Looks like the "conservative" darling mouth piece put his foot in it last night and came out in favour of disarming Americans. Way to go, Mr. O'Really.
via Gun Rights Examiner
More at the source.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Po8LLjIlDw]YouTube - Bill O'Reilly Interviews Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes - 02/18/10[/ame]
via Gun Rights Examiner
I announced yesterday that Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes had been invited on The O'Reilly Factor to present his side of things following the Southern Poverty Law Center's Mark Potok's attack on the previous night. Regular readers here know Potok is continuing to sing an old tune, repeatedly trying to affiliate those who honor their oaths to uphold the Constitution with violent haters.
O'Reilly embraced that meme, beginning his segment with a "Tracking Hate Groups" graphic, and presenting Potok's most outlandish characterization of the group for the back story.
Asking Rhodes why it is legitimate for Oath Keepers to even discuss government disarming Americans, Rhodes properly cited exactly that happening in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. When O'Reilly brought up a state of emergency, Rhodes shot back by challenging him to show "where...it sayin the Constitution that bad weather suspends the Constitution."
"It's not a matter of bad weather," O'Reilly replied. "It's a matter of can't control the city."
O'Reilly doesn't get it if he thinks citing the Constitution as a reason not to generally disarm Americans, regardless of reason or pretext, is "a pretty extreme position."
"Being necessary to the security of a free state," particularly in time of need, is "extreme," Bill?
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Po8LLjIlDw]YouTube - Bill O'Reilly Interviews Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes - 02/18/10[/ame]