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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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"ABC News correspondent Brian Ross is reporting that U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Major Nidal Malik Hasan was attempting to contact associates of Al Qaeda. If true, that's huge. Why would the Army allow any soldier to serve under those circumstances? Also, the Washington Post reports that Hasan attended a mosque in Virginia where the imam is a radical anti-American guy. So the Fort Hood massacre story is becoming more than a random killing. But we must be careful here - there are thousands of patriotic Muslims, some of whom are serving in the military. We are not jumping to any conclusions, but aggressive action must be taken to find out what was known about Hasan and who knew it. The guy was indoctrinated into Muslim fanaticism and people knew it. Political correctness can get people killed! Hasan was a weird guy who said and did inappropriate things, yet he continued to serve in the Army largely because, I believe, he's a Muslim."
The Factor welcomed ABC's Brian Ross, who has been investigating Malik Hasan's associations with radical Islam. "He was picked up by electronic means," Ross reported, "attempting to communicate with an imam who is now in Yemen and is considered a top recruiter for Al Qaeda. According to intelligence officials, Hasan made contact with him to see what he could do to further jihad. That information was passed on to the U.S. Army's counter-intelligence division - they knew this prior to the time he moved to Fort Hood, prior to the time he bought a gun." The Factor expressed shock and dismay at Ross's revelations: "Major Hasan was corresponding with a guy who wants to kill Americans, and someone in the Army knew this and let him go to Fort Hood. This is really troubling.? |
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| The House of Representatives narrowly passed a health care reform bill over the weekend, but Republican Senator Lindsey Graham declared the bill "dead on arrival" in the Senate. Fox News political analyst Brit Hume explained what will happen next. "The House bill is essentially irrelevant to what the Senate is doing," Hume said, "and won't become relevant unless the Senate passes its own version. Then they would negotiate the differences between the two bills." Hume added that any bill with a "public option" faces long odds in the Senate. "It would lose Joe Lieberman and it would lose Olympia Snowe, so the chances of anything with a public option passing are pretty remote. The Senate is a much more difficult environment for this bill than the House." The Factor added that passage of a health bill is far from certain: "The polls indicate that the folks don't want this colossus of a bill, whose cost is astronomical.? |
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| Intelligence analysts at Stratfor.com report that, despite diplomatic pressure, Iran is still developing nuclear weapons. Professor Marc Lamont Hill and Fox News analyst Mary Katharine Ham entered the No Spin Zone to assess the situation. "It's really problematic," Ham began. "The idea that Barack Obama is going to get tough on Iran and make them change their mind is insane. Right now he looks like a desperate sort of 'beta male' chasing an 'alpha chick' who happens to hate Jews and want nukes." But Hill defended the president's restraint. "Barack Obama has the responsibility to exhaust all diplomatic resources before military intervention. They're just about exhausted now, and there will be a requirement for military intervention at some point soon." The Factor accused the Iranian leadership of thumbing its collective nose at the West: "It's obvious that the mullahs over there are embarrassing Barack Obama - they're basically saying we'll do what we want and you can't stop us. We're getting to a point of urgency and I am sympathetic to President Obama - if you bomb Iran, world oil prices double and the economy is in big trouble.? |
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| President Obama recently told a crowd that his daughter Malia got a 73 on a test, then improved her study habits and raised her grade to a 95. The Factor asked psychologist Michelle Golland whether the president should have used his 11-year-old daughter as an example. "As parents," Golland said, "we have to be really careful that we don't embarrass our children. I would hope that President Obama had asked Malia if he could reveal her score - if she didn't mind, then it's no big deal. But if she did mind, it could be a problem." The Factor contended that President Obama's mention of Malia was good-natured and harmless. "I understand the sensitivity of this, but I didn't have any trouble with this because it had a happy ending. This wasn't malevolent and President Obama wasn't putting his daughter down.? |
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| Newsweek editor Evan Thomas, predicting an anti-Muslim backlash, warned that Major Nidal Malik Hasan's religion "will get the right wing going." The Factor invited FNC analyst Bernie Goldberg to respond. "Evan Thomas is the 'big thinker' at Newsweek," Goldberg said, "and what he said passes as a 'big thought' among the 'lamestream' media these days. The real danger to them is the 'angry, bigoted right-wingers,' not the Muslim fanatics. Thomas said Hasan is 'simply a nut,' but as a journalist you have to willfully look the other way from the facts to come to that conclusion." Goldberg bemoaned the double standard under which Major Hasan was able to serve. "If a white officer were going around saying things about black people, he'd never get away with it. If a white Christian were saying nasty things about Jews, he'd never get away with that. But political correctness had a hand in killing Americans. With all the things the authorities knew about Hasan, the idea that he remained in the military is beyond belief.? |
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| Saturday Night Live parodied Fox News last weekend, with portrayals of Greta, Brit, Beck, Juan and Rove. The Factor's Check: "We appreciate the satire from SNL, but they didn't pick on me." During the health care debate on Saturday night, Republican Congressman John Shadegg held a 7-month-old baby as he railed against the proposed bill. The Factor's Check: "Using kids as propaganda tools, even if you agree with the point of view, is not what we should be doing in this country. Let the kids be kids, let the babies be nurtured.? |
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| Monday's Patriot: Everyone rooting for the baby deer who somehow got into the lion's den at the National Zoo in Washington. The deer did its best to escape from two lionesses, but the tale did not have a happy ending for deer-lovers. And the Pinhead: The female college soccer player who grabbed an opponent's pony tail and slammed her to the ground. |
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Jim Cyr, Caribou, ME: "Bill, I watched you and Fox News for the Fort Hood story because the other networks were insanely politically correct in their coverage."
Dr. Jerry Galloway, Dallas, TX: "According to Newsweek and some others, Hasan was suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome before he went to war. Preposterous!"
Rachel Buhl, Savannah, GA: "As an Army wife whose husband has been deployed to Afghanistan eight times, Hasan was not a victim of anything. He is a coward and a murderer."
Zach Bonahoom, Fort Wayne, IN: "Bill, you talk down to John Stossel. Stop it!"
Pam Cremins, Montpelier, VT: "Bill, stop being mean to Glenn.? |
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