Fox News TV host Bill O'Reilly has a way with words. Usually his words are expressed in a loud, arrogant, crude and hateful manner that helps him garner media blitz, attention and publicity and keeps viewers either entertained or disgustedly engage. Either way, his words have helped propel his career and influence in our country.
Wednesday night was no different for the conservative host. However, instead of attacking a Liberal commentator, O'Reilly got into a heated verbal exchange with fellow Fox News analyst Laura Ingraham over the issue of same-sex marriage.
Ingraham told O'Reilly that he was wrong to refer to Rush Limbaugh as a bible-thumper last week in his remarks about same-sex marriage. According to O'Reilly, gay marriage opponents needed to do more than "thump the Bible" in their fight against marriage equality.
However, as Ingraham began to explain her opinion on the issue, O'Reilly interrupted her, insisting that there was no feud between him and Limbaugh. When Ingraham said that O'Reilly had unnecessarily insulted conservative Christians, O'Reilly fired back saying: "Laura, I'm disappointed in you tonight."
"You are not delineating, you are still saying that I insulted Christians who believe in the Bible -- I did not," O'Reilly continued.
"Then why did you use the word 'thump'?" Ingraham asked.
"Because that's the way you get it across!" O'Reilly replied. "There are bible-thumpers and all they do is say, 'I object to gay marriage because God objects to it.' You don't win a policy debate in America with that.... You are criticzing me tacitly for using the word 'thump the Bible,' which is an accurate description of what people [do]."
"I don't think it helped," Ingraham replied.
"I'm not here to help," O'Reilly said. "Helpful? It was accurate and honest."
"All I'm trying to say is that some people took offense," Ingraham later said. "Don't get mad at me."
"I'm not mad at you, I'm disappointed," O'Reilly said. "Of all the conservative radio hosts, you have the most common sense -- of all of them. But you bought into this garbage... and I'm disappointed."
Watch the clip below.
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