Comments on: O’Reilly vs. Letterman 2: Your Culuture Warrior Is Showing

By: Miguel

Miguel — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 05:07:31 +0000

I just can’t respect Dave’s comments that Bill is full of artificial facts if one, Dave has never watched his show and two, he has not read any of his books. Sounds like the only knowledge he has about Bill is from his liberal hollywood friends.

By: Jamison

Jamison — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 12:31:29 +0000

I don’t know Oliver, I think Olbermann does a decent job smacking O’Reilly around. Mind you they won’t let him have more than half a show to do it. But it’s probably the best we can hope for until we get some control and fix the media consolidation problem we have in this country.

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 05:30:19 +0000

Also, I love how O’Reilly pulls Ansar al-Islam out of his butt as if they had anything to do with our reasons for being in Iraq.

While there’s strong evidence of bin Laden’s support for Ansar al-Islam, there’s scant evidence that Saddam ever had much to do with them other than cheer them on as they gave the Kurds headaches.

Of course, O’Reilly wields their name as proof, proof you understand, that Saddam had to be taken out.

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 02:08:57 +0000

The answer to “Do you want America to win in Iraq?” is:

“We have already won what can be won militarily.”

We cannot use our military to end violence by opposing factions operating independent of state support. We could be there for 100 years and kill a million “terrorists” and there would still be people with the will to kill each other and our troops.

By: Lons

Lons — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 01:41:04 +0000

Hey, this isn’t a crack on Dave. He did a terrific job. It’s a great clip.

I just don’t think you need to be a political commentator, or a liberal, to take issue with Bill O’Reilly’s question.

Of course, if there were something to be won, Americans would want to WIN in Iraq. Going on Letterman and asking him if he secretly wants Americans to die and terrorists to triumph is insulting.

By: Something Polish

Something Polish — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 00:44:34 +0000

And Dave’s also not especially liberal. But he is pretty smart and though not really pro-left, he is anti-dumbass/blowhard (which I would argue is de facto pro-left).

By: John

John — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 22:58:16 +0000

Dave isn’t a political commentator. For a non-pro, he did a fantastic job.

By: Lons

Lons — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 18:28:44 +0000

It’s a funny interview (I particularly like Dave’s “Bonehead!” interjection), but he still allows Billy O to frame the debate in a limited and confusing manner.

The giveaway is Bill’s query: “Do you want America to win in Iraq?” That’s not a serious question. America “winning” something is not even on the table for discussion…Yet Dave persists in answering anyway.