chris nelson tampa, florida, you report the news, o'reilly, when everyone else is bloviating. until the ratings begin to drop, the speculation is going to fly. nelson gomezu not see a connection between president obama's tepid reaction to putin and his comment on an open mic that he would be more flexible after the election? it's a fair question, no question mr. obama thought he could reason with putin. he figured he would get a good relationship out of that. he was obviously wrong. putin took his words as weakness. bob marshamarshack, i had trepis about killing jesus being jewish, but it was well researched and written will steve ingram from ewa beach. i look forward to seeing you in honolulu on may 10th. it's going to be a blast. lots of military personnel going to be there. more details on all the shows on billo'reilly.com. the factor tip of the day, reports are that fred phelps is near death. the loathsome preacher who funded the westboro baptist church. the 84-year-old church is a hater. >> god is dealing with this nation in his wrath, he apointed osama bin laden and many more like him to destroy this land. the nation's of the world hate doomed amer