can tell us what you thought about tonight's show. go there right now. have a very good weekend. good night from washington, d.c. we'll see you 10:00 p.m. eastern, monday night. we'll see you there. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. >> bill: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight? >> the whole concept of sexual liberation and sexual freedom had its down sides and birth control is part of that. >> rick santorum drawn into a controversy he cannot win. the liberal press loves this. we will tell you exactly what is going on. >> i get the sense with obama like he doesn't really like us all that much. like he kind of had his fill. >> jon stewart explains to the american left what president obama is really all about. i will analyze mr. stewart's comments and challenge some of them. >> you can't believe you idiots are just getting around him. >> let's legalize drugs like

they did in amsterdam. >> bill: and how dumb were singer tony bennett's comments about whitney houston. let's just say san francisco may be having a heart attack. ♪ i left my heart in san francisco ♪ >> bill: caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. rick santorum enters american bedrooms. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. it has not been a good week for senator santorum and it is not really his fault. he simply told the truth but did so in a way that will hurt him. take it step by step. one of santorum's big donors is a conservative millionaire investor. he incredibly, incredibly went on msnbc to talk about

contraception. not smart. >> this contraception thing, my gosh, it is such inexpensive. back in my days they used bayer aspirin. the gals put it between their knees and it wasn't that costly. >> excuse me. i'm just trying to catch my breath from that. >> he told a bad off color joke and shouldn't have done it but that is his business. it certainly doesn't in my opinion reflect on the campaign or me because he wasn't doing it it as part of our campaign. >> bill: now, senator santorum is correct, he doesn't have any power in his campaign but that is not going to stop msnbc and other left wing media from hammering santorum. everybody knows the majority wants to reelect barack obama. why are the republican candidates and supporters giving the opposition machine guns? talking about private behavior of americans is a no win

situation for every politician. rick santorum should never say things like this. >> the whole concept of sexual liberation, sexual freedom has had its downsides and certainry birth control is part of that with a dramatic increase in sexually transmitted diseases. dramatic increase in out of wed locke births and dramatic increase in the number of abortions. i mean this is not just -- has not been well everything is just fine and i -- that is a commentary that i again is not something that is completely out of the mainstream. the bottom line is there are consequences to the sexual revolution that we are living with in america today. >> bill: now, you may agree with mr. santorum. but the majority of american voters have no interest in politicians talking about private stuff and santorum's point of view is never, never going to be accurately represented. again, this is not a fruitful area for any politician. if rick santorum does secure the republican nomination believe me he will be portrayed as a pure tan witch hunter, as

a fanatical guy as a member of the inquietsityion. uninformed voters could do him damage. that is the memo. reaction, joining us from los angeles, fox news contributor leslie marshall and radio talk show host jeanine turner. where am i wrong here? >> i don't think you are going wrong. i agree with you. this is a very difficult situation for santorum. he is a principle conservative and stands by his convictions and i believe he is a comepassion ate man but it is getting lost in the translation. i bristle when i hear this type of thing. >> bill: why do you bristle when you hear this type of thing? all rick santorum is saying that that he himself doesn't believe in birth control doesn't practice it apparently and that he believes that the til and the emphasis on do your -- the pill and the emphasis on do your own thing

led to a variety of social problems. why does that make you a conservative woman bristle? >> because i am a conservative woman. there are lot of people that don't live in traditional families. whether you are conservative or liberal and when says things like this it alienates a lot of people instead of coalescing them. >> bill: you feel like santorum comes off as judgmental when speaks about this. >> i think he does. i don't think he is but i think he does come up a as judgmental. if he could temper that and speak the truth it would be better for him. >> bill: leslie, as a flaming liberal woman, of course, you object to everything rick santorum said from the time he has been alive. he is speaking from the heart and his constituency, many people believe the way that he does. but in this day and age, santorum is not going to get a fair shot and everybody knows it, right?

>> well, it is not about a fair shot, bill. i mean life isn't fair and certainly politics and if you are running for president, left or right that is how it is. it is very transparent and he has to say what he believes. i commend anybody for saying what they believe. but if you -- there is a difference between hey, look, i'm a catholic, this is what my wife and i practice, we home school and choose that she doesn't work dot, dot, dot. and then the perception which i think people left and right are getting which is whoa, you are trying to push your lifestyle and your religion and being judgmental that is how he is coming off. that does hurt him. >> bill: he didn't come across to me -- >> you are guy. >> bill: and that is a legitimate point. i see things a little differently than obviously you guys do. but let me just state my case here. santorum doesn't seem to me to be a zealot. i have known the guy for many years. he doesn't go around trying to convert you to catholicism or

tell you the bible says one thing and you should do it. i never h heard him do that. he is caught in a situation where there is a legitimate issue freedom of religion surrounding a contraception ruling by the obama administration dealing with insurance. now, what happened is the charlie rose's on cbs and some of the other interviewers have taken this and the guy that he went on msnbc which is insane. the more i think about putting a guy like that on msnbc we didn't you just take off all your clothes, run around naked, all right, and get arrested by the police. that would do just about as much harm as going on msnbc. but i don't see him as a roller, leslie 86 think you are being unfair there. i don't think santorum is a holy roller. >> i think honestly and i have many catholic friends but i'm not catholic and my mom used to be. a lot of people that i know that are catholic and a lot of

people in every religion seem to have the cafeteria style religion. they pick and choose what they like. i know many catholics within their marriage use birth control. >> bill: he is not putting his faith above any others. it is interesting because your point of view is usually traditional on this broadcast. here do you say that all politicians should avoid all of these issues because some are social issues. santorum is saying listen, the sexual liberation movement has led to a lot more abortions, dead fetuses. that is true. should they avoid all of this stuff? >> no, and i appreciate that he sticks by his convictions and what he say is who he is and i think he is great on the economy and so many other areas. i would like for him to not narrow his audience. i would like for him to be able to not come off in this type of way. >> bill: can any politician address these issues without being demonized?

it is like talking about crime in the inner city. as soon as you do that you are antiblack. >> i think regan is a great example. there is a way to say it. >> bill: regan never talked about this stuff. regan, birth control, no, no. >> but still the difference in the way he would present something and the way santorum is presenting something. this sexual promiscuify has been going on since the beginning of time. >> bill: leslie last word. i contend no politician can talk about this ever in any context and they going to get murdered. go. >> i will agree that any politician is going to get skewered by the media regardless of their ideology. however, we are in a time of transparency, bill, and the american voter needs to hear what these people think and how you that relates to government because it is based on a social

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>> bill: back of the file seth tonight. as you may know the daily collar website doing an investigation into the far left propaganda outfit media matters. incredibly the government is allowing media matters to operate as a not for profit organization and all donations to them are fully tax deductible. it is amazing. so, big name radical left outfits like the tides foundation, george sore rice open society, the barbra streisand fund are funnels millions into media matters. joining us fox news analyst len knee davis. a democrat. i don't understand this at all. tax free organizations are supposed to be nonpartisan. that is number one rule.

they are not supposed to be in business to advance any political party or cause. if this is so ridiculous, how could it happen? >> well, first of all, they are violating the law and i think that the law says you can't get involved in a partisan political campaign and endorse a particular candidate. but if they are not allowed to take a point of view or be idea logical then they ought to be -- >> out to, could have, should have. you have to tell me why it is happening. i don't want any theory. let me read you the law so you got it. >> read it carefully. >> bill: the organization may not be an action organization. media matters certainly is. may not attempt to influence legislation. media matters does it all the time. and may not participate in any campaign activity for or against political candidates. they meet with white house officials. they meet to advance the democratic cause and so they

violate every one of these things. there is no doubt about it. and yet because it helps the barack obama presidency and advances the cause of democratic party, it gets tax exempt status. that is the truth. that is where we are. >> first of all, i don't agree with your interpretation of what they are doing. but if they are doing what you are saying and it violates -- >> bill: tell me where you disagree with me. you know media matters around what they do and put out. how can you possibly disagree with that? >> let me make my point. the law has to be applied equally. criticizes liberal media and criticizes liberal democrats. >> you have to -- >> did he meet with george w. bush 8 years? i don't think so. >> i don't know but i know that his point of view you could influence legislation. >> bill: could. >> i never heard you say we should deprive present of his

tax exemption. >> i don't know of anybody attacked by mr. bozell's organization. all he does is put stuff on the screen. you know that the daily caller uncovered documents that say that media matters is considering hiring private detectives to investigate conservative americans they didn't like for the sole purpose of ruining their reputations. all right. that is an internal document posted on daily caller. should that be subsidized by the federal government, yes, or no? >> as a policy matter, no. >> bill: that is good. now, you answered the question. >> let me go one step further. david brock is a friend of mine. the original intent was to expos misinformation on the media. to the extent he has changed his purpose and become idealogiccal i think that was a mistake but i also think brent bozell is another example and evangelical churches are another example. >> even if you are right, you are saying that you are using

bad behavior alleged to excuse other bad behavior. >> no, no. >> bill: that is exactly what you are doing. you are saying i don't want to deal with media matters so i will go over to another organization. >> i want to deal with media matters if they are violating the law. >> bill: we are dealing with it now. >> if they are violating the law they should be relieved of the tax exempt. >> bill: we made the case quite clear. it is not the law they are violating. it is the nonprofit statute. i have known you a long time and i respect you. when you tell me that you are a friend of david brock, a vicious character assassin that lowers my respect for you. no one could be a friend of this man who is in business solely to injure people with whom he disagrees. if you are a friend of his just from me because i'm a friend of yours that makes me queasy. i will give you the last word. >> thank you for giving me the last word.

first of all, i have known david since the days where he defended bill clinton. there are things that david and his organization have been doing including posts about israel that have troubled me. so i don't agree with a lot of the direction of media matters and if david is involved i would say to david i strongly disagree with you. so that is where my friendship comes from, bill, during the bill clinton days. >> bill: you have to reeval wait. he is a nasty s.o.b. and wants to hurt people and you shouldn't be enabling him at any cost and we are going to demand -- >> we ought to, though, be even handed. there are people on the right that do the same thing that you have also criticized. >> bill: that is again trying to excuse bad behavior by pointing to other bad behavior. >> not excuse. even handed. >> bill: this is a story about a tax ex. status that should not be allowed. are if you have evidence on another organization you bring it to me and ile do a separate seth.

if you you don't have the left of evidence that we have don't even bring it up. thanks very much. jon stewart tells the world what he really thinks about president obama and it is really interesting. i have some thoughts on stewart's analysis. and then lou dobbs on why gas prices are going through the ceiling. those reports after these messages. [ male announcer ] for our town. [ dog barks ] for our country. ♪ for our future. ♪ this isn't just the car we wanted to build. it's the car america had to build. ♪ the extended range electric chevy volt. from the heart of detroit to the health of the country, chevy runs deep.

>> bill: impact seth. segment. there is not one democratic pundit in america that has much influence. no radio superstars and no tv superstars so it is left to comedian jon stewart who is a superstar are to define how the left sees the political arena. the other night on letterman he

analyzed president obama. >> he doesn't really like us all that much. the only president i have seen that begins every press conference with a heavy sigh. oh, you guys again. all right. let me see if i can explain this to the tiny brains. because it is like i mean bush was all everything was here. >> visceral. >> he was like the kid in sixth grade that gave the book report about a book he clearly hadn't read but he doesn't give a [ bleep ]. >> too bad. >> president island is a book about -- obama is the kid who has read the book in first grade and he can't believe you idiots are just get around to it. >> bill: let's take a look at stewart's point of view. president obama is intellectually above the fray. that is what stewart believes. no question he is a brilliant

man. he edited the harvard love view. mr. obama was raised primarily by his grandparents in hawaii and had few advantages as a child. he developed his intellect and you have to give him credit for that. number three, being intelligent and effective are two different things. i believe he does not understand macro economics and does not realize the danger he is putting the nation in by running up trillions of dollars of debt. i'm well aware that some of you disagree with me and you believe the president and his crazy spending is doing it on important to reinvent the economic system. i know millions of americans believe that. but the evidence that i have points to the fact that mr. obama simply does not believe that the massive debt is going to come back to buy the him and believe me, it will. the problem is he is not the only one who is going to get

teeth marks. we are all going to get them. harry truman was a very effective president because he had common sense. same thing with ronald reagan. not a brilliant thinker but good when it came to instituting things that worked. president obama's economic policies are simply not working. after dealing with mr. obama stewart turned his attention to mitt romney. >> because he is the guy you know is like considers himself next in line. the guy at the deli who is like but i'm number six. but you they don't like him. the voters. >> yes. >> and he is like because he wants to be a regular guy but he can't just be himself because he puts on jeans but you know he has hit suit pants underneath it. just the way -- and he is trying to be like i'm a regular guy. and he always has like he is in a bar like sure i used to hang out in this bar, give me one of

those malted hop drinks. >> bill: stewart is mostly, correct. mitt romney is not your average guy. raised as a strict mormon. did missionary work on behalf of the church. his family has a ton of money and he is not exactly a bootstrap story. the governor is a likeable guy. what is holding romney back is his failure to feel, to feel the conservative positions that he escaped spouses. therefore, some voters believe romney is not sincere, not authentic. i don't happen to believe that but it could be true. could be true. i don't know the governor that well. maybe he is a charlatan. in the end you have two men, barack obama and mitt romney who are both distant from the folks and that was stewart's analysis and he is right about that. plenty more ahead as the factor moves along this evening. the u.s. state department says it may be dangerous to go down to mexico on spring break.

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>> bill: state department has issued a traveler's a advisory for many parts of mexico. almost 48,000 people killed down there in drug related violence south of the border. in resort cities dead bodies are pretty routine. should you go to mexico? "geraldo ageraldo geraldo rive. >> the think that the resort area, cancun, akro acapulco are once you get there. the beach area where the resort hotels are. >> bill: so there are no dead bodies on the beach area. but if you want to go for a sandwich dodg dodge the beheadd

people. >> mexico is a bloody mess and it is more like 53,000. it is not 48,000. 53,000. generally speaking these are people, of course, civilians get engaged and get involved but the vast majority of the dead are gangsters killing gangsters. >> or people caught in the crossfire. >> or people caught in the crossfire like in juarez where i have reported from. if you are not involved in the danger to you danger to cow comes from taking risks like driving between citys. >> tonight want to drive between cities when we go on vacation. >> millions go safely to mexico. >> bill: here is the deal. i haven't been to mexico in ten years. i used to go all the time. i have been to almost every part of mexico. i don't go for two rhines. i don't like the police corruption. if you drive in mexico they will pull you you over and

shake you down. i don't like that. then there is the culture there that is, i don't know, it has changed. it used to be a nice place and now it is a menacing place. so you have so many nice beaches in the caribbean, you have hawaii iraq the south pacific. all right. so i say to myself, why do i want to go down to mexico with all this chaos. especially if you have ki kids. you say cancun is safe. you go to a nightclub in cancun you know what you got it there. guys are hanging around, all right. and they are not looking out for you. they are looking to rip you off. >> let me deal with that. >> bill: go ahead. >> mexico is a big country. 120 million people. one of the most populous nations in the hemisphere. 11th i think largest in the world. a lot of very nice mexican people. to say that the culture is menacing is overstated. >> bill: but a corruption that pervades almost every part of the country. >> corruption is indemmic in most tourist areas.

not just in mexico but around the world. >> bill: not in the caribbean. >> ever been to the paramids for example? >> bill: egypt? >> talk about menacing. that is menacing. >> bill: in egypt? >> the fact that you are understating is the fact that many millions of americans go to mexico every year. the people who get involved in drug trading, that is the 150 people who have been killed. 140 odd were -- >> bill: last year, 120 americans killed. 21s2010, 111. >> they are engaged in the drug trade. if you two to a nice hotel in cancun or those kinds of places the odds of getting hurt are the same. >> why would you when there is the american virgin islands and hawaii? >> puerto rico. i love it. i love it. you go to puerto rico there is

not a lot of thugs hanging around. >> if you go to the wrong neighborhoods in san juan. >> bill: there are wrong neighborhoods everywhere. >> in mexico you have to draw a line. the mexicans bend over backwards to make sure the tourists are safe. why? because tourism is the second largest industry after the oil industry. they will do everything to prevent any harm coming to an american tourist or any one else a foreigner visiting their country. and it to deny them that vital industry then you will really have chaos in mexico. >> bill: well, i'm going to say i'm not ready to go back there. i would like to go to the mayan -- >> you probably get sun burned anyway. >> i do. i'm underwater all the time anyway. but i don't know. i have an uneasy feeling about mexico. the corruption bothers me. >> 53,000 people dead is ten times more than in syria.

>> bill: it is the mexican cops bother me. >> you can't drive there. particularly if you are in an suv. do not do it. >> they are not going to do anything. look to shake you down and i don't like that. all right, i'm bringing you if you go. >> all right. >> bill: when we come back. lou dobbs on high gas prices and the solyndra scandal. and then tony bennett. his remarks after the death of whitney houston were incredibly dumb. we will take a second look at a very strange with a selec-terrain dial that adjusts the jeep grand cherokee's performance for specific weather and road conditions, even heavy snowstorms won't keep you from getting to work... our apologies.

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>> bill: thanks for staying with us. i'm bill o'reilly in the lose the boss segment. gas prices hurting americans wig time. since president obama took office the price of a gallon of gas up 92 cents.

now, fox business anchor lou dobbs. this is what i don't get. warm winter in the northeast and most other parts of the country. very warm. not a lot of home heating oil being used so you figure in america a lot of oil reserves going way, way, way up. we got a lot of oil. but no gas prices. >> supply he and demand thing. this year is not working and the reason is demand for gasoline is down. demand for heating oil is down. >> bill: even driving gasoline. >> o our demand is down but the supply must be up, right? >> if we were just in a domestic market but here goes globalization again. >> bill: let's stay in the united states. we have all of this oil brought in here in anticipation of the cold winter. >> that's right. >> bill: and but we don't use it so it is here. it is here. >> well, now, see this is where i have to take you out of here. and stay with me. >> bill: to the not here? >> but it got defined here and then where did it go?

>> it got exported. and by the way, these fuels are now our number one export. number one export. >> bill: so they brought the oil in here. >> refined it. >> bill: refined it and sent it out to where. >> jet fuel, primarily to asia, to china. primarily jet fuels, diesel and gasoline which normally would be in abun dance right now is being shipped overseas. >> bill: so the oil companies are making all their money now but still had to allot a certain amount of oil for the united states domestic use. hasn't been used. >> because demand fell. >> bill: right. >> and that oil, that -- and those derivatives fuels were exported. and that is what no one is talking about. >> bill: they figured out it wasn't going to be a cold winter. >> these oil companies are not as dumb as as the folks in washington. >> bill: i heard they told the refineries to stop refining. >> they told them to start refining. >> bill: that is not true?

>> absolutely not true. >> bill: they didn't slow the refining down. >> there are all sorts of myths. the fact is we are exporting and it is good news. >> bill: so they are exporting but why are the gas prices going up at the pump? >> because they are pushing the margins and it is that simple. >> bill: i don't understand that. what does that mean? >> what that means is they are managing to export fuel and what is left is going up in price. >> bill: why? >> because there is sufficient demand for what is left. >> bill: so by exporting the fuel to china and other countries they are not leaving enough here. >> correct. >> bill: so that -- >> and it is worse than just the gasoline, though. also home heating oil. 10% decline in demand for home heating oil because of the warm winter you mentioned. but again, these fuels are now being shipped exported overseas. >> bill: shouldn't the government then say to the oil companies you can't interfere with them? because it looks like we are getting hosed the american

worker. the american worker's pay check didn't go up 92%, dobbs. but the price of gasoline did. >> you don't have to tell me. >> bill: you are telling me the reason it went up is because the oil companies can make more money overseas so saying to the americans blank you, we are not going to give you the oil because we will make more over there. >> the same principle by which we are buying cheaper goods at wal-mart. we are now part of a world market, like it or not. the fact of the matter is we are competing with demand in china, in europe, and premarely in latin america. >> bill: no matter what we do and how much we conserve and how many cars get better mileage the prices will continue to go up because they are selling all the stuff over there. >> notice you haven't heard president obama crying about the higher prices. >> bill: not a word. >> because this fits into the green philosophy. >> bill: he wants people to get so fed up they go for the electric cars. >> they may get so fed up they show up in november. >> bill: i think you understand

how angry voters are that they have to bear the brunt of the prices when it isn't supply and demand any more because china is eating up the oil and we are paying for that. >> and then you throw into the equation the keystone pipeline. >> bill: that was a mistake. say they said okay, you you can have the pipeline and all the oil comes in from canada, will this they refine it in louisiana and sended it to beijing. >> not all of it. >> bill: we got plenty of oil here and we are getting hosed. it is not supply and demand. >> it is not supply and domestic demand. it is world dehe command. a world market and this is the price we are paying. >> bill: that is huge. i think the government has to step in and say you have to allot a certain amount. >> you have more faith in this government than i do because everything they are stepping into they are stepping in. >> bill: it could go to 10 or $12 a gallon.

>> how about we start exploiting and producing the energy reserves we have. a simple concept. we don't need a government to do that. >> bill: but they would still send it over there. there is a billion and a half people needing oil over there. this is bothering me. >> bill o'reilly is stepping up with the government. >> bill: , no, i think the folks are getting hosed and somebody has to watch out for them. >> i think you are exactly right. >> bill: we are going to do a solyndra thing but the government did not subpoena the white house people because they said they would go voluntarily to talk about solyndra. when that happens dobbs and i will talk about it. >> i talked with the folks close to investigation on congress. they are pleased with where this is right now so that means a good thing. >> bill: whatever happens we will update you. lou dobbs. tony bennett might have said the dumbest thing of the year about whitney houston. about whitney houston. [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation,

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>> bill: back of the book segment tonight. the dumbest things of the week and here they are. arthel in her hometown of new orleans living large in the mardi gras area. and greg gutfeld. on red psi "red eye" celebratis fifth anniversary and no one watches. >> hey. >> we are beating a lot of shows. >> it is in the middle of the night. we will begin with you. we have a little people alert, everyone. courtesy of rosie o'donnell. >> i have to talk about one thing that i have been loath to admit because i'm ashamed about it but you i will say it anyway. i have a mild fear or anxiety around little people. what the problem is for me is that i think i can't put the two things together this is an

adult person but it is a little person but they have adult like it is so hard for me. >> bill: i think she is saying something that i can't say on the air. and so gutfeld was that dumb. >> for little people everywhere this is the story of the year. you wouldn't know because you are a tall angry man and you look down on people like me because it is easy to look down on people like me. i want to tell you something. >> bill: and you are calling me angry? >> yes. >> bill: i just wanted to get that straight. >> look at it this way. the biggest injustice is taxation. you and i pay the same rate of taxes yet i pay more taxes per square inch than you. >> how tall are you, gutfeld. >> he is 4'2". >> five foot what? >> five. >> ms o'donnell says that she has thissis fear of height challenged people.

>> little people. >> little people. she is afraid of them. all right, so the lobby that represents these people. >> little people of america. >> bill: is angry that she has this fear. >> they posted a big message on the facebook page and rosie, of course, like everybody in the world has to apologize when they tick somebody off. >> bill: she just said i'm afraid of them. >> here is the problem. little people of america have a problem with this. because shows like little people big world are exposing the lives of little people to show that they are just like everyone else. >> bill: but if she is afraid of them, she is afraid of them. i'm afraid of you. >> i'm very afraid of you. >> bill: can i say that and then you will get offended. i don't really understand but that is okay. the dumbest thing is that in the army if you take the physical training exercise leader's course and you are a guy you have to wear fake breasts and pregnancy bellies. roll the tape.

>> yes. >> three, four, five, six, seven eight. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven eight. >> bill: what are they doing? that is the army training? >> a 25-pound pregnancy simulator. an e for effort and no e for empathy because without estrogen you don't understand what it is like to be pregnant. >> bill: why do they have to understand? they are guys. >> because they are learning to teach the pregnant soldiers fitness classes. so in order to do so they are trying to understand and feel what it is like to be pregnant. >> i do the same thing on the subway but that is to get seats. >> bill: i think it's dumb. now, tony bennett. we used this earlier in the week but it is so dumb i have to do it again. whitney houston dies. it looks like drugs killed her. here is bennett. go. >> let's legalize drugs like they did in amsterdam and it is

a very sane city now. no one is hiding. no one is running around corners trying to sneak up to find something. they have to go to a doctor and get it. and if the doctor doesn't want to give it to them they don't get it. and it is called sanity instead of insanity. >> i think it is called being stoned but i'm not sure. his point is even though ms. houston's room contained legal prescription drugs which could have aided her death he wants everything to be legalized. does that make any sense to you? >> i'm actually for legalization of some drugs but here is a little known fact. tony's toupee had a serious oxycontin addiction. he is a nut. you remember what he said about 9/11? >> bill: he is 82, though. >> will bennett is confused. trying to correlate legalizing drugs with prescription ms. good singer but confused. >> bill: i think we all agree

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you a replica of the gettysburg address suitable for framing. it makes a great gift. we will send you "killing lincoln" free of charge. now the mail -- phoenix, arizona -- prevention is the solution to the nation's drug problem so the media should speak out against drug use. that is not demonizing whitney houston, john belushi, et cetera. it is highlighting dangerous behavior. another said -- dr. joseph motto, chattanooga, tennessee -- but remember, doctor, a sizable part of the public doesn't want to be protected. they want to get high. leonard from california --

what about the people who start with pot? and then graduate in to hard drugs? what about them? once you enter the drug world, the temptations, get a lot more intense. from japan -- >> i don't know anybody bothering her family. we're discussing why the media doesn't cover the problem in the usa. we sponsor time and there is no better time to have the conversation. and from maryland -- bill, you are part of the problem when you say you will not tell adults not to smoke pot. that's not what we do here. i believe we should obey the law. every time an american buys illegal substance, pot, whatever, the bad guys profit. i pointed those things out.

all i can do. >> from israel -- love to. all about finding the time. beck went over there. i remember that. he had a good time. we'll announce more bold and fresher dates next week. i'll see everybody in tampa, florida, on march 11. go to bill o'reilly.com and talk about the presidential election. all the inside stuff. check it out in tampa, march 11 finally, pinhead and patriots. governor chris christie in the spotlight. he may veto gay marriage but he wants folks to vote on whether it should be legalized rather than the legislature. that is not the most controversial thing governor christie did this week. tomorrow is whitney houston's

funeral. the governor ordered the flag to new jersey flown at half staff. a lot of people are angry about this. but not me. i believe the governor is showing respect to miss houston's family and honoring her talent brought to millions so i designate chris christie in this controversy as a patriot. that is it for us. check out the fox news website, different from bill o'reilly.com. we will like you to spout off about the factor, anywhere in the world. o'reilly@foxnews.com. name and town. if you wish to opine. do not be a nudnick. now, i chose that word because a letter from haifa, israel, that wants us to come over there. which would frighten the middle east. but nudnick is a yiddish word. you don't want to be one. believe me. freeman, doing a great job. skip, always right