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O'Reilly bugs me, too. He's self-congratulating and pompous. He seems hell bent on hanging onto that 'independent' tag. It's annoying, admittedly. And he's made some excuses for the democrats to be sure. But he's cut the Bush administration quite a bit of slack as well, which is better than most MOR commentators. And he's a tough SOB when he gets his ire up. He delivers some very interesting perspectives on issues, misses some interesting perspectives, but always pays attention to the B.S. I scream at him through my TV, too...but he IS entertaining.

Well said. I always try to 'tune in' but sometimes I have to 'tune out'.

The universal thing that really turns me off to O'Reily (and this is the same thing that makes me tune out to Savage) is when they lose control. When you lose control in a debate with someone, you are ceding that control to them and they master the debate.

Take by contrast Zell Miller. He can be very intense, but still keeps his wits about him. He masters and marshals his passions instead of letting his passions master him.

It's a little bit like horsemanship I guess we might say on the farm.