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To: AugustWest who wrote (251)	6/3/2003 10:22:24 AM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 718

Any idea where I can read a transcript of that? I didn't see transcripts available on the CSPAN and BookTV.org web site. Perhaps because I haven't actually registered.

To: AugustWest who wrote (251)	6/3/2003 7:30:18 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 718

August, Re: Author's luncheon with Al Franken and Bill O'Reilly -- I watched the Book TV segment live. It was so stunning that I then watched the repeat later Saturday evening. Al Franken was clearly uncivil to O'Reilly. I cannot recall such a direct, personal attack on someone sitting three feet from the podium from which Franken fired his assault cannon. The only thing that comes close in my mind was a totally tasteless assault on President Clinton by some comedy hack at a Press Club dinner in 1998. So Al Franken was uncivil. And my respect for the man went up to entirely new heights. Why? Because for entirely too long blustering verbal bullies like Bill O'Reilly have been able to maliciously damage our civil society with their efforts at distortion and disinformation. I realize that you say you basically like O'Reilly's stands on the issues. That's understandable. He cherry picks his topics. I would submit to you that you are being spoon fed red herrings, a pastiche of contrived and trivial made-for-TV 'controversies', by O'Reilly. While there are real issues on the table, such as the lie-fest that Bush/Blair engaged in on the false pretenses for the Iraqi conquest, the destruction of the social fabric of America by means of starving the Federal government for funds, the phony fear that Bush uses to enslave a cowering public, the 9/11 cover-up that the Bushies are engaged in, the false premises that the Neocon-men now hope to use to start their next war with Iran, and the scandalous corruption of our politics with corporate bribery rampant, what does Bill O'Reilly rail against? Trial lawyers, the French, rap lyrics and pinhead liberals. Basically, O'Reilly plays to the rage of the frustrated white male who is completely unsure of his status in a changing world demography. I can relate, but I can't agree that burying our head in sand regarding the worst President we've ever been forced to endure is healthy for us individually, or as a nation. All the best, Ray