O'Reilly slams anti-war demonstrators

I love Bill O'Lielly. He kills me - he really does. Toward the middle of this piece, I thought he had a few points that were worth considering, and I really was trying to listen with an open mind. But, Bill being Bill, he then finishes up with a few whoppers, including the proverbial reference to World War II (can a right winger ever avoid a good 'ole fashioned Nazi reference?). What Bill-Oh neglects to mention is that FDR desperately wanted to get the U.S. into the war long before Pearl Harbor, but he lacked the support of Congress.

The other thing I LOVE about Billy's commentary above is his opining that if we had pre-emptively attacked Al-Qaeda, there would not have been a 9-11. Fair enough, but Bush had eight months to do just that, but he was busy "ranching" in Crawford, Texas during the entire month of August, 2001. There was the fateful memo in early August, 2001, warning against the possibility of terrorists hijacking civilian airliners. The president's administration yawned.

One more point - the outgoing Clinton Administration repeatedly warned the incoming Bushies about the threat of bin Laden and terrorism, and they were taken with a grain of salt. After all, they were with Clinton, so they couldn't have been right.

I know what many of you might be thinking - it's old news. And yes, in most ways, it is. But, when people like O'Lielly are on TV talking about how if we would have pre-emptively attacked Afghanistan then 9-11 could have been prevented, then people need to be reminded of this stuff.
The bottom line is that O'Reilly can't stand it when celebs side with liberals and Democrats. It really drives him nuts, and if you listened to just Bill, you'd think that no one famous has ever been a Republican, or supported one. I guess Bill thinks some of us have amnesia and that we've forgotten about the likes of Dennis Miller, Ted Nugent and Charlton Heston.

Okay, I guess conservatives have me here - relevant celebrities largely support Democrats and liberals.



I found the clip above today from early January, and I thought I'd add it. It's Bill again, blowing off steam against an anti-war protester, calling her a lunatic multiple times. So, anyone who disagrees with Bill is a lunatic, I guess.

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Like I told Vandra on the way back from Vegas - had we been home, I can guarantee that we both (or me, if she wouldn't have wanted to go) would have been down in D.C. in the middle of it all. It's only about 3-3.5 hours from Philly. A small commute and sacrifice to make when compared to what our soldiers are going through in the Middle East.

Unfortunately, I'm sure we'll have more opportunities to demonstrate in the capitol if things don't change.