I was surprised when so many people I respect told me not to appear on "The O'Reilly Factor." I'd attacked Bill O'Reilly for his jihad against Dr. George Tiller, and he asked me on to discuss my "accusations." I thought that was fair. I could explain my point of view to his face; to say no felt like being a punk. But smart and supportive friends, family, co-workers, Twitterers and media stars all over the country reached out and suggested I skip it.More at the link. (Also, Digby calls O'Reilly a monster ... but really, for wanting to prevent late-term abortions, and being willing to stand up for his views? Kind of like how Carrie Prejean was treated, no?)
I thought about it, but not for long. I like doing TV. I'm not terrible at it. I criticized him, I should have the guts to repeat it to his face. I also need to say that when I announced I'd said yes, every one of the doubters, and more, sent me great advice and good wishes. (Thanks to Media Matters who, unbidden, just had staff start sending me clips to watch, about O'Reilly's lies. And if you're not on Twitter, well, Twitter rocked for me.) My daughter coached me; so did my litigator ex-husband, so did my friend and Salon co-conspirator Kerry Lauerman. It takes a village to debate Bill O'Reilly!
His producers also helped by doing that thing they do: "Hey, Bill really respects you for coming on the show! He wants to have a conversation! It'll be fine!"
I've already said O'Reilly's pretty much a bully (see, "O'Reilly Hammers Pro-Choice Extremist Joan Walsh!"). But Walsh is as much an "extremist" as O'Reilly. She says he's "driven by demons. God bless him and save him." But really, if she believes in God, why does she think the unborn have no right to life?
This is a strange, even awful woman ...
Care of Memeorandum.
2 comments:
I though it was bizarre that i still dont have the right to post after more than 20 minutes, yet she would probably allow me an abortion of an 8month old fetus after 30 seconds. I find it funny how she had to have her "kudos" for supposedly "getting" oreilly. (After lots of help from liberal friends) Girly, you are in way over your head.
I would also like to ask, can i smoke (which is legal, like abortion) in your home...or would you call me the anti christ???
You know what, you liberals should be encouraging smoking...its supporting all your socialist ideas....your constituents are not, monetarilly. Your support is falling away...you better come up with better articles than this.
I'm all for smoking Anon, but only the kind. But I have a feeling that you would deny me that right. Stay strong in your anonymity, tough guy.
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