Essential Estrogen

Although I missed the show (and, in the interest of full disclosure, I'd rather pull out my toe nails than watch Bill O'Reilly), I still have to send my major thanks to Sen. Chris Dodd for his attempt to hold the Fox Channel talk show host accountable for partial truths, homophobia and fearmongering.

At roughly 1:10, O'Reilly says that a photoshopped image of Sen. Joe Lieberman kneeling before Pres. George W. Bush while Karl Rove cozies up to the President's behind is "the worst stuff on the internet -- there isn't anything worse than this." Who is he kidding? Quite frankly, if we are going to stay in the category of juvenile sexual stupidity, I personally found the text of the sexual harassment suit filed against O'Reilly to be much more over-the-top than anything I've seen on DU, Kos or (Lord, help me...) even Free Republic.

Fast forward to roughly 2:30 in the vid... this is where Sen. Dodd calls out the pandering pundit on his own vile statements in relation to allowing Americans to die in the aftermath of another terrorist attack. O'Reilly flatly denies the point and tells Sen. Dodd that he has no idea what he's talking about. Are you sure of that, Bill? Let's revisit your exact phrase:

"And if Al Qaeda 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."

When it comes to vile... well, that ranks right up there in the top 10.

Now that I've offered my thanks, Sen. Dodd, I've got a piece of advice. It was originally given to me by my mother. She said, "Never enter a wrestling match with a pig. You'll both get dirty and the pig likes it."