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Withers: O’Reilly is a big old tween
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contributing editor,
365Gay Blog 11.25.2009 9:10am EST
contributing editor,
365Gay Blog 11.25.2009 9:10am EST
What’s there left to say about Bill O’Reilly? The Fox News harbor of self
importance has made a career of preening and doing his best to convince he is
looking after our best interests. Getting put out by his trips of fancy is like
getting mad at the rising sun.
When I had cable, I would sit in front of the tube yelling at the man’s
craziness. Now I’m reduced to getting my fix from internets clips; I finally get
what is the basis for his rantings and ravings. He wants to relive his
middle-school years so he can be cool and popular.
A few days back he interviewed Scott Fenstermaker, one of the lawyer’s involved in the habeas corpus case of
accused 9/11 terrorist Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali. Standard O’Reilly hot mess. Calls
the attorney a weasel because he insists his opinion of 9/11 isn’t as important
as the jury the accused will face. The interview ends with a question only heard
when a gaggle of girls are talking:
O’Reilly: You know people hate you. Do you care?
Fenstermaker: No, I’m honored that they hate me.
The complex combination of law, terror, and justice reduced to some middle
school mishmash of being liked. I thought O’Reilly was going to put his hands
on the hips, flip the hair, and tell the attorney there would be no invite to
his rad sleepover (do the youngsters still use that word?).
Fenstermaker’s response was spot on because being liked is not what matters,
unless you are Willy
Loman (and we all know how that turns out).