O'REILLY'S INTERVIEW WITH TOM TANCREDO (Transcript)

The Stein Report ^ | nov. 21, 2002 | Fox News Transcript

[madfly]

"And, Congressman, we appreciate it. We think you're right on on this issue, as you know, and we are going to continue on this story."

Bill O'Reilly continues to keep his promise to report on this story!

[madfly]

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[I_Love_My_Husband]

Wow!

If we have Bill O'Reilly in our corner (as well as Mike Savage), this is good. BOR has a lot of power.

I had no idea how bad it was on our border! It's crazy, and the fact that we're allowing it...(throws up hands...)...

They will HAVE to hear us....the only thing we can do is vote, and I doubt we have enough media backing to vote out Bush.

[breakem]

I like both of these guys for standing up on this issue and I'm an Oreilly fan for the last two years, here's an aside........... Notice that OReilly calls these interviews. Look at the number of words spoken by him vs the guest. Bad interviewer.

Same thing I despise about Michael Savagae and some others. The caller gets one sentence out, Savage assumes he knows the caller's life history and then rants on.

Now look at Russert's interview with Rush. Big difference. Rush did most of the talking, which as the guest, was the way it should have been.

[nicmarlo]

While I like to watch The Factor, I do agree with you. O'Reilly and Savage both do not allow their guests much time to talk...they cut them off and interject and don't allow us to hear the "interviewee." We hear more from the interviewer. (Wrong to do, IMO).

[madfly]

[yoe]

The link to Tom Ridge isn't up yet. I have tried before to reach someone at "Homeland Defense" to no avail...he isn't listed nor is the actual Department, just local numbers, CIA and FBI etc. Anyone got a clue? I e-mailed Mr. O, asking him where the link was that he promised to have up, please do the same.

[Iscool]

I suspect this thread won't get much activity...This issue not only drops the ball squarely in the "President's" lap, but shows us that he and his appointees support the anti-Constitutional position that protecting our Sovereign borders is detrimental to his personal political gain and control of the country...

As a good Republican, about all I can do is put my hands over my eyes and ears...

"Don't tell me that...I don't want to hear it...I'm not looking at those pictures, you conspiracy monger..."

[Sabertooth]

Great.

We get O'Reilly and Tancredo together on the right side of the issue, and then they wander over to the dumbest solution possible: Troops on the Borders.

A beefed up border patrol can handle the borders. Troops are not necessary. They are not going to happen. Dwelling on them is a ranting waste of time.

"Troops on the Borders" is the equivalent of the Orkin man using a neutron bomb on the termites in your house.

[grania]

Bill O'Reilly continues to keep his promise to report on this story!

I like Bill O'Reilly because he doesn't just bring up issues for ratings, he acts on what he believes. He isn't afraid to make those in power look foolish when they're foolish. This issue is finally going mainstream. Maybe people noticed how hugely successful Representative Tancredo was in the last congressional election.

And, I love the Christmas party angle. The administration's reps are just sounding so childish "You can come to our party if you say things we don't like (na, na, na, na)"

[joesnuffy]

Fire Ridge and hire Lt. Gen Hal Moore (USA Ret) Put a Brigade of the Cav on the border..

Camp of the Saints

[Sparta]

People are coming across that border who are OTMs -- that's the way they refer to it, Bill -- other than Mexicans. They are Middle Eastern. They are Asian. They are Chinese. They're coming in huge numbers. They...


That is even scarier than the Mexican illegals.(Terrorists, spies, and sabotuers(sp))

[Cicero]

The "political and cultural" issue that Karl Rove is talking about is, of course, the fear that Republicans will lose the Latino vote.

Closing the borders would in no way be intended as an insult to Latino citizens. The problem is that the Democrats and the media would play it that way, and history shows that they would be successful. It worked for the blacks, it worked for the Jews, it worked for Latinos in most areas until Jeb and G.W. Bush managed to turn it around in Texas and Florida. Without the Latino vote in this last election, the Dems would have won in Texas and Florida.

So, controlling the border is urgent, but so is keeping the Latino vote. Without the Latino vote, and with the Dems and the media making hay with the charge that Republicans are racists, the Dems would sweep back into power, and instead of Bush in the White House we would have another clinton. Needless to say, the Dems would not do anything to stem illegal immigration, because they get their winning margin at the polls that way.

In other words, rushing into this the wrong way will hand the country back to the Dems.

Somehow, what we need to do is to get out the message that controlling our borders is not racist and is not aimed at Latinos as such. But as long as the media are willing to go all out to help the Dems to lie about it, it will be very difficult. Frankly, the media and the Dems are skirting very close to treason on this issue, but unless they can somehow be dealt with, the problem isn't going to be solved anytime soon.

Of course Tancredo is absolutely right. But how do you follow his advice without handing the country to Hillary Clinton?

[RnMomof7]

If the Christmas comment is true then this White house is as petty as Clintons

[proust]

sabertooth is absolutely right. Unlike Tancredo or O'Reilly, I actually live in a border town and know that troops on the border is unrealistic. Why? Because all we need is another incident like this:

http://www.dpft.org/hernandez/dallas_report.html

It was big locally, but the story didn't go national. With so many out to get Bush, if it happened again the story will go national and it will all be Bush's fault.. Or do you think Tancredo pick up the tab on it?

[Ahban]

What can we do about i?

http://www.constitutionparty.com

[marajade]

I think you are just projecting what you yourself would do...