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| On The O'Reilly Factor...
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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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"The Factor does not endorse political candidates; we believe you're smart enough to know who you're going to vote for so we don't need to tell you. In California, there are two strong people running for governor - Jerry Brown on the Democratic side and Meg Whitman on the Republican side - and the race is very close. But now Ms. Whitman is being attacked in a personal way. Lawyer Gloria Allred is representing Ms. Whitman's former housekeeper, an illegal alien from Mexico who claims the candidate knew she was illegal and yet continued to employ her. Ms. Whitman says she didn't know the woman was illegal and this is a political hatchet job. Whatever the truth of the matter, the fact that Ms. Whitman has called for enforcing tough penalties on employers who hire illegal aliens means the issue is explosive for her. It also points out the personal nature that many campaigns are taking this year. There is no doubt Democrats are on the defensive because President Obama's policies have proven ineffective. So the personal stuff is flying and we expect things to get even nastier as the election comes closer."
The Factor asked conservative radio talk show host Laura Ingraham for her analysis of the Whitman story. "I'm watching this unfold," Ingraham said, "and I'm watching the former maid crying and Gloria Allred standing there. It seems to me that this is a 'drive-by' orchestrated by Allred or other people who wanted to score political points right before the election. It seems sleazy - is a billionaire going to thwart federal immigration laws despite the fact that she went through a legitimate employment agency to hire this woman and paid all her Social Security taxes? This smells of the usual personal attack politics." The Factor also doubted that Meg Whitman would blatantly lie about her former maid: "It strikes me as almost impossible that a woman in her position, who is spending $125 million of her own money on the campaign, would come out and lie." |
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| Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly also weighed in on California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman and her former maid. "From a legal perspective," Kelly said, "there is no case here. There's an allegation of abuse and exploitation by Whitman, but she paid the maid $23 an hour when the minimum wage is $7.25. Many people would love to be 'abused' in that manner." Kelly also scrutinized soccer star David Beckham's lawsuit against a gossip magazine that claims he hired prostitutes. "He is suing InTouch Weekly for $7.9 million. This is very interesting because the magazine named a prostitute who claims she had two encounters with Beckham in New York and London. He says this is a flat-out bald-faced lie, but the prostitute goes through great detail about the sexual encounters. Sometimes people just take really cruel shots at celebrities." |
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| An 18-year-old freshman at Rutgers University in New Jersey killed himself after his roommate secretly taped him having sex with another male student and posted the video on the Internet. Culture Warriors Margaret Hoover and Gretchen Carlson elaborated on the tragic story. "This was the ultimate betrayal," Hoover said, "but it's also what's happening with a lot of bullying right now. This kid had a romantic encounter in his room and his roommate had a hidden camera. This speaks to a larger epidemic across the country of bullying of gay teens." Carlson lamented that the two students who engineered the secret taping may not be charged. "They're not going to go to jail for this because Congress has not caught up with where we are on technology. There are no real laws on the books. But there may be a civil case by the family of this poor boy." The Factor worried that technology is making it easier to harass and intimidate: "Any vulnerable group, and gays are very vulnerable, is going to be targeted by these kinds of people. You can not do this kind of thing - it is a felony to hide these cameras." |
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| There is continuing fallout from comedian Stephen Colbert's faux Congressional "testimony" on illegal immigration. The family of Jamiel Shaw, who was murdered by an illegal alien two years ago, was incensed by Colbert's appearance, and The Factor spoke with Shaw's aunt. "We thought they made a mockery of this," Althea Shaw said. "In 2008 we were invited to talk about American citizens who were murdered by illegal aliens and the committee would not even hear us. They didn't want to hear us but they were willing to hear Stephen Colbert. It just seemed like Colbert was forgetting the fact that American citizens have been murdered by people who are in the country illegally. Bringing in a comedian was wrong - not everything is funny!" |
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| The Factor continued his interview with HBO host Bill Maher, a persistent critic of religion and the faithful. "60% of the American people," Maher declared, "believe the Noah's Ark story is literally true. And according to a law in Deuteronomy, if you see your neighbor working on Sunday you should kill him. If that is your perfect holy book written by God, why is there stuff in it that makes no sense? Nobody can explain how we got here, but that doesn't mean we should make up stories like children." The Factor played "angel's advocate" and put forth the rationale for faith: "I respect the Bible and I take it as an allegorical book, but I'm a Christian and the New Testament is what I believe in. What I believe in is 'love your neighbor as yourself' and don't call them stupid because they don't agree with you politically. You mock and denigrate people who have sincere beliefs." |
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| Steve Doocy and Martha MacCallum again locked horns in the Great American News Quiz. Among the questions: "Far-left activist Cindy Sheehan claims who is responsible for 9/11?" ... "What kind of cancer does Michael Douglas have?" ... "Which ice cream company has been told to stop labeling their product 'all natural?'" The rivals both got four out of five, answered the tie-breaker correctly and had to settle for a draw. The Factor issued a stark warning that next week's questions will be far tougher. |
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Mark Breiling, Phoenix, AZ: "When Bill Maher resorts to personal attacks on Tea Party members it discredits his message. If his arguments were sound he wouldn't have to do that."
Russ Black, Scottsdale, AZ: "The Maher interview was genius, Bill. He looked much less secure than on his HBO show."
Brian Pape, Dubuque, IA: "Bill, while you might admire President Obama for standing on principle, you might also point out that he ran as a moderate who said he would unite this country."
Dr. Robert Rosenberg, Orange, CT: "All great men hold strong convictions, even evil ones. Admiration for a man of principle should be reserved for a man whose principles are admirable."
Dennis Mammana, Borrego Springs, CA: "As for the body language segment, what's next, Bill, palm reading?" |
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| Thursday's Patriot: Ellen DeGeneres, who joked about a prior appearance on Sesame Street. And the Pinhead: Actress Katherine Heigl, who promoted her use of electronic cigarettes and downplayed the danger of nicotine. |
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