Maybe O’Rielly is not that stupid, he knows his audience and knows how to tell them what they want to hear.
On the May 29 edition of his nationally syndicated radio program, host Bill O’Reilly asserted that the “segment of the population” who, like The New York Times, wants to see some restrictions on migration in the Senate immigration bill eased or modified “hate America, and they hate it because it’s run primarily by white, Christian men. Let me repeat that. America is run primarily by white, Christian men, and there is a segment of our population who hates that, despises that power structure.” In an editorial, the Times criticized restrictions in the bill “that narrow[] the channels through which family members can immigrate,” while also saying, “It is encouraging that the bill survived several attempts by that camp [‘the restrictionist right’] to blow it apart.”* O’Reilly continued: “So they, under the guise of being compassionate, want to flood the country with foreign nationals, unlimited, unlimited, to change the complexion — pardon the pun — of America. Now, that’s hatred, too.” O’Reilly later asserted that the Times “want[s] to change the white, Christian male power structure” and concluded: “So you’ve got racism on the anti-Latino front, and you have racism on the anti-Christian, white male front. Aha! Isn’t that interesting?”
There you you have it, if you don’t want white christian males in charge you must hate America, media matters has the whole discussion here.
Some people argue that going after O’Rielly is like shooting fish in a barrel, and they are right, he is an easy target; but he has millions of viewers and millions of people buy his books which makes me think many people agree with his strange brand of stupidity, so I figure it is fair to call him on it.
He’s slowly turning into Michael Savage with this hangup on demographics. He should pay attention to his own, because it’s growing older every single day.
A bonafide meglomaniac.
If I get a chance I will try to find a link to the sexual harrassmant lawsuit that was filed against Bill’O a few years ago, it is really funny stuff.
He must appeal to somebody, as people keep watching him, and they cannot all be doing for the comedic value.
He is so annoying. What marginal intelligence he has over Lou Dobbs is more than obviated by his egotistical ranting.
My new favorite talking head is Glen Beck, because he comes so close to being Stephen Colbert, or is it theother way around?
Beck really speaks power to truth!