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Whose Fake Laugh is Worse -- McCain or Hillary?

Posted May 10th 2008 6:42PM by Cenk Uygur
Filed under: Young Turks, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Video

There are two interesting things that came out of John McCain's last appearance on The O'Reilly Factor. One, he clearly lied about voting for Bush in 2000. Arianna Huffington said earlier this week that he told a table full of guests at a dinner they had together that he did not vote for Bush in the 2000 general election. Since then, there have been four other witnesses that corroborated Huffington's story to The Washington Post, New York Times and LA Times.

That's part of the reason why McCain looks and sounds so nervous below, which leads to the second interesting point. He has entered the maniacal laughter competition with Hillary Clinton. His laugh below is so forced and awkward that it's a little painful to look at. So, check out the video below and then tell us who has the weirder laugh, McCain or Hillary:




So, who gets your vote?

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O'Reilly Hands Hillary Her Ass on Torture Debate

Posted May 5th 2008 8:05PM by Cenk Uygur
Filed under: Young Turks, Hillary Clinton, Video, Bill O'Reilly, Torture

The Democrats going on Fox News Channel is a terrible idea for many reasons. They legitimize a propaganda outlet for the Republican Party by agreeing to the fiction that they are a real news organization. They field twisted and slanted questions that set them up for answers that will later be used against them.

Obama fell into this trap last week when he told Chris Wallace that the Rev. Wright controversy was a legitimate political issue. He is trying to be nice to a Fox News anchor, which is just stupid. He is going to use it against you! And he already has. Wallace used Obama's statements to justify several more questions he asked Howard Dean about Rev. Wright this weekend.

But the one reason I never found persuasive for not going on Fox is that the Democrats can't handle it. But there's some chance I'm wrong about that. You can't go and talk to Bill O'Reilly if you're not prepared to challenge him on the obvious bullcrap he's going to toss your way. And that's exactly what Hillary Clinton did. She went in unprepared and pretty much lost a debate on torture. Watch below:





One of our viewers, Tony Daughtrey, made a good point after watching this on our show. O'Reilly keeps calling waterboarding a dunk in the water. You know who else we used to dunk in the water to get confessions? Witches.

Does O'Reilly think we got reliable information out of those women by dunking them in the water during the Salem Witch Trials? Remember, they almost all confessed. So, I guess they must have all been witches after all.

There's a reason why we don't torture people anymore. It's barbaric and useless. They'll tell you whatever you want to hear -- I did it, Iraq is connected to Al Qaeda, I'm a witch, I'm a terrorist, etc., etc.

Finally, we invaded Iraq based on the faulty intelligence we got from one of the guys we tortured. You can read about it here. That wrong information cost the lives of countless people. Is it too much to ask Democrats that they at least learn that one fact and bring that up the next time someone attempts an asinine defense of torture?

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So, This Is What the Nadir of Talking-Head TV Looks Like

Posted Apr 6th 2007 9:51AM by Coates Bateman
Filed under: Media, TV

It's Blowhard Fest '07!

There should be a warning label attached to this O'Reilly vs. Geraldo video. They go at it over illegal immigrnats. I could only take the first few minutes. I dare others to watch the entire segment. I doubt you'll come out unscathed... best of luck! Here's a story recap.

Ding, Ding - Rocky vs. O'Reilly

Posted Mar 22nd 2007 2:58PM by Coates Bateman
Filed under: Politics, TV

Rocky Anderson, if nothing, is an interesting guy. He's the liberal mayor of a conservative town: Salt Lake City, Utah. Here he exchanges blows with the Clubber Lang of cable news, Bill O'Reilly. Who wins this fight? (By the way, I'm a Mr. T fan, so I'm in no way connecting O'Reilly and T.)


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