Will O'Reilly finally wise up about Michael Schiavo?

churchillbuff/oreilly ^ | Ap 2 05 | churchillbuff

[churchillbuff]

Yesterday on the radio, Bill O'Reilly said that if Michael Schiavo doesn't allow the Schindler family to have a funeral for Terri WITH HER BODY PRESENT, then O'Reilly will see Michael as a "villain."

This is a little late for O'Reilly, who's been walking a middle line throughout the Schiavo ordeal. In my opinion, he certainly wasn't "looking out for" this woman as the fight was on to keep her from being deliberately starved to death. And he's also said that Greer passes the smell test.

I don't get O'Reilly - - - sometimes he can recognize corruption and evil, and he'll go after it like a pit bull (ACLU, for example), but here he basically yawned while the deliberate starving of a disabled woman was perpetrated.

[digger48]

no

[marvlus]

O'Reilly just sees it different than you do. That doesn't make him or you a bad person.

[BlackElk]

O'Reilly is actually easy to figure out. His militant moderate pose is a marketing gimmick. He seems to check the public opinion polls to find out what is majoritarian so that he may believe and cheerlead accordingly. He wants to know what the public thinks so that he jog in that direction as fast as he can so that he can "lead" the folks. He is as phony as the Arkansas Antichrist. He can be appealing when the polls go our way and impenetrable when they do not. Bear in mind he used to work for SeeBS News. That loyalty led him to defend Dan Rather (a rare instance of opposing public opinion).

[Founding Father]

O'Reilly? Isn't that an old worn bar in the bad part of town that serves warm, watered down beer?

[Bahbah]

if Michael Schiavo doesn't allow the Schindler family to have a funeral for Terri WITH HER BODY PRESENT, then O'Reilly will see Michael as a "villain."

Better late than never. Perhaps it will open his eyes to some of the other nefarious critters who slink around in this travesty, like, for example, Greer.

[freecopper01]

He is what is called in the Catholic world, a Cafeteria Catholic.

He picks and chooses what he accepts as fundamental Truths.

He only got upset when MS appears (actually is) to deny the ritual of the burial required in the Catholic Church.

The murder of the girl is of no consequence to him because MS was her 'lega' husband. This is despite the fact he clearly violated his duties as a husband according to the Catholic Church's teachings.

Hence, Cafeteria Catholic.

[conservlib]

O'Reilly just sees it different than you do. That doesn't make him or you a bad person

No! No! "The part line is Schiavo's husband is bad"! We all should repeat together: SCHIAVO HUSBAD IS BAD SCHIAVO HUSBAND IS BAD!

[Bahbah]

That loyalty led him to defend Dan Rather (a rare instance of opposing public opinion).

In addition to CBS being a former employer, O'Reilly is cognizant of the need to keep the powerful in the MSM at least somewhat on his side, or at least to back off going after him.

[BellStar]

He may have a little different prospective on the committed husband thing. This could turn his head.
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/johansen200503160848.asp
Terri’s [PVS] diagnosis was arrived at without the benefit of testing that most neurologists would consider standard for diagnosing PVS. One such test is MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging). MRI is widely used today, even for ailments as simple as knee injuries — but Terri has never had one. Michael has repeatedly refused to consent to one. The neurologists I have spoken to have reacted with shock upon learning this fact. One such neurologist is Dr. Peter Morin. He is a researcher specializing in degenerative brain diseases, and has both an M.D. and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Boston University.

In the course of my conversation with Dr. Morin, he made reference to the standard use of MRI and PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scans to diagnose the extent of brain injuries. He seemed to assume that these had been done for Terri. I stopped him and told him that these tests have never been done for her; that Michael had refused them.

There was a moment of dead silence.

“That’s criminal,” he said, and then asked, in a tone of utter incredulity: “How can he continue as guardian? People are deliberating over this woman’s life and death and there’s been no MRI or PET?” He drew a reasonable conclusion: “These people [Michael Schiavo, George Felos, and Judge Greer] don’t want the information.” Dr. Morin explained that he would feel obligated to obtain the information in these tests before making a diagnosis with life and death consequences. . . .

. . .Other neurologists have concurred with Dr. Morin’s opinion. Dr. Thomas Zabiega, who trained at the University of Chicago, said, “Any neurologist who is objective would say ‘Yes’” to the question, “Should Terri be given an MRI?”

from: CYN

[GarySpFc]

I was really turned off to the blovator (sp?) when he stated, "All the doctors agree Terri Schiavo is PVS." That is a bald-faced lie.

[JennysCool]

Rush made a very good point when he said many people who also have made the decision to let a loved one die feel a lot of guilt and don't want to believe it was a selfish act on their part, so they have taken Michael's side.

Unfortunately, Michael appears more and more to be not exactly the poster boy for this issue.

I don't know if O'Reilly falls into this camp or not.

[churchillbuff]

Rush made a very good point when he said many people who also have made the decision to let a loved one die feel a lot of guilt and don't want to believe it was a selfish act """

I didn't hear Rush say this, but I've had the same intuition. You hear talk-show callers starting out, "I had to make a decision ... . " then you know that they pulled the feeding tube on a relative. invariably, callers who start out with that statement end up saying supporting words about Michael. It's like abortion - the more people who have abortion or whose girlfriend gets one, the more people are invested in defending the practice.

[kingattax]

Will O'Reilly finally wise up about Michael Schiavo?"

More to the point: Will O'Reilly finally wise up about ANYTHING?

[churchillbuff]

I DID hear Rush say that he had counseled his mother against pulling the feeding tube on his grandmother. Said something like, Do you want to live with having killed your mother?

[sinkspur]

Another vanity from TLBSHOW junior.

[bray]

Cafeteria Catholic?? This guy believes that all good people go to heaven, whether your Christian, Bhuddist or Atheist. Talk about your Cafeteria! He is a fiscal Conservative about HIS taxes and a Social Liberal who dreams of being in the NYC in crowd.

Pray for W and Our Troops

[Afronaut]

O'Reilly is an entertainer. He entertains with the a position in an argument. He would and could have lost a big piece of vewiers with an opinion on Schiavo. Face it, he is a song and dance man nothing more.

[Sloth]

O'Reilly just sees it different than you do. That doesn't make him or you a bad person.

There are many other things that make O'Reilly a bad person.

[MrDem]

O'Reilly is actually easy to figure out. His militant moderate pose is a marketing gimmick.

BINGO! That's why I disrespect him quite a bit. No soul or convictions just selling out for ratings.