{"id":1108,"date":"2008-10-28T11:01:04","date_gmt":"2008-10-28T18:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1108"},"modified":"2008-10-28T11:01:04","modified_gmt":"2008-10-28T18:01:04","slug":"not-that-it-matters-oreilly-vs-franken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1108","title":{"rendered":"Not That It Matters: O’Reilly vs Franken"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night Bill O’Reilly couldn’t hold back any longer<\/a>. He had to let loose on his arch-nemesis, Al Franken, and he did. Not that it matters. I’m just posting this as a bit of comic relief. <\/p>\n

A far-left extremist, Franken’s tenure on the Air America Radio network was punctuated by one word: hate. The man is a smear merchant and a rank liar, unqualified for any elected office […] If Franken is elected to the Senate you can expect him to vote for every ACLU-driven impediment to fighting terrorism. He will approve more spending for entitlements, and he will promote San Francisco values any way he can.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

O’Reilly doesn’t really give a damn about the ACLU, terrorism, or San Francisco values (although he did give Al Qaeda permission<\/a> to blow the city up). He is just inconsolable that Franken may just prevail and, once again, prove that O’Reilly is a washed up old geezer who only holds sway over a pathetic congregation of rightist lemmings.<\/p>\n

I want Franken to win because he’ll bring intelligence, insight, and compassion to the Senate (and a healthy sense of the absurd). But in addition to that, I just love how much closer it will bring O’Reilly to the thorough mental collapse that is inevitable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last night Bill O’Reilly couldn’t hold back any longer. He had to let loose on his arch-nemesis, Al Franken, and he did. Not that it matters. I’m just posting this as a bit of comic relief. A far-left extremist, Franken’s tenure on the Air America Radio network was punctuated by one word: hate. 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