persecution by, 86
N
National Guard, 21, 23, 155
national health care. See ObamaCare
Native Americans
Cherokee, 138, 166
Cheyenne, 161
Creek, 166
Indian Removal Bill, 166
Nez Percé, 167
Sioux, 161
NATO forces, 199
NBC, 102–5. See also MSNBC
NBC cable news. See MSNBC
The New Yorker magazine, 33–34
New York Giants, 177
The New York Times
blind partisanship at, 19
failure to cover Tony Snow’s funeral, 10
op-ed on Christmas Day terrorist plot, 51
op-ed on Democratic Party, 90
op-ed on Obama, 26
treatment of George H. W. Bush, 153
New York Yankees, 168, 169
Nez Percé tribe, 167
Nixon, Richard, 150
Nobel Peace Prize, 29–32
Noonan, Peggy, 27
nuclear weapons
Iran’s program of, 187–90
reducing stockpiles of, 29, 30
O
Oakley, Annie, 168
Obama, Barack, 26, 36, 76, 185
antiterrorism accomplishments, 30, 47, 53–54, 96, 186–206
basketball bet with O’Reilly, 49, 236–38
childhood, 28–29
compared with Ronald Reagan, 84–85
conciliatory demeanor abroad, 85–87, 88
confidence of, 116
divided views about, 3–4
extremist colleagues of, 231–32
fourth quarter 2009
report card, 53–54
handling of BP oil spill, 24–28, 48, 236
interview on The O’Reilly Factor, 183–240
interview style, 118
job approval ratings, 22, 45–46, 46, 149, 240
MSNBC’s support for, 104–5
presidential campaign, 75–76, 99, 104, 117
public persona, 47–48
public service accomplishments, 89
reaction to Christmas Day 2009 terrorist plot, 50–52, 53
reaction to Fort Hood massacre, 40–42, 53
reaction to Times Square terrorist plot, 52
receives Nobel Peace Prize, 29–32
sends troops to Afghanistan, 30, 53, 199
Siena College poll ranking of, 134
signature on FNC photo, 35–37
“socialist” leanings, 17–18, 19, 55, 61, 63, 87–88, 89, 99, 128–31
use of drone-driven missiles, 89, 201
views on absentee fathers, 19–20
views on America’s superpower status, 87
views on illegal immigration, 20–24
views on 9/11 terrorist trials, 43–46, 53
The Wall Street Journal, op-ed about, 4
Obama, Michelle, 49
Obama administration
declares war on Fox News, 32–39
entitlement spending by, 69, 88, 90, 99, 130–31, 221
ObamaCare
backroom deals and, 59–60
cost of, 58, 131, 239
criticism of, 90, 97–98
debate over, 96, 98
Obama’s defense of, 57
Scott Brown’s opposition to, 94
signing into law, 58–59
votes for, 97, 98
O’Brien, Conan, 103
oil drilling, Arctic Circle, 234–36
Open Society Institute, 159–60
O’Reilly, Bill, Sr., 80
O’Reilly, Madeline, 48–49
The O’Reilly Factor
2008 interview with Obama, 34, 183–240
audience demographics, 33–34
defining rules for, 117–19
Pinheads and Patriots segment on, 2
White House allegations against, 34–35
organized crime, 154
P
Pakistan, 193–96
Palin, Sarah, 35, 55, 105
Panetta, Leon, 201
Parker, Fess, 165
The Passion of the Christ (movie), 172
Patriots
definitions of, 2–3, 8, 113
on The O’Reilly Factor, 2
Patton, George, 162–63
Patton (movie), 162
payroll taxes, 212, 213, 219
Pearl, Daniel, 43
Pelosi, Nancy, 96, 97
Peres, Shimon, 30
Pet Goat moment, 40
Petraeus, David, 159, 163, 200
Pew Research Center, 84
Pfleger, Michael, 224
Phelps, Fred, 107, 109
Pickens, T. Boone, 233
Pierce, Franklin, 144
Pinheads
compared with Pinhead behavior, 102
definitions of, 7–8, 102, 113
on The O’Reilly Factor, 2
Pinheadville, description of, 11
Poland, 202, 204–6
Posner, Michael, 129
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 164
Predator drones, 89, 201
Presley, Elvis, 170, 174
property taxes, 221
Public Policy Polling, 38–39
Putin, Vladimir, 202, 203, 204, 205
R
Rabin, Yitzhak, 30
Rabinowitz, Dorothy, 4
Rather, Dan, 82, 153
Reagan, Nancy, 151–52
Reagan, Ronald, 85
accomplishments of, 151–52
compared to Obama, 84–85
confidence of, 84
criticisms of, 84
election of, 149
public service accomplishments, 89
tax cuts by, 220
“trickle-down” policies, 88
views on America as world leader, 88
Reid, Richard, 50–51
Revolutionary War, 136–37, 138
Robinson, Jackie, 177–78
Robinson, Judy, 31
Rolling Stone magazine, 162, 163
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 134, 135
Roosevelt, Theodore
accomplishments of, 140–43
income tax policies, 214
Siena College poll ranking of, 134
Rove, Karl, 103
Russia, 202–5
Ruth, Babe, 168–69
S
sanctions, economic, 189–90
Sarkozy, Nicolas, 30
Saturday Night Live, 149, 150, 153
Savage, Michael, 105, 148
Scheuer, Michael, 200–201
school desegregation, 155–57
senior citizens, 212–13, 221
Shahzad, Faisal, 43
Shedd, Dennis, 107–9
Shia terrorists, 186
shoe bomber terrorist plot, 50–51
Siena College poll, 134
Sioux, 161
Sitting Bull, 161
slavery, 144
SM-3 interceptor missiles, 206
Smith, Shepard, 34
Snow, Jill, 9, 10
Snow, Tony, 8–11, 10
Snyder, Albert, 107, 108
Snyder, Matthew, 68, 107–9
socialism, definition of, 128, 129
social justice, 87–88
social networking, 74
Social Security, 212–13
Soros, George, 159–60, 160, 231–32
Soviet Union, 149
space program, 233
Stevenson, Adlai, 8
Stewart, Lynne, 160
stimulus package, 90
Sutherland, Donald, 180
swine flu scare, 106
T
Taliban, 53, 186–206
taxes
capital gains, 212, 214, 218, 219–20
Clinton tax policies, 209
corporate, 216
estate, 220
George W. Bush tax po
licies, 207–9, 216–17
Obama tax policies, 206–7, 210–11, 213–18, 220–21
payroll, 212, 213, 219
property, 221
Teddy Roosevelt’s tax policies, 214
Value Added Tax (VAT), 220–21
“teabaggers,” 56, 57
Tea Party movement
attacks on, 55–56, 57
leaders of, 55
media coverage of, 70
message of, 70
Teapot Dome scandal, 153
technology. See high-tech culture
terrorism, war on. See also al-Qaeda; Muslim terrorists; 9/11
Bush administration and, 3
Christmas Day 2009
terrorist plot, 50–52
Fort Hood massacre, 39–42
legal rights for terrorists, 96
Obama administration and, 30, 47, 53–54, 96, 186–206
Obama/O’Reilly interview about, 186–206
shoe bomber terrorist plot, 50–51
Times Square terrorist plot, 43, 52
Those Who Trespass (movie), 172
Time magazine, 33, 94
Times Square terrorist plot, 43, 52
The Today Show, 103
To Hell and Back (Murphy), 164
tort reform, 98
Trail of Tears, 138
Trippi, Joe, 104
Truman, Harry, 139, 140
TV news business, 82–83, 102–5. See also Fox News Channel; MSNBC
Twitter, 74
U
“underpants” bomber, 50–52
unemployment rates, 219
United Farm Workers Union, 157–58
V
Value Added Tax (VAT), 220–21
van Susteren, Greta, 34, 48
Venente, Shirley, 31
veterans, 158–59, 179–82
Veterans Administration, 159
Vietnam veterans, 120, 179–81
Vietnam War, 119–21, 148, 179–82
W
Wallace, George, 155, 156
Wallach, Eli, 170
The Wall Street Journal, 4, 27, 42
Wall Street reform, 130
Ward, Artemus, 136
Washington, George, 134, 135–37
The Washington Post, 10, 97, 110
The Washington Times, 110
Watergate scandal, 150
Watters, Jesse, 120–21
Welk, Lawrence, 74
Westboro Baptist Church, 68, 107–9
White House Christmas party, 48–49
Willard Hotel, 143–44
Williams, Brian, 37, 103
Wilson, Woodrow, 139–40, 143
Woods, Tiger, 68, 110–12
World War I, 162
World War II, 145, 162, 163–64, 169
Wright, Jeremiah
Obama’s friendship with, 47, 223–24
offensive comments by, 129, 222–24, 231, 232
Pinhead label on, 105
Y
Yankee Stadium, 169
Young, Sarah, 101–2
Z
Zucker, Jeff, 102–5, 104
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The following people helped immensely in putting this book together. Crack editors Charles Flowers and Hope Innelli. Agent extraordinaire Eric Simonoff. And the best assistant on the earth, Makeda Wubneh.
About the Author
For more than thirteen years, Bill O’Reilly has presided over The O’Reilly Factor on the FOX News Channel, the highest-rated cable news program, frequently topping those offered by broadcast networks. He is a three-time Emmy Award winner as well as the recipient of a Governor’s Award from the Boston/ New England chapter of the prestigious National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Before becoming executive producer and anchor of The O’Reilly Factor, he served as a national correspondent for ABC News and as an anchor of the nationally syndicated news magazine program Inside Edition. He is the author of numerous megabestsellers, including A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity, a deeply personal memoir that has sold more than one million copies and appeared high on the New York Times bestseller list for more than fifty-two weeks, as well as four previous nonfiction works, all of which went to number one on that same list. In addition, The O’Reilly Factor for Kids outsold all other children’s nonfiction titles in 2005. All in all, more than five million copies of O’Reilly’s books are in circulation. He holds master’s degrees from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and from Boston University.
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(coauthored by Charles Flowers)
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A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity
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Pinheads and patriots: where you stand in the age of Obama / Bill O’Reilly.—1st ed.
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