I'm a working man, not an effete guilty liberal, family has a bucket of military medals, spitting on this bully coward o'reilly progressive here to reaffirm what many have eloquently, and succinctly explained. There is no debate here. The use of this verb refers to decades of pure terrorism. It is absolutely 100% unacceptable. Bill O'Reilly has given us a short sound-bite document of the pernicious, noxious weed nature of racism, that brutes like him think they can dismiss with a smirk and a wave of the hand. Democracy only started in this country with the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Millions of American citizens before that time were systematically denied basic rights, and "lynching" (an act named for a southerner, and specific to the devilish deed) was used as a textbook terror tactic to maintain that oppression. This isn't an argument. These are the facts. I'm the caucasian undercover brother, and I know the code. O'Reilly is a coward, and clearly shameless. I can't imagine how this punk can survive on the streets of NYC. I don't care if he's fired, but this cannot slide by. The ace of race cards is on the table.

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This is insanity. I can't believe you people get so hung up over the word 'lynched', you're probably the same people that were apathetically saying "I love Obama, but our country isn't ready for a black president. Maybe next time.." four months ago. Stop being so touchy. Obama's ability to rise above all of this nonsense is what has garnered him so much positive response from the voters and the media, he can roll with the punches. Why can't you?

My question is, why did Keith automatically associate "lynching" with being a "black thing"? The reason that Obama is doing so good, is that he sounds like a good hearted man who happens running for President who happens to be black. I'm concerned that Countdown constantly focuses on Obama being an African American. So is O'Reilly a racist, or is Olberman a racist for even making the connection? Honestly, I didn't make the connection of "lynching" and racism until Olberman started obsessing about it. Just a thought.

normally, i like olbermann, but there is something insincere in his tone here, and i cannot say exactly why i sense it...

I used to turn to MSNBC to get away from Fox. Olbermann's constant haranguing at O'Reilly is tiresome. I don't need to be reminded by Olbermann what a jerk O'Reilly is.

Olbermann talking about O'Reilly goes for news on this site? It's been pretty obvious to Olbermann watchers that Keith has some kind of man crush on O'Reilly.

I used to watch Olbermann and became sick of his constant stories on Billo so I flipped the channel to see for myself. Now I watch Billo instead.

Tthing that bothers me is that america tunes into this trash. This mindset is why this country is fading fast.

O'Reilly deserves every nasty remark he gets. The vileness and hatred people like him spread is destroying civility in this country. We have become a nation filled with hatred due to these nasty vile people. I get tired of Olbermann talking about him. It seems like he is giving credibility to a slug where none is deserved. But, at the same time we need to address the serious problem that is growing in our country thanks to vile people like O'Reilly. We either learn to tune people like him out and send them packing or we destroy ourselves with the venom these people spew! The bottom line here is Conservatives are vicious people and their hatred and self-loathing is a cancer that is growing and devouring us!

How about we boycott Fox's sponsors- Rupert doesn't really need the money nor does his spawn.

I'd love to see BO shamble through the streets begging for change- or maybe he can go to XM/Sirius where people ( I don't know who) will pay to hear his pap and he can leave the public airwaves.

he needs to check himself, especially the comments he made regarding lynching directed towars michelle obama, its Like screaming fire in a theater

O'Reilly isn't smart enough to know what he's saying. He operates from the unconscious. Most people have enough of a consciousness to know that the word "lynching" is offensive to African Americans. Deep down he's an angry White America Firster. Every now and then, his racial prejudice comes bubbling out. When Biden made his remarks about Obama, he was also acting without consciousness. The difference is that Biden lacks that deep seated anger and resentment.

It does not surprise me that Republicans like O'Reilly do not understand what he did wrong. Hell, they still think it was a good idea to occupy Iraq.

Bill O'Ridiculous is a disgrace to the Irish race.

some body should call o'reilly on it. he makes racist remarks all the time, and nobody seems to notice. i wonder why that is? is every one but olberman scared of the twit?