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[FF1047]

My theory is that Bill thought he was going to be the big Anti-Kerry cheerleader ... now he's being trumped by SwiftVets and he's pushing back ...
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[BenJaxBchFL]

That's an interesting theory.

However, I think it goes more like this. Most situations like this do not have legs and ultimately result with nothing happening to the person who is the object of scrutiny. The Clinton's are the best example. There was Whitewater, Hillary's cattle futures, etc. End result, people were right but nothing happened. Bill knowing this chooses the skeptical approach. He thinks this strategy will ultimately prevail and does want to be grouped with those who brought the charges. That way he can point to previous statements and assert his greatness and high level of wisdom.

Bill screwed up. It's got legs, it's gathering steam and it is single handedly tanking Kerry's numbers.
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The war against terrorism is not that Americans might die rather that we would alter our way of living. If we get to a point where we choose not to go out because of fear, our economy will sink and in the end so will our nation. Vote Bush.

[Me#1You#10]

Alas, it is ratings & $$$ that are the final arbiters of most things major media.

When O'Reilly was fresh, he could afford, perhaps, to bring a unique perspective to an issue. Now he has his finger in the wind. Pithy. I mean pitty.

[4moreyears]

I'm going to dress BOR up as Paris Hilton's little lost dog and see if I can collect a reward. BOR yaps a lot and gets all nervous.
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kerry returned to the United States on July 22, 1971, held a press conference publicly calling on President Nixon... for the surrender of the United States to North Vietnam.

[Paul Woll]

During the Democratic primary, Bill said he liked John Kerry, I distinctly remember hearing him say on the radio, that he was very "good friends" of theirs. I lost respect for his impartiality after that.

He has a definite bias. Bill wants to believe that Kerry is a hero, as do many others. They want so much to believe that they put blinders on and hope it will go away.

It is not likely to.

I recommend spreading the word about Kerry and this site in chat rooms and other boards in the swing states.

[Steve02C5]

[MassInd]

Hey!! I'm from Mass., and I resemble that remark.

Actually, Whitey Bulger is the brother of former President of the Massachusetts State Senate Billy Bulger. Much more powerful than Governor, nevermind Boston mayor IMHO. Maybe that's why we can elect Republican Governors ?

Another good story is that a former Boston mayor, James Michael Curley, was re-elected while he was in jail.

[arjr111]

I remember last year when O'Rielly credited Vietnam era protestors with helping end an "unwinnable war" and in the process, undoubtedly saved many lives. (Paraphrased)

I wrote him an email, explaining that those same protestors were more likely one of the causes for the loss of the Vietnam War, along with a fearful Johnson administration that decided to fight a war of attrition, instead of a strategic war, which we certainly could have won.

And that those same protestors, most likely had contributed to many deaths, wounds and psychological problems, suffered by both serving, and returning troops.

Of course, I did not receive and answer. So my revised opinion is that O'Reilly thinks he is smarter than he actually is!
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[NortonPete]

A few months back I began noticing O'Reilly taking conflicting
sides on issues. Illogical comments. Perhaps for ratings, perhaps
for some other reason. ( maybe someone has pictures ? )
Just about the time the Democrats started attacking Rumsfeld
suddenly O'Reilly was attacking him. ( May June this year ).
The Michael Moore interview actually boosted Moore.
O'reilly was cruising about the Democratic convention like a Gadfly.
Now the attack on the SwiftVets.
What I believe you are seeing is the actions of a typical convictionless
news media member. He's has no beliefs and wants to position himself so that no matter who wins the election he can pretend to have been "fair".
O'Reilly IS the SPIN ZONE. He's putting a spin on his own reporting.
I don't watch him. Hope audience is not be as stupid as O'Reilly
thinks they are.

[MikeGranby]

I have a different take on Mr O. I think he's going to pains -- ridiculous pains in some cases, I'll grant you -- to preserve his "unbiased" position, but that in the end, he'll come down an endorse Bush. I think he believes he'll carry more weight by keeping out of things like the SBFT, and leaving it until later in the campaign to come down for one candidate or the other.

[Spiess]

You have to remember he lives in NY city, He plays footsie with all the east coast liberals in the cocktail parties. he was recently accused of being conservative and a bunch of "reporters" were going to expose fox as a right wing machine.
a little under half the country supposedly supports Kerry, and the main stream media is treating this issue as spin, so O'leftwing rielly is dutifully reporting what he thinks the public considers as SPIN,
Hes a liberal in disguise, I never have liked him.

[Dwight Callaway]

Despite all of O'reilly's claims about what a heroic crusader he is, he is really a coward when it comes to taking a stand on a very controversial subject. He will invoke politically correct positions like the worst of them. O'reilly knows that the magnitude of this scandal is unprecedented. It scares him.

O'reilly knows Kerry is a liar and fraud about Vietnam and much more. He just ain't gonna go first and say it. For one thing it puts him in the same boat with Drudge, Rush, Hannity - who O'reilly hates/is jealous of/puts down all the time as "not fair and balanced -- like HIM".

O'reilly will wait and overtly hit Kerry, only when it is safer to do so; after he has been reluctantly dragged to the sad conclusion about Kerry. O'reilly is already covertly attacking Kerry with some of his guest hosts.

All you O'reilly e-mailers can play to his ego, because he has a HUGE ONE.

Dwight
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[Spiess]

I sappose that is a fair analogy, I sappose I am more of a ball grabber!
The trouble is when you start playing beat around the bush with these people you loose your momentum, thusly I am a proponent of KICK EM WHILE THEY ARE DOWN. dont stop untill the scream you were right, which never happens becouse the will only become more disstainfully hatful of you becouse of thier emberrassment. LOL

[Curt]

[Chuck54]