The Other Book (Dog)-End

And, O'Reilly, too, while he's still nowhere near as partisan as Mr. Olbermann's become, damned if doesn't treat a lot of Republicans gently. On a recent segment with Congresswoman Bachman, for example, he actually asked the woman, "So, why is it that people are always picking on you?" And then he allowed her to spin like a frigging merry-go-round. Compare this to the way that he treats Congressman Frank (who actually SHOULD get grilled - though, yes, that's another subject) and other liberal Democrats. It's frequently quite a distinction.................................................................................Oh, and if Mr. O'Reilly really does want an answer to the question, here it is. Congresswoman Bachman gets "picked on" 1) because she isn't particularly crafty, 2) because she's as rank a partisan as there is, and 3) because she's constantly saying incendiary things (the Democrats are unAmerican, yada, yada). Now, granted, there are only a limited number of ways that one can utter, "Michele Bachman is an idiot" (this, though, Mr. Olbermann is constantly trying to come up with new ones) but, still, to have a lot of sympathy for her probably isn't the way to go, either. You certainly don't want to treat her with kid-gloves, for Christ!