Bill O’Reilly’s coming in for his share of attacks now that the Justice Department has arrested Islamic Jihad fundraiser Sami Al-Arian for aiding and abetting the murder of 100 Israelis. Here’s one example:
Skewered by ‘Dean of Mean’ Bill O’Reilly — a Survivor’s Tale
Earlier this month, Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly found himself on the other side of the firing line for having used the term “wetback” in a discussion about illegal immigrants on his nightly program, “The O’Reilly Factor.”
The Al-Arian indictment is 120 pages long, is supported by 40 wiretapped phone conversations as well as other physical evidence, and looks hard to beat. The man hasn’t been convicted, but it’s not looking good for him. Most of the news accounts of the Al-Arian story neglect to mention the fact that the hot-headed O’Reilly actually broke the story over a year ago that Al-Arian had extensive ties to Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
I am astounded to learn that “wetback” is now considered a racist term when applied strictly to illegal aliens.
My goodness. What is the world coming to? It simply refers to the fact that their clothes are wet from crossing the Rio Grande. What the hell is wrong with that?
I can see if you applied it to every hispanics, but strictly to illegals?
But you aren’t supposed to acknowledge wetbacks are illegals – you’re supposed to call them “undocumented”, as if they’d simply mislaid their green cards.
Heh.
I greatly enjoyed this quote by Al-Arian on O’Reilly:
“This is terrorism perpetuated by journalists against innocent civilians and public institutions.”
Quite ironic.
O’Lielly sucks. ‘Nuff said. As does his boring TV show.