Fox news pundit Bill O'Reilly claims he knows why Mitt Romney and the Republican Party were so strongly defeated in the November 6 election.
'Secular progressives’ have persuaded the majority of the nation to vote for progressive change O'Reilly lamented. In response, O'Reilly is now calling for the a new kind of conservative candidate to confront the 'reality of our situation.'
Traditional America, by which O'Reilly apparently implies white voters, can make their presence felt again O’Reilly said, with the right person to make it happen.
According to Mediaite, O'Reilly pointed to Mitt Romney's poor showing among the voters he apparently considers non-traditional Americans - blacks, women and Latinos.
'It was an entitlement election,' O'Reilly said, inferring that your skin color or your sex can make you more or less dependent on government programs or social policies. But a recent report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) indicates that vastly more white people are on food stamps than people of color, however.
'The media would have you believing the election confirmed election ideology. While that’s not true,' O'Reilly said, 'secularism is eroding traditional power.'
'On paper, the stats look hopeless for traditional Americans,' O’Reilly said. 'But they can be reversed. However, it will take a very special politician to do that. By the way, Mitt Romney didn’t even try to marginalize secularism. He basically ignored it.'
O’Reilly pointed to the issues of out-of-wedlock births, abortion and entitlements as instances of the evils of secular progressivism. Secular progressives 'don’t want limitations on so-called private behavior,' he said.
'The majority of Americans can still be persuaded,' O’Reilly concluded, 'that the far-left is dangerous outfit, bent on destroying traditional America and replacing it with a social free-fire zone that drives dependency and poverty.'
'We need to confront that,' he added. 'But too many of our politicians are too cowardly to do so.'
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.seanomelb | Nov 15, 2012, 11:50 PM EST
Poor old Bully O'Reilly looking for a raison d'etre the racist fool
Joe Kelsall | Nov 15, 2012, 04:33 PM EST
I believe that the traditional Americans died in acts of European genocide. O'Reilly is a 'blow in' and the Yanks are welcome to him.
eiriamach | Nov 15, 2012, 03:59 PM EST
Who are the secular folks? Young adults gave a large swath of votes to Obama. One in four under age 30 is unaffiliated with any religion. The GOP are calling these young people, along with progressive women and minorities, "secular" while the unaffiliated describe themselves as "atheist," "agnostic" or "nothing in particular" (2007, '08, and '10 Pew research). But we shouldn't be fooled by category names. What of their values? Pew's 2010 study showed 79% of unaffiliated Millennials believe "homosexuality should be accepted by society." Many who DISaffiliate from churches "say they did so in part because they think of religious people as hypocritical or judgmental, because religious organizations focus too much on rules or because religious leaders are too focused on power and money" (Pew's '09 "Faith in Flux"). If O'Reilly is stoking a war with the "secular," he's bound to lose against this mostly young, committed, and independent-minded group who embrace core American values and don't like slurs.
lokionline | Nov 15, 2012, 12:07 PM EST
So what is O'Reilly advocating now? It sounds like he is stoking a war between religious and secular non-religious folks... and that will make the USA a stable and viable state? This man is a threat to the stability of the whole damn continent.
eiriamach | Nov 15, 2012, 11:52 AM EST
The stupidest of O'Reilly's self-delusions is thinking that 'white males in charge' brought us to some high point of culture and that ethnic minorities and women will bring us down with a "secular" culture that dismantles the best of American traditions. The election made it possible to re-balance political and economic power. Now we can try again to live up to the best of our ideas and values: "created equal," "inalienable rights ... life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness," "governments ... deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed," and, well, you know the words and you know how long we've failed to live up to them. Now we have a more diverse crew charting our course. They have a chance of succeeding where success has eluded people like O'Reilly, Bush, Romney/Ryan, etc. We put our faith in their ideas more than in the leaders themselves, and O'Reilly's demonizing the new leaders just shows us how little faith he has in the Idea of America.
joreilly | Nov 15, 2012, 11:20 AM EST
POOR BILL !!! I THINK HE SHOULD GO BACK TO HIS ROOTS !!IRELAND COULD DO WITH SOME OF HIS MONEY. GO FOR IT BILL O' and give us a break. P.S. BRING MORRIS,MILLER,GOLDBERG AND KRAUTHAMMER WITH YOU.PLEASE.
The Commentator | Nov 15, 2012, 10:40 AM EST
This is another example of comments by a privileged white that longs for days ago when they were slave owners. The world is changing and there are many racist white Republicans who bemoan the changes. It is unacceptable to them that their power is waning and no matter how much money they spend to prevent the changes, it just is not enough. There are more and more non white immigrants and increasing numbers of interracial marriages. Perhaps the best strategy for the non whites is to infiltrate the Republican party and make changes to this rich white male organization and get rid of the bigoted leaders.
mairint | Nov 15, 2012, 05:51 AM EST
O'Reilly is right. And why the sneer at 'white Americans'? Thousands of black and Latino origin Americans feel justly proud of their Americanism. With all the messing with America's basic values foundation all can see the mess it has left America in now. But is that not the plan? To destroy America? With over 56 million babies murdered under the Planned Parenthood/ pro abortion flag how can America be blessed? Now with a President in the White House who backs that strategy --- God help America.
PiperMac52 | Nov 14, 2012, 11:21 PM EST
O'Reilly would be right. It is ironic how those who stand for those traditional values that our parents and grandparents stood for, that this nation was founded on as enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, that our freedom comes from our Creator not government and that as Madison stated "only a moral and religious people can keep the Republic". Sadly our founders, were they alive today would be labeled by the left as bigots, misogynists...as well as all of the usual slander which the left is so famous for directed at anyone who does not share their vision.
EphraimKibbey | Nov 14, 2012, 10:39 PM EST
SORRY, "They're" not "Their"
EphraimKibbey | Nov 14, 2012, 10:37 PM EST
Their Baaaack! Right after the election, I naively thought that I was hearing the sounds of sanity coming from some of the GOP. I must have been hearing things as I just learned that here in Ohio, the misogynists (see IC's lead article today) are voting on a bill to defund Planned Parenthood and making another attempt at the fetal heartbeat bill. I guess we Ohioans will have a long list of issues to repeal next November and lots of folks to vote out of office in November, 2014. It serves us right for not getting out the vote in 2010 but we won't make that mistake again and we won't forget who the Republicans REALLY are. Its time to become 24/7 activists. Bill's idea of Traditional America is one that has not existed for over half a century as sane, intellegent and informed members of BOTH parties agreed to change it for the better long before the current Party of Stupid (Bobby Jindal quote)reared its ugly head.
seanomelb | Nov 14, 2012, 04:58 PM EST
Seanmor loves himself and loathes those less fortunatethan himself
rose528 | Nov 14, 2012, 04:42 PM EST
@ mccsnnon Sorry but you nazi/fascist repulsive party of NO (republicans) are the ones destroying America backing wealthy and corporations that do not want to pay any taxes and lower wages is the party of destruction. The repugs have been wanting to turn this nation into a Hitler rules country since the 30's when the Koch brothers grandfather and US Steel tried to back Hitler and FDR paid them off to leave America alone
Seanmor | Nov 14, 2012, 04:38 PM EST
I know that I'm very lacking in political correctness in the eyes of the fasr left for these reasons: I legally entered the U.S. and honorably served 4 years in the Marine Corps; have been an active Legionnaire for over a quated century; remain wed to my Christian spouse of the same race but the opposite gender; regulary attend church; fly the Stars & Stripes over my garage, and the Nativity banner by my mail box during Christmas; never seek subsidized housing, clothing allowounce, food stamps or free health care; always pay income taxes to the nation and state, property taxes to the local town and county, also school taxes. Would someone please tell me what is so wrong with being a traditional American such as I.
JohnKinMD | Nov 14, 2012, 03:42 PM EST
What does this have to do with Ireland??
bluejay | Nov 14, 2012, 02:05 PM EST
As a new member, I think O'Reilly is full of it.
McNamara31 | Nov 14, 2012, 01:19 PM EST
I'm just back after over two weeks of "No power" and wanted to say Bravo to President Obama and for Bill O’Reilly does anyone really think anything that comes from Fox News is worth listening to? People... if you don't know by now that this group is a bunch of worthless, hateful, prop artists you'll never know... or choose to never know. And I was in Breezy in the days after the storm and Hannity and O'Rielly were no where to be found among the many volunteers helping ...I guess "the boys" didn't want to get their dainty little hands dirty.
rugbyplayer | Nov 14, 2012, 12:51 PM EST
O'Reilly is a well-paid jackass who thinks, like another loud mouth Rush Limbaugh, that every Americans just can't wait to hear his pallid words of wisdom (aka misinformation)about everything. O'Reilly has become the American Pope of daily jibberish!
1661996usmc | Nov 14, 2012, 12:29 PM EST
POOR O'Reilly. He is no longer relevant, as are many of the Conservative Republicans. They don't get the message that the majority of Americans are not their kind of people, but a mixture of what makes the United States a place for "All People" who want an "Inclusive government".
phinsman | Nov 14, 2012, 12:22 PM EST
Prior to the Revolutionary War, why did so many Europeans move to the colonies? The colonies supported freedom of religion and when we won the Revolutionary War, the US Constitution designated the separation of Church and State. Religion should have nothing to do with the laws or constitution within the United States.
PhlutiePhan | Nov 14, 2012, 12:12 PM EST
Duh!!!!!and more Duh!!!!!
TheOldPerfessor | Nov 14, 2012, 12:01 PM EST
Yes, my Republican brethren, you know your history very well. It was "Democrats" in the south in the 1950's who ran apartheid down there. Then, after 1964, they all migrated to the grand old party, as you well know. As for Lincoln, imagine how proud Honest Abe would be of his party - where the standard bearer can't hold the same position for more than a week.
mccannon | Nov 14, 2012, 11:46 AM EST
Bill O'Reilly is right. The Liberasl are destroying this country. They want everything for free and think they are entitled to it for doing absolutely nothing!
johnozed | Nov 14, 2012, 10:42 AM EST
Your party labels non-white and female voters who vote for the other party, you lose that election then you whine about how your traditional values are falling by the wayside. The traditional values that labelled non-white and female voters. Your time is up O'Reilly. Move on, step off.
tom/peggy | Nov 14, 2012, 10:35 AM EST
Yes I remember those days. During that terrible time in America the South was controlled overwhelmingly by the Democrat Party.
Deidra47 | Nov 14, 2012, 10:25 AM EST
What the Professor said is true. I remember when blacks couldn't sit at the lunch counter at a Walgreens. Or separate hospitals for the separate races. Or segregated wards in the hospital. BrianO...you were never in the South. Time to realize....the days of the 40's and 50's are gone. The make up of America has changed.
Murph46 | Nov 14, 2012, 10:19 AM EST
Hey Perfessor-Lincoln who freed the slaves was Republican,Martin Luther King was also!
BrianO | Nov 14, 2012, 10:12 AM EST
Nice bigoted statement old perfesser. I doubt you ever were in the south, nice way to divide and conquer, so what policies are you and your progressive pals proposing, and how will you pay for it, now is the time to lead.
TheOldPerfessor | Nov 14, 2012, 09:48 AM EST
By "Traditional America," I assume he means the America that I grew up in during the 1950's. I could never forget seeing White and Colored rest rooms and drinking fountains. The Republicans have thrown everything they have into being the White Man's Party, and it wasn't enough.