{"id":887,"date":"2008-04-29T14:38:50","date_gmt":"2008-04-29T21:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=887"},"modified":"2008-04-29T14:38:50","modified_gmt":"2008-04-29T21:38:50","slug":"hillary-clinton-to-suck-up-to-bill-oreilly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=887","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Clinton To Suck Up To Bill O’Reilly"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ClintonHillary Clinton is following in the futile steps of Barack Obama after his appearance on Fox News Sunday. My analysis of that affair applies in spades to Clinton’s announcement that she will fraternize with the noxious Bill O’Reilly this Wednesday. This is what I said about Obama’s lapse in judgment<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“A strong performance will net him nothing because the audience is limited in both size and ideological diversity. It will end right there. But the slightest misstep will be magnified a hundred fold throughout the Murdoch empire.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s even worse for Clinton. The number one priority for O’Reilly is to applaud his own magnificence. The boundaries of his ego are approaching a state that is becoming an imminent danger to Earth’s orbit. The number two priority for O’Reilly is to bash Democrats. In pursuit of that he will have an ally in Sen. Clinton. She is likely to use this opportunity to assail Obama on tangents like Rev. Wright. And if she doesn’t volunteer to do so, O’Reilly will provide her with the opening. O’Reilly’s obsession with Wright is a near fetish. He has featured the ex-pastor in 19 of his 26 Talking Points Memos since the story broke last month.<\/p>\n

Clinton’s friendliness with right-wing media<\/a> is nothing new, of course. She attended a fundraiser thrown for her by Rupert Murdoch, then was endorsed by his New York Post. She sat down with Richard Mellon Scaife, who had accused her of murder when she was still First Lady, then was endorsed by his Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Her campaign’s General Chairman, Terry McAuliffe, appears in Fox News promos lauding their fairness and balance. And now she will sit across the table from the 21st century’s Father Coughlin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As I’ve said many times before, no good can come of this<\/a>. In Clinton’s case it is even more foreboding because she has demonstrated a willingness to collude with conservative opponents for her political gain. Obama promised to “take Fox on”<\/em> prior to meeting with Wallace. He didn’t. If Clinton gives O’Reilly a hard time, he will hit back, but not until after she has left the stage, and for days after that. But he will come close to endorsing her if she throws him enough red meat about Obama.<\/p>\n

There is just no upside. Fox only exists to defeat Democrats. When will these people learn?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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