It’s inconceivable for O’Reilly to understand the notion that Dem Senators are actually standing up for principle when dealing with a dangerous child in the Oval Office. It’s inconceivable for O’Reilly to understand why John McCain would, in his final days, stick up for the notion of regular order in the Senate rather than be bullied into voting for a Far Right freight train where Dems would be completely ignored or shouted down. To O’Reilly, this must have been McCain being angry about a personal slight – because that’s the way O’Reilly sees the world. O’Reilly can’t conceive of a world where someone would actually stand up on principle – because O’Reilly frankly doesn’t believe in that concept.

I’ll be curious to see if O’Reilly is brought back into the fold by other Fox News shows on a faster timeline than previously thought. I’d always thought they’d bring him back in his preferred “Elder Statesman” position, essentially as the new Brit Hume. But O’Reilly’s too much of a back room brawler for that idea to fly very far.

It’s not surprising to see O’Reilly getting a welcome back on Fox News, but it is absolutely a surprise to see him do so on Hannity’s show. Because the two men were known to detest each other throughout their time on the network. In his heyday, O’Reilly would categorically refuse to acknowledge that Hannity’s program was following his, and there were even more childish feuds going between the two guys. So it’s interesting to see O’Reilly swallowing his pride to appear on a program that he was known to openly denigrate.

Past that, O’Reilly’s appearance on the show was a fairly shocking series of vicious lies, promulgated by O’Reilly and encouraged by Hannity. It’s understandable that O’Reilly is angry that he was finally ousted for his constant sexual harassment of his co-workers, but he’s turned that anger into a scary inflation of his usual blowhard antics. For the record, Bill O’Reilly was not terminated from Fox News because the “Far Left Loons” had a vendetta against him. He was terminated for cause, after it was exposed that Fox News had paid millions to settle harassment claims and to silence the women who were speaking out about his unfortunate conduct. I note that at no time in the Hannity love-in did the men discuss the reasons for his termination. I note that at no time did O’Reilly apologize for his conduct or demonstrate even a shred of remorse.

O’Reilly did spend time promulgating his conspiracy theories about media outlets he dislikes. He spent time attacking the Left, presumably for having the temerity to stand up for themselves and not allow him to get away with bullying and harassing whoever he wished.

I note that if O’Reilly truly believes he was unfairly terminated, or that the accusations about him were “lies”, he’s being oddly reticent about actually dealing with that. If it was all lies, then where is O’Reilly’s Wrongful Termination lawsuit? Where are his slander and libel and defamation lawsuits against all these liars and peddlers? Surely O’Reilly can afford an attorney. Can’t he?

Is Sean branching out into Vibrator Coaching, and looking to Junior O’Reilly as a mentor?