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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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"Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Karl Rove pointed out that President Obama's job approval rating among independents has dropped 9% in a month to 52%. Also, the president has polarized America. But the problem for those disapproving of President Obama is, where do they go? At this point the Republican Party does not have a high-profile leader, and the campaign that Senator McCain ran was woefully ineffective. Talking Points believes President Obama understands the Republican Party is divided and lacks charismatic leadership. So the president can afford to take more risks and govern from the left, knowing that forceful challenges to him will have to come from the conservative media, not from the Republican Party. Until the GOP reorganizes and begins to deliver a powerful message, Mr. Obama will not feel much heat."
For another view of the political landscape, The Factor turned to Fox News contributor Laura Ingraham, who accused President Obama of veering far to the left. "He doesn't have a lot of pressure from the media," Ingraham pointed out, "which is paving the way for this radical agenda. Whether it's carbon emissions or abortion or nationalizing health care, all these positions are far from what we heard from candidate Obama. We now know what it would have been like if Ted Kennedy had beaten Ronald Reagan in 1980, and the Republicans don't have anyone who has come forward about how we have been weakened. We have a radical transformation underway in the government." The Factor provided a first-hand illustration of the GOP's problem: "When we book a Republican politician, no matter who it is, our ratings go down because they are not engaging the folks." |
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| A U.S. merchant vessel was attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia this week, but shipping companies continue to sail through troubled waters without being armed. The Factor asked veteran journalist Andrew Meldrum about the most recent attack. "This is the first time," Meldrum reported, "that an American crew has been taken hostage since 1804. Four pirates came up to the vessel in a rubber dinghy and tried to board the ship. The seamen used high powered hoses to force them away, but they came back a second time and succeeded in boarding. At one point they were in charge of the vessel, then the Americans overpowered the pirates." Meldrum added that modern pirates can make off with plenty of booty. "Last year 42 vessels were hijacked, and the ransom paid was more than $50 million, so it is changing the way cargo ships do business." The Factor advised shipping companies to employ security guards who can "protect them from all kinds of horror we have in this modern world." |
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| The Factor asked FNC anchor and legal expert Megyn Kelly to analyze the Obama administration's continuation of Bush wiretap policies. "They're taking an even more militant stand than the Bush administration," Kelly asserted, "and they're taking flak from people on the left. Some left-leaning lawyers are shocked that President Obama is expanding the wiretap policy, but the law is on his side. There's a provision in the Patriot Act that allows the administration to do this." The Factor applauded President Obama for putting national security ahead of ideology. "The wiretap is our primary source of information to protect this country and the only people who want it stopped are the ACLU, NBC News and a few other far-left kooks." |
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| The Factor invited Russian wordsmith Marina Orlova, who founded the popular HotForWords website, to air her complaints about crude behavior on the Internet. "It's terrifying," Marina complained, "and rudeness on line is my beef. According to studies, people are ruder on line than in real life because they're anonymous and they say things they would not say to your face. The nasty and negative comments hurt my feelings at first, but now I have thick skin." The Factor encouraged Marina to ignore her unnamed detractors. "You have used the Internet as well as anyone I know to make a career for yourself, while these people are cowards sitting in their basement." |
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| Left-wing blogs and media outlets have accused Fox News host Glenn Beck of being somehow responsible for recent violent acts. Beck entered the No Spin Zone and mounted his defense. "The left doesn't understand what's even happening in this country," Beck said. "They're saying we're inciting violence, but the average American wants peace and is tired of the arguing and the politics. The media industry is run by people who are progressive and bitter and angry, and so isolated on this island of Manhattan." The Factor told Beck why he has become a tempting target for MSNBC and others: "You're taking millions of dollars away from NBC and they have no answer, so they'll try to destroy you. Jeffrey Immelt and Jeff Zucker, the two villains at NBC, have directly ordered this because they have no other way to compete. And they're getting desperate at CNN because they're now in third place." |
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| A Turkish broadcaster went on the air in blackface during President Obama's visit to that country. The Factor served up this Reality Check: "The guy actually praised President Obama, but why he did it this way is a mystery. His company said he was protesting the Bush administration. As Jon Lovitz used to say, 'yeah, that's the ticket.' Check guesses the guy's a moron and wanted attention." The Factor also offered this Reality Check about the newspaper business: "I have been warning far left newspapers that they risk bankruptcy because conservative and traditional Americans, the vast majority in this country, simply will not read them. The Chicago Sun-Times is the latest liberal paper to go bankrupt, and Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert objected to my analysis and called me all kinds of names. So, for stating my case, I received a big 'thumbs-down' from Mr. Ebert. Somehow I feel complimented." |
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| Thursday's Patriot: 69-year-old former teen idol Frankie Avalon, who showed up on American Idol to croon his classic tune "Venus." And the Pinhead: Actor Patrick Duffy, who has been putting some rather bizarre videos on the Internet. |
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Aaron Wands, Greenville, SC: "Bill, you are absolutely right. I have no idea why the Bush administration allowed itself to be dishonestly portrayed by the media."
Rudolph Hardy, Mountain View, AR: "Bill, your vituperative tirade blaming Dana Perino for not responding to left-wing attacks was met with calm reason. I'm glad she did not lower herself."
Jim Parmele, Hopewell, NJ: "Mr. O, thanks for exposing the unimaginable hypocrisy of the media. Not a word about Eminem attacking Sarah Palin. Where is the outrage from the women's groups and the press which is supposed to care about fairness?"
Chris Janney, Dallas, TX: "Bill, your treatment of Ludacris was unfair. Your treatment of Eminem is ludicrous." |
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