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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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Guests: Tom Fitton
"The 'Fast and Furious' gun scandal has embarrassed the Obama administration and has put Attorney General Eric Holder's job in jeopardy. Mr. Obama has invoked executive privilege to prevent Congress from finding out whether Mr. Holder or his assistants were involved in the botched gun sting operation that led to the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent. Now we have another potential scandal that most media outlets will not report to you. On Election Day in 2008 two Black Panthers stood outside a Philadelphia polling place acting in an intimidating manner. The Bush administration filed a civil complaint against the New Black Panther party for allegedly violating the Voter Rights Act; the Black Panthers did not show up for the court hearing and one was found guilty of a civil violation. The Obama Justice Department refused to pursue criminal charges against the Black Panthers, although there was strong evidence that they did violate the law. Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez, who testified that politics were not involved, is now in big trouble because the watchdog organization Judicial Watch has obtained evidence that indicates political pressure was in play. No matter what happens, this is another political embarrassment for the Obama administration and Attorney General Holder. There's no doubt those people were intruding upon a polling place, and now we find out that the decision not to prosecute had political implications. It's very bad news for Attorney General Holder and his friend, the President of the United States."
The Factor pursued the story with Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch, the organization that has been investigating the Black Panther intimidation case. "The Bush Justice Department filed a civil case," Fitton explained, "but the Obama people came in and dropped it. The documents we obtained show that a top Justice Department official orchestrated the effort to drop the charges. There were philosophical objections from leftists who don't like these civil rights laws being applied against black people; they're designed to be applied against white people. They think the law is designed to only protect minorities." |
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Guests: Monica Crowley and Alan Colmes
During a segment on taxpayer-supported National Public Radio, correspondent Cokie Roberts theorized that Mitt Romney's visit to Poland was intended to win over white ethnic voters. Fox News analysts Alan Colmes and Monica Crowley evaluated that supposition. "This is how the left thinks," Crowley declared. "It's all identity politics all the time; they slice and dice every American group into racial and ethnic and gender differences. They don't see Americans as individuals, they see them as groups." Colmes took issue with the notion that Roberts' view is widespread among liberals. "This doesn't ring true to me," he said, "and I never heard anyone else say this. When Cokie Roberts says something crazy, you want to say, 'This is the way liberals think.' But it's not." |
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Guests: John Stossel
The Factor asked Fox Business host and libertarian John Stossel how the U.S. should deal with Iran's nuclear threat. "Libertarians are concerned if Iran gets a nuke," Stossel began, "but most of us say it's not a crisis. Iran presents a grave danger, but they're not totally irrational. They know they would be annihilated if they attack. We talk with the Chinese and the Russians and we let them know it would be self-destructive to attack." The Factor pointed out that Iran is vastly different than the other nuclear nations cited by Stossel: "The Chinese and the Russians are atheistic secular societies based on world domination, but these people are fanatical Islamists. They want to kill you if you're Jewish just because you're Jewish. You guys are grossly underestimating the danger that Iran presents." |
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| Continuing with the week's special series, The Factor re-aired a few more wacky segments from the show's history. There was the puppet ALF (Alien Life Form) who rationalized his failure to land a new TV role. "I've been waiting for the right thing to come along," ALF said, "and obviously this isn't it." Triumph the Insult Comic Dog also visited the No Spin Zone and explained his accent. "I am in America," he barked, "and are you telling me foreign people don't have the same rights?" |
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Guests: Kimberly Guilfoyle and Lis Wiehl
58-year-old Drew Peterson is on trial in Illinois, accused of drowning his third wife Kathleen Savio in 2004. The Factor asked legal analysts Lis Wiehl and Kimberly Guilfoyle why the case has moved so slowly. "He wasn't charged until 2009," Wiehl reported, "because it was ruled an accidental death until his fourth wife went missing. Then they reopened the case and the legal wrangling started in appeal court after appeal court." Guilfoyle squarely took aim at the Illinois courts. "There is no justifiable excuse for this. How do you drown in a dry bathtub? Why not just start with that? This is ridiculous." Wiehl said it's unlikely that Peterson will be found guilty because there is little forensic evidence, but Guilfoyle disagreed, saying, "I think this guy's going to be convicted." |
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Guests: Charles Krauthammer
Fox News analyst Charles Krauthammer recently waged a war of words with the White House communications staff when he claimed President Obama had returned a bust of Winston Churchill to the British. Dr. K entered the No Spin Zone to elucidate. "To bolster their charge that I was spreading a false rumor," he said, "they showed a picture of Obama with a bust of Churchill in the White House residence, but that was extremely deceptive. After 9/11 Britain loaned President Bush a bust of Winston Churchill as a show of solidarity. When Obama won the presidency, the British offered to extend the loan, but the Obama administration said no and it was returned to the British Embassy. What you saw in that deceptive picture was another Churchill sculpture that had been given to the United States in the Johnson administration." The Factor added historical perspective to the incident: "Some people believe President Obama doesn't like Winston Churchill because of British colonialism, particularly in Kenya." |
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Bernie Geiser, Kuwait: "CNN unintentionally played the song 'Stupid Girls' when introducing Sarah Palin? Their brains must be on shuffle."
Robert Cooper, Breckenridge, CO: "CNN is basically on life support because of this kind of juvenile idiocy."
Chuck Baker, Waynesville, NC: "I totally agree with Dick Cheney. Sarah Palin does not have the 'gravitas' for the top job."
Mary McLemore, Pike Road, AL: "The real mistake was John McCain. I voted for Sarah Palin, not the senator." |
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| Tuesday's literary Tip featured four summer reading suggestions: 'Creole Belle' by James Lee Burke, 'Lullaby' by Ace Atkins, 'I am Spartacus' by Kirk Douglas, and James Donovan's 'The Blood of Heroes.' |
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