Bill O’Reilly Loses It With Laura Ingraham

I’m beginning to think Bill O’Reilly needs some anger management classes. Tonight, less than a month after he had a major meltdown with Alan Colmes and another meltdown with a Denver Post columnist, he blew up at Laura Ingraham for having the nerve to tell him that his choice of words, “thump the Bible,” as a description of the tactics of same-sex marriage opponents, had helped fuel an antagonism between him and Rush Limbaugh – which O’Reilly kept saying did not exist. In fact, O’Reilly announced, in all seriousness and in solidarity with Limbaugh, “The two people the liberal media fear most are Rush Limbaugh and me.”

It started in his Talking Points Memo, where O’Reilly complained of left-wing “guttersnipes” playing up the phony feud between him and Limbaugh. “The loons are taking my commentary out of context as they always do,” O’Reilly fumed. Saying he has a new book coming out of his past commentaries, he jabbed his finger at the camera and added, “Believe me, believe me, I’m going to use that book to hammer these liars all day long.”

Unfortunately for O’Reilly, his contention was immediately contradicted when he brought on Ingraham. She said kindly, “Number one, I would say, Bill, there is a feud.” She indicated that she felt a bit awkward given that both he and Limbaugh are friends of hers. But, she added, “I think when you said, ‘they have to do more than Bible thump,’ I don’t think you really needed to say that, right?”

O’Reilly immediately interrupted her and the discussion then devolved – not quite to the Colmes or Denver Post columnist level but low. Ingraham looked exasperated, repeatedly asked to be allowed to finish her thought and O’Reilly’s fingers got a lot of exercise.

Video via Mediaite.

Bill O'Reilly Blows Up At Laura Ingraham In Epic Segment Over His 'Thump The Bible' Comments
Bill O'Reilly tonight responded to criticisms from the right over his commentary last week that gay marriage opponents need to do more than just "thump the Bible" if they want to win the argument.

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commented 2013-04-03 11:47:27 -0400 · Flag

At first I was wondering if his blowups were staged for attention as a gimmick to boost ratings, even temporally to receive a modest boost especially the night following whatever temper tantrum he was having.

I’m sure his divorce and the election defeat certainly doesn’t help his frame of mind, but you know a lot times we can over-psychoanalysis a situation when the answer is simply that Bill is an asshole.

commented 2013-04-03 11:22:48 -0400 · Flag

I suspect Billdo’s “thought bubble” during that conversation would say: “Jebus Christ Laura, you’re getting a smart, smarmy mouth just like my ex-wife.”
“P.S. Laura-How come you didn’t warn me my wife would divorce me if I treated her like I treat everyone else?”
Laura’s thought bubble: “No wonder you’re old lady left you!”

commented 2013-04-03 10:40:55 -0400 · Flag

With all those wars and feuds Vile Bile is waging I perfectly understand he is on the verge of a nervous breakdown and losing his mind.And how dare the obnoxious and noxious cross wearing and bearing Laura dare to disagree and put the pin on Big Daddy ’s nose.

commented 2013-04-03 10:23:19 -0400 · Flag

I think all this “fighting” on Fox is calculated to boost each other’s ratings. Ingraham right now is milking this for all it’s worth. The right is imploding and they are desperate. I believe that they are cooking up a huge hate Obama offensive aimed at 2014 elections.

commented 2013-04-03 09:15:09 -0400 · Flag

The ex-Mrs. Bildo must be really taking it to Bildo on their divorce and child custody dispute.

commented 2013-04-03 08:45:43 -0400 · Flag

Bellowing Billow is growing quite bitter in his old age. Like his Daddy, a Cow Chip Off The Old Block. What say you Junior?

commented 2013-04-03 05:21:26 -0400 · Flag

“Of all the conservative radio talk show hosts, you have the most common sense. Of all of them”, Billy said. To translate, High End Hannocchio, Mark Levin, Glenn Beck, Bill Cunningham, Michael Savage, and the rest of the conservative talkers don’t have common sense.

We expect those same talkers to respond to Billy’s attacks on them. Grab a large bucket of popcorn and a large drink. This week’s drama is about to unfold.

NOTE TO BILLY

You got one thing right-Hannity has no common sense.

commented 2013-04-03 02:16:16 -0400 · Flag

What is a guttersnipe?

commented 2013-04-03 01:47:43 -0400 · Flag

From the article: “The loons are taking my commentary out of context as they always do,” O’Reilly fumed.
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Well, Sir Falafel, if they are, it’s only because they learned it from you! (Anyone else remember the old drug commercial where this outraged dad bursts into his teenage son’s room wanting to know why he was smoking weed, and the boy responds, very vehemently, “I learned it from watching you?”)

One could easily fill a book with all the times when Sir Falafel has taken other people’s words out of context.

commented 2013-04-03 01:12:21 -0400 · Flag

The liberal media don’t fear you O’Reilly. They laugh at you. But O’Reilly is not the hard core rightie that Limbaugh or Ingraham is.

commented 2013-04-03 01:01:06 -0400 · Flag

In terms of actual education… Bill. By a huge margin.

In terms of ability to keep calm longer… Rush. By a small, but notable margin.

Who wins? The person who’s watching it as a comedy ^_.

commented 2013-04-03 00:50:24 -0400 · Flag

After watching this, I am compelled to agree with Ellen 100 percent. Something is up with O’Reilly and I don’t think it’s just about last year’s election. He is genuinely on a tear over the last month or so, and it may not have anything to do with politics.

This segment consists of him and Ingraham stubbornly yelling at each other for 6 and a half minutes solely over the semantic term “thump the bible”. I’d say this was a popcorn segment, but after a while it just got really irritating.

commented 2013-04-03 00:20:36 -0400 · Flag

Nah Bill, J don’t fear you,Limbaugh or others of your ilk.
I AM APPALLED BY YOUR ARROGANT IGNORANCE and LACK OF SELF AWARENESS. Others of your ilk may feel emboldened and empowered and act out in an evil manner (Dr. Tiller’s murder) and use what they heard from your ilk as justification. Weak minds always seek validation from weak minds who speak the loudest.

commented 2013-04-02 23:41:19 -0400 · Flag

I don’t begrudge any fued between these hapless Right Wingnuts. On the contrary, I cultivate it. Let them hoist themselves by their own petard and self-implode. It’s a joy to witness.

NewsHounds posted about Bill O’Reilly Loses It With Laura Ingraham on NewsHounds' Facebook page 2013-04-02 23:27:33 -0400

There he goes again!