Bill O'Reilly the voice of reason??? Oh, he had Ann Coulter on his show

rpannier

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Fri Sep-11-09 11:46 PM
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Bill O'Reilly the voice of reason??? Oh, he had Ann Coulter on his show

How crazy and delusional is Ann Coulter??? From crooksandliars.com (they're talking about health care and insurance companies)

Coulter: That will not happen. But Bill, that will not happen under competition. Look -- -- no, no, let me make this point. No it will not. The government was regulating, the SEC was closely watching Bernie Madoff. Government regulation doesn't stop that sort of thing. What stops it is, people knowing you're investing with this guy at your own risk, and then all these private organization develop. Competition is what enforces that.

O'Reilly: Yeah, well, I don't believe that. I think competition can drive the prices down, but it cannot make an insurance company honest. Only a federal oversight committee that says if you don't do it, we fine you.

Coulter: Yes it can. Yes it can. Otherwise, what about the SEC with Bernie Madoff?

O'Reilly: No, Bernie Madoff got away with it because the SEC, under a Republican, Christopher Cox, simply wouldn't investigate him. That's why he got away with it.

link:
http://crooksandliars.com/

It's pretty far down the page -- I'm sure most people already know about it.
But, I live overseas, so I miss this stuff when it first happens

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gateley

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Fri Sep-11-09 11:52 PM
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1. Whoa -- had you not identified O'R as the speaker, I never would have thought

Edited on Fri Sep-11-09 11:53 PM by gateley

that was him. In this snip, he DID sound fair and balanced! Go figure. (Maybe he'd invested w/Madoff and wants to be sure a similar situation doesn't occur again.)

Edit to add: I'll give O'R his due on this one. I hope his viewers pay attention.

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Bolo Boffin

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Sat Sep-12-09 01:59 AM
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3. Well, you know if you're generally rightwing and you want to sound fair and balanced

you bring Ms. Coulter on for the contrast.

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Rude Dog

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Sat Sep-12-09 01:45 AM
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2. That's the one thing that I'll give O'RLY

He has a habit of rarely - but more than his Fox Noise buddies - getting things right. I'd give him more credit, even, than simply dismissing it as a blind squirrel finding a nut.

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