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Bill O'Reilly Speaks Out of Both Sides of His Mouth

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It's a day that ends in 'day'

On Friday's Radio Factor, O'Reilly got a caller who was in complete agreement with the "war on Christmas" meme. Recall some of what O'Reilly has said regarding this:

NULMAN: No, no, I don't think it's insane. I think that it's good business practice, actually. And many organizations are trying desperately to be inclusionary. They feel that the use of "Merry Christmas" in their packaging, their bags, their messages, their environment is just the opposite. It's exclusionary to the 15 or 20 percent of the customer base that is not Christian.

O'REILLY: And you agree with that?

NULMAN: I do, from a marketing standpoint.

O'REILLY: See, I think you're, I think you're crazy.

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NULMAN: "Season's Greetings" and "Happy Holidays," Bill, does not offend Christians.

O'REILLY: Yes, it does. It absolutely does. And I know that for a fact.

So when this caller explains that when he went to an Olive Garden and the waitress told him "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas", he wanted to hit her and did not leave a tip, O'Reilly sang his encomia, right?

Not exactly.

O'REILLY: Kevin, Los Angeles. What's going on, Kevin?

KEVIN: Yeah, Mr. O'Reilly, merry Christmas.

O'REILLY: Merry Christmas.

KEVIN: And, uh, wanted to say "dittoes" from the great state--blue state--of Los Angeles. Uh, wanted to let you know I went to a, uh, Olive Garden restaurant recently. And I thought this was a good, red company and what not, and, uh, had a very good meal, and the service was very good and et cetera, and then the waitress came up, at the end, and she said--she gave me the check, and she says "happy holidays". And I swear to God I-I, y'know, I thought, "Wh-Wh-What kind of American is this? And I gave her no tip, and I don't think any American should give a tip, and--

O'REILLY: But why though? Why? I mean, she's--whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa, Kevin, Kevin, Kevin, Kevin. Hold on, hold on, hold on. The little waitress comes up to you and says "happy holidays"--she doesn't know whether you're Jewish, whether you're a Muslim, whether you're... a Buddhist, or anything. So why would you be... why would you be offended by that?

KEVIN: Well I wanted to... I mean, I mean, I tell ya, I wanted to punch her in the face.

O'REILLY: WHY?

KEVIN: It was the same thing as going to the stores, y'know, where they don't say, uh... y'know, they--they don't know either whether you're Jewish or not or anything else....

O'REILLY: Well, wait a minute Kevin, I think you're outta line, man. I think you're outta line. I think you're outta line. And you wanna punch her in the face--that's ridiculous. Okay, don't... don't... I don't know whether you... y'know, you're being serious or not, y'might be one of these loons who calls up and tries to do this kinda stuff, but it... I'm gonna... err on the side of giving Kevin the benefit of the doubt--you're wrong. If some person says "happy holidays" to you, there's no reason to get offended, and there's no reason to not leave her a tip. You're a jerk. All right? Because that person doesn't know who you are. When we step in is when there's a company that says 'We ban any mention of Christmas.' That's when we step in. And we say, 'That's disrespectful. That ban across the board doesn't cut it.' And then we don't tell you not to buy, we don't tell you to--not to boycott, y'know, like a lotta the press has reported, they've all retracted that now, but... we don't tell you that. We just say, 'Here's what's going on. That's wrong.' But individually? Somebody gives you a nice greeting, you just say--if you wanna say "Merry Christmas" back, say "Merry Christmas" back!