17-04-2003 21:22									#1
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quote: The Unfunny Factor By Lloyd Grove Tuesday, April 15, 2003; Page C03 Maybe Bill O'Reilly should declare a "No-Quip Zone." Emceeing Saturday night's Best Friends rock-and-roll gala at the Marriott Wardman Park -- which raised $800,000 for the 15-year-old charity benefiting inner-city schoolchildren -- the Fox News Channel star was trying to fill dead air during a lull in the entertainment. Members of the "Best Men," as the sixth-to-eighth-grade boys in the program are called, were delayed getting onstage to perform a lip-synced rendition of the Four Tops standard "Reach Out (I'll Be There)." O'Reilly ad-libbed: "Does anyone know where the Best Men are? I hope they're not in the parking lot stealing our hubcaps." Many in the audience -- which included Cabinet secretaries Tommy Thompson, Gale Norton and Mel Martinez, Mayor Tony Williams and business types Fred Malek and Jim Kimsey -- apparently didn't hear about the hubcaps amid the hubbub. A witness spotted attendee Bo Derek's jaw dropping, and yesterday she confirmed that she did hear it, but declined to comment further. Channel 9 anchor Andrea Roane was overheard murmuring: "Unbelievable." "To say that this conservative audience -- dominated undoubtedly by many of Mr. O'Reilly's biggest fans -- was aghast, is an understatement," one attendee e-mailed us, asking for anonymity. "The well-known Republican politicians and their spouses seated at or near my table were appalled." Yesterday O'Reilly told us: "This is ridiculous and foolish. No good deed goes unpunished. If you guys want to snipe at me, then snipe at me. This thing raised a lot of money for a good charity. Everybody was happy. I don't want to comment on anything else." Best Friends founder Elayne Bennett, wife of virtues czar William Bennett, said O'Reilly has donated $60,000 to the program over the past 1 1/2 years, including a $5,000 check he handed over Saturday: "Bill has been wonderful to these boys. He puts his money where his mouth is. He's a New York guy. He was a schoolteacher in the New York City public schools. He loves these kids." As for O'Reilly's attempt at humor, Bennett told us: "I didn't hear it, but it was absolutely a throwaway line."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...-2003Apr15.html

Ahhh, O'Reilly conducts himself in such a professional manner, in tune with the honorable network in which he works for.

Since O'Reilly donates, I'll limit my bashing. He is definitely afflicted with "Foot in Mouth" disease.

	17-04-2003 21:27									#2
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It was a tasteless joke, but pretty damn funny.

	18-04-2003 01:19									#3
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Yeah it was

	18-04-2003 01:20									#4
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I can't stand the guy. He irritates the hell out of me. Therefore, I avoid him like the plague.

I'd rather listen to Rush Limbaugh. Think about that for a second.

-Arrian

	18-04-2003 01:25									#5
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Stupid ****er.

	18-04-2003 01:26									#6
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I'm glad I don't know who he is.

	18-04-2003 01:26									#7
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Not really on a par with Lott, IMO. There's a pretty big difference between insinuating that inner-city kids are thieves while actively raising funds for inner-city kids and insinuating that segregation was a good idea while at the birthday party of a segregationist. I mean, hell, if O'Reilly had insinuated that inner-city kids are thieves on his talk show then nobody would have even batted an eyelash.

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	18-04-2003 01:32									#8
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quote: Originally posted by Osweld I'm glad I don't know who he is.

I didn't know who he was either...

until now. Now I know him as "that stupid ****er."

	18-04-2003 01:35									#9
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quote: Originally posted by loinburger Not really on a par with Lott, IMO. There's a pretty big difference between insinuating that inner-city kids are thieves while actively raising funds for inner-city kids and insinuating that segregation was a good idea while at the birthday party of a segregationist. I mean, hell, if O'Reilly had insinuated that inner-city kids are thieves on his talk show then nobody would have even batted an eyelash.

Shut up. We're having fun bashing the stupid ****er.

I'm really just looking for an excuse to say "stupid ****er" a few more times, but I will also seriously answer the post.

Lott's comment is extremely vague. "All these problems" could refer to pretty much anything. The stupid ****er (5 times now ) was blatant.

	18-04-2003 01:46									#10
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While it was good O'reilly participated in fund raising oriented towards help for these people, his joke shows the utter contempt he has for them.

With such a contempt, I son't think O'reilly's motivations by doing this charity were noble at all. Yet, one has to acknowledge it reamins good if his participation actually brought more money to the charity.

	18-04-2003 02:00									#11
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Jesus, none of you stupid ****ers has a sense of humor...

Loinburger excluded, of course. It's physically impossible for a man with that avatar to have a stick up his ass.

	18-04-2003 02:18									#12
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Anybody who pays attention to O'Reilly can only blame themselves for being offended. What exactly do you think an incompetent blow-hard does for a living?

	18-04-2003 02:21									#13
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quote: Anybody who pays attention to O'Reilly can only blame themselves for being offended. What exactly do you think an incompetent blow-hard does for a living?

Amen to that. Don't you guys remember when O'Reilly was host of "Inside Edition"? His credibility went out the window a long time ago...

	18-04-2003 02:29									#14
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No-one short of Michael Jackson's plastic surgeon could make Lott look like MLK.

	18-04-2003 02:58									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Jaguar Warrior Shut up. We're having fun bashing the stupid ****er. I'm really just looking for an excuse to say "stupid ****er" a few more times, but I will also seriously answer the post. Lott's comment is extremely vague. "All these problems" could refer to pretty much anything. The stupid ****er (5 times now ) was blatant.

Is that the American stupid ****er?

Or the British stupid ****er?

ACK!

	18-04-2003 04:39									#16
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I think O'Reilly already had top billing as "Stupidest ****er on Cable TV"

	18-04-2003 06:39									#17
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I'm awfully glad this important issue was brought to my attention. I shall be writing my congressman post-haste!

	18-04-2003 06:41									#18
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i actually thought it was quite funny :/

	18-04-2003 06:45									#19
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I thought it was incredibly OFFENSIVE and RACIST! How DARE he even SUGGEST that these LITTLE ANGELS would EVER do such a thing?!

	18-04-2003 06:48									#20
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quote: Originally posted by Sava Since O'Reilly donates, I'll limit my bashing. He is definitely afflicted with "Foot in Mouth" disease.

Agreed. The comment was unfortunate.

	18-04-2003 06:49									#21
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what the hell is the big deal? he raised money for inner-city people... did more to help poor people than you do, Sava...

	18-04-2003 06:50									#22
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I think it's a small price for those who benefited from the charity to pay.

	18-04-2003 06:59									#23
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Did the 'Best Men' or whatever they're called give a damn? if they weren't offended then no harm done.

Why do outsiders always get offended?

	18-04-2003 07:13									#24
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Coming from a Nazi apologist...

	18-04-2003 07:17									#25
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typical response of someone who knows I'm right but doesnt want to admit it...

	18-04-2003 07:22									#26
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quote: Originally posted by Albert Speer Did the 'Best Men' or whatever they're called give a damn? if they weren't offended then no harm done. Why do outsiders always get offended?

I can't believe I'm saying this but,I agree with Albert........

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	18-04-2003 08:04									#27
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outsiders always seem to get offended, especially if they're of the majority, because they think that the poor minorities are too weak, backwards, or stupid to understand the slight that was done to them.

generally only happens around "unassimilated" minorities, however.

	18-04-2003 09:05									#28
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I have simply said that he's a stupid ****er. (6) I've never said I was offended. As far as I'm concerned, if he wants to be a stupid ****er (7) he can be a stupid ****er (8). However, that does not detract from the fact that he is a stupid ****er (9) and people will probably be offended. And if they are, it's his own damn fault, the stupid ****er (10).