I didn’t see him complain when Fox News itself, and not the overall corporation, used Terri Schiavo as a campaign prop for the GOP and a marketing ploy at the same time.

How so?

Well, now I have the link to support your original claim about O’Reilly. Fifteen and one half hours and innumerable comments later, but none-the-less here it is.

Which brings me back to my original observation.

Here we had a post. Which by any reasonable definition of its parameters had no articulable partisan slant. In fact, Allahpundit even went so far as to edit out of the video anything partisan. Anything that could distract from the message about OJ. OJ profiting from the death of Nichole and Ron and the effect that could have on the children. He edited out that which you find so objectionable.

The reference to abortion.

And there the matter could have rested.

Until you showed up.

Grebrook, have you ever been to a funeral? I have. Too many times. And I’ve stood side by side with mourners who didn’t like me or others. And yet, I never once thought of them as people who couldn’t comport themselves respectfully and appropriately at those times. And they’ve never once disappointed me, despite our differences.

What about you, Grebrook? If I knew you, if you were a close friend or family, could I feel safe in bringing you to the funeral of someone? Could I trust you to pay your respects along side others? Would you? Could you? Or would you grandstand? Would you shout that so and so was a weasel, or an idiot? Would laying a smack-down be the only thing that would be important to you?

I wonder Grebrook.

Your conduct on this thread really makes me wonder.

Judith Regan’s explanation at Drudge seems reasonable to me (if not a bit hyper-emotive, to the point of being obnoxious).

It was an entirely self-serving screed. Enough already about the divorce! It doesn’t justify giving this sub-human residue a public forum. Every penny from the book needs to go to the victim’s families.

He cut off about 20 seconds of the video where O’Reilly started to whine about Dr. Tiller out in Kansas and attempted to link the two together.

Grebrook on November 17, 2006 at 1:16 PM

I just read the link, and I’m not convinced you have a leg to stand on here. He’s not just talking about abortion, he’s talking about late-term abortions, abortions where the fetus can and would otherwise survive outside of the womb.

And it relates specifically to his topic about profiting off of death, $5,000 per viable fetus, where the only difference between it and any other baby is the barrier of a womb.

If you have some sort of supporting documentation for this, such as additional video footage, or transcripts, please provide them.

But just because you either intentionally skipped over this or just misunderstood this, I do not feel the need to call you a fool.

Grebrook, the parameters of this HotAir post consist of the embedded video, Allahpundits written words, and whatever facts and opinions the commenters here can bring.

You have stated three times that Bill O’Reilley has made some sort of connection between abortion and the OJ situation. I see no evidence of this what-so-ever in the embedded video clip.

If you have some sort of supporting documentation for this, such as additional video footage, or transcripts, please provide them.

If this abortion-OJ connection comment by O’Reilly is merely supposition on your part, please say so.

If you are just going off of your memory of the complete Fox broadcast, please say so.

Allah Pundit EDITED THE VIDEO you fool. Look this is the transcript of O’Reilly’s talking points memo:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,230180,00.html

He cut off about 20 seconds of the video where O’Reilly started to whine about Dr. Tiller out in Kansas and attempted to link the two together.

And now he’s using the O.J. debate to try to tie it in with abortion?
Grebrook on November 16, 2006 at 10:15 PM

If Bill O’Reilly had just sat there and angrily went on a tirade against Simpson, I would have said nothing, because there’s nothing to disagree with. But O’Reilly chose to exploit the situation by linking O.J. Simpson murdering two people with ABORTION.
Grebrook on November 17, 2006 at 1:34 AM

If O’Reilly wants to talk about late-term abortion, that’s his right, and I don’t really care. But to exploit the deaths of two innocent people and turn around to try to make a comparison to a hotly disputed political issue is pathetic and despicable.
Grebrook on November 17, 2006 at 2:07 AM

Grebrook, the parameters of this HotAir post consist of the embedded video, Allahpundits written words, and whatever facts and opinions the commenters here can bring.

You have stated three times that Bill O’Reilley has made some sort of connection between abortion and the OJ situation. I see no evidence of this what-so-ever in the embedded video clip.

If you have some sort of supporting documentation for this, such as additional video footage, or transcripts, please provide them.

If this abortion-OJ connection comment by O’Reilly is merely supposition on your part, please say so.

If you are just going off of your memory of the complete Fox broadcast, please say so.

If you snap out of your selective memory, you’ll remember just what a circus that the OJ trial was (and, thanks to this, still is) and how this or that person used it for their own agenda.

Emmett J. on November 16, 2006 at 10:51 PM

You know, this is the internet. It is entirely possible that the reason Greg cannot remember what happened during the OJ trial is that he/she (I’m not sure which) was either too young to understand what was going on at or wasn’t even born yet.

His/her rantings would not surprise me had they come from a 10-15 year old.

Grebrook, for the love of God just shut the f*ck up.

Really, honestly, truly, no one gives so much as half a damn what you think so take your turd flavored spitballs back to DU and shoot them there among people who are impressed by such juvenalia.

Pablo on November 17, 2006 at 4:49 AM

Ok, where did you pull that from? Don’t answer that !!!

Shame on Fox and shame on the sponsors!

Yeah, “far left”, I love the cliche talking points you use. Note to thedecider, the voters out in South Dakota crushed you at the ballot box. If you can’t win in South Dakota, I guess you should consider America one giant pit of communists as a whole.

Tell it to Tom Daschle.

Really, honestly, truly, no one gives so much as half a damn what you think so take your turd flavored spitballs back to DU and shoot them there among people who are impressed by such juvenalia.

Fox new commentator Bill O’Reilly urges his viewers to boycott Fox’s “If I DId It” interview with O.J. Simpson, and dubs it a milestone in the decline and fall of western civilization. And it’s tough to argue with him–it really……

Apparently you do as it was the crux of your original argument, although now you seem to change your mind as your rant continues.

Nice job ignoring the following sentence and hence the context, jackass.

This one is puzzling: you state civilization is on the edge of decline because of abortion and, at the same time, you vilify O’Reilly for making the same point. It seems you might be conflicted.

No, I accidentally hit period instead of question mark at the end of those two sentences, and you can’t edit posts.

Yeah, “far left”, I love the cliche talking points you use.

Really? I’m not a fan of yours.

If you can’t win in South Dakota, I guess you should consider America one giant pit of communists as a whole.

This one is worthy of a nut-case ready to jump off a bridge.

If O’Reilly wants to talk about late-term abortion, that’s his right, and I don’t really care.

Apparently you do as it was the crux of your original argument, although now you seem to change your mind as your rant continues.

The decline of civilization? Our civilization is on the edge of decline because of abortion, a practice which has been going on for a hundred years in the very least.

This one is puzzling: you state civilization is on the edge of decline because of abortion and, at the same time, you vilify O’Reilly for making the same point. It seems you might be conflicted.

It further seems you are the “hysterical” one as noted from your many posts these past many weeks. No wonder Allah states you “tickle” him. I have to agree.

(note to self: why do I bother?) Had you actually listened to the piece with an open mind – instead of the garbage-filled ideology you choose – you would have understood that Bill was relating the O.J. case and the doctor who performs late-term abortions – to the decline of civilization as comparable to the Roman empire. Instead of applying your brain to the comparison, you heard exactly what you wanted to hear through the tiny prism known as liberalism. You may agree or disagree with Bill’s comparison – which would be a fair argument – but instead chose to stick to your tired, weary, far-left talking points about abortion rights because that is all you heard.

Yeah, “far left”, I love the cliche talking points you use. Note to thedecider, the voters out in South Dakota crushed you at the ballot box. If you can’t win in South Dakota, I guess you should consider America one giant pit of communists as a whole.

If O’Reilly wants to talk about late-term abortion, that’s his right, and I don’t really care. But to exploit the deaths of two innocent people and turn around to try to make a comparison to a hotly disputed political issue is pathetic and despicable. It was no less despicable when conservatives on talk radio and Fox attempted to exploit a braindead Florida woman and passed notes around in the Senate arguing that it would “excite the conservative base” and that they could use it against Democratic Senator Bill Nelson.

The decline of civilization? Our civilization is on the edge of decline because of abortion, a practice which has been going on for a hundred years in the very least. And some crackpot hocking a book about how he killed his wife on television. If civilization is about to collapse, there may be 1000 important reasons why it is on the brink.

This is not one of them. Talk about a cliche, hysterical right-wing nut.

The two are unrelated, and it’s his attempt to try to get people to sympathize with pro-life politics in a ridiculously unrelated manner.

Grebrook on November 17, 2006 at 1:34 AM

(note to self: why do I bother?) Had you actually listened to the piece with an open mind – instead of the garbage-filled ideology you choose – you would have understood that Bill was relating the O.J. case and the doctor who performs late-term abortions – to the decline of civilization as comparable to the Roman empire. Instead of applying your brain to the comparison, you heard exactly what you wanted to hear through the tiny prism known as liberalism. You may agree or disagree with Bill’s comparison – which would be a fair argument – but instead chose to stick to your tired, weary, far-left talking points about abortion rights because that is all you heard.

You’ll be safe here.

;-)

infidel4life on November 17, 2006 at 1:33 AM

HAH! You don’t honestly believe that website is what it says it is, do you? You know who’s really behind it, right?

I’ll give you a hint… check who it’s registered to… then check who their neighbor’s daughter’s boyfriend’s little brother’s 5th grade teacher’s Uncle Moe went to kindergarten with back in the day…

Seriously, you people are blind…. it’s all plain as day.

And even in this admittedly partisan crowd, of which I am a proud member, at this time of tragedy and horror, no-one here thought to pull the partisan card. All merely reacted to the thought of the murderer of two innocent people profiting from their death.

Until you showed up.

If Bill O’Reilly had just sat there and angrily went on a tirade against Simpson, I would have said nothing, because there’s nothing to disagree with. But O’Reilly chose to exploit the situation by linking O.J. Simpson murdering two people with ABORTION. The two are unrelated, and it’s his attempt to try to get people to sympathize with pro-life politics in a ridiculously unrelated manner.

I can’t… they would only try to silence me… I fear for my safety…. but it doesn’t matter anyway, does it? The rightwingers won’t listen, they never do.

The power of the Rove side of the Force is too strong…

dead-duck on November 17, 2006 at 1:30 AM

You’ll be safe here.

;-)