O'Reilly's Recent Pro-Kerry Stance Related To Lawsuit?

[hawaiian]

Very astute observation. I think you're right on.

[Wild4Bush]

I am sure he will SPIN this one.

[mict42]

The first sign to me was when he wouldn't give the swift boat vets the time of day. He totally dissed them. Sorry for the current vernacular, dissed, but you all know what I mean. Fair and balanced he was not. He was insulted that anybody would attack a man's character. I boded of things to come as far as I'm concerned.

[jporcus]

As much as I like O'Reilly, I think you may be right on this.

[RetiredArmy]

Let's face it, if this were Hannity or Rush, the roar would be deafening.

Rush would just turn his transmitter off! He wouldn't hear a thing!!!!

[JFC]

O man lost me a long time ago. He is looking out for him and him only, and to be honest I believe these stmts. It now makes me happy he says he is not a REPUBLICAN.

[Mamzelle]

O'Reilly's rise to the top was so swift it gave him the bends. I truly do not think many of us could come out of a success like his with our brains intact. Money and celebrity can make idiots of us all.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

11th hour accusations from a former employee who asked to come back to work for the alleged abuser.

Try not to take so much pleasure in this. This is such an obvious set-up. Anita Hill, Redux.

[rushmom]

All of Fox has been moving left.

[TFine80]

Remember how he said a Rather, a Brokaw, an O'Reilly would never use forged docs because it would kill their career.

Maybe he was conciously or sub-conciously insulating himself against this charge, implying that someone of his rank would never do this. Further, he may have been trying to position himself as a mainstream icon above reproach instead of the right-wing hack the libs try to portray him as.

[boomop1]

He can kiss that idea off.

[Crimson Elephant]

Bill O'Reilly is and always has been nothing but a gimmick artist. Hannity and Rush actually believe what they say, whereas O'Reilly is simply playing a role, much like Stern, Imus et al.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Pretty much my take on it.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I think O's recent actions are more of a suck up to get Kerry on his show. Liberals don't like talking to hosts they consider hostile, only our side does that as they don't have much to hide.

[jmhfnyc]

I thought the same thing. Did you read the complaint on www.thesmokinggun.com ? As I read it, I thought at first that maybe he was just drunk and that she was just exagerating. However, further into the complaint, she quotes a long section on BOR's shower fantasy. This must have come from a tape. I wonder how much she encouraged him, though. For $60M, people would do many strange things. And, as the complaint shows, she was only making about $73,000.

[Bahbah]

"Remember how he said a Rather, a Brokaw, an O'Reilly would never use forged docs because it would kill their career."

Other than cause Rather a few sweaty moments, I can't see how he's been harmed (unfortuately IMHO).

[confederate66]

I'll be glad when Mr. O is gone from Fox. He has been leaning left just to make himself look better for years. That's the main reason I stopped watching him a long time ago. I call him the "Fence Rider" of Fox. And I believe he did make the phone sex calls. I bet she's got it on tape.

[CometBaby]

The same thing occurred to me. He has seemed to be sucking up .. and this would certainly be a good reason.

What I think is a more interesting point, is after reading the "he said" and "she said" documents posted at Drudge .. I notice that O'Reilly hasn't made a denial.

There are the claims of extortion .. but I didn't see a denial. Could be she taped the convo's.