<p>Anyone else watch Fox News last night around 9:00ish? The leaders from the minutemen protest were on Hannity and Other Guy.</p>
<p>again? or was it a rerun? cause if it wasnt then they are really desperate for news</p>
<p>Undoubtedly a rerun:</p>
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SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: And welcome to "Caught on Tape," a special edition of "Hannity & Colmes." Now, throughout the hour, we'll be bringing you the most shocking and outrageous video from the past year.</p>
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<p>COLMES: Welcome back to "Caught on Tape", a special edition of "Hannity & Colmes".</p>
<p>Now take a look at what happened when Jim Gilchrist, the co-founder of the Minutemen civil defense corps, attempted to take the stage at Columbia University.</p>
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<p>JIM GILCHRIST, CO-FOUNDER, MINUTEMEN PROJECT: The Minuteman Project...</p>
<p>(SHOUTS)</p>
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<p>COLMES: Well, that was a scene at Columbia University Wednesday night when pro-immigration protesters stormed the stage as Jim Gilchrist, the co- founder of the Minuteman Project, attempted to deliver an address.
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<p>ah. Fox News hates us. And Evangelists have more sex and more satisfying sex than us ugly liberals who have to join sex clubs to have sex.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8iuoCYvmUo%5B/url%5D">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8iuoCYvmUo</a></p>
<p>I kind of feel embarassed to be applying to Columbia now...but seriously, couldn't this Columbia student organization have sent smarter individuals to defend their case??</p>
<p>yeah...those students sort of got owned....</p>
<p>they are the presidents of the college dems and reps (i think, i didnt watch it all the way thru again) but neither is the brightest bulb in the box i've decided after listening to them speak a couple of times on the matter.</p>
<p>again, from what i remember, hannity brings up a lot of points that dont even make logical sense, if i feel like it later i'll try and find them all again</p>
<p>you know, i've watched a few videos now with bill o'reilly talking about this, and i can't help but to think he's trying to brainwash his viewers. unfortunately, some of those viewers may be parents of columbia's prospective students. could this incident have any effect on columbia's yield? i mean honestly, bill o'reilly said some pretty harsh words...</p>
<p>Haha, it looks like you've discovered the point of O'reilly. Most of America right now really won't take people like bill O'reilly entirely to heart, just like we dismiss Savage and Coulter. That was one of the problems with the midterm elections in 06 as Democrats moved more towards the center while republicans didn't attempt to become more Mccainlike at all. I can't believe that they still would support building a wall and the minutemen, because right now, it's kind of political suicide. Think of all the immigrants that support the democrats right now just because the republicans wanted to deport all 12 million illegals in the US.</p>
<p>The banner is a hacky idea, along with rushing the stage. It's just really childish. Then again, it also makes you wonder how Fox is childish by covering this stupid political stunt rather than something that's just straight news. I guess this is easier to form an opinion on.</p>
<p>i think anyone who bases their opinion of whether to apply to/attend columbia on what bill o'reilly thinks is probably someone we wouldn't want here anyway.</p>
<p>People like these girls make up maybe 5% of the student body, get into "activist" groups with entitled senses of importance, and do their best to avoid logic and rational discourse, instead refusing to answer inconvenient questions (as you see in that clip) and resorting to emotional appeals. Many of us have little patience for their type, even if we agree in principle with their political position.</p>
<p>In fact, people like the two of them are why I eventually despaired of trying to be politically active on campus. You all don't want to get me started.</p>
<p>I noticed that too Denzera. No matter which side you may choose to side with, everyone at Columbia that's politically active is pretty crazy.</p>
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Haha, it looks like you've discovered the point of O'reilly. Most of America right now really won't take people like bill O'reilly entirely to heart, just like we dismiss Savage and Coulter.
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<p>Yep, that's why O'Reilly has the #1 show on cable news and Coulter has like 4 #1 NY Times non-fiction bestsellers. Like them or not, to say that "most of America . . . dismiss[es]" them is improper.</p>
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That was one of the problems with the midterm elections in 06 as Democrats moved more towards the center while republicans didn't attempt to become more Mccainlike at all. I can't believe that they still would support building a wall and the minutemen, because right now, it's kind of political suicide. Think of all the immigrants that support the democrats right now just because the republicans wanted to deport all 12 million illegals in the US.
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<p>Huh? The Democrats took over the Congress because people don't like O'Reilly, Savage and Coulter. Lets give you a political science PhD right now!</p>
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Then again, it also makes you wonder how Fox is childish by covering this stupid political stunt rather than something that's just straight news. I guess this is easier to form an opinion on.
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<p>What is "straight news"? O'Reilly isn't a "straight news" program; he's a pundit and it's an opinion/interview show. O'Reilly/Fox and every other one of the cable networks do stories on stuff like this all the time. Heck, look at the coverage that Rosie vs. Trump is getting.</p>
<p>Okay, I really wasn't clear at all (easy way of saying that I didn't know what I was talking about)</p>
<p>Yes, you are correct by saying that political pundits like O'Reilly, and others like Coulter, and Savage are very popular and that tons of people take every word they say with total seriousness. But, I'm saying that for the people in the voting population, there are far greater amounts of people who would consider themselves moderates than strict republican or democrat, especially when you have the people on the far left and far right. Sure, there are people who vote republican, but do you see people voting for the banishment of evolution from the Country as a whole? You don't see people coming out in masses in Washington D.C. wanting to deport all the godless liberals because Ann Coulter says that they are evil.</p>
<p>It's kind of like what Denzera said, only it extends past the college campus. Coulter in principle, is to promote the idea that there is a significant group in this country and opposes a conservative standpoint and they should not be listened to because they're wrong. Right, but when she goes and says something, people don't storm the streets claiming that she needs to be the ruler of the world and that Liberals need to all die because they suck majorly. So, I guess what I mean is, that when it comes to voting, people don't agree with what coulter says in the ballot box.</p>
<p>And thank you for the PHD, although a degree from Columbia2002's university of awesomeness would have dubious worth if I apply for a job.</p>
<p>Right, O'Reilly isn't a straight news program and yet he's the most watched person on Cable. What I was getting at is that people don't have as much interest in learning about things and forming opinions for themselves but instead prefer just having an opinion skinned and quartered from the butcher block of O'Reilly so that they can regurgitate it when they want to talk about politics.</p>