Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Bill O'Reilly Wants You....To Shut Up!
This is a hilarious piece from Slate.com demonstrating "average guy" O'Reilly's severely thin skin.
After almost 30 examples of O'Reilly using the H-bomb of argumentative devices...
"And it is our duty as loyal Americans to shut up once the fighting begins, unless—unless facts prove the operation wrong, as was the case in Vietnam." —Feb. 27, 2003
"I'm going to give you a plug, so shut up for a minute, Dick [Morris]. Here we go. You've got the State of the Union address coming up."—Jan. 27, 2000
...O'Reilly bullshits himself and his viewers one more time for posterity:
A Viewer Protests the Treatment of McGough
"Paula Evans, Winston-Salem, N.C. [writes]: 'Bill, if you are so concerned about public figures being bad role models for children, please stop interrupting your guests and telling them to shut up!' "
"Well, the 'shut up' line has happened only once in six years, Ms. Evans..."
—Nov. 15, 2002
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