O'Reilly: "I don't want to go on a lynching party against Michelle Obama unless there's evidence,

[Ichingcarpenter]

Summary: In a discussion of recent comments made by Michelle Obama,
Bill O'Reilly took a call from a listener who stated that, according to
"a friend who had knowledge of her," Obama " 'is a very angry,' her word was 'militant woman.'

" O'Reilly later stated:
"I don't want to go on a lynching party against Michelle Obama unless
there's evidence, hard facts, that say this is how the woman really feels.
If that's how she really feels -- that America is a bad country or a flawed nation,
whatever -- then that's legit. We'll track it down."

http://mediamatters.org/items/200802200001

[Teaser]

1. "lynching"

good job Bill. excellent work.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

2. It's starting.........

.....this is going to be an ugly, UGLY, general election.

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[IsItJustMe]

49. I will have nightmares now!!!!

LOL I see you have a healthy dark sense of humor.

[0007]

55. I don't like Ann Coulter. Sorry!

[Jamastiene]

62. Thank you, Moderators!!!

Whew! I'll be traumatized for weeks to come. I may need therapy, but the moderators came to the rescue so it doesn't get worse. Thank you, Moderators.

[SoFlaJet]

3. "lynching party"?

welcome to Countdown's Worst Person In The World.........again Bill.sheesh doesn't this guy THINBK before he spouts off some of this stuff?

[stellanoir]

4. that man should be hoisted by his own falafel.

truly

[NightWatcher]

5. time to get this fucker shut down

show me the difference between this and the Schuster "pimping" comment. Oh yes, this is about a race based hate crime murder.

[guitar man]

6. Fuck you Billo!!

He'd like to lynch anyone who doesn't see Amurika through the rose colored right wing glasses his kind looks through....:mad:

Keep flapping your gums, Bill, you're ilk is down to 19% and falling.

[Saturday]

7. And the Obama supporters thought it would be a cake walk

when Obama got to the GE because the media has fallen in line with the Savior in the primaries. LOL You ain't seen nothin' yet.

[Richard Steele]

8. Got lost on your way to GD/P, eh?

:eyes:

[blondeatlast]

14. Sounds like someone needs a hug. Go back to the G*dD*amned/Pit first, though. nt

[Richard Steele]

42. Lol- nice phrase for GD/P. I'm stealing that!

:thumbsup:

[grasswire]

17. CAKEWALK??????????????

What's with all the denigrating stereotypes today regarding Michelle?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

21. Nice of you to cheer-lead. Christ, what a shitty thing to say.

[NOLALady]

51. UH

Which Obama supporters thought it would be a cake walk? I doubt if anyone who lives in a reality based world can believe that.

[proud2BlibKansan]

69. Yes, because the right just LOVES Hillary and would never say anything nasty about her!

:sarcasm:

[mzmolly]

9. Oh for gosh sakes. He's a piece of work.

:puke:

[hisownpetard]

10. There's more intelligence in Michelle Obama's clipped cuticles than Bill-O will ever possess.

He simply disgusts me.

[Fleshdancer]

11. Just when I think he couldn't possibly get his head any further up his own ass

:grr:

must. remember. rules. of. Karma.

[riderinthestorm]

12. Why is this fucker still on the air??

:nuke: :nuke:

[islandmkl]

13. let's see if o'really?'s lynching comment gets anywhere near the press

as the Golf Channel commentator's comment referencing Tiger Woods' golfing adversaries.

Hers (and she is a friend of Tiger's) were meant with absolutely no malice or racial implication...no matter. She was put on leave, etc. Crucified by press, Al Sharpton, etc.

Do you really think Fox will do anything to the #1 guy they have? Hell, this is good for business. The more o'really? is attacked, the more he will be watched, the more they will make.

Can't wait for his next 'slip of the tongue' that he can deny ever saying, or claim to be misquoted or taken out of context...regardless of what the tapes will show.

[abbeyco]

15. Time to start calling his advertisers

I think this is just the tip of the iceberg on how the closet racists are going to begin marking their language.

I think if he can be held to account by his advertisers getting nervous about the race discussion, we might be able to make an inroad here.

[grasswire]

16. LYNCHING?????????????

Worst person in the world.

[butterfly77]

18. Isn't it time to march on FOX?

[yardwork]

19. Would it be ok for Democrats to complain about the press now?

I recall that when Hillary complained about inappropriate comments, she was roundly abused - even compared to Nixon - on this board. Now that Obama is the recipient, would it be ok for us to get together and complain now?

[blondeatlast]

22. Seems to me this would be a great way to deflect the bitterness between them. Abrams introed

his show the other day by actually pointing out how the media had been harsh on HRC--right after my Obama-supporting husband had said the SAME thing. My head hit the floor. I'm an Obama supporter too, but I've been trying to point out to him how the media has distorted and nitpicked everything she says to the point of ridiculousness. It seems to have worked.

If my husband--who is right now at the "stay home rather than vote for HRC (but is sofftening) stage sees it--it's there.

[yardwork]

27. I'm amazed that there is any question about this among Democrats.

The media are not on our side. The media constantly attack Democrats. Phil Donahue said during an interview that his producers told him that there had to be two or three Republicans for every Democrat appearing on a talk show. He said that his producer said it was ok to have a right-wing Republican on without a rebuttal, but any "liberal" guest had to be "balanced" with at least two and preferably three conservatives.

The corporate owners of the news media have their own interests at stake. They promote politicians who support corporate interests.

It's ridiculous, and Democrats just roll over and take it. We have to come together as a party and insist that fairness be restored to the press.

[IsItJustMe]

53. No doubt about it in my mind. But be carefully, I was called paranoid for pointing out the msm bull...

earlier today.

[yardwork]

63. I know. It's ridiculous. Absurd attempts at intimidation.

[Jamastiene]

46. Hell, I support Hillary for the nom, but I'd join that protest.

That "lynching" comment was downright racist.

[ourbluenation]

20. I sense a "today's worst person in the world" coming on, eh KO? n/t

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

23. Maybe O'Reilly is helping to confirm why Michelle feels America is a flawed nation

The fact that this asshole has a popular radio and TV show while using language that displays a mentality still stuck in the days of Night Riders and lynchings says a lot about the American character. The fact that O'Reilly is reasonably popular tells me the problem is not with him or with isolated cases, but with the American people themselves (or a large segment of them).

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[AlinPA]

25. If Obama is nominated, I would not be surprised to see the RNC fund the resurgence

of the KKK. Fox "News" would be its propaganda TV channel.

[Bolo Boffin]

26. That statement right there is EXACTLY what Michelle Obama was talking about.

Anyone with the slightest idea of what it's like to be black in America knows exactly what Michelle is talking about.

America as an ideal is a beautiful thing, but in our history the good is so often mixed and weighted down with the bad. With the Obama candidacy (and the Hillary one as well!), America stands ready to deliver on a HUGE promise to a group of people long disenfranchised in this country.

Meanwhile, we still have Bill O'Reilly to put his big, fat mouth right into the middle of what tears America down. Barack Obama should stay as far away from this lunatic as possible.

[yardwork]

28. O'Lielly is proving Michelle Obama's point.

But he's too stupid to realize that.

[Fleshdancer]

32. just like he was too stupid to realize....

...how idiotic and racist he was when he was surprised that black people don't shout "where's my mother f*cking ice tea?" in restaurants.

He expects Americans to be proud when people like him have a platform and an audience to spew his racist and sexist bullshit? Just because he has the right to be an ass, doesn't mean anyone has to be proud of it, including the spouse of a presidential candidate.

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

29. Ahhh, Bill O'Reilly: the right-wing's favorite 21st century fascist-guy!

A 'fair and balanced' fascist-guy, no less!!!

:rofl:

[elaineb]

30. I feel sick to my stomach

that a person on a major American television channel can say something like that and not be fired.

But I know what he's gotten away with before, so I'm not surprised either. That man is one thoroughly reprehensible piece of sh*t.

[Supersedeas]

31. just give the man an excuse...just one legit excuse

[Ichingcarpenter]

33. No Debates on Faux news now or even after who is nominated

by our party... They get NONE of the debates..... hear that?.......None

The debates in the fall will be the most watched event in the world.

[Araxen]

34. I hate to defend Bill but

it was a very poor choice of words on his part and a mistake. Just like Michelle's choice of words were a mistake. Bill isn't a racist and he said he believed Barack's explanation of what Michelle meant to say.

He should apologize for his choice of words, just like Michelle should(which I believe she already has).

[Ichingcarpenter]

36. "I hate to defend Bill" but You Do

[Jamastiene]

48. Thank you for putting this into perspective for

someone who obviously doesn't have a clue.

[Fleshdancer]

38. How many times does O'Reilly have to say racist things before he's called racist?

This certainly isn't the first time he has said something racist and I doubt it will be the last. He refers to Mexicans as "wetbacks", he claims children in inner city public schools run around screaming "mother f*cker in the hallways, and he said this when eating at Sylvia's:

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. It was the same," O'Reilly said on September 19 edition of his nationally syndicated radio program.

Later during his conversation with NPR correspondent and Fox News contributor Juan Williams, O'Reilly noted "There wasn't one person in Sylvia's who was screaming, 'M-Fer, I want more iced tea.' 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."

A few other comments he's made in the past:

"Will African-Americans break away from the pack thinking and reject immorality--because that's the reason the family's breaking apart--alcohol, drugs, infidelity. You have to reject that, and it doesn't seem--and I'm broadly speaking here, but a lot of African-Americans won't reject it" (2/25/99).

* "I've been to Africa three times. All right? You can't bring Western reasoning into the culture. The same way you can't bring it into fundamental Islam" (5/6/02).

*During an interview for Stuff magazine (11/02), O'Reilly opined that "the most unattractive women in the world are probably in the Muslim countries." O'Reilly later insisted (New York Daily News, 10/10/02), "There was no malice intended. It was just in jest."

* During a segment (2/9/00) about black athletes suing over the minimum academic standards for college admission, O'Reilly commented: "Look, you know as well as I do most of these kids come out and they can't speak English."

[Richard Steele]

40. Bullshit. His recent "dining experience" comments PROVED his racism beyond any doubt.

As if he actually retained any benefit of doubt at that point...:eyes:

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/12968.html

[yardwork]

41. I don't think that Michelle Obama owes anybody an apology.

There's nothing wrong with what she said.

[Jamastiene]

47. Uhm, he used racist language that alludes to

a terribly violent form of mass fucking murder on innocent people in this country. Fuck him and his racist bullshit. Defend him, you say? Oh, HELL, FUCK, NO!!! No, there is no defending that.

[blondeatlast]

50. How woefully ignorant of you. He's a public figure and what he says is subject to harsh critique

(what Mrs. Obama said has been severely distorted and edited by Fox News, fwiw).

She owes no apology. He used a word that is considered very racially charged and he did it quite deliberately.

[blondeatlast]

52. "Bill" (you're on a first-name basis, are you?) is a racist. Since you are so chummy with him,

please tell him I said so. :rofl:

He's proved it on far more than a few occasions.

[IsItJustMe]

56. Who are you?

Go away please. Don't go away mad, just go away.

I have neve put anyone on ignore, but damn your testing my limits.

[0007]

35. I suppose this lippy motherfucker is talking about his girl......

Michelle Malkin

[madinmaryland]

39. Another "Worst Person in the World" award for Orally!

[BreweryYardRat]

43. *blink* Holy shit.

He's not even trying to hide it.

[truebrit71]

44. Somebody needs to hoist that lippy old cracker up by his scrotum...

...and see if thinks "lynching" is an appropriate phrase then...


:grr:

[Jamastiene]

45. Fuck that sombitch.

That is soooo not something he should be joking about at all. Lynching is a seriously fucked up murderous, heinous, vile, despicable act. I'm not surprised though that he would align himself with those types of people. I'm no Obama supporter, but using words like "lynching" is uncalled for and downright racist.

[Disturbed]

57. Is he this stupid that to use that word or did he use it on

purpose? Isn't that an important distinction?

[blondeatlast]

58. You know the answer, I know the answer, virtually everyone on this thread (with a notable exception)

knows the answer--but now he can play victim to mom's basement dwellers who feel as victimized as he does because they have to "watch their language."

C'mon, "lynching?" An accident? From Bill O'Rielly? He's as show biz as it gets. No accident.

[Jamastiene]

59. He's not stupid. He's an asshole.

Not that the two are mutually exclusive, but still, he knew what he was saying. He needs to be held accountable.

[Contrary1]

54. Too bad O'Reilly didn't make that announcement

sitting with his best bud, Al Sharpton at Sylvia's.

"...there wasn't one person in Sylvia's who was screaming, 'M-Fer, I want more iced tea.' They were ordering and having fun, and it wasn't any kind of craziness at all....There was no difference between Sylvia's restaurant and any other restaurant in New York City. I mean, it was -- it was exactly the same, even though it's run by blacks, primarily black patronship; it was the same."

[graywarrior]

60. And his sponsors keep on sponsoring.

[Missy Vixen]

61. Let's hope this is the quote that finally brings O'Really down

Did he not hear what happened to the female commentator of the Golf Channel after using the word "lynching" in a supposed humorous comment about Tiger Woods recently?

This needs to be sent to the attention of the FCC early and often. It's a threat.

Julie

[McCamy Taylor]

64. I am sooo glad that O'Reilly is going to spare Michelle from lynching. What a graaacious man!

Need I post a sarcasm emoticon?

No, I don't think I do. You can hear my long Texas drawl in my post, right?

I will use this one instead.

:nuke:

[Bolo Boffin]

65. Actually, the posse has been put on alert status.

I understand you meant it sarcastically, but the bastard left the option open.

[Ichingcarpenter]

66. Worst Person Award by Keith!!!!

I expect to hear a good rant by Keith on this.

[Ichingcarpenter]

67. I think Keith is gonna give him two awards

tonight

Next

[JenniferJuniper]

68. Lynching

From Wiki - "Lynching, an enumerated felony in some states in the U.S.A., is defined by some codes of law as 'Any act of violence inflicted by a mob upon the body of another person which results in the death of the person'". And, "Most lynchings were inspired by unsolved crime, racism, and innuendo. 3,500 of its victims were African Americans."

So this is what Billy thinks Mrs. Obama deserves if he gets "hard facts" that she "feels" the United States is a "flawed nation".

Yeah, I'd say he's crossed a little line here.

I hate emailing FOX, but off I go.