Jay Bookman

By "The Corporal"

September 6, 2008 12:48 PM | Link to this

Jay:

This is very easily corrected (I don’t know who is right and I don’t care) but I am sure O’Reilly has already made the invite or will soon do so. All Cynthia has to do is go on the program and explain her viewpoint.

However, most reporters/opinion writers don’t like the tables turned and being on that side of the camera and the scrutiny that it entails ………… :o)

By David C

September 6, 2008 12:56 PM | Link to this

How despicable is the leftist elite media in this country. They are proving how scared they are of a conservative country loving woman who could keep their messiah from his throne.

By southside

September 6, 2008 12:57 PM | Link to this

cynthia said what she said..she doesn’t owe Bill O an explanation. He owes the explanation for being a hypocrite. He owes that to his own audience. As a democrat, I listen to him to see what the left wing is spewing up these days

By Just an observation

September 6, 2008 12:58 PM | Link to this

What I wanna know is why Bill O’Reilly has a tendency to infringe upon others’ freedom of speech by sending a “goon squad” to harass them in their private lives because they call his punk @$$ out????

They’re gonna’ run up on the wrong person eventually and get beat the f&&k down? Or even worse… shot!

Maybe Bill or his people will scour the AJC blogs and come across this post and take heed.

By brian

September 6, 2008 1:00 PM | Link to this

Tucker has been invited on the program many times publicly to explain her position but she ducks the O’Reilly factor. To say that Bill knows his limits with Cynthia is ridiculous. Get Tucker on the Factor and then we can see who has their limits.

Cynthia Tucker has no business being an editor. She displays the sloppy, left wing journalism to promote the liberal agenda that is a big problem with major newspapers these days. The AJC has no reason to be proud of this editor.

Go on the O’Reilly factor. If she is above Bill’s limits as suggested above - great. Just get on the show and let her explain her many columns that infuriate middle America (you know, us frustrated people that cling to religion and guns)

By Bosch

September 6, 2008 1:00 PM | Link to this

Wow Jay,

You better watch out if you go to the mailbox today.

I guess Jon Stewart should as well. He pointed out Bill’s hypocrisy on his show too.

Corporal,

Maybe opinion reporters don’t like being harassed at their homes by idiots. Was Tucker INVITED to appear on Bill’s show?

By DizzyJay

September 6, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this

As usual when someone questions an AJC “God or Goddess” on their opinion the whole world is against them. Jay has the right to attack anyone who disagrees with him, but let anyone else question him or his friends then here comes the crying towel. The tv media sends out crews to do legwork. Jay can’t leave the office cause his pants will fall down. Anger management, Jay, anger management.

By Bemused Humanist

September 6, 2008 1:03 PM | Link to this

Anyone ambushed by Bill O’Reilly’s toadies should repeatedly ask a simple question: “Why does Bill O’Reilly sexually harass FOX News employees?” The No Spin Zone needs answers!

By Patrick

September 6, 2008 1:06 PM | Link to this

If Bill O’Reilly ever set foot on my lawn I’d make no hesitation in exercising my 2nd amendment rights on that @55hole’s kneecaps.

By Stephanie

September 6, 2008 1:06 PM | Link to this

Hats off to Cynthia for sticking to her story. Bill O likes to think he can intimidate people. She proved him wrong

By LEONARD DOZIER

September 6, 2008 1:06 PM | Link to this

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By "The Corporal"

September 6, 2008 1:07 PM | Link to this

To Bosch

All Cynthia got is what left wing so called investigative networks and reporters do all the time. It’s not fun when the camera is in your face is it?

I don’t know if Bill invited her or not but I bet he will. If not, why doesn’t she call them and ask to come on national television to explain her viewpoint? Wouldn’t that be any reporters dream? National exposure? Hummmmmmm …….?

By Paul

September 6, 2008 1:08 PM | Link to this

Cynthia, You Go Girl! Now that is what I call “field-dressing a moose” !!!

By jmoss

September 6, 2008 1:08 PM | Link to this

As a conservative, I’ve been amazed at the hypocrisy that has come from my party. Bill O’reilly is a hypocite by his own words. So is Karl Rove, Sean Hannity, and notably John McCain. I’ve never been so disppointed in my Party. Then, Factcheck.org states that our campaign has been that with an intentional pattern of deceit. Even if you hate the democratic party, when do we stand up and make our own party live up to the high standards that we claim? Having a child out of wedlock and pictures of teens drinking alchol are not images that I support. But, somehow my party and religious leaders do just to win this election. I’m a Republican with morals and integrity. Where is my Republican party at right now?

By eenawas

September 6, 2008 1:09 PM | Link to this

Jay Jay Jay…Stop trying to defend Cynthia. She’s a big girl, and she know good and well what she was inferring. Seems like you two are of the same mold…..Leftist bigots.

By Rich

September 6, 2008 1:10 PM | Link to this

Bill O’Reilly is a board certified “idiot” and right wing attack dog. Who cares what he has to say anyway? Just another blow hard. Go crawl back into the hole that you came out of.

By gary

September 6, 2008 1:10 PM | Link to this

Good for Bill. The AJC just cut back on staff due to the decline of the number of readers. The AJC is not interested in the people of Atlanta. We are a conservative state and city. All you print is liberal crap. Tucker is a far left winger. Cox keep it up and you will end up all laid off! Wie up if you want people to read your paper make it fair and balanced. Lay off Tucker and watch your readers increase.

By DHD

September 6, 2008 1:11 PM | Link to this

You have in your headlines that O’Reilly ambushed Tucker with a picture of O’Reilly.

Uhh….he wasn’t there. How about some TRUTH to your headlines? Of course…why would I expect that?

By scottnjaxbeach

September 6, 2008 1:12 PM | Link to this

All I can say is “Thank God For Bill O’Reilly”! and the way he exposes Tucker for the hypocrite that she is. She hides behind her veil of so-called objective journalism and consistently writes from a liberal-secular progressive point of view. Actually I don’t have a problem with this and neither does Bill as long as they admit this is their agenda. Which, Jay you and Cynthia refuse to do!

Be the woman that you claim to be Cynthia and end all of this and just go on the show!

Something tells me that you lack that moral courage!

By TW

September 6, 2008 1:12 PM | Link to this

Boy picks on girl - sissy

Boy afraid to pick on girl sends others to do it - Bill O’Reilly.

So, the GOP stance is that Sarah Palin was standing there watching Levi do her duaghter?

Ya know, I thought in big tough Republican world, Todd Palin swas supposed to whip that dirtbag Levi for fornicating with his daughter? Great example of how the right is void of real men now a days. Maybe Todd was hoping Sarah would do it, being that she clearly wears the pants and pays the bills in that family. Kind of Cindy McCain does for hers…

No thanks.

By tore

September 6, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this

Cynthia, I am proud of you for holding your head up high. The right wing media uses intimidation and fear to get their point across. When Obama is elected president, hopefully will have the fairness doctrine reinstated, so the agenda of corporate America is not monopolized over the airwaves.

By MAK

September 6, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this

Why can’t Cynthia defend herself? She is constantly “ambushing” folks. Cynthia may be accepted in Atlanta proper, but she is clueless out side of the perimeter. Just one of many reasons I cancelled my AJC subscription five years ago. Tired of the constant liberal slant and how you go about dividing this state and country…

By Wanda

September 6, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this

All I have to comment”YOU GO GIRL!!!”

By Chris, Atlanta, GA

September 6, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this

So did Bluster Bill go to the Democratic Convention? Enough said.

By GodHatesTrash

September 6, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this

Kudos to Cynthia for not going on Faux.

Faux is to news what Little Lynnie Westmoreland is to intellect.

Glad to see the AJC ahdering to a modicum of journalistic standards, at least.

Although they still have that Klan mouthpiece Woo-tan on the payroll…

By bill campbell

September 6, 2008 1:14 PM | Link to this

That is hilarious. Goes to the root of AJC’s long slow death and Fox News rise. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

By Maj

September 6, 2008 1:15 PM | Link to this

Good for FOX and O’Reilly. Tucker is the usual left side moron that thinks she is better and smarter than everyone else. She’s scared to go on the show because her ignorance will show. The Democrats are biased and if you don’t agree with them you’re either racist, sexist, or small minded. The situation is what it is. Cheers to Obama’s defeat in November.

By gary

September 6, 2008 1:15 PM | Link to this

Wow!! Cynthia Tucker is so Brave! Writing those columns, calling out conservatives and such in no uncertain terms. And when it comes to defending her position, it’s a quick jump back into her car and into her safe house! I’m looking forward to Cynthia accepting Bill’s invite (well, any one of the several he’s extended) to appear on his show. Oh wait, that would be out of Ms. Tuckers’ “Safe Zone”, and we know that won’t happen. Quick Cynthia… back to your PC and attack someone!!

By johnatl

September 6, 2008 1:17 PM | Link to this

Bill O is a total scumbag that didn’t have the balls to approach Cynthia in person. You go girl!

By Mrs. Betty Bowers

September 6, 2008 1:17 PM | Link to this

I love these idiots who work under the misapprehension that thinking people OWE Bill O’Reilly a responsibility to increase the ratings of his silly little show by appearing on it!

By Denver Dog

September 6, 2008 1:17 PM | Link to this

Maybe if you so-called “journalists” were able to report, rather than “infer”, you wouldn’t have that problem. Based on what I see though, the AJC editorial page is going to go down like all the others; inlcuding her step-mom “the old grey lady”. Actually it is hard to tell Ms Tucker from her dear friend Cynthia McKinney. I guess Ms Tucker needs to go to work for TASS or Pravda.

By Mike

September 6, 2008 1:17 PM | Link to this

Jay:

When will you understand that you, Tucker, and O’Reilly are all the same thing? That most Americans find you all equally bafoonish and hypocritical.

It’s like the Crips claiming the high ground over the Bloods. They are both just a gang of selfish thugs who are poison to their community.

By Chris, Atlanta, GA

September 6, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this

Perhaps someone should ambush Bill in front of his wife and ask him about his attraction to his assistants and how much he loves dildos up his a* (his words, not mine).

By BeachGuy

September 6, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this

Great job Bill. Too bad Cynthia is too scared to go on the show.

By FSJR

September 6, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this

How far does parental supervision extend?

Did a supervised Bristol or unsupervised Bristol get pregnant.

Is the parent responsible for a teen getting pregnant or impregnating; or is the teen to blame?

Bottomline: You call one teen’s parents out you have to call them all out.

By Jay

September 6, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this

Cynthia didn’t “infer” anything in her column. She “implied.”

Readers and listeners “infer.” Speakers and writers “imply.”

Both of them should have known better. Do journalists not study English anymore?

By Right on the Right

September 6, 2008 1:20 PM | Link to this

Liberals can’t handle it when things don’t go their way. They have the mainstream media in their back pocket - and still they have no backbone or a decent argument for their point of view.

Tucker uses her column and the Internet to spew hate - the way all Democrats do in a cowardly fashion. The Internet is the only way the Democrats have been able to get out their message.

Well Dems, your hateful words are coming back to haunt you. The party that claims to be the most compassionate and understanding is being revealed as the exact opposite of what they portray.

America IS watching, reading and listening. They do not like what the Democratic party has become and will let you know with a resounding DEFEAT in November.

By Johnny

September 6, 2008 1:20 PM | Link to this

Why would she want to be on his show? So he can yell at her and then cut off her mic? Bill’s a childish control freak and a chickensh*t bully who’s afraid to face a real debate.

By clint ellison

September 6, 2008 1:20 PM | Link to this

Cynthia Tucker is a disgrace to the once great AJC. I have never seen a writer so outrageously biased. My God, if everyone in this country were the same race, she would have ZERO to write about. She’s a racially prejudiced one-trick pony, an empty skirt to bo with Hussein Obama’s empty suit.

By jmoss

September 6, 2008 1:21 PM | Link to this

My Republican friends, do you not find any of this hypocritical coming from our party? We are the party of truth, morals and honor, right? We can not defend statements by Bill Oreilly or Karl Rove or James Dobson that contradict our core values and beliefs. We’ve all seen the Comedy Central video that exposed our leaders as liars. Remember, they lied about John McCain in 2000. When he supposedly had a Black child out of wedlock, he was forced to drop out of the primary. We can not let our Republican Party go down that road again. We must restore truth and honesty now!

By David

September 6, 2008 1:22 PM | Link to this

My question for Sarah Palin. Did she depend on ‘abstinence education” to keep her daughter from getting pregnant? It works so well you know.

By James A. Hall

September 6, 2008 1:22 PM | Link to this

These two high profile teen pregnancies;Spears and Palin have become part of the Presidential race.Neither candidate will touch sex-ed.In some cultures a pregnant teen has brought about her own death.There will be a shotgun wedding for the Palin girl.

By Mike

September 6, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this

“By Jay

September 6, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this

Cynthia didn’t “infer” anything in her column. She “implied.”

Readers and listeners “infer.” Speakers and writers “imply.”

Both of them should have known better. Do journalists not study English anymore?”

LOL. You need to get a dictionary.

By Chris, Atlanta, GA

September 6, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this

Perhaps someone should ambush Bill in front of his wife and ask him about his attraction to his assistants and how much he loves dildos up his behind (his words, not mine).

By Miss Kitty

September 6, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this

Of course Bill is a hypocrite. He has based his entire career on double standards and defending the status quo. That Palin’s daughter is being hailed as some sort of hero is proof the right wing is not only desperate, but totally bereft of any morals whatsoever. But then again, these are the people who gave us the Iraq “war”, and forced George Bush on us. Thankfully, Democrats and forward-thinking Independents will turn out in droves in November and we will put Obama in the White House, make significant gains in Congress, prepare to put more judges in the Supreme Court who actually believe in the rights of the people, and begin the process of uniting America instead of dividing it.

By Chris

September 6, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this

I guess this explains why the AJC is so supportive of the “Fairness Doctrine”. The silence by your newspaper to event censor several of COX’s other enterprises, including WSB-AM, is deafening!

By The Truth Comes Out

September 6, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this

Dont watch Fox if you cant handle the truth.

By Herring

September 6, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this

Cynthia Tucker is just another example of affirmative action. Nobody cares what dear old Cynthia writes. Cynthia is not and was not hired to be a paragon of objectivity, nor should she be taken too seriously. Her main task is to look good as a Black woman being the editorial page editor of a big-city Southern newspaper. “Covers Dixie (can we still say that word?) like the Dew.”

By John Henry Nations

September 6, 2008 1:25 PM | Link to this

Looks like Ms. Tucker has lots of gays, a gun nut and even a gangbanger, coming to her defense on this blog. What an interesting soup kettle of friends.

John Henry

By Jimmy-Bones

September 6, 2008 1:25 PM | Link to this

I went to UGA,I was raised in Georgia but I doubt I’ll ever live there again.The UGA people in general make no attempt at fairness when it comes to their sense of ”us and them”.I read Rivals site post by UGA people and I’m truly ashamed at times.

This case brings out many of the same god fearing people who trashed Max Cleland,it disgust me.In their twisted view Tucker is a hypocrite for pointing out the obvious.As I’ve stated there is simply no attempt by these sheet heads to be fair.

By Atl

September 6, 2008 1:25 PM | Link to this

Mr. Bookman et al., the more hateful you are to the right, the less likely they will come around to your side. Calling someone a coward or worse is not productive.

So then why does Ms. Tucker feel O’Reilly is a hypocrite?
B/c he didn’t criticize the Palins? She clearly feels he should have done so, and the reason being b/c—in her view—Bristol was indeed “running around unsupervised” etc. Can she really say that she doesn’t believe that?

btw O’Reilly shouldn’t be calling people pinheads either, since as Ms. Tucker notes people try to raise their kids right, but sometimes the children still get into trouble. However this should not imply that we don’t live in culture of moral relativism (or anarchy really) in many aspects.

By Al

September 6, 2008 1:25 PM | Link to this

Sweet. Although why anyone would waste their time reading a Cynthia Tucker column is beyond me. Tony Barnhart, Furman Bicher and Maria Saporta get shown the door but Tucker keeps her job? That really inspires me to keep my AJC subscription.

By Derek

September 6, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this

SO CYNTHIA WORSHIPPED AT THE FEET OF HER MESSIAH< OBAMA The has Jay “left rag” Bookman defend her when the tables are turned and the heat gets turned up! Listen try to be objective as you can see what an article or reporting can do (see above). I know its hard to be in this little liberal democrat island (Atlanta)is a sea on conservatives, but if you * Can’t Takr it don’t dish it out!*

By @@

September 6, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this

Personally, I find Bill O’Reilly to be rather condescending towards women on his show.

Sounds like Cynthia held her own, not unlike Sarah Palin in defense of her daughter against hateful attacks.

A couple of points from Cynthia’s column:

I’ve often found that when someone calls for chastity, then follows it with a “but”, allowances are set in place to bring about failure.

Barack Obama and the democrats, have enthusiastically welcomed “the allowances” of Hollywood and their pop culture.

Or even if it takes one of the many churches, and their congregations, who independently support teen moms in a multitude of ways. Those who receive funding from President Bush’s Faith-Based Initiative Programs are even willing to do so while government restrictions prevent them from sharing the faith they hold so dear.

When responsible adults are divided, our children’s future is defeated.

I’ve seen plenty of angry women over the attacks made on Governor Palin and her family. Just yesterday I watched Kirsten Powers (D) who angrily said that NOW needed to change their name making it clear to everyone that they were not in support of ALL women…….just some.

If nothing else, this presidential campaign has succeeded in exposing an unprofessional media, and the extreme to which the radical left will go before realizing they’ve exposed themselves.

Very entertaining.

By SS2

September 6, 2008 1:29 PM | Link to this

Ms. Tucker is right about O’Reilly not showing grace to Jamie Lynn Spears. But speaking about him and the right in hateful and mocking terms is not really good either, and that goes for Mr. Bookman too. No one is going to come over to your side if you keep doing that.

By BigMan

September 6, 2008 1:29 PM | Link to this

Everyday, there are some dumb blogs made by some dumb azz peoples. I dont heard either canidate promoting education, something America really needs!

By Free

September 6, 2008 1:30 PM | Link to this

Not a single one of you conservative freaks has actually challenged the substance of Tucker’s column. Is O’Reilly a hypocrite in this situation or not? That is the question. Seeing as how you are all going off on tangents about the liberal media bias, I take it you are afraid to answer that question squarely.

I guess Todd Palin just watched Levi have sex with his daughter. Supervision at its best.

By Leroy

September 6, 2008 1:31 PM | Link to this

Give me a friggin’ break; I should feel sympathy for Tucker???? If anything, the only thing I should feel for her, and there’s no room for inference here, is a great sense of watching her really reflect her great indignation and hypocrisy.

Tucker used to be a great journalist; however, the past few years, she become nothing of the sort.

Her columns have become all too predictable and frankly, just lame a*: her ” we liberals” sanctimonious diatribes reveal her constant whining. Yeesh cry me a river!

By Renee

September 6, 2008 1:31 PM | Link to this

Kudos to jmoss. This article is not about Liberal/Conservative; GOP/Dem. This article was about the hypocrisy of Rush Limbaugh and Bill O’Reilly. If a particular lifestyle is shunned because Jamie Lynn Spears does it, then why doesn’t Bristol Palin receive the same type of treatment? If the behavior is wrong, then it should be called out as wrong no matter who is engaging in it and not by what their parents do (or are trying to do).

By DJB

September 6, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this

Bill O is a jackass and those who share his views are a well.

By BiteMe

September 6, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this

Tucker just wanted to find a way to criticize Paiin without directly doing so. Tucker is an expert at this kind of hypocrisy having practiced it artfully for years. It let’s her bash the Palin family while still preserving deniability.

Its more of the vicious sexist bigotry from the left. They are all for women unless they don’t agree with the prepackaged opinions that hypocrites like Cynthia have prepared for them.

Cynthia will be the person most responsible for turning the AJC into the Great Speckled Bird.

By Dusty

September 6, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this

I have never watched Bill O’Reilly, but evidently Bookman thinks his show is one worth mentioning.

But I have read Cynthia Tucker when I feel like a bit of leftist leaning propaganda. There are only a few as blinded by liberalism as Ms. Tucker. She has run down the President, the war in Iraq, the military, and appreciates almost nothing in America. I would say her philosophy is much like that of Mrs. Obama. Now comes the McCain Palin onslaught. Obama, of course, is ideal!

If O’Reilly pulled a fast one on Tucker and I don’t think he was present, it is almost fitting to say that Ms. Tucker got the same treatment she gives others. She doesn’t do the sneak interviews as she received (which is a lousy way to do things) but she most certainly spreads an unenlightened liberal view as far as print can be pushed.

Maybe O’Reilly will find that encounter as dull as I did. Who knows? Show or no show, I don’t care one way or the other. There’s little excitement when you know what to expect as we do from Ms. Tucker.

Read Wooten’s piece for Sunday, good folks. It is as American as apple pie and twice as tasty. Patriots will love it. The others?? Well, we’re all patriotic Americans, are we not??

By DJB

September 6, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this

Bill O is a jackass and those who share his views are as well.

By SharonH

September 6, 2008 1:35 PM | Link to this

Bill O’Reilly is a punk hypocrite who can’t stand it when he is exposed like most of the weak and spineless right wing scumbags he defends. Did he really expect that ambushing Cynthia would cause her to change her position-which is 100% right by the way- that she would wilt? What a creep.

And I don’t know why she should go on his show to defend herself. She doesn’t owe him any explanations or apologies. He is the one who should explain why he is a flaming hypocrite. The distance from “A Current Affair” to the Factor really is a very short throw, isn’t it O’Lielly?

By MissV

September 6, 2008 1:36 PM | Link to this

Thanks jmoss. If he gets to the White House Mr. McCain will continue to use Mrs. Palin as a prop. If a mother can throw her daughter under a bus like this lady, no telling where she’d throw Mrs. McCain. Maybe now you see why Sen. Obama didn’t choose Sen. Clinton as a VP: her personal agenda (incl: Mr. Bill and pitiful Geraldine Ferraro) would overshadow the one he is setting for the nation.

By RandyG

September 6, 2008 1:36 PM | Link to this

Cynthia Tucker is a liberal pinhead and the AJC is not a fair and balanced newspaper which is why I canceled our home delivery. I just read what I want when I want for free at ajc.com on the web. I agree with the other writer that declared Tucker is a “racially prejudiced empty skirt”. If it weren’t for black + white people she wouldn’t have anything to put in her black & white lefty and worthless columns.

By jmoss

September 6, 2008 1:37 PM | Link to this

Can any of my Republicans bloggers truthfully say that Bill Oreilly is not wrong? I’m not defending Cynthia Tucker, but Bill is the one who made the contradictory statements. Remember, he made sexual advances to his coworker and will not talk about it. As a conservative, I’m offended by his lack of morals and integrity. Do we have any truth tellers left in our Republican Party? Please say yes.

By joe_h

September 6, 2008 1:37 PM | Link to this

LOL! It’s hilarious watching all the conservative assw*pes defending one of the biggest clowns on television. Bill O’Reilly is one of the biggest jokes in the history of TV. Everyone knows he and all necons are nothing more than hypocritical cockblocks

By Elrey Jones

September 6, 2008 1:38 PM | Link to this

Jay Bookman is a known lying Bolshevik. And Cynthia Tucker is a black female and very racist against white people. Mr. O’Reilly is 1000 more honest than they have ever been on their best day at work. Bookman and Tucker are human trash.

By the truth

September 6, 2008 1:39 PM | Link to this

How ridiculous your statement “Bluster Bill” O’Reilly likes to try to intimidate people. But in this case, he didn’t have the courage to do it in person. …”

Is he going to go to her house in person? That is why they have FIELD REPORTERS- he’s the show’s host. Plus Cynthia Tucker is a D- celebrity in her own head idiot. Who’s gonna waist time on that

By dylan w/o the dead

September 6, 2008 1:39 PM | Link to this

I cant believe he asked if bristol was unsupervised! I am guessing during conception she was unsupervised I would certainly hope her parents werent watching her get knocked up

By Lou

September 6, 2008 1:41 PM | Link to this

How come all the filthy and vicious comments in these posts are ones who support little cynthia?

By joe_h

September 6, 2008 1:43 PM | Link to this

Mr. O’Reilly is 1000 more honest than they have ever been on their best day at work

LOL! Bill O’Reilly doesn’t have an honest or objective bone in his body. Is it any wonder he’s the most ridiculed man on television. So do me a favor and shut the hell up you simple-minded idiot.

By DK

September 6, 2008 1:43 PM | Link to this

Jay,

I agree that Bill O’Reilly is a hypocrite, but how about you Jay? Have you ever waited in a strategic location in an attempt to secure an interview from an elusive interviewee? Do other reporters employed by Cox Newspapers employ such tactics? Does Cox Newspapers have a policy against “ambush” tactics being used by the journalists that it employs? If it’s ok to treat others that way, why are you and your fellow colleges above it?

By Najeh Davenpoop

September 6, 2008 1:44 PM | Link to this

The more I see what Bill O’Reilly does, the more apparent it becomes that he must have the smallest penis in the history of mankind.

By @@

September 6, 2008 1:44 PM | Link to this

Big Man reminded me of an article I read here at the AJC.

Everyday, there are some dumb blogs made by some dumb azz peoples. I dont heard either canidate promoting education, something America really needs!

Cleveland Avenue, Atlanta — A 23-year-old man was stabbed in his neck and stomach with a can opener while fighting with his brother over who would get to have sex with a prostitute first, according to an Atlanta police report.

First?

Howzabout 6,927th?

Ewwwwww……….

just ewwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!

By Maj's Daddy

September 6, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this

I taught you better than that son!! Take a look at the facts!! Really I can’t beleive that you are still supporting the Republican Party which insists on continuously insulting the people of the USA!!

By FMPofView

September 6, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this

Looks like a no win scenario feud.

Cynthia Tucker’s articles are half truths, bias idea, and full of innuendoes that befuddle and confuse the issues.

I read her articles sometimes, and when I finish. I sit for a moment, then try to shake the confusing verbage out of my mind. Sometimes they read like a Jesse Jackson speech. A lot of double talk.

By GodHatesTrash

September 6, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this

Cynthia avoids answering the question - so I will.

(Since O’Reilly brought it up, I hope that Mr. Bookman will allow me to respond. )

Both girls were the same ages when they got pregnant.

It appears that Jamie Lynn’s mother was chagrined by her daughters news/condition. Given the way that Governor L-o-l-a tried to hide the news until Levi and Bristol had tied the knot, she was either chagrined, or embarrassed, or upset that her daughter had the nerve to throw such a big monkey wrench into Governor L-o-l-a’s grand schemes.

Both pregnancies are regrettable, no sixteen-year old is ready for parenthood, especially these two. Jamie Lynn’s mother must feel some guilt about rushing her daughter into the shark tank of Hollywood. Governor L-o-l-a probably wishes she’d used some state troopers to follow her daughter around, or maybe that she’d spent some time talking to her daughter instead of taking her to that fire-and-brimstone church, or maybe, instead of 6 days a week of step-aerobics, maybe a shopping trip (or some illegal moose-hunting) with her oldest child every couple of weeks just so she felt less ignored and bored.

In “Small Town America” that the GOPers are so fond of, Bristol’s story is played out all the time, kids ignored and bored by poor educational and cultural facilities, left to booze, guns, sex, truancy, huffing, meth, and the general lack of stimulus and ‘values vacuum’ that is rural American culture - well, Bristol’s story is pandemic, kids birthing kids. Of course, most of them don’t have the millions in under-the-table “campaign” contributions that Bristol has to “fall back on”, and we taxpayers end up footing the bill.

So, Mr. Falafel, I would say Jamie Lynn’s is a lesson for all children caught up in a celebrity lifestyle, all three or four hundred of them around the nation. And Bristol’s is too, for every poor kid ignored by self-aggrandizing vapid self-absorbed parents in small towns and suburbs across small-minded, small-town America, and the many kids that suffer from having parents, or no parents, or just one parent, who can’t spend quality time with their kids because they are working two and three jobs to ‘put food on their family’.

Both sets of parents, given the advantages that life has given them, should have done better jobs.

By Robert

September 6, 2008 1:47 PM | Link to this

To Patrick, To defend Cynthia, and then go on to say that you have the 2nd amendment right to shoot someone when they are on your lawn. This shows how much intelligence you have not knowing the law, and supporting a racist liberal.

By james

September 6, 2008 1:49 PM | Link to this

people like Cynthia Tucker are really uptight that their “messiah” Obama and his weirdo wife may not be in the White House. The democrats & leftist liberals in the media like Tucker will DO ANYTHING to smear someone like Gov Palin becuase she is a THREAT to the coveted crown liberal Wonks aspire. I LMAO thinking about the expression on liberal wonk Tucker’s face when approached. She’s a grad from that Cow School in east Alabama.

By joe_h

September 6, 2008 1:49 PM | Link to this

How come all the filthy and vicious comments in these posts are ones who support little cynthia?

Because anyone who defends a scumbag like O’Reilly deserves to be b*tchslapped.

By cjack

September 6, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this

She has never presented a balanced view for anything.She will do anything for pubicity.She ought to send Bill a fee for having recognized her at all.

By The BIG Boss Man

September 6, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this

I love it when Tucker, Bookman, and their ASSociates in the MSM whine like a bunch of little wussies.

Day after day, and year after year, Bookman and the rest of the far-left extremists who dominate the AJC opinion page have waged war against all things conservative.

Hiding in an ivory tower that protects them from their (ever-dwindling) readership, they only choose to respond when and where they feel safe and comfortable. (Sounds kind of like Obama, doesn’t it?)

In closing, I have a question for Ms. Bookman: why do you wimps in the MSM try to hold conservatives “accountable” for any “controversial” remarks they may make, when you refuse to take the heat for your own offensive comments?

By cjack

September 6, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this

She has never presented a balanced view for anything.She will do anything for pubicity.She ought to send Bill a fee for having recognized her at all.

By Mrs.Godzilla

September 6, 2008 1:51 PM | Link to this

BillO is of course a hypocrite on this issue. No surprise there.

Why are they hiding Sarah Palin?

Does the GOP think “cramming” will make her acceptable?

Geez!

By Dan

September 6, 2008 1:51 PM | Link to this

Perhaps O’Reilly’s angst with your article can be explained by focusing on one line in Ms Tucker’s article where she states:

“I too, believe adolescents, boys and girls, should remain chaste. But given the enormous pressure from popular culture — everything from adolescent-themed TV shows with sexually active characters to clothing lines that sexualize young girls — many teens are going to become sexually active no matter what their parents or teachers say.”

Well, Ms Spears parents and the studios their child works for are the ones creating that enormous pressure. Furthuremore they market the behavior by selling photo spreads and glamorizing it. That is the social ill that O’reilly was beefing about and the distinction he was making in the case of Ms Spears vs the Palins

Perhaps if society would stop watching or protest against that business enough it would diminish and then abstanence programs WOULD be enough.

I am not aware of the Palins marketing their daughters behavior. nor covering up anything. They just did not want to draw attention to it nor encourage anyone else to do it. Everyone in Wassilla new about it and respected how they handled it.

That is the difference, and that is not hypocracy.

In my opinion Sin, Desperation, Mistakes… what ever you want to call it begins with the eyes. “I saw it, I wanted it, I took” it without regard for the consequences.

Neither abstinance training nor sex education will do any good if you dont scrutinize what you let your eyes watch.

The only pressure in your life is that which you allow to put on yourself.

I don’t identify with Mr O’Reilly’s attacks nor Ms Tucker’s in print. Mr McCain stated correctly at the RNC the other night when demonstrations broke out (paraphrasing) “Americans want all the yelling to stop.

Both Mr O’Reilly and Ms Tucker are fine Americans with valid points of view based on their life experiences. But please both of you give some consideration to how you communicate it.

By Brian

September 6, 2008 1:52 PM | Link to this

Mrs. Tucker,

Why weren’t you at the Republican Convention? Why can’t you answer that? Is it because you are “ONE SIDED”? Is it perhaps you are an OBAMAITE and you quite possibly are a racist? Hmm.. Just curious.

Cynthia Tucker is a liberal pinhead and the AJC is not a fair and balanced newspaper which is why I canceled our home delivery. I just read what I want when I want for free at ajc.com on the web. I agree with the other writer that declared Tucker is a “racially prejudiced empty skirt”.

Although I don’t totally agree with the “poster” above me. I do agree that the AJC is a very one sided paper with a very Liberal Agenda. The “PRAVDA On the ‘hooch” needs an “equal” columnist.

Thanks

By ray

September 6, 2008 1:53 PM | Link to this

Being as how she stands by her comments, Cynthia should just take the 5 minutes to appear on the show via whatever satellite connection and just show everyone. Think of all the attention she’d get. But then, I’m sure it’s easier to do her business behind the scenes and not really answer for anything she says.

By Denise

September 6, 2008 1:53 PM | Link to this

I am a conservative. I agree with Cynthia Tucker. Read the column. It’s a fair assessment and not an attack on Bill. Her oped was well written and exposes how hypocritical we have become. All for the sake of politics. Teen sex isn’t a political issue.

By GodHatesTrash

September 6, 2008 1:53 PM | Link to this

Looks like Mr. Falafel gonna show that uppity Ms. Tucker a thing or two - eww yuck -

sorry for the most obscene disgusting imagery I’ve come up with yet!

Go ricky, it’s your birfday, girlfriend!

By Mrs.Godzilla

September 6, 2008 1:53 PM | Link to this

New GOP Spin: Sarah Palin’s Not Ready

EXCUUUUUUUSE ME!!!

By Houckster

September 6, 2008 1:55 PM | Link to this

I see the right-wing paranoids are in fine voice today.

By Wyman

September 6, 2008 1:55 PM | Link to this

Poor Cynthia. She is trying to compare apples to oranges. Let’s look at the differences between Bristol and Jamie Lynn. Jamie Lynn is/was on TV, her sister is infabmous for he recent meltdowns, her parents are divorced and there was tense fighting between the two for awhile. Jamie Lynn was in the public eye. Bristol was not in the public eye, was already pregnant when she sort of landed in the public eye. She has not sought out attention by being on TV or had famous siblings.

So Bill O probably should not have said what he did about Jamie Lynn’s parents but the public had already made a judgement on their parenting skills (whether right or wrong). Bristol’s parents are married and there is not sufficient evidence to claim that the Palin’s are bad parents. The public was not given a choice to decide anyway because the press wanted to say the Palin’s were bad parents to shut down a conservative voice they disagree with.

So there was no hypocrisy by Bill. The problem I see is that we have 2 very liberal “journalists” (Bookmand, Tucker) who don’t have the sack to face questions about their stands. When 90% of the press votes Democrat don’t you think that is a problem? Especially since 60% of Americans consider themselves conservative? Also consider that a Democrat has not garnered more than 50% of the popular vote since Carter in 76 won 50.8%

By Alicia

September 6, 2008 1:56 PM | Link to this

She does not have go on his mess of a program. She stated a fact and I totally agree with her. He needs to go back and crawl under that rock he calls home.

By FMPofView

September 6, 2008 1:56 PM | Link to this

I don’t really care Bill O’Reilly has to say either. He gets just as confusing as Cynthia Tucker.

I like to throw the both of them in a closed room with the door locked and barred. Then leave it that way despite what I hear.

My opinion is let the story of Sarah Palin’s daughter go, and move on to other things wrong with this country and tried to make it better.

By Jeff in Roswell

September 6, 2008 1:56 PM | Link to this

Hey Retardo’s, There was no AMBUSH. This kind of reporting is done all of the time. Jay Boogerman and Cynthia need a TUCKer know this, as well. Cynthia Tucker is an embarrassment. There’s really no need for her to open her mouth or write a column… everyone already knows what she’s going to say. Bill can’t everywhere at once. Sometimes, you just have to send out someone else to take care of the “light” work. Come on Sinthia, grow some nads and accept an invite to his show.

By Jeremiah Plaskett

September 6, 2008 1:57 PM | Link to this

Jay,

Tucker got exactly what she deserves. O’Reilly is right, it is Tucker who is not only a hypocrite, but a fascist liberal. Ms. Tucker has thrown honesty and integrity out the window in her columns and in her attacks against not only O’Reilly, but whoever dares disagree with her views. Columnists like Ms. Tucker, and the worthless Editors at AJC who choose to throw fair and un-biased reporting out the window, is exactly what is wrong with the Media today. How many times has the AJC ran Pro-Conservative or Pro-McCain pieces in comparison with Pro-Obama and Liberal Op-eds? Please, I dare you to provide us with that number, because it would clearly show the liberal bias of the AJC. Ms. Tucker gets exactly what she deserves, by being “ambushed” by real journalists who will hold her accountable for the lies and hypocrisy that she writes! Of course, I won’t be surprised if her next article tries to paint O’Reilly as a racist too, because we all know that is her favorite of all cards to play!

By Eric

September 6, 2008 1:58 PM | Link to this

Bill O’Reilly is a joke. Sara Palin is the only mother I’ve ever heard of who returned to work three after her baby was born. That tells me all I need to know about her parenting.

By Peter

September 6, 2008 1:58 PM | Link to this

I am amazed at the folks in the country………

How does a 16 year old teenager get pregnant ?

I guess with her parents in the room ?

How about the pics all over the internet with her buddy and bottles of booze……….. so the true assumption is she was drunk and got pregnant……… I would bet on that one !

So the real true “Republican Values” come into play….No supervision for the kids, under age drinking, and unprotected sex……..

HA HA HA…….. like Bristol was actually supervised……….Sure……. HA HA HA….

Mom off doing what she does, and dad out racing snowmobiles……

Yes I am sure there is allot of time left over to watch the kids !

By joe_h

September 6, 2008 1:58 PM | Link to this

Cynthia Tucker is a no good porch monkey. She needs to learn how to act like a civil human being rather than be a moronic baboon. Its ‘people’ like her who have genetically inferior brains. The African brain is missing several DNA strands that prevent them rational thinking, acting, dressing…..virtually every facet of life as we know it is inferior with these colored folk. Spread the word people:

LOL! So Tucker is simply minding her own business and she needs to learn how to act like a civil human being. But O’Reilly, offended by an obscure writer’s article which points out his obvious hypocrisy, ambushes said writer, and he’s acting civil. Take a hike you fool. I doubt you even know the definition of civility.

You can also take your racist comments and shove them up your piehole.

By Scott Miner

September 6, 2008 1:59 PM | Link to this

You go Bill!!!!! it seems to me that both Cynthia’s from Atlanta(Tucker and McKinney)need to find other work that suits them. Maybe Putin has work for them since they both love that kind of government. And the AJC wonders why their readership has declined…HMMMMMMMMMMMMM

By weewilly

September 6, 2008 2:00 PM | Link to this

Ms. Tucker is allowed to harbor any opinion that she wishes and to write about the same, be it black victimization or liberal left wrants. That is what makes America great. Mr. Wooten presents a different opinion and viewpoint and has the same privilege. I would like to see us stop yelling at each other and either buy the AJC or not depending on its value to you as an individual (for you see, we all are allowed our opinions also). Frankly, I don’t currently buy the AJC, haven’t for years and won’t in the foreseeable future. Vote with your pocketbook as they say (and yes, Cynthia and Jay are part of my reasoning).

By shelly

September 6, 2008 2:01 PM | Link to this

poor baby! it’s okay to be the one criticizing, pointing fingers, making up lies and slamming other people but it’s not okay if it’s you! BOO HOO BOO HOO WAA WAA WAA LIBERAL CRYBABIES!

By Steve

September 6, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this

On this peaceful, pleasant Atlanta Saturday morning, my colleague Cynthia Tucker, syndicated columnist and the AJC’s editorial page editor, was returning…

That should read On this peaceful, pleasant Atlanta Saturday morning, my liberalcolleague Cynthia Tucker, syndicated columnist and the AJC’s editorial page editor, was returning…

By alan

September 6, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this

*Congratulations, Cynthia ! Your column obviously got under O’reilly’s skin. Why is the case of the daughter of the Spears any different from the daughter of the Palins? * O’reilly is a self-righteous nutcase. Sean Hannity is even worse. If they believe thay are the only ones who can go back and replay what others have said that is controversial, they are mistaken.

The so-called “compassionate” conservative “Christians” are so hypocrital. How could they lambaste the Spears’ daughter’s pregnacy as one of moral decadence, but the Palin’s as one of a mere “mistake”? They only love you and will defend you if you profess to be gun-toting, warmongering, e.t.c. They claim to be “pro-life” but they support life only when it is in the womb. They claim to be pro-life, yet they support wars, which bring death.

*No where in any part of the world is this kind of “Christianity” practiced, except in America”. Baffling !!

Alan

By joe_h

September 6, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this

Jeremiah Plaskett

Another stupid idiot.

By Tyre

September 6, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this

Face it, Bill is trying to help Cynthia by keeping her in the limelight so she won’t be let go.

CT- This a conservative state. To us Bill O’reilly ROCKS! I hear there is a job open in San Fran for you.

By DecaturTechFan

September 6, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this

Its because of Cynthia and her left-wing antics that this paper is losing readers daily. Cox should sell this rag to someone local who revitalize it into a paper decent, law abiding, tax paying citizens would want to read…..infer what you will from my comment. The sale and the loss this fall by Obama will make my year.

By Ima Freeloader

September 6, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this

Please correct your mistake in story “Cynthia attended the democratic Party convention”. It should read “Cynthia attended the Democratic Entitlement Convention”. The Socialist Party convention is appropriate also.Thank you.

By ralph

September 6, 2008 2:04 PM | Link to this

There are a lot of crazies blogging here -certifiably. No wonder our country is in such bad shape - people are nuts. This liberal vs. conservative, Repubs vs. Dems crap is killing this country. And, lunatics each side rationalizes the irrational and beats up on the other. It’s sickening.

By Algonquin J. Calhoun

September 6, 2008 2:04 PM | Link to this

Why would anyone take offense at Cynthia, or anyone else saying that Trollop Palin was unsupervised? If she’d been supervised the Palin’s wouldn’t be throwing a shotgun wedding for an ungraduated, snowmobiling, redneck chump and their empty-headed, leg-spreading, dumb as dirt progeny. She was unsupervised and uneducated. The girl, Trollop, is a victim of her own mother’s policies and right wing silliness. Trollop wanted to try out sex and she did. You know, just like her mother did when she was Trollop’s age. As for O’Reilly, he’s an unimportant dirtbag who is a proven liar. Cynthia didn’t go to the Republinazi convention because she didn’t want to be sickened and she didn’t want to interfere with Wooten’s paid gig as distributor of propaganda for this area.

By GodHatesTrash

September 6, 2008 2:05 PM | Link to this

(Well Mr. Bookman, aren’t the AJC bloggers an interesting bunch? Must be a lynching bee planned for tonight, they are out in force today. Watch the mountain tonight folks… Little Lynnie’s gonna speak.)

I hope the Cox sisters are giving that uppity Ms. Tucker combat pay and bodyguards. There are some really upset kkkknuckkkledraggers here today.

By Sam

September 6, 2008 2:05 PM | Link to this

Sorry, but will one of you explain to the rest of us what is different about Jamie Lynn Spears and Bristol Palin? Why is Jamie’s pregnancy primarily the fault of her parents while Bristol’s pregnancy isn’t?

They are both single teenage girls who got pregnant. They are both choosing to keep and raise their babies.

The only difference I see is the hypocrisy of O’Reilly for defending one and defaming the other.

By JAY BOOKMAN

September 6, 2008 2:06 PM | Link to this

For the record, the post quoted by Joe H above has been pulled repeatedly, and the IP address from which it came is in the process of being banned.

Joe, being an intelligent person, did not quote the rest of the post, which advocated extreme physical violence. Such posts explain why Tucker does not have a blog; when she has gone on line in the past, the comments section quickly turns into a vicious KKK meeting. Interspered in those comments are posts from other people claiming that racism doesn’t really exist anymore and is just in Tucker’s mind.

By joe_h

September 6, 2008 2:07 PM | Link to this

Is it any wonder our country is in such p** poor shape, after 8 years of necon rule. Look no further than the whiny conservatives here, defending one of the worst people on the planet. Hopefully, someone beats the hell out of Bill O’Reilly.

By jj

September 6, 2008 2:07 PM | Link to this

Cynthia Tucker is the worst columnist in the country.

Jay, if you rassle a pig all you get is muddy, and the pig enjoys it.

By Slick

September 6, 2008 2:08 PM | Link to this

Jay,

I stopped watching O’Reilly long ago because I concluded that he is an egotistical bully who should have his nose punched! He proved it once again by sending his goons to Cynthia’s HOME to harass her because she wrote a column disagreeing with him…How dare she?

If he wants to defend his hypocrisy that she exposed, why doesn’t he come down to Atlanta and discuss it in HER office - where he would be unable to employ his usual method of shouting and talking over anyone who disagrees with him?

Cynthia was RIGHT and Ole Bill was WRONG!! Renee @1:31 was right on the money,,,

By jimcpa

September 6, 2008 2:09 PM | Link to this

The power of the pen means everything when you refuse to defend your views in person which is what O’Reilly has begged Cynthia Tucker to do for years. It is clear what the intent of the media (outside FOX) is during this election…it is laughable and Cynthia has always been laughable. You want national exposure Ms. Tucker, he is begging to give it to you…so go for it..unless you’re a liberal chicken who hides behind a column..and an electronic pen

By HW

September 6, 2008 2:11 PM | Link to this

Wait a minute. I don’t understand this. Bill O’Reilly is allowed to say whatever he wants because it is his show. Just like Cynthia is allowed to say whatever she wants in her because it is her column (within limit, of course). Cynthia simply pointed out the hypocrisies in O’Reilly’s stance on teen pregnancy. O’Reilly fans, ask yourself this: are you an independently minded intelligent individual who understands reasons and logics or are you simply an ignorant fool who march with the beat of the drum?
I find it both comical and scary that people will repeat the baseless slogan of a TV network.

By Rick

September 6, 2008 2:11 PM | Link to this

At least Jay has her title correct. He didn’t call her a journalist, he called her a columnist. I read the AJC online for sports only (can’t slant the scores to the left) and can’t wait for the day they have to fold because no one subscribes to the paper to read the liberal bile the writers spew forth. God help us if this great country turned into what Tucker and her pals wish it was.

By Give me a break

September 6, 2008 2:11 PM | Link to this

Why is it anyone’s job to speak about any child on any news program that is pregnant. I thought it was their job to report like IMPORTANT things and leave those kinds of things to the stupid tabloids for your reading pleasure while waiting in line at Publix. And I truly wish people would stop pretending that their party does no wrong they all lie people!

By tracher

September 6, 2008 2:12 PM | Link to this

Wow, and Conservatives say we are the “angry liberals”? The venom seething from the Conservatives writing on this is so bitter. I am a Democrat and don’t always agree with Cythia Tucker’s columns. Remember, she is not a reporting journalist and her pieces are opinion. It’s what she is paid to do, just like Wooten and O’Reilly. I think it would be very interesting to hear O’Reilly clarify his stance on teen pregnancy and his basis for judging the Spears family differently than the Palin family. Unless we share your conservative views exactly, we are unpatriotic, un-American jerks. You are a club I definitely don’t want to join. Tucker has a right to keep on writing just like O’Reilly has a right to keep on reporting - both of which are opinions and not true journalism. If you don’t like what the other person has to say, don’t read them or watch. Simple enough. Now stop being so mean!!

By aman

September 6, 2008 2:12 PM | Link to this

Cynthia Tucker is the type of writer who has an opinion on everything and thinks she is right all of the time. She is scared of confrontation which is why she will only appear on programs where there will no challenges to her warped viewpoint. Her beliefs and style of writing is the primary reason AJC readership has fallen dramatically.

By GodHatesTrash

September 6, 2008 2:12 PM | Link to this

Sell the AJC to Rupert Murdoch, make it into a tabloid, hire the writers from My Weekly Reader to dumb down the writing so it reaches the above-average Georgian, not just the few with IQs over 90. Print the lottery results on the front page, put the Dog-racing and Dog-fighting forms on the back pages. Make it about 3 pages long so the average Georgian could have their spouse read it to them in a few hours.

Fill up the middle pages with celebrity and car wreck photos.

By I speak truth

September 6, 2008 2:15 PM | Link to this

“I am my brothers keeper” - Obama; acceptance speech…sure Barack, your brother lives in a tar paper hut in Kenya while you live in a million $$ house obtained from a crook..thats all I need to know about hypocrisy

By O'Reilly Hater

September 6, 2008 2:15 PM | Link to this

Bill O’Reilly is a hypocritical sissy. My 7 year gas more ba!!s than he does.

By SharonH

September 6, 2008 2:16 PM | Link to this

hw, I think we both know the answer to your question is “b”.

By Jeff

September 6, 2008 2:18 PM | Link to this

So let’s assume Bristol was supervised. Mommy and Daddy watched Bristol and her man doing “the thing”? Wouldn’t that make a story? But my bet is that Bristol was not supervised. She just assumed God was going to bless and protect her and not allow her to get pregnant while she and her boyfriend were taking care of their raging hormones. I guess God’s will was to “bless” Bristol and her family with a new addition. I actually feel sorry for Bristol. Her mommy has dragged her and her situation into the global media spotlight. And they seem to be flaunting it, no less. How embarrassing is that?

By American

September 6, 2008 2:19 PM | Link to this

Once you know who Tucker is, and what she represents, and the same for O’Reilly, then continuing this “she said” “he said” discussion is just a waste of valuable time. An earlier poster summed it up as follows “Well Dems, your hateful words are coming back to haunt you. The party that claims to be the most compassionate and understanding is being revealed as the exact opposite of what they portray”.

Aren’t there more important things about the Presidential election to discuss? After all, it is the 21st. century, learn to live with it!

By Algonquin J. Calhoun

September 6, 2008 2:20 PM | Link to this

Fox news is the disinformation arm of the Republinazi Party. Cynthia has no need to lend credibility to O’Reilly or the rest of that sham operation. The argument that unmarried teenage pregnancy and illegitimate birth is a good thing is classic ‘double speak’ from the most disgusting network on television! by the way, this may be Trollop’s second child.

By Ubangi

September 6, 2008 2:21 PM | Link to this

Of course Jay is mad because Bill has a set of “nads” and Jay lost his years ago….that is, if he ever had them at all. It must be terrible being Jay, a biological male but no discerable male identity. Peel away all Jay’s layers and what you’d find is that there isn’t anything in there at all….least of all a soul…..or any sense if objectivity. If you should ever wonder why this once proud paper is going down the drain - simply read Jay’s “work.” My Gawd, surely they can do better than Jay and/or Cynthia……..

By JTS

September 6, 2008 2:21 PM | Link to this

The AJC is so far left it’s rediculous. I will never pay for anything from the AJC because of reporting like Cynthia’s. More job cuts to come since you guys only report one side of the news….

By FMPofView

September 6, 2008 2:21 PM | Link to this

The person who wrote that the AJC is a one-sided newspaper is correct. That is why I cancelled my weekend home delivery subsription. To prove my point, I submitted a political vent Thursday - September 4, 2008 because a vent I read was bias, and guess what, it was not published.

It read: -Regarding the “GOP has to run its campaign on insults and putdowns” vent? You one-sided, vain bigot, Obama’s words for McCain are not those of encouragement.-

There are many that I have submitted which are equally relevent to a lot of issues, and some where about the media jumping on the band wagon about Sarah Palin’s daughter trying to defame her and her family’s character. But the censors at AJC decided not to allow the truth. I rest my view; for now.

By charles

September 6, 2008 2:22 PM | Link to this

the liberal media is overwhelmingly larger than that of conservative media and its hilarious that liberals cry whenever they are called into question, get with the program and be realistic about issue rather than making unrealistic goals with unrealistic candidates. lets not turn the AJC into a biased newspaper like the worthless New York Times. FIRE TERRANCE MOORE.

By c2w3

September 6, 2008 2:22 PM | Link to this

Whoa. Cynthia Tucker is still at the AJC?

Guess all the talented and mentally-stable journalists have vacated the place, leaving Tucker and Bookman behind to extinguish anything that’s left of once magnificent twice-daily publication.

SO totally out of touch with the New South and they cannot or will not accept that fact.

c2w3

By Poor Liberal....

September 6, 2008 2:23 PM | Link to this

I just love how the media cries and whines when the tables are turned on them. If you want to make a stupid comment don’t cry about it when someone calls you on it. She got exactly what she deserved. Jay, you need to quit whining. It doesn’t become you.

By glenn129

September 6, 2008 2:23 PM | Link to this

I dissagree with Ms. Tucker most of the time, and I listen to Bill OReilly a lot. This time I dissagree with Bill. Both of the unwed pregnant girls were equally wrong. They have the right to have has many babies as they can afford as long as they do not ask for welfare. I still think of them as subpar.

By Poor Liberal....

September 6, 2008 2:24 PM | Link to this

I just love how the media cries and whines when the tables are turned on them. If you want to make a stupid comment don’t cry about it when someone calls you on it. She got exactly what she deserved. Jay, you need to quit whining. It doesn’t become you.

By Jeff in Roswell

September 6, 2008 2:24 PM | Link to this

Jay, Use your head. The reason Cynthia and yourself are employed at the AJC is because of your Liberal views. Cynthia’s ridiculous columns are encouraged by your paper because they create controversy. Controversy creates $$$. Jay and Syn are hypocrites. They operate in the same manner as “shock” jocks. They even have the gall to slam “shock jockery” yet, they produce the same material in written form every day. Jay, why do you think Syn, receives so much hate mail and/or comments? It’s because she has irrational views. Blatant irrational views. Jay, you look pathetic defending Syn. Go do something else.

By BigDaddy

September 6, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this

Typical Liberal media. Slash and burn and then run hide inside. It’s funny how Cynthia asks the “O’Reilly guy” to show her a quote in her article, but she takes Bill out of context herself.

By Kurt Mittendorf

September 6, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this

“Journalists” (term used loosely) like Cynthia Tucker and Jay Bookman are very much like cowardly jackals who quickly dart in to nip at weak and wounded prey when they are not being watched, and - unable or unwilling to defend their actions - quickly run away in fear when a much stronger predator like Bill O’Reilly takes notice. But more and more Americans now recognize these weak and gutless media jackals for what they are and give voice to their growing disdain with ever declining subscriptions.

By getalife

September 6, 2008 2:27 PM | Link to this

Nice work but they ignore the hypocrisy for some ignorant reason.

The majority of Americans see this bs, especially when this so called “barracuda” cuts and run from the media.

She is not in Hillary’s league but neither is Obama.

By Houckster

September 6, 2008 2:28 PM | Link to this

I see the right-wing paranoids are in fine voice today.

By Chup

September 6, 2008 2:33 PM | Link to this

It’s good for “Oh-Really?” fans like “the corporal” that their bodies are able to breathe without them having to think about it.

If that weren’t true … well, it would be sad for them.

By Darrelle

September 6, 2008 2:33 PM | Link to this

You idiots defending Bill are just as stupid as he is. Tucker ststed that Bill said Jamie Lynn Spears parents are wrong…well what makes Padin family right.. One kid gets pregnant and its ok while the other is treated like she did something good. I have a teenage daughter who is 16 I do not want her thinking it is cool or ok to get pregnant before marrage.. Bill is an idiot and a pervert who likes to do it live…”F it I’ll do it live…”

By c2w3

September 6, 2008 2:34 PM | Link to this

None of this will matter much longer - at least not on the AJC’s web site or in its - what’s left of them - print pages.

The AJC is dead.

By Dude

September 6, 2008 2:35 PM | Link to this

O’Reilly scared to confront Tucker in person. How hillarious! I bet there’s an open invitation for Tucker to appear on The Factor. You know Cynthia, you’re the reason taht after 23 years I dropped my subscription to the AJC.

By @@

September 6, 2008 2:35 PM | Link to this

Oh lawdy! Once the ball got rolling on this column, it very quickly descended downhill.

Jay? As the leftists have said about Governor Palin…….

“Why would you choose to expose Cynthia Tucker to such ridicule?”

You’re a bad “mother”.

Outta here……

By GodHatesTrash

September 6, 2008 2:35 PM | Link to this

Mr. Bookman, Ms. Tucker, the racist comments on the AJC blogs is real news, the very real attempt to intimidate your voices into silence by some very deranged, hate-filled people.

You would be doing decent people and the nation a great service by doing a series on this. Most people have their heads in the sand about the true nature of “modern” conservatives.

By Rick

September 6, 2008 2:35 PM | Link to this

Can at least one of you O’Reilly fans address the subject at hand. Did you even hear what he said? He blamed Jamie Lynn’s parents for the fact that she got pregnant. When news of Bristol came out he said it was a personal matter and leave it at that. So there are two options here, either Palin is to blame for Bristol being pregnant or O’Reilly was wrong to attack the Spears. Which one of these two option do you believe? Is Palin to blame or is O’Reilly wrong?

By Hillbilly Deluxe

September 6, 2008 2:36 PM | Link to this

I don’t read Cynthia Tucker’s column so I don’t have any idea what she wrote.

This “ambush journalism” stuff started with Dan Rather and Mike Wallace. It’s practiced by all sides and basically disgusting. How many times, anywhere in the country, have you seen some crusading “consumer watchdog” type reporter go into some place and harrass some secretary who is trying to make a living and probably has no idea what the hell the “reporter” is talking about anyway? But hey it makes him look a big time crusader and who knows somebody at the network might be watching. Could be his shot at the big time.

Don’t forget local reporters who just have to interview some murder victim’s family at the scene because “the public has a right to know”. I once read a quote, forget who by, who said there is a difference between what the public needs to know and wants to know. Wise words. Of course if people didn’t watch this stuff it wouldn’t happen.

One thing you can do is complain loud and long to whatever network/station/newspaper does things like this. Money talks.

In my view the problem today is with MSNBC, CNN, FOX, CBS, NBC, ABC, all the major newspapers and magazines. It’s all show business now folks. We’re all just trying to guess which shell the pea is under. A pox on all their houses.

For people who choose the public life, they know what they are getting into. The ones I really feel sorry for are the “civilians” who sometimes get sucked into these things. Who can ever forget what happened to Richard Jewell? Of course the media wasn’t solely to blame for that. The FBI gets a large part of the blame.

Anyhow this was a bit of a rant I guess but it’s all showbiz folks. With apologies to Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, welcome back my friends to the show that never ends.

By Doug C.

September 6, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this

Everyone should congratulate Fox News and Bill O’Reilly for his intellectual cowardice and bullying by proxy.

By Jerry

September 6, 2008 2:38 PM | Link to this

Normal people know who –or what– is Bill O’Reilly and as so, normal people don’t pay attention anymore. Is he gonna change his mind? Admit his hypocrisy? No never. so, why the waste of time?

By Grumps

September 6, 2008 2:38 PM | Link to this

Journalists and politics are worse than a neighborhod gossip. Just report the news and quit trying to make it. Two years of presidential campaigning and I turn off the TV and don’t read their columns. I know who I am going to vote for, so it they want to spend millions that could be used for better cause so be it. But I have them tuned out.

By Houckster

September 6, 2008 2:38 PM | Link to this

JTS writes: The AJC is so far left it’s rediculous. I will never pay for anything from the AJC because of reporting like Cynthia’s. More job cuts to come since you guys only report one side of the news.

The AJC is a middle of the road newspaper. Those who think the paper is liberal just because some of the writers are are just confused. They haven’t really heard liberal.

The real truth is that Georgia is a blood red state. It is far more conservative than the country as a whole. And the prevailing logic among so many here seems to be that if some conservative is good, more is better. Such people are easily manipulated.

I’ve taken the time to read the comments by the conservative attacking Tucker and Bookman. Other than castigation for not being liberal, they had no content to them. That’s why I distrust anyone in the extreme regions of our political spectrum, left or right. They’ve truly lost perspective. Such people are dangerous.

By Stuck in the Middle

September 6, 2008 2:39 PM | Link to this

How hilarious that some refer to the liberal media as “skewering” the truth and being “dispicable” while writing statements in defense of Bill O’Riley (he’s the right-wing king of skewering the truth in case you are too brain-washed to realize this - just because he shares your ridiculously slanted viewpoint doesn’t make him any less guilty than the left-wing media of being dishonest).

Just think how great the world could be if, instead of pointing our fingers at politicians (who we disagree with on some issues) and saying what hypocrites they are, we could be honest enough to look in the mirror after we’ve written something on one of these blogs and say, “Wow, what a hypocrite I am! I am refusing to see anything bad about my candidate and instead blaming all my problems on the people in the opposing political camp.” Nah, it will never happen. Why would anyone want to waste their tme trying to become a better person when they can be busy hating others?

By jp

September 6, 2008 2:40 PM | Link to this

What are you folks not understanding here? O’reilly is a bully, he doesn’t let anyone explain their viewpoints. He in fact cut off Obama several times during the interview by just speaking over him in a louder tone. Is that really a way to conduct yourself in the media? It’s ok to give your opinion, but it’s not ok to bully someone like o’reilly does consistently. He’s a racist idiot and everyone knows it.

By Atlantarama

September 6, 2008 2:40 PM | Link to this

Fox News: We report, you decide if it’s true or not.

By jm

September 6, 2008 2:40 PM | Link to this

O’Reilly’s panties are still in a wad because the AJC dropped his column for Charles Krauthammer. Though given the choice, I would rather read O’Reilly than Krauthammer.

By Fred

September 6, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this

Since when did Tucker start defending two WHITE pregnant unmarried teenagers, don’t she have enough to write about when the teenagers are BLACK , pregnant and unmarried?? I rate her right alongside the TWO poverty PIMPS Rev Al & Rev Jesse.

By Ray

September 6, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this

Has nothing to do with pregnant girls, everything to do with hiding behind your position as editor and having free reign to say anything you want, true or not, and not being held to account for your views. Many of the people on this blog hide behind their cute post names to spew out inappropriate and biased comments without being held to account for it. If you are in the public arena and publish opinion, others that disagree with you have every right to confront you and hold you to account for what you say, especially if you hold yourself out to be a Pulitzer winning journalist with journalistic credentials that mean anything. The insulation that Tucker hides behind in the womb of a NYT owned newspaper is a joke, plain and simple. Bill is just holding her feet to the fire.

By Tammy

September 6, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this

I applaud Cynthia Tucker for, again, a job well done!

Bill lambasted Jamie Lynn Spears and her mother - faulting the mother for Jamie Lynn’s pregnancy. Now that Sarah Palin’s daughter is in the same situation, Bill claims it is not the parent’s fault, but is a private family matter with no parent at fault.

Cynthia had every right to call out Blowhard O’Reilly’s hypocrisy! For him to send three flunkies to ambush her for the same freedom of speech he enjoys is proof positive that O’Reilly can dish it out but can’t take it.

If Bill would stop speaking out of both sides of his mouth, he wouldn’t have to worry about getting called out in times like these. Better yet, he should just stop speaking…Period (and grow a pair).

By Mark

September 6, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this

I am more convinced then ever that Obama, the messiah will not be the next President of the U.S. The leftist media is killing his chances day by day by day. The hypocrisy of the left is just incredible by any standards.

By ray

September 6, 2008 2:44 PM | Link to this

Judging by Jay’s headline of “ambush”, the AJC has never sent a reporting team anywhere without being invited, and of course, has never stuck a mic at someone and asked a question even if the person acted like they didn’t want to talk.

By utony

September 6, 2008 2:44 PM | Link to this

Ms Tucker did not like to have her contridctions pointed out.

By Jeff in Roswell

September 6, 2008 2:46 PM | Link to this

Damn Rick, put a sock in it. Why don’t you just ask O’Reilly to set the record straight. Ask him to tell us if he has differing views on the subject at hand and ask him to explain himself.

By Michelle

September 6, 2008 2:46 PM | Link to this

Bill O’Reilly is a hypocrit. End of story. There is absolutely NO DENYING IT. So stop trying.

And as for Cynthia Tucker - she does not HAVE to go on O’Reilly’s show. Nor should she, in my opinion. He is a blowhard and talks over people. There is nothing to be gained for her to subject herself to O’Reilly’s hectoring.

And to Ms. Tucker, I say Bravo to you for handling yourself so well during that unfair & unbalanced ambush. I admire your calm repose.

By JustAGuy

September 6, 2008 2:47 PM | Link to this

Jay,

How nice of you to come to the aid of your colleague and put it in print….guess you didn’t have much else to say today, huh?

You know what they say about opinions… Guess that’s true for the three of you.

By Subroutine

September 6, 2008 2:48 PM | Link to this

I agree with Billo the Blowhard….. Bristol’s mom, Sarah, probably supervised the sex she had with her boyfriend. Hey, the kid is worth another $3,200 dollars in Alaska! You can put indoor plumbing in with that kind of money.

By stay at home mom

September 6, 2008 2:48 PM | Link to this

How abhorrent that O’Reilly sends out a goon squad every time there’s an article that he doesn’t like. In this case, the hypocrisy is blatantly obvious. Keep telling the truth Cynthia!

By Nowhere Man

September 6, 2008 2:48 PM | Link to this

Some O’Reilly fans seem to think that fairness demands that Tucker appear on O’Reilly’s show.

Of course, on the show O’Reilly controls the camera and the microphone, and can interrupt and talk over Tucker any time he wants to (which tends to be pretty much all the time.)

Here’s another idea: Why not allow O’Reilly to explain in writing why he’s not a hypocrite? Perhaps the AJC might even publish his response. But even if they don’t (and they should not feel obliged to give op-ed space to everyone that they criticize), O’Reilly will find that there’s plenty of room in cyberspace to publish it.

And if he does, then this I can promise: No one will talk over him.

By Volunteer

September 6, 2008 2:48 PM | Link to this

AJC and Cynthia very Liberal and play victim when questioned yet they do in the paper what they accused Bill of doing on TV. That’s why I don’t buy the paper anymore and neither do a lot of other people and the paper had to lay people off recently. If you dish it you must take it.

And what is this sending in a more conservative collegue? Just about everyone is more conservativer than a way left liberal. Give me a break.

By Nowhere Man

September 6, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this

Some O’Reilly fans seem to think that fairness demands that Tucker appear on O’Reilly’s show.

Of course, on the show O’Reilly controls the camera and the mike, and he can interrupt and talk over Tucker any time he wants to (which tends to be pretty much all the time.)

Here’s another idea: Bill could explain in writing why he’s not a hypocrite. Perhaps the AJC might even publish his response. But even if they don’t (and they should not feel obliged to give op-ed space to everyone that they criticize), O’Reilly will find that there’s plenty of room in cyberspace to publish it.

And if he does, then this I can promise: No one will talk over him.

By falcondawg

September 6, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this

To corporal: now we know why you’re just a corporal. With your ignorance, you’ll never go any higher.

By Pray4change

September 6, 2008 2:53 PM | Link to this

O’Reilly is a clown, period. How can anyone take his tabloid journalism seriously? He previously anchored, “A Current Affair” for crying out loud. He’s found the perfect home at Fox News, with all of their narrow minded, sensationalistic, uninformed viewers.

Signed, An Independent, but sensible American.

By JP

September 6, 2008 2:53 PM | Link to this

Bravo, Ms. Tucker. O’Reilly is an embarrassment.

By stephen

September 6, 2008 2:54 PM | Link to this

Bill O’Reilly

Is a hypocrite Surely he can’t

Argue that his stance on Mrs. Spears

Compares to the situation Under which Veep elect Palin Now finds herself. Truly pathetic “journalism”

By brad

September 6, 2008 2:55 PM | Link to this

Ms. Tucker is one of the most biased and liberal news writers, such that I don’t think anything of her views. O’Reilly is a blowhard, but very ofter has a point. He is interesting and does present views that are opposed to his own. That is not true of Ms. Tucker. Brad

By Algonquin J. Calhoun

September 6, 2008 2:57 PM | Link to this

My goodness, it appears a large number of you rednecks dropped your subscriptions to the paper because of Cynthia. At least, that’s what you say. Now really, you clods know you could never afford a subscription and if you did have one all you read was the comics section and you couldn’t comprehend those most of the time. How can you maggots type with your sheets and hoods on? I bet that would be entertaining to watch. Now get this straight! Gov. Twinkie was forced on Mc Moron by the evangelical fools and they didn’t know, at the time, that Trollop was preggers. Twinkie is not suitable material for office, any office! Continue to watch the Sphincter Factor and shine your Republinazi jack boots. Bye B***!

By Mac

September 6, 2008 2:59 PM | Link to this

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By Mickey

September 6, 2008 3:01 PM | Link to this

Cynthia Tucker dishes it out but can’t take it. The American people will not stand for anymore liberal media bull puckey. Let the people speak at the ballot box. I’m telling you now the polls do not accurately reflect what you will witness come November. Reagan trailed Carter in 1980 according to the polls leading up to the elction and then the landslide victory puched him (Carter)out of the white house. Barack Hussein Obama will never be the President of this Great country, not now, not never!!!!

By R Reid

September 6, 2008 3:01 PM | Link to this

Way to go Cynthia- brave and intellegent- not afraid to stand up to a bully like O’Rielly-please continue to do the real job of a journalist like you are doing- we are depending on you for real news and not just hypocritical spin- brava- you are the best!

By Cruzin

September 6, 2008 3:03 PM | Link to this

I agree with Gary. The reason I will never buy the AJC is because of Tucker and her loony liberal nonsense. A couple more years the AJC will be reduced to a web page selling classified ads only.

By Wilson

September 6, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this

This once great ity/state is being defiled by leftist, liberals and blacks. The AJC leads the charge with the likes of Tucker, Bookman, and Terrance Moore. Twins stabbing each other over a hooker? Micheal Vick? Gangs everywhere? Gwinnett is no longer white? The last white conservative out of the state, please turn out the lights!

By Jeff

September 6, 2008 3:08 PM | Link to this

Cynthia Tucker is an embarrasment to the Atlanta community…..by the way, just goes to show that journalists with integrity should be making her accountable for her mean-spirited and political driven views that she tries to force upon readers of the AJC. Please Cynthia……..stop the hate and do your job.

By Michael

September 6, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this

The AJC has the lowest readership for any major US city for this reason. Tucker, T. Moore, Bookman. The crazy left who do not entertain nor make us think.

By willielance

September 6, 2008 3:10 PM | Link to this

The term “conservative” has been used on this blog. Random House dictionary gave one of the definitions as “disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc. or restore traditional ones, and to limit change.” The definition was too mild. The majority of conservatives on these blogs given their way would smother change. What’s the fuss? This country is never going to get a system of Socialism like Sweden. The pundits on both ends of the political spectrum won’t stand for it.

By obamasucks

September 6, 2008 3:12 PM | Link to this

Good, I am glad the national media is finally holding this corrupt, biased paper to account. The fact that your token conservative went to the republican convention does nothing to hide the fact that this paper is in the tank for liberals. Tucker is the editorial page editor and her going to the DNC convention shows that the weight of the paper is behind their cause. Cynthia Tucker disgusts me and every other intellectually honest person who has the misfortune to read her dribble. Why didn’t she defend herself? Oh… because she is a liberal elite that doesn’t have to explain herself! If I never saw another one of those self righteous, holier than though mugshots of Tucker’s then I would be very happy. Kudos to Bill and his crew for doing the work that liberal, corrupt, biased media refuses to.

By RW-(the original)

September 6, 2008 3:13 PM | Link to this

You can judge for yourself whose version of the column is correct,

Jay B,

You need a little help with this blogging business. How are we supposed to determine which version is correct if you only give us one side to choose from? If you would also publish what O’Reilly actually said we’ll be able to determine whether there’s a difference.

It’s also interesting to note that you posted no “be gentle” warnings on this. Is that because you’re hoping to get Bristol Palin dragged through the mud?

By sunshine and thunder

September 6, 2008 3:15 PM | Link to this

Having re read Cynthia’s column I can see why O’Reilley wanted to confront her. The column is chock full of inuendo, pre textual statements and a blatent insult to O’Reilley.

Cynthia talks about “pious” conservatives who mock unwed mothers and pay no attention to the poor.

Bull!

It is those pious conservatives in churces across the land that have done more for poor, unwed mothers than all the political parties combined.

Cynthia does more in this column to expose left wing hypocrisy than O’Reilley could do with a hundred man on the street interviews.

Shame on Cynthia.

By dave

September 6, 2008 3:16 PM | Link to this

Jay, you going on Bill’s show for her too? Maybe you guys should send Boortz, he can handle him. Neither of you stand a chance!

By Jason

September 6, 2008 3:16 PM | Link to this

Atlanta has become Detroit. Atlanta has become New Oleans. Let’s rename the city. How about…NEW DETRIOT. Ruled by none other than QUEEN Cynthia. A leader that just b*** and offers no solutiuons. She can dish it out. But can’t take it. Go on the show sweetie…huh…huh..huh?

By GeorgiaPeach

September 6, 2008 3:18 PM | Link to this

Bill-O can dish it out but he can’t take it. And to be shown up for the lying hypocrite he is by a Black Woman??? Oh, My!! Can’t have that, can we?

By RWC

September 6, 2008 3:18 PM | Link to this

You right wing people are all hypocrites. All you republicans use the same tactics of throwing rocks and hiding your hands. I’m sorry if O’Reilly can suggest that Jamie Lynn was running around unsupervised, then why is it a problem to suggest that the little Palin girl was doing the same? Why is she not toarched in the media the same as little Spears? Oh I forget her mammy is a Republican. Democrates admit when they’re wrong and Republicans rewrite the rules so they can be right. By the way this woman is cluless and Biden will toarch her. Wow you guys produce a shell shocked Jar head and a cluless redneck…You rebulicans suck…Cynthia go on this lames show and over talk his a$$ just like he does everyone else

By Algonquin J. Calhoun

September 6, 2008 3:18 PM | Link to this

By Michael September 6, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this The AJC has the lowest readership for any major US city for this reason. Tucker, T. Moore, Bookman. The crazy left who do not entertain nor make us think.

Mike, fool, nothing could work on your empty cranium. You are a Republinazi moron and thinking is not required of your dumbass.

By Carlita

September 6, 2008 3:20 PM | Link to this

left wing/right wing. This is not about Cynthia Tucker’s endorsement for president. This is about Bill O’Reilly being called out for his views on parenthood and his tendency to whitewash anything done by the conservatives. Basically, if Jamie Lynn Spears parents are bad parents, and she had a job, then Bristol Palin’s parents are bad too. And it is also about Bill O’Reilly’s audacity in sending someone to Cynthia’s home over an editorial. What’s next, send in a hit squad the next time Jay Leno or David Letrerman skewers him on national tv?

By JAY BOOKMAN

September 6, 2008 3:21 PM | Link to this

RW, if I was hoping to do that, I would not have pulled some of the comments I’ve had to pull.

Personally, the suggestion of such a thing is beneath you and surprising to me.

By Larry J

September 6, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this

It’s no secret that Cynthia Tucker has a problem with Bill O’Reilly. There are entirely different circumstances between Spears and Palin.

Tucker just doesn’t want to admit it because it gave her another excust to attack O’Reilly.

And it gave her good buddy Jay Bookman a chance to do so as well. You have to love it when the media pat themselves on the back like this.

By waterst

September 6, 2008 3:26 PM | Link to this

Bedwetting liberals (sorry about being redundant): McCain will win. American is sick of LIBERALS, and that includes Jay and Cynthia. Bill didn’t come because he was busy interviewing Nobama.

By waterst

September 6, 2008 3:26 PM | Link to this

Bedwetting liberals (sorry about being redundant): McCain will win. American is sick of LIBERALS, and that includes Jay and Cynthia. Bill didn’t come because he was busy interviewing Nobama.

By brian

September 6, 2008 3:27 PM | Link to this

*This is very easily corrected (I don’t know who is right and I don’t care) but I am sure O’Reilly has already made the invite or will soon do so. All Cynthia has to do is go on the program and explain her viewpoint. *

And as all good Faux (Fake) News Channel viewers know of the Falafel Bill O’Lielly reTHUG talking points show know, ol’ loofah boy (what was it for settling out of court sexual harassment charges - $9 million?) will cut off her microphone as soon as she begins winning her discussion with him. I treasure the YouTube of loofah boy bill olielly yelling at a non Fake News Channel producer to ‘cut his mic! cut his mic!’ when Al Franken bested him in a rhetorical battle. Now we know why loofah bill won’t appear on any show where he doesn’t control the microphones. What a coward.

Jay is absolutely right here. Cynthia has a great presence of mind to use logic and adult common sense to essentially destroy the ‘loofah posse with camera’ ambush. Trust me, this is what brainless rednecks (but I repeat myself) believe is brave attacking a person outside their home. Bullying is cowardly. Loofah billy boy embarrassment shows manifestly in this sorry episode. Attacking one young girl while letting another in exactly the same situation be praised is hypocrisy and, in the terms of fundamentalism, ‘bearing false witness.’

So, dumb rednecks (yes, I repeated myself again); what’s your excuse? Hypocrisy is not exclusively a southern trait, but it sure seems as if all the right wing trolls here are enjoying their overdose.

By CoastDog

September 6, 2008 3:27 PM | Link to this

The headline says that Bill O’Reilly ambused Cynthia Tucker but actually he was not in the state so what is it….. Bill O’Reilly or some of his staff?

By Mike

September 6, 2008 3:27 PM | Link to this

Congrats, Cynthia, on the honor of being attacked by O’Reilly. I imagine this probably ranks up there with receiving the Pulitzer Prize.

It’s just a shame he was too much of a coward to greet you in-person. Instead, he could only deploy his goons to do his work for him.

Hopefully I’ll one day also do something worthy of being attacked by O’Reilly. Until then, congrats again on this huge achievement!

By Kbwahs

September 6, 2008 3:29 PM | Link to this

I agree with Cynthia - Bill is a hypocrite. Jamie Lynn and Bristol are in the same category as pregnant teens. The last thing you need to do is go on his show. Bill blasted the pregnant teens in the Mass. high school a couple of months ago, but he refuses to discuss the poor parenting of the VP nominee.

By SFH

September 6, 2008 3:30 PM | Link to this

This paperis a national embarrassment.

By Robert

September 6, 2008 3:30 PM | Link to this

Why is everyone so bitter? I enjoy losing our soilders lives in a war caused by ‘bad’ intellegence. I love having record unemployment (the previous record was 5 years ago, same administration). I like living ‘scared’ of the world around us. I look forward to my grandchildren facing a environmental disaster because of over drilling for oil. I want 8 more years of the same. I cannot understand why you don’t feel the same way.

By Mr. Progressive

September 6, 2008 3:31 PM | Link to this

Well Jason, I’d rather be New Detroit than New Birmingham, or New Charlotte, or any of these hick southern towns where people listen to Rush Limbaugh and Neal Boob all day and cannot think for themselves, idiots!!!!!!

By BT fan

September 6, 2008 3:32 PM | Link to this

Cynthia Turner has discredit the ajc with her bias and prejudice toward Liberal left wing party in a state with aconservative base. he needs to work for NYT.

By cjack

September 6, 2008 3:32 PM | Link to this

By the way,Jay looks g—-,nuff said.

By Glenn

September 6, 2008 3:33 PM | Link to this

Normally I can’t stand Bill O’Reilly, but after doing this, I may have to start watching his show. Cynthia is scum and I have no idea why the AJC continues to employ her. She’s nothing moore [sic] than a leftist propaganda artist.

By Kelly

September 6, 2008 3:36 PM | Link to this

The fact of the matter is Bristol and Jaime Lynn got pregnant, and O’Reilly wasnt fair in his criticisms. He is obviously a republican and thats his right; however, for him to send his dogs out on a columnist shows he is truly a coward. I believe Cynthia handled herself with class and dignity.

Wether she implied or didnt imply, the fact is BRISTOL is pregnant and no one was supervising or educating her..now she is being forced into a loveless married by her mom.

9/10 the guy just wanted to have sex, and now he is sitting at the RNC thinking..wtd did I get myself into..LOL

By dave

September 6, 2008 3:36 PM | Link to this

The lady that deliveres AJC paper in my neighborhood told me recently that her customer base has declined by 35% in last twelve months. Layoffs and cutbacks at AJC confirms readership is down so advertising revenue is down. Why is this happening? The good people of Georgia are sick and tired of left wing hacks like Cynthia Tucker.

By art

September 6, 2008 3:37 PM | Link to this

Jay:

You categorically state: “For the record, the AJC sent reporters to both conventions. Tucker went to the Democratic Convention, while our more conservative colleague Jim Wooten went to the Republican Convention.”

This is what is wrong with the media—both liberal and conservative. You send “friendly” journalists to question the politicians. Modern media should be ashamed. The duty of the Fourth Estate is to expose corruption and ask the hard questions. “Friendly” so-called journalists can’t do that. Play the devil’s advocate like your predecessors did 200 years ago.

You dug this hole, Jay. Now let’s see you crawl out of it.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 6, 2008 3:38 PM | Link to this

Oh, listen to the sore losers:

But Joe and Valerie Wilson, attempting to breathe life into the Valerie Plame “scandal,” issued this statement: “We have long argued that responsible adults should take Novak’s typewriter away. The time has arrived for them to also take away the keys to his Corvette.”-Robert Novak

Thee po wittle vicious and sicko frog marchers, still raging like lonely little lunatics, wholly deserted by the kook fringe who would have made them kings, left to tend to their obscure, mindless blog.

Karma.

By micah

September 6, 2008 3:38 PM | Link to this

It’s funny reading some of these comments. Ms. Tucker calls out somebody, but she doesn’t invade them by sending people to their homes to question their hypocritical views, but then you got people on here questioning here because she doesn’t want to talk about politics in front of her home? It’s sad that there are conservatives that support Bill and his tactics to get a story and force his point, but then and again it is the O’Reilly “factor”

By Captain America

September 6, 2008 3:39 PM | Link to this

Cynthia,

I read your column and agree with it. Stand firm against that bumbling blowhard o’reilly.

Also to you Mr. progressive we are all glad you plan to stay were you are, not all of us listen to those propagandists.. It just makes the mojitos taste better in the summer time.

By ALAN

September 6, 2008 3:39 PM | Link to this

Bill is a Republican and is not fair and balanced. I have never agreed with CT before but in this case she is right. Bill is just p** he was called out on this one.

By ME

September 6, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this

A man’s home is his castle! Sorry, Tucker is a woman!

Some of you folks are a bit silly or are you expecting a microphone in you face next weekend?

By Lynn Keenum

September 6, 2008 3:41 PM | Link to this

How wonderful it is that what Cynthia or Bill has to say means nothing…..

By Wondering Lady

September 6, 2008 3:42 PM | Link to this

I wonder when people will begin to truly look at the two men: McCain and Obama and judge their EXPERIENCE and ABILITIES to actually make CHANGES that will be of benefit to the American people? Personal family matters should stay personal whether it is in the Jamie Spears family or Bristol Palin’s family - both girls were old enough to know the risk they took in having sex could result in getting pregnant. If young people are given permission to drive a car that could possibly cause danger and death to others, why can’t the same individuals be allowed to take control of their body and sexual urges? At some point in time, parents have to let their children become responsible for their choices and face the consequences when mistakes occur. This should not be a matter of political concern and whether the McCain-Palin and the Obama-Biden ticket revolves around the issue of someone’s pregnancy. How stupid!!! Get real people! I wonder if you know how much better the McCain-Palin ticket is and that is where America should go for leadership in the next four years??? Go McCain-Palin! USA!

By Dollarbill63

September 6, 2008 3:42 PM | Link to this

Cynthia Tucker = Declining subscribers and readers.

By Kelly

September 6, 2008 3:42 PM | Link to this

Dave,

So the woman who delivers your paper told you the people are sick of Cynthia Tucker’s column and they stopped buying the paper? I guess other issues like the economy, being able to read it FOR FREE online, etc have no bearing in low sales.

You are not very bright. GO OBAMA!

By Joe Schmor

September 6, 2008 3:42 PM | Link to this

Cynthia is a clear Obama supporter. This left wing rag has finally been confronted.

By Will

September 6, 2008 3:43 PM | Link to this

Cynthia should demonstrate the courage to accept Bill’s invitation to appear on his show, Obama finally did. If she does not, it will prove she cannot defend this position and many others she has chosen to write about but not debate. Let’s see if she has the courage, integrity and leadership to do this.

By truthseeker

September 6, 2008 3:44 PM | Link to this

Is it true that Bill O’Reilly slammed the Spears family stating that Jamie Lynn was running around unsupervised and that’s what resulted in her teenage preganancy? YES. So I’m not quite sure what the fuss is about….. if he assumes that’s what happened isn’t it safe to say that it would also be his assumption in the Bristol Palin case. To my understanding regardless of what party you’re affiliated with you pretty much get preganant the same way. Not sure if she was running around unsupervised or if her mother was busy attempting to get her uncle fired…….but it’s safe to say that she wasn’t in church on her knees praying as the republican party has tried to portray this family.

By Rufus

September 6, 2008 3:46 PM | Link to this

This is my $.02. Cynthia Tucker is The Boss who said that we should Berlin Airlift cans of Spam laden with pork to the Afghan refugees (or was that Iraqi Kurdish refugess? I can’t remember) to help feed them.

Bill O’Reilled up does not speak for Conservatism, and I challenge any liberal here (or Jay) to regurgitate a quote from that Irish hothead that has been posted here from a “neocon” like me.

I’ll be waiting.

By JAY BOOKMAN

September 6, 2008 3:46 PM | Link to this

It’s pretty simple, Art.

Cynthia and Jim Wooten write OPINION columns published in the OPINION section.

We sent reporters who reported. We sent opinion writers to write their opinions.

Opinion writers have and express opinions, Art. I’m sorry if that shocks you.

By RW-(the original)

September 6, 2008 3:47 PM | Link to this

Jay, B,

That was an honest assessment of what I thought and I thought it was beneath you as well. Sorry if I got the wrong impression. Perhaps you were hoping to get O’Reilly dragged through the mud and I really wouldn’t have any problem joining in with that if you’d let us know what he actually said so we can see whether your and Cynthia’s outrage is warranted.

Now how, pray tell, am I supposed to know what you’ve pulled? The only one it seems that you made reference to must have been racial. There’s stuff up there by a Chris, Atlanta GA that’s very similar to a comment I got threatened with permanent banishment for. I guess it because it was about Clinton and came from the Starr report. O’Reilly’s posterior fixations are fair game, I guess, but Billy Jeff’s are cause for expulsion.

On another note, if you’re having to pull so many comments why is there still no warning up ^^^ there?

By Brad in KY

September 6, 2008 3:48 PM | Link to this

Strictly speaking O’Reilly isn’t necessarily a hypocrite. The main point at stake here is whether it always holds that if a daughter gets pregnant then her parents are responsible. I think it’s obvious that the claim is false.

For instance, if parents let their daughter run around unsupervised and largely “unparented” then it would certainly seem that they should bear much of the responsibility for their child getting pregnant.

If another family for the most part does everything one would expect good parents to do in terms of helping their children avoiding such circumstances, and the daughter still gets pregnant, then it would seem that the burden of responsibility rests mostly (if not only) with the daughter.

I don’t know enough about either case to make a judgment concerning the Spears or Palin families, but I am concerned with always trying to reason honestly and I think the distinction I’ve pointed out here (and the one O’Reilly’s associates were getting at with Tucker) is one that must be made. Thus no charge of hypocrisy necessarily sticks to O’Reilly unless one can fill in the relevant details concerning the contexts in which each girl became pregnant.

By Jon

September 6, 2008 3:49 PM | Link to this

So, Sarah Palin was supervising the sex Bristol and Levi were having? Somehow I doubt it. Sorry O’Reilly, but that’s a little far fetched.

By GTman

September 6, 2008 3:49 PM | Link to this

Jay Bookman - you are a suck up. Get your head out of Cynthia’s a**. This is so pathetic. Let Cynthia write this garbage if she was so bothered.

Cynthia Tucker is a left wing zealot and has ruined the reputation of the AJC. Ms. Tucker should have the guts to explain why she thought O was being a hypocrite. She is a racist and the AJC let’s her get away it. I am glad I can read what I want on line for free and do not have to pay for the garbage rag the AJC has become.

By Rufus

September 6, 2008 3:50 PM | Link to this

Good gravy. I need to check spell:

I meant, refugees there.

By MACMARINE

September 6, 2008 3:51 PM | Link to this

TUCKER IS A LIBERAL LEFT WING HATE MONGER. GO ON THE SHOW AND DEFEND YOURSELF.YOU AND YOUR ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTIPATION NEWSPAPER ARE SO PROTECTIVE OF YOUR MESSAIC OBAMA RAMA. WHAT A POOR EXCUSE FOR A NEWSPAPER, NO WONDER YOU ARE ABOUIT TO FOLD!!!!!! GO BILL, GO!!!!!

By The Truth

September 6, 2008 3:53 PM | Link to this

Cynthia, You deserve it. Your editorials are so biased towards the Obama it is ridiculous. Then we have Luckovich with his biased cartoons as well. Everytime I read your so called editorial I feel like I am listening to an Obama surrogate on TV. You are the main reason I no longer purchase the hard copy of the AJC. The only reason I foresee purchasing a hard copy of the AJC is if they run out of toilet paper.

By K

September 6, 2008 3:53 PM | Link to this

It is unbelievable that people are defending Billy O’ on this. Way to be professional. Unbelievable.

By Keith

September 6, 2008 3:53 PM | Link to this

Cowardice. Nothing ever changes with O’Reilly and his kneepadded sycophants.

By Robert

September 6, 2008 3:53 PM | Link to this

Cynthia, admit it. You are such a racist. Any attempt at ethical journalism escapes you and you know it.

By dave

September 6, 2008 3:56 PM | Link to this

Kelly:

The average homeowner in my neighborhood is retired. The average value of their homes exceed $1 million dollars. They are free thinking intelligent people that don’t want to waste their time reading such rubbish as CT writes daily. Go back to your public housing and get off that rented computer.

By chris

September 6, 2008 3:58 PM | Link to this

O Reilly is a pompus jerk, however Tucker is a bigger pompus jerk.

By Mrs.Godzilla

September 6, 2008 3:58 PM | Link to this

Cynthia should be on BillO’s show?

Whatever.

Why no Palin on the Sunday talking heads?

I read today….”vice presidents aren’t supposed to slink into the secret bunker until AFTER the election…”

I see all the chatter above… whining, b!tchin’ and moanin’ about a journalist not submitting herself to the hackery that is BillO and NONE OF YOU mention the fact that the Republican candidate for the Vice Presidency is still in damn study hall!

Got Irony?

By Janet

September 6, 2008 3:59 PM | Link to this

Sounds like Cynthia is a coward. Would someone please replace her from this ridiculous liberal newspaper? It would be so nice to have a non- biased view on the news. My subscription to the AJC has been cancelled because of inept reporting like Ms. Tucker and you, Mr. Bookman.

By Laurie

September 6, 2008 4:02 PM | Link to this

The Republicans are panicking this election. They know the country will turn them out in record numbers.

Their problem is that it’s not the media that is liberal, it’s that the truth is actually liberal. Therefore, Republicans are frantic, going all out to suppress the truth, hounding (to the very gates of their supermarkets) those who point out their lies.

Sad. But it’s been their tactic for years now. People will often let them get away with it, because Republican support for “me first” often wins out. However, “me first” nowadays really means “rich first”, and the country is paying for it over and over. This election, the fruits of their greed have cost the country big time. It will be Democrats controlling all branches of the government starting in 2009, and likely putting several Supreme Court justices on the bench.

America will have a chance to build toward greatness once again, after a national nightmare and disgrace.

O’Reilly and Limbaugh will continue to have their little echo chambers. Occasionally, it will be fun to poke at them.

By N-GA

September 6, 2008 4:02 PM | Link to this

The facts are simple. Bill O’Reilly has one standard for some people and another standard for others. If there is any relevance about these children running around unsupervised, one has to suppose how O’Reilly knows that Spears is unsupervised, but Palin is not.

I hate to think that Sarah Palin “supervised” the act that impregnated her daughter.

O’Reilly is an all-American hypocrite.

By tina

September 6, 2008 4:04 PM | Link to this

Cynthia, Girl, you were nice and professional like. I am from NY. Run up on me, in my driveway and I promise you, I sincerely promise you I will open up the biggest can of “whip a$$” you have ever seen. And doesn’t everyone have a pregnant, unmarried teenage daughter at home????? We really need that image at the podium come inauguration day.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 6, 2008 4:04 PM | Link to this

Interesting that so many people are moved to post to this particular comment thread.

Anyhow, I think it says more about Bill O’Pinko that he would stoop so low as to take on Queen Pinko.

Try to act big time, Billy.

Besides, it has nothing to do with you anyway, the lib was just taking her goon duty shot at Hot Sarah’s family and needed a viable excuse to do it.

Jay: Queen Pinko gets the racist crap thrown at her because of the plain simple fact that she is a race monger.

What else would you discuss with her, the economy?

By bob

September 6, 2008 4:05 PM | Link to this

Just curious…you O’Reilly folks seem to be really exercised that some journalist doesn’t want to come on his show.

Why aren’t you complaining about why Palin is ducking all interviews?

By ME

September 6, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this

Folks herein seem to be real comedians; serious discussion must require a number of attending doctors and ambulances. Wonder of O’Reilly provide this service as well.

So what is the favorite term after racist and liberal? Cannot believe y’all that limited in words!

By RW-(the original)

September 6, 2008 4:08 PM | Link to this

Rufus,

There are some addons you can download for IE to do spell checking and for all I know they have it included by now. i switched to Firefox about five versions of IE back and Firefox has a built in spell checker.

By Tommy Maddox

September 6, 2008 4:08 PM | Link to this

The Repubs aren’t panicking. They are busy flushing out the “more than obvious” liberal media bias that exists in this country.

Our gal Cynthia just happens to be at the center of the “if you are not black and liberal or just liberal you don’t count” universe.

Talk about hypocrite?

Cool aid drinkers…

By RANDY

September 6, 2008 4:10 PM | Link to this

Ms. Tucker I am sure an invatation is comming from Bill O’Rielly to come and express your opinion on the FACTOR. Let’s see if you have the GUTS to face him live.

By N-GA

September 6, 2008 4:11 PM | Link to this

What I would really enjoy is having O’Reilly unseal the sexual harrassment settlement terms. His accuser has nothing to lose. So c’mon Bill, let her release the full text of the settlement!!

By Kimber

September 6, 2008 4:11 PM | Link to this

OMG, could you all please shut up with the leftist media crap? Ms. Tucker called O’Reily out with his hypocritical comments. It’s ok for the VP candidate’s daughter to get pregnant at 17, but not Jamie Lynn? Give me a break!

This has zero to do with Democrats, Republicans, left, right, liberals, whatever label one wants to use. The VP candidates daughter did exactly what millions of other 17 year olds have done: got pregnant while unmarried and underage. O’Reily is a hypocrite. Period.

By JAY BOOKMAN

September 6, 2008 4:12 PM | Link to this

It always amuses me to see people accuse Tucker of always being about race. The number of columns in which she actually touches on the issue is actually quite small.

For example, this particular issue has no racial overtones whatsoever. Yet read through the comments — who is injecting race into the conversation repeatedly?

By jc_atl

September 6, 2008 4:12 PM | Link to this

Bill O’Really is a hack and a pu55y. Whenever someone calls him on his BS he cries like a little baby and resorts to bully tactics like this. He can rot in hell.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 6, 2008 4:12 PM | Link to this

al-Gitmo:

Obama to Nix Fox Debate

What is good for thee gander is good for the goose, no?

It would be totally ridiculous for Sexy Sarah to accept an interview with the hack and toady crews of the pinko media, why, they shown such great restraint from mindlessly attacking her so far, haven’t they.

Gnaw on your own arm, sickos, you ain’t getting at our womenfolk.

By lisa

September 6, 2008 4:12 PM | Link to this

Wow, I gotta say: GO CYNTHIA!

(1) If someone irritated me that much, I’d be damn if I would read her column day after day. Life is hard enough without self-inflicting irritation. Why are y’all reading her if she is so bad?

(2) Her time is her time; NO ONE should be ambushed in front of his/her home. That is just wrong. She handled that well; I would not be so gracious.

By Mother of a 12yr old girl

September 6, 2008 4:12 PM | Link to this

Bill O. and the Pub’s are hypocrits~ They drank from the Kool-Aid something fierce.

WHEN EXACTLY DID THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DECIDE IT WAS OK FOR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TO GET PREGNANT?????

WHEN IT WAS ONE OF THEIR OWN ???!!!

The Howls that come from them when its a liberal elite who gets pregnant, the nasty indignation that erupts over black ghetto girl w******* sashaying to school 8 months pregnant and looking for public funds for daycare support so they can finish and get a high school diploma…

IT IS NOT OK FOR A 17 YEAR OLD GIRL TO GET PREGNANT!!! PERIOD!!!

I’m supposed to tell my daughter oh, don’t have sex, but if you do, and you get married JUST BEFORE you deliver WHILE YOU”RE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL - IT”S OK HUNNEY?!?!?!?!?!?!!!@!

50% OF MARRIAGES BETWEEN PARTNERS IN THEIR TEENAGE YEARS ARE DIVORCED WITHIN 10 YEARS.

If they wait to get married til their mid-twenties, the divorce rate is 25% at 10 years.

It’s OK dear if you get pregnant, and screw up your educational career, and end up with less of an education than you would have had otherwise, and get stuck in a low-paying job - BECAUSE ALL THE EDUCATED PEOPLE AND ALL THE GOOD TECH JOBS ARE GOING TO INDIA AND CHINA ANYWAY!!!!

The Republican Party - ensuring the long-term economic demise of the United States of Indentured Servitude… oh, just put it on plastic, oh wait, use this card instead…

By Cookie Rubin

September 6, 2008 4:13 PM | Link to this

Cynthia Tucker was already a hero to me, and this just confirms my trust that she can handle OReilly at a distance OR at close range. Actually, since he never lets anyone finish a sentence, she was better off talking to his posse. Go Cynthia!!!!!

By Tommy Maddox

September 6, 2008 4:13 PM | Link to this

PS:

Jay, lose the pantsuit and grow a spine.

By Chester

September 6, 2008 4:13 PM | Link to this

If you want proof that O’Reilly is being a hypocrite here, just go to YouTube and look at the clip of him condemning Jamie Lynn Spears’ parents, while he now defends Palin. It’s really quite obvious, and will be to anyone who honestly looks at the comparison. Go to YouTube and search “O’Reilly Palin Spears.” The Jon Stewart “Daily Show” clip provides a side-by-side comparison. I’m not saying that liberals can’t be hypocritics too — just don’t deny O’Reilly is — it defies reality.

Bill O’Reilly has a real anger problem. Check out the clip of him blowing up on camera from a few years ago. I understand how people could agree with his politics, but he’s not a good person.

By j

September 6, 2008 4:13 PM | Link to this

Cynthia is one of the major reasons I cancelled my subscription to the AJC many years ago. She is a disgrace to journalism and the city of Atlanta.

By bobby

September 6, 2008 4:13 PM | Link to this

Oh wahwahwah, a tabloid writing journalist gets a mic stuck in her face. Too bad, deal with it, you make your living doing this Cindy, take your own medicine for a change.

By Chester

September 6, 2008 4:13 PM | Link to this

If you want proof that O’Reilly is being a hypocrite here, just go to YouTube and look at the clip of him condemning Jamie Lynn Spears’ parents, while he now defends Palin. It’s really quite obvious, and will be to anyone who honestly looks at the comparison. Go to YouTube and search “O’Reilly Palin Spears.” The Jon Stewart “Daily Show” clip provides a side-by-side comparison. I’m not saying that liberals can’t be hypocritics too — just don’t deny O’Reilly is — it defies reality.

Bill O’Reilly has a real anger problem. Check out the clip of him blowing up on camera from a few years ago. I understand how people could agree with his politics, but he’s not a good person.

By LSU Tiger in GA

September 6, 2008 4:14 PM | Link to this

Cynthia Tucker is more than just a liberal, she’s a racist liberal and a pathetic excuse for a newspaper columnist.

By Tech Forever

September 6, 2008 4:14 PM | Link to this

Give me a break. I’m glad Ole Cynth got a piece of her own medicine. She’s been hiding behind her keyboard for years slinging mud and making accusations.

So funny how when Socialists (facists, marxist, communists…whichever term you’d like to describe yawls positions), like Cynthia, are treated in the same “hit and run” manner with which they do their jobs they act genuinely appalled at the behavior and the first thing that wells up is the elitism attitude of “well I NEVER….”. I’m sure she went in and immediately began thinking of how she’ll take the high road….which in the end will come out in another column with the same exact mantra as all her other ones….”Socialism Rules, Liberty and Capitalism are Horrible, and Our Founding Fathers Weren’t as Smart as We are.”

By N-GA

September 6, 2008 4:15 PM | Link to this

Hey Bill, Does your wife allow you to go around unsupervised? Are you still on a short leash?

By Al

September 6, 2008 4:15 PM | Link to this

Cynthia Tucker is a filthy racist. Bookman, how does it feel to be a monkey boy for that filthy racist?

By Jerry

September 6, 2008 4:16 PM | Link to this

When are you air heads going to get it straight. Bill is an independent, he attacks both the left and the right. If you have ever watched his show you would know this. But you leftist loons who get their information from Media Matters, The Daily Koz and The Huffington Post are so out of touch that you should be declared insane!

By Chester

September 6, 2008 4:17 PM | Link to this

If you want proof that O’Reilly is being a hypocrite here, just go to YouTube and look at the clip of him condemning Jamie Lynn Spears’ parents, while he now defends Palin. It’s really quite obvious, and will be to anyone who honestly looks at the comparison. Go to YouTube and search “O’Reilly Palin Spears.” The Jon Stewart “Daily Show” clip provides a side-by-side comparison. I’m not saying that liberals can’t be hypocrites too — just don’t deny O’Reilly is — it defies reality.

Bill O’Reilly has a real anger problem. Check out the clip of him blowing up on camera from a few years ago. I understand how people could agree with his politics, but he’s not a good person.

By Amerikkka

September 6, 2008 4:17 PM | Link to this

O’Reilly suggested that Jamie was unsupervised. Bottom line You republikkkans are hypocrites and should die slow. Little Palin was the one who was truly unsupervised and you all should really consider sticking to that. I would hate to see charges such as: contributing to the delinquency of a minor, providing alcoholic beverages to a minor, and child neglect placed on Sarah Palin. Because after all she was supervised right?

By southsidetoby

September 6, 2008 4:18 PM | Link to this

Are you kidding me? Go back and look at what O’Reilly said about Spears. He was absolutely unequivocal in his disdain for her and her parents. Nothing in what he said could lead one to conclude that his criticism was based on the fact that Spears was “running around unsupervised.

But since O’Reilly is now desperately trying to find a way out of his hypocrisy, let’s explore it a bit. So, his position is that Spears was “unsupervised” but that Palin was supervised? Ok, when? Is he saying that Palin’s parents were there supervising her when Palin and her boyfriend had sex and conceived the child?

Give me a break. O’Reilly is a hypocritical loudmouth, not a journalist. He entertains and speaks to his base, the great mass of unthinking right wingers. What does that say about them?

By technoFark

September 6, 2008 4:18 PM | Link to this

I don’t understand how she won the Pultzer prize and execellence in journalism with her liberal bias. All journalism schools are liberal and are the death of a nation the USA.

By Clint

September 6, 2008 4:18 PM | Link to this

WHY DOES CYNTHIA TUCKER HAVE TO GO PN O’REILLY’S OPINION SHOW TO EXPLAIN HER OPINION?

She does not!!!! Just because someone disagrees with O’Reilly does not mean they have to show up on the set of his opinion-based show to explain themselves. If the shoe was on the other foot, you idiots like The Corporal would be screaming about the bias of the alleged liberal media.

This was just another media stunt perpetuated by O’Reilly to cloud the real issues in this campaign. Issues that do not bode well for his candidate — John McCain,

By AJC/DNC Management

September 6, 2008 4:18 PM | Link to this

By JAY BOOKMAN September 6, 2008 4:12 PM It always amuses me to see people accuse Tucker of always being about race. For example, this particular issue has no racial overtones whatsoever. Yet read through the comments — who is injecting race into the conversation repeatedly?

Ummmmm-

By JAY BOOKMAN September 6, 2008 2:06 PM Such posts explain why Tucker does not have a blog; when she has gone on line in the past, the comments section quickly turns into a vicious KKK meeting. Interspered in those comments are posts from other people claiming that racism doesn’t really exist anymore and is just in Tucker’s mind

You know what I mean?

By Rufus

September 6, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this

Thanks RW, I am using Firefox. I just missed that red underline in my haste and I wish there was something more glaring. Other than that, I am staying out of this liberal cat fight. I stopped watching that Irish hothead long ago. He doesn’t speak for me, brother.

By readytoreadsomethingelse

September 6, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this

i have had it with cynthia tucker. her city reporting has been horrible and it’s obvious she is on the mayor’s payroll. and it’s true, she never has anything positive to say, even when she ‘writes’ about challenges. no wonder the AJC is losing its readership. a columnist is NOT a reporter.

By Scott

September 6, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this

A woman who can’t raise her 17 year old child to make the boy she is about to have sex with wear a condom does not need to be one step away from running the country. She can’t even run her own house hold. It also doesn’t say much about the child who is pregnant when she knew that her mother was the Governor of the state, had further political aspirations, and yet decided to have unprotected sex with a person she was not married to. If this had been a democrat the conservative talking heads would be having a field day. That is why so many democrats are upset by the situation. It’s the hypocrites on the right that are so self righteous in everything they do. They are more religious, they are more patriotic, they are richer, they think they know the common man better. That’s how it always is with the GOP. The Christian right would be going nuts if one of Obama or Biden’s children were unwed, underage, and pregnant. But since it’s a republican it’s all just “part of life” and it happens. Double standard.

By Say what

September 6, 2008 4:23 PM | Link to this

What surprises me is anything that Cynthia Tucker says is even on Bill O’Reilly’s radar screen….

By Carl Lawson

September 6, 2008 4:24 PM | Link to this

I agree with Cynthia. In this case stupid is as stupid does. For Oreilly to critisize Ms Spears and give young Ms Palin a pass is hypocritical. I will give Ms Spears one thing and that is she is not complicating her first lack of judgement (safe sex) with a more extreme lack of judgement (marrying the father of her baby). For people to jump up and down with joy that two extremly immature 17 year olds (Ms Palin and her Bo) are getting married is lunacy. I really feel if I could get Ms Palin’s expectant husband alone for 1 minute he would say that he is under pressure (shot gun by the Republicans) and marriage is the last thing on his mind. God bless and keep them both.

By Midori

September 6, 2008 4:24 PM | Link to this

wow - a filthy racist @ 4:15 claiming that everyone else is a filthy racist.

Is that what Rove teaches you to? point the finger?

By about time

September 6, 2008 4:24 PM | Link to this

It’s about time she got it in her face. She hides behind this liberal paper and screams freedom of Speech… I have fought for free speech.. SHE is a hypocrite and needs to be drawn out from behind her silly paper. She is just looking for anything to dog out a white person no matter the cost or expense. She will probably vote for Obama for the simple fact he’s black. No other reason.

By JAY BOOKMAN

September 6, 2008 4:24 PM | Link to this

TO Management.

Are you suggesting that until I posted that, race hadn’t been mentioned in this thread?

Is that really what you’re trying to suggest?

By Independent Thinker

September 6, 2008 4:25 PM | Link to this

The sad truth is that Bill O and his Republican peers (Sean Hatefully, Rush Loser, etc) are all HYPOCRITES. Like liberals do, Cynthia handled this idiotic situation with grace and style.

By The Man

September 6, 2008 4:28 PM | Link to this

Bill O’Reilly is God!!!! Nail that stupid racist bimbo…I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GO BILL GO BILL GO BILL lol lol

By truthseeker

September 6, 2008 4:28 PM | Link to this

Janet, let me get this straight….you’ve cancelled your subscription to the AJC….but you’re reading it for free on the internet and taking time out of what I’m sure is a very hectic schedule to post a comment to a blog!!! THAT’S REAL SPECIAL.

By steve

September 6, 2008 4:28 PM | Link to this

I am conservative and I think Cynthia Tucker is wrong about most everything. Her columns often display her own biases and she regularly contradicts herself as well. However, I also think Bill O’Reilly is nothing more than a pompous, ego-driven idiot.

By GT

September 6, 2008 4:29 PM | Link to this

Tucker is absolutely right and Bill O’Reilly is not the only blowhard on that side of the isle. Why should she have to go explain anything to anybody? Her writing does it quiet nicely and O’Reilly can use some of that Ivy League education he seems to be ashamed of to figure it out. This kind of thing is like some Nazi youth bullying any body that dare cross the line, more reason to throw these bums out of office. Wasn’t O’Reilly involved Tucker is absolutely right and Bill O’Reilly is not the only blowhard on that side of the isle. Why should she have to go explain anything to anybody? Her writing does it quiet nicely and O’Reilly can use some of that Ivy League education he seems to be ashamed of to figure it out. This kind of thing is like some Nazi youth bullying any body that dare cross the line, more reason to throw these bums out of office. Wasn’t O’Reilly recently involved in a Sex Harass Suit. Maybe that is what this is all about. Maybe Bill was there just busy, wearing a raincoat in the front seat of the car.

By TW

September 6, 2008 4:29 PM | Link to this

Vegas-

$200 on Obama/Biden wins $100

$100 in McSame/Bushgirl wins $175

Same as it was the day before Sinful Sarah spewed her lies.

Analysis: The rightwing knows they are done. Thus, they’ll run their mouth, but won’t put any money where their mouth is.

God I miss the Old Republican Party, when it meant something to be a man and when that man would never let a woman lie to his face - much less cheer her on.

No thanks.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 6, 2008 4:29 PM | Link to this

Two things- O’Pinko was entirely in the wrong to attack Jamie Lynn Spears or her parents in the first place, as is Rush Limbaugh anytime that he may have went down that road.

As a parent, all you can do is teach your child the right thing and be an example for them, it worked for me and I consider myself LUCKY.

Believe me, I can remember some of the thoughts I had as a child (-;

Secondly, can we knock off with the “monkey” comments, you dumbas-ses?

By Rufus

September 6, 2008 4:30 PM | Link to this

For example, this particular issue has no racial overtones whatsoever. Yet read through the comments — who is injecting race into the conversation repeatedly?

Jay, I think you need to ask that question of the Clintons, or more specifically, why the WOMAN female candidate waaaay back in the 80s said that Barack “wouldn’t be where he was if he were white.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/us/politics/13ferraro.html

By Alexis

September 6, 2008 4:32 PM | Link to this

I smell a fat rat. Had the shoe been on the other foot and Baracks daughter was prg. she would have been called a baby mama 100 times by now. I am not a fan of O’rielly but I will watch next wk to see Barack Obamas interview. I feel kids and family are off limits but the right didnt have a problem with dragging Michelle Obama thru the mud and I didnt hear or see women crying sexism then. She is also an American Woman. Women can get exicited and outright say they were voting for HRC and now Palin because they are women yet blacks were/are accused of being racist for supporting Barack, again how ironic. Hypcroisy at it’s best. I don’t think anybody called Fantaisa honorable as a single mother.

By Boob O'Reily

September 6, 2008 4:33 PM | Link to this

What I love about these crazy conservatives is the way they trash the AJC that they are clearly reading. That’s more hypocritical than O’Reilly.

I’m just going to point out that newspapers - ALL newspapers - are in trouble due to the internet. The AJC is no different and with or withot Tucker they would be in trouble.

Another thing I’d like to point out - which every one of you morons knows - is that no one on The Factless Factor ever gets to defend themselves because Bully Bill shouts them down and cuts them off. But please keep watching - it keeps you from seeing how we liberals always win. Gay marrisge in two states and you can still get an aborion even after 8 years of Republicans running the joint. HAHAHAHAHA!! Thanks Bill - keep up the good work.

By Jack Ryan

September 6, 2008 4:34 PM | Link to this

I’m sorry if I fail to see where it is so horrible that Palin’s daughter is pregnant. And what it has to do with her being VP. Should she have placed a chastity belt on her? Afterall in some states, as yours(Georgia) 17 yrs old is an adult. So she’s not a kid under the color of law. Back off Cynthia. Yours is just what the caption says-OPINION- Not a thesis on how to raise your child or how not to become pregnant in America. Look in your own backyard. How many teens in the City of Atlanta get pregnant everyday and live on welfare? I’m sure it is quite a few.

By Jeff

September 6, 2008 4:35 PM | Link to this

Seriously, people? “Leftist liberal media?” Is Fox News part of that? 90 percent of the “Republicans” posting in this forum are pawns who have no business supporting McCain and his smokescreen strumpet in a skirt. But you can’t see it because you’ve swallowed the flag waving, baseball-and-apple pie bait, which is exactly what they want you to do, like good little sheep. It’s good to be king!

By Jack Ryan

September 6, 2008 4:35 PM | Link to this

I’m sorry if I fail to see where it is so horrible that Palin’s daughter is pregnant. And what it has to do with her being VP. Should she have placed a chastity belt on her? Afterall in some states, as yours(Georgia) 17 yrs old is an adult. So she’s not a kid under the color of law. Back off Cynthia. Yours is just what the caption says-OPINION- Not a thesis on how to raise your child or how not to become pregnant in America. Look in your own backyard. How many teens in the City of Atlanta get pregnant everyday and live on welfare? I’m sure it is quite a few.

By Jack Ryan

September 6, 2008 4:35 PM | Link to this

I’m sorry if I fail to see where it is so horrible that Palin’s daughter is pregnant. And what it has to do with her being VP. Should she have placed a chastity belt on her? Afterall in some states, as yours(Georgia) 17 yrs old is an adult. So she’s not a kid under the color of law. Back off Cynthia. Yours is just what the caption says-OPINION- Not a thesis on how to raise your child or how not to become pregnant in America. Look in your own backyard. How many teens in the City of Atlanta get pregnant everyday and live on welfare? I’m sure it is quite a few.

By mike

September 6, 2008 4:36 PM | Link to this

*O’Reilly is a washed up “journalist” who is essentially a shock jock. He says stuff just to rile up the right wingers.Tucker’s article was well written and had a good point. What if Obama had a 17 yr old pregnant daughter?? All you would hear from FOX was that she was a unwed “babymomma”.. *

By Lewis

September 6, 2008 4:38 PM | Link to this

Of course right wing commentators hate it when anyone points out how full of crap they are! This should not surprise anyone. All you have to do is run clips of them talking and let them expose themselves. Jon Stewart is my hero! So did Bill send people to ask Jon questions in this manner…probably not…any idea why? Can you say “cowardly jerk”?

By John

September 6, 2008 4:38 PM | Link to this

Ms. Tucker got exactly what she deserves. She writes a column that is nothing more than a left wing media attack and then wants to hide in her office. She is not a journalist, rather a creative writer. She is an Obama supporter and uses her position to spread lies about good honest people. She is a big reason the ajc has lost nearly all credibility over the years. I am sure she is all wrapped up in the attacks against right wing political figures, but when Obama is at fault, like when he continued his membership at an anti-American, anti-white church, or when he would not denounce his relationship with a known terrorist, in Louis Farrakhan, you will never hear her mention a word about it. At least O’Reilly attacks both sides. O’Reilly knows the difference between right and wrong while Tucker just knows right and left.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 6, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this

I wasn’t talking about the thread:

By AJC/DNC Management September 6, 2008 4:04 PM Jay: Queen Pinko gets the racist crap thrown at her because of the plain simple fact that she is a race monger.

I was talking about your comment.

While we are on the subject though, correct me if I’m wrong, I have never heard anyone, right or left, call Oblahma a race baiter but I cannot say that about Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson or ………………Cynthia Tucker.

It’s the rep, right or wrong.

By HJ

September 6, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this

Cynthia stood her ground and nobody should have a problem with her opinion. She had a view, that many share, on the double standard that some Republican pundits have exhibited in the matter. Make no mistake about it, the fact that Sarah Palin’s 17 year old daughter is pregnant has absolutely NOTHING to do with her ability to lead or hold any government position, but when some in your party consistly say you have the moral high ground and criticize others who don’t believe the government should create the standards of what morally right and wrong….you deserve to be called out for it.

By Chris

September 6, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this

Bill O’Reilly is a big poo poo head.

By Sapphire

September 6, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

Calhoun makes comments regarding those who cancel their subscription to AJC. When I was in college, the Constitution has Ralph McGill writing front page columns. I didn’t agree much with him but he could think and he could write. Not uncoincidentally, the Constitution was thriving. What changed to bring about the current precipitous decline? People like Tucker and Bookman.

By technoFark

September 6, 2008 4:41 PM | Link to this

By Scott

September 6, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this

Hey Scott, its about abortion mainly with Christians. Now how about Obama and his ties with Bill (weatherunderground) Ayers.

Here is a clip of the man the help start Obama’s political career, the man Obama states he hardly knows

He writes that he participated in the bombings of New York City Police Headquarters in 1970, of the Capitol building in 1971, the Pentagon in 1972 In a Memoir of Sorts, a War Protester Talks of Life With the Weathermen ”I don’t regret setting bombs,” Bill Ayers said. ”I feel we didn’t do enough.”

Yes, Tucker and Obama for change.

By Beth in DC

September 6, 2008 4:42 PM | Link to this

I’ve always liked Tucker, and am impressed she was able to address the core issue — Bill O’Reilly’s hypocrisy — under that kind of pressure. O’Reilly is such a coward. Go Cynthia!

By newsman

September 6, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this

Bookman & Tucker, two incompetents! Another reason for those with intelligence to cancel their subscription to the AJC. (just reading it on line is enough).

By RW-(the original)

September 6, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this

Well I finally took a long enough break from yard work to read Tucker’s column. Jay B., you could have saved me some time by mentioning that Cynthia quoted what Bill said.

Assuming the quote is accurate then it’s obvious Bill O was talking about the Spears parenting and not the parenting of any teenager that became pregnant.

So he’s off the hook on at least the hypocrisy front (on this story) There are dozens of issues where he is hypocritical. From the quick read it didn’t even seem to me like Tucker said he did mean that so she’s off the hook on that portion. I admit that my eyes glazed over when she went to the standard boilerplate of condemning all of us on the right with that broad brush where we all run around demonizing any teen that gets pregnant as a tramp though, so I may have missed it if she did.

Now when Jay characterizes it he seems to imply, by truncating the quote, that O’Reilly meant all teens, but that’s not hypocritical either, just dishonest.

By ugadawg11

September 6, 2008 4:44 PM | Link to this

Jay - you and Cynthia are out of your league. Bill will chew both of you up and spit you out. Seeing how Brittany has grown up and considering the path Jamie Lynn is traveling, I think it is fair to say supervision is the problem with the Spears Family. On the other hand, the Palin girl has made one mistake and isn’t following a big sister who has already shown that her family has no control of her.

It is pathetic to see the AJC turn into a liberal newspaper like the New York Times and Washington Post, especially since the state of Georgia has voted REPUBLICAN in recent presidential elections.

By James

September 6, 2008 4:46 PM | Link to this

Bill O’Reilly is the ONLY sane journalist in an insane media full of biased leftist elitists.

By Steve

September 6, 2008 4:48 PM | Link to this

O’Rielly is no prize, but he stands head and shoulders above columnists at a third rate (and sinking) newspaper like the AJC that has to turn more and more to reader input (like multiple blogs) to stay afloat.

By Jack Miller

September 6, 2008 4:48 PM | Link to this

Scott, How ignorant are you? NO PARENT CAN TRULY CONTROL THEIR CHILD nor their childs hormones. Apparently you dont have children. I wonder why?

By Seymour

September 6, 2008 4:51 PM | Link to this

Seriously? People are criticizing Tucker for restating O’Reilly’s own words and pointing out the double standard??? That’s not investigative journalism. That’s not even journalism, at all. That’s being an intelligent human being and pointing out when someone has two different standards, one for people who they are promoting, and one for people they deem to be ‘part of the problem.’

I watch O’Reilly because so many conservatives do, and it’s important to me to understand their points of view.

There’s nothing wrong with pointing out when someone has a double standard. Look at Karl Rove, he criticized Tim Kayne as a possible vice presidential candidate because he only had three years gubernatorial experience, and before that, was the mayor of Richmond (a city of over 200,000 people) the 150th most populous city in the country (those were the only criticisms he had for Kayne). Then he supports a republican vp candidate who has less than two years gubernatorial experience and was the mayor of a city with a population of less than 7,000 when she took office. That’s a double standard. If you say otherwise, you’re not being honest.

The same with O’Reilly. He criticizes the Spears family because they’re daughter got pregnant, saying that her family couldn’t “control” her. He then gives a pass to the Palin family because … why exactly did he give them a pass? I don’t see the difference between the two situations. Okay, one difference, Jamie Lynn Spears was a (modest) celebrity when she got pregnant. No one would have known about the situation if she wasn’t.

I don’t think it’s anyone’s business to criticize people’s families when a child gets pregnant. Bill O’Reilly feels differently … as long as it doesn’t mean criticizing someone he’s decided to support.

By Josh

September 6, 2008 4:53 PM | Link to this

Cynthia Tucker deserves to be ambushed — she is hateful, lying extreme socialist who does not deserve to be the spokesperson of the newspaper of a metro area that decidedly disagrees with her views. She does NOT represent Georgia’s and the Atl metro area’s points of view. She can go suck it. Hooray for Bill to expose this affirmative action recipient! If she were not black and if she were not a woman, she’d be a no-gamer. But the strong combination of her race and her gender have catapulted her to heights that she does not deserve to be in. Kudos to Bill O’Reilly — Cynthia Tucker can go and cry on Chris Matthews’ lap, like the way she does on his program on Sundays. Go Bill, GO!!

By Jeff in ATL

September 6, 2008 4:54 PM | Link to this

It’s quite obvious why our elected officials in Washington, in the state and at the local levels get nothing accomplished. They are merely representatives of the idiotic citizens that bicker over nonsense while all of the important issues flop in the wind and get worse and worse. Until the people come together and put aside this BS, our representative government will never feel any pressure to do anything in our best interest. It’ll simply always be US versus THEM. This country is going to hell in a hand basket.

By technoFark

September 6, 2008 4:55 PM | Link to this

By Scott

September 6, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this

Hey Scott, its about abortion mainly with Christians. Now how about Obama and his ties with Bill (weatherunderground) Ayers.

Here is a clip of the man the help start Obama’s political career, the man Obama states he hardly knows

He writes that he participated in the bombings of New York City Police Headquarters in 1970, of the Capitol building in 1971, the Pentagon in 1972 In a Memoir of Sorts, a War Protester Talks of Life With the Weathermen ”I don’t regret setting bombs,” Bill Ayers said. ”I feel we didn’t do enough.”

Yes, Tucker and Obama for change.

By The Way

September 6, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this

Sure, we followed THAT along, RW(the spermicidal). What a clod. Honestly.

Verbosity is it’s own reward, I guess. So here’s a cookie.

Moron.

How Dare anybody accost Cythia, the best writer/babe in the world.

….

A: Sarah Palin, her daughter Bristol, John McCain and @@.

Q: Name a hat trick and a fat chick.

By technoFark

September 6, 2008 4:58 PM | Link to this

By Scott

September 6, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this

A woman who can’t raise her 17 year old child to make the boy she is about to have sex with wear a condom does not need

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Hey Scott, its about abortion mainly with Christians. Now how about Obama and his ties with Bill (weatherunderground) Ayers.

Here is a clip of the man the help start Obama’s political career, the man Obama states he hardly knows

He writes that he participated in the bombings of New York City Police Headquarters in 1970, of the Capitol building in 1971, the Pentagon in 1972 In a Memoir of Sorts, a War Protester Talks of Life With the Weathermen ”I don’t regret setting bombs,” Bill Ayers said. ”I feel we didn’t do enough.”

Yes, Tucker and Obama for change.

By StevenCee

September 6, 2008 5:01 PM | Link to this

Interesting how so many have so easily fallen for this typical right-wing okey doke; when caught with your pants down, ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK!

Now really, all Cynthia, as Jon Stewart, in using video of O’Reilly caught red-handed, did, was point out his indisputable hypocrisy on the ISSUE of teenage pregnancy, as for O’Reilly, his views shift depending on who the players are. If they are liberal, or worse, live in Hollywood, then the parents are to blame, and worthy of being called “Major Pinheads”, if they are the GOP’s candidate for vice-president, & her spouse, well, then it’s just one of those things, and I guess not anybody’s fault.

Now, when does O’Reilly EVER not lay blame on somebody? Why was it so obvious to him that Spears’ parents, whom he does not know, are obviously to blame, and not “in control of their daughter”, while the Palins, whom he also doesn’t know, are so obviously innocent of even the slightest blame, and does he imply that they ARE in control of their daughter?

Cynthia made no comments whatsoever that cast any judgement on the Spears or Palin daughters, and the truth is, none of all those who expressed such outrage at the thought she had, have even the slightest clue as to the lifestyle & character of Bristol, and at best, just a superficial peek as to Spears!

I think O’Reilly’s hypocritical rush to judge everyone and everything, is shared by many of the posters right here….

By ken

September 6, 2008 5:01 PM | Link to this

joe_h

U R SICK!!! GET SOME HELP!!

How did that get through??

By Lewis

September 6, 2008 5:02 PM | Link to this

Hey conservative pinheads! The AJC has liberal and conservative commentators, so labeling it as liberal is not accurate. Also, Georgia may lean republican, but the City of Atlanta leans democratic…newflash! it’s not the Georgia Journal and Constitution! If you want a conservative paper, you complainers should start up a Gwinett/Cobb paper…of course nobody would read it, so just keep on moaning.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 6, 2008 5:03 PM | Link to this

Wooten is on Real Clear’s website:

That’s what’s most refreshing about Palin. She is one of us. Her family is the one where the rain falls and the faucet drips and, no matter what, the family deals with it. These families go to work every day, send their sons and daughters off to fight the country’s wars, nurse their children through crisis, and walk proudly together to face the troubles that come their way.

Bookman was on there Thursday I think but it was for his Palin family bashing, so he got no props from me.

bwa.

By Dave

September 6, 2008 5:03 PM | Link to this

“Fox Security” in action.

What would the Culture Warrior from Levittown do if someone followed him home to Lawn Guyland and asked about his falafel fetish?

By GodHatesTrash

September 6, 2008 5:04 PM | Link to this

This is an interesting blog today.

I’ve been posting on these blogs for almost 3 years now, and I haven’t seen a reaction like this one in some time. These kkkretins are beynd the pale.

What has happened is that McCain’s nomination of L-o-l-a has had its desired purpose, to energize the Republikkklan base.

They are emboldened, energized, and they are doing their damnedest to drag the country down to their miserable low-life level.

These rightwingnuts are terrorists, a lynchmob waiting to happen.

By martin stuart

September 6, 2008 5:05 PM | Link to this

Ms. Tucker did not infer anything. She implied it. The listener infers from what the spearker implies.

By Tony

September 6, 2008 5:06 PM | Link to this

Amen Jeff! While we all bicker over this crap, soldiers die and get maimed, billions are wasted and the fat cats getter fatter. It’s time for all of us to come together and make some noise, folks! Until we do, we will get more of the same from both parties at all levels of the government. The politics of destruction disgusts me. Where are the politics for the people???

By AmVet

September 6, 2008 5:07 PM | Link to this

O’Reilly is still relevant?!

Come to think of it, O’Reilly was EVER relevant?!

By martin stuart

September 6, 2008 5:07 PM | Link to this

Ms. Tucker did not infer anything. She implied it. The listener infers from what the spearker implies.

By JAY BOOKMAN

September 6, 2008 5:07 PM | Link to this

KEN, Joe H. was quoting a PART of a post I pulled off the site shortly thereafter. The pulled post got even worse after the quoted part.

I decided to leave Joe H’s post up, just so other people could see what’s out there.

By PR

September 6, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this

O’Reilly is a republican shill and an a*******hole. Any one who listens and believes him is ignorant. He has the IQ of a 5th grader. He’s knows nothing about news and is only on TV for his own ego. What he preaches is ‘yellow journalism’. Look it up!

By Dusty

September 6, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this

No earth shaking moments here today. But I did like AJC/DNC Management’s statement(4:29):

As a parent, all you can do is teach your child rhe right thing and be an example for them, it worked for me and I consider myself LUCKY.

I agree with that, Andy, and it worked for me too. We are LUCKY. Thanks for mentioning the blessings that children so often bring with them.

By gtfan

September 6, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this

what i want to know is…

-is palin’s new baby really her daughter’s first b*******? if it is than she does not deserve to be on the ticket.

-why is it NOT ok to look into palins religous zeal but it is ok to look at obama religous connections.

-why did palin say she hates our goverment?

-why does palin’s husband belong to a group of folks who want to succeed away from the usa (i think they are called anarchists). since she hates the government maybe she is an anarchist too!

-did mccain really play a pratical joke that caused 150 men to die on the us forrestal? And why is it ok for the pubs to swift boat john kerry but its NOT ok to swift boat mccain?

-did anybody realize that mccain said ‘i learned to love american when i was a prisoner in another country”. sooooo john… did you hate america before then?

-for all you clueless republicans…. republicans have been president for 28 of 40 years. republicans have dominated congress for the majority of 40 years and controlled it for the last 8 years….since 1968 the ratio of ceo salaries to worker salaries have increased from 40 to 1 to 267 to 1. i guess that trickle down theory aint working so well eh?

-both the comptroller and the secretary of the treasurer for the usa (over many presidencies) have repeatedly stated that unless we raise taxes we are going to go bankrupt. could it be that the republicans tell folks they will cut taxes to get re elected? so much for putting ‘country first’.

i guess the saying that republicans are good at winning elections an the democrats are good at governing is pretty accurate.

if the pubs win this election we have no one but ourselves to blame.

fool us once shame on YOU. fool us twice shame on me!

By RW-(the original)

September 6, 2008 5:09 PM | Link to this

Why do people assume O’Reilly is supporting McCain/Palin in the first place?

It’s O’reilly that let Obama appear on the Thursday night of the convention to try to take steam away from McCain making his acceptance speech shortly after. He’s also giving Obama three more nights and he keeps telling us what a tough guy Obambi is. A stuttering Dunce on night one, though.

By Mike

September 6, 2008 5:11 PM | Link to this

Good for Cynthia. O’Reilly is a blowhard and a hypocrite. It’s so interesting how everyone is praising Palin’s daughter (and Palin by proxy) because she’s keeping the baby and getting married. That boy is nothing but a RNC pawn.

What about the girls who get pregant and who can’t afford to keep the baby? These hypocrites cut funding to sex education, distribution of condoms, funding to help pregnant girls who decide not to abort, try to eliminate a woman’s choice to anything other than abstinence.

RNC’s are help those who can help themselves, screw the rest. And screw Bill O’Reilly, too.

By HJ

September 6, 2008 5:11 PM | Link to this

Jeff, you’re EXACTLY right. And I think a lot of the nonsense that typically gets focused on in elections is prime example of this and both sides (Democrats and Republicans) share blame in this. However, IMO, I think the Republicans have done this moreso during the last two presidential elections.

By richard

September 6, 2008 5:12 PM | Link to this

O’Reilly has to delegate his staff to cover the less important issues. In this case, Cynthia Tucker, was not high on his priority list. And who could blame him for that.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 6, 2008 5:13 PM | Link to this

Speaking of hypocrites:

The senator who just eight years ago had played a critical role in helping Al Gore close a double-digit gap in the polls, in a campaign that won the popular vote, spoke at the Republican convention on behalf of John McCain. This same senator who couldn’t walk though an airport without being mobbed by Democratic supporters is now less popular in my party than a former Democratic senator who had a high-profile affair. When a reporter asked Democratic convention-goers who would be less welcome in Denver, Joe Lieberman or John Edwards, the unanimous conclusion was my former boss. The notion that his transgressions were more egregious than Edwards’ speaks volumes about today’s political culture.

And I ain’t talking about Lieberman.

By Allen

September 6, 2008 5:13 PM | Link to this

O’Reilly IS a blowhard right-wing extremist bully —- somewhere to the right of Ghengis Khan —- who gets louder and louder every time he’s cornered … whenever he has a guest getting the better of him, he cuts them off with his last hypocritical word —- I wouldn’t be on his soapbox show, either —- the “no spin zone” is just another mouthpiece for the war-mongering George Bush crowd

By TW

September 6, 2008 5:15 PM | Link to this

Wooten was right about one thing - she is definitely one of you, more specifically she is George W Bush minus the tackle.

See, here’s the deal. The RNC knows darn well this election is over. They also know that ‘w’ is going to go down as the worst we’ve ever seen. So what they’ve done, in an effort to get the public eye of ‘w’, is bring in someone who is actually better than he was at staring the nation right in the face an lying like there was no tomorrow.

Also, I thing the Odds in Vegas are holding strong because of the report out on voter registration.

Sleep well, Bushgirl, games begin on Monday when they take a look at your record….what a tangle web we weave, when we practice to deceive…

By Rufus

September 6, 2008 5:15 PM | Link to this

Oh yeah, and while we are on the subject of “hate” by a liberal, let’s see how the liberals did at the RNC Convention, shall we?

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Federal prosecutors have charged a Michigan man as part of what they say was a scheme to use Molotov cocktails to attack the main arena for the Republican National Convention.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Minneapolis says 23-year-old Matthew DePalma of Flint was charged Saturday with possessing unregistered firearms.

Hmm, wonder why we don’t see HIS face in the media?

A year ago, the Ramsey County sheriff’s office began looking closely at a group called the Republican National Convention Welcoming Committee.

What it found, according to an 18-page search warrant application and affidavit, led to weekend raids on two Minneapolis homes and a temporary St. Paul office for the self-described anarchist group.

According to the document, investigation learned:

The self-described anarchist group — whose main goal was to “crash” the Republican National Convention,” according to its Web site — traveled to or communicated with affinity groups in 67 cities to recruit members and raise money.

Group members discussed the possibility of kidnapping delegates, blockading bridges, using liquid sprayers filled with urine or chemicals on police and throwing marbles to trip police and their horses.

At an “action camp” held from July 31 to Aug. 3 in Lake Geneva, Minn., one member talked of concealing inside giant puppets “materials” that could be used on the street. Others discussed the need for Molotov cocktails, paint, caltrops (devices used to puncture tires), bricks and lockboxes for protesters to lock themselves together.

Erik Oseland, one of the six group members arrested here, produced a video called “Video Map of the St. Paul Points of Interest.” It included such major companies as Travelers Insurance and Qwest, hotels such as the Embassy Suites and the Crowne Plaza.

Oh I’m just getting warmed up, don’t worry:

Let’s see how Him The Chosen One is taking care of that political hack area where he came from:

CHICAGO (CBS) ― An estimated 125 people were shot and killed over the summer. That’s nearly double the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq over the same time period.

In May, cbs2chicago.com began tracking city shootings and posting them on Google maps. Information compiled from our reporters, wire service reports and the Chicago Police Major Incidents log indicated that 125 people were shot and killed. throughout the city between the start of Memorial Day weekend on May 26, and the end of Labor Day on Sept. 1.

According to the Defense Department, 65 U.S. soldiers were killed in combat in Iraq. About the same number were killed in Afghanistan over that same period.

In the same time period, an estimated 247 people were shot and wounded in the city.

Uh huh. Imagine if Republicans ran that corrupt city and the screams. Oh wait, I’m not talking about NoLA here…

By whatfor

September 6, 2008 5:17 PM | Link to this

Ms. Tucker has, more and more, proved herself to be a racist pig. Not only that, but political pig as well, with her kissing-up to the Dems all the time. I think it is a legitimate question to ask: why didn’t she go to the republican convention - but went to the dem/obama lovefest. Could it be because it happen to be a black man running for prez?? Racist. Just like Oprah - barring Palin from appearing on the show (oh yea, maybe after the elections). Racist.

By moomoomasa

September 6, 2008 5:18 PM | Link to this

Bill O is a moron! He reminds me of this loser kid on my street who always ran his mouth til one day he just p** me off so much that I popped him right in the face. He kept quiet since. The guy never had any friends.

By Dennis C. Brown

September 6, 2008 5:18 PM | Link to this

So easy for Bookman to write an article favorable to colleague Cynthia Tucker titled Bill O’Reilly’s Faux bravado based on in his words, “for the blow-by-blow account, as she recalls it:” It would be interesting to know if Tucker has been invited to appear in person on O’Reilly’s show. And if so, the content of her response to the invitation. While personally I don’t like the way O’Reilly often browbeats his the guests on his show. But as long as Tucker usually speaks in a similar O’Reilly authoritative manner in her columns, one would think she should be able and willing to handle the face-to-face challenge.

By The Way

September 6, 2008 5:19 PM | Link to this

A: Sarah Palin, her daughter Bristol, John McCain and @@.

Q: Name a hat trick and a fat chick.

bwaw haw

Look you liberal idiots: Sarah Palin went through a very public pregnancy and had very public tests with a whole state watching to determine the gene mutation of her baby. There’s no secret baby in the woodpile, you dormant misguided dunder-heads. (and stooges).

This is what I think is happening: RW is posting with aliases as a liberal making the left look bad with nincompoopery that only he can think of.

Moron.

By boots

September 6, 2008 5:21 PM | Link to this

the ajc is worthless!! cynthia tucker is a brainless racist!! her editorials only confirm the above. ……………sorry but the truth hurts.

By SOJ ...

September 6, 2008 5:21 PM | Link to this

Jay … you and Cynthia are big whinners. But most left wing media types are, so it is no surprise! When Cynthia T goes on the attack against someone, she is right in your eyes! But when she is on the receiving end, you have to come to her side & protect her! Whinner! She puts herself out there so she should be ready to talk it like a big girl should. Her buddy, or should I say her “Bro” her “Blood” Mr Obama felt he needed to sit in front of Bill O, so maybe she should too!

By KenFromCallifornia

September 6, 2008 5:22 PM | Link to this

**the answer is simple …just have bill o’reilly encourage the palins to file statutory rape charges. there was that recent prominent case in georgia where the two teenagers had consensual sex (on camera even), and the male spent over a year in jail because of it, right?

**then why should the palins look the other way when a similar crime was committed against their own daughter?

By JAY BOOKMAN

September 6, 2008 5:23 PM | Link to this

Just a warning, folks. Commenting on this post will shut down at 6 p.m.

By Realist

September 6, 2008 5:23 PM | Link to this

How many people above are complaining that because of the “AJC’s liberal slant” they have canceled their subscription. Obviously you are still reading it online. Guess what, Cox makes money on the website through advertisements. Grade A Morons!!!!

By The Way

September 6, 2008 5:24 PM | Link to this

Hey Everybody! Wooten blogged lyrics on his blog, and when Rufus read them, he waved his lighter over his head, like a gayJonas Brother’s fan.

bwaw haw

what a loofah.

What’s a loofah? A sponge? Did something happen in current events? the loffah reference went completely over my head. Anyone else too? Or am I the moron?

Here’s your chance, Rufus.

By Andrea

September 6, 2008 5:25 PM | Link to this

Why should Cynthia Tucker go on O’Reily’s Factor? She has no reason to debate him. The facts stand for themselves. O-Reily, on several occasions criticized the Spears family regarding their parenting skills, or lack thereof. I watch the Factor; I heard him with my own ears. Now, on the other hand, O’Reily and the “Religious” right have all but elevated Sarah Palin to sainthood. (Oh, that’s right they don’t recognize saints, do they). Well, they have her on a pedestal as the perfect woman. She can do no wrong. Well, I support her standing by her daughter; that is the right thing to do. But Bristol Palin is no different (or better) than Jamie Lynn Spears—they both had sex and got pregnant outside of marriage. So criticizing Jamie Lynn but then acting as though Bristol Palin is just a kid making a mistake (simply because she comes from a conservative Republican family) constitutes hypocrisy. O’Reily is a hypocrit, plain and simple. And Cynthia Tucker has no need to appear on his show and debate his hypocrisy. By the way, I voted for McCain in 2004 (I wrote his name in) and I plan to vote for him again in November. He is an honest, honorable man. I sincerely regret that he chose Sarah Palin, but I plan to vote for him anyway. I understand why he had to choose Palin—he needs the “holy, holy, holy—Lord we’re so holy” vote. If you believe Dr. Dobson, they were going to simply stay at home if they didn’t get their way. But I hate that I have to vote for Sarah Palin. Too bad…

By Shareef

September 6, 2008 5:25 PM | Link to this

Cynthia just exposed the despicable double standard that right wingers have. It’s ok for right-wingers to have babies out of wedlock but not anyone else. And Bill o’reilly is a chump who hides behind a desk and spin stuff to fit his agenda. Why would she go on his show so he can control it. Let him man up and go somewhere neutral. He also claim to not condone bad behaivor but he supports an illegal war which is the ultimate in bad,criminal behaivor.

By AJC/DNC Management

September 6, 2008 5:26 PM | Link to this

Big crowds cheered the Arizona senator and Alaska governor as they made their post-convention debut in Democratic-leaning Wisconsin and Michigan, presenting themselves as a team of reformers eager to challenge Washington’s political establishment.

Later, they appeared before thousands who filled Freedom Hill Amphitheater in Michigan’s Macomb County, home to working-class, union voters who Republicans hope to win with conservative positions on cultural and social issues.

Many people in the Cedarburg audience held digital cameras and video cameras above their heads to get a shot as McCain’s “Straight Talk Express” bus rolled into town.

They will never forget you ‘til somebody new comes along

Where you been lately? There’s a new kid in town

Everybody’s talking ‘bout the new kid in town.

By Midori

September 6, 2008 5:26 PM | Link to this

Hey Rufus!!!! here’s one just for YOU!!!

Vanity Fair - The Authoritative Trig Palin Conspiracy Timeline

By Drexel Gal

September 6, 2008 5:27 PM | Link to this

You liberal columnists will close ranks to protect each other, just as the NEA defends incompetent teachers. Anyone who can read, hear, or comprehend knows the truth in this situation. Cynthia Tucker’s own words trapped her. Nice to see the show on the other foot.

By Golfgurl07

September 6, 2008 5:28 PM | Link to this

I think she made an awesome point. Why is one child unsupervised and the other one is? I think redneck and exclusionary republican part need to just admit that the Sarah Palin’s daughter is NOT better than the rest of the kids her age. She needs to be taught like the rest of our kids that sex is not appropiate as a teenager. By the way folks, it probably wasnt her first time having sex. She needs to attend a class that teaches you shouldnt be having sex… OOPS!! Too Late!!

Good job Cynthia!!!

By sowhat

September 6, 2008 5:28 PM | Link to this

This is for JAY - You stated “Cynthia didn’t “infer” anything in her column. She “implied.” Readers and listeners “infer.” Speakers and writers “imply.” ” Sorry buddy - you are wrong - look at the dictionary before you start to critize someone else - Infer (according to the dictionary) can be for speaking or writing. However, that is beside the point - I believe that Ms. Tucker is a racist. Before she starts poking fun at someone else being pregnant - she ought to look at her own “people” - 75% of blacks are born to unwed mothers today; many of them younger than 17, and most of them don’t EVEN know who the father is, much less having had dated him for over a year. I’m a teacher - I here about it nearly everyday.

By Jim Tavegia

September 6, 2008 5:29 PM | Link to this

Tucker is so irrelevant it is not funny. Why BO gives her the time of day is beyond me. Let her and “O” go on their Obama love fest and come November they can try and figure out, once again” why the majority of Americans want nothing to do with Democratic candidates. Obama’s mistake is his inexperience and his selection of Biden as his mate. His hatred of the Clintons did him in. Now the negative attacks have started because they know they are finished. Real people have real problems and the R-VP nominee is no exception. If the Obama camp continues the negativity then you can be assured they have nothing to offer the American people…and they know it. Print media is becoming more and more irrelevant and CT knows it. To become more like the Inquirer will not help. She wants to dish it out, now she can take it.

By Bill O'Reilly

September 6, 2008 5:29 PM | Link to this

Cynthia Tucker is a skewed-left opinionist (not a journalist) who can’t handle an opposing view. If she has a bone to pick with me, come on my show and stand up to some scrutiny. Apparently she can’t think fast enough to do so- she can only opine from the safety of her office, or in the midst of a group of like-minded pinheads.

I have to give her credit- someone is paying her to sit and write inane opinions. Thjat’s good work if you could get it. Fortunately for her her bosses continue to pay her despie constantly declining readership. I wonder what she will do when the AJC shrinks so small someday that it simply disappears. I wonder if anyone will notice.

By dougmo

September 6, 2008 5:30 PM | Link to this

What I find interesting is that Jay and Jim let people post comments on their blogs, yet the leftest, racist queen of the paper does not. Why is this Jay?

By SOJ ...

September 6, 2008 5:31 PM | Link to this

Jay … The AJC, you and CT are racist in nature! You are left wing whinners! Like Obama, you want change but keep doing the same old thing. If you want change then you do things differently ,,, Dah! CT is from the old school where whites are wrong and blacks are right regardless of facts. If she and Obama wanted change then they should start from within and on the home front … their own back yards. Instead it is easy o jump on the band wagon of the 60’s and try to keep their own down. Once people like her, you and the AJC start holding individuals accountable for their own actions and inactions, then that is when progress will start moving forward.

Go on Bill O’s show and face the facts …

By alex milstein

September 6, 2008 5:31 PM | Link to this

I’m astonished by so many of the comments here.

So eager are you to attack Cynthia Tucker that you obviously didn’t read what she wrote or even hear or read what Bill O’Reilly said.

Answer this: What is so wrong about asking a man who took to his national forum to blame the parents of Jamie Lyn Spears for allowing her unsupervised time to have sex…and then says that when it comes to Bristol Palin and her parents it is an entirely different issue.

Is Bill saying that the Palins supervised Bristol’s sexual relationship?

Just think about that before you start throwing leftist, commie, black, affirmative action slurs against anyone who dares challenge O’Reilly about his obvious hypocrisy.

By Taxpayer

September 6, 2008 5:31 PM | Link to this

It looks like I didn’t miss out on anything this afternoon. So, Bill got his feelings hurt and sent his helpers over to straighten things out with Ms. Tucker. Oh Really. That’s all there was to it. Well, poor little right-winged, red-faced, fanatic, Bill, got one-upped by Ms. Tucker and we know full well that Bill just feels that she’s being, what’s that word I’m looking for, sort of like arrogant… what is that word.

By the way, how many have read that letter from the lady up in Alaska. Sounds like she has a side of Sarah to talk about that doesn’t sound all that pleasant. Then again, who said there was anything pleasant about any of these new-age Republican politicians. Then again, considering what she has done to the Republicans that got in her way, maybe she is just the sort of leader that the Republican party needs. She just isn’t what this country needs — another Republican that receives messages from above or was it through her intermediary, the pastor. Sounds too much like what we have suffered through for the last two terms.

By GodHatesTrash

September 6, 2008 5:31 PM | Link to this

Lots of new kids in town, Andi/Angelina, the Palin Klan keeps popping them out, you need a scorecard just to keep track. (Not the kid “Track”.)

By JAY BOOKMAN

September 6, 2008 5:32 PM | Link to this

To sowhat:

You’re a teacher … and you “here” about it every day.

And what do you mean “her people?” Aren’t we all Americans here? “Her people,” and SHE’S the racist?

Finally, I asked Cynthia about the “infer” and “imply.” She said the Fox crew used infer, and she merely repeated it. The quote was as exact as she remembered it.

By gtfan

September 6, 2008 5:34 PM | Link to this

rufus is a dufus… of course that is why rufus’s make up the repbulican base. duh.

hey rufus. the latino’s control la. look NO further than gwbush and his open border policies as a major culprit there. dems an pubs alike hate that problem.

re that casualties in iraq/afgan. do you honestly beleive those figures? these are figures that come from an adminstation that wont allow pictures etc of the coffins and burials of us soldier. the same administration that allowed torture. the same administation that allowed the lie re that nfl player who died from friendly fire.

btw and are we just worried about american casualties or do the collateral deaths of iraq’s and afgans even matter to the pubs?

oh and explain to me why cheney wants to build a fake iranian uboat. i think we should let YOU man that bad boy. duh.

hey its god’s plan so you should be fine!

your probably more likey to die from rolling on the floor at church or handling snakes.

thats the republican base for ya.

By Ross

September 6, 2008 5:34 PM | Link to this

Breaking News!!! Bill O is indeed a hypocrite and takes himself much to serious and embarasses himslf on a regular basis, i.e., speaking of “dividing the waters” as the statement that the GOP likes to use when talking about Sen. Obama. Can you envision Bill in his toga? Get a life Bill! Ross/an Independent Powell Repubican/Tampa

By kenfromcalifornia

September 6, 2008 5:34 PM | Link to this

dear sowhat if you are truly a teacher, then you “HEAR” about it everyday, not “HERE” about it everyday.

unless, of course, you’re a teacher in unaccredited clayton.

By Rufus

September 6, 2008 5:34 PM | Link to this

Way, you liberals jacked Wooten’s blog (and our IDs), so that’s why I (and we) are here now. I don’t care what’s posted over there anymore. You can have it, cretins.

Now, do you want to put your BIG GIRL liberal panties on and address what I posted, or, are you going to do like what we think you are going to do and just whine about facts?

By mechi

September 6, 2008 5:35 PM | Link to this

brian, you are really off based with your comment about Cynthia. She’s an editorial writer, which means that the AJC pays her to give her opinion. There are some of us (including me) who agree with her most of the time. She’s more about “thinking” about issues, than just pandering to the left. I didn’t read anything about you calling Wooten a right-wing conservative (and I must admit to agreeing with Jim sometimes). Cynthia was justified in her analogy of Jamie and Bristol, and I’m sure the only reason she doesn’t want to go on O’Reily is to not make him look bad…she would dust him under the table.

By Tamara Brown

September 6, 2008 5:35 PM | Link to this

GOOD FOR YOU!!!!

Mr. O’Reilly and the entire Fox News Network has been setting double standards for years!

They do the same thing in the case of Democrats vs Republicans.

I am so VERY glad you had the courage to call him out.

By Dusty

September 6, 2008 5:35 PM | Link to this

Well, so much for this one. I assume the next communique from Bookman will be:

Brave libs “bust” Wooten’s balloon at convention.(Libs said it was tough but somebody had to show stength.)

We must be fair in this coverage of editors.

By Andrea Mackris

September 6, 2008 5:36 PM | Link to this

Hey, Bill. Thanks for joining our forum, but let’s get back to our phone call. What were you saying about soaping me up with falafel?

By Patrick

September 6, 2008 5:37 PM | Link to this

Hey Robert: I never said anything to defend Tucker. Personally I think she defends Shirley Franklin a bit much, who has run this town into the ground. I was merely stating my dislike for O’Reilly and what I’d do to him if he invaded my space, BTW Georgia is a ‘stand your ground’ state…if captain blowhard or any of his goons didnt leave after verbal warning then I’d be within my rights.

By Jessica

September 6, 2008 5:37 PM | Link to this

If you conservative vote for McCain/Palin after the past eight years that our beautiful country has been put through, you truly are a bunch of idiots who deserve to have to continue raiding your 401(k)s and worrying about your jobs for the next four years.

Btw, whatever happened with that O’Reilly sexual harassment case? Talk about someone who (tries, haha) to dish it and can’t take the heat! :-)

By Donna DeMaio

September 6, 2008 5:38 PM | Link to this

Anyone who follows politics, watches cable news and are familiar with real journalism knows that Bill O’Reilly is a hack right up there with Limbaugh, Coulter and Hannity. Fox “News” is a septic tank. All the crap ends up there. At least it’s all in one place and easy to avoid.

Donna DeMaio New Haven, Connecticut

By JR

September 6, 2008 5:39 PM | Link to this

Ambush???? Her job has to do with the media, her ideas are published, if can can’t take the heat for voicing her opinion then she needs to get a new job.

By CK Hall

September 6, 2008 5:40 PM | Link to this

I have already written Ms Tucker this week with the very same questions! She is a typical lefty who cannot stand the truth at all. She is also quite a racist as well. I send my comments to her on a regular basis after we all have a good laugh at her attempts to be a fair journalist..What a disgrace to her profession. And folks are wondering why newspapers are dying..She needs to be held accountable. Hooray for Bill O’Reilly as she neede to be lambasted!

By TCFATL

September 6, 2008 5:40 PM | Link to this

LAUGHING MY @SS OFF!

GO FOX NEWS! GO BILL O’REILLY! HUNT THAT INCOMPETENT WENCH DOWN! CYNTHIA CAN RUN BUT SHE CAN’T HIDE.

CAN’T WAIT ‘TIL NEXT YEAR WHEN COX SELLS THE AJC OUTRIGHT ON EBAY. DOES ANYONE REALLY READ NEWSPAPERS ANYMORE?

LOLOLOLOL!

By Rufus

September 6, 2008 5:41 PM | Link to this

Jay, you are better than this. C’mon man, O’Reilled up is an asshat. Please don’t get sucked in to the nonsense.

By Lewis

September 6, 2008 5:41 PM | Link to this

Taxpayer-I’ve read the Anne Kilkenny letter. Sounds like Palin’s keeping up the republican tradition of being great at getting elected and bad at governing. She takes on the “Good old boys”…NOT!

By Algonquin J. Calhoun

September 6, 2008 5:42 PM | Link to this

The Republinazis want to confront Cynthia about questioning whether Trollop Pagan was properly supervised but they don’t want to talk about the trampling of the Constitution they’ve engaged in. They don’t want to talk about the illegal and immoral war they’ve waged upon the nation of Iraq. they don’t want to talk about the torture they’ve administered to detainees in their hell camps. They don’t want to discuss the practice of rendition. They won’t talk about the evidence manufactured to justify the attack upon iraq. They won’t mention the economy they’ve rendered flaccid. They don’t want to talk about anything but Trollop’s pregnancy and how there’s nothing wrong with unmarried fascist’s children having children at the age of seventeen. That’s alright! We’ll continue to remind the American public of the sorry record and criminality of the Republinazi party. party while you can b***. Your time is about up!

By ricky

September 6, 2008 5:44 PM | Link to this

All you Libbies that are sitting on your throng taking apart the daughter of Sarah because you are intimidated by her mom is pitiful. Is that all you guys can come up with. The only thing I say is look at Jamies sister Brittany. Like sister like sister. Who does that point back to”MOM”. All three are out of control due to fame and fortune letting it get in the way of reality. You liberals are the ones that are HIPPOS. Most of hollywood is liberal and look at how out of control it is. Cynthia needs to move to OBAMAWOOD and that way she could feed him grapes and stroke his big ego. The “chosen one”. Right !!!!!!!! See you in Chicago sitting at home instead of the White House come Christmas. It only takes one time to get pregnant. So Libbies where is your children right now. Don’t throw rocks if you live in glass houses. Bill Clinton our president even performed obscene actions in his oval castle and then lied about it. Wow what an example to your kids. He seems like a hero in your party. I would put Ronald Reagan up against your hero any day. So when you liberals step down of the throng realize that your values speak for themselves. What values? Is what I say. See you back in your senate soon OBAMANATION.

By HM Roberts

September 6, 2008 5:45 PM | Link to this

Does Bill O’ now work for TMZ ?

By mark

September 6, 2008 5:46 PM | Link to this

I want to puke everytime I see OReilly on TV he is a total liar and hipocrite..Go Cynthia..

By SharonH

September 6, 2008 5:46 PM | Link to this

Thank God for AJC blogs or many of you would ruin your white sheets cutting holes in them. It’s funny that so many of you are claiming that Cynthia is racist when you all you can talk about is her race-not to mention the racist slurs that have been printed and had to be removed from this blog today. It’s amazing how far the state of Georgia has NOT come. It really irks you that some “uppity Negro woman” has the nerve to write her opinions unchecked, using big words that you often cannot even understand, let alone viewpoints. So many of you have not evolved from your ignorant, hate-riddled forbears it’s not funny.

(By the way forbears means ancestors. I forgot many of you were partially educated in Georgia’s education system before you dropped out)

By GodHatesTrash

September 6, 2008 5:46 PM | Link to this

Let me play the southern sheriff of the blog today:

“Now Cynthia, girl, I know that Miz Cox ain’t gonna take kindly to what you had to say about that fine white gentleman Mr. O’Reilly, and girl, if I ever hear you makin’ remarks or gettin’ attitude about two fine white women like Mrs. Spears and especially Governor Palin, I’ll give you a thrashin’ myself. Do you hear me, girl? No more of that uppity stuff”

At this point, I shuffle over to my shotgun rack and grab a double-barrel. I walk outside the jail. I fire a round into the air. I address the crowd of drunken misfits gathered in the square.

“I done handled this. Let this girl pass.”

By butch

September 6, 2008 5:47 PM | Link to this

Tucker caught O’LIEly in a lie. He’s a serial liar. The point isn’t that Bristol Palin is unwed and pregnant - stuff happens, and, in a world with sex-ed and choice, you hope these situations are rare. The point is that O’LIEly railed about the Jamie Lynn Spears’ situation and said it WAS THE RESULT OF BAD PARENTING! Now that we have a VP candidate who has a daughter in the same situation, O’LIEly seems to think it’s just hunky dory. Of course, it could be that he believes we should hold our pop singers to higher standards than our elected leaders. That would be par for the course for Bill “I won a Peabody award” (or, at least I said i did) O.

No way should Tucker dignify this demagogue by going on his show. He’s rude, talks over his guests and turns their microphones off if they begin to win arguements. She caught him (as did the Daily Show, which showed the clips) fair and square. His fanbase doesn’t care about the truth, they just want someone to validate their biases, so she won’t win over anyone. She should keep up the good work and pointing out the hypocrisy of these types. You may not agree with Tucker on everything, but you won’t find her engaging in notorious and disingenious lying to make her point.

By Tech Forever

September 6, 2008 5:49 PM | Link to this

O.k Donna. Lets debate. Name the topic and give me your position. I’ll give mine and then we’ll look at how the various media have covered the issue. Fire away….or are you chicken like most.

This’ll be fun

By AJC/DNC Management

September 6, 2008 5:51 PM | Link to this

Is it not racist to criticize other’s beliefs?:

Don’t be fooled by Palin. She’s just a fresh face to rev up the culture wars. She opposes abortion, even in cases of rape and incest; she urged an Alaska librarian to ban books; she believes “creationism” should be taught in public schools; she asked ministry students at her former church to pray for a plan to build a $30 billion natural gas pipeline in the state, calling it “God’s will.”!!!!! In choosing her, McCain caved in to the rigid Christianists who now form the core of the GOP.-Queen Pinko, Urinal/DNC

I do know it’s childish.

By GApeach

September 6, 2008 5:51 PM | Link to this

Sex education doesn’t work; teaching abstinence doesn’t work either!!! It has become socially acceptable for teens to have babies; those whose parents can afford to help them do. Those who cannot afford to help their teen, the taxpayer helps…bottomline!

By ray artis

September 6, 2008 5:53 PM | Link to this

You right wing nuts continue to show your ignorance. If you’re defending a blowhard like O’Reilly, you proving just how small-minded you are. O’Reilly criticizes the parents of a second or third -rate pop star who got pregnant. But the parents of another teenager who gets pregnant draw no criticism. Why? Because they are God-fearing members of the elitist far-right. That’s really the only difference. Teenage pregnancy is a problem that affects all segments of our society. And yes, there is plenty of blame to be shared for this problem. So if numbskulls like O’Reilly and his loyal fans really consider themselves lovers of America, they wouldn’t point fingers and stand in judgment when they take note of problems such as this one. But instead they would try to find real solutions to help ALL Americans who have to deal with this issue, regardless of political ideology, socioeconomic status, race or religion. Get over yourselves, right-wing idiots, and understand that we’re all in this together, whether you want us to be or not.

By Midori

September 6, 2008 5:53 PM | Link to this

I would put Ronald Reagan up against your hero any day.

whatcha gonna do, Ricky? Dig him up?

Is that how desperate your lying, hypocritical loon of a party has become?

By Insectinside

September 6, 2008 5:54 PM | Link to this

I’ve seen tape of O’Riley’s crew “ambush” people who otherwise would not comment to them. They were, in each case, polite but insistent and relentless in getting a straight answer to a pertinent question which was usually embarassing to the ambushee. The Spear’s were all much more “public figures” than Bristol Palin prior to her mother’s nomination. Plenty of caring, attentive parents have faced the same situation. Many in the media are just saddened that that family lived out the love of children that they have in their lives rather than spontaneously abort them (thereby giving them another chance to shrilly cry their favorite charge of “hipocrite”)

By StevenCee

September 6, 2008 5:58 PM | Link to this

All the angry talking (yet troop enlistment figures have yet to match the vigor with which you chicken-hawks squawk) and whining about Cynthia not having the guts to “defend herself” to O’Reilly, is just so much malarkey..

So what, is Bill not man enough to put the screws to another MAN, he’s got to go ambush a WOMAN?

Sounds like a wimp to me……

By Randall

September 6, 2008 5:58 PM | Link to this

Cynthia Tucker is a racist, bigot. I should add idiot.

By GodHatesTrash

September 6, 2008 5:58 PM | Link to this

Still the Sheriff

I amble down to the newspaper to talk to Mr. Bookman.

“Good afternoon, Jay, hotter than a sixteen-year old gal with a belly full of beer, ain’t it? Now, Jay, we been having some trouble with your gal Cynthia agin. We don’t need no more trouble Jay. My hands is tied on this, if’n you cain’t keep her in line, I will, by Gawd. Now, you get her up there tomorrow to the O’Reilly’s and you tell her to ‘pologize, he’ll prolly give her a thrashin. but I cain’t stop him - and then I think I can get this all to blow over. Sure he’s a gawdamn worthless idiot, but, hell Jay, he’s white, and Cynthia - well - she ain’t.”

By verous

September 6, 2008 5:59 PM | Link to this

Do facts and truth mean anything to the rabid GOP? Guliani said it perfectly at the convention, “If you don’t have facts, make some up”. In this case Bill O’Rielly’s hypocrisy is crystal clear. “The blame falls primarily on the parents of the girl, who obviously have little control over her,” Mr. Orielly said this about Jamie Spears teen pregnancy. True? Mr. O’Rielly had nothing negative to say about Bristol Palin’s teen pregnancy. True? In addition, what was Mr. O’Rielly’s crew implying when they asked “Cynthia, in your column, were you comparing Bristol Palin to Jamie Lynn Spears?” Does Jesus think one child is better than the other? Well there it is, the facts folks, just the facts.

By KenfromCalifornia

September 6, 2008 5:59 PM | Link to this

dear insectinside i don’t think the law makes a distinction between “public figure” juveniles and those of prominent and influential parents. statutory rape is statutory rape, period. if the law-and-order palins are to be believed, that boy would have been in handcuffs. and her “sex education belongs in the home” mantra would have a lot more credibility, no matter how ineffective it obviously was put into practice in her own.

By David

September 6, 2008 6:00 PM | Link to this

For all you Bill O’Reilly fans…. three words… A CURRENT AFFAIR. Losers… he’s not even a journalist. Please don’t insult Cynthia or your fellow Atlantans.