Michelle: Thanks for smearing our site, O’Reilly
posted at 4:37 pm on May 28, 2009 by Allahpundit
Sit back and marvel as the boss segues righteously from a rant about whether Obama is targeting Republican-owned Chrysler dealerships for closure into an indictment of big-media denigration of blogs, using last night’s sandbagging on the Factor as an example. The obvious questions at this hour: Will taking a shot at him on air force him to respond tonight? And how long will we have to wait for the inevitable retaliatory Jesse Waters ambush interview outside Michelle’s home?
As for Chrysler, Nate Silver dug around in HuffPo’s campaign contribution database and discovered that car dealers skew overwhelmingly GOP, so we shouldn’t be surprised that most of the shuttered Chrysler dealers are Republican donors too. That’s great — I acknowledged the possibility of it in my earlier post, just as MM does here — but the truly germane comparison is between Chrysler dealers who were torpedoed and Chrysler dealers who weren’t. We’ll see how that shakes out.
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go get ‘em Michelle!!
A voice of reason on May 28, 2009 at 4:39 PM
“Mrs. Malkin! Mrs. Malkin!”
I wonder if he’ll respond tonight. If he does, HE’LL DO IT LIVE.
emailnuevo on May 28, 2009 at 4:40 PM
The -real- point is that Chrysler says they didn’t want to close dealerships, but were forced to by the whitehouse with tremendous pressure.
Now, they are looking to open up new ones.
The “are republican dealerships being forced closed” line is really distracting from the bigger issue at hand.
lorien1973 on May 28, 2009 at 4:41 PM
yesssss… i was hoping that someone would call him on this.
perfect!
i will be watching today and tomorrow to see if bill owns up to his mistake.
homesickamerican on May 28, 2009 at 4:41 PM
If she could have just gotten in a jab at Geraldo….woulda been a grand slam.
d1carter on May 28, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Carrie Prejean = 10.
The Boss = 12+.
BuckeyeSam on May 28, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Never cross swords with a woman who can dance.
- Confucius
MB4 on May 28, 2009 at 4:42 PM
I love you, Mrs. Malkin.
MadisonConservative on May 28, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Anyone think Fox News is getting increasingly schizophrenic? Some shows are aware of parts of a story that other parts aren’t aware from, or they take different stances on the issues. This was particularly true on the AIG debate, where some shows were supporting the rights of the AIG workers, and other shows were smearing the “greedy executives”.
I hope if she does get ambushed, she invites Jesse in for tea. Or gets him to help do some research.
hawksruleva on May 28, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Michelle is so HOT!!
DamnYankee on May 28, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Go Michelle! O’Reilly can’t get away with that smear.
jencab on May 28, 2009 at 4:44 PM
So smart.
So articulate.
And so beautiful.
D2Boston on May 28, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Bill O’ must have another book coming out soon.
cntrlfrk on May 28, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Wow, she put a hockey stick upside O Reilly’s head there. Interesting to see how he responds…if he responds. I take it that he hasn’t bothered to apologize yet.
AUINSC on May 28, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Oh good, this story is finally getting some legs. people, keep in mind that the real issue that we have to segue is whether Obama task force forced Chrysler’s hand? We’ve to dig for that evidence as well and if they did, we should get make huge fuss about that.
promachus on May 28, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Ever since O’Reilly got the idea that oil and gas prices should move in tandom I have lost a ton of respect for him.
Lately he has been equating left and right websites and smearing “right wing” talk radio. I guess since his radio show has failed he now doesn’t feel like a part of the fraternity. Maybe he is trying to play to the middle. Who knows? I just know that he is a not very bright man who has an incredibly inflated ego.
Goodnight Ted.
Bill C on May 28, 2009 at 4:45 PM
AP, remember that in MO there was a Clinton gang’s dealership that got to keep all of its 6 franchises but the rest of the competition got wiped out. That’s very very suspicious.
promachus on May 28, 2009 at 4:47 PM
that was awesome. And he repeated it back too.
HA!
therightscoop on May 28, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Exactly….want to make a guess at the demographic make up of the new ‘owners’ of those dealerships? Not only is this part of the remaking of America and dispensing of social and economic justice, it is a further extension of the corruption apparatus of the Democrat Party. You have the car czar married to the former finance chairperson of the DNC and you have Republican or GOP leaning dealership owners being robbed of their businesses only to have those businesses repackaged under minority ownership loyal to the Leftists.
It’s not only Facist, it’s Marxist in that it is a defacto seizing of private property for the ‘good’ of society and the government. Look at plank 4 of the Communist Manifesto.
Actually look at the whole damn document. It’s what’s going on right before our eyes.
TheAdmiral on May 28, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Someone posted something “outrageous” on the Internet. Well knock me down!
The media always gets “small facts” wrong. I hearken back to the Crystal Gail Mangum lies. The media were atrocious (or I’m willing to be complicit) with not reporting the facts.
SouthernGent on May 28, 2009 at 4:49 PM
I don’t care what anybody says…BOR may lean right on several issues, but he’s no conservative. He’s just a right-leaning populist. More in the Pat Buchanan mold.
AUINSC on May 28, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Bill, Schmill…What’s really important is this Socialist Coup our Dear Leader is totally getting away with. I saw a show on the History channel last night about the French Revolution and began to draw parallels with what is happening today. Doesn’t work out too well for President Robespierre this time either if my study of history is correct in the assessment of what will happen when Barack Robespierre goes too far(he’s already gone too far). The people are generally pretty stupid and will do nothing. As in the past, they will get plenty active when they get hungry, and seeing jobs lost every month, this may happen sooner than later….
adamsmith on May 28, 2009 at 4:49 PM
For years I have commented to my husband that I did not think O’Reily, or his staff, were doing a good job on their research. Too many times when someone on his show would make a comment about something they knew, or had read, Bill’s comeback has been, “Well we do not know that for sure”, and most of the time we DID know the facts for sure and it would have only taken a few minutes on the web to find it out. This really was evident to me during the election when he would not believe ACORN was tied to Obama and his cronies surrounding him. NOW, however, Bill seems to favor the idea and not be so squeamish about there possibly being a connection, whereas previously he pooh-poohed the idea. Bill is a day late and a dollar short on the whole ACORN deal.
If it was not for the guest on his show, I would never watch the man.
freeus on May 28, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Michelle Malkin/ Liz Cheney 2012 !
stenwin77 on May 28, 2009 at 4:50 PM
It would be dumb to reply since he has obviously gotten caught looking very uninformed. Makes him look like an older guy who’s afraid of computers. I still think he wants a shot at the Bigs (network), belittling alternative media suits his purposes.
Cindy Munford on May 28, 2009 at 4:51 PM
BO’R most likely has never visited HotAir…ever. He just parrots what his producers tell him any more. Rarely watch The Factor as it is looking a lot like MSNBC’s Olby without the rage…but about equal on the misinformation front.
He is trying so hard to be “fair and balanced” that he is overly PC, and lets too many things slide right past him. Some things are just plain wrong, and “consensus” doesn’t make wrong right.
coldwarrior on May 28, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Nice job, Michelle.
I find it more than a little interesting that dealerships owned by prominent dems appear to have escaped the axe.
No way that is mere coincidence.
-Dave
Dave R. on May 28, 2009 at 4:51 PM
I wrote a defense of ha andsent it to bor
I doubt he’ll get it or see it
blatantblue on May 28, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Dear Michelle, er…Ms Malkin…..
Your grandpappy did good. There are a bunch of angels getting grabbed by the collar and told “Thar she is! Top that!”
BOR’s grandpappy sits in the corner, wishing he had something to offer up in way of rebuttal.
Limerick on May 28, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Excellent post AP!!! I saw part of Michelle’s interview on Fox and Friends, but evidently I missed the money shot when she buried O’Reilly….
The ego on that guy is incredible… I use to watch him without fail every night, but now I can barely get through an entire show without several eye-rolling moments where he “bloviates” about how he is soooooooo fair and smart and cool and…………………………
Delaware Vol on May 28, 2009 at 4:54 PM
And I’d keep an eye on who takes over shuttered dealerships.
BTW I finally found an explanation as to why they want to have fewer dealers – something which didn’t make sense to me:
It’s in the hopes that with fewer dealers there will be less price haggling and a bigger opportunity for a monopoly.
Although since Ford, Toyota, Nissan and the like won’t have the same constraints, you have to really, really want to own a Chrysler or GM car for this scheme to work.
Buy Danish on May 28, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Michelle is The Man!
J.E. Dyer on May 28, 2009 at 4:56 PM
O’Reilly’s gonna end up needing surgery if he keeps up with the fence-straddling routine.
Way to go, Michelle.
hillbillyjim on May 28, 2009 at 4:56 PM
He’ll have her on the set on one condition; she must show cleavage. Bill knows how to get ratings.
mr1216 on May 28, 2009 at 4:57 PM
I watched it for the part referenced in the headline, which was all the way at the end of the clip, but it was well worth the four minutes to get there. Another great job for MM.
IU_Conservative on May 28, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Could I get banned if I now announced my desire to retract the stupid comment in a recent thread where I said Korean babes were the hottest in the world?
DarkCurrent on May 28, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Only the Zaibatsu and Henry Ford will be dining on my inflated dollar.
Limerick on May 28, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Is this Chrysler thing the Car version of the Fairness Doctrine?
tomas on May 28, 2009 at 4:59 PM
So did Michelle officially move to Denver? Did I totally miss that?
Pasalubong on May 28, 2009 at 4:59 PM
My prediction is that in his mail segment at the very end of the show, he’ll mention the reaction to HotAir, and he’ll apologize for mischaracterizing the comment as a blog post, but will say that “all of these sites need to do a much better job of moderating their comments.”
Outlander on May 28, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Michelle Malkin/
Liz Cheneybaldilocks 2012 !Or Malkin/Laura.
ColtsFan on May 28, 2009 at 5:01 PM
O’Reilly has the only knee-jerk that can strike it’s owner square in the gumballs.
Limerick on May 28, 2009 at 5:01 PM
Ok Mad, your wife is going to kick you.
Michelle… kick him near the crack and get BOR on the WWW for once. The guy needs a obvious internet schooling!
Anyone got that website for the free DVD to learn how to use the internet? LOL!
upinak on May 28, 2009 at 5:01 PM
Smart, beautiful, courageous, and conservative. See a pattern here? Why are all the courageous conservatives women?
More Reagans? I think we’re getting more Esthers, and that’s just fine with me.
pugwriter on May 28, 2009 at 5:01 PM
Alright!
WisCon on May 28, 2009 at 5:02 PM
I used to love O’Reilly in the 90′s, but it’s become very clear that he has an internet phobia that is really hurting his knowledge base. For several years now, I have not taken him seriously, as he is uninformed IMO. Hey, Bill – I need a job!! I’ll be happy to keep you informed!!
zeebeach on May 28, 2009 at 5:02 PM
Me thinks that the smear by Bill O’finger last night is a result on how effective this, Michelle’s, and some other blogs actually are…………..
………… The MSM just can not stand it when facts and information get out about topics and stories that they are trying cover up.
We just can’t have that kind of freedom and responsible journalism anymore……..
……….. it just won’t be allowed.
Seven Percent Solution on May 28, 2009 at 5:03 PM
You’re a hero, Michelle. God bless you.
Daggett on May 28, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Great chops, Michelle.
maverick muse on May 28, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Before conservatives plastered the airwaves with the accusation, this should have been checked out. The analysis using only closed dealers in itself proves nothing; it only tells us that such a proposition might be true, not that it is. Simple stats.
alflauren on May 28, 2009 at 5:05 PM
At the present time O’Reilly has seven internet gurus on a conference call trying to walk him through how the refresh button works.
Limerick on May 28, 2009 at 5:05 PM
On fire Michelle! God I love that!
wish more people had that passion on TV.
katy on May 28, 2009 at 5:05 PM
Excellent job by Michelle. Very pithy and pointed.
I have to wonder, does O’Reilly have some underlying animosity towards Michelle? As far as I can tell, she has never wronged him, but he seems to have a bug up his nether regions towards her.
I remember years ago she when she was guest-hosting the Factor, she was viciously attacked by some black racist. IIRC, O’Reilly did not come to her defense, so she refused to ever do his show again. Maybe he holds a gridge over the small amount of bad publicity that he received over that.
UltimateBob on May 28, 2009 at 5:06 PM
O’Reilly and the rest of the lapdog, main-stream media have the right take on this issue. I just wish everybody would stop asking intrusive questions about how our tax dollars are being spent. That sort of nosy inquiry might in some way cast this Administration in an unfavorable light.
…and we all know that questioning authority is so last year.
cruadin on May 28, 2009 at 5:08 PM
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Bill O’Rielly is an (_|_)face.
- The Cat
MirCat on May 28, 2009 at 5:09 PM
I’m not sure if I would call it site-smearing. I watched O’Reilly last night. He did refer to a commenter, but that’s the nature of the beast. It was during his internet cop segment with M.K. Hamm. If the guy wants to be fair and balanced, I guess that he has to mention anything that looks off base. In any event, liberals don’t visit this site much and conservatives probably agreed with the commenter. I don’t think that it’s a big deal. If anything, HotAir got national publicity for free!
orlandocajun on May 28, 2009 at 5:10 PM
**Pets cat**
I hope you peed in his shoes too. Good Cat!
upinak on May 28, 2009 at 5:11 PM
And the boss just put it up in lights.
Limerick on May 28, 2009 at 5:11 PM
Gawd, so cute & so smart.
thegreatbeast on May 28, 2009 at 5:11 PM
I can’t wait to get home to watch this.
ladyingray on May 28, 2009 at 5:11 PM
Hooray for good sense and Michelle Malkin. I wonder, if BOR responds, do you suppose he’ll have figured out the difference between a blog post and a comment? I bet he won’t. The intertubes is such a place of mystery and wonder.
TheQuestion on May 28, 2009 at 5:11 PM
Haven’t watch Old’Reiley since ‘The Boss’ left the show.
Wade on May 28, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Not to mention that he had a “date” with MKH, earlier. Very busy man.
Cindy Munford on May 28, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Honestly Cindy, I don’t care for MKH. But that is me. BOR can do what he wants with MKH. Maybe she should show him a think or two.
Unless you are talking about Mad… sorry trying to keep up and doing a horrible job!
upinak on May 28, 2009 at 5:16 PM
If it should come out that indeed many of these dealership closures are NOT done for political revenge, then we are left with only one conclusion: That they were done capriciously, without regard to profitability, efficiency and market sustainability.
Which is is much more harmful to the general economy and the business of making and selling automobiles than political revenge would be.
The insane continue to be in control of the asylum.
LegendHasIt on May 28, 2009 at 5:17 PM
I like O’reilly. But, I like – and agree with – Michelle! There are some things – like blogging – that Oreilly just doesn’t get.
bmac727 on May 28, 2009 at 5:18 PM
On another Hotair thread a day or so ago on this topic I posed the question: why are dealerships being closed?
No one really knew – though there were some good guesses. You’re right – it’s scary that government is dictating these sorts of things. If Obama twisted this into attacking GOP donors it’s just mustard on our crap sandwich.
It’s funny how involved Obama’s administration is getting in running the auto industry when Obama claims he doesn’t want to be in the auto industry. He’ll probably spin all this interference as ‘looking after the tax-payer money given to these companies to ensure it’s being used properly…’.
gwelf on May 28, 2009 at 5:19 PM
AUINSC You have nailed BOR. A lady friend says he is just a ratings slave, a ringmaster or a pragmatist who just nudges his followers. Me? I learn from him. Mostly about what plays in Peoria. Anyway, I have been trying to place BOR on the ideological spectrum for some time. Thank you.
IlikedAUH2O on May 28, 2009 at 5:20 PM
Hell hath no fury….
Ballistic on May 28, 2009 at 5:20 PM
The only time I have ever seen O’Reilly backpedal on one of his embarassing moments was the interview with Barney Frank. He knows he went too far and made a fool of himself, and still talks about it to this day but somehow or other always spins it slightly in his favor. I would be awfully surprised if he acknowledged last night’s error publicly.
sherry on May 28, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Like a lady from Philly.
I wonder how badly Allah and Ed shake when that unique ring tone announces who is on the phone.
Limerick on May 28, 2009 at 5:24 PM
SUE, SUE, SUE….
Screw Obama and his thugs…..
izoneguy on May 28, 2009 at 5:26 PM
What is wrong with people that this stupid, loud-mouthed, cowardly pervert has one of the more popular shows on?
edshepp on May 28, 2009 at 5:29 PM
I am talking about Mary Katherine Ham. I hear her on Hugh Hewitt every week, she has good instincts and she’s funny. The men on this site are very lucky, most famous conservative women are very pretty.
Cindy Munford on May 28, 2009 at 5:30 PM
O’Reilly should invite Michelle Malkin on for a rebuttal, and let her explain that Bloggers don’t necessarily agree with all commenters on their blogs. If he’s not man enough to do that, he should at least publish an E-mail from Michelle Malkin, who sometimes hosts the Factor when he’s on vacation.
I should know about bloggers not always agreeing with their commenters–how many times have I argued with AllahPundit over Evolution and Meghan McCain? But if O’Reilly likes Meghan McCain, he shouldn’t blame HotAir!
Steve Z on May 28, 2009 at 5:30 PM
She should have made reference to “Spitting on people”.
PappaMac on May 28, 2009 at 5:30 PM
O’Reilly, spitting on Michelle, just another in a list…
right2bright on May 28, 2009 at 5:30 PM
O’Reilly-esque
Upstater85 on May 28, 2009 at 5:33 PM
So when is Michelle Malkin or Laura Ingraham going on The View with Whoopi and BabaWawa?
Steve Z on May 28, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Michelle was awesome…
right2bright on May 28, 2009 at 5:35 PM
It will be an interesting couple of days. I will give him his due if he admits that he was mistaken. It would be good for him and his fans.
Cindy Munford on May 28, 2009 at 5:35 PM
I like O’reilly. But, I like – and agree with – Michelle! There are some things – like blogging – that Oreilly just doesn’t get.
bmac727 on May 28, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Was it determined that that comment was even a real comment? Some people googled it and came up with nothing.
petunia on May 28, 2009 at 5:36 PM
That is like asking when is Rambo going to be invited to speak at a Myanmar state dinner.
Limerick on May 28, 2009 at 5:37 PM
Great job, Michelle.
Wasn’t Michelle guest hosting for BOR at one point? Not that he would ask her back before (or that she would accept), but I think this finally put the nail in that coffin.
Michelle was good when she was guest hosting, but not great. Reading from scripts just ain’t her thing. Put her on air when she’s fired up about a particular topic, however, and _that’s_ gold.
On topic – this Chrysler fiasco isn’t going to amount to anything to knock Bubblehead out. It will take finding a dead crack wh*re in the Oval Office before the media finally shakes off the blinders they have on now.
Then again — maybe not…
Timothy S. Carlson on May 28, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Michelle and Bill had a falling out over Geraldo a few years ago. Gerry had his panties in a wad over Michelle’s immigration reporting, calling her a Nazi and saying he would spit in her face if she was to walk in the studio. Michelle called out Bill over this, and he got Gerry to say he was sorry about two weeks later, but neither one of them meant it. That is when Michelle quit being a Factor contributor and guest host. So Bill got Laura Ingraham to fill Michelle’s shoes there. She’s good, better than Bill IMHO. I miss Michelle on the air as host though. She was awesome. I tried to yell and scream at FOX to give Michelle her own program, maybe a weekend slot about the web. It seems Michelle is content to be a contributor on F&F and Cavuto. If she wanted her own show on FOX, I bet she could get it. She rocks the house as host!
Brian1972 on May 28, 2009 at 5:38 PM
All she’d have to do is explain that blog comments are from anyone and everyone, an instant version of feedback, just like when people email him every day that he reads at the end of the show. Does every one of those emails echo the tone and views of The Factor, any more than what I say necessarily reflect the veiws of Allah, Ed, or The Boss? Would he like it some publication generalized his entire show based on some of the dumber emails he gets?
JamesLee on May 28, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Michelle,arm yourself,with your large caliber
verbal Malkin Ammunition,and fire at will,
verbally of course!
Hot Air has been b#sterdized and besmirched
unfairly by Bill,so Michelle let him know!:)
canopfor on May 28, 2009 at 5:42 PM
If anyone wants to relive the insanity, here it is from the lady’s archives.
Geraldo Rivera unhinged
Brian1972 on May 28, 2009 at 5:43 PM
BOR is becoming a real party pooper. He is more concerned with his ratings, than what is going on in the world. I think he is a little afraid of Beck, he is down right nasty to Glenn. I usually skip the Factor, not much of a fan anymore……*sigh*
clinker46 on May 28, 2009 at 5:43 PM
I wondered what happened to her on OReilly, I really liked it when she was on.. Bummer.
reshas1 on May 28, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Barack Hussein Obama. There, I said it…is it not true?
kirkill on May 28, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Those interviews will stop the minute everyone figures out that all you have to do to make all of the video unusable is ask Jesse if he’s ever been sexually harrassed by BOR like he has allegedly done with other producers in past.
I don’t think that I’ve heard MM mentioned by Bill since spitgate. MKH or Amanda mentioned her a couple of weeks/months ago, it was as shocking as if someone had mentioned KO by name on the Factor.
rw on May 28, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Wow…She has never done better…
TightAggressive on May 28, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Exactly!! I never could stand to listen to him on the radio, either: he was always shrill and NEVER entertaining.
In some ways, O’Reilly has the same disease as Obama.
landlines on May 28, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Same here. Unless there is something teased that I am particularly interested in, I skip the Factor. I would rather watch House or NCIS reruns.
Timothy S. Carlson on May 28, 2009 at 5:48 PM
I have to admit,I do love at the 3:55 mark,where
Michelle becomes ‘livid’,and rightly so:)
canopfor on May 28, 2009 at 5:49 PM
No, Bill, you don’t press the F button and the 5 at the same time. See that row of buttons at the TOP of they keyboard? They have names like Esc, then F1, F2… Now, keep counting… Yes, that’s the one… F5.
No, that picture of a crescent moon doesn’t mean you’ll turn into a Muslim; it means that if you hit the Fn button at the same time, your laptop will go to sleep. Hey, you don’t have to use language like that! I did not say it first! I said “Fn”, not “eff-in’”. It’s another button, just to the right of the one with the Windows logo, next to the left Alt button… Never mind that. Let’s try this instead: do you see that picture of an arrow going almost all the way around in a circle at the top of the browser? Point your mouse at it and click.
The Monster on May 28, 2009 at 5:49 PM
Pearls before swine.
katiejane on May 28, 2009 at 5:51 PM
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