Irish Civil War? O'Reilly has Turned on O'Bama
By: Ed Farnan | Published Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 2:52 PM | Updated Friday, September 9, 2011, 10:32 PM
In a blistering attack on the massive failure that the Obama administration has inflicted on our economy, Bill O'Reilly has taken the gloves off. He is pounding away on Obama in his own inimitable Irish pugilistic style.
O'Reilly has been trying for some time, to be"America's Newsman" by positioning himself in the middle. He has strived to be the fair and balanced commentator, a kind of elder statesman of the news industry.
In this role, O'Reilly has always given Obama the benefit of the doubt and cut him, in many observers opinion, far too much slack, as Obama pushed our right of center country, farther and farther left.
This internecine war started festering as Bill increasingly questioned the wisdom of many of the Obama administrations policies. Policies which are leaving the economy reeling and drowning us in massive debt.
O'Reilly has questioned Obamas far left appointments to head massive government departments. The EPA and the Justice Department under the direction of Obama appointees are attacking the states and private sector with new rules/ regulations and justice department probes/ lawsuits. His appointments to the NLRB have gone on the attack against American business at a time when policies should be geared to nurture business.
But with the new tranche of massive debt heaped on America, things have gotten out of hand in an alarming way and it seems Bill cannot bite his tongue any longer. He is using his pulpit to signal Obama and the American public that the shillelagh is out of the closet and he is going to use it to beat away at policies that he feels are harming our country.
While the economy is in tatters, the FAA is not funded and many are out of work. President Obama is attending his own star studded birthday party. For 45,000 you are welcome to attend the party and have your very own picture taken with the president.
President Obama went to Ireland recently, he said it was to find his Irish roots. Some said it was in search of his apostrophe, others said it was only posturing and a way to pander to the Irish voters in America. Either way, O'Bama should listen to his Cousin O'Reilly and take stock of where he is leading us.
For other points of view visit Carroll Standard: http://www.carrollstandard.com/
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.harp579 | Mar 02, 2013, 10:46 AM EST
"He is pounding away on Obama in his own inimitable Irish pugilistic style." - Ed Farnan.................................................................................................................................. Would you refer to him as 'English' if he were of English extraction? You are marginalizing *Americans* who happen to have Irish ancestry. You are perpetuating our unofficial second-class citizenship.
whyworrynow | Jan 31, 2013, 01:40 PM EST
For the life of me; who talks about POTUS being the messiah except for the right? I don't know why this has to turn into a Battle. There is surely a great deal of Irish background Americans who look similar to POTUS. No, he doesn't look like Sadaam Hussain. Back to reality, we could make a fortune and save a fortune on green jobs manufacturing and installation no matter what God you serve.
seanomelbourne | Aug 12, 2011, 07:27 PM EDT
Thousands of "green"jobs in manufacturing and installation of panels and remember all the income/corporate/good and services taxes(gst)collected by the feds and state. The flow on of jobs into other sectors a good investment,would you agree.
Monsoonman | Aug 10, 2011, 08:40 PM EDT
Lad...U still got 7 K subsidy from your fellow ozzians to build it. How would it pencil out if you got nothing and had to fianance it yourself? Would you still be so enthusiastic about it? BTW i see a resemblance bet. Anwar and Barack Hussein, shrink Barack and put a mustache on him....
seanomelbourne | Aug 10, 2011, 07:21 PM EDT
Mman I sold wattage back into the grid.The government will give $7000 to help in the installation of panels.Sadat had a mustache,wore spectacles and was shorter than POTUS.Maybe your having an Oscar Wilde moment(DORIAN GRAY)
Monsoonman | Aug 10, 2011, 11:01 AM EDT
Well Lad, you have to admit President obama does bear a resemblance to Anwar Sadat, he would like to govern like Anwar too if he could. glad you are getting energy self sufficient, of course the old fashioned liberal way, at taxpayer expense. It would be good to see this tech stand on its own 2 feet w/o the massive subsidies. With all of the global cooling and the increase in the polar bear population, your hero al goracleis having a very public emotional breakdown. He is being scorned around the world
seanomelbourne | Aug 09, 2011, 08:30 PM EDT
Rise above it Mman or you may "walk like an Egyptian". (not so)Sublety call POTUS an Egyptian is probably racist and not bigoted the difference is to subtle for me.Hope your coping well with the hot (climate change)weather.Btw installed solar panels and cut power bill in half and recieved $500 for electricity returned to system.Might buy new clubs with the solar windfall,also installed water tanks and plumbed to toilets reduced water from mains by 30%.God bless Al
Monsoonman | Aug 08, 2011, 08:22 PM EDT
Lad! I am crestfallen that you throw the racist bomb here on this hallowed ground.
seanomelbourne | Aug 08, 2011, 07:14 PM EDT
susanne the racist bigot
SusanneK | Aug 08, 2011, 01:51 AM EDT
Bill O'Reilly has been more than fair to Barak Obama. Almost too fair, if you ask alot of Americans. As for Barak O'bama being Irish - blarney, that's all. He looks Egyptian!!
jnewnam | Aug 07, 2011, 08:27 PM EDT
The FAA is not funded because the Democratic led senate has sat on the bill that was passed by the House of Representatives. Now call me a cynic but do you think the Democrats did this on purpose so they could complain that ' the Republican led house went home and must come back to DC to take care of the unfunded FAA'? Make it look like the Republicans were not doing their job? Of course, most of the American public has no idea how a piece of legislation becomes law. Come to think of it, most of the American public cannot define the word legislation.
Winghunter | Aug 07, 2011, 01:44 PM EDT
You must have hit a Useful Idiot nerve, Ed. Lets see if this can bring their sniveling up an octave: "At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child - miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill disciplined, despotic, and useless. Liberalism is the philosophy of sniveling brats." - P.J. O'Rourke OR maybe this; The Liberal Mind: Psychological Causes of Political Madness by Dr. Lyle Rossiter http://bit.ly/a4RTOS
Monsoonman | Aug 06, 2011, 09:10 PM EDT
There you go again Clonmel, exposing the elephant in the living room...those inconvenient facts the left likes to overlook about their messiah
clonmel21 | Aug 06, 2011, 08:40 PM EDT
Interesting how you both; seanomelbourne & McNamara31 slip right by the "shovel ready" jobs that have cost trillions in "bail out" money. I wonder who will bail out the little guys. And I will not reconsider my stupid comment because it is obama's economy now. Tell me this, when does any responsibility fall on his administration?? When?
seanomelbourne | Aug 06, 2011, 07:47 PM EDT
Lovely town Clonmel some of her citzens leave a lot to be desired how sad.Bushes $5 trillion dollar splurge is a fact dumbo.
McNamara31 | Aug 06, 2011, 07:04 PM EDT
clonmel21…. 2 wars Totally on American credit cards, Tax cuts that Increased the deficit by an additional 1/3, for those who have profited most from the demise of the middle class. George W. Bush left office with the worst employment-growth record of any president since World War II. And finally, that wasn’t “jobs” trickling down on us from his tax cuts to the so called “job creators” and how’d you like that the financial collapse allowed by Bush administration deregulation? I would reconsider your “Stupid” comment because you are certainly a little “light” on facts! No one could turn this Bush created Titanic of an economic collapse around in one term; especially when the GOP places Icebergs every step of the way. Get real!
clonmel21 | Aug 06, 2011, 04:22 PM EDT
TO jamthecat; WHEN WILL YOU STOP BLAMING BUSH FOR BARAMA'S FAILURES. ITS THE OBAMA ECONOMY STUPID!
dublinduke | Aug 05, 2011, 05:58 PM EDT
Hmmmm, joanxix, engaging in hopey dopey math are you? Last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 435,000 first time claims for unemployment yet Nobama wants to take credit for 50,000 jobs created. The way credible economists and the BLS see it that's a loss of 385,000 jobs. Are you seriously arguing this is job creation? Really? Read more: http://www.atr.org/point-million-jobs-lost-under-obama-a3342#ixzz1UC4PiYMV
citizen69 | Aug 05, 2011, 07:46 AM EDT
Irish civil war? Seriously, can we please stop calling Obama Irish simply because he has one distant irish relative. Neither of these guys are Irish.
maireadinmelb | Aug 05, 2011, 07:05 AM EDT
you cannot blame obama who committed the american public to pay MILLIONS of dollars per day to fight another countries war??? cut military spending and america will have lots of spare cash!
jamthecat | Aug 04, 2011, 09:42 PM EDT
I'm no fan of Obama, me being a progressive while he's proven to be nothing more than a Republican in Democrat's clothing, but Ed Farnan's living on some other planet if he truly believes this tripe he's handing out. The economy collapsed thanks to the policies of Bush and his administration, not Obama. The current president could have done a hundred times more than he has to correct things, but instead he bought into the GOP's lies and misrepresentations and so we're crashing down...and now comes the right blaming the left for everything that's ever gone wrong in the world, yet again. Man up, Ed, and take responsibility for what your boys have wrought, with the help of media whores like Bill O'Reilly (who has proven to anything BUT fair and balanced in any way, form or fashion).
deedubdeedub | Aug 04, 2011, 09:23 PM EDT
Stop blaming specific presidents for the economic garbage we are experiencing. Actually the banking house loan thingy of 2008 really screwed up the economy we have never fully recovered from that. The government needs to cut out some of its spending waste, stop giving welfare to people and other nations that do not deserve it.
joanxis | Aug 04, 2011, 09:16 PM EDT
dublinduke, where in the name of God do you get your facts? There were thousands of jobs created by the stimulus package. Just look at the auto industry. He saved jobs there, the companies paid back what they borrowed and American companies were saved.
Irishlassred | Aug 04, 2011, 08:42 PM EDT
Stop calling people who voted for Obama idiots! Only an idiot would call another person that. And O'Reilly, he makes being Irish an embarrassment
peterson | Aug 04, 2011, 08:11 PM EDT
For once I agree with Bill!! I am surprised that there are still a few IDIOTS that are still supporting obuma !!
bigfella | Aug 04, 2011, 07:12 PM EDT
What is this guy smoking? Bill O'Reilly fair and balanced. are you kidding me? Bill O'Reilly is an obnoxious, egomaniac who thinks the world dwells on his rants. As far a being Irish, he is stricltly lace-curtains! Fair to Obama in is comments, that is the most ridiculous thing I ever heard and he is definitely, he dislikes anyone who disagrees with his rhetoric and lies.
milfordmama | Aug 04, 2011, 07:01 PM EDT
I'm with Bill, Obama is ruining the country, he and his cronies will succeed I fear unless he is voted out, please God!!!!!
seanomelbourne | Aug 04, 2011, 06:45 PM EDT
The discredited Fox network has relentlessly hammered away at the president from the day he took office.Fox is a vile smear and fear channel who chuckle at Americas woes because it weakens Obama regardless of who's at fault.They would rather the U.S. fail than give any Kudos to Obama. The likes of O,Reilly, Hannity,Farnan and others are a disgrace and unpatriotic like their ignorant teaparty friends.
crowsnest | Aug 04, 2011, 06:45 PM EDT
Let me repeat that: TRILLION DOLLAR WARS
crowsnest | Aug 04, 2011, 06:42 PM EDT
Where was this obnoxious O'Reily when the Republicans got the US involved in trillion dollar wars? What a twit.
Cahill | Aug 04, 2011, 04:36 PM EDT
I don't know why people are upset with Pres. Oboma. He has done what he told us he wanted to do, before he was elected. And he still has more to do.
dublinduke | Aug 04, 2011, 04:11 PM EDT
Don't know why the rose colored glasses when it comes to Obama. I must agree with the "O'Reilly is spot on" comment. After borrowing nearly a trillion dollars for his budget, your man confessed that his “shovel-ready” projects had proved not so shovel-ready at all. Virtually all of the borrowed money went to his pals to subsidize unions and nearly insolvent union pension funds, entitlements, and bloated state budgets. Not one private sector job was created, not one! Unemployment is still at 9.2 percent, with nearly 50 million people on government-subsidized food stamps and over 50% of the tax earning public paying no taxes whatsoever and he still schemes on how to redistribute even more of America's national wealth. The guy is in over his head and the best he can do is to blame someone else for his failures. O'Reilly hung in way beyond what was tolerable. Not even Obama's friends are buying the "don't call my bluff" puffery any more. The guy is becoming a caricature of himself. Note to Obama: borrowing $4 billion a day is not a plan, really, it isn't! OH, and a note to
SCVMal | Aug 04, 2011, 02:47 PM EDT
The financial crisis that you are trying to blame on Mr. Obama, was created by his predecessor, the same idiot who led us into the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan! Get your facts straight!
OleSarge | Aug 04, 2011, 01:59 PM EDT
Obama has a very thin and weak link to Ireland. To claim him Irish, does insult to all people of Irish blood.
francisquinn | Aug 04, 2011, 01:56 PM EDT
OBama Irish....he is about as Irish and trustworthy as Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson...two very honora ble men ???
kevinhayes | Aug 04, 2011, 01:25 PM EDT
The Irish in Ireland see the truth better than many of the Irish-Americans on this site. Barry Obama, very highly regarded. Billo, not so much.
PhlutiePhan | Aug 04, 2011, 12:26 PM EDT
From the very beginning, Jeremiah Wright has "colored" his presidency. Do some research on his primary victory for the US Senate over Dan Ryan and the media "takedown" of Ryan by his ex-wife Jeri. It appears that he is indeed the "media's darling". There is no problem with being against the Republicans. However, this guy has an agenda which is less and less "hidden".
Padraig8 | Aug 04, 2011, 12:16 PM EDT
Ed Farnan you are as fullof it as Oreilly,turned means changed Oreilly was allways against anything that any Democrat did,including OBama. Why drink that RepublicanKoolAid when you know its FALSE Propaganda,as far as Obama being Irish he never claimed that the people in Ireland did, and told him about the research. its All About MONEy in Moneygall, if you want to blame someone for the Problems of these times blame the Congress who held the people Hostage so they can CROW about Winning. We will beat those so called T Partiers in 2012.
cillowen | Aug 04, 2011, 11:40 AM EDT
not surprizing his oligarchical boss Murdock in consultation with fellow oligarchs must have decided on the next tweedle dee we (lol) need.
BaltoIrishGirl | Aug 04, 2011, 11:38 AM EDT
My son gave his life to preserve the freedom of speech some people no longer deserve! I am an Independent voter who is totally put out by both the parties, BUT when a person such as Billo and Faux News go on a full blown character assassination, their right to free speech should be taken from them, off the airwaves, out of newsprint! PERIOD!
EdinCali | Aug 04, 2011, 11:31 AM EDT
LOL Sweetgirl...There was a bit o' tongue in cheek in the tale. I suppose internecine was a wee over the top.
colkelley | Aug 04, 2011, 11:13 AM EDT
My cat is more Irish than Obama.
colkelley | Aug 04, 2011, 11:13 AM EDT
lad1912 - that's right! We need to stop this freedom of expression and crush any opposition to the Savior and Messiah Obama!
AngelPrecious | Aug 04, 2011, 10:57 AM EDT
LOL, and I suppose you watch Rachel Maddow. I will watch O'Reilly before anyone on MSNBC! Obama claiming to be Irish is a bunch of malarkey, My great, great grandmother was born in Ireland and believe me, I am an American, not Irish, even a little bit. At one time, I would have been proud of the little bit of Irish blood flowing through my veins. Not now!
ochshane | Aug 04, 2011, 10:44 AM EDT
O'Reilly lost a lot of his credibility on the Birther issue.His comments were scrubbed from The Fox News site but they remain on You Tube for all to see.
trconnors | Aug 04, 2011, 10:21 AM EDT
TURNS on oboma. are you on drugs or just blindly STUPID. YOU and this article are an insult to anyone with even a minimum amount of intelligence which is obviously double that of yours.. keep drinking the tea
lad1912 | Aug 04, 2011, 10:06 AM EDT
O'Reilly has STARTED to turn on Pres Obama - he never STOPPED. I am hoping Fox gets booted off the air - bunch of windbags.
sweetgirl | Aug 04, 2011, 09:44 AM EDT
Internecine? Really ED,Please do not tell me you buy Obama's blarney,and Ireland's joke of a govt's claim,that Obama is IRISH. To quote John McEnroe, "YOU CAN'T SERIOUS! Funny that Obama (or Bill Ayers, more likely) never mentioned his Irish roots in "Dreams from my Father". Also, despite living in Chicago since 1985, he never once ventured across Cicero Ave (SR 50) out to Gaelic Park to watch REAL Irish people play REAL Irish games. This, even after Gaelic Park was featured in a 1987 SI(Sports Illustrated)article on Gaelic sports. As the poet laurete of the Young Ireland uprising and co-founder of The Nation newspaper, Thomas Osborne Davis constructed the concept of an Irish identity. This concept was best expressed in his quote: "While the Saxon and the Dane may be current objects of great unpopularity, their children can be Irish if they just want themselves to be". I don't think Barack really wants to be Irish, he too busy trying to be black, which he is solely by sperm donation, but certainly not by parental upbringing, he is in fact pretty WASPy. BTW, when he proclaimed at College Green to be "of the Moneygall Obamas", he certainly insulted the Kearney family, his Irish roots if you will.
McNamara31 | Aug 03, 2011, 11:09 PM EDT
O’Reilly or Hannity are the last people who I would ever turn to for information to form an opinion. Their minds are not their own, nor are their opinions. They are merely stooges for all that Fox stands for. Deceive and deliver 24/7, 365 days a year.