Michelle Malkin discusses Bill O'Reilly's appearance on Late Night with David Letterman last night. The Political Teen has the video. Although he embarrassed himself, Letterman did his viewers a service by exhibiting the ignorance that is typical of the liberal entertainment elite. He argued facts with feelings and showed how much Hollywood mythology has become "known facts" in some circles.
Reasonable people can disagree on the war and there are many good arguments in opposition. In fact, O'Reilly was not defending his support for the war, but was making the point that we should be careful not to get into the "Bush lied" meme because there's no evidence that it's true and it does not advance any productive ideas about how best to prosecute the war going forward.
But, Letterman's Bush hatred was unambiguous and his meanness toward O'Reilly was audacious. Although he claims to have never watched his show and presumably doesn't know him personally, Letterman didn't show O'Reilly the common courtesy he affords his other guests. Rather, it appeared that he based his opinion of O'Reilly on things he's read (to which O'Reilly responded, "Aw, come on. You're going to take things that you have read knowing what they say about you?").
Virtually all the audience was sympathetic to Letterman's point-of-view, which is not surprising considering they came to see Dave's show. However, it's a little disheartening to see so many people acting so brashly while being so ill-informed. Even Dave had to (grudgingly) concede that he "wasn't smart enough to debate [O'Reilly] point-to-point on this..." It makes one wonder why he decided to be so hostile in the first place.
Memo to Dave: Stick to the stupid pet tricks.
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