O’Reilly struggles with English

June 22, 2007

O’Reilly Democratic consultant Robin Swanson on last night to explore a reasonably interesting question: why progressive activists tend to oppose Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. It’s the same week as the Take Back America conference, Clinton was booed a little during her speech, so it seems like an issue a talk show on FNC would consider. No biggie.

But the transcript suggests O’Reilly was embarrassingly lost.

O’REILLY: Why do you think the far left is disenchanted with [Hillary Clinton]? Why?

SWANSON: Well, I think that she has put herself in a position to explain a little too much in terms of her past votes. And I think John Edwards, by apologizing [for his Iraq war vote in 2002], has been able to move on a little bit easier than Hillary has.

O’REILLY: OK, so then I don’t understand.

SWANSON: Elections are always about the future.

O’REILLY: Maybe you want to think about that. I don’t understand what you’re saying.

SWANSON: OK, well.

O’REILLY: I don’t know what you’re saying.

SWANSON: It’s always easier.

O’REILLY: I’ll put the question.

SWANSON: Can I finish, though?

O’REILLY: No.

SWANSON: Can I finish?

O’REILLY: No, I gave you two shots at it. I gave you two shots at it. I don’t know what you’re talking about… With all due respect to you, and I appreciate you coming on, I don’t know what you’re talking about.

At which point, O’Reilly — you guessed it — cut her mic.

Someone needs to explain to me why left-leaning people subject themselves to this.

Reading this article makes me wish that the scene from “Pulp Fiction” could play out here where the guy is told, “Say ‘what’ again” and DildOreilly gets shot in the shoulder. I’ld pay to see that movie.

  • “…O’Reilly was embarrassingly lost.

    Embarrassing for whom? O’Reilly obviously doesn’t have any shame about being boorish and obtuse on television. I doubt he’s embarrassed. He’s probably proud of himself.

  • CB, I was actually flipping stations and stopped to catch this O’Reilly tirade (because of your post earlier that day on the booing topic) to see how he would try to spin this event. You should know, that is not the full transcript.

    The democratic strategist would not answer the question in the first couple go arounds. Her first responses were to smear the GOP vs. just answering the question, which pissed him off. he actually had another guest (who appeared to be more liberal) who he kept interviewing because she was actually answering her questions.

    I’m not defending O’Reilly, as she finally (on the third try) started to answer the question and he didn’t give her a chance, but trying to share the enitire event.

  • It’s probably because he wasn’t getting the answer that he wanted to hear. I too wonder why people go on Fox. Just. Say. NO.

  • I thought it was a pretty simple explanation. She wouldn’t completely disavow her vote. And us progressives who knew all along how much of a lying, cheating scumbag Bush was, want to believe their candidate understood that too.

  • CB, this left-leaning person does NOT subject himself to watching Bill O’Reilly. That’s why I’m so grateful that you and other left-leaning bloggers do it for us.

    Oh – you meant why does a left-leaning person GO ON Bill’s program? Good question. But sometimes even a mild-mannered high school kid gets the better of him. Check this out:

    http://www.newshounds.us/2007/06/21/boulder_high_student_jesse_lange_calmly_exposes_bill_oreillys_hypocrisy.php

  • JRS Jr. @3 – Dude, what are you talking about? She was answering his questions. Orally was just too stupid/obtuse/focused on his agenda to grasp it.

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