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Bill O'Reilly speaks truth

POSTED BY: NIKI2
UPDATED: Sunday, October 7, 2012 09:29
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Sunday, October 7, 2012 9:29 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


I just caught this, in an article on the Stewart-O'Reilly debate (which I fucking MISSED, dammit, and will have to catch on the internet...grrrr.).

I long ago pointed out that Bill O'Reilly says what he does because that's his JOB, that in actuality he's a really bright guy and nobody KNOWS what he really thinks. He said himself:
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"I’m a rodeo clown,’ he said in an interview, adding with a coy smile, “It takes great skill.” He added later: “I say on the air all time, ‘if you take what I say as gospel, you’re an idiot.’“


I always gave him points for that honesty. Well, he's done it again. Get this, out of O'Reilly's own mouth, from their debate:
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“The problem with the discourse deal is capitalism.”

“You can make a lot of money by being an assassin,” he said. “It doesn’t matter: right wing or left wing. You go in and you’re a hater – radio, cable, in print, whatever – you can get paid. And there’s a people who do that. And they go in, they don’t even believe half the stuff they say. … Capitalism drives that. There are people - Americans - who want to hear hate.”

He noted that “we have to live with it, freedom of speech.” http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/06/oreilly-stewart-rumble
-no-average-debate/?hpt=hp_t2


I did catch their "pre-rumble" appearance on Daily Show, and it was obvious how much fun O'Reilly was having sparring with Stewart, but I missed the debate itself. Looking forward to finding it!

It used to surprise me that Stewart and O'Reilly are such friends, but that was before I came to respect O'Reilly's intelligence and saw that he'd admitted the above. Now I understand, and honor Bill for (sideways) admitting what he is.

Wouldn't it be great if someone would pay him MORE to represent the other side! What a catch he would be, putting that intelligence to work HONESTLY!

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