Bill O'reilly says terrorist can wipe San Francisco off the face of the earth.

Bill O'Reilly takes aim at San Francisco

Fox host reportedly said it was OK for terrorists to target the city

Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly isn't making any friends in the Bay Area.
Jim Cooper / AP file

Updated: 1:03 p.m. ET Nov. 11, 2005
Does Bill O'Reilly have it in for the city by the bay?

San Franciscans have been in an uproar this week over apparent comments by the host of Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor" that it was A-OK for terrorists to wipe the city off the map.

At issue are comments from O'Reilly's Election Day broadcast on his syndicated Westwood One radio show about a San Francisco ballot measure opposing the presence of military recruiters in city schools.

"Listen, citizens of San Francisco, if you vote against military recruiting, you're not going to get another nickel in federal funds. Fine. You want to be your own country? Go right ahead," O'Reilly said, according to a transcript and audio posted by liberal media watchdog group Media Matters for America, and by the San Francisco Chronicle.

"And if al-Qaida comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it. We're going to say, look, every other place in America is off limits to you, except San Francisco. You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead," O'Reilly continued, referring to the 1933 San Francisco landmark that sits atop Telegraph Hill.

Adding to the buzz was the archived version of O'Reilly's Tuesday show, which omitted the incendiary comments, according to Bay Area TV station KNTV.

City officials were not amused. "It sounds like he's on the same medication Rush Limbaugh is addicted to, and he should go see a therapist,'' Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, whose district includes the tower, told the Chronicle.

Neither O'Reilly nor Fox News have yet commented on the dust-up.

'The big digit to the military'?
As for the ballot measure, which urged local high schools and colleges to bar military recruiters from their campuses, it passed with 60 percent of San Franciscans in favor of it.

The radio show was not the only time O'Reilly commented on the ballot proposition. On his Monday night "O'Reilly Factor," he tangled with Angela Alioto, the former president of the city's Board of Supervisors.

"Why should the rest of the country protect your butt, with all due respect, OK, when it comes to the war on terror, if San Francisco is going to thumb your nose and give the big digit to the military? Why should ... why should we protect you from al-Qaida and terrorists if you're going to disrespect the military, by passing this ... even though it's symbolic ... this resolution?" he asked Alioto.

Alioto briefly tripped up O'Reilly during her appearance, pointing out that he had conflated the military-recruitment measure with another measure to ban handguns. That measure also passed, 58 percent to 42 percent.

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That's not the only nonsens coming from Fox. That guy is totally ripe for the nut house for saying It's allright to let terrorists bomb San Fransisco.

 

this is being taken out of context, I'm not a big fan of Bill, but you should listen to the show and it'll make more sense.

 

He says so much that doesn't make sense. I always hear people say they are taking him out of context. A better bet for phone sex addict Bill would be not to say such stupid comments.

If you phrase and speak intelligent, your intensions will come across more clear. He speaks half truths, interrupts guests and speaks like he hasn't taken the bondage ball out of his mouth.


BTW: You MUST buy factor gear for Christmas else you hate baby Jesus!

 

I agree, BO is out in right field, but the subject of SanFran going to such extremes is quite absurd. I understand BO's sentiment. It's just misdirected and poorly presented. I do think, based on what I've seen and read in the media, that California in general and SanFran specifically, are completely out of step with the rest of the country. Right or wrong, it's just the way it is.

Edit, I watched TOF a few times and after watching him completely contradict himself on several occasions, I realized he's just a hypocrite who craves public attention, good or bad.

 

So you are saying that this is unlikely to happen? why?

 

Damn, really? Well, I don't want anyone thinking I hate baby jesus, I just don't care for the baby seals and puppies.

 

Well, better pick up the factor mug for mom, and factor for kids for you nephews then. You where good this year too, why not pick up some factor slacks for yourself there buddy.

I heard some of a audio book that BO has, it was funny and scarry. He was describing a scene where 2 girls smoked crack on a dirty matress as another, got "UP" with another type of pipe from the crack dealer. I guess phone sex is a gateway drug to pedo audio books

Seriously though, past whatever stance the guy has, he never lets the guest talk. Reminds me a that Austin Powers movie when DR. Evil says "SHHHH" everything anyome wants to talk.