Video: O’Reilly defends Limbaugh from Letterman
posted at 4:35 pm on April 1, 2009 by Allahpundit
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Via the ‘Busters and Ace, who’s caught up in a remembrance of funny things long, long past. Telling O’R that he’s too smart to believe the things he says is vintage Letterman — deadpan, insulting, but wry enough that it can be played as a joke. Bringing up Limbaugh’s drug abuse is simply vicious, and O’Reilly, to his credit, calls him on it, prompting a rare moment on “Late Show” when Letterman seems caught off-guard. As an antidote to the demonization, if you missed the Salon piece by Limbaugh’s lefty cousin in Headlines this morning, be sure to dive in after watching. It’s the most affecting and humanizing story about him I think I’ve ever read. Sample:
He’s the guy who puts “March of the Penguins” on his home movie theater screen for the little cousins to watch and makes sure his candy bowls are filled with jelly beans and doesn’t swear when my nephew tries to throw his antiques down the stairs. He’s the guy who came from nothing to something and knows what it feels like to miss Missouri.
One Thanksgiving he stands in front of all us relatives in his Versailles-looking living room, and before my grandpa prays over our meal, Cousin Rusty apologizes. He says he’s afraid he has made it tough to be a Limbaugh this past year, and his voice breaks like I have never heard it do before. Cousin Rusty is OK…
I rarely listen to Rush on the radio. But when I do, it’s because I’m scanning stations while driving, and I happen to hear his voice. As a family member I’m not as close to him as my mom and dad, my grandma and grandpa, but his voice still reminds me of home. He sounds like my dad and a few of my uncles, he sounds like himself, and it makes me homesick, if that makes any sense at all. So I listen for a few minutes. I rarely agree with or even like what he says, but I can’t hate him. In fact, I love him. He’s family.
Maybe he really is a harmless, lovable little fuzzball after all?
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Letterman suuuuuucks.
chunderroad on April 2, 2009 at 5:36 PM
I was very impressed by O’Reilly’s performance. He called Letterman on the carpet for being a political bigot, asked questions that Letterman couldn’t answer, and Bill even had the [mostly liberal] audience on his side before it ended.
5 points to Bill O.
DannoJyd on April 2, 2009 at 7:03 PM
‘You’re only popular because you tell the people lies!’
Looks like Letterman’s transformation to bitter old liberal is complete.
Dr B on April 2, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Probably that best performance by Bill O’Reilly that I’ve ever seen.
radiofreevillage on April 2, 2009 at 11:25 PM
Maybe Letterman is trying to explain why he isn’t number one. He’s a hack and not very funny or entertaining.
aigle on April 2, 2009 at 11:57 PM
I’m no BO’R fan, but he did well here. In fact, from personal observation, every time I’ve seen BO’R interviewed, he’s definitely been smarter than the interviewer.
Which suggests to me that, for all his faults, he’s smarter than 90% of the reporters and hosts on TV.
The big disappointment is Letterman. He used to be funny. Granted, he was never all that funny, but once in a while he’d come up with something absolutely hilarious.
Of course, it might not have been quite so funny if it hadn’t been the wee hours of the morning…
But now, he’s the stereotypical angry lib. Calling your guest a goon is over the top, even for Letterman’s style of humor. But he wasn’t joking.
ThereGoesTheNeighborhood on April 3, 2009 at 12:21 AM
Besides showing up the hosts and selling more books, you mean?
Jim Treacher on April 3, 2009 at 2:18 AM
That Letterman, though, what a spring chicken. Jon Stewart isn’t aging horribly at all, oh no.
Jim Treacher on April 3, 2009 at 2:19 AM
Most telling exchange:
BO: “Do you want me to respond to any of this?”
DL: “No”
About sums up all DL’s ignorant ranting of late.
Huckabye-Romney on April 3, 2009 at 8:38 AM
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