Bill O’Reilly’s ran a segment on Monday entitled: “How to deal with dumb people.”
O’Reilly’s “Tip of the Day” included trashing liberals such as Stephen Colbert, who mocked his plan to create a 25,000-strong mercenary force to be deployed in a global campaign against terrorism.
O’Reilly began the segment by providing an overview of that proposal – basically to muster for mercenary force of well-paid English-speaking personnel who would be trained by top U.S. and NATO experts in accordance with the Geneva Convention.
He then blasted the reception his plan has received, launching an idiotic attack on members of the left:
Well, the left wing’s having none of that. People like Stephen Colbert, mocking the plan. But here’s the tip: Mr. Colbert and others of his ilk have no bleeping clue how to fight the jihad. They don’t know anything. And when someone gets beheaded their reaction is ‘Oh, that’s bad.’ But by being completely vacant, it doesn’t stop these people from mocking ideas that might have some value, might solve some complex problems. Because in the world of the ideologue, where Colbert lives, solutions don’t really matter. It’s how you feel about things.
However, as The Washington Post noted, there was one huge problem with O’Reilly’s attack – not all the criticism came from the left, take for instance Fox News’ Charles Krauthammer.
The fun — and misleading — part of this riff is that Krauthammer — he of not the left wing — is among those who’ve spoken ill of O’Reilly’s mercenary force, calling it a bunch of “desperados” (a point made by Colbert). Not that O’Reilly can claim to have missed that part, since Krauthammer was voicing his reservations right to the face of the King of Cable News.
The Washington Post provides a perfect summary of the O’Reilly hate-fest and defense noting:
As we’ve written before, there’s nothing like an idiotic, risible idea to move the needle in the world of cable news. The O’Reilly Mercenary Army has already fetched a segment on “CBS This Morning” as well as a good laugh-down on the “Colbert Report.” Success.
Watch and enjoy…
For those of you who missed it, below is Colbert’s attack on the O’Reilly Plan, when he noted: ““You know these mercenaries will be good guys because only the best people kill whoever you want for cash. It’s quality folks, is what I’m saying — unlike those suckers who do it for love of country.”
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