Bill O'Reilly from Creators Syndicate

Marginalizing Sarah Palin for 07/18/2009

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

About a month ago, in this space, I told you The New York Times had rigged a poll about Americans wanting to pay higher taxes to fund government-run health care. The Times poll said 57 percent were willing to pay more tax and 37 percent were not willing to do so. But what the Times did not tell its readers was that 48 percent of those polled voted for Barack Obama. Only 25 percent supported Joh ...

Updated: Sat Jul 18, 2009

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What Barack Obama Fails To Understand About America for 07/25/2009

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The stunning collapse in public opinion for President Obama's health care plan demonstrates a weakness in the president's overall vision. According to a new Gallup Poll, 55 percent of Americans now believe Obama is doing a poor job on health care reform, his signature issue. The main reason for this is that few understand what the deuce is going on. I analyze the news for a living, and I can't ...

Updated: Sat Jul 25, 2009

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President Obama Versus Benjamin Franklin for 08/01/2009

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

As President Obama struggles to sell his massive reorganization of the health care industry, it is important to understand what is driving him. This is a classic liberal vs. conservative battle, pitting government money for the poor against rugged individual competition in which the winners get more security than the losers.

Obama, of course, is a liberal guy — a community organize ...

Updated: Sat Aug 01, 2009

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A Matter of Trust for 08/08/2009

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The current civil war in America is really an uncivil debate about whether or not to trust the federal government. Policy aside, fundamental beliefs are separating Americans into two intense camps.

On the left sits the give hope a chance crew, which supports the dramatic increase in government influence and spending. These pro-Obama citizens believe that the president can right economic ...

Updated: Sat Aug 08, 2009

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An Unhealthy Tactic for 08/15/2009

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Can you believe this health care chaos? What a tremendous story: A charismatic president puts all his currency behind remodeling America's health care system and, at this point, is getting his back pocket kicked.

A recent Rasmussen poll has 53 percent of Americans opposing President Obama's health care vision, and just 42 percent supporting it. Also, a whopping 44 percent of voters stron ...

Updated: Sat Aug 15, 2009

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Have a Nice Vacation, Mr. President for 08/22/2009

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

President Obama can't seem to catch a break. He's heading to the island of Martha's Vineyard for vacation, but so is Hurricane Bill. The big storm may brush the Atlantic Coast, bringing even more wind and rain into the president's life.

It has been a rough summer for Obama. The economy continues to wobble, the Afghan war is brutal, and the health care chaos has diminished the president i ...

Updated: Sat Aug 22, 2009

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The Leadership Factor for 08/29/2009

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

When I think of recent effective leaders, two names top the list: Winston Churchill and Ronald Reagan. Using their sharp personalities, these guys motivated others to work effectively for a cause, and that is what true leadership is all about.

Faced with a powerful German Wehrmacht that had rolled over Europe, Churchill showed iron resolve while other British leaders broke down. He simpl ...

Updated: Sat Aug 29, 2009

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Panic at the White House for 09/05/2009

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

In the dark days of the Iraq war, when valiant U.S. troops faced down multiple enemies who obeyed no rules of war, President Bush never panicked. Even when his approval rating dropped below 35 percent, the president slugged it out for better or worse, depending on your worldview.

The same cannot be said of President Obama, who is now reeling under the pressure of his collapsing health ca ...

Updated: Sat Sep 05, 2009

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The John Adams Project for 09/12/2009

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

When I think of the terrorist atrocity that happened eight years ago, I feel deeply for people like Vic and Christina Colaio. These two fine Americans lost their sons Stephen and Mark, who both worked in the World Trade Center. Along with their daughter, Jean, the elderly couple suffers their loss on a daily basis. Time does not heal those kinds of wounds.

That is why I am so enraged by ...

Updated: Sat Sep 12, 2009

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Obama and Us for 09/19/2009

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The announcement this week by the feds that the recession could be ending should have been great news for the Obama administration. After all, it is the president's economy now, and if it turns upward, he will be celebrated, right?

Uh, maybe not.

It may seem insane, but the ACORN scandal could now be diminishing any good economic news. The community activist outfit has been embarr ...

Updated: Sat Sep 19, 2009

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The Wide World of Chaos for 09/26/2009

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

It may be time to start channeling Noah and begin building an ark. The world is a huge mess, and it's getting worse every day. Iran is on track to develop nuclear weapons, but global warming may incinerate us first. The Israeli-Palestinian hate fest rolls on, and Afghanistan is falling apart. Drug criminals have overrun Mexico, and Third World poverty is as horrific as ever. I think things are ...

Updated: Sat Sep 26, 2009

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President Obama and the Far Left for 10/03/2009

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

You've got to love Michael Moore. He's running around promoting his new film that says capitalism is a terrible system, a rotten to the core philosophy. But hold it. Didn't Moore have to raise money to make the movie through capitalistic vehicles? Or did his dad give him the dough?

In one of his many interviews, Moore began lecturing President Obama: "You are one of us. ... This is ...

Updated: Sat Oct 03, 2009

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Happy Birthday, Fox News for 10/10/2009

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Big birthday this week: Fox News Channel is 13 years old. I was there on Oct. 7, 1996, when the channel was launched with about 15 million subscribers. Now we have about 90 million. Back then, if "The Factor" received 50 e-mails a day we were happy. Now, we average about 2,000 electronic letters daily.

FNC is perhaps the biggest media success since the networks were formed in t ...

Updated: Sat Oct 10, 2009

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Give War a Chance for 10/17/2009

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

With apologies to Louis Armstrong, it is not a wonderful world any longer. Today, it's a strange and dangerous world where reason and humanity have largely been replaced by fanaticism and treachery.

Leading the league in villainy are the Iranian mullahs and their chief enabler, the Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin. While America, Britain and France are desperately trying to prevent Iran fro ...

Updated: Sat Oct 17, 2009

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Fighting the Good Fight for 10/24/2009

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

President Obama should fire White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and hire me as his top adviser. Don't laugh. I can almost guarantee higher poll numbers for the president if he brings me on board.

The first thing I would do is declare a truce with Fox News. Right now, the president is spending more time launching offensives against FNC than against the Taliban. The American people wan ...

Updated: Sat Oct 24, 2009

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Getting Radical for 10/31/2009

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

In the beginning, there was the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, a fire-breathing Chicago preacher who believes America is a bad place. The reverend and Barack Obama were friends for 20 years.

Radical Catholic priest Michael Pfleger, another Chicago cleric, was also part of the Obama neighborhood gang. Father Mike was the guy who mocked Hillary Clinton, portraying her as a white woman of entitlemen ...

Updated: Sat Oct 31, 2009

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Visiting the White House for 11/06/2009

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The day before Halloween, the White House released a partial list of visitors since Jan. 20 of this year. The list is fascinating and highlights exactly what kind of house the Obamas are running.

Topping the visitor chart is Andy Stern, president of the far-left Service Employees International Union. Stern has been received by the Obamas 22 times. Wow. He must be quite a guy. In fact, sh ...

Updated: Fri Nov 06, 2009

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Visiting the White House for 11/07/2009

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The day before Halloween, the White House released a partial list of visitors since Jan. 20 of this year. The list is fascinating and highlights exactly what kind of house the Obamas are running.

Terrorism or Tragedy? for 11/14/2009

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

It's somewhat disconcerting, but the Obama administration continues to dance around the terrorism question. While a new Rasmussen poll shows 60 percent of Americans want the Fort Hood massacre investigated as a terrorist act, the president sees the mass murder as a "tragedy" and a violent crime. He told ABC News: "In a country of 300 million people, there are going to be acts of ...

Updated: Sat Nov 14, 2009

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Hammering Sarah for 11/21/2009

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

With the possible exceptions of Richard Nixon and George W. Bush, no modern era politician has been more derided by the media than Sarah Palin. And the attacks do not stop with her. They include nasty rumors about her family and even the mocking of her children.

Palin has responded to some of the vitriol in her new book, "Going Rogue," hoping to give readers her side on controv ...

Updated: Sat Nov 21, 2009

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