by khebab » Thu 13 Oct 2005, 11:11:45
O'Reilly is probably the master of all the spindoctors out there, he should be in politics (he probably will someday). He's entertraining because of his big mouth.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '1')6 Feb 2001 On The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly declares: "You know, I don't take Saddam Hussein all that seriously anymore as far as a world threat. Maybe I'm wrong and naive here. Should we be very frightened of this guy?"
17 Sep 2001 On The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly urges immediate bombing strikes against Iraq: "Their infrastructure must be destroyed and the population made to endure yet another round of intense pain... Maybe then the people there will finally overthrow Saddam."
16 Dec 2002 On The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly declares: "I can't, in good conscience, tell the American people that I know for sure that he (Saddam Hussein) has smallpox or anthrax or he's got nuclear or chemical and that he is ready to use that."
19 Mar 2003 Bill O'Reilly declares on Good Morning America: "And I said on my program, if -- if the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it's clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush administration again. All right? But I'm giving my government the benefit of the doubt."
22 May 2003 On The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly declares: "The bad news for President Bush comes on the weapons of mass destruction front... The U.S. has captured enough scientists like Dr. Germ and Ms. Anthrax, or whomever, to get a picture of what Saddam Hussein had or didn't have. The Bush administration needs to begin explaining the situation. Talking Points understands time is needed, but the right wing spin that Saddam was a deadly weapon himself isn't going to cut it here. The American people must have honest, accurate intelligence in a world this dangerous. This is a vital issue that we hope will be candidly addressed by the President and soon."
9 Jul 2003 On The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly declares: "If Bush lied -- if he lied -- I'll be the first one to hang him, OK?"
11 Jul 2003 On The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly declares: "President Bush cherry-picked intelligence that pointed to WMDs inside Iraq. Now he's got some explaining to do. The anti-Bush zealots, of course, don't want to hear any explanations. They've already convicted Bush of lying. This is, of course, irresponsible. It is possible the President did lie, but most of the credible evidence points to wishful thinking on WMDs, rather than outright deception."
28 Jul 2003 In a opinion piece, Bill O'Reilly writes: "The Bush administration better find Saddam, Osama bin Laden and Mullah Mohammed Omar and it better explain the WMD situation. If it does not, history and the American people will render judgment, and it will most likely not be kind."
8 Sep 2003 In his syndicated column, Bill O'Reilly writes: "All Americans, but particularly those families who have lost soldiers in Iraq, deserve to be kept appraised of the WMD investigation. Fair-minded Americans will accept mistakes if they are made honestly, but there is no excuse for an information blackout on this important issue."
24 Sep 2003 While interviewing National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice On The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly declares: "Last March, I stuck up for you guys. After Colin Powell went to the United Nations -- and I said on Good Morning America that I believed that we were right to go to war, the United States, based upon weapons of mass destruction and the danger that Saddam posed. And I also said to Good Morning America: if the weapons found to be bogus, I'd have to apologize for my stance. Do I have to apologize?" Rice says no, but offers no specific evidence for the existence of WMDs in Iraq.
24 Oct 2003 On The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly declares: "It looks like President Bush, President Clinton before him, and other powerful Congresspeople were simply given erroneous information by the CIA and other intelligence outlets. We need to know why that happened. George Tenet should get a full hearing. But if his explanations aren't compelling, he should be asked to resign... We need to know exactly why the Iraq situation is so screwed up.
5 Feb 2004 On The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly declares: "You know, I could do soundbite after soundbite after soundbite of very, very influential people including Bill Clinton, and Richard Gephardt, and Ari Fleischer, and Condoleezza Rice, and on and on and on, all saying, 'Hey, they're there. Those weapons of mass destruction are there.' And they weren't. Or, they aren't. [...] A war was predicated at least partly on weapons of mass destruction that do not exist at this juncture. Perhaps we'll all be surprised."
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