MICHAEL MOORE/O'REILLY SHOWDOWN AT CONVENTION [Drudge has embargoed transcript of interview]

Drudge Report ^ | July 27, 2004

[John Jorsett]

Click here to go to the interview.

[Becki]

O'Reilly is a waste of space. How can he not know about the things they have already found and not mention them? All he kept saying was "It was a mistake".

I think it was a mistake to put him on the air.

Becki

[marajade]

Sure in an article posted here in FR.

[4woodenboats]

O'Reilly has been progressively getting in over his head. He can't comprehend, unravel, or sometimes even recognise the unfathomable, so he gets lost in it's redundant irrelevancy and loses his focus. Moore was tripping all over himself trying to get away from him. Repeatedly reverting to alarmist verbage (Oh The Children!) - especially the same verbage over and over, should've been a clue that O had him on the mat and could have his way with him, but no, he just caved on the "imminent threat" crap (could've cold cock'ed him with that one), and then completely dropped his gloves while Moore was hiding his face in his hands with his limp concession on WMD.....Clinton, CIA and the Brits? How about some *****DUE DILIGENCE***** BILL!?!? Facts, Bill, FACTS about tons and tons and tons of WMD that WE, the USA, the United States Armed forces, the most reputable source of truth and fairness in the world, forced and oversaw the destruction of. Then we found out that they were not all accounted for, that SoDamninsane refused to account for them, and that this (war) happens when murderous dictators try to hide WMD for us. Instead, he concedes to what he knows to be false, that there never were any WMD, giving merit to the notion that, if you pretend for long (and loud) enough that it didn't happen, even your opponents will get tired of opposing you on the issue. Moore baffled him with BS, but only because he was not prepared. With the money and respect he demands, that's crap IMO

[HairOfTheDog]

Will you people stop calling Ron Reagan a JR!! He is not a Jr. He has a different middle name from his father, damit!! Stop it.

What kind of a silly rule is that? When not mentioning middle names, he certainly is a Junior, unless he wants to start using an initial. Need a way to tell them apart.

[4woodenboats]

"Will you people stop calling Ron Reagan a JR!! He is not a Jr. He has a different middle name from his father, damit!! Stop it." I've never heard of him referred to as anything other, have you? He is definately a "Jr.", seeing as his dad had the same name, I don't recall a II, and rerun wouldn't do for the son of a US President, so I'm at a loss. What is his middle name, anyway, you didn't say...?

[mugs99]

I thought Ann Coulter was supposed to be on after Moore. I sat through the silliest interview I've ever seen waiting to see some fireworks.

Nothing but a couple of girlie men having a school yard cat fight...Disgusting!

[nmh]

O'Reilly isn't very intelligent. He ahs a big mouth, HUGE ego and leans to the left. He's a waste of time.

[Stormcrow]

"O'Reilly did it to silence their contention that he is conservative"

As far as I'm concerned, O'Reilly silenced that idea a long time ago. I once saw him on his show, treat Ann Coulter more harshly than what this shows him dealing with Jabba al-Moore.

I've been forced by O'Reilly's actions and words to conclude that while he often brings up things that need to be addressed, he is ultimately a conservative poser.

[HairOfTheDog]

Oreilly didn't sound like he was in top form.

He certainly wasn't good. I was shouting the right answer to O'Reilly too.

There is no realy easy answer to the 'son' question, but OReilly shouldn't have had ~nothing~ to say. Lives given in service will never feel to the family members to have been worth losing for only the small gain in any particular battle. They risk their lives for a small part of the greater ideal. You can't look at it through a microscope and have any perspective of what the whole looks like.

[dalebert]

No fireworks is right. Sorry I wasted my time watching it.

[GVnana]

if I were younger I would have volunteered after 9/11

Same here.

[Agent47]

Moore's worldview is that of an 18 year old high school student. Can't you imagine talking to some burner at a party and hearing the same crap he spews??!! I realized this when I opened his book at the bookstore and read his statements about how Bush was a "chicken" because he didn't go back to the white house to "do his job" after 9/11. Yeah go back to the white house, that would be smart. That statement in itself sums up his childlike and incredibly niave views. The insane part is that he is liked by so many. If Kerry wins, our country will be that much closer to its downfall. Its sliding pretty fast already. Kerry will kick it hard enough to cause the beginning of the end. See:fall of Rome.

O'Reilly's interview was weak. O'Reilly is a niave fool sometimes. His desperate desire to be middle of the road will cost him down the line. He is stuck in the 50's or something. "Let the best man win!" Come on O'Reilly, get a clue!!

[potlatch]

I watched it Happy. Call it a 'draw'!

[TexasCajun]

Moore kicked O'Reilly's butt last night! That's all you say! I think Bill was scared of him.

All he had to do is ask Moore:

"If you will not back down from call The President a liar, then you must admit to me now that Bill Clinton, ALGore, John Kerry and the rest of democrats are liars as well!"

And produce a list of quotes from the Rat leaders.

[kjam22]

What O'Reilly should have said is..."Heck NO I wouldn't send America's sons and daughters into Fallujah to secure it. I would have gotten all our guys out of the way and bombed the are where the terrorists were until there was absolutely nothing left".

[kjam22]

Yep... O'Reilly isn't quick on his feet. He's just a loud mouth.

[Taliesan]

O'Reilly did a terrible job.

[Lee'sGhost]

M: You wouldn’t send another child, another parents child to Fallujah, would you? You would sacrifice your life to secure Fallujah? Typical leftist...Soliders like to be called "children". THEY LOVE IT. Like we grabbed 8 yr olds off the street and threw fatigues and an M16 on their back...

That's what I focused on. That was O'R's chance to body slam Moore-on and he blew it.

[BushisTheMan]

that's crap IMO

Yep, I agree. O'Reilly got snookered by the fat man.

O'Reilly is having an expanded mail response segment tonight. I hope many blasted him about his poor performance. But at least he attempted to shoot down the fat man so that's a little better than letting the fat man go unanswered at all...barely better.

[Badeye]

"Moore sure wants O'Reilly's kid to die."

O'Reilly's response to that ridiculous question was disappointing.

We have a Volunteer Military. By definition, we aren't "sending our kids" they are 18 years of age, minimum, and Volunteer for Service.

O'Reilly not being a military vet is the only reason I can think of for his not pointing out the obvious to Mikey Moore.