Posted on 07/04/2013 11:17:11 AM PDT by Kaslin
Rush Limbaugh -- the most powerful talk-show host in America -- just rightly called out Fox News for telling him to avoid talking about immigration. Why would the most fair and balanced television news source do this? Are they trying to shy away from a subject which embarrassed their number-one voice?
For those Americans who still don’t understand the one-thousand page “Gang-of-Eight” immigration bill -- and that would be most Members of Congress, most of the Obama administration and virtually all Americans -- it is critically important for them to go back and watch the June 20th airing of The O'Reilly Factor, where radio talk-show host Laura Ingraham absolutely eviscerated host Bill O'Reilly over his misguided support of this highly-flawed and incredibly damaging piece of legislation.
Is that why Fox News would prefer that Mr. Limbaugh not bring up the subject?
With regard to Mr. O'Reilly and Ms. Ingraham, I hold a rare distinction in that I have been banned by both hosts. With regard to Mr. O’Reilly, I was told that it was because I criticized him a number of years ago in a column I wrote on poverty. As for Ms. Ingraham, it goes way back to the days when I was director of communications for former Senator Bob Dole and politely took her to task over the phone for some sophomoric comments she made regarding the senator.
The irony in all this is that I have a huge amount of respect for both personalities -- thin-skin and all. As a conservative, I happen to think Laura Ingraham -- like Mr. Limbaugh and Mark Levin -- is one of the most important voices out there articulating the need for traditional values, the rule of law, and just plain common sense. With regard to Mr. O’Reilly, I believe his voice to be vitally important for the debates of our times and believe that, more often than not, he does come down on the side of what’s best for the vast majority of Americans.
That said, he could not be more wrong on immigration. Worse than that, he could not have looked more foolish or ill-informed on the subject when Ms. Ingraham took him apart piece by piece on his own program. The segment has already gone viral and become a rallying cry for those Americans desperate to insert some sanity into a bill that sells out national security, the rule-of-law, commonsense, and oh, by the way, the millions of legal immigrants to this country who played by the rules, stood in line, waited their turn, and then proudly raised their right hands to become American citizens.
While the segment with Ms. Ingraham and Mr. O’Reilly should be watched in its entirety, one of the most important exchanges has to do with Mr. O’Reilly’s flawed belief that if the GOP does not cave into this embarrassing piece of legislation, that they will lose the Hispanic-American vote forever.
O’REILLY: “If they are indeed going to do what they say they are going to do on the border…and pay for it…if the Republican party is deemed by the Hispanic-voter to be anti-Hispanic…and it will certainly be spun that way…”INGRAHAM: “Well, if you spin it that way.”
O’REILLY: “I’M not going to spin it that way.”
INGRAHAM: “Well, don’t buy into their narrative. It’s a phony fraudulent narrative.”
O’REILLY: “I live in the real world, and I know what the narrative will be.”
INGRAHAM: “So do I and I read the bill.”
Just by watching that exchange, it’s clear that Mr. O’Reilly is in the tank for this bill and does not know what he is talking about. More than that, despite his denying it, he is in fact joining the chorus of liberals and advocates for illegal immigration screaming that the GOP is “anti-Hispanic,” a notion Ms. Ingraham easily knocked down earlier in the segment when she pointed out: “The Republican Party will win more support in the Latino, Black, female, young-people sector if they start putting forth a pro-growth agenda for the middle-class instead of touting legislation that is going to hammer the middle class.”
Game, set, and match. Mr. O’Reilly would do well to read the bill, admit he was exposed on every front, and then get behind a commonsense solution for the “folks” rather than being used as a propaganda tool by the left.
Better than that, Mr. O'Reilly should invite Mr. Limbaugh onto his program to debate the issue.
I only named a few, but the ones you named are definitely on the list. Dreadful what has happened to FOX now.
Leni
What is happening is that the fix is in. Right after the vote for amnesty was called Hatch and Baucus announced bipartisan “corporate tax reform”. In short the establishment GOP ers are selling out the rest of us in order to get corporate tax goodies. They end loopholes and get a lower tax rate in return then after it is signed All of the lobbyists show up with new tax loophole requests and then there is money from special interests in the way of contributions and of course more corporate profits for selling out the rest of us. In short they make the GOP a permanant minority party but they get lower taxes. Read this-www.politico.com/story/2013/06/max-baucus-orrin-hatch-tax-reform-plan-93465.html
Well since I have to look at my keyboard when I type that would be no problem for me, plus I remember the days before television when you listened to the radio and could use your imagination
He sounded more bemused than angry.
And just a few weeks ago I was attacked calling Fox News liberal...
Rush has absolved me
Looks like this: < a href="" > Hatch and Baucus Tax Reform Plan < /a >
Put the address between the quotation marks and the only space is between the a and href...< /a > closes it.
Try it.
Yeah, I remember when my mom listened to “One Man’s Family” on the radio when there was no TV.
Yo muh cracka! I actually forgot to do it, but I’ll try it out on him tonight if he’s not in a tired and testy mood:)
I wonder if Rush has read the bill.
Better late to this party than never. The left and the GOPe are never going to give up on amnesty until they manage to squeak it through, whether that’s this time or the next.
I don't seriously believe that Ted Baxter will "invite" Limbaugh on his show. He can bully Laura Ingraham and other girls but take on Limbaugh, who'd clearly whip the floor both figuratively and literally, not a snowball's chance in Hell!
If it had real, thorough, true conservatives and nothing else, it would be a miracle! Actually, it would be a miracle if they could find that many true and thorough conservatives in teevee media, no squishies.
Gingrich, Preibus, Rollins are not contributors to Fox News and as far as that twit Tamara Holder goes, as soon as she opens her mouth I hit the mute button. Plus I enjoy listening to Shep Smith the best when he is off like on Fridays and on the weekend *wink*
yet you listen to Greta???? LOL
Sorry, but I disagree.
I like the Galt plan better.
Galt: “You want me to the Economic Dictator?”
Mr. Thompson: “Yes!”
Galt: “And you’ll obey any order I give?”
Mr. T: “Implicity!”
Galt: “Then start by abolishing all income taxes.”
Mr. T: “Oh No! “ screeamed Mr. T, leaping to his feet. “We couldn’t do that...How would we pay the government employees?”
Galt: “Fire your government employees.”
Mr. T: “Oh, no!”
I don’t even know why that would surprise anyone, considering who owns/has large stake in the company, unless I’m mistaken. I thought the owners were big on amnesty, and don’t especially have any issues with sodomite marriage? Anyone, feel free to correct me.
I remember that exchange and asked myself how close Laura was from slapping BOR and walking off the set. Then to my delight the next night and the wekk following, Laura was sitting in BOR’s chair as guest host... at a very timely point where the right “narrative” could be broadcast and not BOR’s “in the tank” propaganda.
That's ok. It isn't something to raise my blood pressure about because I simply don't watch the crap weasels at ABC, CBS, CNN NBC or MSNBC anyway.
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