O’Reilly Panel: ‘The Idea That This Punk Weiner’ Is A ‘Big Deal’ To Liberals Is ‘Crazy’

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by Frances Martel | 8:59 pm, June 8th, 2011

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While many on the left and right consider the rapid downfall of Rep. Anthony Weiner as a cautionary tale about men in power, Bill O’Reilly tonight posited that the issue is far more of a media story, since, with Rep. Weiner’s exit on the horizon, “the liberal propaganda machine is taking a huge hit.” His two liberal guests, however, didn’t buy the argument that Rep. Weiner was an essential mouthpiece to the left, with Bob Beckel calling the idea “crazy.”

O’Reilly argued that Rep. Weiner was on television more than most Congressional Democrats, and that he did more to promote progressive ideas than anyone in Congress. both Beckel and radio host Leslie Marshall found the idea preposterous, for different reasons. Marshall noted that in California, no one really knew who he was, but even more problematic, he’s just “not the most likable guy… or loved by many liberals.” O’Reilly then challenged her to name one lovable liberal, “besides Bob Beckel, of course.” Marshall named Rep. Charlie Rangel, to which O’Reilly laughed.

Beckel agreed with Marshall, but was even more visceral about Rep. Weiner’s anonymity. “Yeah, he’s on TV on CNN and MSNBC,” he joked, where “243″ people are watching. “He should be out of here, it won’t hurt us at all.” He added that “the idea that this punk Weiner is somehow a big deal to liberal Democrats is crazy!” He also cited Bill Clinton as a better mouthpiece.

O’Reilly stuck to his guns, however, and joked that the alternative to Rep. Weiner was MSNBC contributor Eugene Robinson: “Eugene Robinson has a cot that he sleep on over there… sometimes he doesn’t even know what show he’s on,” O’Reilly joked.

The segment via Fox News below:

Anthony Weiner, Bill Clinton, Bill O'Reilly, Bob Beckel, Democrats, fox news, John Kerry, Leslie Marshall, liberals, O'Reilly Factor, WeinerGate

Sam M.

BillO has falafel’s and Andrea Makris on his mind.
Fokker News

So Bildo wasn’t a “punk” when he was jerking off on the phone with Andrea?
Bennybombom

Fokker News said:
So Bildo wasn’t a “punk” when he was jerking off on the phone with Andrea?

of course not…he’s a conservative so he’s absolved of any wrong doing….makes sense right?
LOL
Pathetic.
Dem4Ever

I do not want Weiner to resign. He is doing to the Democratic party in just 2 weeks what the Republicans couldn’t in 5 years.
CaptainAmerica

I don’t even think Beckel or Marshal understood what he was talking about.

They couldn’t name one Democrat that goes on TV that spews the liberal talking points (other than libs that hang out on MSNBC).

–Sam and Fokker of course U have no proof other than her *claims*. Someone who was heavily heavily in debt. And her story didn’t even hold up to the Washington Post.
catfishjuggling

Ideas really are supposed to be bigger than the people. That is why a liberal can still believe what he or she believes despite the fact that Weiner is a dreaful person. In much the same way as a conservative can still listen to Rush Limbaugh and still not get married four times. Or listen to Glenn Beck and not become a coke head. Or vote for Sarah Palin and not think that getting knocked up as an unmarried teenager is a good idea.

Just because David Vitter and Eliot Spitzer got busted with hookers doesn’t mean that either conservatives or liberals should do the same.
Sam M.

Make you wonder how many BillO has sexually harassed who have not come forward. Must be dozens at least.
Moderate

“Eugene Robinson has a cot that he sleep on over there… sometimes he doesn’t even know what show he’s on,”

Ouch! that was nasty.
Sam M.

Moderate said:
“Eugene Robinson has a cot that he sleep on over there… sometimes he doesn’t even know what show he’s on,”

Ouch! that was nasty.

It’s a shame when people post all loaded up on meth. Hope you get help.
GoneFishing

O’Reilly is right. Rep Weiner has been the policy attack dog and point man. Weiner was the Go-To guy the Progressives used to get their message out in the media.

Pres. Clinton on the other hand, is not part of the Progressive wing of the Dem Party because he is Not a progressive, and he never was.
Yukon Jack

Moderate said:
“Eugene Robinson has a cot that he sleep on over there… sometimes he doesn’t even know what show he’s on,”

Ouch! that was nasty.

And in the next cot it is none other than Howard Fineman.
Bennybombom

Anybody else thinks Bill’O is one ugly MF?
I mean I’m no model but eeesh…I have no problem understanding why he has to harass chicks and still doesn’t get any….even with all his millions he gets zero sugar….unless on the phone maybe….
DENIED.
Ugly s o b.
ChrisNH

The MOST beautiful thing is that things will get worse for Libs as we move through 2011 and into 2012. I’m waiting for Paul Krugman to ‘give up,’ literally and figuratively. The tweed-jacketed haughty elite academic will probably run back to some collage campus to hide, like many of Obamo’s pals are.
Big Eddie

Everyone knows the true faces of the Democrat Party are Debbie Wassermann Schultz ( the female Weiner) , Robert Stephenson and Cynthia McKinney .
Sam M.

ChrisNH said:
The MOST beautiful thing is that things will get worse for Libs as we move through 2011 and into 2012. I’m waiting for Paul Krugman to ‘give up,’ literally and figuratively. The tweed-jacketed haughty elite academic will probably run back to some collage campus to hide, like many of Obamo’s pals are.

And we can always count on getting pure drivel from you chris. Thanks for the total nonsense.
Colorado_Conservative

Not surprised at how quickly the Liberal Progressives are spinning this thread topic to attack Billy O instead of the fact that The Weiner was..emphasize WAS their loudest mouth piece to spew their pathetic and failing fast movement!!!
NORBIT

OF COURSE this is a hit to the Radical Soros-Funded Left!

For as much of a PUTZ Weiner is, he was effective at PROPAGANDIZING the Left’s Lies!

How’s the career going now Antn’y?

LOL!!!!!!
NORBIT

Moderate said:
“Eugene Robinson has a cot that he sleep on over there… sometimes he doesn’t even know what show he’s on,” Ouch! that was nasty.

Great line! I heard that, and he’s absolutely right.
Turn on msnbc at different times of the day and you’ll see the same Washington Post, Slate, Daily Kos, HuffPos, etc. doing what the Lowlife Democrats do so well – Wasserman Shultz just did it! – PLAYING THE FILTHY LIE OF THE RACE CARD!
Skippy

Billdo has every right to opine on perverts.

With the loofah, the falafel, and soiling himself on airplanes.

That is a movie script right there.
Rio

Does this mean no more Megyn Kelly slapping down the little screamer when she gets back? Yep, he was thee face of the dems, the hatchet.
BatBoy

Stay Anthony Stay

Please Stay….your Party Needs you!
WillP

Here is a news flash for you Bill. Your great buddy Glenn Beck did great damage to the conservative propaganda machine at Fox News. Last time I checked Anthony Weiner was not a paid commentator directed to push a left wing perspective on a left wing news network.
NORBIT

Frances, not for anything, but I think the lead in this story should have been long-time Democratic Party operative Bob Beckel calling the rising voice of the Soros-Obama Left a “PUNK”!

Shows a more pervasive division in the Dem Ranks!
Pablo

CaptainAmerica said:
They couldn’t name one Democrat that goes on TV that spews the liberal talking points (other than libs that hang out on MSNBC).

That’s because they don’t want to talk about Debbie Wassermann-Schultz either.
Pablo

WillP said:
Last time I checked Anthony Weiner was not a paid commentator directed to push a left wing perspective on a left wing news network.

…that you know of. You think he’d tell you? Unless he thought you might service him?
Pablo

Bennybombom said:
Anybody else thinks Bill’O is one ugly MF?
I mean I’m no model but eeesh…I have no problem understanding why he has to harass chicks and still doesn’t get any….even with all his millions he gets zero sugar….unless on the phone maybe….

Are you stalking him?
billyweeds

Moderate said:
“Eugene Robinson has a cot that he sleep on over there… sometimes he doesn’t even know what show he’s on,”

Ouch! that was nasty.

And idiotic. Eugene Robinson is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a brilliant commentator with more smarts and credentials than Bill O’Reilly can buy. For O’Reilly to dismiss Robinson is like Sarah Palin dismissing Einstein as an “elite intellectual.”
IIWII

On the “Weiner” scale he is less than 10… I would give him a 5.4 ish…
ChrisNH

Sam M. said:
And we can always count on getting pure drivel from you chris. Thanks for the total nonsense.

You are turning into a human torch, clinging bitterly to some drug-fueled, hazy vision of the joys of liberalism. Happily, you are utterly miserable, with nothing of value to add.

Be gone with you, before someone drops a house on you, too.
IIWII

billyweeds said:
And idiotic. Eugene Robinson is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a brilliant commentator with more smarts and credentials than Bill O’Reilly can buy. For O’Reilly to dismiss Robinson is like Sarah Palin dismissing Einstein as an “elite intellectual.”

Einstein flunked some basic math classes………… you made your point.
IIWII

ChrisNH said:
You are turning into a human torch, clinging bitterly to some drug-fueled, hazy vision of the joys of liberalism. Happily, you are utterly miserable, with nothing of value to add.

Be gone with you, before someone drops a house on you, too.

“The witch is dead, the witch is dead….Ding dong….” kekekek…. nice.
LoyalOpposition

billyweeds said:
And idiotic. Eugene Robinson is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a brilliant commentator with more smarts and credentials than Bill O’Reilly can buy. For O’Reilly to dismiss Robinson is like Sarah Palin dismissing Einstein as an “elite intellectual.”

A Pullitzer is not impressive, it is nothing more than an award for being the best liberal. Eugene Robinson is a hack that, as O’Reilly stated, just spits out the same few talking points in every segment.
BatBoy

billyweeds said:
Eugene Robinson is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a brilliant commentator…

… on a network that has 243 viewer per Bob Beckel. (And that includes the CNN viewership)

Eugene is a lot of things….a brilliant commentator he is not!
Dem4Ever

Weiner was a big wheel in the Lib/Prog party. With him now destroyed they have no one to push their socialist agenda.
GoneFishing

The Dem Leadership has started to get the message out publicly…deWeiner is not welcome in the House.

‘ “Rep. Allyson Schwartz (Pa.), the head of recruiting for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), said Weiner’s “offensive behavior” makes him unfit to remain in office.

“Having the respect of your constituents is fundamental for a member of Congress,” Schwartz said Wednesday in a statement. “In light of Anthony Weiner’s offensive behavior online, he should resign.” ‘

Future News: here is a video of the next Weiner development; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIVfbylUU-M
Jaurez

Socky M. said:
Make you wonder how many BillO has sexually harassed who have not come forward. Must be dozens at least.

I heard on the internets it’s thousands…
Jaurez

IIWII said:
Einstein flunked some basic math classes………… you made your point.

Nice smackdown of the poster sometimes known as billysmokesweed.
Yoda002

This is what O’Reilly doesn’t get. The liberals don’t need the 4:30am talking points that FOX and the righties get from Luntz. Now if Luntz retired, the righties would be in trouble.
Jaurez

Yodler002 said:
Luntz

*drink*
glenn113

“The idea that this punk O’Reilly is a big deal to conservatives is crazy” http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/oreilly-falafel-suit-turns-five
seek

glenn113 said:
“The idea that this punk O’Reilly is a big deal to conservatives is crazy” http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/oreilly-falafel-suit-turns-five

any chance of moving into the 21st century? lol
TucsonTerpFan

From the House, over the last few years, the most vocal and “in your face” dems have been Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Anthony Weiner, and (the now gone) Alan Grason.
bigbrainbrad

i find it funny that Bill O said that Eugene Robinson has a cot at MSNBC while the very next guest on The Factor was Dick Morris, who is on just as many FNC shows if not more than Robinson is on at MSNBC.

that is a wee bit hypocritical Mr. O
Just my Opinion

BatBoy said:
… on a network that has 243 viewer per Bob Beckel. (And that includes the CNN viewership)

Eugene is a lot of things….a brilliant commentator he is not!

Every time I see Eugene Robinson, I have the urge
to send my grocery shopping list to the Pulitzer Selection Committee!
Big Eddie

Just my Opinion said:
Every time I see Eugene Robinson, I have the urgeto send my grocery shopping list to the Pulitzer Selection Committee!

If that fails , submit it for a Nobel Prize in literature with Obama’s name on it and go get your prize .
Just4thefax

Fact: Liberals don’t eat their own. All he has to do next time the camera is on him is say Bush did it and all will be forgotten.
D REX

this “weinergate ” will be history in a few weeks ..its being propagandized by the right to its full anti-lib potential ….(mostly Fux news-what a surprise)…..if it was a republican involved scandal -you wouldnt hear a mere mention about it on FUX news.
Nachi

Imagine: O’Reilly using the word, “punk.” Wow!
hgarner2000

Going by politicians who show up in the liberal press more than anyone else, I’d say guys like Dennis Kucinitch and Senator Berny Sanders are among the left’s most important voices in government. Weiner only showed up when he was throwing a tantrum.