Isn't that always the way? I write a blog post ripping Bill O'Reilly for saying something stupid on his TV show, and he goes and says something even stupider that very same week on his radio show. Bill is so crazy, angry and misguided, I can't even keep up...and, people, I'm a guy with some time on my hands, particularly since I've come down with this Australian Wombat Flu or whatever it is.
Those of you who glance at political websites are probably already clued in to this story...It has been making headlines across the blogosphere. Here's what Bill said on Election Day, in reference to a measure on the ballot in San Francisco barring military recruiters from hanging out on public school grounds:
"Listen, citizens of San Francisco, if you vote against military recruiting, you're not going to get another nickel in federal funds. Fine. You want to be your own country? Go right ahead," O'Reilly said, according to a transcript and audio posted by liberal media watchdog group Media Matters for America, and by the San Francisco Chronicle.
"And if al-Qaida comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it. We're going to say, look, every other place in America is off limits to you, except San Francisco. You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead," O'Reilly continued, referring to the 1933 San Francisco landmark that sits atop Telegraph Hill.
Yeah! You tell 'em, Bill! If San Francisco votes on a measure with which you disagree, sic al-Qaeda on them!
Good lord...what an asshole...Of course, many people from San Francisco have already taken issue with O'Reilly for his comments. They do, after all, sound a lot like an American actively encouraging terrorists to attack a specific, and populated, target in America. And isn't encouraging the enemy the exact thing that gets O'Reilly so upset? (Well, that and the fact that some elementary school kids don't get to sing 'O Holy Night' in the school's holiday pageant, and instead must make do with the non-demoninational 'Frosty the Snowman.').
Interesting side note: Keith Olbermann, host of the only cable news show worth watching, points out that O'Reilly has removed the San Francisco comment from his show's transcript. Clearly forgetting that once something has been broadcast, some people might have already heard what he said or even recorded his insanity.
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