Obama and O'Reilly
 

Pretty interesting interview. I don't always agree with O'Reilly's politics or approach, but I do like how he puts people's feet to the fire (and I don't just mean Democrats).

http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2008...reilly-factor/

o'reilly is a water-carrying pack mule for bush/cheney

i've never seen him hold a high profile republican's feet to the fire.

that being said, i still want to see the interview

Hard to do if you never watch.

i've watched his show plenty of times
and i've never seen him go after a republican.
he practically fellates those guys

Part Deux.

http://www.foxnews.com/oreilly/index.html

I think the most interesting part of the interview is when Obama calls government-mandated redistribution of wealth "being neighborly."

Say what you want about O'Reilly, but I thought those were pretty dang good interviews. It's like two friends getting together discussing politics, each one not afraid to tell the other one they are full of crap.

Yeah, I just don't get that. Taxes don't count as charity. You don't get any points in heaven for paying taxes. You just don't.

Perhaps. But I dare bet you may get docked a few points for being such a stingy a-hole that you were bitter when any of your tax dollars went to help your fellow man.

Despite his absolute ineptitude in utilizing simple equations of motion, I have to agree with Lebowski on this one. Sometimes, the government is the most efficient way of providing charitable services in an equitable fashion. I love the Republican excuse that they want to keep their own money and distribute it themselves to charitable organizations. How many spent their recent tax rebate on charity? How about their tax returns?

I suppose it all turns on your definition of "help" from the government is. How easy it is to become socialistic with someone elses money. Its one thing to voluntarily pay charities, its quite another to have someone decide for me what the best use of my money is to help other people.

Oh I forgot, government is a higher power.........to some anyway.