O'Lielly on MLK Day: I'm the poster boy for economic opportunity.

[edbermac]

O'Reilly: MLK wouldn't be disappointed; "I'm the poster boy' for economic opportunity

Marking the 20th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly, on the January 16 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, assessed the potential for all Americans "to pursue happiness in a meaningful way" and concluded, "I don't think Dr. King would be disappointed ... because our system of government and economy gives more people the chance to pursue happiness in a meaningful way than any other system in the world." He added, "I'm the poster boy for that."

From the January 16 broadcast of Westwood One's The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly:

O'REILLY: OK, I don't think Dr. King would be disappointed in where the economic situation is in the USA right now. I really don't. Because our system of government and economy gives more people the chance to pursue happiness in a meaningful way than any other system in the world. I'm the poster boy for that. And, you know, no matter what color you are, if you work hard, and you're persistent, and you get educated, you can make it here. You know, it's no accident that millions of people are trying to get in here. So, you know, you hear a lot of bad things about the USA -- you can make it. No matter what color you are, no matter where you come from. But you gotta -- you gotta work, gotta get educated, gotta be persistent.

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Yes, from his childhood days in the cotton-pickin, dirt-floor shantys of Westbury New York...:sarcasm:

[Loonman]

1. See, Bill grew up in the "Levittown section of Westbury"

He's O'Reilly - O.G.

Original Gangster.

[LeftCoast]

2. So inspiring - he overcame the limitations of being a white male

So few are able to overcome the hurdles our society has placed in the path of white males. :sarcasm:

[Jara sang]

3. LOL!

Classic...

[Crankie Avalon]

4. Who better than Bill O'Reilly to speak for Dr. King?

And who better than a miserable, angry old white guy as the poster boy for "the pursuit of happiness?" :crazy:

[AllegroRondo]

5. "If you work hard, and you're persistant..."

"you'll make it"


Unless you get sick and have no insurance, then you're screwed.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. He's a poster boy for RW butt-kissers.

[pschoeb]

7. Yeah, it was so hard growing up in poverty ridden Levittown

And having to go to that expensive private Catholic high school was real tough, and we all know how hard it is to have to go to a very expensive private four year college. This is the sort of life that usually leads to a life of street crime and incarceration. Sarcasm

Of course we all know that Levittown was an all white community, because it had a strict policy of not selling or leasing to blacks, what a fucking disgrace O'Reilly is to the human race, to make his "struggles" growing up white in a all white racist community as the poster child for MLK's dream.

[ladjf]

8. Why is anyone listening to O'Reily?