Posted on 05/31/2009 7:20:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The Fox News star had compared Tiller to a Nazi, called him a "baby killer," and warned of "Judgment Day" |
When his show airs tomorrow, Bill O'Reilly will most certainly decry the death of Kansas doctor George Tiller, who was killed Sunday while attending church services with his wife. Tiller, O'Reilly will say, was a man who was guilty of barbaric acts, but a civilized society does not resort to lawless murder, even against its worst members. And O'Reilly, we can assume, will genuinely mean this.
But there's no other person who bears as much responsibility for the characterization of Tiller as a savage on the loose, killing babies willy-nilly thanks to the collusion of would-be sophisticated cultural elites, a bought-and-paid-for governor and scofflaw secular journalists. Tiller's name first appeared on "The Factor" on Feb. 25, 2005. Since then, O'Reilly and his guest hosts have brought up the doctor on 28 more episodes, including as recently as April 27 of this year. Almost invariably, Tiller is described as "Tiller the Baby Killer."
Tiller, O'Reilly likes to say, "destroys fetuses for just about any reason right up until the birth date for $5,000." He's guilty of "Nazi stuff," said O'Reilly on June 8, 2005; a moral equivalent to NAMBLA and al-Qaida, he suggested on March 15, 2006. "This is the kind of stuff happened in Mao's China, Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Soviet Union," said O'Reilly on Nov. 9, 2006.
O'Reilly has also frequently linked Tiller to his longtime obsession, child molestation and rape. Because a young teenager who received an abortion from Tiller could, by definition, have been a victim of statutory rape, O'Reilly frequently suggested that the clinic was covering up for child rapists (rather than teenage boyfriends) by refusing to release records on the abortions performed.
When Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline, an O'Reilly favorite who faced harsh criticism for seeking Tiller's records, was facing electoral defeat by challenger Paul Morrison, O'Reilly said, "Now we don't endorse candidates here, but obviously, that would be a colossal mistake. Society must afford some protection for viable babies and children who are raped." (Morrison ultimately unseated Kline.)
This is where O'Reilly's campaign against George Tiller becomes dangerous. While he never advocated anything violent or illegal, the Fox bully repeatedly portrayed the doctor as a murderer on the loose, allowed to do whatever he wanted by corrupt and decadent authorities. "Also, it looks like Dr. Tiller, who some call Tiller the Baby Killer, is spending a large amount of money in order to get Mr. Morrison elected. That opens up all kinds of questions," said O'Reilly on Nov. 6, 2006, in one of many suggestions that Tiller was improperly influencing the election.
Tiller's excuses for performing late-term abortions, O'Reilly suggested, were frou-frou, New Age, false ailments: The woman might have a headache or anxiety, or have been dumped by her boyfriend. She might be "depressed," scoffed O'Reilly, which he dismissed as "feeling a bit blue and carr[ying] a certified check." There was, he proposed on Jan. 5, 2007, a kind of elite conspiracy of silence on Tiller. "Yes, OK, but we know about the press. But it becomes a much more intense problem when you have a judge, confronted with evidence of criminal wrongdoing, who throws it out on some technicality because he wants to be liked at the country club. Then it's intense."
Tiller, said O'Reilly on Jan. 6 of this year, was a major supporter of then-Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. "I think it's unfairly characterized as just a grip and grin relationship. He was a pretty big supporter of hers." She had cashed her campaign check from Tiller, "doesn't seem to be real upset about this guy operating a death mill, which is exactly what it is in her state, does she?" he asked on July 14 of last year. "Maybe she'll -- maybe she'll pardon him," he scoffed two months ago.
Exactly, if anything it makes this author look like the evil one.
This is no ‘disaster’ for our side. It was one lone nut. What does it have to do with the arguments for or against abortion?
Every time the left wing media wants to place blame like this, I can’t help but think back to the Rodney King tape airings and subsequent riots.
O’Reilly’s fault!!!!!!!!!
The only person to blame for the murder of Tiller was the person who pulled the trigger.
Is there any doubt why odumbo jumped out in front of the story today? He framed the issue for his orgasmic worshippers in the media.
I am interested in how this plays out in terms of the left trying to take down BOR.
That is a lovely sentiment. I am living in the world as it is, rather than as it should be. And BO’s brownshirts will be all over this. Has everyone forgotten who is in power now, at every level?
Can you not understand how they will use this incident? So what if the shooter was acting alone? Why would the facts be relevant to the MSM or the current administration, or congress or courts?
Wake up!
This is a genuine disaster.
O’Reilly sucks. I can’t stand the guy most of the time. But I have no problem with what he did on Tiller. If your name is Tiller and your a abortion doctor you should expect people to call you Tiller The Baby Killer. That is just what happened here. And it isn’t Bill’s fault Tiller did so many abortions and got people mad at him.
And lets just say O’Reilly never said one word about Tiller. Anti abortion people would still know who he was and where he operated out of. Don’t they protest outside of abortion clinics all the time? Also I knew who he was and abortion isn’t a big issue for me and I never heard O’Reilly say anything about him. That is just how well known he had become. I just don’t see how anyone could blame O’Reilly for his death since Tiller had become so infamous. And even if he wasn’t, like I said, strongly anti-abortion people would have known who and where he was.
Actually, this is only the second thread I’ve come to with it. Another poster saw the comment on the video by this person warning that Tiller’s murderer is a con man.
I had seen it too. We are kind of brainstorming on another thread. It’s very odd to me that this poster was warning three weeks ago, then Scott Roeder kills Tiller today.
I’m hoping one of the FReepers is smarter than me and can figure it out.
And yes, it started with a Yahoo search.
Yeah, the orders to attack the entirety of the pro-Life movement filtered down through the hive right away.
Wonder if they had this article in the barrel as soon as something like this happened to Tiller? Kind of like how the mainstream media has those stories in the can right before a famous person dies.
WHAT A LOAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So?
Was everyone to ignore what the man was doing?
Why? So that murder could be done discreetly?
Why?
Not the first arrest for Tiller's Killer?
It looks like he had a bomb component conviction from 1996 among other activities. He was looking to make a statement.
Who knows where he stands but Tiller was known as a late-term abortion guy. Even some people in favor of abortions don't want that.
Good point. The hypocrisy never ends.
Thanks. I was just trying to track back the posts to understand what you guys were talking about. Obama,the dems and the corrupt media sure seem coordinated in their ‘response’ to this whole thing. It does seem a bit suspicious.
This is not good. I think there is a good chance this murder will spark more violence ... perhaps against a pro-Life protester.
I hope I’m wrong.
Well for O’Reilly is right on this, but I won’t be standing up for him. He called us on FR “a hate site” so he can watch his own back.
I'm awake. Stop being a wimp. Gird you loins. Man up.
My point is that it has nothing whatsoever to do with the intellectual and moral arguments against abortion. I just don’t want to fall into the liberal trap. They would rather make this issue about ‘right wing nuts’, because they cannot win the abortion debate with the American people.
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