"One man's Voltaire is another man's Screech. "
~ Dennis Miller ~
Posted on 09/09/2009 9:03:05 PM PDT by Justaham
The good folks at Fox News must have known that many conservatives were going to need some comic relief after watching the President's healthcare address Wednesday.
As a result, they wisely stuck with the normal schedule, and invited comedian Dennis Miller to join Bill O'Reilly in a post-address chit chat.
When the topic moved to Glenn Beck and Van Jones, Miller did what he does best (video embedded below the fold with partial transcript, relevant section at 5:05):
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I liked that he disagreed that Obama is even entirely honest with himself. He made the very good point that we all self-delude to one extent or another and it is mainly our friends who puncture our self-importance that are so valuable to us.
Looks like Obama has no friends.
Sure wish BOR would stop bending over backward for Obama.
I only know a little bit about Bastardi. And what he said tonight was based on data I have seen (i.e., temperatures are moderating). So maybe Joe has seen new data.
My main point is BOR is sometimes so lame on things - oil speculators come to mind - that he drives people to distraction. Other than that I think he does society a good service when he goes after dirt bags and sleazeballs like Barney Frank.
i have always gotten the impression that BOR give people the benefit of the doubt until all doubt is removed. evidently doubt still exists for him. he is not wholly convinced that oblabo is a poisonous pile of lying marxist frog poop, and so he figures it is some sort of idealistic naivete that drives the man. one day billy will wake up and smell the frog poop. until then i must admire his determination to expose those who have proven to be beyond a shadow of doubt with mr. oreilly.
“I think he does society a good service when he goes after dirt bags and sleazeballs like Barney Frank.”
But he loses cred when he plays the middle ground and I think the basic contradiction of this is that the reason that he plays the middle ground is to establish cred.
It’s a net loss, I don’t pay much attention to O’Reilly, but I like Miller. I think he’s on target most of the time.
I agree with you that O’Reilly has done some good by exposing corrupt judges, for example, and in using his bully pulpit to force changes (such as laws that better protect kids). His biggest flaw by far is his huge EGO that is supported by the successful books and ratings that probably encourage him to think he’s infallible or at least right enough most of the time that he can foist whatever opinions he has onto his audience as fact. The birth certificate issue is a case in point - he’s said numerous times that “The Factor has investigated” and found all claims to be “bogus”. Period, end of story, according to BOR. He never answers the specific questions, never provides any details, just slams the gavel down and pronounces it a done-deal, because it’s “bogus”.
If anyone else did this, he’d rip them a new one in his “no spin zone” but he’s just as guilty yet the ego prevents him from rising above the high-water mark for journalistic integrity he set at Entertainment Tonight.
“i have always gotten the impression that BOR give people the benefit of the doubt”
I give Barack the benefit of the doubt, he may not have had a chance to review his speech until it was rolled up the teleprompter for him.
Still don’t trust Miller or O’Reilly . . . both opportunists who decided they could make a buck by pretending to be conservatives. I’ll never forget the obscene things Miller said when Reagan and Bush’s father were in office.
Hey, now!
"One man's Voltaire is another man's Screech. "
~ Dennis Miller ~
-PJ
bttt
my apologies ma’am. i meant no disrespect to our amphibian friends and humbly beg you pardon if you were in any way offended by this analogy. ;)
Hrmph!
;)
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