HILLBILLY O'REILLY
THE CLOD-SPREADER

By Judith Haney

USNEWSLINK/September 25, 2001

"Hillbilly" (a derivation of William) is an apt description of Bill O'Reilly.

Let's face it, HIllbilly O'Reilly is, well, ... 'different'. Nevertheless, even though he's an oddball, did you ever think of Billy as a bucolic, bumpkin of a backwoodsman?

Allow me a moment to state my case.

To begin with, he fibs about Americans he doesn't agree with. This is a low class, trashy, clod-spreading trait of his.

A recent example of Hillbilly spreading clods can be found in the following excerpt(s) from a column he wrote recently entitled "Family Matters":

"If you don't believe the American family is under siege by some very powerful forces, please continue reading. The American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood and some powerful politicians – most notably Hillary Clinton – are on a jihad to pass laws allowing underage girls to have abortions without parental consent," writes Hillbilly. (Source: WorldNetDaily)

"Senator Hillary Clinton is a strong proponent of kids being able to get secret abortions. Of course, Mrs. Clinton does not answer questions about her positions so it is impossible to know how she justifies her stance," Hillbilly writes. (Source: WorldNetDaily)

Notice that Hillbilly employed the word "jihad". And this was BEFORE September 11, 2001. I'm willing to bet that Billy did not know the meaning of the word when he stuck it in the middle of his sentence.

Billy uses words found outside of the mainstream vocabulary for their effect. This is an amateurish,  sophomoric, characteristic of his literary creations. Hillbilly believes if he uses unusual words he will be perceived as credible. And to make matters worse, Hillbilly never, but NEVER, backs up a word he writes with independent sources for readers to verify on their own. Billy acts (writes) on faith, and assumes (hopes) readers will take him at his "word".

To sum it up, Hillbilly's style, for which he earns millions from Fox, is a lot of flash (clod-spreading) over very little substance (verifiable facts).

As an example, take notice of Hillbilly's admission that "Mrs. Clinton does not answer questions about her positions so it is impossible to know how she justifies her stance". Since Billy could not speak to Mrs. Clinton about his story BEFORE he published it, he twisted the facts of the story in an effort to write authoritatively about the Senator and what she thinks about the subject. This is an example of Billy's thinking disorder, i.e., he hopes readers won't notice his "zig-zag" style of mixing fact with fiction.

HIllbilly often invents information, statistics, and other nonsense without regard for the truth. He casts handfuls of lies to the public like so many seeds in the wind hoping that one of his lies will take root in right wing, disenfranchised, soil. To more fully appreciate Billy's propensity to lie about and misquote other Americans, read my last article about him. (Pundits In Print: "Oh, Really?  Judith Haney of usnewslink.com responds to Bill "Bull! Oh, Really?")

On background, Hillbilly graduated from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York with a degree in History. He later obtained a Master's Degree in Broadcast Journalism from Boston University, and a Master's Degree in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. And from this esteemed academic background Billy laid the foundation upon which he espouses his bizarre, twisted, alienated, opinions.

The following excerpt provides insight into Hillbilly's view of the role the United States Supreme Court plays in American democracy:

"So now parents have to deal with yet another threat. But this one is much more powerful than video-games, permissive educators or trashy movies. This threat sits there in a black robe and tells you what is legal and what is not.  And if things progress much further, this threat will be telling your underage daughter that she can ignore you and see a doctor who will alter her life forever. The stage has been set – all that's left is for the script to be written. " (Source: WorldNetDaily)

For some unfathomable reason, Fox News believes Hillbilly O'Reilly is good for it's image. Fox has liberally promoted his program, "O"Reilly Factor", thereby imbuing his odd, incompetent, peculiar perspective(s) with legitimacy.

But Billy's fifteen minutes of fame are up. Billy is currently suffering from overexposure.  The fact is, 'some' television audiences have heard all he has to say, seen all he has to show, and they're tired of him.

Therefore, the logical place for Hillbilly to end up is back on the same farm he came from to forever clean up all the cow dung he has spread around.

Quick, somebody please give me a clothespin for my nose before I faint from Hillbilly's stench.