O'Reilly Over The Line

Fox news pundit Bill O'Reilly needed to make only one comment yesterday regarding the murder of abortion practitioner Dr. George Tiller. He should have said, simply, 'I have disagreed with Dr. Tiller's practice and have spoken against it and him at every opportunity.  However, I absolutely condemn his murder and the violent, terrorist path it represents.'

That's what he should have said.  Of course, he couldn't do it.  Bill O'Reilly instead launched into a guilty defense of his numerous rants against Dr. Tiller in an attempt to deflect claims he may have spurred on the murderer with his rhetoric.  In doing so he trotted out all his negative comments about Dr. Tiller and his practice and rehashed them in every way possible. He invited guests along to revisit all of the doctor's 'crimes'. He might as well of just said,  'Hey, maybe my comments led some nut to kill him, but, well, he deserved it.'  That seemed to be the heart of his defense.

Maybe I should say 'the core' of his defense. From what I saw and heard on his show yesterday, it's clear to me that Bill O'Reilly has no 'heart' that most of us would recognize as such.  He does have a lot of fear, though, and a good deal of hate.