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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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"Last night I was fortunate enough to be invited to the White House media Christmas party. The President and First Lady were very gracious to me. This is the first time I've spoken to Michelle Obama and I was very impressed - she's charismatic, articulate and beautiful. Everybody seemed to have a good time and there was good cheer in the air. The President may have been feeling well because it looks like Obama-care will pass in a modified version. There will be no 'public option,' and there will also not be expanded Medicare entitlements. Most Americans want good health care for themselves and their fellow citizens and I hope this enormous bill will provide that, but it is a hope. Nobody knows for sure what will happen. What we do know is that it will cost trillions of dollars, money the USA doesn't have. America is now poised to owe $14 trillion and that's dangerous because nobody's ever going to feel well if the country goes bankrupt. President Obama must make fiscal responsibility his top priority for the next three years. With the exception of defense, all programs should immediately be cut by 10%, which would send a message and perhaps lift the President's approval rating. President Obama and Congress should live by the same rules we have to live by: Don't spend what you don't have. That's the most important Christmas gift our leaders could ever give us."
The Factor asked political strategist Dick Morris whether the health care bill will eventually become law. "It's probably going to pass the Senate," Morris said, "but that doesn't mean final passage because House liberals have a choice. Obama's going to ask them to pass the Senate version, but House liberals are going to say they want to fight for the public option." Morris also laid out his specific objections to the legislation. "It completely cuts the Medicare program and more doctors will refuse to treat the elderly. Also, it means that everybody's health insurance premiums will go up." The Factor predicted that the health care bill will sail through the House: "I had lunch with Congressman Peter King yesterday, and he told me that Nancy Pelosi will get the bill from the Senate, turn it right around and give it to the House to vote on. She's going to support the bill, so I can't see it being stopped." |
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| Professor Marc Lamont Hill entered the No Spin Zone to evaluate the increasingly chaotic climate conference in Denmark. "It's a complete disaster," Hill declared. "There's tear gas, people are being beaten in the street, and nothing substantive policy-wise is moving forward. The people in the street want a world where developed nations pay their fair share of the toll for carbon emissions. If we're asking developing nations to invest in carbon emission reductions, we have to pay for it because we emit the most." The Factor questioned the wisdom of sending taxpayer dollars to corrupt nations: "You know that any money we send to Zimbabwe or Sri Lanka or Somalia isn't going to go to carbon emissions - it's going to go to dinners and hookers and armies. So why the charade?" |
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| The Factor was joined by Time editor Richard Stengel, who revealed his magazine's Person of the Year. "It is Ben Bernanke," Stengel said, "the leader of the most powerful but least understood institution shaping our economy today. This was the year when the economy almost turned down a terrible path toward depression. Bernanke, as much as anybody else, helped prevent that from happening by injecting something like $3 trillion into the economy." The Factor applauded Stengel for avoiding the temptation to come up with a more sensational pick: "Putting Ben Bernanke on the cover is a gutsy move - people aren't going to buy the magazine because he's on the cover. It's not a flashy move." |
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| Body language maven Tonya Reiman watched a portion of Barbara Walters' interview with Michelle Obama, specifically when Walters asked about the First Lady's "guilty pleasures." "The only thing I noticed," Reiman said, "is that initially Mrs. Obama was a little undecided about what to say. You can tell in her mouth - there's a look of annoyance and a little bit of disgust." Reiman also viewed last month's confrontation between The Factor and lawyer Scott Fenstermaker, who was unapologetic about defending 9/11 terror suspects. "Most of the body language I gleaned came from you," Reiman said. "You were rubbing your chin and I thought there was anger on your part. Your hand also went into a fist and you took a very deep breath - it was like you were preparing for battle." |
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| The Factor invited Dennis Miller to opine on the big climate confab in Copenhagen. "There's no more delicious irony on the face of the planet Earth," Miller began, "than seeing environmental protesters being led away in plastic handcuffs that have a biodegradability horizon of about 40,000 years. That is sweet to me! I would tell the people in Copenhagen that a big problem is the fact that they would even go there. This is an event made for a teleconference and if they really believe all this stuff, why would they use all this energy?" The Factor had a ready answer for Miller's rhetorical question: "One of the reasons is that they're getting news coverage for being there for two weeks. And the second reason is the herring." Miller took a parting shot at former VP Al Gore. "He's starting to become a liability to that cause. He won't answer questions, he won't debate, and it's starting to look a little creepy." |
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| Fox News anchor Jane Skinner watched an undercover sting tape in which a Planned Parenthood doctor told a woman how safe it is to have an abortion. "The most disturbing part," Skinner opined, "is when the doctor says it's 'not a baby at this stage or anything like that.' That gets at the heart of the whole abortion debate. And then he tells the woman having an abortion is much safer than having a baby because women die having babies." Skinner also viewed a tape of Joy Behar calling one of Tiger Woods' mistresses a "hooker" and her next-day apology. "She didn't look very happy to give that apology," Skinner said, "and I don't blame her at all. Joy Behar is a comedian, and comedians have traditionally been protected by the law. That was obviously a joke." |
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| Wednesday's Patriot: ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, who told a California judge that the man who surreptitiously taped her naked deserves a lengthy prison term. And the Pinheads: The folks who created an Internet parody of a Lady Gaga singing Christmas tunes. |
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Dorian Ayres, Newport Beach, CA: "I am a student at USC and have been taught that I am endowed with white privilege. I left the class questioning whether I am a racist because of my race."
Lindsey Shuka, Beverly, MA: "I am a senior social worker student and half my teachers this semester taught white guilt! I am glad it's over."
Derik Zimmerman, Lafayette, IN: "God Bless Alan Colmes! His opinions make me crazy but he's always a good sport."
Dr. John Rose, Seymour, TX: "In accusing Senator Lieberman of betraying Democrats, Alan Colmes puts party before principles. Blind party allegiance is driving our nation to ruin." |
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