You do know that arguing with Bill O'Reilly is a "normal cat racing a kid from the Special Olympics right? Here is an excerpt from the O'Reilly Factor on Faux News...
O'REILLY: Answer me this. I heard a lot of people yesterday — and I think you were one of them, but correct me if I'm wrong — saying that Michael Jackson was some kind of African-American icon.
SHARPTON: Yeah, he was.
O'REILLY: Well, then why did he have white children?
SHARPTON: What does that have to do?
O'REILLY: What does that have to do? He chose to have in vitro by a white woman and a white man. What does that have to do?
SHARPTON: So in order for him to be an African-American icon…
O'REILLY: An icon? An icon?
SHARPTON: Wait a minute.
O'REILLY: Why would he have that choice? Why?
SHARPTON: Because he — I'm trying to answer you. Would you like an answer from an African-American?
O'REILLY: I would. Yes.
SHARPTON: Because he broke all records. He changed music. He brought people together.
O'REILLY: No, the kids, the kids.
SHARPTON: Well, we didn't say he was an African-American — father of African-American children. We said he was an African-American icon.
O'REILLY: An icon? But why would he have white kids then?
SHARPTON: What he did in his personal life and his personal — has nothing to do with his iconic status.
O'REILLY: It doesn't?
SHARPTON: If I said that Bill O'Reilly has a hot television show, does that mean I have the right to go to your house and say but how come his kids chew bubblegum?
O'REILLY: But no, it's not a contest.
SHARPTON: You were the other…
O'REILLY: If you were — look, let me ask you this and I will give you the last word.
SHARPTON: OK.
O'REILLY: If you were just to say that Michael Jackson was an extraordinary entertainer that broke down entertainment barriers, I would agree with you 100 percent. But you went farther than that.
SHARPTON: And I…
O'REILLY: You put him up as some kind of civil rights hero, and it doesn't wash.
SHARPTON: And I made — it washes with the millions upon millions of people…
O'REILLY: Doesn't wash with the facts.
SHARPTON: You said you was going to give me the last word.
O'REILLY: I did.
SHARPTON: The fact is he sold more records than anyone in history. The fact is he broke every record. And you and Mr. King with these imaginary millions that are against him can't document it. I can document the millions that was with Mr. Jackson. I can only see you and Mr. King in some undocumented people that are upset that he holds…
O'REILLY: I'm not upset about anything.
Are you serious? This has got to be one of the most dumbest things I have ever heard in my life. How come he aint get no repercussions from this? Clearly Al got him off his back with that dumb ass lengthy exchange, but where are our outraged "leaders"? Why nobody spoke up about it? Where is Jesse Jackson, Tavis Smiley, Oprah Winfrey, or Michael Eric Dyson? Where are these loud mouths, who always got something to say when a cracker ass cracker gets outta line and fly in the mouth? Was it Al's turn to take it like a man and keep it moving? We are talkin about the GREATEST ENTERTAINER OF ALL TIMES, not just modern history, ALL TIME! Where is KRS-One, Diddy or even O'Reilly's nemesis Ludacris? The voices of our generation sat back and let this foolishness go on without saying one word, to back Rev. Sharpton up.
As much as Im not a Sharpton supporter and really thinks he's the ultimate oppertunist, this was one battle that he didnt have to fight alone. You needed a corner man...you needed someone to tag in and run some interference while you got yourself together. What about the producers of the show? When they saw that his line of questioning started to get outta hand, why didnt someone go to commercial or get in his (O'Reilly's) ear and tell him to chill out. Although I dont see eye to eye with alot of the things you say, you get a big thumbs up from me for holding your ground and holdin Mike down.
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