Bill Oreilly on Barack Obama, Radio Factor 6/24

It's been awhile since I've put anything of real importance to me on this blog. What I heard on Bill Oreilly's Radio Factor show today really bothered me. I've always been able to ignore or accept other peoples opinions to a point. Today I reached that point.

Please forgive me, as I am going to paraphrase some of this to the best of my memory.

Bill played an audio clip of Barack Obama from 2006, a speech given to somebody, somewhere; it doesn't matter. Obama said-

"Whatever we once were, we're no longer just a Christian nation; we are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, and a nation of non-believers. We should acknowledge this and realize that when we're formulating policies from the state house to the Senate floor to the White House, we've got to work to translate our reasoning into values that are accessible to every one of our citizens, not just members of our own faith community."

I am impressed with these words, we are a nation of many beliefs.

Bill Oreilly took exception to that speech/interview, putting a "SPIN" on it as he is oft quoted to be in the "No Spin Zone" yet he proceeded to slam Obama, emphasizing the Judeo-Christian values our country was founded on. He claims Obama is a secular-progressive, yet our constitution and laws are based on us being a secular nation. Should we follow Mr. Oreilly's lead on this and persecute those who are of different beliefs, or welcome them:

"Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Has Bill Oreilly forgotten his own heritage? He is Irish, but so far removed from Irish immigrants to forget the troubles and hardships they faced to come to the great "Melting Pot" that is the United States of America.

That must be lost on Bill Oreilly who has just lost some of his credibility with this person.