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| All content taken from The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News Channel. Each weeknight by 6 PM EST a preview of that evening's show will be posted and then updated with additional information the following weekday by noon EST.
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"There are two situations I'm worried about. Yesterday Iran celebrated the 31st anniversary of the fascist regime there and the Iranian secret police apparently neutralized dissenters, which is not good news for the world. Iran continues to cause all kinds of trouble and is close to developing a nuclear weapon. The second troubling situation is President Obama's spending. According to an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Mr. Obama will add more debt in his first two years than President Bush - himself a big spender - added in eight years. The USA is on the verge of bankruptcy, and if America cannot fulfill its financial obligations, every one of us will suffer. Talking Points is not Chicken Little, we don't issue doomsday scenarios here, but the federal government is acting recklessly. In order for the craziness to stop, Americans will have to vote new people into office and we'll all have to suffer a bit. Social Security has to be revamped, Medicare has to be restructured, and millions of Americans will lose their entitlements. Most Americans know Iran is dangerous and the Obama administration is spending far too much money. So I fully expect big changes in November, because if Americans continue to follow the liberal path, the entire country will go down."
With polls showing Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin as the GOP frontrunners for 2012, The Factor asked political strategist Karl Rove to weigh their chances. "I think Romney is interested in running," Rove began, "but I'm not certain Palin has made up her mind. As it stands today, both could win, but we have several geological ages before we get to the 2012 election." Rove agreed that Iran will be a wild card in domestic politics and global affairs. "Iran represents an existential threat to the state of Israel and is a complete game-changer in world affairs if it's allowed to get a nuclear weapon. Iran has to be reined in before it gets to that point." Rove also took a parting shot at how the New York Times covered a recent poll. "People are giving him lousy ratings on handling the deficit, health care, and the economy. And the headline says: 'Obama Fares Better in Poll Than G.O.P.' I expect better than that." |
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| The Factor asked Geraldo Rivera, who voted for President Obama, whether he is disillusioned. "You have to put it into context," Rivera explained. "Barack Obama was the personification of Martin Luther King's dream - an intelligent, charismatic man who was judged by the content of his character. I still feel tremendous warmth toward him, but he has been disappointingly ordinary in office. He did an amazing job averting a depression and staying the course in our war against terror, but his inexplicable embrace of the health care initiative is something that totally baffles me. He engaged in the kind of back room politics that progressives abhor, which is grossly disappointing." The Factor added that President Obama has exhibited a distinct lack of flexibility: "When things go wrong he doesn't adjust - he doesn't seem to have the political instincts to say let's try Plan B." |
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| President Obama now says he will decide where Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be tried. The Factor invited retired General Wesley Clark to weigh in on the issue. "We have to get on," Clark declared, "with serving the needs of justice, and we need to show the world that our system of justice is the best." Clark sided with Attorney General Eric Holder, who wants KSM tried in a civilian court. "If you want the most experienced and best prosecution, I'd put him in the federal court system. It's a surer path to justice." But The Factor argued that a civilian trial would be too expensive and chaotic: "75% of Americans disagree with you, they don't want this dog-and-pony show in a federal court. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the others should be taken care of by the military. Military commissions can provide justice." |
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| Oncologist Jeffrey Long has written a book in which he claims there is clear evidence of an afterlife. "I'm convinced based on the evidence," Long asserted. "I studied over 1,300 near-death experiences, and I'm finding what all other researchers find - people have lucid experiences when they are unconscious or clinically dead." Long added that both saints and sinners have similar sensations. "We found that people who have led 'good' lives and 'not-so-good' lives seem to have the same kind of experience, and we've heard from people who have led some pretty awful lives. One of the consistent themes I see is that there is a benevolent God and a wonderful afterlife for all of us." |
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| The Factor was joined by Glenn Beck, who hosted his eponymous FNC show from Los Angeles this week. "I'm just avoiding the snow and checking for global warming," Beck quipped. "I put out an amber alert for Al Gore and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who haven't been seen since the snowstorms. It doesn't look like that whole 'global warming' thing is working out the way they predicted." The Factor asked Beck why he has been spending time and energy mocking the educated elite. "They look down on the 'little people,'" Beck said. "They endorsed eugenics because they really believe we have to breed the stupidity out of people. They're dangerous. I believe in the power of the individual and the founding concept of our country, which is to empower the individual." |
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| FNC's Greg Gutfeld and Juliet Huddy picked the most ridiculously stupid happenings of the week gone by. Huddy selected NOW's negative reaction to the pro-life Super Bowl ad in which Tim Tebow "tackled" his mother. "That was ridiculous," Huddy declared. "The ad was obviously meant to be light-hearted, it obviously was not promoting violence. It takes away all the legitimacy of NOW." Gutfeld went with American Idol judge Ellen DeGeneres, who spoke about the "meanness" of fellow judge Simon Cowell. "Simon Cowell is a hero," Gutfeld proclaimed, "because he crushes the irrational dreams of untalented people. Ellen DeGeneres lies to you - she's more about feelings, he's more about hard truths." The Factor's choice for "dumbest" were the 53% of Democrats who expressed a positive opinion of socialism. |
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| Thursday's Patriot: Vice President Joe Biden, who called Sarah Palin "an engaging person with a great personality." And the Pinhead: Harvard professor Charles Ogletree, who actually claimed Sarah Palin's description of President Obama as a "professor of law" has racial overtones. |
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John Stevens, El Paso, TX: "O'Reilly, you hammered Blagojevich expecting him to answer questions that would have caused him to violate a court order."
Michael Dayton, Everett, WA: "Bill, great questions for Blago without forcing him to jeopardize his legal obligations. Despite that, he stonewalled."
Natalie Geiler, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: "Bill, I agree. The USA would never allow a 7-year-old girl to dance suggestively in front of the nation like we are doing here. I wish we had someone like you who looks out for the kids."
Alvaro Neto, Campina Grande, Brazil: "As a father, I am disgusted by the parents of this little girl. I hope the judge's decision is reversed on appeal." |
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