5 Crazy Right-Wing Moments This Week: O'Reilly Drops Truth Bomb on Palin and Trump

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1. In her first offical act as "serious" 2016 presidential contender Sarah Palin declares war (on Bill O'Reilly).

Bill O'Reilly is not conservative enough for Sarah Palin. This is tragic. Then again, who is? It's extremely lonely being Sarah Palin, lonely at the outer lunatic fringe of the right-wing universe. There are the voices stringing together those non sequiturs in her head, of course, but where are her only "quasi-conservative" friends at Fox News? They're faux friends, that's what they are.

2. Donald Trump declares war on Bill O'Reilly's "journalism."

Donald Trump? Did someone say Donald Trump? Nothing gets Trump's attention like his own name.

When he heard that Bill O'Reilly had questioned his seriousness as a presidential contender, the Trumpster took to Twitter, accusing O'Reilly of "bad and very deceptive journalism." This came as a complete shock to O'Reilly, who had no idea anyone considered what he does journalism. He thinks he is just bestowing wisdom on an adoring public.

3. Megyn Kelly schools Mike Huckabee on, umm, "reality, Mike."

Aw shucks, and gosh golly. Mike Huckabee sure is shocked at how these city slickers act. The author of God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy, and presumed presidential contender, is all about wholesome activities like traveling to the local gun range and not listening to the "mental poison" that is Beyoncé, but he is shocked by the mouths on these big-city women. The cursing! The dropping of the F-bomb! Like it's normal and everything. Someone has to teach these ladies a lesson.

4. Fox News has very nuanced discussion of sexual assault on campuses.

Oh, hahahhahaha. Just kidding. They totally didn't. Several female Fox newsians did sit around on their half-circle couches and discussed the fact that the University of Virginia has suggested sorority women stay home this weekend since fraternities will be partying hard during something Greek-lifers call "bid week." They discussed and deplored it, and naturally pointed out again that sexual assault, when it does happen on campuses (although it basically does not happen on campuses because women always lie about these things), is women's fault. In a piece of sterling analysis, Stacy Dash pointed out, "The good girls stay home." "Women," her co-hosts interjected. "The bad girls—bad women," Dash snickered, "the ones who like to play, go out and play and sometimes get hurt." But that is okay, because, they are, you know, bad. "Alcohol is not to blame. It's the same thing with guns," Dash said, finally getting to her metaphor. "Guns don't kill people. People do." Also, could we just add, people who play with guns, people who have guns, people who have kids and guns, kids who have parents who have guns, etc....it's never the guns. "Alcohol doesn't get you drunk," she added. "You get yourself drunk." And to bring it all back home, then you get yourself raped. Because rapists don't rape people, people get themselves raped. Clear?