Bill O'Loofah - An Update on the "Ward Churchill Situation"

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

The "Talking Points Memo:" an update on the Ward Churchill (search) situation. The Colorado University Board of Regents will meet tomorrow to decide what to do about the professor who compared Americans killed on 9/11 to Adolf Eichmann (search), a Nazi.

After thousands of complaints, Hamilton College (search) in upstate New York cancelled Churchill's appearance there. And apparently, the man is getting threats all over the place.

So today, a reporter for the "New York Times" called to ask me if I felt responsible for those threats and anything that happens to Professor Churchill.

Now I knew this was going to happen. I told you last night that the left wing media would be angry that “The Factor” could influence the national discourse. I don't know what the "Times" will publish tomorrow. Maybe nothing. But I won't be surprised if you, "The Factor" audience, and I are blamed in certain circles for the unfortunate plight of Ward Churchill.
more:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,146256,00.html

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maenwhile, the left continues to try to distance themselves from Churchill and lets the rightwing witchhunt go into full drive

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Churchill's Pickup Vandalized
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_3519051,00.html

[Sandpiper]

1. It's the media's fault that O'Reilly's minions are threatening Churchill?

Gotta love those "personal responsibility" conservatives.

[LostInAnomie]

2. "Don't blame me! I only incited the mob...

...and pointed them in his direction. How was I supposed to know?"

Someday he will take one step too far.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

3. Bill's heading towards a "jenny jones" moment

where one day he's going to incite his little brownshirts into killing some poor leftist soul

that may be the only thibng that makes people say enough is enough.

remember talk radio mellowed for a few years when bill clinton turned attention on them following tim mcveigh

the only difference now is we don't have a bill clinton and dumbya would never blame o'reilly for instigating violence

[Warpy]

4. Check out some of the rantings of Ward Churchill, too

He's the darling of the type of leftist who thinks Gandhi was a sissy and violence is the only way to push for change.

He's got some interesting things to say about the way Native Americans have been treated and continue to be treated; everything else seems to be the ranting of an angry young man who never grew up.

[poe]

5. This one matters- descent into fascism

Churchill is an incredible speaker with a wealth of info at hand. one of his usual lines in his talks is something like this, "Whenever I come to talk people say Ward if this keeps up we'll be living in a fascist State, and I say how much more 'up' does it have to keep?"

The Christian pastor Martin Niemoller is credited with saying, "In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up."