This whole idea of respect for the dead is ridiculous. Respect is earned, people seem to think that respect should be gratuitious. If the man shows you no respect by being a propagandist, for an administration that lies and steals from you, he deserves no respect in death, whether he did it with a smile or not is irrelevant. It is not hatred, it is giving the man the “respect” he deserves, the respect he gave you. Many salesmen have tried to screw you over with a smile on their face. If he wanted respect he could have spoke out, kissing the collective @sses of the beltway elite does not make someone a nice guy. Just from a conservative angle the man served as a mouthpiece for one of the most destructive administrations to conservatism in my lifetime. Thanks for socialized health care and this global warming nonsense because their failure to be conservative when they had the majorities is what killed us, those that made excuses for them were the enablers of this. Tony was an enabler. All his death means is one less enabler. And moreso for Tony because some of his earlier work showed that he had some good in him, but where did it go?

LevStrauss on July 15, 2008 at 10:33 AM

While I am 200% for free speech and have no problem with differing opinions, in this instance it would just be so nice if you weren’t here.

just because if you have a site with any kind of traffic you’re bound to have a crank infestation to some degree.

Hmmmm. S—-O—?

I used to watch Bill O every night, but I’ve gotten rather sick of having to watch all the blurred out women’s body parts, or worse having to turn the DVR off quickly when my ten year old comes into the room to tell me goodnight so she doesn’t ask what the blurred stuff is. That said, I do really appreciate that he exposes the radical liberal judges, educators, legislators,etc., particularly in light of child safety/welfare cases. He does us all a good service in many ways. Just enough with the tabloid crap!

She should go the extra mile and close comments entirely, along with her uninformed and idiotic screeds.

Better yet, shut down the whole worthless web site. Would be her biggest contribution yet.

Satire, right?
Just checking first. :D

dustoffmom on July 15, 2008 at 8:15 AM

Nope. I worked with a guy that thought just that way and I have a relative that thinks Bush has personally ordered taps on his phone. The relative is very active in the Internet culture but feels that his constant changing of handles keeps the Bush lackeys confused. He once went off line for a few weeks because of some comment made about the DU by a Fox News person and he feared the Bush thugs had him in their sights. He couldn’t stay off line because it’s the only place where he can find others that know the truth. The people posting the trash are basically crazy people or trolls trying to egg on the crazies. My collage attending son and his friends are pretty conservative in their views, even more so than I and he has told me how some of his friends go trolling around DKos and DU trying to inflame the crazies by out doing their crazy.

One of the most disturbing comments I’ve ever read. Care to publish your contact information, Terryann, and shed the shackles of your anonymity? “Anonymity” is not the problem, it’s the Liberal deconstruction of everything that ever made USA a great civilization. Great that is, while it lasted.

Fishoutofwater on July 15, 2008 at 3:48 AM

Actually I’m not anonymous. You just used my name, Terry Ann, and if you use click on my link it goes to my Web site, it tells you which state I live in. I have pictures of myself in my Web site. So I’m not hiding under a guise of anonymity. I’m out in the open.

And why do you have to go the extreme? Because I’m not giving out my address, therefore, I’m anonymous.

Never in post did I say we should do away with anonymity or anything of that sort in the post. I think it could be a positive thing. Allows more freedom. But let’s face it has its bad qualities. I truly doubt some people would post some of the stuff they do if they had their name behind it.
That’s all. Don’t read too much into comments, OK.

These people are hateful, paranoid and believe deeply in a vast right wing conspiracy. To them O’Reilly is a powerful high ranking member of that conspiracy and he has just told them that they know who they are and there is no place to hide. I’m betting many of them are now living in fear waiting for the inevitable knock on the door from the BushHitler thugs coming for them. Of course nothing will happen to them and in a few weeks they will be all happy in the knowledge that they once again outwitted the stupid hacks and thugs of the vast right wing power elite.

jmarcure on July 15, 2008 at 7:40 AM

Satire, right?
Just checking first. :D

“Cheap-shots”? The invasion of the illiterates is becoming very depressing.

Bingo!

These people are truly insignificant, and only come out under the guise of anonymity. They hide behind their keyboards, because if confronted in real life, they would cower and crawl away.

The tolerant ones, the left, have been reduced to hurling vile insults from afar. Unable to compete in the arena of ideas any longer, they simply shout down anyone who doesn’t agree with them, and smear.

It’s a shame these people can vote.

rightside on July 15, 2008 at 12:00 AM

All said, without disagreeing with one word Rightside wrote! I miss the days when you couldn’t “Google Earth” a video of my front door.

The internet can be one hateful and ugly place. Disturbing what happens when you give people anonymity.

terryannonline on July 14, 2008 at 10:55 PM

One of the most disturbing comments I’ve ever read. Care to publish your contact information, Terryann, and shed the shackles of your anonymity? “Anonymity” is not the problem, it’s the Liberal deconstruction of everything that ever made USA a great civilization. Great that is, while it lasted.

I don’t know….do you think these people that leave comments on a the LA Times tell others they are glad a former press secretary died?

terryannonline on July 14, 2008 at 11:12 PM

I would suppose that people like this associate only with people who are every bit as demented and souless as themselves so yeah, I think they do.

I wouldn’t imagine any decent person being able to stomach such cretins presence for more than a few moments after they started spitting their bile.