O'REILLY: Hey, you know, if you want to ban military recruiting, fine, but I'm not going to give you another nickel of federal money. You know, if I'm the president of the United States, I walk right into Union Square, I set up my little presidential podium, and I say, "Listen, citizens of San Francisco, if you vote against military recruiting, you're not going to get another nickel in federal funds. Fine. You want to be your own country? Go right ahead."
And if Al Qaeda comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it. We're going to say, look, every other place in America is off limits to you, except San Francisco. You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead.
The San Francisco Chronicle responds:
San Franciscans might be offended by this invitation, or perhaps even threatened, if more of them visited Coit Tower.
On a cool gray Thursday afternoon, the San Francisco landmark was filled, as usual, with tourists from Ohio, Texas and other states where TV's "The O'Reilly Factor" and its syndicated radio companion, "The Radio Factor," pull better ratings than in San Francisco.
When visitors were told of O'Reilly's remarks, several had the same question: "Why would he say that?"
The few locals found at the tower had another: "Who's Bill O'Reilly again?"
Board of, uh, Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, whose district includes Coit Tower, suggested that O'Reilly should get his head examined.
"It sounds like he's on the same medication Rush Limbaugh is addicted to, and he should go see a therapist," Peskin said.
Imagine if O'Reilly had read the plaque on the front of Coit Tower, which describes its benefactor and namesake, Lillie Hitchcock Coit, as a woman "who smoked cigars and often dressed as a man to gamble in North Beach saloons."
A progressive city indeed!
It's too bad O'Reilly never listens to anybody, including himself. His feelings might be hurt to find out the people he's threatening have never heard of him.
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