Fox News Biggees Surrendering on Marriage

By Steve Pauwels / 30 March 2013 / 164 Comments

I was more disappointed than shatteringly surprised when Bill O’Reilly and Megan Kelley essentially raised the white flag the other night, or at least went AWOL, on the battle for authentic marriage. Guesting on Mr. O’s eponymously titled  Factor  program Tuesday evening, Fox News ’ fetching,  mid-afternoon anchor volunteered, “I had an interview with Tony Perkins … What is it about calling …a gay union a marriage that offends you? How does it hurt a traditional …marriage?…  I didn’t hear anything articulated that was particularly persuasive.”

To which O’Reilly, nearly exploding out of his chair, added ecstatically, ”I agree with you a hundred percent!  … The compelling argument is on the side of homosexuals … ‘We’re Americans, we just want to be treated like everybody else.’ …. And to deny that, you’ve got to have a very strong argument … the other side hasn’t been able to do anything but thump the Bible.”  What’s perplexing is when a national media figure who, for a decade, has doggedly sniffed-out pernicious “secular progressivism” abruptly takes a powder on the “defense-of-traditional-marriage” front. Towns should be able to host a Christmas creche and reference the word “Easter” in their school programs, blasts Bill O – but the post-modern hijacking of marriage is no big deal?

Philosophically consistent that ain’t. To Read More.....

My Take - For years I have said that O'Reilly is a phony, and since to me that has been so obvious for so long, I am surprised that so many are surprised and just now come that realization.   Which should have been obvious to the most casual observer.  O'Reilly is nothing more than an arrogant self promoting egotist with little moral foundation.  I have watched him interview prominent people by whom he was clearly intimidated and as a result presented little intellectual challenge for them. 

Alex Baldwin even punked him out by haughtily asking O'Reilly; "Are you instructing me".  O'Reilly then responded by sheepishly saying; "I was a teacher".  So what?  The immediate response that came to me was; "why do you ask, aren't you capable of being instructed".  How much intellect does it take to deal with Baldwin? 

I have watched him go on shows where he was outnumbered and absolutely failed intellectually and then threw a temper tantrum.  Should he have been lauded for his willingness to go into such a lion’s den?  Not if he wasn’t intellectually capable of dealing with it.  That was an ego out of control.   Would William F. Buckley have had such problems?  No!  And he wouldn’t have had a temper tantrum either. 

One of O’Reilly’s problems is he lies.  Does he lie all the time?  I don't know about that, but he once clearly stated that Obama’s birth wasn’t an issue because he said he had seen Obama’s birth certificate when in point of fact …..no one had!   Why wasn’t he called on that by everyone on Fox?   He brings guests on his show for their opinions and then talks over them.  Why?  O’Reilly is a bully and like most bullies I believe he is also a coward.   

I recently had the opportunity to be at an event where Laura Ingraham spoke and one of the things everyone asked, “What is Bill O’Reilly really like?”  Well......Now you know!