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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 week, Congressman Trent Franks from Arizona made a stunning remark to FOX News anchor Martha MacCallum, that half of all violent crime in Maricopa County, AZ is committed by illegal immigrants. The Factor looked into the situation, and the truth is that right now, Maricopa County is holding about 1100 illegal aliens charged with committing violent crimes. That's murder, manslaughter, rape, those kinds of things. The suspected felons are being held until ICE can pick them up. Another 300 being held in Maricopa on lesser charges. But it's not even close. The violent illegal aliens comprise about 15 percent of the total prison population in the county. They couldn't possibly commit 50 percent of the violent crime. Talking Points does not mean to diminish the problem in Arizona. Obviously, 1100 illegal aliens accused of committing violent felonies is a huge number. And no county in the United States should have to put up with it. It's disgraceful. The federal government should be embarrassed. But the federal government is not embarrassed. It is suing Arizona for trying to protect itself, in an incredibly absurd situation. But the overall point here is that the truth must be told in the illegal immigration debate. And the congressman had it wrong."
For reaction, The Factor welcomed Jorge Ramos, news anchor for Univision and the author of the new book "A Country for All: An Immigrant Manifesto." Ramos argued in favor of illegal immigrant rights: "We have to deal with 11 million immigrants who are living in this country. They have no rights. It is incredible. The Declaration of Independence says that all men are created equal. Right now in Arizona and in many parts of the United States, many men and women are not treated as equals." The Factor explained to Ramos the rationale behind the Arizona immigration law: "You don't like the Arizona law -- you don't want it there. The Arizona law is there to make it easier for the state police in that state to know who is there legally and who is there illegally. You don't want them to know that?" Ramos didn't think the Arizona law was that benign: "Just imagine what's going to happen in Arizona with a law that promotes racial profiling. If I were right now in Phoenix or Tucson, Arizona, I could be detained by the police, simply because of my accent, or simply because of the color of my skin." The Factor thought Ramos was misstating the effect of the law: "That's not true. You'd have to be involved in another police matter." Though the interview was pretty contentious, The Factor cordially thanked Ramos at the end: "We appreciate you coming in and taking the fire." |
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| The next guest was Dr. Larry Sabato, a political scientist who runs the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. Sabato thought that he knew why the Obama administration was taking on the Arizona immigration law: "They are very good political reasons for doing it. The Hispanic vote increased by one-third just between the 2004 presidential election and the 2008 presidential election. And President Obama got 67 percent of the Hispanic vote. That was a tremendous increase over what John Kerry had gotten in 2004. If he's going to be re-elected in 2012, he has to maintain a large majority among Hispanics and Latinos." The Factor pointed out that while Obama was still strong in the black community, Latinos and independents were moving away from him. A new Fox News poll showed 61% of independents now disapprove of the president's performance. "I think that's enough to get him out of office in 2012 if it holds, no matter what the Hispanic and blacks do," The Factor said. Sabato agreed, but said that the economy was really the most important thing for Obama's future prospects: "The economy is 80 percent of what's going to happen in 2012." |
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| Continuing with the story of the Black Panthers accused of voter intimidation, The Factor played video of King Samir Shabazz -- the one Black Panther who was actually punished by the Justice Department -- ranting against white people: "I hate white people. All of them. Every last iota of a cracker... You want freedom? You're going to have to kill some crackers. You're gonna have to kill some of their babies!" After the shocking video, The Factor asked Fox News analyst Dick Morris if the left wing in America was losing power. Morris thought they were: "I think that what's happening now is because of the ongoing economic crisis, because of the erosion of Obama's credibility on the left with Afghanistan, Guantanamo, and the oil spill, because of the negatives about health care that hurt him among Independents, the left wing is being increasingly marginalized." The Factor thought that the lack of explanation from the Justice Department was hurting the president: "Conservatives and Republicans don't like Obama and never going to like him. But most Americans are non-ideological. They want the best for their country. They see this guy and the guy with the club, and then they hear no explanation, that's got to hurt him." |
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| Expert body language reader Tonya Reiman came in to analyze clips of Obama advisor David Axelrod on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan testifying at her hearing. The final clip of the segment was from Larry King's interview with Elizabeth Edwards. King asked Edwards what she does for "affection." Edwards answered "That does make me sad, to think that I may live out the rest of my days without someone who I've got holding me in a passionate way." The Factor was moved by Edwards' answer: "Now, that was one of the most genuine things I've seen in the body language sequences that we've had with you over the months. I thought it was very genuine answer from her." Reiman agreed that Edwards was genuine, but saw something hidden in her response: "She has this mask on, this smile, what she's doing is trying to cover up her sadness." |
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| Comedian Dennis Miller started the segment unleashing a rant about the continuing oil spill: "I know we fancy ourselves as the best and brightest this planet has to offer. True. But that doesn't mean we can harness the cosmic. Stuff like this happens. And we better get our head around the fact that, if we think we're going to manipulate the temperature of this planet -- like Gore says -- we're not. We're living the dream. We can't even shut this well off." Miller's next topic was the World Cup. He wasn't a fan of the officiating: "These refs are more inept than the people trying to cap the spill down there." Finally, Miller sounded off in Lindsay Lohan's jail sentence: "Let her go away for 23 days, get the living hell scared out of her, and let her come out here and try to fight the good fight. Is it a waste of taxpayer money? Yes, probably. But is it as big a waste of that capricious lawsuit they just filed against Arizona today? No way. That's going to be a real waste of money." |
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| Fox News correspondent Juliet Huddy joined The Factor to analyze some of the week's most provocative video. First up was a scandalous commercial for a low-cost Russian airline featuring stewardesses in bikinis hosing down an airplane. "If you're only charging the passengers 10 bucks, you can't have uniforms for the flight attendants, because you can't afford that," The Factor quipped. Huddy pointed out that there was a precedent for mixing sexy women and air travel: "Do you remember that little airline, Hooters Air? People booked flights on Hooters Air." The next clip was of a player for the Dallas Cowboys goofing around wearing a long fake beard and pretending to be Osama bin Laden. Huddy chalked it up to the player's youth: "This guy is 23 years old. He's posted videos several times on the Web, on YouTube that have been questionable. They're stupid." The Factor agreed: "He's a guy like a lot of people who uses the Internet, he fancies himself a satirist or a comedian, whatever. I didn't see any malice in what he was doing. I think it was just stupid." |
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Chris Cusack, Silver Spring, Maryland: "Do I have this right? The Obama administration suing Arizona over their immigration law because they fear some might have their civil rights violated, yet they drop the case against the Black Panthers who did violate voting and civil rights?"
Alan Kuska, New York City: "If the Justice Department believes it is unconstitutional for the state to preempt federal law, why doesn't the DOJ sue the sanctuary cities?"
Kurt Bollin, South Pasadena, California: "Bill, I applaud your restraint in analyzing the Obama administration because you correctly identified his administration before they were in -- even in play. Your book 'Culture Warrior' is a must read to understand the president."
Mary Lou Mercado, West Bend, Wisconsin: "Bernie Goldberg is inaccurate when he says people want the news to be entertaining. I want the news to be engaging and FOX does that." |
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| Wednesday's Patriot - Investor Warren Buffett, who donated almost 2 billion dollars to charity this year, most of it going to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which helps people fight disease all over the world. And you make the call: A YouTube user who posted video of himself getting really excited after seeing a rainbow. "I knew guys like that back in the '60s, and they were far out. Might have been something in that forest growing," The Factor said. |
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