O’Reilly Spreads Christmas Joy By Shouting At Gov. Chafee For Having A Holiday Tree Instead Of A Christmas Tree

Bill O’Reilly interviewed his scapegoat of the week, Governor Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, tonight regarding his sin of calling the state’s tree a “holiday tree” instead of a “Christmas tree.” Every year, O’Reilly carries on his malicious crusade against those who don’t celebrate the holiday the way he thinks they should – and then blames them for ruining it. Tonight, his antics turned laugh-out-loud ridiculous as he repeatedly shouted at Chafee for “making people unhappy” and then shouted, “I’m not angry! I’m a happy guy!”

The hilarity started during O’Reilly’s Talking Points segment when he read a letter from Calvin Coolidge, from O’Reilly’s own private collection, that he said represented his philosophy of Christmas:

Christmas is… a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

It’s that “real spirit of Christmas” that motivates O’Reilly year after year to do things like ambush an elementary school official for barring Santa Claus from a holiday gift exchange and use Christmas cards of Jesus to harass Gov. Chafee.

Without a note of irony, O’Reilly gleefully accused Chaffee of “tying the Christmas situation into secular progressive politics.” As if O’Reilly isn’t doing just that with his conservative politics.

Chafee told O’Reilly, “You like to make a lot of controversy, all I can say is, on this one you’re wrong.”

O’Reilly retorted, “Governor, you’re the one making the controversy! All I want to do is keep the traditions of Christmas that make most Americans happy! …You’re in the minority. You’re imposing your will and you’re making people unhappy in a season of joy...”

Chafee got in a dig at the “fair and balanced” network: “Fox News, you guys are too angry.”

O’Reilly insisted, “I’m not angry, Governor. Look, I’m a happy guy. I want our traditions to be respected. That’s all.”

It must have been all that happiness that made him yell so much.

Chafee ended the interview by wishing O'Reilly "Merry Christmas." I so wished it had been "Happy Holidays," instead.

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Joey Communisto commented 2012-12-01 12:36:22 -0500 · Flag

Keep up the good fight Governor. Don’t let the 95% that want it to remain a Christmas Tree bully you around. Its the 5% of us that really matter. Holiday Tree welcomes everyone except, maybe, the vast majority that don’t want it called that.

aussie onlooker commented 2012-11-30 16:58:10 -0500 · Flag

bill should move to north korea, there is no war on christmas there. hmmm, there aint no christmas their to wage war on.
fox bandy the word war around like any small affront to them is a full scale military attack.
as they are all chicken hawkes who dodged the draft or never vounteered for service, i guess they would have no idea of real war.
they demean all ex and current servicemen and women who face or have faced real war with their constant trivial use of the term.

Michael Desantis commented 2012-11-30 12:36:40 -0500 · Flag

The segment was heavily edited.

Anne-claire Souza commented 2012-11-30 10:24:46 -0500 · Flag

And Bile screamed,“I’m a happy guy”!!!!!!!!!!! Hahahahahahaha.

truman commented 2012-11-30 09:49:04 -0500 · Flag

Governor Chafee is a gentleman. If I had to endure Bildo’s boorish behavior, I would have ended the interview with a joyful “fuck you Bildo and all of Fux Noise.”

d d commented 2012-11-30 09:12:49 -0500 · Flag

“Christmas isâ¦ a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.”

And BOR claims that this statement represents his philosophy of Christmas? Are you freakin’ kidding me?! If Christmas is a “state of mind” in which cherishing “peace and goodwill” is of importance, then it shouldn’t matter what a beautiful, decorated tree is officially called. In fact, it shouldn’t even matter whether there is a Christmas tree in the public square or governmental buildings at all. A state of mind that is based in peace and goodwill doesn’t rely on physical manifestations such as decorated trees, Santa Clauses or nativity scenes in order to feel/think in the spirit of Christmas – and such a state of mind certainly doesn’t go around yelling/bullying people for using the words “Holiday tree” or for wishing folks “Happy Holidays”.

BOR is the antithesis of a state of mind that is based in peace and good will. He relishes stirring up outrage and anger and behaving in antagonistic ways. He delights in targeting those who believe differently than him and seeks to bring them down. BOR is about using the holiday season to bring attention to himself through his over-hyped “war on Christmas”. It’s his way or the highway. Pffft. Peace and good will, my ass.

Visitor 55 commented 2012-11-30 08:15:24 -0500 · Flag

Gov. Chafee, with his cool calm made POS borally look exactly like the unhinged, unprofessional pile of shit that he is.

Good job, Gov. Chafee!

Jan Hall commented 2012-11-30 07:37:30 -0500 · Flag

As with all egotistical control freaks like Little Billy EGO’reilly, when they feel they are failing to control everyone and everything, they get louder and louder and angrier and angrier.

aussie onlooker commented 2012-11-30 05:27:54 -0500 · Flag

bill and the rest of the fox crew are like a radio music station that only has one song to play.

bemused commented 2012-11-30 03:07:58 -0500 · Flag

Methinks O’Reilly is definitely losing his marbles. No way that a happy guy would scream and shout like that. A tad more and I’d be calling the guys with straightjackets.

It’s Gov. Chafee who comes off as a happy guy.