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O’Reilly/Stewart Debate a Technological Failure
Their live stream didn’t work for thousands of people.
Here are some low-lights of the farce.
Politico-
When O’Reilly said the U.S. shouldn’t have gone into Iraq, Stewart put one leg up on the podium and shouted, “Somebody live Tweet that, motherf—er!”
CNN’s E.D. Hill — who acted as moderator — asked whether politicians should engage in more cross-partisan dialogue. That’s when Stewart sat on O’Reilly’s lap.
“And what would you like for Christmas, little boy?” O’Reilly asked before adding, “Get off me.”
It wasn’t the only time Christmas was brought up. While O’Reilly claimed victory for “The War on Christmas,” Stewart said the war never existed in the first place.
“I’m a Jew,” Stewart said. “If you think Christmas isn’t celebrated in this country, walk a mile in Hanukkah’s shoes.”
He added: “The headquarters of Fox News is in Rockefeller Center. If you walk outside of Fox News, it looks like Santa Claus exploded. This whole idea is insanity.”
O’Reilly said Americans are acting too entitled and that the government has too much wasteful spending. Stewart didn’t disagree.
“We are an entitlement nation,” Stewart said. “Have you ever seen Oprah’s favorite things episode? We are a people that wants free things.”
How did Hill think the night went?
“It’s much like working with teenage boys,” she quipped after the debate. “What they showed was you can have complete opposite opinions and have an honest debate. We need more of that in this country.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82113.html#ixzz28d3l37iT
Snowball the Sourpuss
October 7th, 2012
“Walk a mile in Hannukkah’s shoes”. What? Unless he was refering to Hannukkah Harry’s shoes, I have no idea what the hell that is supposed to mean.
Jon Stewart, the ever expedient Jew.
venturaguy
October 7th, 2012
Blowhard v Buffoon = waste of time
beachmom
October 7th, 2012
Not fond of either one. Both are self promoting and self righteous and not entertaining.
norman einstein
October 7th, 2012
I LMAO when I heard this this morning.
BO has been promoting this thing on his show for weeks.
Somebody ‘up there’ has a sense of humor!
squatch
October 7th, 2012
Over/Under at the end of the debate O’Reilly quoted someone who keeps a copy of his book in a holster at his side wherever he goes ?
StrangernFiction
October 7th, 2012
In aiding the attempts to shift the Overton Window left is O’Reilly:
a) a useful idiot
b) complicit
c) playing along in order to make money
scr_north
October 7th, 2012
This was never meant to be a real debate, it was all theatre for a check. Kind of like the Maher vs Coulter tour a few years back. If Stewart wanted a real debate then he should have challenged Palin, the audience for that would have been huge. Similarly if O’Reilly wanted a challenge he should have stepped into the ring with Bill Clinton. Clinton may be a lying sob criminal but he’s good on his feet and it would have been interesting and would also have had a huge audience.
simply enraged
October 7th, 2012
@ strangern’: Should have added: d) all of the above.