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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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"I have to say I'm surprised that a nasty culture war battle has erupted so soon after the presidential election -- this one over gay marriage. Mormons actively opposed gay marriage in California, which is why they have become targets of gay activists. In addition, some activists are calling for boycotts of businesses which support keeping marriage between a man and a woman. As talking points said last night... the election of Barack Obama has emboldened secular progressives, who feel it is their time. Gay marriage is just the beginning -- other culture war issues will also be on display very shortly. These include limiting gun possession, legalizing narcotics, unrestricted abortion and the revocation of the Patriot Act."
Jasmyne Cannick, a black, lesbian, syndicated columnist disagreed with those who compared interracial marriage with gay marriage: "The gay civil rights movement always wants to equate it to the [black] civil rights movement. They really don't understand that movement or the history behind it." Wayne Besen, Executive Director of "Truth Wins Out," a gay rights organization, dismissed the explanation that the Bible was against gay marriage: "I find it quite ironic that a book that says that slaves should obey their masters is now being used to keep gay and lesbian people down." The Factor saw it as a pretty simple issue: "Religious Americans have a right to their opinion and they have a right to express it and they have a right to vote it and they exercised that right. You lost in California. That was the will of the people; it's as simple as that." |
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Radio talk show host Laura Ingraham joined The Factor for two segments. She defended marriage between a man and a woman: "This has been a tradition and a history throughout our country's history and long before that in Western civilization that no one really debated about until about the last, you know, 10 years or so. So this is a new debate." The Factor said that he had seen this fight coming, but was a little bit shocked that the Culture Wars had started so soon after the election: "That's what happens in the secular progressive movement. I mean there is stuff that they want. And I was surprised it happened so quickly."
Ingraham also weighed in on the Minnesota Senate race between Al Franken and Norm Coleman. Coleman currently leads by about 200 votes, and the state is gearing up for a recount. Ingraham saw something fishy in the vote counting that cut into Coleman's margin: "This is vote counting by David Copperfield. This is like a David Blaine illusionist finding votes everywhere." The Factor was worried that a Franken win would give Democrats an unstoppable margin in the Senate. "This is a far left loon we're looking at right here... He is a loon, OK? So if he gets in, every American, every single person in this country is going to be impacted." |
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| Buses in Washington DC will carry an ad that reads "Why Believe in God? Just be Good for Goodness Sake." The American Humanist Association -- the group that's running the ads -- sent their spokesman Fred Edwords to spar with The Factor. The Factor didn't like the group's motivations: "I wouldn't have any problem if you just said just be good for goodness sake, but then you have to throw in, 'Why believe in God?' So that shows me that you're of the Bill Maher ilk, that you want to provoke, you want to be provocative, and, sir, you want to be insulting." Edwords said that the ads were meant to be edgy, but denied that the they were insulting: "Local TV stations that have interviewed people on the street couldn't find anyone who was offended by this." |
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| Charles Bouley, a liberal San Francisco radio host, was caught on an open microphone saying "I want Joe the plumber dead." His radio station fired him from his job. The Factor wanted to know if this was legal: "Is there a freedom of speech deal here?" Attorney and Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly explained that the station had every legal right to do fire the man: "When you're at the office you really don't have freedom of speech if you work for a private employer... It's unfortunate for this guy that he made those comments and that they were caught on the air, but even if he made those comments off the air, he could arguably be fired." |
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| After playing a clip from Sarah Palin's interview with Larry King, and Drew Barrymore at a gay marriage rally, The Factor pointed out that in the month of October, the TV show dominated several other news, talk and entertainment programs. "We are very happy to tell you that Fox News was the number one cable news network in the country during election week. A stunning victory in an Obama year. Also, for the month of October, The Factor's audience at 8 and 11 combined was more than Leno, Letterman, Katie Couric, The Today Show, GMA, The View, and just about every other news chat show. Again that's pretty stunning. And we have you to thank. We really appreciate your loyalty." |
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| Thursday's Patriot: Singer Beyonce Knowles, who said that she refused to sell pictures of her wedding to the tabloids because she wanted to maintain her privacy. And the Pinheads: The local authorities whose shoddy fence almost allowed a 3 year old girl to fall off a cliff -- all captured in a dramatic video. |
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Paula Scott, Carlsbad, California
"We cheered Dennis Miller for saying that because of President Bush, we have not been attacked again. No one gives him credit for that."
Lee Bailey, Goodlettsville, Tennessee
"I declare Miller the metaphorical master of mirth."
Devin Hajek, Folsom, California
"Bill, you're right the media is so gloom and doom about the economy that they negatively influence it."
Denise Marder, Hull, Massachusetts
"Bill, thanks for the good job you do. I lost my job in July and am very scared."
Bille Eaton, Green Valley, Arizona
"O'Reilly, I am enjoying the audio version of 'A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity.' What a scamp you were! The only problem is there are no pictures." |
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