Bill O’Reilly and Dennis Miller make homophobic jokes about Barney Frank.
By on Nov 13th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Bill O’Reilly and Dennis Miller make homophobic jokes about Barney Frank.
Last night on the O’Reilly Factor, Dennis Miller said President-elect Obama should “flatten these punks at AIG.” When O’Reilly suggested Obama should arrest Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), Miller laughed and said, “Barney might want to be arrested.” O’Reilly laughed and then acted disgusted by the idea of homosexuality. Watch it:
The right wing frequently attacks Frank for being gay. Just last week, right-wing radio host Lars Larson encouraged his listeners to vote for “Barney Fag.”
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Not funny.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:10 pmHey, Dennis,
How’s the Monday Night Football gig working out?
November 13th, 2008 at 1:10 pmWhy they never respond, “Hah! More women for me!”
November 13th, 2008 at 1:15 pmI remember when Dennis Miller had a career.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:16 pmI wonder if anything can be done for the mental health of these two as well as the people who listen to their bile? I guess not if they believe in Reagan policies like the one that dumped the residents of mental institutions in California onto the streets. I guess I actually pity Miller and O’Reilly. It is sad how low they have gone.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:16 pm“Dennis Miller said President-elect Obama should “flatten these punks at AIG.””
Hey Dennis, the idiot that you voted for is unfortunately still the POTUS, in case you forgot. President Elect Obama has little recourse until next January. You seem resigned to the fact that the incurious child that you helped put into office will do nothing about this. Shouldn’t his inaction bother you a bit more than trying to tell Obama what he should do and spending your time flinging homophobic remarks with Falafel Boy?
November 13th, 2008 at 1:19 pmDennis Miller=hasbeen
November 13th, 2008 at 1:20 pmHey Dennis, let’s see how a joke about religion being based on myths goes over.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:21 pmI wish I got cable just so I could turn off their shows.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:22 pmHey Bill, how’s that war on Christmas going? Not as well as the war on the gays?!?!
November 13th, 2008 at 1:23 pmDennis Miller, get in contact with Gary Coleman to see what careers remain for nasty, arrogant jerks that think they are funny.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:26 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
“He’s going to step it up this year and make his “war” more efficient: The War on teh Gay Christmas”
Kinda gives the term “surge” a double entendre quality, eh?
November 13th, 2008 at 1:30 pmjust up at C&L:
A word about southeastern Idaho, where schoolkids chant
“Assassinate Obama”
http://crooksandliars.com/node
November 13th, 2008 at 1:31 pmGuido the Loving OBGYN Says:
Who is Dennis Miller?
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And why does anyone SANE care what he has to say?
I’d also say, truthfully, that when frauds like Dild and Miller are reduced to making “fag” references, it means they’re running on fumes. They have NOTHING relevant to add to the discussion and it shows.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:32 pmvinylspear Says:
Dennis Miller, get in contact with Gary Coleman to see what careers remain for nasty, arrogant jerks that think they are funny.
Gary Coleman? I still like Gary Coleman.
¶ AIO
November 13th, 2008 at 1:34 pmSo, where is johnfyounger to wag his finger at dear Dennis and dear Billo…?
November 13th, 2008 at 1:34 pmThey are both showing just how irrelevant they really are.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:36 pmFunny, every time I see the not-funny-any-time Dennis on TV, I wonder who’s cck he sucked to get there.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:40 pmThat whole prison thing is so tired and adolescent. It’s bizarre how tickled and giddy it makes them (like giggling little preteens). I’m sure grateful the grown ups are back in charge!
November 13th, 2008 at 1:40 pmWhy are these people being paid to say what they think? Who is paying them? I know lots of people who have more informed opinions than either of these wingnuts. Why can’t they get paid to say what they think? Why can’t I?
In the marketplace of ideas, the wingnuts are selling crap sandwiches.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:41 pmI can’t see the video here at work, so I’m a bit lost on the context of this bit of “humor” — how did Barney Frank get into the conversation? Did Dennis just feel the need to inject a “queer” joke out of the blue, or what?
November 13th, 2008 at 1:43 pmthese are nothing short of hate crimes.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:44 pmThese two and fox are a perfect for each other.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:44 pmAll three equally repulsive.
Orily brought franks up at the close. He said something like: And maybe Obama should arrest Barney and miller said that he didn’t know, maybe Barney would like being arrested…….gays in prison reference……..
These people should be under arrest for this kind of behavior. What year is this?
November 13th, 2008 at 1:47 pmThese homophobes obviously haven’t seen all the research showing that people who make these sort of remarks are the most insecure with their own sexuality, perhaps being even closeted gays. People confident about their own sexuality have no need for such insults.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:48 pmWOW…look at thoes rating drop. Oh well,might as well laugh it up till the end. Their hate is like a tire going flat..ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:49 pmI’d like to see Miller and O’Reilly sharing a cell.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:51 pmAnd they wonder why the only minority group their party attracts is the uneducated rural white male set.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:52 pmmiller picked a bad time to show he’s a homophobe.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:52 pmIf Palin hadn’t shown us how ignorant Republicans are I’d have to believe Daryll is a parody.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:53 pmDennis Miller is quite annoying…I don’t think he is funny just a little off…
All of the conservative talk show hosts, radio hosts remind me of a bunch of middle school kids…
November 13th, 2008 at 1:53 pmignorance, just plain dumbassidness. You probably know lots of gay people in your life but they don’t let you know.
It’s the same lie the haters use with racism, you know the black people don’t want to work, they would rather draw welfare.
News flash: Everyone wants the same things out of life that you want. Jobs, family, happiness, etc.
you are one sick puppy.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:54 pmAnybody ready for the rapture deserves to be the butt of distasteful jokes and belittled in a public forum.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:54 pmkaty Says
November 13th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
just up at C&L:
A word about southeastern Idaho, where schoolkids chant
“Assassinate Obama”
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I have an uncle who lives in Idaho Falls, which is just southwest of Madison County, the location of this incident. My uncle is a conservative Mormon Republican, who no doubt enthusiastically pulled the lever (or whatever they have in Idaho) for McCain.
However, he would be as horrified as anyone else at the very idea of assassinating Obama (or anyone else, for that matter), and I guarantee no child or grandchild of his would get away with chanting something like this.
As I read the article, I noticed that the parents, teachers, and other adults in this heavily Mormon community didn’t put up with it either, and action was taken. I trust these children are now aware of how inappropriate their chanting was.
Now the people of Madison County need to take a look at how these young children (most of whom don’t even know what “assassinate” means) learned such a thing to chant. I can’t imagine that parents would be overtly teaching their children that it’s OK to kill people with whom you disagree, but kids can pick up hatred from a great many different sources. And this recent campaign has generated a lot of them.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:58 pmDennis and Bill are afraid of their own thoughts, so they make jokes that are not funny. And RR laughs along.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:59 pmHave Obama arrest the guys from AIG??
Is Obama President now?
How about holding the Bush Admin accountable but that would be too easy..
November 13th, 2008 at 2:03 pmWho would Jesus make a tasteless “joke” about, right Daryll?
Dude, if you are under contract with the DOD shouldn’t you be working now? You know, for that taxpaper money you get paid?
November 13th, 2008 at 2:04 pmRaptureReady Says:
Oh relax. It’s very humorous. You have to admit it.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
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And yet when I joke about Jesus being the son of a prostitute, you get offended. What gives?
November 13th, 2008 at 2:05 pmIf you think that’s humorous then you will really crack up when I tell you I think it’s time to bring back the lions to deal with the cristofacists in America, right……hilarious, right…..
November 13th, 2008 at 2:05 pmRupture, how was it for you when that ape was done working your rectalia over?
November 13th, 2008 at 2:07 pmRaptureReady Says
November 13th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Funny but true. Most gays would love to go to prison. It is a cornucopia of people of their own gender.
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Wrong. This is one of the myths of homosexuality — that gays only want to have a lot of sex, with a lot of partners, and without the inconvenience of establishing any relationships. And this is such a burning desire that being imprisoned with a bunch of men would be the ultimate nirvana for them.
You might find some gay men who live only to acquire a lot of anonymous sex partners and spend a lot of their time and energy on this quest. You can also find straight men with the same objective. But would the straight man relish the thought of losing his freedom if it meant being imprisoned with a lot of women? Perhaps in a brief fantasy or a dream, but I doubt it would have much appeal in real life. Ditto for gay men.
The truth is that gay men (and women) are much like their straight counterparts. They date. They have relationships. Many find the person they want to commit to for life, and become monogamous. And they want their “couplehood” to be recognized and respected — gay or straight. What part of this is so hard for you to understand?
November 13th, 2008 at 2:08 pmMatthew 7:120
Oh Rapture, your Lord is calling and he’s pissed at you! Seems you’ve been strutting your vanity around again. Does making fun of gay people make you feel superior? Or hasn’t it sunk in yet that Republicans are not funny and joking that gay people would be somehow lining up to have their freedoms taken away and be raped in prison? If heaven and hell exist, Daryl is in for an eternity of being boned in the posterior by his Mom wearing a strap-on. Now THAT’S funny!
November 13th, 2008 at 2:18 pmMISSHMOLLY says
What part of this is so hard for you to understand?
All of it for Darlyy…
November 13th, 2008 at 2:21 pmDennis, has anyone told you that you’re no longer funny? That happens to right-wing shitbags.
November 13th, 2008 at 2:24 pmDennis Miller is a horrible person! Period!
November 13th, 2008 at 2:27 pmRaptureReady Says:
Funny but true. Most gays would love to go to prison. It is a cornucopia of people of their own gender.
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Good job RupturedRetard. Blazing all new trails of ignorance into the 17th Century. Your white hot stupidity is a great example to normal humans everywhere. RR is what happens to REALLY stupid people given the mix of rightwing propaganda and toxic levels of ignorance. You are a waste of precious oxygen that a human being with a functional brainpan could be using. I am not sure which is more pathetic your white hot hate, your disgusting bigotry or your galactic level of abject stupidity.
November 13th, 2008 at 2:28 pmThey have deathbed or late life conversions:
November 13th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
RaptureReady Says:
You are a disgusting soulless piece of trailer trash. You make pondscum look intelligent and pure by comparison. I pick things out of my SOCK with more ability for higher brain function and I FLUSH things better than you every morning.
November 13th, 2008 at 2:31 pmRaptureReady Says:
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Oh its a joke. You are a disgusting puddle of puke, a closet case stoked on self loathing and my dog leaves better things than you on the sidewalk isnt that just hilarious? You disgust me and that is no joke
November 13th, 2008 at 2:36 pmFred Says:
If you think that’s humorous then you will really crack up when I tell you I think it’s time to bring back the lions to deal with the cristofacists in America, right……hilarious, right…..
November 13th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
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I’m sorry, but this is simply a horrible comment. I see nothing funny about making those poor lions obese, hypertensive, and diabetic with an all-Christofascist diet. Why oh why must you make the lions suffer so?
November 13th, 2008 at 2:49 pmThat was funny! Even Barney would laugh at that one.
Lighten up folks – Miller is a Moron when it comes to politics but he is funny.
November 13th, 2008 at 2:51 pmMan – we got some militant Homosexuals here.
You all give Progressives a bad name.
Joking about human sexuality is not a mortal sin for christ sake!
It was funny, I laughed and I vote Dem. so sue me.
November 13th, 2008 at 2:54 pmNo he wouldn’t and miller is not funny.
November 13th, 2008 at 2:57 pmctcadguy, it might have been funny to Barney if they had not used him for the object of thier gaybashing but when you use a person you obviously make it personal.
Any time you think that somthing is humorous when it is at someone’s expense you are wrong. It’s not humorous.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:00 pm_____
misshusseinmolly Says:
I can’t see the video here at work, so I’m a bit lost on the context of this bit of “humor” — how did Barney Frank get into the conversation? Did Dennis just feel the need to inject a “queer” joke out of the blue, or what?
November 13th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
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O’Reilly suggested that Franks should be arrested (referring to his part in the financial mess and his refusal to accept any responsibility) and Miller made the prison remark. O’Reilly reacted to the fact that Miller made the joke and TP misinterpreted the reaction as expressing disgust at homosexuality. O’Reilly may well be disgusted by homosexuality, but it isn’t displayed in this clip.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:02 pmNot strictly on topic, but please help out your gay and lesbian friends and neighbors by not going to movies at Cinemark theaters. The CEO of the Dallas-based chain contributed $9,999.99 to Prop 8 in California. (Presumably an even $10,000 would have triggered some sort of tax or reporting problem for him.) His name is Alan Stock. You can even let them know what you think at 972-665-1000 or 214-696-1644.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:03 pmThankee kindly.
ctcadguy-
I don’t have to be gay to find rapture’s comments offensive.
p.s.-Dennis Miller is an unfunny pseudo-intelectual. No need to sue you, there are no laws against stupidity.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:03 pm______
dasm Says:
These homophobes obviously haven’t seen all the research showing that people who make these sort of remarks are the most insecure with their own sexuality, perhaps being even closeted gays. People confident about their own sexuality have no need for such insults.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
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That’s probably the explanation for all the TP posters who make such remarks regarding those with whom they disagree.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:06 pmThe fact that this is accepted behavior on a network, so-called news program is what tipped the scales with me – that violence on Gays needs to be covered as a hate crime.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:06 pmYou’re entitled to your opinion……I thought tp had it just right.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:09 pm@ #31 RaptureReady
… I see ignorance reared it’s ugly head.
Dear Daryyll,
Please fill in the blanks for me:
“Judge not least ____ __ _______.”
“Do unto others as you would ____ ___ ____ ____ ___.”
Thanks.
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November 13th, 2008 at 3:13 pm______
MapleStreet Says:
The fact that this is accepted behavior on a network, so-called news program is what tipped the scales with me – that violence on Gays needs to be covered as a hate crime.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
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No one advocated violence against gays. Prison behavior (which most people are only aware of from news and movies) was mentioned, not advocated.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:15 pm.
Hey everyone,
Who else in history thought gays should be locked up, beside RR?
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November 13th, 2008 at 3:16 pmOh, and lastly RR,
November 13th, 2008 at 3:18 pmI see you camel passed that eye of the needle, will you?
Well, some people say that Bill O and D Miller are child molesters and like having sex with animals, but I’m not implying that that is true, we they might go down that road.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:18 pmIt was inherent. It doesn’t have to be blatant to be criminal.
palens attempts to stir racial hatred did not directly call for it either but it was just as dangerous, obviously.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:22 pmI’m not saying uprighty is a gay basher but there is a danger of going down that road.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:23 pm______
Fred Says:
It was inherent. It doesn’t have to be blatant to be criminal.
palens attempts to stir racial hatred did not directly call for it either but it was just as dangerous, obviously.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
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I assure you, what Miller said doesn’t even come close to being criminal. Your insistence on calling something like this a hate crime diminishes those who are actually victims of hate crimes. Similar to the way those who died at the hands of the Nazis are diminished by those who compare the minor losses of freedom we’ve experienced to Nazism.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:34 pm______
Fred Says:
I’m not saying uprighty is a gay basher but there is a danger of going down that road.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
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I don’t bash anyone. I believe homosexuality is wrong, but I have no interest in how people choose to live their lives as long as they don’t try to force their opinions on others. I also agree with President-elect Obama that society isn’t obligated to equate homosexual relationships with traditional family relationships. I agree with him that society can recognize legal relationships among homosexuals without changing the traditional understanding of marriage.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:40 pmassure yourself. I disagree. If this gives anyone tacit permission to demean gays then it is hate crime.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:43 pmYou’re a dying breed of haters. Watch your numbers dwindle even more than they have in recent years.
Young people who have not been taught to hate as you do usually fall back on simple logic. Your way just doen’t make sense.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:45 pmjust like you don’t get to decide what is criminal, you don’t get to decide what is hate. I also think adultery wrong, but I don’t hate adulterers.
November 13th, 2008 at 4:03 pmupright left Says:
I believe homosexuality is wrong
November 13th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
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Fair enough. I believe you’re stupid, ignorant, and a bigot who doesn’t deserve a place in society.
November 13th, 2008 at 4:16 pmI would like to know what happened to Dennis Miller so I can avoid it.
November 13th, 2008 at 4:18 pmonce again, proving the republiscum base is functioning on an 8th grade intellectual level
November 13th, 2008 at 4:30 pmUpright, you’re right we don’t get to decide what is criminal, its widely agreed upon what are general morals and values of the human rights, which is where our laws come from. Homosexuality is widely agreed upon by those who believe in equal rights.
However, those who have been poisoned by religion and bigotry such as yourself, do not see clearly.
November 13th, 2008 at 4:30 pmIt’s my experience that the most closeted like to make uncomfortable jokes.
/I caught ‘teh ghey’ at an early age.
November 13th, 2008 at 5:04 pmupright left Says:
I believe homosexuality is wrong
November 13th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Then don’t date one.
November 13th, 2008 at 5:08 pmRaptureReady Says:
Funny but true.
Sad and false you silly bigot.
November 13th, 2008 at 5:17 pmDid Dennis Miller have a stroke or something? I know he lost his bearings with respect to our national security after 9/11, but it’s disappointing to find that he is going whole hog for the full right wing slate of bigotry and jingoism.
November 13th, 2008 at 5:37 pm_______
hussein toasterhead Says:
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upright left Says:
I believe homosexuality is wrong
November 13th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
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Fair enough. I believe you’re stupid, ignorant, and a bigot who doesn’t deserve a place in society.
November 13th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
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It’s always good when people have similar feelings for one another.
November 13th, 2008 at 6:00 pm______
Progressive Veteran Says:
Upright, you’re right we don’t get to decide what is criminal, its widely agreed upon what are general morals and values of the human rights, which is where our laws come from. Homosexuality is widely agreed upon by those who believe in equal rights.
However, those who have been poisoned by religion and bigotry such as yourself, do not see clearly.
November 13th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
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You also don’t get to decide for the world what is moral behavior and what is not. You only decide for yourself. Society sets it’s standards. Seeing clearly doesn’t mean agreeing with you.
November 13th, 2008 at 6:41 pmupright left Says:
You also don’t get to decide for the world what is moral behavior and what is not. You only decide for yourself. Society sets it’s standards. Seeing clearly doesn’t mean agreeing with you.
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Nor do YOU. And seeing clearly doesnt mean agreeing with YOU. Society can set its standards ONLY to the extent they agree with the Constitution. Unpopular minorities have their rights protected TOO. We dont vote on rights. If we did miscegenation laws would probably still be on the books of more than a dozen states. In the end the forces of intolerance are going to lose this debate. Laws are not made according to either ONE of our opinions. I think adultery is immoral but I am not clamoring to make it illegal. I think morons shouldnt vote but I am not trying to make a law that says they shouldnt vote. See how it works?
November 13th, 2008 at 6:57 pm______
EugeneDebs Says:
Nor do YOU. And seeing clearly doesnt mean agreeing with YOU. Society can set its standards ONLY to the extent they agree with the Constitution. Unpopular minorities have their rights protected TOO. We dont vote on rights. If we did miscegenation laws would probably still be on the books of more than a dozen states. In the end the forces of intolerance are going to lose this debate. Laws are not made according to either ONE of our opinions. I think adultery is immoral but I am not clamoring to make it illegal. I think morons shouldnt vote but I am not trying to make a law that says they shouldnt vote. See how it works?
November 13th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
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I most certainly do see how it works. I didn’t suggest that I get to decide on morality; hence the sentence, “Society sets its standards.” As Obama says, “…American society can choose to carve out a special place for the union of a man and a woman as the unit of child rearing most common to every culture.” Like you, I’m not clamoring to make illegal an act that I consider immoral. I agree that public opinion will ultimately change on this issue as our society continues its decline.
November 13th, 2008 at 7:44 pmMiller, O’Reilly and their ilk are socially retarded. IOW — Backward imbecilic petit-bourgeois mooks.
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November 13th, 2008 at 9:35 pmupright left Says: *93
Then we pretty much agree though we seem to disagree about gay marriage. Yes society can choose IF it is constitutional and not if it isnt. That is an open question.
November 14th, 2008 at 5:32 amO’Reilly seems to have some terminal hatred against the world. He can question Mr. Frank’s policies, but to ridicule his orientation in a self-righteous manner? This is why I intend to stay far away from Faux News and their intolerable programs for a lifetime.
Right-wingers are frantically attempting to reconstitute the base, but inexcusable incidents like these are the reason why the dominant majority has become the bile-spewing minority.
November 16th, 2008 at 8:10 am