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Clash of the Titans: Liddy Takes Aim at O'Reilly
Talon News ^
| 4/5/2004
| Jeff Gannon
Posted on 04/05/2004 4:08:00 PM PDT by ConservativeMajority
WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- Last week, radio talk show host G. Gordon Liddy told Paul Begala and Tucker Carlson of CNN's Crossfire that he would like "a shot at Bill O'Reilly," after he was asked what conservative would he most like to take on during the 'rapid fire' segment of the show.
This came a day after Liddy appeared on Deborah Norville Tonight and said, "O'Reilly is an embarrassment to our side," answering questions regarding O'Reilly's style on radio and television.
Liddy's remarks were made during interviews with the veteran host alongside Al Franken, a host of the new liberal network, Air America. In a reference to a confrontation last year at a book fair between O'Reilly and Franken, he said, "O'Reilly is no good at radio and part of that reason is because his most nuanced response to a complex question is "SHUT UP."
During the live CNN broadcast, O'Reilly's television producer reportedly contacted Liddy's publicist and requested that he be on Friday's show to discuss his comments but only if he apologized.
Liddy responded, "Tell Bill to pound sand, I'm not apologizing for anything."
O'Reilly's producer subsequently withdrew the offer to appear, according to sources.
Liddy summed up the controversy saying, "Bill did what all bullies do, he ran when someone stood up to him. I found this to be true of bullies as a child and I found it to be true in prison."
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: catfight; egovsego; franken; liddy; oblowhard; oreilly; potkettleblack; talkradio
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To: ConservativeMajority
Can O'Reilly really be considered a true conservative?
2
posted on
04/05/2004 4:09:57 PM PDT
by
ECM
To: ConservativeMajority
O'Reilly is not smart enough to deal with complex issues. In fact he often can't figure out the simple ones.
To: ConservativeMajority
G had better watch out...first rule of holes - if you're in one with the bosses at the syndicator, you'd better quit digging...
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posted on
04/05/2004 4:11:34 PM PDT
by
Keith in Iowa
(Democrats are the real asses of evil.)
To: ECM
Only if you accept the media definition of a conservative as anyone who doesn't spout DNC talking points.
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posted on
04/05/2004 4:11:40 PM PDT
by
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posted on
04/05/2004 4:12:49 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
(Why vote for Bush? Imagine Commander in Chief John F’in al-Qerry)
To: ConservativeMajority
Only allow Liddy to appear on the Factor if he
apologized?
C'mon, Bill, show a little of that "toughness" you like to reference from time to time and roll out the red carpet for Liddy.
Apologize? Is he serious?
To: ConservativeMajority
"O'Reilly is an embarrassment to our side," Where did he get that Bill was on our side? He thinks it's somehow a great virtue to sit UP on the fence to show he is abve all the other pundits. You know the old saying of what is found in the middle of the road.
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posted on
04/05/2004 4:13:28 PM PDT
by
Mark
(Treason doth never prosper, for if it prosper, NONE DARE CALL IT TREASON.)
To: ConservativeMajority
A philanderer at odds with a blowhard.
How precious!
To: ECM
Can O'Reilly really be considered a true conservative? He's only denied being a conservative about a hundred times. He's simply painted that way by the ultra far-left nutjobs.
11
posted on
04/05/2004 4:13:43 PM PDT
by
jpl
("I actually voted for the $87 billion before I voted against it." - John Kerry)
To: ECM
I feel pretty Oh so pretty
I feel pretty and witty and gay.
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posted on
04/05/2004 4:14:35 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: ConservativeMajority
"Bill did what all bullies do, he ran when someone stood up to him."
How true.
Go Liddy!!!
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posted on
04/05/2004 4:14:38 PM PDT
by
dinok
To: ConservativeMajority
"Bill did what all bullies do, he ran when someone stood up to him."
How true.
Go Liddy!!!
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posted on
04/05/2004 4:14:39 PM PDT
by
dinok
To: ConservativeMajority
Forgot to add- I listen to him, sometimes screaming at him, other times agree with him.
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posted on
04/05/2004 4:15:55 PM PDT
by
Mark
(Treason doth never prosper, for if it prosper, NONE DARE CALL IT TREASON.)
To: ConservativeMajority
"Clash of the Titans"?
Doesn't take much to be called a Titan nowadays does it? One has-been, one never-was.
Sheesh
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posted on
04/05/2004 4:16:14 PM PDT
by
birbear
(I'll take Things Nobody Knows for $300, please, Alex.)
To: ECM
O'Reilly has never, to my knowledge, claimed to be a conservative. And he's probably right, since he seems to have a lot of enemies among conservatives. But his refusal to be a party-line liberal also makes THEM hate him. He is pompous and often fails to do his homework, but I appreciate his independence.
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posted on
04/05/2004 4:17:29 PM PDT
by
Steve_Seattle
("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
To: billorites
God Helps us all.
18
posted on
04/05/2004 4:18:12 PM PDT
by
dinok
To: ECM
Can O'Reilly really be considered a true conservative?
Hell No, he is an independent, who told you he was Conservative?
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posted on
04/05/2004 4:19:33 PM PDT
by
cmsgop
(For Gosh Sake MCI, NO MORE JAMES TAYLOR !!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: billorites
Man, I could have gone all day without seeing that...
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posted on
04/05/2004 4:19:44 PM PDT
by
AzSteven
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