I can hear the back-pedaling from two rooms away. Mealy-mouthed SOB.

Hmm...didn't take Costas long to lie: "40% of all firearms sales in this country required no background check".

And BOTH of them have the Aurora, CO theater shootings all wrong: no one is mentioning it was a "gun-free zone", so their debate going on about whether or not you would have wanted one during that tragedy is moot. Costas saying "You were allowed to have one" (in theater). Sheesh. Where are O' Reilly's fact-checkers when you need them?

Both of them make me puke. I'll pass.

O'reilly is a RINO at best, and Costas... I can't listen to willful ignorance.

Good call. I've already checked out.

O'reilly is a RINO at best

 

If I was drinking something I would have spit it out. Really?

O'reilly is a RINO at best, and Costas... I can't listen to willful ignorance.

If I was drinking something I would have spit it out. Really?

 

O'Reilly is from Long Island, so by their standards he's a stark raving mad Neo-Con. Anywhere else, not so much.

If I was drinking something I would have spit it out. Really?

 

Really. What would peg him as? A conservative tea partier? You'd be wrong.

 

Oreilly is very smart, his show exposes alot of stuff, and he's done alot of good in the cause of liberty. But he's no hardcore conservative.

If I was drinking something I would have spit it out. Really?

 

Nah, he's more like a self serving, knows it all buffoon. But that's just my opinion.

Really. What would peg him as? A conservative tea partier? You'd be wrong.

 

Oreilly is very smart, his show exposes alot of stuff, and he's done alot of good in the cause of liberty. But he's no hardcore conservative.

 

I don't think he's a member of the tea-party (What exactly that now means I have no idea. Seems the title is becoming increasingly vague.), but he's certainly right-leaning. Is he trailblazing new territory on the extreme far-right? No, but he's certainly not moderate. On a scale of 0 to 10, with zero being totally moderate and 10 being as extreme as possible, I'd peg him at a 6 or 7 depending on the topic. You're free to disagree.

 

Is he a Republican In Name Only? Certainly not, at least by the literal meaning of the term.

 

Is he smart ("Tide goes in. Tide goes out." quotes excluded)? No doubt, but so is Dave Matthews.

 

I should disclose that I have a personal distaste for Bill O'Reily. I don't like his interview tactics or his arrogant persona. I also disapprove of talking heads on the left for identical reasons for as well, specifically the likes of Piers Morgan and Dave Matthews. I watch Anderson Cooper mostly, with a little Martin Bashir on the side and a little Rachel Maddow on few occasions. David Greggory I like a lot but I don't get the chance to watch Meet the Press as much as I'd want to since I work Sundays. Now I'm getting off topic. 'Doh!

I don't think he's a member of the tea-party (What exactly that now means I have no idea. Seems the title is becoming increasingly vague.), but he's certainly right-leaning. Is he trailblazing new territory on the extreme far-right? No, but he's certainly not moderate. On a scale of 0 to 10, with zero being totally moderate and 10 being as extreme as possible, I'd peg him at a 6 or 7 depending on the topic. You're free to disagree.

 

Is he a Republican In Name Only? Certainly not, at least by the literal meaning of the term.

 

Is he smart ("Tide goes in. Tide goes out." quotes excluded)? No doubt, but so is Dave Matthews.

 

I should disclose that I have a personal distaste for Bill O'Reily. I don't like his interview tactics or his arrogant persona. I also disapprove of talking heads on the left for identical reasons for as well, specifically the likes of Piers Morgan and Dave Matthews. I watch Anderson Cooper mostly, with a little Martin Bashir on the side and a little Rachel Maddow on few occasions. David Greggory I like a lot but I don't get the chance to watch Meet the Press as much as I'd want to since I work Sundays. Now I'm getting off topic. 'Doh!

 

Actually agree with everything you said. With one exception. A "6 or 7" on the political scale you describe IS a RINO. A RINO is a moderate in conservatives clothing. Neo-con. Not a Reagan Republican, a Bush Republican.

I've never heard musician Dave Matthews wax political on anything. Then again, I don't care for his musical style, either, so I didn't listen to him much.

I've never heard musician Dave Matthews wax political on anything. Then again, I don't care for his musical style, either, so I didn't listen to him much.

 

LOL, beat me to it Scott. I would guess he's talking about Chris (I get a tingle up my leg) Matthews for those that may be confused.

I don't think he's a member of the tea-party (What exactly that now means I have no idea. Seems the title is becoming increasingly vague.), but he's certainly right-leaning. Is he trailblazing new territory on the extreme far-right? No, but he's certainly not moderate. On a scale of 0 to 10, with zero being totally moderate and 10 being as extreme as possible, I'd peg him at a 6 or 7 depending on the topic. You're free to disagree.

 

Is he a Republican In Name Only? Certainly not, at least by the literal meaning of the term.

 

Is he smart ("Tide goes in. Tide goes out." quotes excluded)? No doubt, but so is Dave Matthews.

 

I should disclose that I have a personal distaste for Bill O'Reily. I don't like his interview tactics or his arrogant persona. I also disapprove of talking heads on the left for identical reasons for as well, specifically the likes of Piers Morgan and Dave Matthews. I watch Anderson Cooper mostly, with a little Martin Bashir on the side and a little Rachel Maddow on few occasions. David Greggory I like a lot but I don't get the chance to watch Meet the Press as much as I'd want to since I work Sundays. Now I'm getting off topic. 'Doh!

 

Well, if you get your news from the likes Bashir, Maddow and Greggory, it's no wonder you think O'Reilly is a right winger.

He says he's an independent, meh. He is definitely more conservative than Liberal, that's for sure, but I don't think anyone could call him a right winger and 6-7 on your scale would place him as that if 0 is moderate.

 

I consider myself an Independent moderate Conservative and I disagree with him a lot.

Martin Bashir is absolutely, hands down the worst, and that's saying a lot with the likes of Maddow, Chris Matthews and Lawrence O'Donnel on the air. I remember when that restaurant owner in Manhattan used a legally owned shotgun to kill two armed robbers holding guns to his employees head. At the end of a story on Nightline on the incident, right before cutting to commercial, Bashir commented "there's an example of a man taking justice into his own hands." I couldn't believe what I heard. It goes to show the mindset of these people. It's not just that they don't like guns. They are idealogues who simply either can't or won't distinguish between lawful self-defense and vigilantism.

Martin Bashir is absolutely, hands down the worst, and that's saying a lot with the likes of Maddow, Chris Matthews and Lawrence O'Donnel on the air. I remember when that restaurant owner in Manhattan used a legally owned shotgun to kill two armed robbers holding guns to his employees head. At the end of a story on Nightline on the incident, right before cutting to commercial, Bashir commented "there's an example of a man taking justice into his own hands." I couldn't believe what I heard. It goes to show the mindset of these people. It's not just that they don't like guns. They are idealogues who simply either can't or won't distinguish between lawful self-defense and vigilantism.

 

It's called mental illness.

I was going to post a response but it's really just not worth it. Civil discourse is clearly not in the cards.

O'Reilly is a liberal wienie. The only reason he thinks he is conservative, and liberals don't like him, is because he wants things "his" liberal way instead of "the" liberal way.