O'Reilly: Gore Going To Netroots Nation Like Going To "Klan Gathering"

Think Progress:

On Saturday, former Vice President Al Gore made a surprise appearance at the Netroots Nation convention in Austin, TX. In his speech, Gore praised the gathering of progressives, saying that they are part of an effort to "reclaim the integrity of American democracy."

While the attendees of Netroots Nation received Gore with enthusiasm, his appearance has caused Fox News's Bill O'Reilly to declare that Gore has "gone off the deep end."

On his radio show today, O'Reilly claimed that Gore was now associating himself with the most "hateful group in the country." "And I'm including the Nazis and the Klan in here," said O'Reilly." He then claimed that attending Netroots Nation was "the same as if he stepped into the Klan gathering."

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Comments

[sawdustinhershoes]

Gore doesn't deserve respect? O'Reilly says this? The original, hate-filled liar, ever spewing his garbage.

What is it about these people and projecting their behavior on to others? They like to go on about the liberals being fascists, too. How can a liberal be a fascist? How can AL Gore and networking communities be called KKKers or Nazis?. These people are the anti-nazis and anti-KKKers.

What O'Reilly's words show me is that he has an agenda and will do whatever it takes to attain that goal. He and Rush and Hannity and the others are hell-bent on insuring that we never have another government than that perpetrated by the oil companies and other multi-national corporations. That's the true meaning of fascism.

I'd imagine Bill is well paid for spreading his propaganda. But, I don't know, I think if I were him, I'd rather have kept my soul.

[karela]

You've heard of solar power? Bill O, Hannity and Rush run on the energy of greed and ignorance. They maintain their ignorance by isolating themselves from all beings unlike themselves. The thing that is amazing is that they feed into the dark side of so many people. They wouldn't pay Hannity $100 million dollars if there weren't huge groups of people who like him. It seems unfathomable, but it is apparently true. And it's also the reason why we should work hard, donate often and never ever take this election for granted. There are a lot of people in this country who voted for George Bush the second time and most of them probably listen to these gigantic repositories of methane gas.

[Birdman]

I immediatly looked for the Flag as abusive button but found none. Why must we give space to O'Really, he is irrelevent, he says many things, but he does not even live by his own words so, I still ask why give him any space to spread his nonsense.

[RedDogBear]

He is a liar and a hate monger. However, while his influence has lessened he still has one of the most popular "news" programs on TV right now. I think its legitimate to report when he says things like this. In fact especially things like this since it shows what a complete idiot he is.

[AzRealProgressive]

And if I may point to the posts her, many posters at the Huff-po don't miss an episode. they are commenting about it before his second run late at night.

I guess fascism, Oreily, and right wingers are as popular as porn with posters here. Talk about FOX news and it appears everyone is tuned in.

[Shelly1970]

And O'Reilly should know what it's like to have the mindset of one who attends Klan gatherings.

[marc1antony]

shelly you literally read my mind.

[4wehttam]

Mine too.

[uheardme]

My thoughts exactly.

[SanityClaus]

Have some more MoFo iced tea before you don your sheet, Billo.

[uheardme]

lol

[kassandrasduplex]

Sad that so many Americans hang on every word this buffoon, Rush, Hannity and Savage have to say to them.
"The people will believe what the media tells them they believe."
George Orwell

[zull2]

The real question I have is, does O'Reilly know WHY he's wrong?

The Klan and Nazis killed people because they were different than themselves.

How many people have the Netroots killed? The answer is ZERO.

[kissmygrits]

I guess he's peeved that their party was titled in his honor, "F--k it!! We'll do it live!!"

[hypnotoad72]

Idiotic choice of words.

Try "...like going to Jim Jones' house" instead. Wait, that cult ended in 1978... what sort of cults that freely indoctrinate the shallow or naive still exist today?

[zull2]

The John Birch Society? The Libertarian Party? The Rand Organization? Grover Norquist's house? When you read any of their propaganda, it sure sounds cultish to me. People wear Libertarian across their chest, say things like "I do things the Libertarian way". Very cultish sounding.

[AzRealProgressive]

More say than MoveOn.org ? Ever read their stuff?

[uheardme]

The RNC?

[Peteyman]

the Fox News cult?

All I know is that the so-called "Obama Cult" looks more like a summer church camp compared to some of these guys (aka Hannity, O'Reilly, etc.")

[Grannysue]

So Bill O, guess you would know all about those KLAN meetings now wouldn't you!

[Schnitzel]

You took the words right out of my...uh...keyboard!

[PAposter]

Well no one would know better about Klans meetings than BillO! What a f*cking waste of time and space.

[yellowdawgdem]

Billo uses hyperbole as well as a pig uses a pocket knife