http://mediamatters.org/items/200507220003On the July 20 Radio Factor, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly referred to Chief Justice William Rehnquist as a "vampire," and, later on, Supreme Court associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a "zombie." Elaborating on his Rehnquist comments, O'Reilly said that "he does not believe" Rehnquist "is a human being" and that "I believe that ... you have to drive a stake through the man's heart." He then warned viewers that if he ever meets Rehnquist, he will be "wearing garlic around my neck and a cross." From the July 20 broadcast of Westwood One's The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly:
O'REILLY: It just depends on who it is. Because look, the Democrats have to worry about backlash here. They have to worry about being obstructionists, they have to worry about being radical because the American people don't want that. So the next time around, I do believe it will be a woman. I think it's going to be this Edith woman -- what's her last name?
LIS WIEHL (co-host): Edith Clement.
O'REILLY: I think it will be her. Now that's not going to happen 'til Rehnquist is -- Rehnquist, I believe now, is a vampire. I do not believe he is a human being. I believe that, you know, you have to drive a stake through the man's heart to -- he'll be around flying -- you notice you never see him during the day. You know. And you know, I've never met the man, but I'm wearing garlic around my neck and a cross if I ever do. But you know, Rehnquist won't retire until he's dead and he may die anytime, and I do believe you would probably see a woman next time around, because Bush is shrewd. What he's doing is he's making it very hard for the opposition to stand in his way. And you might see a black woman the next time around, but probably this Edith woman.