Bill O'Reilly's Foxy Lady

You can argue with Bill O'Reilly about a lot of things. But the Fox Newsman got something right Wednesday night.

"(The) media in America," O'Reilly explained, "has become very corrupt, partisan."

No viewer of O'Reilly's program could possibly disagree.

Watching him get cozy with Hillary Clinton, his guest on Wednesday night, was one of the creepier moments in the creepy history of Fox's experiment in partisan broadcasting. And the pursuit of their mutual agenda -- discrediting Clinton's rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama -- confirmed the the full extent of the corruption that results when a political campaign and a broadcast outlet start working together.

O'Reilly and Clinton tag-teamed Obama on the only issue that Fox covers these days: the Rev. Jeremiah Wright

O'Reilly pitched the softball: "Can you believe this Rev. Wright guy? Can you believe this guy?"

Clinton replied: "Well, I'm going to leave it up to voters to decide."

O'Reilly: "Well, what do you think as an American?"

Clinton: "Well, what I said when I was asked directly is that I would not have stayed in the church.

O'Reilly: "You're an American citizen, I'm an American citizen, He's an American citizen, Rev. Wright. What do you think when you hear a fellow American citizen say that kind of stuff about America."

Clinton: "Well, I take offense. I think it's offensive and outrageous. And, you know, I'm going to express my opinion, others can express theirs. But, you know, it is -- it is part of, you know, just an atmosphere that we're in today where all kinds of things are being said."

Clinton is Fox offended.

Clinton is Fox outraged.

Clinton may never be the Democratic nominee for president.

But she's got the makings of a Fox New analyst: corrupt, partisan and ready to play ball with Bill O'Reilly.

UPDATE: See the video below...

Comments (53)

1. Clinton is Fox smart! She knows EXACTLY what she is doing! If she pulls this off I am just gonna puke! I may go join the Harry Karishners...Harre Krishnas...Hairy Fishnuts...whatever.

   Posted by Benchrest at 05/01/2008 @ 12:55am

2. Hillary is rapidly establishing her cred as crud.

   It seems that the Democrats have stepped in a pile, and it's now filling the room with stench.

   What a wench.

   No offense.

   Posted by b_kool_66 at 05/01/2008 @ 02:41am

3. Can I get a "none taken" from the feminists?

   Posted by b_kool_66 at 05/01/2008 @ 02:49am

4. Where the HECK is FEANKie poo on this?

   heheh

   Posted by Mask at 05/01/2008 @ 07:05am

5. Sorry, FRANKie

   Posted by Mask at 05/01/2008 @ 07:06am

6. I know somebody spent a lot of time on this - and I've given it a little while to sink in - but I DO NOT LIKE THE NEW SITE DESIGN! Too busy, cluttered, confusing, liked the old font choices better. The Nation website used to be a welcome respite from whiz bang craziness...please go back - it's not too late!!!!!

   Posted by TimmyB at 05/01/2008 @ 09:05am

7. <i>REPORTER: Sen. Clinton, tell us about rumours of your appearance on FoxNews. Are these allegations true?

   SEN. CLINTON: I will admit that these allegations have some veracity, BUT DURING MY APPEARANCE I NEVER INHALED ONCE.

   Thursday, May 1, 2008 9:12:58 AM

   Posted by frosty zoom at 05/01/2008 @ 09:09am

8. Wright is not alone. Most of the world knows that the myths about the USA are based on lies. Blacks know it from their experience. The only fools are white Americans who believe in the so called goodness of the USA.

   Posted by rnagisetty at 05/01/2008 @ 09:36am

9. Posted by rnagisetty at 05/1/2008

   Potential new tact from the HTOTD.

   Keep playing up the Rev. Wright thing, turn off white voters to Obama.

   Keep an eye on this!

   Posted by Mask at 05/01/2008 @ 09:45am

10. Fox News is partisan? Msnbc is just reports the facts? Give me a break---the most partisan person disguised as a news person is Keith Olberman---O'Reilly can't even come close to approaching his propaganda.

    Posted by Len Mosse at 05/01/2008 @ 09:48am

11. I'm sorry but I just don't see the vileness oozing out of Olberman like I do O'Reilly. But hey, I like sports and ESPN so maybe I'm a little biased. Besides, who has had more influence. O'Reilly or Olberman? Anyway, neither of them matter. Aren't all news outlets biased in some way?

    Posted by k330k at 05/01/2008 @ 11:09am

12. I'm gettign tired of being sent back to the home page after submitting a posting. Damn, NATION! If it ain't broke, don't fix it!!!

    Posted by k330k at 05/01/2008 @ 11:10am

13. Posted by k330k at 05/1/2008

    KVH told Frosty that everything is gonna be OK. Riiiigghhtt.....

    Posted by Benchrest at 05/01/2008 @ 11:20am

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    Posted by votenic at 05/01/2008 @ 11:45am

15. I'm gettign tired of being sent back to the home page after submitting a posting.

    Posted by k330k at 05/1/2008

    after submitting, go back one page (i.e. to the page where you were typing) and refresh.

    it's a workaround, but better than the home page mania.

    Thursday, May 1, 2008 11:50:30 AM

    Posted by frosty zoom at 05/01/2008 @ 11:46am

16. Please check out "The Truth vs Barack Obama"

    http://savagepolitics.com/?p=317

    I saw this today, and HAD to share it with everyone. It is just a brilliantly researched and written list of inconsistencies with several of Obama's stories. I think it should be done for ALL three candidates, but I guess this is a good way to start at finally looking at the candidates with some honesty.

    http://savagepolitics.com/?p=317

    Posted by elsylee at 05/01/2008 @ 11:52am

17. Posted by elsylee at 05/1/2008

    Els spamming this on every thread....think he would if it was about Hillary or McCain?!?!?

    Posted by Mask at 05/01/2008 @ 12:06pm

18. I did the equation in my head today. I decided there is no way the SD's will give it to Hillary. Now I know some of you will say "You're an idiot" but hear me out. As Frank has so often pointed out the super delegates role is to do what's best for the party. Now you may be saying winning is the best thing for the party and Hillary is most electable. That's the typical argument. This is the problem whether she is more electable or not doesn't matter. If Hillary is GIVEN this election without actually winning by the numbers a lot of Obama's supporters won't vote for her and not only will they not vote for her they will not vote for a Democrat ever again. Now you are asking why or saying Hillary's will do that too. Let's take a look at their base.

    Hillary appeals to women over 55 the most. She picks up a decent amount of Hispanic votes but those can go either way. Look at Barack's base. He brings out massive amounts of the youth vote. If you destroy the base of youth voters you lose those voters for a long time to come. Maybe the youth vote doesn't matter now as Mask says but it will when they grow up. These people will start to either not vote or vote third party which will mean more votes lost for Democrats. over 55's will always vote and when you're over 55 you probably have your mind set on your party and will more than likely not vote any other way. So maybe this year they won't vote for Obama but you're guaranteed in 4 years they will. However the youth vote can and most likely will leave if Obama doesn't win which fractures the party for years to come. If Obama wins the youth feel like they have done something worthwhile and will then vote again more continuously and consistently. If Barack get it taken away by SD's that chunk of the youth vote doesn't come out again for another I would say 3 election cycles. Which means WITHOUT those people voting at all or with those people voting third party the Dem's WON'T be able to win again for another 3 election cycles. As much as we like to think the youth vote doesn't matter at all it does matter some. Without it I don't think Demos can win. It won't guarantee you a win. But it can guarantee you a loss. Repub's don't have to base anything on the youth vote because they typically don't get it so they won't need it but Demo's need it.

    I think the super delegates see this and it makes them nervous because no matter the outcome if Hillary doesn't get ahead, which she won't, she CAN'T be given the election for fear of doing long term damage to the party. Where as if she loses it only does short term damage in that we MIGHT not get elected come November. Which could work in the favor of Demo's. If you look at the history of the US generally the reason Repubs get elected is because the one before them leaves a mess when they leave office and leave it for a Demo to clean up. When the Demo can't they use that as fodder to get them out of office. They are trying to do it this year. We are in a recession they WANT the Demo's to come in and raise taxes to try fix the mess because they think that will drive voters away from the Demo. If we leave the Republicans to try to clean up their own mess and they can't they will lose 4 years from now no matter who they run and they will lose consistently after that. Can the country take another 4 years of this? I think it can. But it will be very apparent that things are getting worse. The Repubs keep saying they are the only ones who can save us but Bush got us into everything we are in now and Bush-44 is just more of the same. He has admitted to knowing nothing about the economy for GOD'S SAKE. If that's the case all those lobbyists are going to easily make him do what THEY want not what is good for the country. Now I am going on a tangent though. But this is why I don't think the SD's will go for Hillary because it will be suicide for the party and their role is to protect the party not to make sure someone gets in office because if they vote for Hillary we lose the White house no matter what. I think that's why the Repub's have changed tack now. They know Hillary can't win because if she win's the nom we lose 90% of the African-American vote because they will feel like they got robbed once again and that they once again have been shown that a black person can't succeed in this country and you lose at least 70% of the youth vote because they will feel like once again their votes don't matter. She can't win with the constituency of Hispanics because McCain polls well with them too. She can't win with only women because Republican women are still going to vote McCain. She would have to rely on white males and most white males are moderate. Which means McCain can scoop them up. So they have to know that the only person who has a chance is Obama so they are trying to kneecap him now so the Demo's don't stand a chance.

    Posted by Cccomfo1 at 05/01/2008 @ 12:06pm

19. Sorry for the super long post read it if you like don't if you don't like.

    Posted by Cccomfo1 at 05/01/2008 @ 12:07pm

20. Posted by Cccomfo1 at 05/1/2008

    She's running for 2012!

    Posted by Mask at 05/01/2008 @ 12:41pm

21. Posted by Mask at 05/1/2008

    It's the only way she will ever get elected. Because if Obama wins and he holds it for two terms I think she will be too old at that point to run again. We will see though.

    Posted by Cccomfo1 at 05/01/2008 @ 12:43pm

22. I remember when CNN & MSNBC - the great Liberal Media Cable N ew Whores - went out of their way to trash, ridicule & generally crucify Dennis Kucinich every single opportunity they had. I don't remember Nichols whining like a Mama Bitch about that...but of course, Nichols is always finding nampy-pamby things to cry to his Mama Bitch about...probably most of all about his lack of characater, intelligence or moral decorum.

    Posted by Tatoo at 05/01/2008 @ 2:22pm

23. I don't remember Nichols crying to his Mama Bitch when the great Cable Liberal News Media Fascicst Whores were denigrating, ridiculing & generally crucifying Dennis Kucinich every single time they had a chance. Nichols is a Mama Bitch and it's a pity the Nation has him out on the campaign trail.

    Posted by Tatoo at 05/01/2008 @ 2:25pm

24. Posted by Tatoo at 05/1/200

    What the hell is a Mama Bitch? That doesn't even make sense. I mean I guess it could be a female dog with puppies but how does that apply to him? This has to be one of the worst thought out insults I have seen.

    Posted by Cccomfo1 at 05/01/2008 @ 2:49pm

25. "Besides, who has had more influence. O'Reilly or Olberman? Anyway, neither of them matter." <Posted by k330k at 05/1/2008 >

    You're wrong about this, by the way. Olberman is just playing to his very narrow choir. But O'Reilly has millions of slavish adherents who hang on his every silver thread of right wing drool. They think this man is Gospel.

    Go ahead, whistle all you want past this particular graveyard, but $5 gas, 4000 killed/30,000 wounded, a housing market & general economic collapse notwithstanding, O'Reilly will be a huge factor in swinging the election into the GOP column in November.

    That's the root meaning of "fair and balanced"--party of privilege, all the way. (But if the slaves approve it with their own votes, who am I to gainsay them?)

    Posted by goyadad at 05/01/2008 @ 3:34pm

26. Sorry-- I should have written, "huge Factor." As in The O'Reilly Factor. He's in the tank for Ailes' cronies all the way, always has been.

    Posted by goyadad at 05/01/2008 @ 3:38pm

27. the enema of my enema is my co-host?

    Posted by crabwalk at 05/01/2008 @ 3:42pm

28. So she is a guest on "puke" Oh Reilly yet GOP is so unfair...HRC/McCain gas holiday is a sham at best, and more free $$$ for oil cos. at worst...at the same time, Congress still cannot get a bill to get subsidies for wind/solar industries...while oil/coal still get massive subsidies over the whole last century....wow!!!

    McCain's home state of Arizona is the ONLY state in the union to not pass legislation to give subsidies to jumpstart alternative energy industries such as wind, yet will campaign with HRC for gas tax relief???? Think bigger than these two clowns, America...they are insulting your intelligence....if you are NOT bitter, you are not thinking (and most likely not a patriot...ha...), but you can still be a religious zealot...that is fine...tune in tomorrow for another sound bite or PC "news" while we go down the crapper....

    Posted by jrs112 at 05/01/2008 @ 3:45pm

29. clarification: AZ is the only state where a majority of public and lawmakers voted to not give any subsidies for wind/solar....

    Posted by jrs112 at 05/01/2008 @ 3:46pm

30. clarification: AZ is the only state where a majority of public and lawmakers voted to not give any subsidies for wind/solar....

    Posted by jrs112 at 05/1/2008

    Is that because immigrant hamster wheels are cheaper to operate than wind turbines?

    I can see it now, a company owned by republican donors producing cheap energy (but charging twice the going rate) using illegal aliens, at the same time the republican congress is trying to quell the onslaught of brown skinned Catholic conservative voters.

    Posted by crabwalk at 05/01/2008 @ 3:52pm

31. Posted by Cccomfo1 at 05/1/2008

    LIBZSUK got a new nick?

    Posted by Mask at 05/01/2008 @ 4:19pm

32. Posted by Mask at 05/1/2008

    It would seem so. He was never very creative either.

    Posted by Cccomfo1 at 05/01/2008 @ 4:40pm

33. Posted by Cccomfo1 at 05/1/2008

    I'm still waiting for FRANK to show up and tell us how "Hillary kicked O'Reilly's ass"...and pretend like it wasn't a love-fest and joint anti-Obama press conference between the two of them.

    Posted by Mask at 05/01/2008 @ 5:03pm

34. Posted by goyadad at 05/1/2008 | ignore this person

    you are the one whistling past the graveyard of republicans, beanboy. Liereilly is a buffoon. the election will be a blood bath for the repugs. now if only they would stop posting their drivel here.

    Posted by emile duBois at 05/01/2008 @ 5:26pm

35. "a company owned by republican donors producing cheap energy (but charging twice the going rate) using illegal aliens, at the same time the republican congress is trying to quell the onslaught of brown skinned Catholic conservative voters." <Posted by crabwalk at 05/1/2008>

    Sorry, crabby. This has already gone out on sealed bid with the DOE.

    No surprise: Halliburton won the conract as the only bidder. ("Yah! You, Pedros! Yah! More megawatts from them frijoles! Yah!")

    Posted by goyadad at 05/01/2008 @ 5:58pm

36. Posted by Euler at 05/1/2008

    Actually he is dealt with the heat quite well. He has evaded and slipped through Hillary's nets over and over again. She gets on ABC with one Repub and one pundit who was in her husbands office. They host an attack session on Obama. Throwing everything they can at him and without even putting his hand into it they get derided by the rest of the media. I'm surprised and angry mob didn't show up at ABC. He's been dealing with it better than your candidate at least. Who anytime something gets thrown her way she calls foul and the feminists start screaming sexism.

    Posted by Cccomfo1 at 05/01/2008 @ 8:14pm

37. Posted by Euler at 05/1/2008

    Why? So Hillary can tear the Demo party in two and then lose in November?

    Posted by Cccomfo1 at 05/01/2008 @ 8:15pm

38. I say again, do whatever it takes to bury Obama.----Posted by Euler at 05/1/2008

    Whatever it takes to bury Obama....but he still claims that his side are not the cultists!

    Posted by Mask at 05/01/2008 @ 8:23pm

39. She's running for 2012!

    Posted by Mask at 05/1/2008

    i think she's running for

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    Thursday, May 1, 2008 9:23:26 PM

    Posted by frosty zoom at 05/01/2008 @ 9:19pm

40. figured this was the best place:

    Police: 'D.C. Madam' commits suicide

    According to police in Tarpon Springs, Fla., Deborah Palfrey, who earned notoriety as the "D.C. Madam," has committed suicide while visiting her mother in Florida. Palfrey was convicted last month of running a prostitution wrong.

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    suicide, huh?

    Thursday, May 1, 2008 10:26:54 PM

    Posted by frosty zoom at 05/01/2008 @ 10:22pm

41. Let's see, Barack says Wrights comments are offensive and antithetical to everything he stands for and he should pretty much be applauded, or excused for being political. Hillary says Wright's comments are offensive and she is being deviously nasty right-wing slime. The issue of Wright itself is a media travesty over a non-issue, but would it be a non-issue if a Republican candidate so embraced an equally controversial right-wing pastor for 20 years? I wouldn't think so, and I don't think The Nation would either. The Republicans may be hypocrites in their denunciations of Wright, but it seems to me too many on the left are being just as hypocritical. As much as I don't see anything particularly offensive in Wright's diatribes, at least I am pretty sure that Hillary would find the right-wing pastor as offensive as she finds Wright.

    Posted by omichael at 05/01/2008 @ 10:41pm

42. Thursday, May 1, 2008 9:23:26 PM

    Posted by frosty zoom at 05/1/2008 |

    Living on a lighted stage

    Approaches the unreal

    For those who think and feel In touch with some reality

    Beyond the gilded cage

    Cast in this unlikely role

    Ill-equipped to act

    With insufficient tact

    One must put up barriers

    To keep oneself intact

    Posted by crabwalk at 05/02/2008 @ 05:33am

43. Who anytime something gets thrown her way she calls foul and the feminists start screaming sexism.

    Posted by Cccomfo1 at 05/1/2008

    Or breaks down sobbing for the camera.

    Hey, wasn't Bubba Oh, Really? part of the "Vast Right Wing conspiracy"? What the hell is she even doing on his show, other than auctioning off whatever she may have left of her soul?

    Posted by crabwalk at 05/02/2008 @ 05:41am

44. The better question is "Would Clinton have ever JOINED a predominantly black church on the southside of Chicago in the first place?"

    I yearn for the good old days when Oh'Really was confined to Inside Edition.

    Posted by s-staff at 05/02/2008 @ 5:11pm

45. Golly FRANKIE....thought you were telling us that Clinton is the candidate the Repubs and right wing is most afraid of. Correction: Hillary is the candidate they love cause if she wins - they win.

    Clinton is really far more disgusting than I ever imagined. She will lay down with anybody. Kind of like Bubba wouldn't you say. The media's attempt to smear Obama with the Reverend Wright goes on and on and on. Just pathetic!

    Posted by OneVote at 05/02/2008 @ 7:35pm

46. Enough Rev. Wright already... Any of you 'Right-Wingers' have anything intelligent to say... Christ..! Wright had nothing to do with the state our country is in.. Do you idiots understand this...?? Is there any sane person who thinks 4 more years of the same BS policies from the 'Conservatives' is a good idea...?? Really..?? Get your heads out of your asses and think about it... How bout something new ... Smokescreen After political smokescreen... Cant see the forest through the trees... cant smell your shit when your on your knees...

    Posted by Vvf1969 at 05/02/2008 @ 7:46pm

47. Posted by Vvf1969 at 05/2/200

    .............(yawn)...zzzzzzzz.......

    Posted by Benchrest at 05/02/2008 @ 8:08pm

48. The damn session was pathetic. Why she is not being asked why she lied about the Sniper fire? A lie is a lie and is a lie. It can't be a mistake but a lie. And how can a liar take the highest office of planet earth??? Imagine had it been Obama instead of her getting caught in a lie of this type, a 10 year old can answer that!!!!

    Posted by aleemsyed at 05/02/2008 @ 8:54pm

49. It makes them quite a pair of liars - isn't it? Earlier it was Bill who lied under oath during Lavensky incident, and now his dear wife a La-femme Rambo lies of sniper fire to qualify for the Commander-in-chief slot! Let her know that we know the difference, A lie from a Mistake!!!

    Posted by aleemsyed at 05/02/2008 @ 9:14pm

50. ccc, i don't think anyone has said obama is sexist for anything he's said or done. he hasn't said or done anything sexist. he takes the high ground everytime. i have never been more impressed with any president or anyone running for president. if he doesn't win, i may actually have to move far far away. (i said "may" mask)

    that said, there has been tons of sexism directed at hillary from all quarters but obama's. there has been a surprisingly large amount of the vilest forms of sexism directed at hillary.

    Posted by loveloki at 05/03/2008 @ 01:48am

51. This Republican thrust to support Clinton tells me clearly that:

    1) They fear Obama and think he might win over Mc Cain and change things substantially in D.C.

    2) They think Clinton is beatable by McCain. It will be such irony if Clinton gets the nomination how will Fox and O'Reilly will dispose of her.

    3) Speeches, sermons, essays and different forms of literature allow for language 'figures'. Wright is patriotic, he is criticism of America only means he wants to help heal her.

    4) All the dirty things Clinton has done to get ahead in the race means she does not have scrupules. I wonder what will she be able to do when nobody sees if she is elected? Obama is right, she is politics as usual.

    Posted by Frank42 at 05/03/2008 @ 3:23pm

52. scruples

    Posted by emile duBois at 05/04/2008 @ 12:49pm

53. Scruples.

    Posted by Malcontent at 05/04/2008 @ 8:36pm