"During the segment, O'Reilly stated: 'What is significant is that this website
[DailyKos] and the others mentioned have intimidated the entire Democratic
presidential field, with the exception of [Sen.] Joseph Biden [DE], who will not
go to that convention [YearlyKos]. And we respect the senator for that.' In
response, Biden's campaign posted a diary entry on Daily Kos describing
O'Reilly's comments as 'reckless' and 'a total misrepresentation.' "
Is this the end for Bill, I would hate to see him go down this way, though I guess it should have been predicted this is the way the cards would fall. It isn't that I don't want to see Bill go down, well ok a part of me thinks that he serves a valuable function of understanding the right. For me it is more about what this means in the bigger pictures for the progressive movement, the freedom of speech and the political discussion in this country.
if Bill goes down, he and others on the right - Michelle Malkin - will claim that he is being punished for daring to take on the left. His whole person is about defending against the liberal media and the bias of powerful groups on the left that want to control the discussion in this country. This feeds right into his ideas of himself, and his ideas of the world, and serves to support both of them. He will play himself off as a martyr who was speaking the truth and burned for it.
How would I like to see him go down, do hit the advertisers, hit the viewers. I would like to see him go down because the number of people who watch his show drops to the point that it is no longer making money. If his show is cut because of a low number of viewers, he will still scream - but the facts will not support him.
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