BILL O'REILLY, HOST: "The O'Reilly Factor" is on. Tonight.
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BILL AYERS: This is my property. Can you please leave?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. Ayers, do you want to take this opportunity to apologize for your
terrorist acts?
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O'REILLY: "The Factor" confronts Bill Ayers in Chicago, even while Sarah Palin is asked to define terrorism.
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BRIAN WILLIAMS: Is an abortion clinic bomber a terrorist under this definition, governor?
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O'REILLY: We'll analyze this situation.
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ELLEN DEGENERES: If you're wondering, I'm sure you are, how I feel about this, I don't like it. I don't like it. I don't agree.
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O'REILLY: Ellen DeGeneres goes after Governor Palin on gay marriage. We'll take a look at this brouhaha.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did you kill Merrill?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you know who did?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you know if Aldrich did?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Kill harry a man like him?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I thought you said you didn't know him.
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O'REILLY: And did you know that actor Raymond Burr, who played Perry Mason, lived a double life? We'll you in on what was going on.
Caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. "The Factor" begins right now.
Hi, I'm Bill O'Reilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. "The Factor" confronts William Ayers, that is the subject of this evening's "Talking Points Memo."
As I said before, the radical Chicago teacher Bill Ayers is Barack Obama's worst nightmare. Here's a guy who simply won't go away, a man most Americans detest, but a legitimate issue when evaluating a potential president's associations.
One caveat here. "The Factor" believes the economy and national security are the two most important issues in this campaign by far. We don't believe William Ayers rises anywhere near those things.
However, Ayers is interesting. Here's a guy who calls himself an anarchist, has admitted committing terrorist acts, even participated in bombing a police station here in New York City. And Barack Obama gave him a blurb for his book in "The Chicago Tribune?" That, ladies and gentlemen is no small thing. Ayers has been hiding out. We watched him for a number of days before Jesse Watters finally caught up with him.
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JESSE WATTERS: How do you feel being the centerpiece in this presidential election?
BILL AYERS: All right.
WATTERS: What's your relationship with Barack Obama, Mr. Ayers? Did he write a blurb for your book and sit on a panel with you?
AYERS: This is my property. Would you please leave?
WATTERS: Mr. Ayers, do you want to take this opportunity to apologize for your terrorist acts? Mr. Ayers? Don't you think it's time for some repentance? Do you still consider yourself an anarchist?
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O'REILLY: Did you notice the red star on his shirt there? Now, here's the irony. After Jesse's brief chat with Mr. Ayers, the guy calls the police, the same police he tried to kill back in the `60's. That is called irony.
Well, the police came and escorted Ayers back to his car. Don't you just love this? When a terrorist guy needs some help, who does he call? The cops. Like everybody else.
Now some misguided souls feel sorry for Bill Ayers. I don't. He's had plenty of time to apologize for trying to hurt fellow Americans. He has never said he's sorry most likely because he's not sorry.
I actually think Barack Obama should apologize for hanging with the guy. He should throw him under the bus just like he did Reverend Wright. Look, senator, everybody makes mistakes. You made one. This is a bad guy. Just say you made a mistake in judgment. Then it goes all away.
But Obama has not done that, so poor Jesse had to track Ayers down. That should be the end of the story but, of course, it won't be. And that's the Memo.
