Comments on: Dialoguing with people with whom we sharply disagree http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/09/04/dialoguing-with-people-with-whom-we-sharply-disagree/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:56:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: grumpypilgrim http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/09/04/dialoguing-with-people-with-whom-we-sharply-disagree/comment-page-1/#comment-24127 grumpypilgrim Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:47:22 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=3075#comment-24127 Wow, O'Reilly sure does like the sound of his own voice. Wow, O’Reilly sure does like the sound of his own voice.

]]> By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/09/04/dialoguing-with-people-with-whom-we-sharply-disagree/comment-page-1/#comment-24091 Erich Vieth Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:39:20 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=3075#comment-24091 Erika: I think that Obama more than held his own against the bully bombast. I also sensed that there was a deepened understanding, and (dare I say) a bit of respect shown by O'Reilly toward Obama during the interview. If you're calling Obama an idiot when he's not on the show, but you treat him somewhat civilly when he IS on the show, it might make some viewers wonder whether is as "bad" as he has been portrayed to be by O'Reilly. Erika: I think that Obama more than held his own against the bully bombast. I also sensed that there was a deepened understanding, and (dare I say) a bit of respect shown by O’Reilly toward Obama during the interview. If you’re calling Obama an idiot when he’s not on the show, but you treat him somewhat civilly when he IS on the show, it might make some viewers wonder whether is as “bad” as he has been portrayed to be by O’Reilly.

]]> By: Erika Price http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/09/04/dialoguing-with-people-with-whom-we-sharply-disagree/comment-page-1/#comment-24081 Erika Price Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:16:36 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=3075#comment-24081 O'Reilly has been gunning for an Obama interview for months. Recall that Hillary Clinton did placate O'Reilly with an interview when her campaign was still running with moderate success. Since O'Reilly has been demanding that Obama do the same for months, I'm not going to give Obama that much credit for showing up. It's a good thing he <i>did</i> make an appearance on "The Factor", but it may have just been to get O'Reilly to stop blubbering about it. On the other hand, Clinton may have actually had something to gain from appearing on "The Factor"- I can't really imagine Obama earning the votes of any O'Reilly viewers. O’Reilly has been gunning for an Obama interview for months. Recall that Hillary Clinton did placate O’Reilly with an interview when her campaign was still running with moderate success. Since O’Reilly has been demanding that Obama do the same for months, I’m not going to give Obama that much credit for showing up. It’s a good thing he did make an appearance on “The Factor”, but it may have just been to get O’Reilly to stop blubbering about it.

On the other hand, Clinton may have actually had something to gain from appearing on “The Factor”- I can’t really imagine Obama earning the votes of any O’Reilly viewers.

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