Kinky on O'Reilly Factor (March 24)

BILL O'REILLY: "The O'Reilly Factor" is on. Tonight...

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm not going to get in the gutter like that.

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O'REILLY: James Carville calls Governor Bill Richardson Judas for endorsing Obama. We'll have a report on the bitter dissent inside the Democratic party.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: ...thou shalt not kill.

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O'REILLY: Another Catholic church invaded by protesters, this time on Easter Sunday.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The bible calls for peace.

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O'REILLY: We'll have a full report.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you condemn Reverend Wright's words?
JESSE JACKSON, REV.: I'm really not going to address any of that now.

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O'REILLY: And body language, the ambush edition. We'll show you some confrontations from last week.

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O'REILLY: Caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. "The Factor" begins right now.
Hi, I'm Bill O'Reilly. Thank you for watching us tonight. An uncivil war within the Democratic party, that is the subject this evening's "Talking Points Memo." A few months ago, the split between some conservative commentators and Senator John McCain was front page news all over the USA, as it should have been. Any bad feeling between the Republican presidential nominee and the right wing of the party is very important.
But now we have a bitter fight within the Democratic party. However, the left wing media is largely ignoring it. Can you say what a surprise?
Let's run down the acrimony. Over the weekend, Clinton confidant James Carville blasted New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson for endorsing Senator Obama. Said Carville, "Mr. Richardson's endorsement came right around the anniversary of the day when Judas sold out for 30 pieces of silver, so I thin the timing is appropriate."
On "FOX News Sunday" Richardson replied.

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BILL RICHARDSON, GOV., NEW MEXICO: Well, I'm not going to get in the gutter like that. And you know, that's typical of many of the people around Senator Clinton. They think they have a sense of entitlement to the presidency.
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O'REILLY: And on that note, President Clinton took a shot after the Obama pastor controversy, saying this about a possible McCain-Hillary race.

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BILL CLINTON, FMR. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I think it would be a great thing if we had an election where you had two people who love this country, were devoted to the interest of the country and people could actually ask themselves who's right on these issues, instead of all this other stuff that always seems to intrude itself on our politics.
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O'REILLY: Two people who love this country? Wow, by implication, some believe Mr. Clinton is saying Barack Obama might not love America. Well, that was answered quickly by Obama supporter General Merrill McPeak.
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MERRILL MCPEAK, GEN.: It sounds more like McCarthy. You know, I grew up, I was going to college when Joe McCarthy was accusing good Americans of being traitors. So I've had enough of that.
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O'REILLY: So let's recap, shall we? Governor Richardson is Judas. Obama might not love the USA. And President Clinton is Joe McCarthy. And all of that is Democrats against Democrats.
Now you would think a possible compound fracture in the Democratic party would be a huge story, but to quote John Belushi, "no," the paper of record for the Democrats, "The Washington Post" downplayed the story with small mentions. Very strange for a news organization that prides itself on political coverage.
Perhaps "Post" editor Leonard Downie is too busy allowing personal smear attacks on his publication. We've seen a lot of them lately. Mr. Downie might rethink that policy, as some "Post" employees have significant personal situations of their own.
Be that as it may, there is no question that "The Washington Post" is in the tank for the Democrats and does not want to report on the intense fight within the party. The paper is not alone. But this is big. It's hard to see bitterness like that subsiding, no matter who gets the nomination. And that, of course, will help the Republicans. And that, of course, is "The Memo."
Now for the top story tonight, reaction. Joining us from Austin, Texas, Kinky Friedman, who's keeping an eye on the folks in the race. And from Washington, Democrat and FOX News analyst Juan Williams, used to work for "The Washington Post."
Now you know, you can't tell me that the same amount of coverage is being given to the Democrats, Juan, in this controversy within the party that John McCain, Rush Limbaugh conservative deal was. You can't say that, can you?

JUAN WILLIAMS, FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR: No, but wait a minute. Stop the show. You know, wait, hold on. What are these personal situations that "Washington Post" people have?

O'REILLY: They're using their magazines and their book review to smear people in very, very ridiculous and unprofessional ways. And Mr. Downie better knock it off or we're going to have to start to take a look at him and his people.

WILLIAMS: Hey -- are they going after you? Who are they going after, Bill?

O'REILLY: They go after me sometimes.

WILLIAMS: What?

O'REILLY: Other people they don't like. They use their publications to sanction personal attacks, Juan. And I just had to basically say to Mr., if it continues, he himself and other people will have to be subject to the same scrutiny. Fair?

WILLIAMS: Well, it would be. I just - I don't know exactly what you're referring to. I was curious in hearing that in the "Talking Points" because I know you're a serious guy. So...

O'REILLY: I am a serious guy.

WILLIAMS: ...I figured I'd ask you.

O'REILLY: I'm serious as a heart attack as Kinky Friedman might say.

WILLIAMS: Check it out. All right.

O'REILLY: If "The Washington Post" keeps it up, they ain't -- there are going to be some pretty interesting things being reported on them. Go ahead.

WILLIAMS: All right. Well, the first thing to say is you're right, there's a clear imbalance here. And I think part of the reason is that we have this long time right now between what happened in Ohio and Texas, and what's going to happen in Pennsylvania. And so as a result, there's this kind of nitpicking going on back and forth. And unfortunately, I think you're right on this. There are a lot of people who would prefer not to pay attention and not to point out how the Democrats are trying to eat their young and attack each other, call each other to death.
I will say "The New Republic" does have it on the cover this week, Bill. That's...

O'REILLY: Yeah, but - look, "The New Republican," nobody reads that. Come on, Juan. I'm talking about...

WILLIAMS: Well, I'm just saying it's there.

O'REILLY: ...the big boys. You're not going to see it anywhere. Well, look, when you have a sitting foreign president of the United States - now I don't know whether Bill Clinton meant that or not, but he's a smart guy saying, saying, well, you know, I mean you got two people who love their country, Hillary and John McCain. And then McPeak comes out and says he's McCarthy. This is big. This is big. Come on.

WILLIAMS: This is sick. And you know what's sick about it really is that it's now come down to if you criticize Clinton, Hillary Clinton, you're a sexist. If you criticize Barack Obama, you're a racist.

O'REILLY: Well, un-American? He doesn't like his country?

WILLIAMS: And going on right inside the very heart of the Democratic party.

O'REILLY: All right, Kinky, what do you think?

KINKY FRIEDMAN, COWBOY PHILOSOPHER: Well, I think Juan Williams is the ideal candidate, actually.

WILLIAMS: Thank you, Kinky.

FRIEDMAN: If we could run Juan down here in Texas, Juan, I'm telling you, he will appeal to the African-Americans, he will appeal to the Hispanics because his name is Juan, and I'll put a cowboy hat on his head, put him in a pickup truck with a God bless John Wayne bumper sticker, and we could run Juan for god . And he would win down here...

O'REILLY: Yeah, he's got too many skeletons in closet, though, Kinky.

FRIEDMAN: Well, that - that's right.

O'REILLY: It's just too much. But...

WILLIAMS: We can count on "The Washington Post" to expose it.

O'REILLY: Look, look...

FRIEDMAN: I want him as lt. Governor. All right.

O'REILLY: The folks here in America, all right, they like the spectacle. Let's be honest. They like the mud flying back and forth. It's exciting.
And now the legitimate story about McCain and Rush Limbaugh and right wing commentators all over the place. Couldn't get away from it. Now you've got -- as Juan very aptly put, clawing, clawing, Kinky. You can't find a story.

FRIEDMAN: Bill, this bit about calling Bill Richardson Judas, I mean, that's why Jesus said after the last supper separate checks, please. I'm telling you, I'm a cowboy Cassandra here at the battle of Troy. I see the end coming for the Democrats if they don't get this together because she is going to ring his bell in Pennsylvania. And if they don't fix this thing, and I'm not talking about Hillary or Obama, I'm talking about whatever is supposed to be the Democratic party leadership better step in here and do something.

O'REILLY: There is no leadership in the Democratic party. There's...

FRIEDMAN: I know, we're going to have a...

O'REILLY: I mean, Howard Dean is the biggest smear merchant on the block.

FRIEDMAN: OK.

O'REILLY: And he's in charge of the committee. Look, there isn't any. That's the fascinating thing about this, Juan. You're a Democrat. The whole Democratic party structure has fallen apart here, because there's no dominant force. It's the Clintons versus Obama.
And there's - you know, Obama's ahead but just by a little. And now with this Wright controversy, the Clintons sense hey, he may be done in the general election. Wham, so Kinky wants somebody to step in. There's nobody to step in, is there?

WILLIAMS: Well, there isn't. Well, I mean, if you look - if you think about it for a second, you know, John Edwards is still on the sidelines in terms of his endorsement. Obviously, Al Gore isn't there. Al Gore would be a major player if he was to step to the forefront.
But none of these folks are acting as elders of the party because, to pick up on the Judas analogy, think about this, Ted Kennedy, Chris Dodd, Bill Bradley. They've all gone away from the Clintons. I think they have been living for a long time with a lot of anger at the Clintons and realizing that Clintons know how to fight...

O'REILLY: So it's a free for all now.

WILLIAMS: ...and know all about payback. And they were...

O'REILLY: Absolute free for all. That's what it is.

WILLIAMS: But you know what? I think the GOP was going to do this to Clinton or to Obama come the fall anyway.

O'REILLY: Let's not...

WILLIAMS: So we're just getting it out of the way now.

O'REILLY: All right, Kinky, real quick, do folks care about this mudslinging in you opinion?

FRIEDMAN: Yes , sure. It's turning everybody off. And I mean, Obama has a beautiful message, Bill, which I relate to very much. Get rid of all of these, you know, career politicians. Get rid of politics as usual. I love that, but I think the pastor disaster has not helped. And...
O'REILLY: The pastor disaster.

FRIEDMAN: Boy, I don't know what's going to happen at this point.

O'REILLY: All right, guys.

FRIEDMAN: But I -- it don't look good.

O'REILLY: Well, you'll be back next week to tell us. And we appreciate it.Newt Gingrich will have more on the story, coming up. But first on the rundown next, a Los Angeles teenager shot dead by violent illegal alien. Did L.A.'s sanctuary policies really kill this boy?

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