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brooklynite

(94,581 posts)
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 04:02 PM Jun 2013

Bill O’Reilly pans college GOP report

Source: Politico

Fox News host Bill O’Reilly on Tuesday night got into a tussle with two spokeswomen for a college GOP report that outlines why Republicans lost the youth vote in November, asking why the party should “care about a bunch of kids who don’t know anything.”

“That sounds pretty immature, Ms. Smith,” O’Reilly told Alex Smith, the chair of the College Republican National Committee (CRNC), after asking why young people forgave President Barack Obama for the tough economy. “It doesn’t sound like a very objective analytical opinion, for want of a better word. So why should I care about this study, or why should the Republican Party care about a bunch of kids who don’t know anything, and they like the guy just because he’s flashy?…What message does that send to the GOP?”

Well, to be quite frank, Bill, if the Republican Party really ignores younger voters, or continues to do so, we risk losing every national election in the future,” Smith retorted.



Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/bill-oreilly-pans-college-gop-report-92267.html



Well, as one of the Leaders of the GOP, I think they should listen to him.....

"In focus groups in January, the report said, young voters were asked to list leaders of the Democratic Party. “They named prominent former or currently elected officials: Pelosi, the Clintons, Obama, Kennedy, Gore. When those same respondents were asked to name Republican leaders, they focused heavily on media personalities and commentators: Bill O’Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck.”"
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Bill O’Reilly pans college GOP report (Original Post) brooklynite Jun 2013 OP
Maybe he's secretly working for the Democratic party? Cause this is only going to help us. Squinch Jun 2013 #1
He needs to say cosmicone Jun 2013 #8
Isn't that a riot that they think that's such a secret insult. They're just so nutty. Squinch Jun 2013 #10
Is Billo that obtuse? Ishoutandscream2 Jun 2013 #2
Scream it out to the masses nykym Jun 2013 #3
Bill's schtick is getting old. He recognizes that he is becoming more and more irrelevant. nm rhett o rick Jun 2013 #4
Bunch of experts, what do they know anyway, right? Keep stickin' it to them Bill! ck4829 Jun 2013 #5
You can't explain that n/t Canuckistanian Jun 2013 #12
You shoud know sulphurdunn Jun 2013 #6
Youth Voted For Obama Because He Is "Flashy" DallasNE Jun 2013 #7
This proves that cosmicone Jun 2013 #9
It's exactly that attitude that is losing the GOP the youth vote Canuckistanian Jun 2013 #11
The gift that just keeps on giving. Ash_F Jun 2013 #13
Question is existentialist Jun 2013 #14
There are pockets of sanity adieu Jun 2013 #15
yes existentialist Jun 2013 #25
The GOP is "correct on social issues"? WTF?! NickB79 Jun 2013 #29
There is a very small minority of GOP adieu Jun 2013 #30
indeed, why should the GOP care about a bunch of kids who don't know anything...? mike_c Jun 2013 #16
billo knows jack about shit.. frylock Jun 2013 #17
Keep it up Bill! Vietnameravet Jun 2013 #18
And he ended by telling them to get off his lawn. Faygo Kid Jun 2013 #19
Hey Bill, back when I was in college Downtown Hound Jun 2013 #20
exactly. indivisibleman Jun 2013 #21
I would say Bill is out of step with the youth TxDemChem Jun 2013 #22
Sounds like Billo got his ASS handed to him by a "kid who doesn't know anything"! bullwinkle428 Jun 2013 #23
O'Rielly takes Republican A-holery to the summit Berlum Jun 2013 #24
... because the population of greedy old white men (GOP base) is increasing, right Bill? Myrina Jun 2013 #26
"Why should I care about this study?" Errr... because you invited them onto your show to talk? Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #27
Bill confuses "flashy" with "won't fuck you over if you need help from your government." nt MADem Jun 2013 #28

nykym

(3,063 posts)
3. Scream it out to the masses
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 04:32 PM
Jun 2013

Billy boy, we can only hope you never accept the fact that those foolish youngsters will be voting their conscious.
Which out of disgust of their party may mean more votes for Democrats.

 

sulphurdunn

(6,891 posts)
6. You shoud know
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 04:35 PM
Jun 2013

you're screwed when the leaders of your party are talk show personalities...unless you're a Republican voter.

DallasNE

(7,403 posts)
7. Youth Voted For Obama Because He Is "Flashy"
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 04:39 PM
Jun 2013

That is mighty racist of Bill O'Reilly, I must say. Just maybe Bill is tipping the Republican hand on why they are being rejected by all voters under the age of 55 and especially those under 29. There just are not enough angry old white men for them to continue to hold office -- their voters are dying off.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
9. This proves that
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 04:43 PM
Jun 2013

the Republican party is fast becoming the domain of old, angry, racism/xenophobia-inclined white men.

Canuckistanian

(42,290 posts)
11. It's exactly that attitude that is losing the GOP the youth vote
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 05:17 PM
Jun 2013

"a bunch of kids who don’t know anything"

How much more insulting could he be? Never mind, don't answer that.

existentialist

(2,190 posts)
14. Question is
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 05:35 PM
Jun 2013

Did Alex Smith hear enough that she is ready to leave the Republican Party?

And if not, why not?

 

adieu

(1,009 posts)
15. There are pockets of sanity
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 05:46 PM
Jun 2013

within the GOP that are trying to earnestly right the ship, so to speak. They're still wrong-headed on the economy, but are correct on the social issues. But they're shouting into the wind when they're trying to get into power.

They have swallowed the false peans of the conservative ideology in regards to the economy because they're listening to the rich folks like Romney and the Koch brothers saying things like, "Do it our way, that's how we got our money." So they're wrong there. But they haven't sucked up to the fundies who espouse the "Gheys are the bad," "No contraceptions for anyone," and other intrusive "small" government policies.

existentialist

(2,190 posts)
25. yes
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 01:08 PM
Jun 2013

and if the pockets of sanity to which you refer begin to see the Republican Party as a whole for what it is

Then the Republican Party is done for.

NickB79

(19,246 posts)
29. The GOP is "correct on social issues"? WTF?!
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 03:43 PM
Jun 2013

What part of banning abortion, putting gays back in the closet, treating minorities like 2nd class citizens, and letting polluters foul our air and water is "correct" in your mind?

 

adieu

(1,009 posts)
30. There is a very small minority of GOP
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 08:53 PM
Jun 2013

members who have been correct on social issues. That number, as we are well aware, is dwindling as I type. Those correct-on-social-issues GOP members have either switched to become independent or joined the Democratic party, or have faded away into obscurity. Nonetheless, there are (or were) some at one point.

mike_c

(36,281 posts)
16. indeed, why should the GOP care about a bunch of kids who don't know anything...?
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 05:55 PM
Jun 2013

Maybe because ignorant people "who don't know anything" are the GOP base?

 

Vietnameravet

(1,085 posts)
18. Keep it up Bill!
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 06:18 PM
Jun 2013

Yet one more part of the Republican Outreach Campaign...how's the one to Hispanics and Blacks going??

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
20. Hey Bill, back when I was in college
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 06:46 PM
Jun 2013

I used to watch you go into hissy fits about people who opposed the Iraq War while you were oh so in favor of it. You screamed at them to shut up, told them they were un-American, told them they were fools, and a whole host of other things. Later I watched you backpedal and make excuse after excuse as to why the Iraq War was such a great thing.

Meanwhile, I, along with many others in college, were out choking on tear gas in opposition to the Iraq War. I think history has proven us right. So if anybody doesn't know anything, that would be you.

TxDemChem

(1,918 posts)
22. I would say Bill is out of step with the youth
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 08:55 PM
Jun 2013

If he lives long enough, he'll regret treating the next generation like idiots. Our policies will affect him and his well-being far more than he can comprehend.

Berlum

(7,044 posts)
24. O'Rielly takes Republican A-holery to the summit
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 12:54 PM
Jun 2013

Overpaid Republican Chickenhawks like O'Reilly love to look down upon and sneer at America's college students.

Why do chickenhawk draft-dodging Republicans HATE America's college students?

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
27. "Why should I care about this study?" Errr... because you invited them onto your show to talk?
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 01:10 PM
Jun 2013

What an idiot.

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