Posted on 07/24/2011 9:39:56 PM PDT by Absolutely Nobama
Recently, Poop-ulist Bill O'Reilly had this to say on the O'Reilly Factor:
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"From the beginning I have supported the Tea Party because I believe it empowers individual Americans, which is always a good thing. Also, the Tea Party wants fiscal responsibility and a smaller federal government. Again, those are good things as well.
But now the Tea Party has come to a crossroads. Some of its members simply do not want to raise the debt ceiling, and that could be catastrophic. Thursday, Standard and Poor's met with Republicans in the House to tell them there is a 50/50 chance America's Triple A bond rating will be cut if no debt compromise is reached.
The goal of any legislation should be to strengthen the country. And there is a way to raise the national debt ceiling while at the same time drastically cutting federal spending and reforming the unfair tax code. If America starts to spend responsibly the national debt will come down and there will be no need to ever raise the debt ceiling again.
So the Tea Party people should reassess the issue. I mean, when you have a senator like Tom Coburn, a very staunch conservative and fiscal hawk, when you have him willing to compromise, you have to take notice. In addition, the Tea Party should be looking out for itself.
Remember, the Yippie Movement in the 1960's. At one point it had some power and influence, but it blew up because it was fanatical. And Americans turned away.
Right now, 19 percent of registered voters consider themselves part of the Tea Party Movement, according to a Fox News survey. That includes 25 percent Republicans, 13 percent independents and six percent Democrats. But 19 percent is not enough to carry the day on anything. And if the Tea Party is perceived by most Americans as being unreasonable, it will not grow any larger.
In fact, if a compromise on the debt is not reached, and the economy gets even worse, the Tea Party will be blamed. At this point in history the Tea Party could become a tremendous force for good in the country. But it could also evaporate.
Most Americans do not like extremism in politics. We need a sane compromise and tough economic reform in this country. I hope the Tea Party will be a part of it.
And that's 'The Memo.' "
http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/2011/07/22/bill-oreilly-tea-party-self-destructive#ixzz1T4zy6kXK
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A broken clock is right twice a day.
Bill O'Reilly of Fox News proves that on a nightly basis.
Sometimes, O'Reilly is ridiculously on point with some of the best journalism and commentary you'll see on TV. (Who could possibly forget how O'Reilly blasted Barney Fwank for his role in the 2008 Financial Meltdown ?) However, there are times, like the "Talking Points Memo" above, O'Reilly makes himself look like a fill-in host on MSNBC.
The above "Talking Points Memo" is an example of not thinking through and just bloviating to hear yourself bloviate. The Tea Party isn't being "extreme" about its refusal to allow the debt ceiling to be raised. It's the most common sense approach. The Tea Party is the lone adult sitting at the kid's table at Aunt Hilda's Passover dinner. While everyone at the table is flicking matzoh (this would be the Ignorant Left saying that that the Republicans want to off Granny) at each other while pretending that they're drinking real wine (this would be RINOs like Mitch McConman and Tom Coburn throwing Chairman Obama lifelines), the lone adult at the table is trying keep a semblance of order. (Call me crazy and off my meds, but I don't think allowing a socialist president with a serious spending problem to borrow more money from Red China when you're trillions of dollars in debt is a hot idea.)
It's pretty obvious that Bill O'Reilly doesn't know the difference between a Tupperware party and a Tea Party. The Tea Party can't be measured by polls. There is no one organization that speaks for it. There is no leader. It is the manifestation of decades of anger at a bloated, rogue federal "government" that is becoming more and more fascist by the second. As O'Reilly himself pointed out, not everyone in the Tea Party is a Republican. Not everyone is a Conservative. Some are Democrats who decided not to jump into Lake Commie with Chairman Obama. Some are liberals who feel Obama betrayed or disappointed them. Some are libertarians who couldn't give a hoot about social Conservatism. Some want Socialist Security to be gone, some want to protect it. The point is this: You can't be "extreme" if you don't have a set ideology and you're a cross section of the political, ethnic, and socioeconomic spectrum. (In non-pseudo intellectual pointy-head talk, this means you're the majority, and in most cases, the majority in American politics are not "extreme".
When the clock strikes thirteen at the Nobama Cave, odds are the O'Reilly Factor will be on. Like I said earlier, when O'Reilly is on top of his game, he can't be beat. Whether it stays on past the "Talking Point Memo" will be up to O'Reilly.
There's no reason, for example, for the Office of the President to be on an unlimited budget. Having a little box on the mantle in the Oval Office full of cash for unlimited fuel, pocket money, and bribe money, isn't reasonable. Should some important State occasion arise, the President can ask for additional funds specifically for that purpose. Nor is the sort of budget for the First Lady that now exists. Enough already, we aren't supposed to have royalty and only royalty needs an unlimited supply of rose petals to be strewn in the path of the Emperor It's just insane that the Office of the President can burn through millions upon millions and pretend that any limit is an attempt treat the Executive Branch as less than an equal branch of government.
Bullseye!
A friend of mine sent this email to O’Reilly:
“O’Reilly, for some time I’ve been noticing your decline, but your rude berating of Laura Ingraham really takes the cake. First of all, what makes you think you are qualified to tell the Tea Party anything? The Tea Party has been innovating social change for the last three years, not presiding over the decline of a once-great cable news show, like you have. So you are hardly qualified to pedantically wag your finger at Americans. I guess you stopped “lookin out for the folks” and decided to become a preacher to “the folks.”
In addition, your unabashed kiss-up to Obama over the last two years turns my stomach, as well as most conservatives. Pretty soon you will be the new Bob Scheiffer. A liberal end to your once great contribution to Conservatism is saddening and repulsive. You won’t have me and a lot of other conservatives watching your show. After tonight we’ve decided to turn you off.
In your barrage of verbage with Laura Ingraham, you failed to grok the most important reason for the Tea Party’s “extremism.” Conservatives and Tea Partiers are smarter than you think. We instinctively understand that anything sent to Washington immediately gets watered down and moderated. In order to end up with any sort of acceptable solution, we have to start extreme, get it? It doesn’t mean we are idiots who think we are going to block the debt ceiling from being raised, we know its eventually going to get raised. But the Democrats have managed to define “balanced” as including tax increases. We are seeking to redefine the “middle” in American life. For that, you have to start off with an extreme position. Its a valid tactic that you have mistaken for bumpkinry.
Wise up! Your audience dislikes you. Much like a congressperson, you have forgotten who pays your salary.”
http://www.ihatethemedia.com/limbaugh-compares-oreilly-to-ted-baxter
You have my vote in 2012.
Seriously.
If America starts to spend responsibly the national debt will come down and there will be no need to ever raise the debt ceiling again.
If America starts to spend responsibly?? You stupid fool. That should have been IF THE OBAMA ADMIN SPENDS RESPONSIBLY!!
We Americans for the most part spend what we have in our accounts to spend after the gov rips us off for a good part of it. They max out their creditcard and have the gall to ask that their limit be raised so Howdy Doody can max it out again and again. ENOUGH! If I can balance my account, then the politicians had better learn how to balance theirs before they find themselves in the unemployment line with the rest of the Americans they’ve screwed.
It looks like the 8PMer sat on a tack! Priceless!
I take it this letter didn’t end up on the air......
Your friend is right on.
He didn’t want to be called a racist. Bad for the Q rating....
Which one is Ted ?
The only way we’ll see responsible spending is with a Balanced Budget Amendment.
I think Ted is....er......the one on the left?....LOL
The problem is that these politicians don’t know the meaning of balanced. They have CCB, they need to put it forward and fight for what they believe in, not be spineless and run when the going gets tough or Mr Doody has a temper tantrum.
laaura ingram needs to tell bor to screw off after the way he treated her when she was on there last week
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU6DL8el6gA
i think bor’s politics follows his pocketbook - i think he lost money when lehman brothers went under and it traumatized him - he is panicked about raising the budget ceiling because of his investments
I do not understand why this national discussion is even taking place. Last week the Liberal in Chief promised $30 BILLION to Libya......WHILE WE DEFAULT???? This at the same time he was talking about granny not getting her SS check and the military not being paid?
All the foreign aid continues WHILE WE DEFAULT????
OBAMACARE and Govt. funded studies (99% of all of them) like the one to determine the average length of a homosexual’s erection continue WHILE WE DEFAULT????
I’m sorry but people are idiots if they can even THINK about raising taxes or debt limits while that stupidity continues.
This jackassery is WHY we are about to default! Is that so hard for even many on the right to understand? Eliminate it and the problem goes away.
Someone send me to DC for a term...Please.
Bill O supports the TEA Party like he supported the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.
That’s a fact, Jack.
After his tirade against the TEA Party, he interrupted his vaca to phone in his support for the TEA Party.
His phone lines and email must have resembled the wicked witch after she’d been doused with water.
O’Really also mistates the purpose of the Tea Party. It is not just interested in the GOP’s spending trim gamesmanship. It is obvious to any one who has watched the government, all that is cut today, will just be spent somewhere else tomorrow. The government never shrinks in power.
The Tea Party is interested in constitutional reform so that Federal socialism is once again illegal and impossible to achieve in the US and the people are restored all their individual rights and freedoms.
And he does it all in order to impress the left who wouldn’t spit on him if he was on fire.
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