Cavuto versus O’Reilly: “You push this populist nonsense that doesn’t make sense”

posted at 2:57 pm on September 17, 2008 by Allahpundit

Palate-cleansing light comedy from last night’s Factor, courtesy of TV Newser. Are the bloodsucking oil companies really gouging Americans to oblivion? Or is O’R arbitrarily deciding what constitutes a fair price, in much the same way advocates of a tax on, ahem, “windfall profits” do? If it’s the former, why has gas historically been so cheap?

The folks demand guidance, my friends.

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classic TV last night. It’s always fun watching O’Reilly get his butt handed to him.

When it comes to economics, he’s clueless.

Pcoop on September 17, 2008 at 3:00 PM

http://gawker.com/5051193/sarah-palins-personal-email-account-hacked

Looks like a group of Obama hackers broke into Gov. Palin’s e-mail account.

Enoxo on September 17, 2008 at 3:00 PM

Saw this last night– notice how often he tried to change subject or do a “let’s move on” move? Go Neil.

Pasalubong on September 17, 2008 at 3:00 PM

I require more Geraldoesque screaming

Drunk Report on September 17, 2008 at 3:01 PM

Cavuto rocks. Just good, common sense and a level head.

O’Reilly the past year or so has started heading towards the deep end. And he was always terrible on economic issues. I still like him, but I don’t know how much longer he can keep his ratings up.

BadgerHawk on September 17, 2008 at 3:01 PM

i saw it. It was hillarious

Emeka on September 17, 2008 at 3:02 PM

Cavuto’s ripping of O’Reilly has been way past due. O’reilly doesn’t stand a chance with his figures.

Rovin on September 17, 2008 at 3:02 PM

Cavuto is the only reason I watch Fox News anymore… He really pinned BOR ‘s ears to the wall…. more, more, more.

MNDavenotPC on September 17, 2008 at 3:02 PM

BO is not very smart. Cavuto is very smart.

No contest.

DeweyWins on September 17, 2008 at 3:03 PM

Cavuto looks genuinely irritated before he says a single word. LOL

Is anyone else annoyed by O’Reilly’s, “Talking Points Memo believes…” stuff? Ugh. What a windbag.

capitalist piglet on September 17, 2008 at 3:03 PM

I love Neil. :)

artchick on September 17, 2008 at 3:03 PM

I like Cavuto.

Spirit of 1776 on September 17, 2008 at 3:03 PM

It was good that Cavuto was invited on to push back on this.

And while it’s correct that gas hasn’t gone up to 7 dollars a gallon, there’s no reason it can’t go down as prices of oil go down again. Cavuto had the right approach to O’Reilly’s getting upset and raising his voice. O’Reilly got angry because he’s a human being, and things like this get to him. Or, this is all an act, depending on who you ask. At any rate, O’Reilly brought on Cavuto, who disagreed with him. How often has Olbermann done this. Was it in the single digits? In any event, excellent video to watch.

wise_man on September 17, 2008 at 3:04 PM

Good for Cavuto to call O’Reilly on his BS. O’Reilly is extremely ignorant when it comes to matters of economics yet he runs his mouth as if he is the chairman of the federal reserve. What pisses me off is his stunning level of self reassurance in his own ignorance

titus_pullo on September 17, 2008 at 3:05 PM

A president to manage the economy? WTF?

lorien1973 on September 17, 2008 at 3:06 PM

can we ban the idiot posting the Palin Email hacked crap…..I graduated high school almost 30 years ago and this is about as true as her shooting Bigfoot yesterday….

SDarchitect on September 17, 2008 at 3:06 PM

F**K it! We’ll do it live!!!!

carbon_footprint on September 17, 2008 at 3:07 PM

Memo to Roger Ailes:

When Britt Hume retires, fill his slot with Cavuto

phreshone on September 17, 2008 at 3:07 PM

Feelings must give way to hard numbers. And it’s depression to hear BO spout the politics of covetousness disguised as “fairness.”

Neil objective facts and adult demeanor made BO sound like an idiot…or rather BO made himself sound that way. Who’s the pinhead, Bill?

baldilocks on September 17, 2008 at 3:07 PM

What pisses me off is his stunning level of self reassurance in his own ignorance

titus_pullo on September 17, 2008 at 3:05 PM

Yep. And whats worse is that he is worse every day too?

BO went from being reasonable 4-5 years ago to a complete buffoon.

lorien1973 on September 17, 2008 at 3:07 PM

Bill O’Reilly needs to shut his smarmy cake hole. He is really irking me lately. Cavuto has class.

bloggless on September 17, 2008 at 3:07 PM

Billo claims that oil has gone down 33% while gas has only gone down 7% in the past couple of months. I’m no mathematician but the way I figure it….

The price of oil has gone down from nearly $150.00 a barrel to less than $100. That would make his figure of 33% about right. But, here in NV gas per gallon has gone from a high of $4.25 to $3.50 or so. That’s a difference of $.75 cents which seem to me to be between 15% and 20%.

Though not exact calculations, gas has gone down at least twice as much as Billo claims.

Jvette on September 17, 2008 at 3:07 PM

there’s no reason it can’t go down as prices of oil go down again.

and it will.

Spirit of 1776 on September 17, 2008 at 3:07 PM

titus_pullo on September 17, 2008 at 3:05 PM

Remember, though, he’s looking out for you.

SARCASM

Rick on September 17, 2008 at 3:08 PM

O’Reilly went to the Mike Huckabee school of populism and TV ratings.

Elizabetty on September 17, 2008 at 3:08 PM

Ted Baxter vs. Milton Friedman Jr.

Guess who makes more sense?

aquaviva on September 17, 2008 at 3:08 PM

O’Reilly is no math major, that’s for sure.
When Cavuto tried to explain about prices at 2.5 should be 7.00, O’Reilly couldn’t comprehend it…and if he admitted it, it would have proved OR is just plain wrong.

right2bright on September 17, 2008 at 3:09 PM

Uh, Bill wants the government to “watch” them but not regulate them? Nice paper tiger that would be. Maybe he could recommend that model to the IRS. I could get behind that.

MarkABinVA on September 17, 2008 at 3:09 PM

Neil’s objective facts, rather.

baldilocks on September 17, 2008 at 3:09 PM

Bill should just stick to hammering pedos, NBC, democrats, the far-left. He’s getting way too moderate and populist and doesn’t have a clue on the economy.

lodge on September 17, 2008 at 3:09 PM

Cavuto +1, O’Reilly 0

Would someone please ask Neil if he sees any evidence that Soros is manipulating (e.g. short selling) our financial crisis for political advantage (max turmoil).

petefrt on September 17, 2008 at 3:10 PM

O’reilly is slipping. If he can’t see through Obama, he should retire.

marklmail on September 17, 2008 at 3:10 PM

You know, I am actually starting to agree with Bath Tub Boy on something… Bill O is a worthless idiot.

*shudders*

Someone please shoot me if I ever find myself having to agree with Olby again. Damn, I feel DIRTY.

Damiano on September 17, 2008 at 3:10 PM

“The government cures are worse than the disease they address”

Be-ach SLAP!

Fletch54 on September 17, 2008 at 3:11 PM

O’Reilly needs a regular spanking. He’s a loose conservative Canon.
Suing CEOs is a decoy. Prosecuting Government connivance is the duck.
Wake up. Elect conservatives.

Randy

williars on September 17, 2008 at 3:11 PM

Cavuto is the smartest guy at the network, hands down. O’Reilly is a windbag who often stumbles onto the correct side of things, but in this case, Cavuta pwned him.

D2Boston on September 17, 2008 at 3:11 PM

I’ve always been a reluctant watcher of O’Reilly but somehow after the Obama interview I just don’t like him anymore. He claims he is looking out and all that but he didn’t pin Obama down and they seemed to form a mutal admiration society.

Obama is wrong for this country. I can’t really pin down what O’Reilly did wrong but it felt like he was intimidated by Obama and didn’t press hard enough and let Obama make his taking points.

I have just lost any respect I used to have for him. He doesn’t understand economics enough to spout off about them.

petunia on September 17, 2008 at 3:11 PM

When oil was rising, gas prices rose more than did oil prices.

Now that it’s falling, the price of gas is falling more slowly than is the price of oil.

The reason for this is simple. Not all oil is bought on the spot market.

MarkTheGreat on September 17, 2008 at 3:12 PM

Cavuto doesn’t go on The Factor very much – O’Reilly usually has a biz babe on. Now I can see why he doesn’t want Cavuto around.

O’Reilly’s argument about the lack of correlation in the short term between oil and gasoline is classic economic ignoramus fodder – he can’t be bothered with the facts.

Kenrod on September 17, 2008 at 3:12 PM

I heart Neil Cavuto! Always a voice of reason.

ConMom on September 17, 2008 at 3:12 PM

I’m as conservative as lots of you and usually love O’Reilly, and Limbaugh, and Hannity, and Levin, and Monica Crowley, and even Tammy Bruce (though her screechy intensity often gives me a serious headache!).

On political analyses, I usually agree with ALL of these folks 99.99999% of the time.

HOWEVER…as a guy who works in a field related to economics and finance, I favor FACTS and actual DATA over OPINION. And I’ve often heard my favorite radio/TV people mentioned above COMPLETELY TWIST ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL FACT for political purpose, which just totally pisses me off.

So to see Cavuto hand O’Reilly’s hat to him with actual economic data that refutes Bill’s OPINION, is fantastic. LOVE IT. I just wish guys like Cavuto would have Limbaugh, Hannity, Levin, etc. on to do the same thing to them. I love their political spin…but when I hear facts distorted, even for conservative political purposes, it’s just flat out WRONG and I’m dead set against it.

Shirotayama on September 17, 2008 at 3:13 PM

Bill O does not understand simple economics.

The price per barrel of oil is only PART of the price of gasoline.

Transportation costs, refining costs, and the costs of the rest of the gas and oil business (ie overhead) factors in as well.

Oh, and I just wrote Bill O pointing out that both Bush and McCain tried to get more oversite on Fannie and Freddie in 03 and 05… please feel free to do the same… Dems want to spin this, and even Fox is helping them.

Romeo13 on September 17, 2008 at 3:13 PM

O’Reilly could use a reality check on some issues, and he got one last night. That was really good stuff.

Hening on September 17, 2008 at 3:15 PM

I’ve always been a reluctant watcher of O’Reilly …
petunia on September 17, 2008 at 3:11 PM

Don’t tell me, let me guess.

Peer pressure?

wise_man on September 17, 2008 at 3:15 PM

I usually watch Bill, not faithfully, but if watching at the time of his show, I will tune him in. Lately, I see that his ego has gotten so big it’s off the charts.

I haven’t liked his targeting of “Big Oil” and believe that he has bought into his own hype about looking out for the folks.

I was enormously offended by his scheduling to air the One’s interview on the night of Sen. McCain’s acceptance speech. I thought it was shameless self promotion and boycotted watching it. From what I’ve seen of it through clips and such, I didn’t miss anything. It was apparently as boring as the one with Sen. Clinton.

Jvette on September 17, 2008 at 3:16 PM

Is anyone else annoyed by O’Reilly’s, “Talking Points Memo believes…” stuff?

Well, it’s one step up from the imperial “we.” Okay, half a step.

Jim Treacher on September 17, 2008 at 3:16 PM

O’Reilley is what the Irish call a “gombeen man”: an immature clown with poor judgment and not the highest IQ on the block: an oaf, someone who may mean well but can’t understand complicated things and runs around yelling at people like a……….gombeen ( a boy, with the connotation of an older but still immature boy )

His pseudo-populism is trite and badly flawed in logic and tiresome. He’s good for making Total Idiots look like fools on his show, but he shouldn’t be allowed to play with sharp objects or ever, ever taken seriously

Janos Hunyadi on September 17, 2008 at 3:16 PM

Memo to Roger Ailes:

When Britt Hume retires, fill his slot with Cavuto

phreshone on September 17, 2008 at 3:07 PM

Nooooo please Brit never ever retire. You are a national treasure and you just keep taking Fridays off …. Please don’t retire you are the only one I trust anymore!!!

Actually that is true. If Brit Hume said Obama will be a good President I might rethink my position. That is scary.

Hmmm how well do I know this Brit Hume fellow anyway…

petunia on September 17, 2008 at 3:16 PM

Kudos for Cavuto, although I always suspect that Bill brings him to the program so someone can say the things that Bill himself does not want to say

Ropera on September 17, 2008 at 3:17 PM

And how many folks do you know that are just like O’Reilly? It is beyond annoying. But both of them seemed ignorant of the fact that the Bush administration worked on reforms in 2003 or that John McCain predicted this mess in 2005. Maybe the “reforms” offered wouldn’t have helped but at least they were trying unlike the Dems who’s heads always appear up their …, somewhere else.

Cindy Munford on September 17, 2008 at 3:18 PM

Would someone please ask Neil if he sees any evidence that Soros is manipulating (e.g. short selling) our financial crisis for political advantage (max turmoil).

petefrt on September 17, 2008 at 3:10 PM

Excellent question. Add guys like Warren Buffet and even Bill Gates to that list.

Shirotayama on September 17, 2008 at 3:18 PM

O’Reilly = Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon!

freeus on September 17, 2008 at 3:18 PM

O’Reilly’s argument about the lack of correlation in the short term between oil and gasoline is classic economic ignoramus fodder – he can’t be bothered with the facts.

Kenrod on September 17, 2008 at 3:12 PM

Prices are always slippery up and sticky down. That is a of economics. Oil companies didn’t invent that.

petunia on September 17, 2008 at 3:18 PM

http://gawker.com/5051193/sarah-palins-personal-email-account-hacked

Looks like a group of Obama hackers broke into Gov. Palin’s e-mail account.

Enoxo on September 17, 2008 at 3:00 PM

The sleazebags have hacked her acct. Isn’t that illegal?

Anyway, O’Reilly doesn’t know his *ss from his elbow when it comes to energy policy.

toliver on September 17, 2008 at 3:21 PM

Been waiting for the O’Reily talking point to be taken to the shed for a LONG time.

CTDeLude on September 17, 2008 at 3:22 PM

Now, maybe I’m mistaken here, but I thought the strategic oil reserves create a 90-day lag time between oil prices and gas prices.

MadisonConservative on September 17, 2008 at 3:23 PM

I was enormously offended by his scheduling to air the One’s interview on the night of Sen. McCain’s acceptance speech. I thought it was shameless self promotion and boycotted watching it.
Jvette on September 17, 2008 at

I watched it. It was on a few hours before McCain spoke, and he wasn’t pre-empted by teh evil O’Reilly and his best buddy Obama.

When O’Reilly asked him about his racist pastor selling DVD’s of his rants in the lobby, Obama shruged his shoulders and replied “What can I say?” When Obama finally answered questions about Ayers, it helped to open up this:

Video flashback: Obama touts experience at nonprofit founded by Ayers

and this video: Devastating Video, Obama talks about job Ayers gave him

Click on the links and read and watch. It’s very informative. And this wouldn’t have happened/wouldn’t have been as effective as a message to get out if O’Reilly didn’t interview Obama and ask these questions.

I understand the O’Reilly hate …. But come on.

wise_man on September 17, 2008 at 3:24 PM

I’m an O’Reilly fan, but I gotta hand this one to Cavuto. Cherry picking the numbers is never a good way to win an argument. It is definitely a time bomb for losing one. At least they kissed and made up in the end. After all, in the end, O’Reilly may be a hothead, but he’s still a gentleman at heart.

manwithblackhat on September 17, 2008 at 3:24 PM

…saw that last night…Cavuto was absolutely livid…these guys have history…O’Reilly getting “O’Reilly’d”…priceless….

Puritan1648 on September 17, 2008 at 3:25 PM

Finally! Someone that commands my respect puts Bill O’Reilly in his place.

My collie says:

O’Reilly should stick with yelling at Geraldo.

CyberCipher on September 17, 2008 at 3:27 PM

I remember a few months ago Bill interviewing a guest on his show. Bill kept saying, “I want to know, who (ed: as in singular entity) is responsible for these high gas prices?”. His guest said, “Uh, well, the market is what determines…”, “No, don’t give me any of that. Just say you don’t know who is responsible. Let’s move on.”

It was at that moment I lost what little respect I had for O’Reilly.

theblakeus on September 17, 2008 at 3:27 PM

O’Reilly is a demagogue.

TheBigOldDog on September 17, 2008 at 3:27 PM

.

O’Reilly is… a pinhead

originalpechanga on September 17, 2008 at 3:27 PM

I sent Oreilly an email suggesting:
first; tivo Cavuto
second; play it back in slow mo

you know, give it a chance to sink in.
just trying to be helpfull thats all

Da_Hutt on September 17, 2008 at 3:28 PM

I’m a conservative, but I still think Bill O’Reilly is a PUTZ! He’s all over the place on the issues! Really clueless.

kyslugbug on September 17, 2008 at 3:28 PM

I used to listen to O’JugHead; then he was certain WMD would be found in Iraq. When the actual “stockpiles” weren’t found, he turned completely against the war. He called the entire operation a mistake. Ever since then, this ratings whore has played to both sides of the aisle in a blatant attempt to appeal to populist opinion- facts be damned!

When will O’JugHead point out that Bush actually DID warn congress 5 years ago about Fannie Mac? When will he point out that McCain did so again only 3 years ago in even more specific terms? And when in the HELL will he point out that the DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS fought any reform- tooth and bloody nail? And when will he point out that two of Obama’s political/economic advisors are in fact- former Fannie Mae CEO’s who made MILLIONS during their stint in the corrupt housing lender. When O’JugHead, when?

FiveWays on September 17, 2008 at 3:28 PM

Bill is wrong and Cavuto is right but I still have to say I feel for what O’Reilly is saying with wanting watchdogs. I think he vocalizes the fear that his audience aka “the folks” have when things like this happen.

That does not make demonizing the Oil companies in a populist rant ok, but I can understand the feeling of “how did this happen?” with the financial sector.

Of course… some government leaders DID warn us of financial jeopardy!

Did we listen?

Dash on September 17, 2008 at 3:29 PM

I used to like O’Reilly a lot more. I can’t figure him out, anymore. It seems like he is spouting B.S. in order to appeal to a wider audience, but he just comes across as a stupid windbag.

One of B.O.’s dumbest comments was that he thought Obama had socialist beliefs, but he didn’t think he was a socialist. Huh??? Isn’t that like saying; “Sure, he beats his wife, but he’s not a wife beater!”

Star20 on September 17, 2008 at 3:29 PM

Cavoto missed why Gas wasn’t $7.00 because the oil companies could not raise it that high. It would have broken the economy. If they thought for one minute they could have gotten away with it the oil companies would have raised it to $7.00 in a heartbeat. They raised gasoline to the highest they could without impacting demand. At $4.00/ gal demand started to take a major hit. Thus $4.00 was the most they could get. The demand slope became expotentially worse at higher prices. This was the tell and when I said oil was in a bubble. At $130 oil no longer traded due to supply and demand.

So the oil companies did not keep gas at $4.00/gal for the good of the consumer. they were forced by demand/supply to keep it at that price. the refiners lost money. Now that the refiners and oil companies see where the breaking point is they are keeping the gas at those levels.

Now refiners are making money, oil companies are making money and we are going into a credit/commodity led recession. Unrestrained greed is bad. A little greed is the oil that greases the wheel of economic expansion. Unrestrained greed is what posion the system.

So O’R andCavote are both correct but they both miss the mark by a country mile.

unseen on September 17, 2008 at 3:29 PM

Nooooo please Brit never ever retire. You are a national treasure and you just keep taking Fridays off …. Please don’t retire you are the only one I trust anymore!!!

petunia on September 17, 2008 at 3:16 PM

Brit has already announced his retirement–next year IIRC. :(

baldilocks on September 17, 2008 at 3:30 PM

O’Reilly is a phoney and an arrogant one at that. He’s had the Annenberg Challenge info since long before the Obama interview, and this Obama Chronicles crap he’s running, but he han’t used it. Wonder why…
O’Reilly really is the other side of Olbermann. Oh sure, he has to bring on other points of view because he’s on Fox. But it’s always all about him, and he’s always right, no matter what the topic. And the show has turned into entertainment…The Culture Quiz, The Pinheads/Patriots, etc.

Oh, and he’s not looking out for us…

Deanna on September 17, 2008 at 3:30 PM

O’Reilly is losing it!!

The other day he named Michelle Obama a “patriot” because she danced on The Ellen Show and named Elizabeth Hasselback a “pinhead” because she questioned Joe Biden as VP candidate.

O’Reilly has let the Obama interview go to his already “swollen head”.

120pages on September 17, 2008 at 3:30 PM

I’ve watched O’Reilly for a long time. Usually agree with him about 75% of the time, and strongly disagree with the rest. If I hear him mention PROFITS in regard to oil again, I’m going to barf. Doesn’t he know the difference between profit and profit margin? I’d like to see him take a long break and let Neal Boortz fill in. Neal’s website is best at tearing apart the socialists on the left. Either him or John Stossel need to take Bill’s chair for a time. We need a voice of reason on the 8pm slot. I mean who’s the competition, Olbergoebbels?

adamsmith on September 17, 2008 at 3:31 PM

unseen on September 17, 2008 at 3:29 PM

Well said. And it’s also a great point in the sea of the ‘O’Reilly is a blowhard!!(one!)!!1!’ comments.

wise_man on September 17, 2008 at 3:32 PM

Brit has already announced his retirement–next year IIRC. :(

baldilocks on September 17, 2008 at 3:30 PM

I have suspected that … but…. fingers in ears…lalalalalalalalalalalalala

petunia on September 17, 2008 at 3:33 PM

The other day he named Michelle Obama a “patriot” because she danced on The Ellen Show and named Elizabeth Hasselback a “pinhead” because she questioned Joe Biden as VP candidate.
120pages on September 17, 2008 at 3:30 PM

If that part is on video somewhere such as youtube, could you be as so kind to link that so I can see it for myself?

wise_man on September 17, 2008 at 3:33 PM

Oh, and I totally lost any respect I had for O’Reilly when he said that what he had to say was more important then the speeches at the convention. Fox really screwed up their convention coverage with these stupid talking heads running their mouths.

Deanna on September 17, 2008 at 3:34 PM

This video is precisely why I watch none of that crap, on Fox News, on CNN, or on MSNBC.

Everything is always reduced to two (2), or more, hacks, talking over each other, with “facts” that John Q. American has no way of verifying.

There is no news. All we have, now, is a bunch of loud-mouths, screaming at each other.

I’m sick of it. I’ve been sick of it for a long time.

OhEssYouCowboys on September 17, 2008 at 3:35 PM

However, I’d also like a further explanation of this:

the refiners lost money. Now that the refiners and oil companies see where the breaking point is they are keeping the gas at those levels.
unseen on September 17, 2008 at 3:29 PM

Was that before or after their record profits?

wise_man on September 17, 2008 at 3:35 PM

Next time BO goes out for Chinese, his fortune cookie will read: Scapegoating is the refuge of the ignorant.

whitetop on September 17, 2008 at 3:36 PM

Bill O’Reilly needs to shut his smarmy cake hole. He is really irking me lately. Cavuto has class.

bloggless on September 17, 2008 at 3:07 PM

How do you think O’ Reilly landed the O’bama interview?

He obviously promised full support in coverage to the Obamanation in exchange.

SaintOlaf on September 17, 2008 at 3:37 PM

Michelle Obama a patriot. Unbelievable. She’s the opposite.

lodge on September 17, 2008 at 3:37 PM

“Not regulate, watch.”

What the hell is the difference Bill? Do you know? What is the result of it?

Idiot.

“The folks…”

Whatever.

benrand on September 17, 2008 at 3:37 PM

BoR also fails to realize that the 33% decrease he cites forms only one part of the overall cost breakdown. Mathematically-speaking, there is no reason to believe that there should be a parallel 33% drop in the end-user price of gas.

What a monolithic twat.

Cavuto rocks.

LimeyGeek on September 17, 2008 at 3:38 PM

Wiseman….I’ve never tried a link but here goes from youtube.

I did make a mistake though…Elizabeth was talking about Michelle Obama limiting questions for her on The View.

120pages on September 17, 2008 at 3:38 PM

I used to like O’Reilly a lot more. I can’t figure him out, anymore.Star20 on September 17, 2008 at 3:29 PM

I think somehow Obama’s poor little me story got to O’Reilly who you know has a soft spot for abused children. I think he admires Obama for the path he had to get where he is.

I think I don’t want a Marxist for a President. O’Reilly doesn’t seem to care. O’Reilly was a teacher at some point he probably has some sympathy on the education front too.

Yeah, O’Reilly is just turned into another robot for Obama.

petunia on September 17, 2008 at 3:38 PM

Janos Hunyadi on September 17, 2008 at 3:16 PM

Hallo, Janos…
How does a “bohunk” know anything about a “mick”…?

J_Gocht on September 17, 2008 at 3:39 PM

Sorry…Let me try again…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlKMPT-pgas&feature=related

120pages on September 17, 2008 at 3:39 PM

Neil Cavuto is a very decent man and is far more knowledgeable about the economy than is the self-important O’Reilly.

Bill O’Reilly’s way or no way.

sinsing on September 17, 2008 at 3:40 PM

Most oil moves with contracts, some old, some new, all at differing prices. The spot market, that is what is shown on the TV shots, is just that, what’s leftover.

What many don’t understand is the oil well is just part of the equation, the pipelines and storage facilities are crucial to getting oil to the market. All these facilities figure into the oil price at the refinery. It is hardly never delivered at the spot price, usually much lower.

tarpon on September 17, 2008 at 3:41 PM

O’Reilly = Our Biden

Cuffy Meigs on September 17, 2008 at 3:41 PM

I love Cavuto. About 2:30 yesterday afternoon, I sent him and Brit Hume Ed’s article on how and under which administration this problem started. I’m not a fan of Dick Morris, but Cavuto had him on at 4 p.m. to explain what happened in the Clinton administration and Gibson came on during the 5 o’clock show to do the same. It was mentioned on Special Report as well. It was a good article, Ed. I’d like to think it was responsible for some of the current debates.

O’Reilly needs to stop the shouting and he needs to stop spouting off on topics he knows next to nothing about.

Connie on September 17, 2008 at 3:42 PM

P’ZOWNED!

MarcusBrody on September 17, 2008 at 3:43 PM

I hope Neil Cavuto replaces this doofus at 8PM.
O’Reilly is becoming a butt kisser to Obama this year.

jencab on September 17, 2008 at 3:43 PM

BOR knows nothing how business works. He has been a dick this campaign.

Anybody in business knows that when materials prices go up, it takes time before those lower or higher prices work their way through the distribution networks all the way to the end customers.

Cavuto nailed him right where he should have.

Sapwolf on September 17, 2008 at 3:44 PM

As I said in another post, Bill “Ted Baxter” O’Reilly appears to be job shopping for Couric’s job on a “real” network. He only give a mild appearance of being conservative because he’s opposite Keith Olberwoman (sorry ladies).

CC

CapedConservative on September 17, 2008 at 3:44 PM

120pages on September 17, 2008 at 3:39 PM

Don’t know why that was put into his ‘patriot’ part. Strange. maybe to be nice to Obama so he could get another interview. Why are some people eager to read the next Kirsten Powers article? …. So many questions. The mysteries of the universe never cease to amaze. Thanks for the link.

wise_man on September 17, 2008 at 3:45 PM

Can we start sending Bill copies of Thomas Sowell’s “Basic Economics”?

Neil…that was the greatest thing I have ever seen. I can’t tell you how long I’ve waited for an economics slap-down of O’Reilly like that. That felt good.

watchmen on September 17, 2008 at 3:45 PM

And yes, BOR has been kissing O-ass to keep his ratings high cause that is what he only cares about.

I could have beat Olby in the ratings Bill while I was asleep.

Sapwolf on September 17, 2008 at 3:45 PM

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