O'Reilly's apology is international news - ROFL

[rooboy]

TV presenter apologises for backing weapons claims

A conservative TV news anchor in the United States has apologised to his viewers for supporting pre-war claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

Bill O'Reilly is the anchor of his own show on Fox News.

He says he is sorry he gave the US Government the benefit of the doubt over claims that Saddam Hussein's weapons program posed an imminent threat to the world - the main reason cited for going to war.

Mr O'Reilly says he has become much more sceptical about the Bush administration since former weapons inspector David Kay said he did not think Saddam had any weapons of mass destruction.

However, while critical of President George W Bush, Mr O'Reilly says he does not think the President intentionally lied.

He instead blamed CIA director George Tenet, who was appointed by former president Bill Clinton.

-- Reuters

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1042306.htm

[Bronco69]

1. Why did I just know

Bill Clinton's name would be appearing in this article? Can the wing nuts do anything without mentioning him?

[raysr]

3. Of course,

if they screw up, and especially if they apologize, they HAVE to blame Clinton, that get's them off the hook!

[Karenina]

6. Kein Thema

The ROTW LOVES Bill. He's intelligent, engaging, thoughtful, can talk your damn ear off without notes, EXTREMELY popular with many scratching their heads in abject horror and disbelief over the BJ. Bring it on!

Y'all haven't had a clear visual of how seriously you're being verarsched by this *dimwit dauphin, not to mention screwed up the butt (unwillingly) SPIRITUALLY, ENVIRONMENTALLY, FINANCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY, and in every other which kind of way, thereby allowing the *puppetmeisters to screw the ROTW while they're at it. (Again "unwillingly" is the operative word. I've NOTHING against appropriate physical discourse in whatever form.)

I wish someone would assemble a Flash on what the ROTW sees. Complete with obviously "scoured" transcripts. There needs to be a redux of the British "dictator toppling in effigy" IN THE U.S. of A. Y'all should be ashamed of yourselves. The PEOPLE be they Brits, Spaniards, German, French, IRAQI, u.s.w GOT IT RIGHT. Y'all are subject to the most powerful MIC on the earth with the codicil of an "enlightened" Constitution. Will you stand up for it? Leadership has been foisted upon you and *crusader bunnypants ain't it. *He is NOT it. Please PUT IN THE FIX ASAP.

Errraaa... FULL STOP. I don't mean no California stop either. Strip off the PNAC mask embodied in the personage of *gwb(jr). We can do better. They have their *fix, we have ours. Ghandi and Dr King demonstrated how it's done...

[theoceansnerves]

2. hahaha

awesome. and they label him as conservative too! we all know how much o'reilly hates being labelled a conservative because he "believes in global warming" and is "against the death penalty." whatever bill. wasn't he supposed to totally denounce the bush administration if everything turned out to be untrue? it seems like he's just blaming tenet. whatever.

[colonel odis]

4. no wonder o'reilly's against the death penalty

he said he wanted to kill michael moore and he'd like to put a bullet between al franken's eyes.

maybe he's hoping when he finally snaps and does those things, he won't get that lethal injection.

by the way, isn't it illegal for him to say on a national television show that he'd like to kill someone?

[tridim]

7. He actually said

"I want to put a bullet between Al Franken's HEAD".

Belive it, or not. :D

[geniph]

5. So, let me get this straight,

it was Clinton's powerful penis that made them think there were WMD in Iraq?

:wtf:

damn that weenie!

[ComerPerro]

8. Fuck off, OReally

Its not an apology if you blame someone else.

Bush lied, and you know it. You just don't care because you are a sick asshole.

[Mobius]

9. well at least he spoke up

still an ass kisser though

[kalian]

10. Wow, hell just froze over!

This is unbelievable. Really, it is. I never expected this dufus
to come out and apologize...unfortunately, the crap he said he
meant and a simple about-face won't remove his tarnished credibility.

Idiot should resign.

[proud patriot]

11. He still needs to personally apologize to Jeremy Glick

:grr:

[Djinn]

12. no fan of Bill's

but most of us never belived him when he said "if I'm wrong I'll apologise" and have spent the last few months saying "come on Bill you big liar" - OK so he's blaming Tenet, if Tenet didn't want to be the scapegoat for the Bushist warpigs then he could have LOUDLY said last year "no the CIA does not beleive Iraq is an imminent threat to the USA" but he didn't and he's been fairly timid in defending himself and/or the CIA since the Kay report - screw him, maybe it'll teach him to be honest in the future and not politically expedient.
I'll give Bill credit for this one - not a lot but he did apologise

[proud patriot]

15. Yes I thanked him on another thread

I'll give him credit for the public apology ,
I only hope he takes the time to privately
and personally Apologize to the son of a
victim of 911 , who Bill really disgraced
himself attacking Jeremy Glick .

[Kanary]

13. When will he "apologize" to Iraq?

When will he take responsibility for his part in the destruction of that country?

When will he take responsibility for the thousands of deaths of the Iraqi people?

Is he going to make a personal appearance at bases around the country, and apologize to the families who have lost soldiers to the war he helped promote?

Will he visit all the soldiers in hospitals with severe wounds, and make their lives better?

The boy has work to do.....

Kanary

Kucinich 2004!

[PROGRESSIVE1]

14. Bill O'Reilly was a mistake.

His daddy forgot to use a condom.

He blames Clinton for the mess. this is no apology, it's all
B.S!

:puke: