Kinky on O'Reilly Factor (April 7)

O'REILLY: Thanks for staying with us. I'm Bill O'Reilly.
In the "Unresolved Problem" segment tonight, as we mentioned, some far-left Web sites posted hateful things about Charlton Heston just moments after he died. And far-left radio bomb-thrower Ed Schultz said this about John McCain.

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ED SCHULTZ, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: What type of message does it send to the rest of the world when we're occupying Iraq and we've got a candidate calling for more of a military buildup? This is outrageous. The man is a warmonger.

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O'REILLY: Well, you may remember Senator McCain scolded a conservative talk show host in Cincinnati who made fun of Barack Obama's middle name, Hussein. Here's what McCain said about the warmonger deal.

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(R-AZ), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I would hope THAT, in keeping with his commitment, that Senator Obama would rapidly condemn Senator Obama would condemn -- Senator Obama would condemn such language, since it was part of his campaign.

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O'REILLY: Well, Senator Obama did not directly condemn what Schultz said, but his campaign did.
Joining us now from Austin, Texas, cowboy philosopher Kinky Friedman. And from Washington FOX News analyst Juan Williams.

Think Obama should come out himself and done what McCain did to remind everybody in Cincinnati, you know, he was introduced, actually wasn't in the area. But the radio talk show host introduced him and started to mock Obama because of his middle name. McCain said, "Hey, I don't want that. And it's not going to happen again."

But Obama wouldn't. Even though Obama was in North Dakota in the building where Schultz was. Should Obama have done it?

JUAN WILLIAMS, FOX NEWS ANALYST: Well, you know, it's -- I think it's in his self-interest. He's got to do it. Because look, if they want to get in the gutter, you imagine Barack Hussein Obama, they'll attack his wife; they'll attack his patriotism. They'll come to the edge of attacking him as the black guy. He doesn't want this.

He should be, in fact, ahead of the parade here and saying, "You know what? We are not going to have that kind of gutter campaign. I'm proud of John McCain. I'm proud of his contributions to this country. I disagree with him on the war. But we're not going to do that, and I, therefore, condemn what Schultz had to say." No question about it, Bill.

O'REILLY: Calling somebody a warmonger really a gutter snipe situation? I mean, Schultz is putting forth that, hey, it's accurate, and that's what he thinks. And he has a right to think it?

WILLIAMS: Warmonger? How is he a warmonger? I don't know what you missed. You know, John McCain has stood up and said that he hates war. He said, you know, you have to do what's necessary.

Let me just tell you I'm saying this is someone who disagrees with John McCain on extending the war. But I don't think you would dare to call him a warmonger.

O'REILLY: No, I don't either. But you know, look, I think Obama should have distanced himself, Kinky, from the comment by himself. He should have stood up and done it. Do you disagree?

KINKY FRIEDMAN, COWBOY PHILOSOPHER: No. I agree with you. I think Obama should come out himself.

McCain is not a warmonger. That's a misnomer. He's a warrior in the spirit of Yitzhak Rabin of Israel. And -- and warriors make the best peacemakers.

Remember the flap with my friend Don Imus? Just an example of McCain's, his character. He is the one who spoke of redemption and forgiveness. It wasn't Jackson or Sharpton. They never did.

Of course, I better start being nice to them, because if Obama wins, I may be moving to France with Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.

O'REILLY: Yes, well, I think, Juan, the reason that Obama didn't castigate Schultz is because of MoveOn.org. Stay with me here.

WILLIAMS: All right.

O'REILLY: How much money did Obama raise in March, Juan?

WILLIAMS: Forty million dollars.

O'REILLY: OK. Do you know where most of that money came from? From the Internet.

WILLIAMS: Probably came from the Internet. Right.

O'REILLY: From the Internet. Do you know who controls that whole movement?

WILLIAMS: Well, you think that's their decision?

O'REILLY: Absolutely. I think that the Obama campaign understands that any attack on a far-left person like Schultz can come back and hurt them on the Internet, the far-left blogs, in raising money, and they don't want to be there. And that's why that happened.

WILLIAMS: Well, you know what I think? I think that's possible. Because I think if you look at the Reverend Wright situation, again, Obama is quite leery about ever saying anything to his base that would in any way chasten them or, you know, that's too far.

O'REILLY: That's right.

WILLIAMS: That's wrong. So to me, that's a character issue here. You know, he is not a guy who is willing to take on people and especially not on the left.

O'REILLY: Well, he's involved in a very intense race. He needs the money. And that's where the money is coming from.
Now, Kinky, moments after Charlton Heston died, the Daily Kos was posting stuff like "Good-bye MF-er," "Glad he's dead," "Now we can pry the rifle from his cold hands." Really the usual vile, disgusting stuff we see from the Daily Kos and the Huffington Post.

You know, what do you think drives that? Is it just rank hatred and ignorance?

FRIEDMAN: It's the ability to be impervious to attack, to blog over the top. These hate bloggers will be blogging in hell some day.

The thing about Heston is I'm not an NRA guy myself, Bill. In fact, I never carry a weapon, personally. If somebody was going to shoot me, they'd better remember to bring their own gun.

But I just want to tell you about Heston. Back when all the good white, little church workers were not doing anything, Heston was there with Martin Luther King. And he'll be telling St. Peter right about now, "I was there. I was there when it counted."

O'REILLY: Well, you know, Charlton Heston had a long history, even when he went from a Democrat to a Republican, of standing up for individual rights, which is what the Second Amendment is all about.

But, Juan, do you get -- do you get the mentality behind -- and they even said on the Daily Kos, "O'Reilly is going to be all over it." Well, you're damn right I'm going to be all over it, OK? Because you people are the worst that America has to offer.

And the Huffington Post, the same thing. You're the worst. There's no one worse than you.
But what drives that, Juan?

WILLIAMS: I think it's a sense of powerlessness. They think they can't get out there. They can't speak. And that Charlton Heston really became president of the NRA represents a cause that they're opposed to. I am not an NRA guy. Kinky and I would agree 100 percent on this. You know, I don't want guns.

I live in a neighborhood. Too many of the drug dealers are walking around with guns, in my opinion.

But here's the thing. These folks feel powerless. And then they think just like kids in a school yard that they can use the most vile, reprehensible language. The kind of language, that, you know, they say that they're so liberal, so compassionate and understanding. And they want to talk about the dead in this way. All it does is it generates sympathy for him.

I remember covering Ronald Reagan. And people would attack Reagan to the point where it's like Ronald Reagan wasn't a human being. He was supposed to be so dumb. He's reading off credit -- cue cards. He can't do anything. You know, they have no concept of a real human being. You may disagree with them. But you know what? There' s a human -- there's a passionate person inside.

O'REILLY: Yes. I hope you guys will help me out in the ensuing months, because we've got to take care of this hate stuff. We've got -- on the racist front at the top of the program and political front. Gentlemen, always good to see you. Thanks very much.

"Body Language" is next. Tonight, a bizarre scene this morning on "The View." And actress Jenny McCarthy getting very angry over medical controversy. Right back with it.