... you start ranting, and the only thing to do is to look as boorish as you."

Fantastic television.

"This is why people don't trust the government."

"No, this is why your stupidity gets in the way of rational discussion."

Nice one, Barney.

It's silly to pretend the Democrats' hands are clean with respect to Fannie and Freddie, though.

Sure, but Bill O's line of attack seems to be that when a politician doesn't scaremonger about Fannie and Freddie in the middle of a massive crisis, they're directly to blame if people go out and buy stock in them. It's insane. And that's before we get to the trademark Papa Bear shouting over the top of his guest stuff. The guy has unbelievable anger issues. He's like the American conservative Saxondale.

True enuf, but I would think the more pragmatic approach for Barney Frank would have been to acknowledge in some way that he didn't see the collapse happening exactly when it did and that he was working to forestall it (throw Bill a bone) before making his principled case about the root causes. Instead he looked like he was diverting and blaming the other side entirely.

O'Reilly is a colossal jerk, though.

Why does anyone have anything to do with him? He's the media equivalent of Joe McCarthy, ignore him and he'll wither away and die.

Presumably because he's the most watched pundit on cable news. But I have to agree. If you're anything but a down-the-line Republican, there's nothing to gain by appearing on the show.

He's a genuine waste of DNA. I would genuinely cheer if I heard that evil cunt was dead.

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He's a genuine waste of DNA. I would genuinely cheer if I heard that evil cunt was dead.

Soon enough I should think - he looks ready to pop in that clip.

He reminds me of Noah from Noah's Arcade in Wayne's World.

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"No, this is why your stupidity gets in the way of rational discussion."

Nice one, Barney.

That's the best line in the whole clip. Billow is an ass.

That's just me being nice because I'm in a good mood today.

My old conservative Republican Dad hates O'Reilly. It was comforting to hear, because it means that he doesn't have the unquestioning support of all right-wingers.

Hmm, O'Reilly is mainly bad, he's got the angry blowhard thing going, but he's nowhere near as bad as some of the other Fox personalities. Hannity is MUCH worse, next to him O'Reilly's a beacon of objectivity. And then you've got people like Cavuto, Gibson, "Doocy", these utter dregs of hackdom. Watch them for a while and O'Reilly starts to look like Socrates. He'll at least call out his own side from time to time, actually criticize Bush, point out mistakes, etc.

Yeah, it's safe to say O'Reilly's not as much of a hack as Hannity or Hume, but as a human being I think he's much worse. Whether it's the incredibly short fuse and thin skin, the pathological lying, the narcissism, or the all round dickishness, he seems to have no redeeming qualities.

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Whether it's the incredibly short fuse and thin skin, the pathological lying, the narcissism, or the all round dickishness, he seems to have no redeeming qualities.

Except that he is living proof for the existence of god.

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No, I am not kidding. In his new book, A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity (No, I'm not kidding about that title either.)

Bill writes:

Next time you meet an atheist, tell him or her that you know a bold, fresh guy, a barbarian who was raised in a working-class home and retains the lessons he learned there.

Then mention to that atheist that this guy is now watched and listened to, on a daily basis, by millions of people all over the world and, to boot, sells millions of books.

Then, while the non-believer is digesting all that, ask him or her if they still don't believe there's a God!

I saw that on Pharyngula. I can only assume there's some context that's been removed, because it just makes no sense on any level.

As I've stated for years, I supported the Clinton's version of winning elections, and creating the Red State/Blue State thing. Until Rove turned it around, and Obama and dailykos and Howard Dean started the 50-state strategy.

I've also supported the banning of the Fux Propaganda Channel by progressives. However, seeing Frank calling this guy an idiot, and being able to flip his pages and act like an imbecile, may very well prove me wrong as well. All it takes is finding people who can take a punch, can land a punch, and take the person on in a steelcage match.