Bill O'Reilly is on Oprah today!

[pacalo]

I just tuned in & the audience is asking questions.

[Kookaburra]

1. I don't trust Oprah

I'd love for her to smack him down, but don't trust her to do it.

[pacalo]

4. I know what you mean; I believe she could have done so much more

to get out the truth, given her huge following.

[semillama]

2. Was one of them

"What the FARK is your problem?!?"

:P

[pacalo]

5. Not yet...

:rofl:

[pacalo]

3. So far, he hasn't been taken to task; from what I've heard so far

he's being asked softball questions. Some guy stood up to complain that pundits are either to the far right or far left (he mentioned "the MSNBC fellow" but didn't name KO); he doesn't want to be told what to believe, he can decide for himself.

Then a black man stood up to completely defend O'Reilly (which was completely unnecessary, imo, given that the first guy's comments weren't slamming O'Reilly).

[MidwestTransplant]

6. Probably a plant. Sen. Macaca has some too.

[Zodiak]

7. The room is full of Fox junkies in suits

This is a horrible show. Bill is geting away with about 3 lies a minute and now he just got a huge applause for wanting to waterboard people.

I can no longer watch.

[librechik]

8. what did Oprah say to that??? S'ok with her?

[pacalo]

10. She's not saying much at all, just listening.

But the way she's looking at him tells me she isn't a big fan of his.

[pacalo]

9. Same here -- the room is stacked with Fox junkies &

it's really useless to watch.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

11. Just turned it off. Oprah has become such a disappointment.

So far she has let him skate on every issue, the audience is salted with Dildoheads who believe that O'Lielly walks on water and this whole show is a waste of time.

I used to be an Oprah fan, never again. The only thing needed to let evil like O'Lielly flourish is to give him an unfettered hour of "Town Hall" TV.

[pacalo]

22. It was disgusting

especially considering this episode was set up to be "balanced" when she invited the internet to send in questions.

[seabeyond]

24. i watched oprah for a couple decades, turned her off with arnie....

him saying a couple of really offensive things about women and she and her friend, arnies wife giggled.... this is a show where oprah has talked about empowering of women, yet.... they didnt call arnie on it and ... i stopped watching her

[ClusterFreak]

13. It was totally disgusting.

I respect Oprah for all the good work she does, and the money she has spent, on helping people around the world...but this is just beyond brutal. It is nothing but Fox plants, buttering up Bill, and a lone voice or two who oppose him...and whom he shouts down. Oprah is servile, this is revolting, and I want to hit something.

Aargh, to say the least.

[pacalo]

19. Tonight he's on Letterman. I hope it's as good as his last visit.

[ClusterFreak]

26. New York Post (gag me with a spoon) gives some details...

Dave just tore him a new one. Can't wait to see it.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/10272006/gossip/pagesix/pagesix.htm

[Kurovski]

29. Sounds like Oprah just helped to make things worse.

The times demand a Letterman.

Do us a favor and stick to goofy, sexy celebrities frolicking on 'yer sofa, Oprah.

[FarLeftRage]

12. o'LIElly is an A-HOLE!

I noticed that everything that this NAZI disagrees with, he labels as far left... what a total waste of space!

[pretzel4gore]

14. gee, bill's making sense!

them 'aclu' people! how dare they defend child perverts?
them news papers! how dare they mislead the american people with liberal lies?
that david letterman! how dare he?
that cindy sheehan!

[emdee]

15. It was terrible....

he was allowed to interrupt the *two* people who tried to challenge him. They couldn't even get a whole sentence out of their mouths. I wanted Oprah to yell, "Cut his mike!"

I had the feeling that she felt pressured to give "the other side" and sat there and let him spew his crap without questioning him much at all.

Why, I wonder, did she ask at her website for people to send in questions?

emdee

[pacalo]

16. My same thoughts about the invitation to send in questions!

I had to turn it off.

[whyzayker]

17. Well..there's an hour I won't get back

Oprah...stay out of the political arena. Your audience just applauded waterboarding.

Be ashamed...be very ashamed.

[emdee]

21. I have to say....

because of that show, for the first time - I *really* wonder if Rove isn't correct about the outcome of the next election (that they'll win). People are blinded under the umbrella of what they call "conservatism" which is interpreted as righteousness and all things good and decent, not realizing the lie that it is.

emdee

[pacalo]

38. Now that's a scary thought.

That, plus the thought of Rove's "math" remark, do make me wonder -- pardon me -- how big their cahoonas could possibly get.

On the other hand, the poll numbers aren't so accommodating to the Rethugs to steal the votes this time around. What goes up must come down, & this administration's rhetoric & manipulations have grown very old. I'm cautiously hopeful.

[spanone]

18. She'll have to clean her furniture.

[lutefisk]

25. Like after Bush was on?

Oh, wait... she gave Bush a kiss, didn't she?

[stanwyck]

20. Bill-O is always a fixed fight

remember, he tapes his show. People think it's live. It's not. And it's carefully edited to limit his idiocies.
He wouldn't have appeared on Oprah if he hadn't packed the audience with his flacks.
It's like one of Bush's infommercials. People "spontaneously" praising and asking scripted questions.
Meaningless.
Bill-O, like Bush, is a coward. He just plays the straight-talkin' tough Irish kid from the streets.
In reality, he's a pampered kid from the upper middle-class who's about as tough as a marshmallow. It's all facade.
Humpty-Dumpty.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

30. Stanwyck, ITA...

You've literally hit the nail on the head with this:

"Bill-O, like Bush, is a coward. He just plays the straight-talkin' tough Irish kid from the streets. In reality, he's a pampered kid from the upper middle-class who's about as tough as a marshmallow. It's all facade. Humpty-Dumpty." :headbang: :yourock:

I watched Oprah earlier this morning and was so disgusted by his display and Oprah not even trying to do anything to dispute the spewage coming out of his mouth, I almost turned it off.

What really frightened me though was when Bill-O went on his diatribe about waterboarding and then the audience applauded.

I live in the Chicago area, these people are my "neighbors". It literally sent a chill up my spine.

What, in God's name, has this country become? Are they so frightened of the boogeyman that they have collectively lost their minds???

If the Dems don't win; or perhaps I should say, not allowed to win, a majority in at least one House of Congress on November 7th, myself and Mr. Wonderful will seriously begin thinking about returning to his hometown in Ireland.

We were planning on retiring there, but if we have to go sooner rather than not get there at all, so be it.

:scared: :scared:

[lutefisk]

23. FWIW, Rosie O'Donnell stood up to him on The View this week

I was flipping through the channels and caught a minute or so and saw her standing up to that creep (O'Reilly, not Walters). I couldn't stand to watch it at the time, but after seeing this thread I searched Google and found this summary and video of his appearance on The View. Scroll down to see the video:


http://www.newshounds.us/2006/10/18/bill_oreilly_on_the_view.php

[shaniqua6392]

27. Oprah's man Steadman Graham was here in Michigan recently....

raising money for the loser Buchard who is trying to unseat our wonderful Senator Debbie Stabenow. I knew that there was something fishy about Oprah sometimes. I don't want to judge her by the company she keeps but......I wonder. I personally watch Ellen Degeneres instead of Oprah.

[spoony]

31. Really?? Wow

I didn't hear about that. What kind of idiot is Bouchard to think Oprah's boyfriend's endorsement is going to deliver him votes? Lol, I hope he blew a lot of money flying him in.

[sandnsea]

33. After his book

I lost all enthusiasm for them. It was one of those pull yourself up by your bootstraps mantras. I saw him on Larry King, blech. That was years ago. Seems he's just pulled Oprah more and more into that line of thinking. Of course, she's always been weird that way. I remember her refusing to help a family member who smoked when she was eating herself into heart disease.

[emdee]

28. Her message board on the topic....

http://boards.oprah.com/WebX?[e-mail]0t6.23630@.f12877b!skip=338&view=C

[Beaverhausen]

34. I added my two cents

some scary people there.

[emdee]

37. Very Scary

I am considering sticking my head in the sand and forgetting all about politics!! It's getting just that scary.
emdee

[Touchdown]

32. I have too short a fuse for this.

I could only watch 2 segments. Once that Foox worhipper got up and slammed the other guy for believing NYT, LAT (He never said he did), and that Fox is the only one to ask the right questions (ala Cavuto: How will Democrats destroy America?) is Fox News. I thought I would throw something. I can't be this red faced violent. I had to turn it off!:puke:

Whatever happened to the Oprah that championed people, put the roaches on stage, shined the light on them and watched them scurry away back in the 80s and early 90s? :shrug:

[karlrschneider]

35. Same here. I watched about a third of it and my blood pressure

went off-scale. Dammit, I have thought a lot of Winfrey for years but no more. Never again.
:grr:

[helderheid]

36. Please check this Olbermann action alert:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2499305