O'Reilly amazed by civility in Harlem restaurant

[kpete]

O'Reilly amazed by civility in Harlem restaurant
09.22.07 -- 10:29AMBy Steve Benen

At a minimum, I can't help but think Bill O'Reilly needs to get out more. He explained the other day, on the air, that he and Al Sharpton had dinner together in Harlem, and O'Reilly was amazed by what he found. Regrettably, he wasn't talking about the food.

"We went to Sylvia's, a very famous restaurant in Harlem. I had a great time, and all the people up there are tremendously respectful. They all watch The Factor. You know, when Sharpton and I walked in, it was like a big commotion and everything, but everybody was very nice.

"And I couldn't get over the fact that there was no difference between Sylvia's restaurant and any other restaurant in New York City. I mean, it was exactly the same, even though it's run by blacks, primarily black patronship."

On the same program, O'Reilly was describing his experience to NPR's Juan Williams. "There wasn't one person in Sylvia's who was screaming, 'M-Fer, I want more iced tea,'" O'Reilly said, adding, "You know, I mean, everybody was -- it was like going into an Italian restaurant in an all-white suburb in the sense of people were sitting there, and they were ordering and having fun. And there wasn't any kind of craziness at all."

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[knitter4democracy]

1. Ummm . . . wow. That's messed up.

What kind of world does he live in?

[Bluerthanblue]

47. unfortunately the one that too many

people in the U.S. share with him.

Racism is a very real problem contrary to popular belief.... one that is enjoying a revival of sorts under this administration.

:hi:

But it will only be addressed, if this kind of mentality is exposed, and confronted.

peace,
blu

[knitter4democracy]

66. Very true.

I know that our town is very white. The races really don't mix enough. It's not just whites and blacks but the Latinos and the Japanese families working in management for the Japanese companies in town.

Still, what an amazingly racist expectation.

[stlsaxman]

91. That ain't "messed up"...

that's fucked up! LOL

:rofl:

[knitter4democracy]

130. Better put.

:)

[rodeodance]

146. and why would he think a Black Restruant was not civil???

[cali]

2. jeezus

what a disgusting racicist he is.

[unpossibles]

82. now, I'm sure that

some of his best friends - or at least subordinates at work - are black.

[tanyev]

3. Sounds like Bill was expecting to have to fight his way out.

And he was a little disappointed that he didn't get to.

[mitchum]

54. Or that he would have to pay the bill with cowrie shells or malt liquor

[Canuckistanian]

154. Do you think he was "carrying"?

I wouldn't put it past him.

[acmavm]

4. What an ignorant, arrogant, condescending creep.

[Toots]

5. Statements don't get a lot more racist than that one IMO

"And I couldn't get over the fact that there was no difference between Sylvia's restaurant and any other restaurant in New York City. I mean, it was exactly the same, even though it's run by blacks, primarily black patronship."

[babylonsister]

6. "They all watch The Factor" - yea, right.

He is a pig; KO's disdain is well placed.

[Mabus]

40. LOL

IF they watched the factor they would treat like and MST3K episode. They'd be sitting in front of their televisions commenting on the bad facts (instead of the bad acting) and about how bad their script is. At least that's the way we watch it.

[tblue37]

69. I hope KO gets a zillion emails with this story and uses it in

his "Worst Person in the World" segment. Send it to him, everyone!

[babylonsister]

77. Done! nt

[rodeodance]

148. OKEY DOKEY

[robinlynne]

76. what's even funnier is that he believed people were excited about his presence, when Al Sharpton

was sitting next to him. Personally, I wouldn't even recognize o Reilly.

[Guaranteed]

138. I know. If they had been Factor watchers, they'd all have been

yelling "Motherfucker, I want more iced tea!"

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

7. "it was exactly the same, even though it's run by blacks". That's all

one needs to hear to understand O'Reilly's view.

:mad: MKJ

[enid602]

8. sweating

He was probably sweating bullets the entire time he was there.

[angstlessk]

19. Wonder if he offered some big black undercover cop $20.00 to

give him a blow job in that all black neighborhood???

[fenriswolf]

39. no he just prays on female employess

[angstlessk]

88. That's right, he's the falfel flayer...my bad! but if he was afraid???

you know how skeered white men get...gay in bathrooms! I recon he avoided the 'men's' room???

[Manifestor_of_Light]

126. That's "prey", not "pray". Thank you, the Grammar Police.

[ellacott]

9. Amazing

He was shocked that there are black people who don't act like thugs.

I think it's also interesting to listen to the news coverage of the march in Jena. Some reporters seemed surprised that there was no violence and that there were black people who could act in a civil manner.

[terisan]

20. Amazing ignorance--did they think the Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement was a white endeavor?

[ellacott]

23. History and facts seem to be a fading attribute in the news

I hear some really stupid things being reported as news.

[Connie_Corleone]

10. "Wow! Black people act like....PEOPLE!"

What a racist idiot.

[NOLALady]

100. Sounded more like "Black people

were acting like human beings rather than animals. Who'da thunk it?"

[rosesaylavee]

11. It's a wonder that Al Sharpton

didn't slap him. I'm white and I would like to. What a stupid man. Why does he make the money he makes being as stupid as he is?

[tblue37]

73. That's exactly why. He is willing to speak absolute

stupidese to a stupid audience and has no shame at all about doing so.

To be honest, I have often thought about how easy it would be to make real money if I had no scruples (though I have never thought about actually doing it--because I do have a sense of decency). I have some talent as a speaker and a writer. I even have a relatively large fan base for my online writings. If I were willing to cater to the worst human impulses, I bet I could make a fair amount of money.

I honestly think a lot of the writers, politicians, and other public figures on the dark side made exactly that calculation and deliberately decided to do whatever they had to, without shame, to make the money or gain the power and status. We know W did. He has told friends and political cronies on various occasions that he hates the "whackos" (his own words) on the religious right. Yet he is perfectly willing to play to their prejudices. He also, quite apparently, has no particular problem with race or sexual orientation, yet he is willing to play to his base's prejudices on those matters.

Laura also did the same thing. She was a liberal Democrat who switched sides when her meal ticket came along.

Daddy Bush was once a moderate Republican in favor of reproductive rights and gay rights, until he realized he had to pander to get into the VP slot and then the presidency. Bob Dole--same thing. Pander to the worst to get the nomination and to wield power.

In Blinded by the Right David Brock mentions the lure of big money as one of the things that attracts so many young people to the ranks of the vast right wing conspiracy.

Even "our" people--like Hillary--are willing to say and do things they don't really believe in when the chance to collect money or power comes along. She has gotten in bed with Murdoch and the AEI. Look at all the Dems who voted to betray the middle class and poor people with the bankruptcy bill and the IWR vote, and even recently with the vote against MoveOn.

If you have no shame, you can do anything, and when the struggle for social, economic, or political survival, power, and position has no rules of decency, anyone who tries to obey such rules gets destroyed.

[judaspriestess]

155. al sharpton didn't slap him because he is a republican shill

[Sanity Claws]

12. OMG -- He is an unabashed racist

It makes you wonder what he and the others at Fox Noise say when they think no one can hear them.

[ellacott]

14. Very true n/t

[snappyturtle]

13. Someone explain to me why O'Reilly can get away with what I

consider such racial remarks? What in the blankety blank did he think he would find? What a pig.

[nini]

61. because he's complimenting them!

Can't you see that? :sarcasm:


People with that mindset think they're being so wonderful by giving approval to 'those people'. :eyes:

[snappyturtle]

72. I guess.....sad, isn't it? And, nobody is saying anything on MSM

about this? Of course the right is so-o busy with moveon.org...:sarcasm:

[rodeodance]

149. shows his stupidity

[noamnety]

15. k&r

How ironic, given the amount of loud offensive idiocy that spews out of his own white ass.

[FlaGranny]

16. Oh my GOD - do

you mean black people actually are civilized? O'Reilly really is an amazingly stupid person - no wonder he so often makes "World's Worst Person."

[ellacott]

24. He definately needs to make KO's list for this one too n/t

[Kingshakabobo]

17. Wow! He's got it bad. This is bad - even for O'Lielly. n/t

[kanrok]

18. What a tool.

n/t

[peekaloo]

21. Obviously his hood was at the cleaners.

Wow.

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[lateo]

25. You mean they weren't flinging poo at each other?

Omg stop the presses!

[Booster]

26. What do you want to bet that when Billo tells that story, he says it

was like being in a foreign country. What a total asswipe.

[StrongBad]

27. This guy is a dinosaur

To continue with this metaphor, when his species is extinct this world will be able to evolve with greater ease.

[WhiteTara]

28. what a disgusting racist

no wonder my stomach clutches up every time I see the guy. I hope there is a special place in Hell just for him...even if I don't believe in Hell, he does and I hope he gets to stay a long long time.

[Judi Lynn]

29. Poor bastard. He claims that when he went into the restaurant, there was a lot of "commotion,"

and apparently assumes they were all so glad to see HIM! For Christ's sake. Poor, sick ####.

The untrained, naive mind might conclude people were glad to see AL SHARPTON. Who the HELL would be glad to see O'Reilly?

[hootinholler]

30. That he didn't get his ass kicked all the way back to 5th ave...

Means they in fact don't watch 'The Factor' in Harlem. Either that or he had a few Blackwater buddies watching his back.

-Hoot

[tom_paine]

31. O'Reilly is a monster, plain and simple, though not a violent murderous one

He would have been if he had been born in Germany and come of age in the 20s and 30s, though. He would have been one of Goebbes' rising stars.

[malaise]

32. Did he carry

a noose? Stupid fugg.

[Chipper Chat]

33. Billo was expecting this maybe?

Roast de Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, and Ricky Schroeder."

[mcscajun]

34. Gee, Bill. You just discovered that people are alike all over, eh?

What a disgusting waste of oxygen he is.

"...all the people up there are tremendously respectful."
Translation: "They all 'know their place'."
:puke:

"They all watch The Factor."
:rofl:
Bill, either you dreamed this part, or the people in Sylvia's were just too well brought up to tell you what they're throwing at the screen when they watch: I'm tellin' ya', it's curses or brickbats. That's of course, if they're not busy :puke:

[Totally Committed]

35. What an effing racist this man is! It's not an "act", is it?

I remember, back in the 70's when they had forced busing here in Boston to integrate the schools, BillO was a newsreader on the 5 o'clock news. He rarely showed this side of himself at that time, so I thought maybe his "FOX" persona was a bit of a put-on, but he IS a flaming racist!

"There wasn't one person in Sylvia's who was screaming, 'M-Fer, I want more iced tea,' O'Reilly said..." That's as racist as it gets out of the mouth of a public personality (unless you're Mel Gibson, that is...)

Ugh. That is U G L Y .

TC

[toddaa]

36. Cut O'Reilly some slack

He usually goes to freeper restaurants where people yell, "Hey darkie, bring me more tea boy." Seeing civilized people kind of throws him off.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

37. And they were so clean and articulate!

:eyes:

What did he expect, The Source Awards?

[DeepModem Mom]

38. Unbelievable! nt

[kskiska]

41. Oh, well, when he sits down and figures it all out

he'll conclude that the place was sanitized in preparation of his arrival, and all the restaurant "patrons" were actors. :crazy:

[KeepItReal]

46. they *had* to be actors. I dont know 1 real Black person that watches his sh*t!

(eom)

[DemGa]

42. I'd venture most conservatives/repukes feel this way

But Bill has such profoundly low insight, he just honestly can't see his error in perception, or his error in speaking it.

These people walk among us; and they really are this dumb. Amazing.

[Carni]

43. Geez-- Did he forget his klan hood?

My God-- I live out in the sticks where there don't seem to be any people of color and even the yahoos around here aren't as stupid, racist and out of the loop as Mr O'Lielly.

Why in the world would Sharpton meet for dinner with that odious man?

[rubberducky]

44. Another pubbie showing thier true racist colors.

[Beetwasher]

45. "Yessuh! Massuh O'Reilly! We's Sho 'Nuff Is Civilimized!"

What a fucking buffoon.

[radiclib]

48. This is stunning, even for Billo

He sees himself as enlightened, and assumes his audience is even more racist than he is.

[TZ]

49. What a dumbass

Not only is that terribly racist, but its just dumb too. I've been in many many restaurants black, white and other ethnic groups and never ONCE heard that kind of behavior. ....:puke: :dunce: :argh:
Bill O'Reilly one of the permanent worst people in the world....

[immoderate]

50. I knew he thought that way...

but he's too dumb to shut up about it!

--IMM

[kskiska]

51. He considers himself a regular blue collar guy

because he eats breakfast in a diner on Long Island, a far cry from Sylvia's in Harlem. Levittown and those Catholic schools he attended weren't known to be racially diversified.

[monmouth]

52. What the hell is Al Sharpton doing with this racist pig???

[Totally Committed]

55. Another good question. I wondered the same thing when I read it, but

I thought I'd find the answer on Google. Nothing there, though. Hmmmmmmm....

TC

[robinlynne]

78. I would guess talking about Jena6. Al is taking the parents to speak with Congress.

So he probably scheduled interviews with everyone.

[Totally Committed]

124. I dunnnnnooooooo.... I don't see BillO giving a flying fig about the Jena 6.

But, I could be wrong. I do look at it this way, though: look at the "eye-opening" experience Billo got out of it. Being there for him could only have been a good thing, but for Sharpton -- what a waste of time. At least he got a great meal out of it! (Sylvia's food rocks!)

TC

[Tigress DEM]

142. NOW THERE is a good question.

[mitchum]

53. Bill, there's still always spitting in the kitchen

[chelsea0011]

56. Faux should be held accountable for this racist bullshit

Maybe another Senate resolution whereby repukes have to repudiate Faux.

[fishwax]

57. that kind of "aw shucks" bigotry is no real surprise from O'Reilly

:wtf:

[distantearlywarning]

58. Amazing.

You mean them colored people don't eat with their hands and throw the bones on the floor? They can actually sit in a real restaurant and act like civilized human beings? Who could have guessed????? I guess you learn something new every day.

:sarcasm:

On Edit: This isn't 1950 anymore. Bill-O needs to get a grip.

[nini]

59. OMG you mean black folks are uh...like real PEOPLE??

what a fucking douchebag! He is so fucking clueless about reality it's beyond belief.

Not that we didn't already know this but statements like this prove what an ignorant idiot he is. The real surprise is that even FOX would give him enough credit to allow him to speak. He's even below them in my mind and that's pretty bad.

No wonder he is a daily winner of Worst Person In The World!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tigress DEM]

145. It's like "humanizing gays" I can just hear the bit on Stephanie Miller!

Bill's words...

then "You are an idiot. HA Ha ha Ha HA!"

[nini]

152. hehe.. Stephanie always goes after them

Monday morning should be good!

[tabasco]

60. Stupefying stupidity.

Just what you would expect from sponge boy.

[Name removed]

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[senseandsensibility]

63. Quick! Someone send this to Keith!

I smell a worst person in the world. This will make, what, number three hundred for bill-o?

[annabanana]

85. no kidding.. this is a classic!. . . . n/t

[baby_mouse]

64. Wow. Wow. ....

:-O

wow....

It was THAT BAD all along.

god...

[mulsh]

65. O'Reilly isn't a racist, he's way to apathetic to be one

You can tell from his remarks that he has absolutely no interaction with "the blacks".

He reminds me of how some people from the bay area view my home town, Oakland. Bill is about as racist as shrub, neither of them give a damn about any one who isn't part of their strata of our society, or ever have any significant interaction with 'those people'. It isn't worth getting angry about, neither of them are worth spit. I imagine that's why Sharpton couldn't be bothered to slap the ingn'ant mofo.

It would be sort of amusing to see O'Reilly chow down at one of our finer eateries here in O-town.

[PDenton]

67. Was he expecting cannibals...

... and Mandingos? Maybe a drive-by?

[NoPasaran]

68. "It was like going into an Italian restaurant in an all-white suburb"

Bill O'Reilly: Olive Garden patron!

[CatWoman]

70. what did he expect?

that they would all be spitting watermelon seeds at each other? :sarcasm:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

74. He probably thought Flava Flav would be the busboy.

[CatWoman]

83. heh

that would have sent me running out of the restaurant, screeching in horror!!!

:)

[Irishonly]

71. Billo is one sick puppy

No insult intended towards puppies, dogs or their owners. He's disguisting.

[Bucky]

75. No one attacked him? No one threw food on him? I've never been more disapppointed in black America.

[Tigress DEM]

141. Need some uppity white bitches in there. Let me at him.

Boy needs a ghetto slap more than anyone I know. OK *ush, dick, al g... too.

Me. Not a fan of Jerry Springer, but I tell you Bill's ignorance brings out a part of me that would be great on that show.

[treestar]

79. I bet they were articulate too

I was going to excuse him at the first paragraph, because he might figure blacks are disproportionately liberal and if they watch the Factor they know he's not.

But the second paragraph proves him a racist jerk. "Even though it's run by blacks?" That meant it should be different, in his fevered excuse for a mind?

[NOLALady]

109. Articulate? And Clean?

[AlCzervik]

80. what a D*uchebag.

[NMMNG]

81. He's utterly amazing

Does he get his perception of black people from Gansta Rap? :eyes:

[originalpckelly]

84. "I mean, it was exactly the same, even though it's run by blacks, primarily black patronship."

Just what the fuck does that mean you piece of shit bigot? What, are you implying that just because it's run by black people, it's not going to be a nice restaurant? What a racist piece of shit you are O'Reilly.

[Warpy]

86. When my family first moved to NC

it was a hot evening, so we were eating supper on the screened back porch. My folks heard a noise in the house and went to investigate, with me bringing up the rear.

There was an old biddy standing in the living room, gawking. "Why, you Jews live just like white people do!"

Welcome to the south.

I am delighted to say things have changed for the better since then. However, that's the mindset that is at work throughout the far right.

I wish I could say I'm surprised at cloddish comments like those, but I'm not.

[NOLALady]

112. I was sitting in the hospital waiting for my Father to come out of

surgery. There was a Middle Eastern Family there waiting for word about their child. There were tears of joy and relief from the family when the Doctor told them the surgery was a success. When the family left to see the child, a Nurse turned to us and said, I guess all people are the same when it comes to their children. She meant it as a compliment.
I almost fell off my chair.:banghead:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

87. O'Really, you are one ignorant bastid

Mind boggled by the sincerely backward thinking :ahhhhhhhhh:

[MilesColtrane]

89. Fuck that loud-mouthed, racist, shitbag. n/t

[seabeyond]

90. o reilly is stupid. and he passes the stupid around to his stupid audience

the man couldnt sound more stupid than in these comments.

[BlooInBloo]

92. People who never see black folks are typically amazed that they aren't shitting themselves...

... and what-not. Par for the course, really.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

93. *GASP*. You mean they were eating with forks and used napkins.

Unbelievable!

[Cha]

94. And WTF was Sharpton doing with bo?

I know bo was trying to improve his image and his ratings but Sharpton?

And why would patrons in Sylvia's watch bo factor? That just sounds like a lie.

[bunkerbuster1]

99. Given the way this has turned out to make Bill O' a laughingstock (again)

I'd say it was time well spent by Sharpton.

[Cha]

106. Hey Hey!

Sharpton is a clever dude!

[bunkerbuster1]

107. Got a free dinner out of the deal, too.

Advantage: Sharpton.

[Cha]

115. Ye-aah,

bunkerbuster!

[BootinUp]

95. O'Rielly has a real talent for lowering the level of discourse. n/t

[Buns_of_Fire]

96. So, Bill, what did you order? (No, I don't really want to know...) (n/t)

[Catherine Vincent]

97. That's Bill O'Reilly's "Barbara Bush moment".

n/t

[bunkerbuster1]

98. We had much merriment over at Atrios over this as well.

Just sayin'--the comments there are worth checkin' out too:

http://www.haloscan.com/comments/atrios/8482309557716779224/

[misanthrope]

101. I deal with people just like him on a daily basis...

...Literally, every...single...day and it gets very, very tiring after a few decades.

[Jed Dilligan]

102. I'm still telling myself

"This is an Onion article. It can't be true."

[bunkerbuster1]

108. My first reaction to seeing the text: "This could've been Colbert"

[Jed Dilligan]

111. He wouldn't dare be this offensive! nt

[bunkerbuster1]

114. Never seen his bits about "my black friend"?

http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/cc_insider/2007/03/my_colbert_ques.html

Ok, maybe it's not quite as offensive...

[Jed Dilligan]

117. No, but really, it isn't!

This bit reminds me of http://blackpeopleloveus.com

[bunkerbuster1]

120. God how I love that site.

Makes me feel warm 'n fuzzy to know it's still online (it's been out there awhile now. Sadly, it's still needed.)

[Tigress DEM]

143. Bill has firiends? You're joking, right?

[shadowknows69]

103. Can we just send Bill a Tshirt with the saying:

Ignorance Breeds Bigotry.

"Muther fucker I want some more iced T!!"

ROFLMAO

wasn't that a line from Pulp Fiction delivered by Sam Jackson?

[Downtown Hound]

104. What an absolute dipshit. n/t

[TheCentepedeShoes]

105. Patronizing asshole

Reminds me of the time in the 60's when my mom (a teacher)came home from visiting a black teacher in her home. Talked about how clean it was. She's a patronizing asshole too

[orleans]

110. DUCT TAPE DUCT TAPE DUCT TAPE n/t

[troubleinwinter]

113. I TRULY thought it was from the Onion. Sadly not.

"...all the people up there are tremendously respectful. They all watch The Factor.

And I couldn't get over the fact that there was no difference between Sylvia's restaurant and any other restaurant in New York City. I mean, it was exactly the same, even though it's run by blacks, primarily black patronship."

I am utterly dumbfounded by his stupidity, ignorance and racism.

[BattyDem]

127. Each day, it gets more difficult to tell what is satire and what isn't.

How the hell did we get to this point in our society? It's very sad. :-(

[Bluebear]

116. Oh my word. nt

[Solly Mack]

118. Wow. Such ignorance...it's downright breathtaking in its scope

[BronxBoy]

119. What an Asshole

How can he even begin to speak about the Black experience when he is surprised we aren't doing drive bys in our restaurants?

[goodgd_yall]

121. Not to defend O'Reilly AT ALL

but the Talkingpointmemo excerpt at the link has taken O's words out of context. Click on the hyperlink "amazed" and you can read the whole shmeer. My take is that he, like most of his viewers is an ignorant white. In his commentary he was actually trying to dispel stereotypes that he and other ignorant whites have, but at the same time he is exposing his ignorance.

[treestar]

123. An ignorant white can be educated, but I have a feeling O'Lielly

cannot.

Though I see your point. He's trying not to be racist, and that can make a white person look more racist than they think they are.

[Lucinda]

128. Yep...my take as well, and I'm glad that he had some sort of epiphany

but still....what an ass.

[Tigress DEM]

140. Anyone THAT Ignorant in today's world is WORKING AT IT.

I've been educated over time and know that there is a lot a white person takes for granted or just doesn't know, and I hope he's actually open to learning something here, but the dude could have watched a few movies, read a book or something and gotten at least a CLUE that skin color is just a portion of the human experience and isn't the end-all-be-all factor in determining behavior.

I don't believe he is coming to any new revelation, but he's justifying his attacks on minorities and others by saying how open and appreciative he actually is. Based on his previous behavior, I'd say this is very calculated move to take off heat of some soon to be future racial attack so he can point back and say that all the blacks who "act white" can be excepted or something equally stupid.

[BattyDem]

122. I'm just ... speechless!

:wow:

On edit: I can't wait to see Keith on Monday. I'm sure he'll tear into BO about this. At the very least, he'll be named the "Worst Person in the World" ... again! :rofl:

[Initech]

125. What a racist douchebag.

I bet probably half the restaurant was secretly laughing and pointing at him behind his back.

[Cabcere]

129. In other news, O'Reilly is a douche. (n/t)

[HuffleClaw]

131. "it was exactly the same, even though it's run by blacks"

what the hell was he expecting?

[Blue_Tires]

132. just when i think my hatred of O'Reilly is maxed out

he finds new ways to push the envelope

[mbee]

133. The people at the restaurant probably thought he would

be the one to start the uproar like the one with Al Frankin a couple of years ago at that book event they showed on C-Span!

[Tigress DEM]

134. Yes, Bill, & if you shake hands, the color doesn't rub off. IDIOT.

Tell you what, Bill O'Really? I'm white but if you walked into a restaurant I was in, I'd get up, pay the check and make a directed comment to your face about how this restaurant should have a "NO LOUD-MOUTHED IDIOTS ALLOWED" sign hanging prominently on the front door so they didn't get inside far enough to get seated.

[Cass]

135. Holy cow, what an assh*

I am totally stunned that he would even think it appropriate to talk like this on the radio. Surely even in his lizard brain he knows this is a racist thing to say, but to actually come out and discuss this like its a viewpoint worthy of discussion! This is all kinds of f*ed up.

[cally]

136. wow....my jaw actually dropped when I read that

I couldn't have guessed even O'Reilly was that bigoted.

[DrDan]

137. "They all watch the Factor" hahahahahahahahaha

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[Guaranteed]

139. Don Imus got fired for less than this. nt

[fortyfeetunder]

144. I dismiss him as another WASP caught up in stereotypes

And it's obvious he felt comfortable in an audience where he could put his foot in his mouth and expose his bigotry.

[rodeodance]

147. "They all watch The Factor. " (says O'LIElly)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

150. Newsflash, Bill: African-Americans are individuals, not walking stereotypes

:eyes:

[mitchum]

151. mitchum amazed that Paddy bastard didn't wipe his hands on the tablecloth

I can't believe my other post saying this was alerted on and deleted. Incredible.
Are some DU-ers so fucking tone deaf that they can't recognize sarcasm without the visual aid of the sarcasm smilie? Well...that's their problem, not mine. Idiots.

[Canuckistanian]

153. What "craziness" was he expecting?

Black Panthers in the corner booth? Looters taking a break? Gangsta rappers complaining about the food?

What a putz.

[wndycty]

156. Oh my, he was shocked that Black people at a Anite Baker wore nice clothes. . .

. . .wow.

[pepperbear]

157. "Oh, they're so well spoken." n/t

[alphafemale]

158. That was a real window into his head, And it wasn't a pretty site.

And he's completely clueless about how soul-killing insulting that was.

I thought the phrase "not knowing whether to laugh or cry" was a metaphor.

But I am torn between laughing at this idiot or crying for people on whose hospitality he took a big, stinking shit.

[cosmicdot]

159. not surprising ...

the only reason I caught this comment of his was because I was visiting friends, and they had the TV turned for a moment to Oh'Really when Katrina hit ...

all I could say was, "no he didn't" ... and, my friends said, "yes he did" ...
... he said:

You've probably been wondering why you've been seeing a lot of Black people on TV the last few days.

I may not have the quote down pat, but that's, basically, what he said.

My jaw still wants to drop to the floor. :wow:

[Mythsaje]

160. I would never watch O'Reilly because, frankly...

I don't speak "Idiot."

[Warren DeMontague]

161. Sure. They're not the kind of savages that would fuck a falafel, after all.

Fucking kook.

[liberalla]

162. This is OFFENSIVE in so many ways.

What an idiot. He really said those things out loud and into a microphone? It doesn't surprise me he thinks that, but to announce it on the radio? OMG

He probably thinks he's being complementary! :crazy: How embarrassing.

[MethuenProgressive]

163. "They all watch The Factor."

Loofa boy is insane.