Welcome to Friday's summary of
The Factor. It's sure to displease. Actually, Mr.Bill is off again this Friday (three in a row now?), and John Gibson took over. This means no "Talking Points" and several replayed segments.
The most insane thing about this episode (sorry for the editorialized descriptor) is that Natalee Holloway anchored THREE full segments totally 17 minutes. WTF? Al Sharpton, Pro-Terrorist Italians, and AHnold's Border Problems also showed up. The replay was of the atrocious-the-first-time segment on Brad Pitt and his female sidekicks - WHO CARES!?
Read on, or I'll find you and send video copies of the shows to you - WITHOUT plain brown wrappers!!:
Top Story "Aruba": What's great about these segments is that there is NOTHING to say about them! The Calpo (sic?) brothers have been arrested again. 7 minutes.
NEWS BRIEF: Hurricane Katrina./ Iraqi Shiites and Kurds pushing on with Constitution without the Sunnis./ Richard Myer is concerned that dropping public support for the War in Iraq may affect troop morale./ Hamas releases a video of a wanted bomber.
Top Story, Cont. More Aruba. Van der Sloot's father was possibly involved and may know more than he's letting on. (Ummm, didn't we know this LAST MONTH before I even started this stinkin' project???) 6 minutes
(there were several glitches during this recording that cut off the Titles of the Segments)
Rev. Al Sharpton Mr. Sharpton is going to a prayer vigil with Cindy Sheehan. Mr. Gibson tries to see how many Cindy Sheehan Quotes he can throw at the good Reverand to show what a FREAK she is. And to prove that he, Mr. Sharpton, should not go there lest he be ASSOCIATED with said proven freakiness.
Gibson starts out, immediately, asking Sharpton if he agrees with Sheehan when she calls President Bush each of the following: 'Lying Bastard,' 'Filth Spewer,' Evil Maniac,' 'Fuhrer, and the 'world's biggest terrorist whose committing blatant genocide waging a nuclear war.' Sharpton (I LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! his response!!) says he has no idea if Sheehan even said those things, but that he "agree(s) with her taht she should meet with the President and ... that the war is wrong and should be stopped." Gibson fumbles around saying "you can believe these quotes, I have them right here in front of me." Al says something like, "you could get those words anywhere." DIS-MISSED!
Although Sharpton continues to deflect any questions about so-called-direct-quotes, it doesn't stop Gibson from spouting them ceaselessly. Sheehan said her son "was killed for lies and a neocon agenda to benefit Israel." "One of the reasons our greedy misleaders invaded Iraq was for control of the oil fields." "George Bush and his neocons killed my son. America has been killing people since we arrived on this continent. This country is not worth dying for."
Sharpton keeps up with his Wonder Woman Deflector Bracelets, and he never responds to these words because he says they cannot be confirmed. I hope more Democrats will call bull on these "some people say" quotes from here on out. One thing hit me that Gibson said aloud - 1900 American dead - that's alot more than the last time a number was mentioned. 7 minutes
Impact Segment "Hiding Terrorists": Did Italy hide insurgents to negotiate the realease of abducted aide workers in Iraq? Rumors are flying that Segrina's release was based on the Red Cross agreeing to operate on four alQaeda terrorists and then release them in exchange for the woman's safe return. Of course, they couldn't guarantee that th US wouldn't riddle her body guard with bullets.
Lorenzo Vidro, terror analyst with The Investigative Project, comes on to explain. "90% of Italians oppose the war." Gibson counters with: "So, 90% of Italians support patching up some terrorist to go shoot at Americans?" Vidro believes this MIGHT be an exaggeration, or at least a mischaracterization. Gibson ends with "So much for that vacation to Tuscany."
I must say I think FoxNews throws in quips like this to plant seeds for boycotts. They are forever pointing out which companies and countries appear to disagree with their viewpoint, then add lines such as the ones above. Do you doubt that SOMEWHERE in America there are people who could decide against an Italian vacation based on OReilly's words? 5 minutes
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NEWS BRIEF: Hurricane Katrina./ Base Closings Commission./ Aruba.?/ Ontario power glitch.
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Factor Flashback "Celebrity Divorces": I couldn't believe they covered this even once. I'm STUNNED they replayed it! Brad Pitt, etc, etc...
Border Problems AHnold should call for State of Emergency. Ruben Garcia, Republican National Hispanic Assembly, thinks AHnold is correct in NOT calling for State of Emergency. Gibson worries that Democrats are taking over this issue from Republicans. Garcia explains:
"Left wing Democrats are suddenly becoming moderate Republicans and taking up issues mainly because they don't have issues of their own. They've become the party of "no." "
They are dramatizing Republican issues. Gibson repeats, in an interestingly PARTISAN soundind statement to MY 'fair-and-balanced- ears, "You can't let Democrats co-opt your issues - that's exactly the point! You can't let Governors Richardson and Napolitano - Democrats, liberals, issuing licenses to illegal aliens - you can't let them get to the Right of you.
What's WRONG with declaring a State of Emergency, Gibson needs to know:
"IT'S NO BIG DEAL. NOBODY THINKS IT'S GOING TO DO ANYTHING."
Can you, dear Kossack, believe he really said that? Is he intending to tear down what Democrats have done by saying this, or did he just shoot himself in the foot by admitting that NOTHING would come from any of this anyway. I report, you decide.
Declaring a State of Emergency may get Chernoff to sit up and take notice at the Dept. of Homeland Security. 4 minutes
Back of the Book 4 more minutes of Aruba.
My Take Honestly, one of the least eventful shows of the month. A reprieve of sorts, I suppose.