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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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Guest: Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin spoke about her new book "Good Tidings and Great Joy," and the secular war against Christmas. "I noticed a change when I was Mayor of Wasilla and I promoted our Nativity Scene," she recalled. "People were saying, 'Somebody is going to sue you for allowing God to be recognized in the public square. In the book I recognize those businesses that are bold enough to allow their employees to freely express acknowledgement of Jesus being the reason for the season. Customers will stick with them in appreciation. The war on Christmas is the tip of the spear that really translates into a war on religious freedom." |
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Guest:Mother Dolores Hart
Delores Hart was a rising actress in the 1960s when she suddenly left the biz to become a nun. Mother Delores entered the No Spin Zone and spoke of her first encounter with every girl's heartthrob. "I was in my first year in college when I worked with Elvis Presley," she recalled. "He was very sweet and humble and a mother's boy. He asked me out, but I said, 'Elvis, I would love to, but I don't believe in mixing work with pleasure.'" After starring in a series of high-profile movies, Hart realized that she had a different calling. "I learned very soon that the values of Hollywood were not what people thought they were. I went to the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Connecticut and the minute I put my foot on the ground something in me fell in love." |
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Guest: Mark Burnett
With a much-anticipated movie called "Son of God" on the horizon, The Factor spoke with the film's producer Mark Burnett. "We are the noisiest Christians in Hollywood," Burnett said, referring to himself and his wife Roma Downey. "There is no way we won't say what is true, that Jesus is God, and we are hoping people will find Jesus through our movie. The last time there was a movie on the life of Jesus was in 1965." Burnett said that he and Downey are treated respectfully in Hollywood. "We've been so welcomed, we're very authentic with our faith, and we get along with everybody. We socialize with a lot of people." |
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Guest: Stacey Dash
Many liberals claim that "white privilege" makes it much harder for black Americans to succeed in America. The Factor hashed that out with mixed-race actress Stacy Dash, a Fox News contributor whose biological parents were both drug addicts. "I couldn't understand why they weren't around," she recalled, "or why there were so many fights and why we were moving so much. When you have so much sadness, it's excruciating, and I found that if I got angry it motivated me more. I had to fight a lot, I had to prove that I was not going to be pushed around. But in the past few years I realized that anger was unsustainable and I had to find another way, so I just got closer to God." Dash urged black Americans to avoid believing that "white privilege" is holding them down. "The disenfranchised and the uninformed have to be educated. Your life and your destiny is not dependent on somebody else. It's your responsibility." |
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Guest: Dick Cavett
The Factor welcomed writer and former talk show host Dick Cavett. Cavett heaped praise on Bob Hope, but tempered it with a dose of reality. "This was a man who went to the top in vaudeville," Cavett said, "then went to the top in theater, in television, and in movies. But he stayed too long - he loved fame to the exclusion of everything in his life." Cavett also lamented that Johnny Carson, for whom he wrote, was beset with personal issues. "He was one of the most tortured and tense people, like a wire that was about to snap. But he did enjoy going out on stage, where he was happy and in command for one hour." |
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| The Factor was joined by Adam Carolla, who has faced some blowback from his Hollywood pals for being a Factor regular. "I have to run serpentine every time I leave my house," he joked, "just because you and I are brought up in the same breath. People say you're like Hitler, but I tell them you're more like Stalin or Mussolini." Carolla added that he has been specifically denounced for urging parents to be more responsible. "It's insane that feeding your kids and being responsible for your kids has turned into some extreme right-wing platform. It exists around us in nature, birds take care of their chicks and whales take care of their calves. The left doesn't want any judgment, except that they judge the crap out of me for telling people to take care of their own kids." |
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Guests: Gabby Douglas
Gymnast Gabrielle Douglas, who has written an autobiography called "Grace, Gold & Glory," described her book and her personal struggles as the child of a single mom. "I knew I had a dream," she said, "and if I wanted to accomplish it, then I had to sacrifice. I've always been exposed to Jesus and the Bible, my mom always exposed me and my siblings to that. I love reading the Bible and the stories, it plays a big role in my life. God has blessed me, He has kept me safe, and He has given me this talent. I may not have two parents, but I have two gold medals." |
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