Demagogues Gone Wild

Everyone hates at least one of them, and this is why: Michael Moore vs. Bill O’Reilly. (Be sure to read the conditions Moore stipulated for the interview at the beginning of the article – i.e., that it oughta be an honest record of what took place.) My favorite excerpt:

    MOORE: So you would sacrifice your child to secure Fallujah? I want to hear you say that.

    O’REILLY: I would sacrifice myself—

    MOORE: Your child—It’s Bush sending the children there.

    O’REILLY: I would sacrifice myself.

    MOORE: You and I don’t go to war, because we’re too old—

    O’REILLY: Because if we back down, there will be more deaths and you know it.

    MOORE: Say ‘I Bill O’Reilly would sacrifice my child to secure Fallujah’

    O’REILLY: I’m not going to say what you say, you’re a, that’s ridiculous

    MOORE: You don’t believe that. Why should Bush sacrifice the children of people across America for this? …

    MOORE: Right, I would not sacrifice my child to secure Fallujah and you would?

    O’REILLY: I would sacrifice myself.

    MOORE: You wouldn’t send another child, another parents child to Fallujah, would you? You would sacrifice your life to secure Fallujah?

    O’REILLY: I would.

    MOORE: Can we sign him up? Can we sign him up right now?

    O’REILLY: That’s right.

    MOORE: Where’s the recruiter?

    O’REILLY: You’d love to get rid of me.

The tough guy goes out with a whimper. The look on O’Reilly’s face during the parts above is priceless. Watch the video (link at top of article).