Posted on 09/01/2008 9:05:18 PM PDT by Libloather
Bill is not showing positive response for Sarah Palin. I did not agree with what he had to say tonight at all. I agreed with Morris on this one. I don’t think Bill understands Main Street America.
Bill is an idiot. I haven’t regularly watched him since about 2001, and that’s because my ex-husband liked the torture.
what did he have to say? i simply cannot stomach FoxNews any longer...
He basically said that the left is basically digging themselves into a hole with this issue. His view is that the longer the left continues down this path, the more sympathetic parents will be toward the Palin’s.
I agree with your view of Dick Morris’ view. Sarah is more mainstream than the Demos realize.
Isn’t she just one of those misguided folks clinging to her guns and religion?
(according to the anointed one?)
O’Reilly takes himself far too seriously.
He holds himself in such high regard. Every night he acts as if Obama hasn’t passed some sort of presidential test by not appearing on his program, and sometimes seems to even whine about it.
I enjoyed watching O’Reilly seven years ago. Now, he’s just annoying to me.
Today’s column on Morris’ site www.vote.com
PALIN DESIGNATION NULLIFIES OBAMA BOUNCE
By Dick Morris
09.1.2008
It is incredible, but the designation of Sarah Palin as McCain’s running mate seems to have totally obliterated Obama’s bounce from his convention and after his magnificent speech. Zogby actually has McCain two ahead and Rasmussen’s Friday only data shows Obama only three up! This confirms what we have suspected — that the linkage of McCain and Bush was the weak link in Obama’s convention. By showing how different he is and by taking the step of choosing an independent, outspoken, gutsy, reformist candidate like Palin as vice president, McCain has shown how much he is the un-Bush. Bush chose Cheney. McCain chose Palin. That, apparently, says it all.
Palin, who I know personally, is articulate and very bright. She has courage and defied the entire corrupt Republican establishment in Alaska, causing the resignation of the State Party Chairman, the Attorney General, and the defeat, in a Republican primary, of the Governor (whose daughter is the Senator). She is very impressive up close and has a freshness and newness in her perspective that reminds one of a cold, bracing, clear Alaskan wind!
I had expected that Obama’s bounce would be nullified after an entire week of the Republican convention. But now its happened in one day! In fact, we will never know how big Obama’s bounce was since his speech was late on Thursday and Palin was appointed during the day on Friday, so no evening polling was possible in between. My guess is that had there been a poll on Friday and Palin not chosen until Saturday, it would have recorded a 10-15 point Obama bounce. But that is gone with the wind!
This gigantic shift in voter support puts the postponement of the opening days of the Republcan Convention into a new perspective. If the hurricane turns out to be manageable and New Orleans does not, in Obama’s words, “drown,” it will be as effective for McCain as a good first day or two of a convention. How dramatic that the very location where Bush’s reputation fell apart could be the place for a Republican comeback. Granted Gustav is a smaller storm than Katrina, but the reinforced levies and more comprehensive evacuation plans highlight the difference three years and a lot of lessons learned have made.
Bill O’luffah is a typical bloviator cut from a Ted Baxter mold....only Baxter was entertaining.
Has Obama appeared on his show yet?
O’Reilly and Hannity smacked Kos tonight, but failed to rebuke Alan Colmes for accusing Palin of causing her Down Syndrome condition.
Exactly. I thought Fox News generally ignored the fact that one of the perpetrators of the Palin smear job is on their own staff, and is getting away scot free. When he was called on it, his defense was to whine that he was just questioning her judgment exactly the way the Right questions Obama's judgment. 'Conservatives have no right to ask who the Magic One's friends and ministers are' . It's the argument of a third grader.
Not even a mention from Hannity, which is very disappointing to me.
I am just wondering how Rush is taking all of this. What kind of show will we be expecting on Tuesday?
O’Reily is on my personal “beef” list after smearing FR.
If he went back to NY (I don’t think he did BTW) then he should say he painted Olbermann all wrong, as he did the same thing (hid in NYC).
As for his opinion of Sarah, well, have her as a guest, she has more guts then the Obama does she’ll appear.
“and he hasn’t disappointed us since then.”
are you talking about dick morris or bill o? if the former - well, dick has ALL the dirt on the clintons (having been with them for 20 years as an advisor/strategist)and is happy to tell it, often. the guy is VERY smart, albeit cynical (which comes, I guess, from truly understanding high-stakes politics).
” enjoyed watching O’Reilly seven years ago. Now, he’s just annoying to me.”
He still makes me (often) laugh. Don’t think that he doesn’t know what his “schtick” is and that a lot of his “commentaries” aren’t done with humor, but it’s really subtle, even down to his inflection and tone of voice. And his Wed. night spot of Dennis Miller (whom I adore!!!) alone is worth the viewing.
betcha it will be good!
“Has Obama appeared on his show yet?”
hell to the no!!! it’s a regular subject of discussion. this will never happen. b. hussein obama is a true coward. i have to give hillary snaps for at least doing a long interview on bill o - and it was civil on both sides.
I’ve noticed how many Hillaryites have made the trip to Fox News, because they are allowed on to state their case.
The other cable news channels are not fair and balanced, just lopsided towards a biased view.
Bill O’Reilly is a piece of garbage who will say whatever will get him ratings. I repeat, he is an absolute piece of trash and I have no respect for anyone who takes what he says seriously.
O’Reilly has conducted some very valuable interviews in his day. Personally, I wouldn’t trust any candidate that avoids him.
G.W. Bush has in the past refused to answer Helen Thomas questions, dismissing them as not legitimate. And that made him smart if anything, not untrustworthy.
Barack Obama is probably smart not to belly up to the Bill O bar of bluster if he feels that uncomfortable and doesn’t trust ‘the no spin zone’ that always has a spin and agenda to it regardless of the claim in that name.
I don’t like O’Reilly’s belligerence and temper. And I love the way Bill Moyers handled ambush interviews by O’Reilly’s people and got the better of them in videos I watched recently on You Tube.
Newsman should cover the news and not learn Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) technique to better sell their spin on the news as they report it as has been reported to be the case with Fox news. (Also covered in a You Tube video.)
In general, journalistic standards on TV and elsewhere need to be higher then they have been. And Bill O’Reilly has all to often been more a part of the problem then a solution in the mix of things.
It's sad. He should rebuke Colmes immediately; instead, it's shats and giggles as we laugh our way to the next election.
I'm done with Hannity.
“Bill is an idiot.”
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Actually the most profound remark I’ve even found here!
Great to meet you as well.
I missed that Justa and I watched the program maybe it was when I popped into the kitchen for a few minutes how did Colmes accuse Sarah Palin of causing the Down Syndrome with her baby.
He is definitely an idiot. Kind of embarassing, actually.
i am with you, we enjoy him, knowing full well he is a self impressed buffoon. we laugh with him and at him, but he is fun.
snugs, Alan attacked Sarah Palin in his online blog. He had a page up where he said that she displayed poor prenatal care by traveling back to Alaska when her water broke. He said this reflected on her judgment.
When he got a LOT of criticism for it, and people pointed out to him that Downs Syndrome has nothing to do with prenatal care, he took the page down. His pathetic defense for his actions was that he took the page down because right-wing bloggers were being so vicious to him over this, and that he was just questioning Palin’s judgment in the same way that conservatives question Obama’s associations, etc.
Right, Alan. Associating and conspiring with Terrorists, Marxists and America haters = Electing with your doctor’s permission to fly home to have your Downs Syndrome baby. Same difference, totally equivalent issues.
So far as I have heard, Alan hasn’t brought this up on the TV show, hasn’t got the guts, I suppose. In fact H&C seem to be avoiding discussing Sarah Palin and her family issues and the left’s attacks on her at all. Maybe because Colmes is one of the perpetrators. I find Hannity gutless for not confronting him over this.
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Palin has excellent chops as a “Maverick” in her own right. She overturned the corrupt, old boy republican network in Jeaunau. Only unlike McCain, she is a true conservative.
I’ll give him credit for knowing his business. However, when he’s wrong, he’s very wrong.
I still remember him insisting that W. should not have been out stumping for republican candidate in off-year election of ‘02. He claimed that it was undignified and unpresidential. Dubya did not take his advice and campaigned hard and successfully, he had big coattails that year.
O’Reily is still that sleazy little tabloid face man.
OReily is for Oreily and nobody else.
NOT lately, that's for darn sure !
Bill is ultimately a sexist. I’ve seen him in this mode a number of times. He’s also panting and pleading for an Obama interview.
That's a tad harsh. IMO, Bill O'Reilly is simply a loud-mouthed egomaniac who is not nearly as well informed on issues as he thinks he is.
Not harsh at all. He slandered the American soldiers who died in Malmedy by painting them as murderers rather than casualties. He’s a POS.
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