette in FL]

2. Randi has been wanting to debate him for years

Plus she loves the Oprah. I will have to send her the link.

Now I would love to see a debate between Randi and Bill O.

[pamela]

4. Yes! Definitely send her the link.

I think I'll fill out the form from the link and recommend that she ask Randi Rhodes to appear. He'd probably back out, though, if he knew in advance that he was going to have to debate Randi.

[Red Right and BLUE]

6. OMG.

She could zoom around him in circles, effortlesly. I WISH and HOPE she'll do it.

[blue cat]

19. Good idea

It would be neutral ground. She would mop the floor with him.

[LSK]

38. he would probably cancel if he knew she was on there

[ClintonTyree]

10. She should invite the Big Dawg.........

to do battle with O'Lielly. It would be so much fun to see Mr. Blotchy Face's veins pop out of his neck and forehead. Perhaps he'd have a stroke or an aneurysm right on stage! An instant Oprah classic! :applause:

The Dawg would expose that two-bit huckster in a New York minute. The segment would close with O'Lielly screaming, "SHUT UP, JUST SHUT UP! CUT HIS MIC. CUT THE POWER TO HIS MIC". Like I said, an instant Oprah classic. :)

[marzipanni]

22. Or he would have a hissyfit like this guy trying to debate Bernie Ward

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWbuaATlVXw :rofl:

[theHandpuppet]

12. Sounds great, but first of all...

... you have to be able to afford the trip to Chicago, which I can't.

[ClintonTyree]

14. I think if you're selected to appear on her show........

they pick up the tab for trasnportation and lodging. Most shows do anyway. Even Jerry Springer.

[Occulus]

60. And Rikki Lake.

I had a roommate who was on her show. The title was "I hate the things you do when you're drunk and I'm not taking it anymore!"

My roommate was the queen who was the drunk. :D

edit: no, I'm not joking. It actually happened, and I have the taped show to prove it.

His first name was Reid. Big hair. BIGGER queen.

No, I'm not being derogatory- he really was a drag queen.

[wyldwolf]

15. I nominate... as a surprise mystery guest...

AL FRANKEN! LOL!

[pamela]

16. Lol!

O'Reilly would have a total meltdown.

[Crazy8s]

17. I nominate Keith Olberman

Now, that would be a show!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

21. Me too! That was my first thought!

[southern_belle]

42. My thoughts exactly! :) n/t

[pacalo]

61. Al Franken, Keith Olbermann, Mike Malloy, Randi Rhodes!!!

[Ian David]

18. She should surprise Bill with unscheduled visits by Olbermann & Franken

Bill Orally would blow a gasket.

[VeggieTart]

23. If they were willing, she should find...

...women who have had an ectopic pregnancy, women whose lives were in danger by a pregnancy, women who had to have abortions to save their lives.

And Keith Olbermann and Al Franken and one of the guys from Sweet Jesus, I Hate Bill O'Reilly.

[Control-Z]

41. I'm one of those women

I almost died from an ectopic - but I live in California. And I am probably too passionate on the subject (of abortion) to get involved anyway.

[emdee]

24. I think someone should challenge him about...

his interview with Barbara Walters. He was seen as such the Family Man and even was allowed to insinuate that President Clinton was not ---- what did his wife think about his sexual predator tapes and lawsuit? Why are we supposed to forget about that and accept that he is Mr. Family Man - just as we are to forget that Limbaugh is a drug addict and Gingrich an adulterer???

I hope Oprah puts him in the No Spin Zone for real!

emdee

[pamela]

46. I emailed Oprah about this.

I'm glad you used the term "sexual predator" because that is exactly what O'Reilly is. Sexual harassment has become a big joke and I have to admit, I've laughed about the falafel boy along with everyone else. But I've also been in Andrea Mackis' shoes and it is an ugly and frightening experience to go through. I've never seen anyone interviewing O'Reilly really hold his feet to the fire on this.

[emdee]

62. He got a free pass....

and I don't understand why. He probably has a list of subjects that cannot be discussed and I would imagine this to be one of them. If so, I hope Oprah will not agree to a conditional interview.

emdee

[ComerPerro]

25. Oprah is gonna do what all hosts do to OhReally

she is gonna be way too polite to him (much more than that smarmy asshat deserves) and she won't call him on his BS and lies.

[youthere]

27. send her and her producers an email stating just that.

I'm going to.

[ComerPerro]

31. asking them not to go easy on Bill? Hell, I'll do one better

I will also tell them that even considering having such a hypocrite and liar on her show at all, and giving him a forum beyond the dark evil of Faux News, is a disgrace.

It can be done here in a web-submitted form:

http://www.oprah.com/email/tows/email_tows_main.jhtml

[youthere]

36. Well done!

And thanks for the link!
K & R!

[ComerPerro]

37. If anyone has a better email link, that would work too

[druidity33]

54. did you see...

when David Letterman "interviewed" him? Definately NOT polite...

[youthere]

26. You should cross post this in the Illinois state forum...

perhaps some Chicago-uns will fill the audience (isn't it taped there?)

[pamela]

51. Good idea!

Thanks for the suggestion.

[originalpckelly]

28. GO OPRAH! I want to! I want to! But I'm too fugly!

:grr: I'd do it in a heartbeat!

[ArbustoBuster]

34. But are you fuglier than BillO?

Not possible! :)

[warrens]

29. I'll leave it to someone who can actually watch the clown

He still hasn't apologized for guaranteeing we would find WMD.

[mtnester]

30. Olberman would be fun, but FRANKEN would be the best

I would pay money to watch that

[stanwyck]

55. Franken almost gave Bill a heart attack

during a book conference appearance. Bill-O went all red and rage-y and started sputtering lies about awards he'd won. Which he hadn't. He looked like a gasping carp. Too funny. Maybe that will happen on Oprah.

[helderheid]

32. KEITH OLBERMANN n/t

[karlrschneider]

47. YES! Can't believe nobody else suggested him!

:D

[Brewman_Jax]

35. He's a sore loser

in addition to being a bully and poor debater. He walked off the interview with Fresh Air with Terry Gross.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1459090

[Initech]

39. I could not be in the same room as O'Reilly...

I would try to tighten my belt around his fat chicken neck.

[Jed Dilligan]

40. She'd better get Jerry Springer's security guys

I bet he charges when cornered.

[depakid]

52. My prediction is

that one of these days he's going to either melt down on the air- or someone's going recognize him him on the street and kick his ass. Or worse.

If I were him, I'd hire a bodyguard and keep a watch over my shoulder.

[hwmnbn]

43. I live 3 miles from Harpo Studios.....

If I get in, I'll try this one....

question 1:

"what were you doing with that vibrator when you were talking to Ms Macklis?"

or maybe

In light of "character counts week," what changes have you made to your own behavior?"


It would be great to ambush his ass!!




on edit, here's what I submitted to Oprah:

I am a veteran who is angered by the direction my country has taken. I hold Bill O'Reilly and the other right wing talk show hosts responsible for cheering and enabling this administration to subvert our constitution and lower our standing in the world. They have damaged our nation.

I find Mr. O'Reilly's "support the troops" stance especially hypocritical given this president's policy of eliminating funding of Veterans programs.

Finally I submit Bill O'Reilly is in NO position to lecture any of us on any moral issue given his sordid past. I want to challenge him personally and am thanking you in advance for the opportunity.

sincerely,

my name

I wonder when I'll get the call to come on down!!! LOL

[pamela]

48. That's great, hwmnbn.

I really like your email. I hope we can get some DUers in the audience.

[hwmnbn]

50. thanks, I'm not sure if you can stand in line....

to get into see the show. I'm pretty sure they are filled with invited folks only in the audience. The Oprah show is a hot ticket.

I'll send another few more e-mails pleeeeeeading to let me in. LOL

[Richard Steele]

44. Loofahs at twenty paces!

Seriously though- ANY challenge to Shill O'Liely is
gonna end BADLY for him. I may have to watch Oprah
for the first time this decade.

[Make7]

45. I'd like to see someone from MediaMatters.org go on that show. ( n/t )

[pamela]

49. I just sent an email to MediaMatters.

Thanks for the suggestion. I sent them the link.

[GOPS Worst Fear]

53. Tell Him he is a Hypocrite!

Tell the Loufa Lover that he as no room to talk about a ANY sexual Preditor since he paid off his formner employee because he sexually harrassed her. Ask him hoe he is morally superiour enough to judge anyone else?

[yellowdogmi]

56. Wow this is tempting. I live close.

I am picturing an audience of DU'ers coughing falafeel like in animal house. What a hoot. I am not sure what I would actually ask him. Maybe challenge him to imbed with a hardcore combat unit if he really believes in this President and his war. Chickenshit hypocrite.


On edit I wouldn't wish that on the troops. I support them.

[cui bono]

58. I can't wait to see this. Someone please go! n/t

[Norrin Radd]

59. Bring a felafel.

Imagine his face when someone pulled a felafel out of his or her pocket!

[judaspriestess]

63. someone needs to confront him on why he showed Foley as a Democrat

as well as another repuke as a Dem on another show.

[judaspriestess]

64. someone needs to confront him on why he showed Foley as a Democrat

as well as another repuke as a Dem on another show.

[judaspriestess]

65. someone needs to confront him on why he showed Foley as a Democrat

as well as another repuke as a Dem on another show.