Bill O'Reilly and Bill Donohue have so much in common beyond their first names, shared Irish heritage and NY origin. Both bloviators are in the mid-sixties and are divorced but devout, pro-life Catholics who are products of an authoritarian Catholic education. Both share a hatred of liberals and Hollywood; although Donohue focuses on Hollywood Jews while the sophisticated O'Reilly reserves his venom for Hollywood liberals. Both feel that Christianity in general and Catholicism in particular are being besieged by evil force of secularism. To O'Reilly's credit, however, he doesn't, as does Donohue, blame the victims of clergy sexual abuse and has evolved on gay marriage, something deemed anathema by Donohue who is obsessed with anal sex. But Donohue is upset with O'Reilly and he's letting him know it!
Donohue is head of the Catholic league, a group dedicated to fighting what they feel is bigotry towards the Catholic Church. But in reality, it's a right wing organization dedicated to fighting things like abortion and the imaginary "homosexual agenda." Donohue also spends lots of time criticizing comedians, such as Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, and Kathy Griffin, who lampoon Catholicism. Although he has been described as "one guy with a fax machine," he does seem to be in Cardinal Dolan's good graces. During the period when Fox News was providing full support for the Catholic bishops' opposition to the HHS birth control mandate, Donohue was interviewed on Fox "news" in order to further validate the bishops by showing "official" Catholic lay support for the opposition.
In his latest column, Donohue, head of the "Catholic League," took issue with O'Reilly's claim that, while the Jews and Muslims have advocacy organizations, nobody is standing up for Catholics. And for Donohue, them's fighting words. He asks if there's nobody defending Catholics, why do O'Reilly's producers keep calling the "Catholic League" for information. He mentioned that O'Reilly used a video done by the Catholic League. Donohue is also upset that O'Reilly continues to interview Pastor Robert Jeffress who, as I have reported, has said some nasty things about the Catholic religion.
In concluding, Donohue wrote that "O’Reilly has been selling himself as the lone crusader against radical secularism for years. This is nonsense."
Oh, snap. Looks like Bill D ain't happy. So in using the broad brush that O'Reilly uses to stereotype those groups he's uncomfortable with, I recommend that they settle it old school Irish style. After a couple of drinks at the local pub they can take it out to the parking lot. And if they do, I want a ringside seat!
Billy may invite Donahue on his show. Forget the dialogue, just duke it out like the boys from the Irish pubs.
Those Fox “News” boys need to take it out behind the News Corporation building since fighting isn’t allowed inside.
NOTE TO BILLY
Did you hear what your colleague foe said about you today on radio? He smacked you down.
Seriously, though, I suspect that the sort of “Catholic” embodied for far too long by the likes of Donahue may start finding it awfully difficult to continue behaving like hate groups. Methinks that interesting times are here.
The new Pope is taking every opportunity to talk like Jesus and Saint Francis, and everything he’s said should make the haters, power-grabbers and “holier than thou” crowd start to fidget in discomfort (assuming they’re listening, of course). He’s moving slowly but steadily, no fuss but refusing to do things as they “should be” done: no red cape or scarlet shoes, no gold cross, no gold ring, no bullet-proof Pope-mobile but frequent escapes from his guards to shake hands with people. Sheesh, he even paid his hotel bill! Himself!
The list gets longer every day and the likes of Donahue, O’Reilly, and the other catholics (I refuse to use a capital “C” for that lot) on Fox will eventually start feeling very uncomfortable indeed. If they don’t, methinks Pope Francis will start talking straight to them.
The old fox who resigned may have lost his health trying to do this, but he was too much a part of the establishment. My negative judgement on The Pope Emeritus Benedict XIV has been reset to “pending further developments”. I find it encouraging that he’ll soon be living just across the lawn from Pope Francis. I can see the two of them sneakinig through the Vatican lanes to have a prayer together while their handlers go berserk.
Well, duh, Donohue, that’s what BOR does – he makes it all about himself and his supposed T-warrior persona. Nice of you to finally notice. LOL!