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stewert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 07:36 AM
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O'Reilly Double Standard on Political Donations

Last night O'Reilly did a story on political donations to Kerry from hollywood celebs. He basically read how much 6 or 8 celebs have donated to Kerry. Then he made it look like it was wrong and they had no right to give money to Kerry because they were just hollywood pinheads, and yes he actually called them pinheads.

He had a Democrat on to talk about it, sorry I forgot the guys name.
He said this to O'Reilly, what about the hundreds of millions of dollars the oil, energy, coal, and other corporations give to Bush, O'Reilly actually said so what ?

Then the Democrat said because their lobbyists write all the bills and have an effect on peoples lives. O'Reilly laughed at him and called that propaganda, when it is 100% true. And yes he actually said it was propaganda, and he called the Democrat a propagandist.

So in the world of O'Reilly it's wrong, un-american, and un-democratic for a hollywood celeb to give $2000 to $25,000 to Kerry. But he has no problem with corporations giving hundreds of millions of dollars to Bush. And he has no problem with corporate lobbyists writing all the bills for Bush and the Republicans.

And what about all these people that give hundreds of thousands to Bush, they are called pioneers, rangers, and super rangers. A pioneer is a guy who raises $100,000 or more for Bush, a ranger raises $200,000 or more, and a super ranger raises $300,000 or more for Bush. Yet O'Reilly never said a word about them, not a fricking word.

All he cares about is a hollywood celeb giving $2000 to Kerry, so how in the hell is that fair and balanced ?

And a few of the celebs only gave $1000, one did give $200,000, I think it was Larry David from Seinfeld.

It was blatant bias towards hollywood celebs because they give money to Kerry. But it was just standard practice for O'Reilly, in his world anyone who gives money to Democrats is an un-american commie. But you are a great american hero if you give money to Bush, and anyone who questions it is a propagandaist.

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9119495 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 07:41 AM
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1. Why were you watching O'Reilly?
Seriously, turn it off. You're not going to learn anything. Also, people that watch him have already made up their minds.
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stewert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 07:48 AM
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3. Huh ?

9119495 wrote:

Why were you watching O'Reilly?

For one reason, I own and run www.oreilly-sucks.com, it's sort of my job to watch him, why do you have a problem with that.

I document the spin, the lies, and the right-wing bias put out by O'Reilly. That way people can go to my web site and see documented proof that O'Reilly is a spinning, lying, biased, right-wing con man.

How is that for an answer to your question ?

Pretty good huh ?

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9119495 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 07:59 AM
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6. Obviously you have a good reason.
You have taken watching his shitty show and turned it into something productive so I salute you. Keep up the good work. (And no, that is not sarcasm). I get worried that some people let that bastard get them all mad and then do nothing about it. It's frustrating.
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OneTwentyoNine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 08:06 AM
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7. I usually tell them its because Liberal TV news was off the air...
I don't watch or listen to the TV and Radio RW Whores any more than I have to--makes my head hurt to much. But...someone needs to hold these assholes accountable,glad you keep up with O'Really.

Hell about the only "news" that isn't one sided is on Comedy Central. You have to watch these asses on Whore TV just to get the days news.

David
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stewert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 08:18 AM
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8. TV News.......

I have pretty much stopped watching cable news, I watch O'Reilly to document his crap, but that's about it. I agree that it is time to stop watching the cable news channels.

I do not watch any other FOX show, it's a waste of time.

As far as the factor viewers go here is something you may or may not know, 91% of the factor viewers are Republicans, 6% are Independents, and 3% are Democrats.

So O'Reilly is basically preaching to the choir, nothing he says or does is going to effect the election or how anyone votes. The people with a working brain know O'Reilly is a lying spinning right-wing con man. Only the people who want to believe him actually believe anything he says. They are Republicans and they already agree with him. The 6 and 3 percent of Democrats and Independents who watch him probably do it just to see what stupid crap he will say that night and to laugh at how stupid he is.

I just document his BS for people to see the truth. A lot of people hit my web site doing searches on O'Reilly.

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vi5 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 07:47 AM
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2. Why are you watching O'Reilly?
Seriously. Don't watch that garbage.
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stewert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 07:49 AM
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4. Huh ? (part 2)

See above answer.
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Paradise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 07:49 AM
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5. he lost that one, though, didn't he! n/t
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-04 09:24 AM
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9. newsmeat.com on O'REILLY and Others
It shows a blank window for donations by O'REILLY. He would say that's it's because he is such an INDEPENDENT-------but that would be SPIN.

Besides maintaining the "Independent" fiction, it's 99% because he's a greedy SKINFLINT!

Btw, in the "Top 50 Searches" - the wingnuts are having a field day: Looking for LETTERMAN, Paul SCHAFFER, LENO is #50, Debra MESSING------off the top of my head.
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