O'REILLY VS. LUDA

During the September 19 edition of his nationally syndicated radio program, discussing his recent trip to have dinner with Rev. Al Sharpton at Sylvia's, a famous restaurant in Harlem, Bill O'Reilly reported that he "had a great time, and all the people up there are tremendously respectful," adding: "I couldn't get over the fact that there was no difference between Sylvia's restaurant and any other restaurant in New York City. I mean, it was exactly the same, even though it's run by blacks, primarily black patronship." Later, during a discussion with National Public Radio senior correspondent and Fox News contributor Juan Williams about the effect of rap on culture, O'Reilly asserted: "There wasn't one person in Sylvia's who was screaming, 'M-Fer, I want more iced tea.' You know, I mean, everybody was -- it was like going into an Italian restaurant in an all-white suburb in the sense of people were sitting there, and they were ordering and having fun. And there wasn't any kind of craziness at all." O'Reilly also stated: "I think black Americans are starting to think more and more for themselves. They're getting away from the Sharptons and the [Rev. Jesse] Jacksons and the people trying to lead them into a race-based culture. They're just trying to figure it out. 'Look, I can make it. If I work hard and get educated, I can make it."

lolololol has he never even MET a black person before???

black ppl r normal ppl film at 11

I couldn't get over the fact that there was no difference between Sylvia's restaurant and any other restaurant in New York City.
I couldn't get over the fact that there was no difference between Sylvia's restaurant and any other restaurant in New York City.
I couldn't get over the fact that there was no difference between Sylvia's restaurant and any other restaurant in New York City.
I couldn't get over the fact that there was no difference between Sylvia's restaurant and any other restaurant in New York City.

'M-Fer, I want more iced tea.'

My family motto.

I met this douchebag at a Kennedy School mixer once. He is a total douchebag.

"I mean, it was exactly the same, even though it's run by blacks, primarily black patronship."

I hope he writes a krakauer-esque book about this journey.

hhahahah

So, generally speaking, does O'Reilly deny being a racist or does he totally own up to that shit?

"I was shocked that they were not, in fact, hurling feces at one another and eating the flesh of their young. It wasn't anything like they'd told us at the rallies."

I can see him saying this with a certain amount of irony but that doesn't make him any less of a douchebag.

I'm not much for giving Bill O'Reilly the benefit of the doubt, but I think his point is about how blacks are just like everybody else despite what "black leaders" and "gansta rappers" would lead you to believe. Like if you don't happen to know any black people well, then the only blacks you ever hear from are the ridiculous ones, who also happen to claim to represent the entire black population.

lolz @ gangsta rappers "claiming to represent the entire black population"

In talking about authenticity and keeping it real and telling the truth about life on the streets/in the ghetto, etc. I'd say tons of rap strikes a representative posture.

Juan Williams

NEVER FORGET

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Kerm OTM. I'm still OTM re: O'Reilly : douchbag :: tomayto : tomahto

They're getting away from the Sharptons and the [Rev. Jesse] Jacksons and the people trying to lead them into a race-based culture.

this from the the guy lamenting the attacks on the white male power structure

A clarification:

O'Reilly was still simmering last night. "They're making it something that it isn't," he said in an interview by phone from New York. "Anyone who listens to the tape [of the radio show] and is fair-minded will tell you this was an intelligent conversation about race. . . . Aren't they supposed to be in the business of honesty over there" at CNN?

His point, he said, is that "some whites fear blacks based on irrational notions. They're afraid to go into Sylvia's, they're afraid to go to Harlem. But there's nothing different in Sylvia's than any other place in the U.S."

ORLY opening doors for white people.

O'Reilly asserted: "There wasn't one person in Sylvia's who was screaming, 'M-Fer, I want more iced tea.'

God, this is awful.

haven't been following this TOO closely, but the above comment may be even more offensive than the remark that he is in trouble for.

Why is it so offensive that Samuel L. Jackson wasn't as Sylvia's that night?

I actually thought this was the worst part:

I think black Americans are starting to think more and more for themselves. They're getting away from the Sharptons and the [ Rev. Jesse ] Jacksons and the people trying to lead them into a race-based culture. They're just trying to figure it out. 'Look, I can make it. If I work hard and get educated, I can make it."

Thank god people like Sylvia Woods (who went into business in the early 60s) are finally starting to figure it out.

tavis smiley paraphrased: orly is one of the shrewdest dudes he's come across in the biz, chooses his words carefully, knows how to get a reaction, and does so to boost flagging ratings. he's "not playing the bill o'reilly game" anymore.

There wasn't one person in Sylvia's who was screaming, 'M-Fer, I want more iced tea.'

mind blown

see, that's a lie, because anybody who's ever been to dinner with bill o'reilly knows that is exactly how he always talks to the help

"I was amazed that my black proctologist was just like any other proctologist. Not once did he shout 'M-Fer bend over!'"

It's all just another thinly veiled jab at Luda and his hit song "Move, Bitch, Get Me More Iced Tea."

Disturbin Tha Tea

xp

lol

orly throwing subliminals

The sad thing is that a lot of O'Reilly's audience probably really does need to hear the message that Sylvia's is like any other restaurant and its patrons are like any other patrons. And if O'Reilly hadn't done so much on his show already to give people the opposite impression I might almost think he had good intentions.

move bitch, i want more m'f'in' ice tea

same bad joke twice wat are the odds

it's amazing that o'reilly thinks that the average black person has the manners & restraint of homey d. clown, or something.

no it's not

o'reilly was probably also shocked that this isn't on the menu at sylvia's.

daily show had a great bit on this tonight.

"as i walked into sylvia's, i was astounded that there were no metal detectors at the front door," "they even used forks and knives," etc.

i guess the Homey D. Clown movie ain't happening.

A pity.

Part of the problem here, beyond all the obvious things he's been called out for all week, is that O'Reilly's simple in love with the sound of his own voice. He even blathered, in regard to Sylvia's staff and clientele, about how "they all watch 'The Factor.'"

Which could, as HI DERE points out, display a shred of irony, but . . . nah.

He probably was trying to show some casual irony about the whole thing, but he wasn't really in a position to do so.

Lol at Juan Williams

Part of the problem here, beyond all the obvious things he's been called out for all week, is that O'Reilly's simple in love with the sound of his own voice. He even blathered, in regard to Sylvia's staff and clientele, about how "they all watch 'The Factor.'"

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Was there a bullet point about this? Also wtf is up with him and the nypost pointing out how much people like them all the time? (I remember a brief article about the Clintons talking about what big post fans they were.)

after the Son of Sam got caught the Post ran a sidebar: SAM READS POST IN JAIL!!

(according to "Ladies & Gentlemen the Bronx is Burning")

Ahmadinejad missed a good opportunity to pose holding up one of the Post's EVIL EVIL EVIL covers, the Post would have run a story about it

This is going way back, but the following is idiotic:

I think his point is about how blacks are just like everybody else despite what "black leaders" and "gansta rappers" would lead you to believe

If O'Reilly were interested in this point, he would not have spent the previous decade casting precisely these people as representatives of "the black community" in his major-media outlet (occasionally going so far as to find some radical Panther-wannabe clown in a dashiki to speak on an issue, as basically the equivalent of bringing a stoned college sophomore on your show to represent people who are uncomfortable with globalization)

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ew

y u do dat

still o'reilly's finest moment

Juan Williams speaks on the matter.

o reilly isn't really as a good an mc as luda, some of his beats are pretty tight, tho. more of a producer.

Bill O'Reilly Freestyle

Yes, I know the shooter was white. I knew it as soon as he shot himself. Hip-hoppers don't do that. They shoot and move on to shoot again. (not Bill O. but close enough)

During his September 21 radio broadcast, while discussing recent events surrounding the so-called Jena 6 with the show's executive producer, known on air as "Angry Rich," Gibson asserted that the demonstrators who gathered the previous week in Jena, Louisiana, only "wanna fight the white devil." Gibson aired news coverage of the Jena 6 protests and challenged protestors' claims that the incidents in Jena are representative of ongoing racism in this country. He said: "What they're worried about is a mirage of 1950s-style American segregation, racism from the South. They wanna fight the white devil. ... There's no -- can't go fight the black devil. Black devils stalking their streets every night gunning down their own people -- can't go fight that. That would be snitchin'."

dude must be trying to see if he can get to the twilight zone

"if I can just be a total caricature"

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new book title sounds like a euphemism for taking a dump

I just left a bold fresh piece of humanity, you might not want to go in there