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Gretchen Carlson Competes With Bill O’Reilly For Title Of Christmas’ Bravest Defender

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Signs that the holiday season is well underway: Discounted Halloween candy collecting dust at your local pharmacy, WHAM’s “Last Christmas” playing in every store (as well as in the apartments of certain bloggers), and, most of all, Bill O’Reilly discussing the War on Christmas.

On The Factor Thursday, Bill O’Reilly discussed this ongoing battle against all things Christian and traditional with guests Gretchen Carlson and Margaret Hoover. Hoover, for one, thinks the “War on Christmas” is currently in retreat. Carlson, however, was quick to note that a state-funded cancer center in Charleston, South Carolina recently gave Santa Claus the ol’ heave-ho (…ho, ho) right on his jolly old rump, citing a possible “conflict of interest.” Thankfully, St. Nick was eventually invited to return and spread good cheer to cancer patients.

RELATED: Eric Bolling Reacts To Reported Federal Christmas Tree Tax…By Wearing Sparkles!

O’Reilly seemed most bothered by the reality that he’s so alone in this fight:

No other media people fought the war. In fact, most of the liberal media attacked me — your humble correspondent — for actually standing up for Christmas.

“And me!” Carlson piped in.

“Somewhat,” was O’Reilly’s dry response.

The panel then tackled a story out of Massachusetts, where a town placed a curfew on Christmas lights due to global warming. Ewwwww! Fortunately, there will be no such curfew this year, as residents are free to shine their light displays straight on through to next Fourth of July.

Carlson then recounted a very sad story demonstrating how the liberal vultures have sunk their collective claws into her very own son, forcing him to transform a happy Christmas carol into a secular, soulless holiday jingle devoid of any relevance or meaning.

“And the great tragedy of this,” mused O’Reilly, “is that your son is 32 years old.”

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  • Lizton

    This meme is so old and tired. Surely the Fox message planners have a little imagination.

  • Anonymous

     Why would you assume that?

  • Sean

    The amount of mileage Fox News gets from this complete non story every year is astounding. But, when you’re talking to idiots, I suppose you don’t have to try all that hard.

  • Anonymous

    Every time I listen to Gretchen I have to actively remind myself that this person is an adult.

  • Anonymous

    Let’s take the Christ out of Christmas!
    LOL

  • Anonymous

    It is a commercial Holiday!

  • Obama2012

    To the Faux News audience it must be like Groundhog Day.  But do you think they realize this?

  • Bob

    Can’t conservativesjust  leave everyone alone during the holidays? Why do they insist on using the Christmas season as yet another political football in their neverending war on everyone who is not a far-right Republican?

  • Tim Tebow

    Thank you, Bill, for saving our $hit-buying season from those folks who are against mindless and irreligious consumerism!

    We salute you for your courage and dilligence protecting our…uhm..”culture”?

  • Mo Fokker

    What is really important is people buy a lot stuff from China for the holiday.

  • KY-Conservative

    Gretchen is an absolute idiot…what a waste of big titties!   

  • Anonymous

    Can you imagine the apocalyptic merging of the hatred and stupidity when Gretch makes her inevitable guest drop by on this panel: http://gawker.com/5860394/politichicks-is-a-conservative-version-of-the-view-from-hell

  • Lizton

    Oh My! How long can Bill and his blonde bimbos whip this dead horse?

  • Anonymous

    Who’s the perky one in the blue top? 

  • Anonymous

    I still believe what Jon Stewart said about her. She fakes it. 

  • Anonymous

    Who gives a f*ck about x-mas? Oreilly has a touching idea that his opinion is fact. Billy, you like x-mas, I don’t. So f off and deal with it. Sheesh.

  • Anonymous

    I’m glad someone else has posted this. It’s an absolutely amazing bit of video. Why is Fox not putting this on opposite The View?

  • wawoo

    Remember, she is actually an Iguana-Human hybrid that is coordinating with the turtle people lead by Mitch McConnel to take over the world. The Christmas thing is a mere diversion. 

  • http://twitter.com/JCP1975 JCP1975

    Is it that time of the year already?  Time flies when you’re making up imaginary wars.

  • Anonymous

    I love it when the War on Christmas comes around.  It’s the greatest piece of absurdist theater that the news channels put on.  I especially loved this one discussion (“battle”) between the head of an atheist group and the head of the Catholic League.  First off, atheists out there, um, a Christmas tree doesn’t force Christianity onto you. (This was his starting argument).  In fact, if you or anyone feels that the Christmas tree is a religious symbol, you should probably check out the history of the tree. Trust me, it’s not Christian.  Also, atheists and non-Christians out there (I belong to the non-Christian group), I don’t have proof, but I’m going to go ahead and say that no non-Christian has ever walked into a mall, seen a manger scene and said, “Oh, that seems better than my beliefs” and converted on the spot.  But my favorite part of the argument came from the priest, who at first had a reasonable counter: There’s a feeling of exclusion linked to just about every holiday.  Sure, that seems reasonable, makes a bit of sense, probably could just stop right there, but thankfully he didn’t, he made the funniest, most offensive comment I’ve ever heard during this “war.”:  White kids feel excluded during Black History Month. I howled when I heard him say that.  Hilarious, turned it into a bit. (Here’s the tag: “I don’t think he understands why there is a Black History Month.  And white kids, if you truly feel excluded, just wait for White History Month, you know, the other 11 months.”)  Looking forward to the material I’ll get this year.

  • http://twitter.com/JCP1975 JCP1975

    Oh Gretchen, do you often wonder what it would be like to have a brain instead of the pistachio pudding inhabiting your skull?

  • Anonymous

    Lest we forget, Michelle Bachmann was her nanny and Gretchen went to Stanford, graduating with a degree is sociology in 1990.  And she “studied abroad at Oxford,” whatever that means.  And she was allowed to pro-create.  They don’t want The Gays to raise kids but it’s okay for this “lady” to.  I see.

  • Irish189

    Ahh yes, The Gretch who saved the war on christmas rides again

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Alas, I fear Ms. O’Van Karlsen may be correct. The stores are not decorated. No one is planning on travel for Christmas. No Church choirs are practicing. There are no lists for Christmas Eve services in the papers. I haven’t even heard anyone mention “Christmas” yet.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    See, I thought it was butterscotch. Good to have the facts now.

  • Sean

    I think so, too. She’s a Stanford graduate, after all. Either she got people to do her homework for her or she just plays an idiot on TV.

  • http://twitter.com/JCP1975 JCP1975

    I watched that yesterday and I felt so embarrassed for Vicki and her crew. That is quite possibly the worst discussion I’ve ever been privy to.  I think it took only 60 seconds for Victoria to lie.  She said snopes.com is owned by George Soros; a rumor that has been debunked 1,000 times since 2003.

  • http://twitter.com/JCP1975 JCP1975

    So, let me get this straight.  

    There’s an imaginary war on a holiday which honors an imaginary man’s son?

    Nice.

  • Kid Dynamite

    O’Reilly is outraged that liberals have given Blacks their own Friday.

  • http://steviethek.wordpress.com steviethek

    they stuck it in the Winter Solstice, I don’t see what the big deal is.

  • Anonymous

    Perhaps when you yourself achieve that conversion you will be good enough to give us a report.

  • Anonymous

    Perhaps you should heed your own advice.

  • Anonymous

    How nice for you to have a goal – adulthood.

  • SoThere

    It seems that barabu cares quite a lot about Christmas.

    “TMP”

  • Anonymous

    I know of a guy who studied abroad at Oxford too. His name is Bill Clinton and he has been studying broads for decades now.

  • Anonymous

    Can’t non conservatives leave holiday celebrations of people they don’t identify with alone? Why do the atheists and agnostics feel so threatened by Christians who want to celebrate their holiday the way they want to without getting all fritzed about Jesus, God and mankind?

    Seems to me that the people who want to control other people’s beliefs are the liberals/atheists/agnostics. No one is saying you have to believe, so why not leave people to their own beliefs?

    Not much tolerance from the left, is there?

  • SoThere

    Bob, 

    Christ-Mass.  There is no Christmas season without Christ. The political football is kicked around by you Atheist idiots.  You run along and worship your  Festivus Day or Mother Earth Day before someone complains about you forcing your idiocy on others.   Lets see,…. Al Gore Day…….  ManPig Day wow you loons have so many to choose from.

    LOL

    “TMP”

  • SoThere

    Right, it’s so important that Mediaite has to do it’s yearly story on it so you idiots can comment.  This won’t be the only story Mediaite does on it either, just for idiots people like you.

    “TMP”

  • Sandie

    There never is – they spoil things for everyone. To each his own.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SIYF5565LXG7BBKTKGSSFWU7TA The Rock

    I’m so sick of this war on Christmas so over it. O’Reilly won 5 or 6 years ago on this issue time to let it go it’s pointless now I didn’t see seg since I was watching the end of Broncos VS Jets game on NFLN.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SIYF5565LXG7BBKTKGSSFWU7TA The Rock

    I’m so over this war on Christmas O’Reilly won this 5 or 6 years ago time to give it up but O’Reilly will keep on doing this until he retires. Christmas is my favorite hoilday.

  • Anonymous

    What does that even mean?

  • SoThere

    You think real hard about it, I’m sure you can figure it out.

    “TMP”

  • Anonymous

    I need to move to your world. On FAUX Earth, the war on christmas has started well before Thanksgiving.

  • RedOnTheGreg

    Last month, FaUX News tried to blame foreigners for an attack on Halloween, saying they were offended by it and were pressuring schools not to celebrate it. But in reality, the fundamentalist Christians have been attacking Halloween for decades. Bull NO’Really, you are a Lying Liar.

  • Anonymous

    No one cares about x-mas except morons and 5 year olds. You are a dickhead. lol.

  • Sandie

    Maybe not. Some are just too dense.

  • SoThere

    Thanks for the reply from a 5 year old.

    “dickhead” funny stuff, poo poo head, ha ha ha ha ha

    “TMP”

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