Means that no one can be bullied by the press. Fox is a joke. Just a bunch of ranting, publicity seeking talking heads. My journalism professors would flunk them all.

Freedom means choice, and thankfully Obama chooses to ignore Fox. I have more respect for him than for John McCain who should have left the Republican Party when they dumped on him in 2000. Instead he went running back for their support.

If Obama capitulates to Fox, it will definitely be a sign of weakness.

Freedom carries responsibility, and Fox does not appear up to have that ability. They are free to do whatever they think sells news, but Obama is free to reject them, as are we all.

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"I won't wear that pin" = "I didn't have sex with that woman."

Therefore, Monica Lewinski = the American flag!

Sacrilege! :-)

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One cannot have a rational discussion with irrational people, and this fool's vicious--indeed ludicrous-- attacks shouldn't be dignified by the presence of any serious candidate, much less those he's treated in such an incredibly dishonest, cruel manner. Who in his right mind voluntarily faces a firing squad?

Mr. Obama handled a nasty situation with grace--in very stark contrast to a rude, arrogant entertainer with an over-inflated sense of entitlement.

It's amazing that this poor deluded idiot posted this and is so pathetic that he can't see himself in the clear light of reality.

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"It's either going to be Hillary or Obama, both basically communists."
That's hilarious!

I think Bill picked a fight to try to create a story; and, of course, it's best when it's about himself. If one could read his mind it might go something like this:" look at me now, look at me now, look at me now, look at me now... Obama's running for President, how can I make this about me? Look at me now, look at me now, look at me now..."

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Go for it Obama! Don't stoop to the smearing, lying, conniving, hate-filled waste of time that "Fox Noise" (term courtesy Keith Olbermann) and their Republican buddies are all about. You are showing America and the world how to be an inspiration, a gentleman, an intellect, a motivator -- and you don't have to knife someone in the back to get people's support and attention. O'Reilly & Co. are not worth a moment of your time.....it's time Americans show this gutter track of 'ego-news' the door and CHANGE THE CHANNEL! Obama is leading the way --- FOLLOW!!!!

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Its hard to believe we are a nation of adults
when we let a whole network get away with this
kind of thing day in and day out. I can't
imagine this going on 20 or 30 years ago. The
power of money will be the downfall of this
once great nation. The speed at which this is
happening is stunning. Truly sad is that
there are hundreds of millions of us that are
being affected by antics (of which this one
is merely comical) from these people and yet
these shit rivers still flow faster and deeper
by the day. Is it a wonder why we have people
hating our guts? When this is how we act.

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Madrasa is a word in Arabic that means school. I know for sure because I'm Arab and you can ask anybody that speaks Arabic. I just find it pathetic that Fox used the word Madrasa as a means to make it sound like a terrorist word or something. It's just like how Fox and the Bush administration give the false meaning of Jihad.

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When you see all those anti-Obama comments strung together, you really get a sense of how extreme Fox is.

I do not for one second think that any of those comments should/could be uttered by a real journalist.

Good for Obama!

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Fox news is the most pathetic excuse for a news channel and Bill O'Reilly is bully psychopath. He had no choice but to uphold the constitution? That's how he sees the incident? what a nut.

Fox makes Pravda look like real news.

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Presents himself as a 'hard-hitting reporter', when in reality he's just a groveling tool of his corporate masters - and smug about it to. "The wealthy and powerful support me!" Someone should dump a bucket of ice water on his head.

So, who has a nice fat investment stake in FOX News, and is currently squatting and plotting with GW Bush as we speak?

Let's try this one: "News Corp and the Saudis: Incestuous media conglomerate?"

"Last September, Saudi prince al-Waleed bin Talal purchased a 5.46% stake in News Corp, the global media conglomerate and parent corporation of Fox News (US), Sky News (UK), among other large media companies. News Corp is majority-owned by Rupert Murdoch.

Yesterday, it was reported that Rupert Murdoch and News Corp is in talks with the same Saudi prince to purchase a stake in the prince's Rotana entertainment firm."

Alwaleed is ranked No. 5 on the Forbes World's Richest People list. He said in 2005: "Last November I said that I had the utmost confidence in Mr Murdoch, his management team and his succession planning, and that if necessary, the Kingdom companies would replace their non-voting shares with voting shares."

It only gets better. Try Saudi Billionaire Boasts of Manipulating Fox News Coverage, Dec 7, 2005

"This report underscores the danger of giving foreign interests a significant financial stake in U.S. media companies,” declared Cliff Kincaid, editor of Accuracy in Media.

The controversial comments came at an Arab media conference featuring representatives of Time magazine, USA Today, PBS, The Wall Street Journal, and other news organizations. The conference and the Saudi Prince’s growing influence in News Corporation are among the subjects of a new December AIM report. . . The report raises the specter of Arab money influencing News Corporation and other U.S. media companies."

FOX News and News Corp put the interests of Saudi princes over those of the U.S. public - bringing us to this choice Obama quote:

Sen. Barack Obama: “In one day’s time we have a chance to break the lock that big oil has on our economy and on our foreign policy. We know what to do. If we increase oil efficiency standards to 40 miles per gallon we save the equivalent of all the oil we import from the Persian Gulf. We know that climate change is real and that we have to cap the emission of greenhouse gases.”

Bet the Saudi Royals would be real happy about that, right?

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But campaign for nice man Obama? He is misinformed and is showing sings of having joined the Corporatists. Obama needs to be rejected because of his endorsement for Nuclear Energy.

There is absolutely no long term comparison between Nuclear and any other polluting source of energy. Why? The new Nuclear proponents are only short term thinkers. Can Asteroid miner and Nuke shill Comby take responsibility for the 146,000 year half life of the most virulently carcinogenic, Plutonium? Can the US government, the longest living Republic government in history (only 230 years) that has now come to an end, make any guarantees? They are absurd to ignore the fact that all waste and toxins of radionucleides are absolutely and unavoidably cumulative. They will raise the background radiation levels worldwide. Review the research of epidemiologist, Rosalie Bertells, MD, on effects of low level radiation. Death.

The solution mainly is a social one. Mankind must take responsibility for not confusing wants with needs. Energy use must first be reduced. There simply is no excuse for promoting Nuke.

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Indeed.

O'Reilly is guilty of assault--no question of that.

And when O'Reilly shoved Obama's staffer he committed battery--no question of that.

And what's the response?

Shake O'Reilly's hand? Kiss O'Reilly's *ss?

Wrong response.

The proper response, was to beat the s**t out of O'Reilly.

I'd love to see the look on big, tough Bill O'Reilly's face, when he turns to find all 6'4" and 260 lbs of me coming at him with the intention of crushing his skull--not to mention his testicles?

He'd s**t his pants.

"Don't worry, ma'am. He'll wake up at the hospital."

That's how you deal with a Nazi like O'Reilly, because the only thing they understand is force.

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yeah, go obama!

I probably wont vote for the guy, but I think his ignoring of fox is the right strategy, fox watchers are not going to be swayed by him going on there, (they seem impervious to logical reasoning) so whats the point??
fox has used the airwaves to spew all sort of violence against americans. from COPS(blacks are all criminals) to bill's latently racist surprise at the civility he found in that black owned restaurant. o'rielly is insulted (no faux indignance this time) that obama wont go on, its driving him nuts!! and its just this sort of thing that will drive his already bruised psyche over the edge! orielly feeds on hate, and hostility, obama's tact is civil and robs Bill of his power! I think liberals in general should boycott fox, except perhaps to study it's tactics, for which, I suppose we always have jon stewart, poor thing.

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There is nothing in the Constitution which protects thugs from manhandling, pushing and shoving campaign aides. But O'Reilly is a liar, liar pants on fire and has built his career on Orwellian "Newspeak" say a lie long enough and it becomes truth.

I support Obama refusing to be interviewed by Fox - they edit out any good points someone makes in O'Reilly's interviews. O'Reilly just interrupts and dominates the conversation so it isn't an interview anyway.

It is defamatory slander to call Obama and Hillary "communists" not to mention just plain childish.

According to the law, pushing, shoving and any form of unwanted touching is "battery". Why wasn't this pugnacious jerk arrested? IMHO, Obama's staffer wimped out when he didn't insist on having O'Reilly arrested.

O'Reilly got out of his chair and tried to punch Al Franken - the film clip was widely shown on TV. Al Franken dunked the punch to avoid getting hit, then some crew on the tv show pulled back O'Reilly.

O'Reilly is an obnoxious loudmouth, a rage aholic and a physically violent thug. It seems he can break the law and get away with it. He made hundreds of sexually obscene phone calls to a female employee he supervised at FOX. In order to avoid a trial and jail, O'Reilly settled out of court.

When is he going to be held legally accountable for his crimes? Just like Rush Lumbaugh, because he is a powerful, media millionaire he can get away with anything. O'Relly is the OJ of media and skates out on any crime he commits.

If you or I manhandled a presidential campaign staffer like O'Reilly did, we would have been arrested and at the very least, hauled off by Secret Service and kicked out of the building.

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Watch the video. From YouTube.

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Why is Obama a scardy cat about going on Fox news. I do not think he can handle the tough fair questions.

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Billy "the Bumbler" O'Rielly is a drunken embarrassment to all Irish men. He writes stupid books for stupid people and tries to pass himself off as a journalist. Cobert(sp) is 1 million times a journalist compared to the whole bunch at Fox; and he is a comedian. Just a bunch of talking heads with their puppet master "Rupert" calling the shots. What a bunch of pathetic losers.

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and, of course, these are one of the many myths on the American scene. There is no other place on the planet I think you'll find such a wide discrepancy between life and the representation of life. O'Reilly and the nuts at FOX illustrate the fear many Americans have of being less American than their neighbor. They are continually reinventing themselves from the propaganda they stuff into their own heads and into the heads of the public as they broadcast from their bastion of bias across America. Probably, subconsciously, every day, O'Reilly questions himself, am I American enough? And obviously we see from his behavior, he hasn't found the answer.

Pointless

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He should go on Bill's show, and as soon as the show starts, just walk off the set.

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Cheers for Obama. If he caves and gives that scum network an interview I will be dismayed. He was too polite to that ass hole already. Better he should have employed a phrase I use, “get away from me!” It works well I might add.
As an example at the other end of the continuum I offer McCain who after being smeared by the smear master he crawled back and then went one further and licked the boots of the Christian right wing nuts. Tragic and w/o deep personal values.
Never encourage in any way liars and crooks. In most things there is positive or negative reinforcement. Be not an enabler.
I am worried about his taking so much money from corporations and his to me mindless support of nuclear power. His positions on the war do not suit me well.
My hero is Dennis Kucinich.

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Obama,

Stay away from Fox because (oh, let me count the ways...

They are nothing but demagogues. Their only political arguement is mindless: anyone who doesn't agree with 'us' is 'un-american'.

Us vs. them arguements when involved with politics have been notoriously violent and sometimes genocidal. Whether it was McCarthy's red scare that destroyed the lives of so many americans who didn't share the paranoia of the then-current regime or whether it was Father Coughlin who hit the radio with pro-Hitler antisemitism, these ridiculous voices who play only to fear are destructive of rational debate, which is what politics should be.

Bill O is a latter day Father Coughlin. Instead of jews as his enemy, he has 'secular progressives'. Instead of communists, Mccarthy's fear buzz word, Bill O has "Islamofascists". And once he has people afraid of secular progressives and islamofascists, the fear he has invested in these groups he projects into anyone who disagrees with them in order to demonize them or shut them up. It baffles me that this passes as journalism.

Some guy with a big mouth and some air time says to his audience: hey, you guys are like me, anybody who is not like us is our enemy, let's do whatever we can to make every person and position that doesn't look like us into a demon. That's what Fox news does. Whoever doesn't agree with us is a terrorist, a communist, or whatever the word of the day is.

Some very famous people worked with this us and them logic: Hitler, Pol Pot, the John Birch Society, Father Coughlin, Joseph McCarthy, and list goes on.

They further their brainwashing program by painting their extemist views as middle of the road, by calling themselves fair and balanced, and their competitors as liberal propaganda. Now, we all know that there is really no major leftist media network in the US. If you want leftist media, you go to Democracy Now or you go to AlterNet, not the nightly news, or even (gasp) the NY Times. CNN and even MSNBC are not leftist, they are simply not on the far right. Fox would have all believe that anything that is not far right (us) is an enemy (them) of america.

Obama, since I think you have the hope and the guts to talk about the problems this country faces directly, this country as a whole, not just a few select members of our citizens (people with money who don't want to pay taxes, and people who think their own extreme religous/moral agenda is under threat and therefore it should be national policy-- in short, the rich and the ignorant), you should boycott fox.

Fox does not say people who disagree with them are wrong. They say people who disagree with them are un-american. And if that is the starting point of a political conversation, the space for an actual debate over issues is nullified in advance.

I could actually argue with a Barry Goldwater conservative. But I can't even have a conversation with a Fox News conservative. Because when we would get down to issues, if I disagree with them, I am automatically an enemy of the state.

Now, if a media network practices such a philosophy, what I believe to be a dangerous philosophy-- creating an us and them situation, and backing it with violent, exclusivist fear, they should be boycotted in principle. Obama, you don't believe in debating things from a point of fear. You don't claim that anyone who is not a democrat or anyone who is not a 'liberal' is un-american. Your opinions are what you think are the best for the country, for everybody. You disagree with those who do not share your opinions.

What you don't do is try to make people afraid of those who disagree with you. You say 'this is what I believe and I think it will work'. That is the way rational political debate works. Fox news is a threat to rational debate.

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