It what I can only call another example of the Right starting to eat themselves, "Independent" Bill O'Reilly slammed
Republican Congressman Curt Weldon (PA) on his Monday show. This after the Congressman "stiffed" Bill by failing to show up on the "O'Reilly Factor".
This lead to Mr. Weldon entering into the Congressional Record his displeasure with Mr. O'Reilly.
Media Bistro reported the issue on their blog.
Bill stated -
"Congressman Curt Weldon, Republican from Pennsylvania, is supposed to be here. Right now. In front of you. He didn't show up. Didn't call. Didn't do anything. He's the second guest in almost nine years not to show up. We only had two. The first one was Danny Glover. The crazy actor, he's crazy, and we expected that. But Weldon, this is grossly irresponsible. He's banned from 'The Factor' forever..."
Congressman Weldon responsed in the Congressional Record -
"Mr. Speaker, in this job, all of us are used to misinformation, lies and distortions and manipulation by the media. We refer to that as spin; but, Mr. Speaker, I never expected such spin to come from the no-spin zone of Bill O'Reilly.
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Mr. O'Reilly proceeded to tell his national audience last night that I 'snubbed' him; that I failed to call him; that I was inconsiderate; that I was rude. Talk about spin, Mr. Speaker. So today, I sent a memo to Mr. O'Reilly explaining the facts, and I would remind Mr. O'Reilly that the Secretary of Energy and an important meeting on nuclear issues in the former Soviet States takes my top priority.
[Snip]
Mr. Speaker, because I had some contacts from constituents and Members, I would put the summary of my statement to Mr. O'Reilly and the notes of my staff about their contact with Mr. O'Reilly's show into the Congressional Record."
Bill retorted then-
Amazing. What a colossal waste of the people's time! Now look congressman, man to man, me and you, okay? We have an e-mail that proves your staff didn't tell you the truth, and your own publisher apologized to us! Don't embarrass yourself even further, sir.
Right now I give the Congressman 2-to-1 odds that he would beat the snot out of Bill in a "fair and balanced" fight, but I don't see that happening.