{"id":1325,"date":"2009-07-06T22:12:40","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T05:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1325"},"modified":"2009-07-06T22:12:40","modified_gmt":"2009-07-07T05:12:40","slug":"a-sad-day-for-bill-oreilly-courtesy-of-senator-franken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1325","title":{"rendered":"A Sad Day For Bill O’Reilly – Courtesy Of Senator Franken"},"content":{"rendered":"

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O’Reilly:<\/strong> “In a sad day for America, Al Franken is now a U.S. Senator.”<\/span>
\nIt’s not sad for the majority of Minnesotans who voted for him, and the millions of Americans who believe in Democracy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

O’Reilly:<\/strong> “Franken is a blatantly dishonest individual, a far-left zealot, who is not qualified to hold any office.<\/span>
\nExcept that of U.S. Senator, as determined by the voters. O’Reilly is a blatantly dishonest, far-right zealot, who is upset that he can’t pick all the senators himself.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

O’Reilly:<\/strong> “A man who trafficked in hate on his failed Air America radio program.”<\/span>
\nI wonder if O’Reilly could inject any more hatred into his allegation that Franken traffics in hate?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

O’Reilly:<\/strong> “With people like Franken on the hill, this country is in deep trouble.”<\/span>
\nTranslation: With people like Franken on the hill, O’Reilly is in deep trouble.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

O’Reilly saved this little tirade for the last 15 minutes of his show. Glenn Beck never mentioned Franken at all. And he didn’t mention Palin either. Carl Cameron, earlier in the day reported that Franken used to have a program on the “disfunct (sic), bankrupt Air America.”<\/em> Of course Air America is neither disfunct nor even defunct. It just had its fifth birthday. I wonder if Cameron ever bothered to report that Fox News lost money every year for at least its first five years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

O’Reilly: “In a sad day for America, Al Franken is now a U.S. Senator.” It’s not sad for the majority of Minnesotans who voted for him, and the millions of Americans who believe in Democracy. O’Reilly: “Franken is a blatantly dishonest individual, a far-left zealot, who is not qualified to hold any office. 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