Discussion: O'Reilly On FLOTUS Speech: Slaves Who Built White House Were 'Well Fed' (VIDEO)

[intelliwriter]

What, exactly, is his point?

[jefemeister17]

If we are fortunate Bill will take his money and leave FOX now that Ailes is gone. And please take Shaun Hillarity with you as you leave. Two doofuses.

[theaney]

I see what you did there.

[danny]

Empathy is a known unknown for O’Reilly, who turned a poignant story tracing the black journey from slave to President into a “Tip of the Day.”

[renatastar]

Only Billo could say something this asinine.

[lallen56]

Also it will be easier to convince us that being a slave or an indentured servant might be a good way to work off debt. And that could work for white people too.

[dweb]

Because Bill is an “historian.” After all, he sells his history books by the thousands and his readers believe every word because they see him on Fox and he always tells the(ir) truth.

Folks was all gettin along fine down here on the plantation til them damn Yankees came in and put ideas into they heads!

Yep…sleeping on silk sheets, equal pay for equal work, fair wages, good food, health benefits and once a year off. We had it so good when they was buildin the White House.

Hey Bill, how many non-white faces were the GOP able to round up for their convention to help fill the empty seats? Paul Ryan’s selfie of his brilliant white interns (to be fair there was ONE person of color spotted WAY in the back) speaks volumes when it comes to the party’s support for ALL Americans.

[donnyyoung]

5 seconds earlier “FUCK IT, WE’LL DO IT LIVE!!”

[donnyyoung]

Michael Steele tweeted “There are no words” in reference to Bill’s statement. But that and a dollar will get you…well…nothing.

[occamsrazor2]

@renatastar

Only Billo could say something this asinine.

Oh, not only Billo – but he did in deed say this first, and with a straight face.

[ecmiles]

This village idiot somehow thinks that he this ugly truth more palatable! Is this the era of “greatness” the Donald wants to take us back to again?

[dave_mb]

@inversion

But one particular slave, Philip Reid, achieved some renown as an individual. He was a slave laborer for Clark Mills, who was hired to cast the Statue of Freedom, the Capitol’s crowning feature. The government paid Reid $1.25 a day for his work.

Yes, the State of Freedom placed on top of the Capital Building was created and cast by a slave. The greatness and dark underbelly of our country in one sentence.

[dorado]

Translation: slavery is not so bad as long as they’re well fed and taken care of.

Wonder what he thinks about racism and discrimination…?

[dave_mb]

@dorado

Wonder what he thinks about racism and discrimination…?

They don’t exist anymore. That Civil Rights thing was over 50 years ago.

[dave_mb]

@wwss

since when were slaves “hired?”

The government didn’t own slave. They hired labor from slaveowners and paid the owners for the slave labor.

[marby]

or maybe he could use Scalia’s argument that discrimination in the college setting actually helped blacks because they wouldn’t be pressured to keep up at high-calibre schools?!? Just remembering this makes me furious.

[leftflank]

If anyone needed an example of seething jealousy, here it is.

Oreilly is a putz that sells lies, distortions and misinformation to pond scum and FLOTUS is, well, FLOTUS.

Because Oreilly’s sexual targets were well loofahed, does that mean that they were happy, or free from oppression?

[inversion]

@yail_bloor

There are no words.

Bill Conrad: “Sure there are Bill. Join us for our next exciting episode: one more time friends or where is that duck tape?”

[harry_r_sohl]

Slaves were so lucky!, said every Republican ever.

[inversion]

@harry_r_sohl

Slaves were so lucky!, said every Republican ever.

only this lot.

fortunately for them, the previous lot (1860’s version) aren’t around to pimp slap em