Oh. My. God.

It’s freezing in hell and if you look out the window, you might see some pigs flying. Why? Because if you watch this video over at Crooks & Liars, you’ll see Bill O’Reilly being the voice of reason. Seeing O’Reilly make a coherent argument without shouting anyone down is completely freaking me out. Did he go soft? Or is he just recalibrating his “no spin” persona in a McCain-like fashion? Maybe he’s just playing devil’s advocate, but he’s exactly right about immigration.

“Here’s why I want a compromise. Because I believe that part of the problem is the federal government’s problem. That these people came here illegally, yes, but we allowed them to. And we are at fault too. Because we bear some responsibility, we oughta cut them some slack while at the same time securing the borders so it never, ever happens again.”

Bill O’Reilly said that. Let me repeat that. Bill O’Reilly said “we oughta cut [illegal immigrants] some slack”. That’s far more liberal than anything Jack Cafferty or Lou Dobbs has said on immigration. What happened? Did O’Reilly run out of asshole pills or have I just stepped into Bizarro World?


posted by greg on June 21, 2006 @ 5:45 pm

5 comments »

  1. heh heh heh…Ron Ray-gun meets Texas Slavery. They want to put him on Mt. Rushmore. Hee hee hee!

    Comment by patrick — June 21, 2006 @ 6:33 pm

  2. I saw this video too. And while I was totally amazed at Bill O’Reilly, it gave me one more reason to think that Michelle Malkin’s days are numbered. She keeps getting flustered and enraged to the point where she looks laughable. One of these days she’s either going to get tongue-tied and just stand there like a fool, or she’s going to curse and scream an epithet at someone.

    Comment by dAnimal — June 21, 2006 @ 6:42 pm

  3. Wow…I 100% agree with O’Reilly here too.

    Of course, I should point out that noone is wrong ALL THE TIME. That would be impossible. I’m certain right-wing pundits Limbaugh, Hannity, Coulter, Malkin, etc. were right about something at one point. Heck, maybe even Dubya was right at something at least once.

    Comment by Charles Brubaker — June 21, 2006 @ 10:56 pm

  4. His Mexican maid is a great fuck and it gives him night sweats she might get deported in an immigration roundup.

    Comment by steve duncan — June 22, 2006 @ 12:59 pm

  5. There is a real compromise. It involves some kind of penalty for law abiding workers in the US. Instant deportation for dirtbag illegals working the system. Destuction of corporations benifiting from illegal labor, and a real border security act making sure nobody is bringing a bomb into my neighborhood.
    And yes a fence helps always.

    Comment by lancer — June 22, 2006 @ 10:51 pm

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