Letterman Tells O'Reilly: "I Think Of You As A Goon" (VIDEO)

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David Letterman, who infamously told Bill O'Reilly in 2006 that "about 60 percent of what you say is crap," had his old bête noire back on his show on Tuesday night.

At the start of the show, Letterman couldn't help lashing into the Fox News host, saying "I wish I was smart enough to make him look ridiculous... He's going to come out here all puffed up."

From practically the moment O'Reilly sat down, the sparks flew along with some surprising topics upon which they agreed.

"I think of you as a goon," Letterman point-blank told O'Reilly. Then, holding up the cover of O'Reilly's book, "A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity," which has a photo of O'Reilly as a boy, Letterman quipped, "I look at that and I see this sweet, adorable kid... I have a sweet adorable kid and I wonder, 'What if he too becomes a goon?'"

And Letterman launched into O'Reilly positions, such as his boycott of Sean Penn movies, giving him the ultimate back-handed compliment: "You're too smart to believe what you say."

When Letterman focused on Rush Limbaugh, implying that he's the face of the Republican party, O'Reilly alluded to the radio host's power, saying that "I don't think any Republicans or conservatives want to offend the man." And he strove to distinguish himself from Limbaugh and fellow Fox News personality Glenn Beck, claiming he's different from them because he's a journalist: "I got a degree, I paid a lot of money for... I went out, covered stories... those guys are basically entertainers... we give information"

O'Reilly also revealed that former Vice President Dick Cheney refused to come on his program, adding that he doesn't like Cheney: "We asked him a million times... he wouldn't come on."

And he laughed about the famous video of him cursing out his staff - "I have so much better stuff than that... Irish guys curse. That's in the DNA... We're loud and say bad words."

Comments

[nycwerewolf]

That was hilarious!

[VietVet67]

Didn't Ohreally say the Iraq war was won? Why are we still there then?

[Mercedes]

VitVet67:

Yeah, I heard Billo say that too. I couldn't believe that he would say that we 'won' the Iraq war. Like you say, "why are we still there then?" Billo didn't answer that.

Also, Billo said we should leave W. Bush alone for "awhile" before we talk about him being prosecuted for War Crimes. Very interesting--and so Billo...

[Blufftonian]

We won in Germany, Mercedes, and we're still there. Same for Japan, Korea, etc. Why are we still there?

[hueykc]

Why are we still there? A little news flash for you: we have troops still in Germany and in Japan. I guess using your logic that we did not win WW II.
I'll keep it simple for you. The only sure sign that you have lost a war is that no troops are there.

[steamboat]

Why are we still in Germany, Japan, SKorea, Bosnia, Kosovo, Kuwait, and Italy?

[dirtfreak]

To keep the peace, of course!

[baileydc]

This video doesn't show the best skewering of O'Reilly from last night. Right before the video starts is when Letterman gets in his best digs. Hopefully HP will post the full video once it's available.

[Exit]

O'Reilly is entertaini­ng...like a clown. That is a step up from Hannity and Limbaugh.

[Mikeeee]

The ideologues are starting censorship of the web. Wonder if HP will do a story on the creeping loss of access to info on the WWW?

[jsinclair]

Kinda weak, no? "Goon" doesn't begin to do him justice.

[Lynwood Walker]

Sometimes I think Bill O'reilly must be the greatest actor ever.

[steamboat]

I watched it. It went as I suspected.­.......Exc­ept I hadn't really realized how much OReilly hated Cheney. If you read between his talking, that became very obvious.

[OldKnute]

Well,,, The thing that bothers me most about people like Bill O’Reilly is his continual use of the term,,, “Pinhead”,,, to describe those who disagree.

Microcephaly is NOT a JOKE. A serious neurodevelopmental disorder that affects many people the world over.

I grew up in a town with two sisters who suffered from microcephaly and also afflicted to varying degrees of mental retardation and learning disorders.

Different looking they may have been,,, but the sisters were the most loving, kind, affectionate and giving people I can remember from my youth, joyful and happy in every way. They worked and helped their parents, gardened, could dress themselves, run errands with a note and were a joy to be around.

Different? YES!

Yes,,, the Girls looked different, but inside they were BEAUTIFUL!

A HELL of a lot nicer human beings that this bitter,, angry, mean spirited O’Reilly fellow!!!

Link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlitzie

JMO

All the best

Knute

[Roxanna]

O'Reily is trying to do PR..... Look how toned down he is instead of his usual attacking.­.

This guy is worried about ratings... Let's hope he is gone in another year and suffers more than just for his ART !

[Boomerwoman]

Right, he only let's himself "out" when he's on Fox, where the true believers are.

[jayy44]

he has been #1 in caple news for 100 straight weeks.....­. think he is doing ok :)

[Ldyandrea]

I would kill to see Jon Stewart interview Bill'O.

[Aramingo]

I believe that's happened twice.

[Hirnlego]

Has happened a few times.. see the dailyshow website.

[MsPeppy]

He has!

[Gladys1963]

Billo was on TDS not too long ago. Maybe the Daily Show Web site has it archived? Worth taking a look--nothing like his crucifixion of Jim Cramer, but still good.

[sf girl]

I love Dave. He doesn't keep hold back when someone he disagrees with is on his show. And what's with O'Reilly using his Irish ancestry as an excuse to curse and berate people? I don't think a person's ethnic background should be used to explain behavior--­particular­ly bad behavior. If you're an a-hole it's just because you are one, not because you're Irish.

[jayy44]

stereotypes are all made up by the right wing media!

[cheesypoofs]

As someone who is of Irish ancestry and who neither curses or flies off the handle in fits of rage, I find O'Reilly's Irish excuse insulting.

His Irishness has nothing to do with it. He's an ill-mannered, angry man who doesn't think twice about losing his temper and using foul language. Blaming it on being Irish is nothing more than a cop-out. His mother must be so embarrassed.

[alsm9]

He's not Irish...he­'s American with an Irish last name. There's a big difference.

[TakingBackTheUSA]

It's strange how any article on O'Reilly or Limbaugh seems to bring out all the trolls... Most of which get their facts wrong in the defending of their media darlings..­..

[TrooAmerican]

If Dave wanted to treat O-Really like he does his guests that argue with him, he could have told him "I'll cut your mic off if you dont stop having opposing viewpoints and want to express them."

[pasc]

Dave sure missed one there. Instead of saying "whatever" to O'Reilly's question about why bother go after Rush, why didn't he just refer right back to what O'Reilly had JUST said about why Repubs have to apologize to the creep? Duh, Dave. Just weren't thinking on your feet much last night, huh?

[ryancammer]

oreilly's a sharp guy. sure, he lays on the republican diatribe on his show, but if you catch him on interviews, he's pretty deft.

[chrish]

EXACTLY my thoughts too.

[amdezurik]

um, he was IMITATING Billdo...