bret finally tonight, vice president biden came out to say a couple words about the tax raising bill signing. he had to be very careful with his word choice. >> this is -- i was going to say big deal but important deal. [ laughter ] i can no longer say big deal. [ laughter ] thank god my mother wasn't around. >> bret: another word in there before it. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for "special report," fair, balanced, and do, you know. bill doesn't shop. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight. >> this bill shouldn't pass. and you should call your congress people and senators and ask them to vote against it. >> bill: well, that didn't take long. just before the talking points memo last night harry reid pulled the corrupt spending bill off the senate floor. wow. do we get results or what?

[bell] >> if you get sick, america, the republican health care plan is this, i do quickly. -- die quickly. >> bill: was the epitome of dumb? the least intelligence, stupidest statements of the year. >> i would like my life back. >> bill: lou dobbs on where we should put our money in 2011. and filing a false rape charge and president obama getting tax compromise. >> that's what they sent us here to achieve. >> 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. you want action? you have come to the right place. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo last night. last night talking points said

this. now our pal, harry reid, along with appropriations chairman senator daniel inouye have dumped a trillion-dollar spending bill on the floor a few days before christmas. the bill is loaded with pork. this bill shouldn't pass. you should call your congress people and senators and ask them to vote against it. now, just moments before that statement senator harry reid pulled the corrupt spending bill from the senate floor. of course, while i was bloviating, i had no idea. but reid did. he knew that once the honest media got ahold of the bill, he was toast. just to refresh your memory, the bill allotted about $10 million for a foundation honoring the late congressman john murtha. $8 million for a ted kennedy institution. 36 million more for the corrupt public broadcasting corporation bringing that outlet up to 500 million bucks a year of your money. there is no way we are going to stand for that kind of waste. total pork about 9 billion in the bill.

so reid is humiliated, not that he cares, he doesn't. but the country is obviously wising up fast. the u.s.a. now owes about $14 trillion and the head of the fed ben bernanke says we better start paying that debt down or there is going to be a fiscal disaster here as there is in california right now, in greece, and in ireland. that brings us to people who feel the government owes them stuff, riots throughout europe this week have demonstrated there are plenty of folks who want other people to pay for their lives. if they don't get that, they will turn violent and disruptive. just look at these pictures. these riots came about because governments are cutting back on giving people stuff in europe. and this could happen in america. but i don't think it will. the november election, the tax compromise and the corrupt spending bill being pulled out of there, demonstrate that the american people value self-reliance far more than the europeans do.

and that is the key. fair minded people will support government safety nets because that's what a compassionate nation does. cradle to grave entitle wants which are part of the liberal creed are simply impossible. there is not enough money. please give yourselves a round of applause this evening. i know thousands of you contacted your elected officials last night. reid knew we weren't going to stand for his misguided mission of america. he knew that he pulled the corrupt spending bill. believe me, if anything like that comes back again, you will know about it in a heart beat. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight. reaction from the left. joining us from los angeles, radio star leslie marshall and dr. caroline heldman who teaches political science in occidental college. help me out here. what do you think the government owes the folks in the entitlement category? >> well, bill, i think we can both agree that we are owed life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness so along those lines life would be health care and the pursuit of happiness

would mean that everyone who sought gainful employment would get it and if they don't get it, unemployment benefits certainly higher education and a poverty safety net, especially for homemakers. we don't value them and so if they are taking care of children at home, i think it's very important that we provide resources for that. >> bill: okay. let me stop you there. you believe that the government should pay everybody's health care cost? all 320 million of us? >> well, i think we, the people, who pay our taxes into government, yes, i do believe our taxes go towards that. >> bill: the government should pay for everybody's health care. free college for everybody? >> well, for everyone who works hard enough. >> bill: so everyone over a certain grade level free college. >> absolutely. >> bill: guaranteed employment or money coming in. >> yes. and especially considering that the collusion between wall street and washington led to the liquidity crisis made the

problem. >> bill: some kind of subsidy for women, home marng who's are not in the workplace. >> i want us to consider that a job. >> bill: okay. but whatever it is, you want this government to guarantee people a certain lifestyle. leslie, do you concur? >> i want the government to spend our taxes on that. our taxes. taxpayer dollars on that. >> bill: you know we can't raise that kind of money. nobody could. leslie, do you believe in all of that. >> i agree with some of it i agree with health care and education. i would add to that a secure borders. i think a country, any country. >> bill: secure borders are a different situation. you say government should pay everybody's health care. even the wealthy people. you get sick, the government picks up the tab. guaranteed college if you are above a certain level. >> correct. >> bill: you think the government should pay that homemakers, women at home they should get money from the government because that's a job in guaranteed money? leslie. >> oh, boy. i'm going to get killed by the women for this, bill. but, no. i have two toddlers i don't want the government. >> bill: the final one would be

a guaranteed employment, every american guaranteed a job, whatever. >> no, i don't believe that the government is responsible for creating jobs. >> bill: okay. so two nos, two yeses and the doctor is four yeses. doctor, let's get back to you. in this large country, this isn't sweden with 9 million people or even ireland with 5. ireland is bankrupt because of entitlement spending. we can't raise that kind of money. you can't. there is just not enough money to pay the bills of everybody who gets sick and educated everybody wanting to go to college. >> i would disagree with you on that. it's not a matter of resource. it's a matter of priorities. it's a matter of leaders saying look we are going to prioritize american situations over -- industrial complex. issue of not spending 20% of our budget on the industrial complex. >> bill: you think we have it? >> i know that we can. look back at 1960. >> bill: no, no, no. >> look at 1970.

bill bull you can't do it because the medical costs are so much and the educational. >> because of insurance companies gouging americans. their profits increase 1,000 percent. 1,000 percent over five year period. >> bill: the doctors and pharmaceutical companies aren't going to charge any less. i'm at the top of the chain, okay? the earning chain. how much money do you take from me? what percentage to fulfill your vision of these entitlements what do you take from me. >> i don't have a specific number. >> bill: doctor that's irresponsible. >> tax at 90%. >> bill: you want the 0%. >> 90% in the past. now taxing at 35%. let's make it progressive put it around 50% that would bring in billions of dollars and deal with our deficit problem and deal with entitlement programs and getting away from the military industrial complex. >> bill: stop with the rhetoric, all right? we are trying to get nuts and bolts here. what do you put on it, leslie? >> i honestly disagree with both of you. here is how. you can off set costs in other

areas. first of all, bill. >> bill: but we are bankrupt here. we don't have any -- you can offset all the costs you want. we. >> areas in we don't need to. afghanistan. if we are not policing the world, too. >> that's right. >> if we are going to be saving so much on earmarks and pet projects and, oh i, boy, the bush tax cuts rich folks, bill going to help pay for all of it. >> bill: if you wiped out the entire defense department budget, all the space program was cancelled, all of that goes into entitlement spending which is what i'm hearing you ladies want, okay? it still couldn't cover it. >> that's not true. >> it's 20% of the budget. >> bill: it doesn't matter it still wouldn't cover it. >> $13 billion a year. >> bill: doctor, my main beef is with the doctor, not with you, leslie. i have got to tell you something. >> okay. >> bill: you are with all due respect crazy. you don't understand the enormous cost of cradle to grave health care for everybody.

covering everything. you don't get it. how expensive that would be. >> bill, i absolutely get it i not only worked in congress on this topic i studied it for many years. awful you have to do is get greedy insurance corporations out of it fire people because they can't afford premiums. >> bill: you want everybody to work and then gut the private sector. gut them. where are they going to work. >> i want to hold them accountable. >> bill: then they are going to go to brazil and set up shop, okay? not going to be anybody here. all right, ladies. very interesting debate. merry christmas. thank you. next on the run down, next president obama made a brilliant move by compromising on taxes and may very well be elected because of it two conservative analysts will respond to that lou dobbs on what he is doing

>> bill: impact segment tent, our pal charles krauthammer had a column in the "the washington post" today where he says, quote. with the stunning tax deal obama is back. the president is very smart man. how smart? his comeback is already a year ahead of bill clinton's unquote. charles also says he thinks the president might be reelected because of the tax compromise joining us now from washington to respond nancy pfotenhauer. the president of the american cause ms. buchanan.

do you agree with charles? >> well, i think as i read it, bill, he -- there is no question the tax bill is good policy and really smart politics. no question about it. he has moved to the right. any time you have a left leaning president like obama fighting the left, he moderates himself and comes across as somebody that the middle class, the independents can kind of take a look at and say he is in the right packet. but today 23% of americans think we are going in the wrong direction. this one act is not going to do it. he is going to have to continue to governor from the middle. is he willing to do that? i don't think so. >> charles says it's a brilliant move ms. pfotenhauer. because the president has done it, that his re-election chances have risen and you say? >> well, i said he had to do something. i mean with his disapproval ratings at 53%, he was in danger of becoming irrelevant. he is definitely kind of cleared

that hurdle and made the presidency relevant again. i'm not sure i agree with charles on his political -- first of all i think it's too early. he kind of says that the president, no matter what he does, is going to hold on to the liberal base because they have nowhere else to go. >> bill: you just heard the liberal ladies say that look, and i really believe the left is furious with this tax compromise. i really do. i mean, they -- look, whether you like dr. heldman or not, she is honest. she is honest. and that -- this is what the left and the far left want. they want this kind of a society and obama is moving the other way. >> i think you are absolutely right. they underestimate the animosity on the left which is very, very well illustrated by the house democrats. and the bottom line is they don't have to -- the left, the liberals, hard left do not have

to embrace another candidate. all they have to do is stay home. the republicans learned in 2008 what that will do. i'm not sure that charles has that exactly right now. i think it's too early to tell. >> bill: there is an abc news poll out that basically says that president obama is in trouble. as far as being reelected. it is two years, ms. buchanan away from the election. the president, i think, charles be charles krauthammer is right in the sense that he is back in the game. he is back in the game. where he was on the slide, it's all -- you know, okay. we stopped that. and now everybody is going to wait and see what's next. >> listen. absolutely. this was smart. as i said, very smart politics. i agree with charles. and he -- the independents will like it. he can't win a general election without the independents. and his threat from the left is not in the general election. it would be in the primary. and so is he going to give them

enough to keep them happy in the primary or are they going to primary him? i don't think that i agree with you. i think what you have to look for now is what does america really want? they want a balanced budgets or giant step towards a president who is really going to start cutting and slashing government. and freeing up some money. and also that the business community can start ticking upwards and unemployment ticking downwards. if he doesn't do that, this one act isn't going to do nothing and he will be defeated in two years. >> bill: this is what will happen in 2011, if the republican party has any semblance of sense they will do what i suggest right now ms. pfotenhauer. that is to put a bill in, introduce it in the house, that says federal spending is going to be cut by 25% over the next three years. 8% per year. and here's what -- it's almost across the board thing. even defense. everything gets cut. now, that puts president obama in a very difficult position.

because every american knows we are on the train to bankruptcy in this country. >> absolutely. >> bill: ben bernanke -- read "time" magazine this week the guy says look, if we don't stop, this it's going to go effort cliff. how many warnings do you have to have? if the republicans say 25% in the next three years, i don't know what -- the president is going to have to do something there. yes or no? 30 seconds each of you. nancy, you get 30 and bay you get 30. >> okay. it has to happen. you know, spending has gone up. inflation ajust ad 62% in the last 10 years. whoever gets out in front of this is going to own it. the election was a mandate on spenting. if on nothing else. >> bill: got to be cut. >> republicans better do it. >> bill: all right, ms. buchanan, you wrap it up for us, please. >> i couldn't agree with you more. you are going to have to do something like that. 25%. let the department figure out how to do it. it's got to be done. defense has to be included. entitlements have to be resolved. if you don't have that kind of leadership in the country. not only -- not only going to lose the presidency we are going

to lose the country. >> bill: if the republicans don't do that charles krauthammer is correct. if they do do it, that puts tremendous amount of pressure on president obama to respond one way or another. >> obama to do it. show some leadership and pull this off. >> bill: he is not going to do it unless he is forced to do it just like with the tax compromise. in a moment, lou dobbs on where you might put your money next year. that should be interesting. the dumbest statements of the year and the smartest ones as well. we have the list. don't miss this one coming up shortly.

>> bill: many investors remain cautious and people that don't have very much money try to make the most of what's in their wallet. we turn to lou dobbs anchor of the fox business network. i have no idea where to put my money.

i also have to apologize because i'm putting you on the spot. >> that's all right. >> bill: you are the business guy. the guru of business reporting. >> here we go. >> bill: you and cavuto. so now, people are sitting at home and pee me, too. i'm going -- i don't want stick tips, that's insane. but next year is it wise to invest or should we put the money under the mattress to that end, let's talk about the environment which is improving very quickly. with the refusal to go ahead with the 1.3 omnibus spending. >> bill: bill we killed it last night. >> that is a major development in returning responsible government to washington, d.c. will it last? we don't know. it's a good start. >> bill: it will last. >> if it does, we are seeing responsible government return to washington, the bond market is going to love that the equities markets will love that and i believe investors will love that we are looking at what has been 10 and 11% of the s&p 500 over

the course of this year. i think we are going to see at least that kind of gain, perhaps more. >> bill: in the stock market, you believe it will go up at 11. >> yes, i do. >> people could buy stocks without. >> and within that i think that there is some real opportunities. we are hearing this administration for the first time talk business friendly. they are talking about doubling exports. they are talking about manufacturing. these are very healthy possibility for investors right now. i would say better than even chance to see real action, real encouragement, real alignment of interest in the manufacturing sector and technology in particular. >> bill: are you buying stocks. >> absolutely. >> bill: bill are you buying bonds. >> absolutely. >> bill: municipal bonds. >> i'm buying them on the advice of others because i don't make all those decisions by myself. but the fact is those who say that the bond market has run its course, i think are being premature. >> bill: people say the municipal is not going to be

able to pay off the bonds. >> there is no question they are going to be under tremendous stress and they have to be conservative. >> bill: would you still buy those bonds. >> not if i thought those specific bonds -- >> bill: you are not buying greek bonds or acid bonds or a dublin bond or an a. >> or a california bond. >> bill: any bond with arnold's face on it? no. now gold, you know beck is loading up on gold. >> good for him. >> bill: take his paycheck in cash you have got to pay him gold bars. >> appropriately so. i'm a person who has never personally been a great fan of gold. it's fine for those who find comfort in it and, you know, over the course of the past year, we are talking about 30% appreciation. but i personally would not. >> bill: how about commodities in general? >> i think commodities in general certainly attractive. we are seeing global demand rise as we are seeing the class

around the world. >> bill: american workers can't keep up with that because their salaries aren't going up. >> that's one of the major issues that we confront. that's why it's important for this conversation in washington as you know, bill, to change. we have got to have a government that is talking about and representatives talking about and creating public policy directed at economic growth and prosperity and job creation. >> bill: you heard the two liberal ladies at the want to program, but this is the liberal mind set that the government's responsibility isn't to grow the economy. it's to provide for people, their health, education, whatever. and i submit, you tell me if i am wrong, there is not enough money, you can't tax the working crew to pay for all of that. >> you not only can't tax them. the fact is that as you do, and you push toward whatever that boundary is, the private sector, and i heard you use the word. we are pulling those precious, scarce dollars out of the private sector and that is where jobs are created. wealth is created. >> bill: that's why obama did what he did today.

>> he is listening. >> bill: finally there are a lot of conservatives that don't want the economy to get better because they don't want obama to get reelected. >> you know i have heard people say this is terrible because he may get reelected. folks we have two years where we are going to shape the outcome of the 2012 election. it's going to be shaped by a republican party, particularly in the house that shows real leadership. and conveys the understanding that is being imparted by the tea party movement. i think it ought to be a great contest and we ought to be the beneficiary. >> bill: what is great for the folks ought to override political efforts. >> amen, brother. >> bill: new york city tv weather lady apparently filed a phony rape report. herald is following that the dumbest and smartest statements of the year. i think you are going to like these segments. these segments. we hope host: could switching to geico really save you fifteen percent

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>> bill: fridays with geraldo segment tonight, weather lady for tv station in new york city

has been charged with filing false police report in connection with with a rape she says happened in central park. very disturbing case and geraldo has been investigating. you know, this lady worked at your old station, channel 7 here in new york city. >> that's right. >> bill: when tv was being invented. >> that's right. i was there when they cranked the big camera. >> heidi jones 37 years old. worked hard to get to new york and to good morning america. she came through billings, montana, albany, new york, the capital here in new york state. finally got to the big apple and had a great opportunity, was working weekends on good morning america. and then lo and behold she tells cops that someone attempted to assault her in central park. she even described the assailant as a hispanic man in 30's or 40s came up behind her and threw her in the bushes when she was rescued by some passers by. >> bill: was she actually in the bushes? >> no one knows. >> bill: that's all right. so the people rescued and went

away so the cops could never. >> the cops never found any witnesses. she never appeared in surveillance video. she did a follow up report that said that the man who had assaulted her or attempted to assault her later came to her and said i know you went to the cops, now i'm watching you. as a result of that, new york city, the nypd responded very aggressively. they gave her elaborate security protections. she was very much the center of a police cordon around her to protect her from this alleged crazy person. it turns out, they found and the cops are very harp around -- very sharp around here. they came up with inconsistencies it became clear that the original incident had never happened. i talked to paul callan her attorney, former prosecutor, excellent attorney. his fear is that the press is running with it in a way that the competition to abc are trying to make this a bigger story, that she never claimed

she was raped. she never claimed it was an attempted rape. >> bill: be that as it may, that's lawyer talk. does he say that she made it up? >> he does not say, but he does not deny it. >> bill: if somebody would do this, if would do it, all right? if there were no alleged rape, something wrong with them. >> you remember morton downy jr. >> bill: sure. >> the crazy talk show host. >> bill: swastika around his head. >> he was doing it to get attention and publicity. don't you think that's what is in play here. >> bill: rape? >> two things are happening. either she is looking to generate sympathy for herself and maybe gin up her career or she gets some charge out of deceiving smart people. one thing or the other. >> bill: when you are involving police at that level, when they are spending resources to protect you, that goes far beyond any publicity stunt than

morton downy jr. did. >> i got on the cover of magazine every paper in the country. shortly after that he said he was attacked by nazis. it was backwards. clear live he had put it on his own forehead in the mirror. >> bill: clearly he was stoned out of his mind. >> he it was to gin up his career. >> bill: disturbing. something matter with this lady. >> the forecast cloudy with a chance of deception. she has on her web site called run with heidi.com. if you knew, you would not fail, what would you try? and there are various psychologists, et cetera, who suggest that maybe she got a charge out of being smarter than the smartest cops in the land. now, obviously she had -- if this is true, if these allegations are true, there are deep seeded problems.

>> bill: looks like desperate cry for help. >> if they sense their career is not going -- she was on a one year extension on her contract. if they sense their career is not going well enough and running out of time to make it in the big apple. you try silly stuff. you really do. >> bill: geraldo, everybody. thanks for coming. in we appreciate it? >> my pleasure, sir. >> bill: when we come back, the dumbest statements of the year. there were plenty to choose from. we have the top five and also the smartest stuff. we have the smartest statements made on the factor this year. those reports as we continue all across the u.s.a. and all around the world. i can't believe i used to swing ov those rocks... took some foolish risks as a teenager. but i was still taking a foolish risk with my cholesterol. anyone with high cholesterol may be at increased risk of heart attack. diet and exercise weren't enough for me. i stopped kidding myself. i've been eating healthier, exercising more... and now i'm also taking lipitor. if you've been kidding yourself about high cholesterol...stop. along with diet, lipitor has been shown

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>> bill: thanks for staying with us. i'm bill o'reilly in the personal story segment tonight, the dumbest things of the year. we have spent many, many hours ladies and gentlemen choosing five of the horrific things uttered this year.

here to help us out greg gutfeld and arthel neville. number 5, say hello to my little friend, nancy pelosi. >> the final legislation that will soon be passed will deliver successful reform at the local level. but we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what it what is in it away from the fog of the controversy. >> bill: you have got to pass it to find out what's in it away from the fog. >> not good, not good. not good. >> that did sound dumb. i'm not against the health care overhaul. everybody was confused. up in arms. you can't have the speaker of the house saying we're not sure what's in it but just pass it along. >> bill: you say you are not against the health care bill have you read it. >> i have not. >> bill: you don't want to go along with it if you haven't read it? >> there are couple good things in it you have fewer disparities for folks who can't. >> bill: but if it bankrupts the

nation it is a -- victory. >> every time she speaks i keep waiting for a house to land on her. >> bill: are you talking about arthel or pelosi. >> you are not funny, o'reilly. >> i know i'm not. >> bill: i'm deliver ri russ. >> you are delusional is what you are. >> bill: here is number four. this pinhead kills me. former bp ceo tony hayward responding to the oil spill. >> sorry for the massive disruption it's caused their lives. and there is no one who wants this thing over more than i do. you know, i would like my life back. >> bill: that's right, tony. it's all about you, isn't it? not about the pelicans covered with oil. >> this is like if you are walking across the street and get covered by the cab. and the cab driver says look at the blood on my fender. >> what's even dumber about in this guy walks around with 17 million in severance pension. >> bill: that's dumb and that's bp.

he also then went on his yacht as soon as they yank him off. >> i have got to defend him. he did go through a lot of stressments he really did. >> bill: no, i'm not going to say it. here is number 3. sharon angle, who lost her senate rac against harry reid in nevada said this when addressing 150 hispanic high school students. >> i don't know that all of you are latino. some of you look a little more asian to me. i don't know that. what we know about -- what we know about ourselves is that we are a melting pot in this country. my grandchildren are evidence of that. i'm evidence of that. i have been called the third asian legislature in our nevada state assembly. >> bill: right after that her campaign began a melting pot. most hispanics in the state voted against her. >> you can't say much more about

that it was not good. >> the tea party was like a tidal wave and with the tidal wave you get sea weed. >> bill: she was on this program she is not a dumb woman. that was a big, big mistake and it was dumb. all right. number two, the second dumbest statement of the year, ladies and gentlemen. the attorney general of the united states. >> have you read the arizona law? >> i have not had a chance -- i have glanced at it i have not read it. >> it's 10 pages. it's a lot shorter than the health care bill which was 2,000 pages long. i will give you my copy of it if you would like to have a copy. >> bill: despite not having read the arizona law, holder decided to sue the state. >> that was not a good moment for the attorney general. >> very astute ms. neville. >> excuse me, can i slap him? >> no. >> bill: she can't reach. that's why i'm sitting over here. >> some might say -- all due

respect to mr. holder, some might say he was getting advise from lloyd and larry do you know who that is? >> dumb and dumber jim carey. >> you don't have to read anything as long as you call something racist. that's what he did. it saves time. >> bill: he gets up there and he is the guy, he is the face of the lawsuit. he is the guy. all right? >> he also jumped the gun with gitmo. >> bill: it's a 10 page law and he didn't read it. now, pelosi, 2,000 pages. >> which is why i haven't read the health care bill. >> bill: put yourself out on that little limb there, boy, i'm going to cut you off unless you do your research. >> the three things i pointed out, i stand by. >> bill: okay. i'm glad she stands by. here is the ladies and gentlemen the dumbest statement in the year. actually was made in late 2008. so dumb that we had to carry it over. alan grayson simply have to give him the award. go. >> the republicans' health care plan for america, don't get

sick. if you get sick, america. the republican health care plan is this. die quickly. that's right. the republicans want you to die quickly if you get sick. >> bill: ironically alan grayson's job died quickly. he was voted out after one term in november. so, you know, i hate to be predictable here. i think we picked five pretty good ones. >> i don't know. i would rather die quickly than suffer. don't you think he is right? i think it's good. >> bill: let me ask you something with all due respect. are you trying to top grayson here. >> i think he was. i was trying to help you out but i came one nothing. no now grayson voted out even in a liberal district in florida primarily because of his dumb statements. >> histrionics don't work in the house floor all the time. maybe in the courtroom. there is --

>> bill: there is a price to pay. you get mocked on this program but you also lose your no, it isn't. that's a dumb statement. see if you agree with us about the statements we're going to play you if they are the smartest statements of the year. right back with it. ,

>> bill: back of the book segment tonight, you have heard the dumb, now here are the smartest statements of the year according to the factor staff. we begin with charles krauthammer talking about

president obama's position on the ground zero mosque controversy. ♪ >> what he should have said, if he was a man of courage, what he would have done, is at the ramadan dinner in an audience of muslims to say yes, i stand for the constitution. you have every right. however, speaking as president, as the one person elected from all the american people, understanding their sense of proprietor and decency, i would urge you to build a mosque elsewhere that would have been an act of courage but he didn't do it. >> bill: a study by the research media center, which is a conservative outfit says there were 12 negative stories on arizona, 12, for every one positive on the law. so once again, the mainstream media is pitted exactly opposite what the american public. >> exactly. exactly. i'm glad you said that because

that's an important point. that once again, the american people are on one side and the so-called mainstream media are on the other. and, by the way, this is one of the reasons that they are becoming less and less relevant. i think this shows that that reporters aren't happy covering stories they feel a need to champion causes. >> i'm always fascinated by the never flagmatic pfleger who sees every person in the world flew black and white except good and evil which happens to be a liberal malady. is he a classic liberal priest art type, bill that we have seen over the years. can i tell you something? i like my priests more selfless. i like when a priest rolls up his sleeve he is giving aid to

one of the people in his parish who needs it and not pounding on a podium. this guy looks a little self-aggrandizing to me. a lot self-aggrandizing to me. beware of a man who leads a flock with rhinestones on his staph. >> i'm not ponte golden globe to point fingers at different administrations it is that inherent problem that we have with been screwed up. >> the public's response to the fox news channel has been such that, you know, the mainstream media youth lets ought to look at it and say these people have

been doing something right and we ought to get with it i always feared and believed in the early going that if we ever got a foot hold with the audience and began to succeed and grow. the other media youthlets -- outlets would look at us and say we have something right. that hasn't happened. nbc has gone in the other direction and become a network of fewer opinion. cnn hasn't changed its approach to the news to react to what we have done, the kinds of stories we have pursued. the way we have pursued the stories we are doing and doing them in a different way and so on. it's been a striking reality. >> bill: that mosque down there, not going to get built. you know why, mr. gearsen? do you know why? there is not one construction crew in this city in new jersey or in connecticut that's going to lift a hammer down there, nobody. not going to get built. so what do you think about our smart and dumb selections?

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>> bill: fair question. governor huckabee hosts a public affairs program. governor palin, an entertainment show. therein lies the difference. >> bill: the tight stays doug pro forma for governors, presidents, ambassadors and military officers once in you got the title, no matter what happens. remember nixon he resigned. still mr. president. >> bill: no, i thought it up myself, i know it is hard to believe. if i asked mrs. palin what kind of tree she would like to be i would have credited mrs. walters. >> bill: careful i do an excellent version of

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