Every week political pundits grace us with gaffes, hyperbole, violations of logic and just plain untruths. Every week we try to catch them, because we are smart alecks.O'Reilly wants old lady melted, makes crow sound three times
Bill O'Reilly was quite bothered by veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas's line of questioning during Monday's presidential press conference. So much so, that he suggests next time Barack Obama needs to douse her with water, in hopes that it would melt her like it did the Wicked Witch of the West. For reasons known only to himself, O'Reilly also imitates Thomas by cawing like a crow. Three caws, to be precise.
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Least Favorite #1: Bill O'Reilly
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Wednesday 11 February
By TJ Webb
Come on, folks, let's be honest...hasn't the venerable Helen Thomas stayed too long at the dance? I'm not a Spring chicken myself, but this woman is bordering on senility. As I recall, she said something about "...so-called terroritsts." Right, Helen. They're not really bad guys, so why don't you invite them to lunch at the home?
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Wednesday 11 February
By Gopher
Helen Thomas has more class and political savvy in her big toe than the angry old man O'Reilly can ever hope to attain. His job is to cloud the picture, actions camouflaged as a kind of down-to-earth honesty for people simple enough to buy it. For him to attack Mr Thomas just shows that he has no limits in his application of bad taste.
Saturday 14 February
By Dean Cobb
I couldn't agree more . Helen is so biased she can't see bias if it hit her betwen the eyes. I didn't see the LIBERAL presas taking her to task when she was trashing Bush. The "so-called terrorists" was the last straw for me. No true journalist could ever make a statement like that. I am sure she thinks the 9/11 terrorists were just misunderstood and the prisoners at Gitmo should be granted American citizenship so they can assimilate into our society. What a bonehead!!
Saturday 14 February
By EILEEN
SO TRUE, NOT ONLY DID SHE STAY TOO LONG SHE CAN'T DANCE. SO CALLED TERRORIST REMARK SHOULD PUT HER OUT TO PASTURE.
Saturday 14 February
By Mr Independent
Anything that comes after the ignorant "so called terrorist" is fair game. Liberals have no argument to anything except their emotions. Get in the ring people and have an actual opinion that you are ready to back up with facts and intelligence. By the way, it must be nice to hide behind the obvious leberal biased AOL media dept. Kinda like a left wing college campus. What a joke they are in general.
Sunday 15 February
By Hank
Ms. Thomas has served as a White House correspondent longer than o'reilly has been out of diapers. She needs no defending but only a low-life like o'reilly would make such disrespectful remarks about her. She knows her job and does it well unlike o'reilly, It is no real man that shows disrespect for a lady like Ms. Thomas and her accomplishments. o'reilly can only talk and make crude remarks about the accomplishments of others. That makes him a leech depending on others for his life's work if one can call it that.
Tuesday 24 February
By Karl
Bill O'Riley Sucks
Wednesday 11 February
By redstategal
Oh PLEASE! Look at the whole cut of what O'Reilly said. He was mocking her stupid question. She thinks there are "so called" terrorists in Pakistan? THAT'S what he was making fun of. And how many times did she make fun of the Bush administration and I did not see any articles reporting this on AOL? Hhhmm?
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Thursday 12 February
By BRENDA PETERSON
As usual the liberal media gets it WRONG
Wednesday 11 February
By Don Shook
HORRAY FOR BILL!
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Wednesday 11 February
By Pam
I totally agree. Helen Thomas needs to GO! She is totally out of touch & she did nothing but trash Bush his entire presidency. This slobbering over Obama is ridiculous.
Saturday 14 February
By iiquorumii
Helen needs to give up her chair and give it to someone who still has higher brain function. She's overstayed her usefulness (or, for that matter, her entertainment value.)
Plus, she's just plain effin' nuts.
Wednesday 11 February
By janabanana
well geez, the old lady does look like the wicked witch of the east! i'd of thrown water on her if i were him!
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Thursday 12 February
By phantomTangoSix
The idiot? Helen Thomas
Wednesday 11 February
By Jan
I've never seen Helen Thomas caw like a crow or mock someone's age like O'Reilly did.....let's see....who would be the idiot in this scenario?
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Saturday 14 February
By Krystal
Really? I vividly remember Obama's TV ad attacking McCain for being too old and out of touch and making fun of him. Even though Ted Kennedy is older than McCain. And I do remember all the vile attacks on Bush in relation to his intelligence and other things. So let's not get prissy when O'Reilly has made some fun because of Helen's ridiculously condescending question.
Saturday 14 February
By Jan Sux
The idiot would be Jan. =) As if noone knew!!
LOL i had to laugh the guy that defended Helen Thomas,who is about as fair or unbiased as most of A(H)OL staff (which is not at all) ends up caling her MR. Thomas at the end of his soap box...hehe freudian slip huh.Even he thinks she is a wrinkly old dude looking ??woman??
Wednesday 11 February
By wings
The woman can ask asinine questions and the left wing media says nothing. Good for Mr. Bill time she was put out to pasture
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Wednesday 11 February
By Hawkeye
Helen Thomas was a blithering idiot when Rutherford B Hayes was President....and she's a blithering idiot still.
Last week, in an interview by the Canadian PBS, she said that there was no liberal bias by the American media, and that she had yet to see a liberal journalist.
Wednesday 11 February
By RaraAvis
Bill has to work hard to keep his title of Major Asshole.
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