A Bold Fresh Piece Of Humanity: Bill O'Reilly's Book Previewed

BILL O'Reilly. Big man, big frame, big mouth. Big disclosure: I'm a fan. Sept. 23 comes his memoir "A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity." Long back he sent my embargoed, not for sale, uncopyedited, bound manuscript with: "Here's something that might make you smile."

About the title he says: "In 1957, in the third grade of Saint Brigid's in Westbury Long Island, was a mouthy obstreperous kid by the name of William O'Reilly. Sister Mary told him, 'William, you are a bold fresh piece of humanity.' " The cover's a photo of wee Willy half a century ago.

His first page has the Pledge of Allegiance. His dedication is "To all 'Factor' viewers, listeners and readers. You guys keep me going." His mantra: "Living well is not the best revenge. Succeeding in your career and humiliating your critics is."

Considering his nightly prayer is to be in everyone's face on every medium other than milk cartons, why this personal book in which he digs back to family, neighborhood, church and school? "I wanted to tell how it all happened for me, for my beliefs. To tell the journey from a doltish working-class kid in Levittown to a champion bloviator on Fox-TV."

Read the whole story here.

Comments

[macohmz]

Maybe Oliver Stone can spend millions making a movie about this jerk.

[PT6]

This is a panic by O'REALLY!

He recognizes that without Bush and Co and NO Repub House or Senate the NEED FOR HIS SERVICES ARE COMING TO AN END!

He is FIGHTING FOR HIS OWN LIFE!

He is SELLING CONTINUATION OF THE CORRUPTION OF THE MARKETS!

IMPEACH O'REALLY! along with the BUSH ADMINISTRATION!

[dansup]

could this kid look any more miserable?

[diamondinthehuff]

Letter to the "Uniter",
Dear W, Congratulations, "Mission Accomplished"
I am much worse off than I was 8 years ago, left organized religion because it's corrupt, evil , affected, epitomy of hypocrisy, and associated with you. Tens of thousands of people dead, countless hurting, bankrupt country.. ..... I bet you sleep really good.

DINH

[Theda]

Didn't it turn out that he really didn't grow up in Levittown.....but in an upscale suburb nearby?
I remember there was some controversy over that, with Bill exaggerating about his "working class" neighborhood.
Wow......his childhood photo looks like my older brother when he was a kid!

[GiggidyGeshmoygen]

at the risk of stating the obvious, Bill O'Reilly is a bold, fresh piece of something but it sure as hell ain't humanity ---

[auramac]

My impression exactly- looks like an abused child. Are we surprised?

[LibRS]

you libs really hate bill don't you. i'm a big fan of his. not to say that i agree with everything out of his mouth. he has some liberal views that i don't even come close to agreeing with, but, overall he goes to the core of the issue.

[protagonia]

That kid looks like he has been put through something very, very bad and is now the product of that abuse.

[proveit2me]

Stephen Colbert just got an early Christmas present.

[marvindme]

Papa Bear is a gift that keeps on giving!

[imfedup]

Let's see who can come up with the best guess on what little book Wee Willie is reading.

[therealtruthteller]

What is really surprising is that people actually buy papa bear's books.

[ObamAtomic]

Is there anywhere in his book statement about his pay off for sexual Harasser ?

[Colmore]

Oh, isn't he just the most modest guy? He IS a "fresh piece of - well - something" What is that SMELL????

[Richter]

Yes, that title is incredibly, laughably bad, isn't it? I can't believe that NO ONE who worked on the production of the book didn't realize how close the title comes to a rather famous scatalogical phrase. My guess is that they: a) were too afraid of O'Reilly to bring the matter up or b) were quite happy to let O'Reilly make an ass of himself.

[sueno]

Is it going to include a chapter called "Baby Oil & Loofas"????

[huffybike]

Who wouldn't want to sup from wisdom like this? http://www.entertonement.com/collections/1453/Bill-O%27Reilly