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09/23/2005: Thank what powers that be that someone....
will stand up to Bill "Loofa Man" O'Reilly on his own show. Kudos to Phil Donahue (a favorite here in Memphis. owing to his relationship to Marlo Thomas and, of course, Memphis's favorite charity, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital (which Marlo's father, Danny Thomas, founded)).
DONAHUE: You are part of a loud group of people who wanna prove they're tough ...And my favorite Donahue jab at Loofa Man:
O'REILLY (shifts angrily in his chair, under his breath): Aw fer ...
DONAHUE: ... and send other people's kids to war to make the case.
O'REILLY (very loud): You have no clue ...
DONAHUE: This ..
O'REILLY: ... about how to fight a war on terror or how to defend your country. You are clueless! So is Miss Sheehan and for Miss Sheehan to say that the insurgents have a right to kill Americans and you're shakin' her hand! You oughta just walk away.
DONHUE (quieter): How many more young men and women are you gonna send to have their arms and legs blown off ...
O'REILY: Hey, this is a war on terror!
DONAHUE: ... so that you can be tough (points his finger at O'Reilly) and point at people in a kind of cowardly way..
O'REILLY (disgusted, under his breath): Oh, yeah.
DONHUE: Take people like Jeremy Glick who comes on to - in memory of his parents ...
O'REILLY: Oh bull.
DONAHUE: ... and you go off on him.
O'REILLY: Jeremy Glick accu ...
DONAHUE: ... like a big bully.
DONAHUE: Loud doesn't mean right!I want that one on a bumper sticker.
Len on 09.23.05 @ 11:32 AM CST
