Cynthia Tucker writes column critical of O'Reilly's Bristol double standard, so what does he do?

[CatWoman]

He sends a hit squad to her home:

Bill O’Reilly’s Faux bravado

By Jay Bookman | Saturday, September 6, 2008, 11:55 AM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

On this peaceful, pleasant Atlanta Saturday morning, my colleague Cynthia Tucker, syndicated columnist and the AJC’s editorial page editor, was returning from a trip to the grocery store when she was “ambushed” on the sidewalk in front of her home by a three-person crew sent by Fox’s Bill O’Reilly.

Here’s a little background:

In a recent column, Tucker noted that Bill O’Reilly had skewered the parents of 16-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears after she became pregnant. “The blame falls primarily on the parents of the girl, who obviously have little control over her,” O’Reilly said. Yet as Tucker noted in her column, O’Reilly seemed to have a different set of standards for the parents of Bristol Palin.

As Tucker stopped outside her house to pick up her mail, the Fox camera crew emerged out of a car parked across the street and advanced on her, yelling questions. At this point, I’ll turn it over to Tucker for the blow-by-blow account, as she recalls it:

O’Reilly guy: “Cynthia, in your column, were you comparing Bristol Palin to Jamie Lynn Spears?”

Cynthia: “In my column, I was criticizing Bill O”Reilly. And I stand by that.”

O’Reilly guy: “Bill pointed out that Jamie Lynn Spears was running around unsupervised. You know that. So you were saying that Bristol Palin was running around unsupervised.”

Cynthia: “If I said that, read that part. You’re holding the column (in your hand). Read where I said Bristol Palin was running around unsupervised.”

O’Reilly guy: “You inferred (sic) it.”

Cynthia: “I inferred O’Reilly is a hypocrite. And I stand by that. Good day, gentlemen. I’m going inside to finish my Saturday chores.”

(They ran behind me, shouting, “Why weren’t you in Minneapolis? You went to the Democratic Convention. Why didn’t you go to the Republican Convention?” I didn’t look back — just got in my car and drove into my driveway.)

For the record, the AJC sent reporters to both conventions. Tucker went to the Democratic Convention, while our more conservative colleague Jim Wooten went to the Republican Convention.

http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/bookman/entries/2008/09/06/on_this_peaceful_pleasant_atla.html#comments

[mitchum]

1. I love that woman

[underseasurveyor]

2. I wish 50 people would ambush billo the clown

Stick cameras and mics in his ugly mug and barrage him with leading questions. What a wanker.

[Loki]

3. I think I'd call this harassment.......

which Bill O'Loofa is very familiar with. Man, his dick must be smaller than a pencil stub without the eraser.

[Fluffdaddy]

4. Bastard

[crickets]

5. Good for her.

That's you handle the little bullying weasels. :thumbsup:

[NashVegas]

6. Good For Her!

[tannybogus]

7. Did Bristol Palin get pregnant while she was supervised????

Bill-O need to tell us what he knows!

"We'll do it live!!!!" :evilgrin:

[Lex]

8. Someone's going to pop a cap one day.

Ambushing people at their homes. Not smart.

[TlalocW]

9. It bothers me that they apparently both mis-used inferred

When I think they meant implied. But then I'm funny like that.

TlalocW

[petronius]

14. Tucker used it correctly - both words would fit in her statement, although

the meaning of the sentence would change. She inferred from O'Reilly's statements that he is a hypocrite, and she implied it in her column (actually, although I didn't read what she wrote, I'd bet she did more than imply)...

[Kolesar]

10. Cynthia Tucker column is on Yahoo

Like most of Tucker's columns, it is a good read:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucas/20080903/cm_ucas/concerncareforpalinsteenshouldextendtoall

[chelaque liberal]

11. I would like to see Jon Stewart use this, or Rachel.

[SpiralHawk]

12. O'reilly = Chickenhawk republicon propagandist bully

What a coward -- sending three goons to try and avenge his ego, wounded only by his own hypocrisy.

[janet118]

13. Very cool lady

Bet we won't see that on Billo's show. Bill and his Repug friends are a bunch of bullies and thugs. Cynthia stood up to them with grace and intelligence.

[BronxBoy]

15. Utter Bullshit.....

The Repubs never bothered to appear at our events

[CatWoman]

17. HEY BB

:hi:

long time no see :)

[Uncle Joe]

16. Bill O'reighley is a hypocrite, on the other hand,

he likes loofa sponges so he has that going for him.

[Change or Revolution]

18. Spineless Bill O'Reilly...

...I hear he has a Black Belt in White Trash!

Not surprised in his behavior...pathetic, he is.

For the record...I went to a Christmas party once and two gentlemen there were camera crew for Faux Network. They'd both worked in filming O'Reilly AND his whiny little cohort, Shepard Smith...

I got talking to them and they both described O'Reilly and Smith as self-centered, egotistical pieces of shiat to work with. Demanding, disrespectful, intolerant...hey, sounds like Repugs to me!

Peace.

PS I'm new here...I have to add my voice of displeasure for the McPalin ticket. God HELP AmeriKa...jeesh.

[CatWoman]

20. welcome to DU, Change

:)

:hi:

your voice is music to my ears :)

[MnFats]

19. this is how it's going to be from now on. isn't it? Bullies in the streets...

..harrassing anyone moderate or slightly to left of center to strike fear and shut them up.
The Bush Adm will tutor this bunch and if they win, there will be no limit to their attempts to crush all dissent.

[DCKit]

21. What did these morans hope to gain from this confrontation?

It's got to be projection - that they ass-you-me'd she is as stupid and cowardly as they are and would fold under pressure. Hopefully, she spent some time this afternoon filing both a complaint and a restraining order.

The propaganda arm of the Republic party is desperate to remain relevant. It's up to U.S. to make sure they don't.

[Berry Cool]

22. Cynthia did well, but she would have done better to take a tip from Keith Olbermann

in how to handle Billo the Clown's Fixed Noise stalker ambush crew:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nFZ0VAmaDw

Merely mentioning the words "loofah," "falafel" or "Andrea Mackris" in your reply to their questions is sufficient to make your camera-toting tormentors vanish quickly.