"O'Reilly is trying to make the case that Kerry lost because the public never got a chance to get to know him"
Kerry lost because the public DID get a chance to know him, and that's why he lost!
Maybe I didn't phrase my post as well as I should have. My point is that in O'Reilly's world HE is the reason that President Bush won reelection; and that if only Kerry had agreed to appear on HIS program, he may have had a chance.