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O’Reilly Jokes About ‘Obama Is a Muslim’ Truthers: President’s Christmas Trees Are ‘All Facing Mecca’

Dec. 7, 2012 3:14pm Billy Hallowell

Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly issued a joke on Thursday night that will surely catch liberals’ attention. Making a crack about past scrutiny surrounding President Barack Obama’s faith, the popular “O’Reilly Factor” host quipped that all of the White House’s trees are “facing Mecca.”

Mecca is, of course, the holiest city in the Islamic faith — one that adherents face on a daily basis while they utter invocations. O’Reilly’s joke came after Leno mentioned the fact that some Republicans have been skeptical that the president is a Muslim.

Bill OReilly to Jay Leno: Obamas Christmas Trees Facing Mecca

Photo Credit: NBC

“All those Republicans said, Obama’s a Muslim — he’s a Muslim. And now he put 54 Christmas trees in the White House,” Leno said. “He’s wasting money on Christmas trees! You can’t please everybody.”

O’Reilly followed this up with a joke, quipping, but they’re all facing Mecca.”

Watch the dialogue, below:

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encinom
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 5:10pm
paranoid conspiracy theories of a racist fringe of the Tea Party,
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sandrunner
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:45pm
To dear old old Oreilly.
Christianity is a RELIGION…not a philosophy.

Christians worship Jesus Christ by faith.

Philosophy is a man foolish attempts to think that they are wiser than God. AMEN LOL

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- cashprize
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 5:09pm
  Orielly is onto something. I think he is trying to say that Christianity is a world view. In saying so he places it as a way of thinking along beside all other world views which include that based upon science. If this is understood or presented properly, it would make plain that our government should not be trying to promote any world view. It should allow the ideas, logic or illogic freely play against each other so that which makes the most sense will stand. Christianity Claims to be the TRUTH. Religion has little to do with truth. It is a system of beliefs true or false. Philosophy is a way of thinking. As such it can also be true or false. O’Rielly knows that as a philosophy ( world view) Christianity cannot legally or logically be taken away from the public arena: no more than so-called modern sceince, which holds all the attributes of religion. The same is true with Atheism. If you would like to understand better what I am talking about, check out my article below.
  http://www.examiner.com/article/is-atheism-just-another-religion
  
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- Marine25
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 8:31pm
  Okay cashprize, christianity is a philosophy, a world view. Can we please have almost 1 trillion tax dollars back that we failed to collect while thousands of churches were incorrectly classified as religious tax-exempt. I mean, seriously, all the other philosophy based businesses and organizations paid their taxes.
  
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- wowjustwow
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:06pm
  Christianity is a catch-all description of several religions…it envelops Catholicism, Protestantism and other religions that are based on Jesus Christ. So, I guess it can be considered a philosophy as the word “philosophy” can be used to describe the basic principles of a branch of a system of beliefs.
  
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skiz
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:37pm
If you cant tell obama is a muslim you are a moron!!! Look at his actions, getting crosses covered up when he speaks at a college. Look at what he wants to push on us, SHEria law. Look at how he treats Christian against how he treats muslims. Come on people, this is not hard, it is only common sense.

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- FISH_BONE
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:48pm
  I disagree. He is a godless anticolonialist with no soul. He subscribes to no religion, as that would place someone or something on a higher level than himself. He worships himself and no one else.
  
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- Mulder1
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:55pm
  No, Obama is a dhimmi and an Islamophile. He is loathe to link the religion of Islam to Jihad and terrorism as are most liberals and gutless news people. Obama drinks alcoholic beverages and he eats pork, so he can’t be a practicing Muslim. The only diety Obama worships is the one he sees in the mirror when he shaves.
  
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- ArmedAndReallyPissed
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 6:30pm
  Fish_Bone : I think i have a tear running down my cheek. That was awesome.
  
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- Keatonc33
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 7:37pm
  Look at how he treats muslims compared to christians? you serious right now? Have christians suffered any drone strikes under Obama? Have christians been engaged in a war with Obama? Oh lets not forget Bin Laden.. ok now you go! what has Obama done to oppress christians? really effect the christian religion in any way? take your time to try and dig up an example.
  
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- ConservativeIsCodeforIdiot
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 8:21pm
  Do you realize how insane you sound?
  
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- wowjustwow
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:09pm
  At WHAT college did he cover crosses??
  
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- Letthebulletsfly
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 4:04pm
  That would be Georgetown
  
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- b3b57af55c7a898bcfff2732ae06660e
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 7:15pm
  “SHEria law”
  are you some sort of epic moron???que
  die in a hole idiot
  
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JACKTHETOAD
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:35pm
I don’t know if prezbo’s trees face mecca, but I know where the top third of them oughta be.

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- Psychosis
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:51pm
  im sure you could get half the top in ………….moochelle can sit on the bottom half no problem
  
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- chucksue351
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 7:58am
  christmas trees are pagan symbols, brought in and given justification by christians to be ok in their thinking, come out of her my people
  
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Oneirishman
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:34pm
First of all O’Rielly is an Independent, not even liked by most conservatives, just tolerated. Why not ask him why Madonna thinks Obama is Muslim?

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sb36695
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:29pm
Who is supporting the muslim brotherhood?

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- FISH_BONE
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:55pm
  Barry does not support the MB because they are muslims. He supports them because they are a significant tool for the progression of his master plan. If the “Bhuddist Brotherhodd” would accomplish the goal, he would just as easily support them.
  
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- sb36695
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 7:44pm
  Fish_Bone
  Is caliphate his master plan?
  
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- wowjustwow
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 11:15pm
  Hey SB…are you for real??? Your question reminds me of the little boys in the movie “Stand By Me” when they are sitting around a fire contemplate what type of animal Walt Disney’s “Goofy” is. Grow up and read. Stop pandering to the wannabe gurus on the site.
  
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ArmedAndReallyPissed
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:24pm
Politicians and diapers should be changed often and for the same reason.

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thegreatcarnac
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:15pm
Just because obama has Christmas trees in the White House does not make him Christian. He is Muslim at heart. In his own home before he was president (the good ole’ days) he and michelle did not put up Christmas trees but they did have a Kwanza candle-setup. O’Reilly is easily fooled.

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- Keatonc33
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 7:39pm
  you do know Kwanzaa isn’t a muslim holiday right?
  
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hauschild
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:09pm
Oh, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!! So funny!

I couldn’t care less if Obama was a Christian (Actually, there is simply no way this man is a Christian, doing and having done the kinds of things he has done). I’d care somewhat, but not much, if he were a Muslim (for obvious reasons). However, the man is neither. He’s a bottom-feeding Marxist that doesn’t have the stones to come right out and admit it. His followers aren’t anywhere near bright enough to figure that out and even if they did, probably 3/4 wouldn’t care, as long as that “Obama Money” keeps coming in.

Hey, Bill – Put THAT in your elitists-know-best pipe and smoke it!

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- ConservativeIsCodeforIdiot
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 8:22pm
  Wow…. you need to read a book and stop watching fox news. I hope you don’t have children
  
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ArmedAndReallyPissed
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:07pm
Define Muslim !!!!! Do i personally think he is one ? I don’t know. I don’t care. What i DO think is that he loves Radical Muslims like the MoBroHo. I also DO think he is without a shadow of a doubt 100% Communist and UN-American if not ANTI-American. I finally DO think America will NOT FINANCIALLY SURVIVE another four years of this CLOTUS. What this CLOTUS does not destroy of America, his friends the MoBroHo will.
Merry Friggin Christmas to all.

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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:01pm
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The tree skirt for the Whitehouse Christmas Tree is a “Prayer Rug”…………..

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- ArmedAndReallyPissed
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:26pm
  I love that…short and sweet. I often go the “long way around the Barn”.
  
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- JOHNNYROTEN
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 5:04pm
  how about packing exploding prayer rugs……………………prophets go thru the rooff !!!!!!!!
  
  (i did borrow this idea from someone else, but too good not to mention :) )
  
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Brother Winston Smith
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:58pm
Had enough?

COMPLETE REJECTION of the leftist republican party.
COMPLETE REJECTION of the leftist democrat party.
The Constitution Party.
The Libertarian Party.
State nullification.
NOW!

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- ArmedAndReallyPissed
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:27pm
  YEP. I’m there. Don’t care who else is or isn’t.
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:47pm
  Very good I’m with you.
  
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The-Monk
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:58pm
Is anyone else having issues with the link not working? : (

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ClaudeRains
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:58pm
O’Reilly is a piece of crap. Stopped listening to him years ago when I found myself slapping the TV every time he came on. Just another asshat libby.

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Cabo King
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:51pm
Huh, It doesnt matter what church Hussain Obama goes to, he sat in Rev, Wright’s church for 20 plus years, and didnt head a darn thing!!…..

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- DAS_MOOCH
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:06pm
  No matter how you slice it, Obaaaaamaaaa, is not a natural born US citizen, unless he wants to admit that communist Frank Marshall Davis is in fact his real baby daddy.
  
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- SirhanSirhan
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 4:58pm
  @ DAS_MOOCH- The U.S. government has never defined the term natural born citizen. Barack is a citizen.
  
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tommy.tommy
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:44pm
Muslims Churches are false as Billo’s pagan catholic church is… Billo thinks? Everybody is going to join Billo chirstmas tree ban wagon and his pagan christmas, to. lol

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ICSPADES
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:39pm
Now that was funny right there. He may have stepped in the camel crap but it was funny.

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Soundstorm
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:39pm
But seriously, if Obama were really a Muslim that would imply he actually stands for something. That would run counter to what is known about his life and career.

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- barber2
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:45pm
  Maybe that was before Bill Ayers encouraged him to become a ” born again Marxist” and gave him the political connections to make it profitable .
  
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- smylok
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 4:57pm
  Of course he isn’t a Muslim, he isn’t a Christian either. Like almost all Marxists he’s an atheist, he just can’t admit it.
  
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ResistSocialism
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:38pm
Yea those Islamic radicals are funny eh

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Soundstorm
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:35pm
You sillies! Everyone knows Christmas trees can’t “face” anywh….
Ooooh! I get it!

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- barber2
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:44pm
  Almost as funny as secretly siphoning off those guns to the rebels in the Middle East ! These Chicago radical Democrats are such comedians !
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:27pm
Nah the ‘ONE’ isn’t a Muslim or Christian he’s an atheist since he’s a Marxist POS he has to be an atheist. I know know he told the suckers he was a Christian he even attended a black racists church for twenty years and didn’t hear a peep of racism coming out of that filthy racist Wright’s sewer mouth. Bill better get tax resolution specialists on speed dial,it seems the candyass in chief has thin skin and can’t take it. Hell Bill you might even make the pigs kill list,never know.

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- barber2
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:38pm
  PRO: Totally agree. The Chicago 60s radicals are all atheists just like Karl Marx who considered religion to be ” the opiate of the people.” These guys all believe that Big Brother Government is the only God and what Big Brother gives, he can take away. Thus, rights are not innate because of the individual’s God-given human dignity, but gifted by the government who controls all aspects of the life of its citizens. A very dangerous distinction which our naive young apparently do not understand.
  
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- Winedude
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:43pm
  Only one reference to POS? You must not be feeling well to have dropped most of the vile bile, and I’m still waiting for something intelligent from you other than calling other people names. I’m very much not an Obama fan myself but he makes a hell of a better President that you could ever DREAM of doing. Ignorant fools like yourself do provide some cheap entertainment…not much else. If I had to take a guess, I’d have to say you’re from a former Confederate state…I see your style of diatribe from outside the South far less than you seem to invoke.
  
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- drs1969
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:49pm
  B. Hussein O.
- CWPrequired
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:50pm
  Winedude- let me guess northwest. When you start comparing your presidents performance to people with time to do this, you truely do show your ignorance. I’m from SC. FU
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:59pm
  WINEO All my posts are intelligent and well thought out,just because you don’t agree with anything I say doesn’t mean I’m wrong,it just means you’re wrong.If you don’t think our dear leader is a Marxist POS you’re just as stupid and naive as the idiots who voted for the anti-American bastard. I smell an OBAMAZOMBIE your protestations to that fact not withstanding. You claim you’re no fan of Obama LMAO you aint foolin nobody drone. Did you even check your guy out prior to 08? Nah you liked what he said that’s why you voted for him.I’m not from the south genius,guess again,you’re boring me.
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:03pm
  I almost “feel” sorry for the wino. Nah, just gas.
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:08pm
  WINEDUDE
  “You must not be feeling well to have dropped most of the vile bile, and I’m still waiting for something intelligent from you other than calling other people names”/”Ignorant fools like yourself do provide some cheap entertainment…not much else”
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  Congratulations, you have won “Hypocrite of the Day” Award!
  
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- Nevermind
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:09pm
  When you refer to people as Obamazombies to prove a point you are actually proving their point. Those who are actaully intelligent typically dont have to resort to name calling like Obamazombie or Drones ( which is a Mark Levine line) . Plus when you have to start out a post talking about how intelligent you are we know the opposite is the truth.
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:19pm
  Nevermind Ah nevermind it’s over your head.
  
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- Think_4_yourself
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:23pm
  I would speculate the Oblamo lays in bed everynight in wonder and amazment at how stupid Americans are, he cannot believe he gets away with all of this and still won re-election.
  
  The problem with liberals/socialist/marxist is that they back O because they cannot stand to be wrong, their egos will not allow them to actually say, gee I think I made a mistake by backing him. Everyone is trying to one up each other and the ends justify the means. O will drag this country through hell and high water to get it to where he wants it to be, which is a failed country. I am afraid he has almost succeded.
  
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- ArmedAndReallyPissed
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:30pm
  THINK_4_YOURSELF………I also think Obozo lays in bed every night pleasuring himself while looking at a picture of himself.
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:30pm
  THINK 4 You are correct he’s almost there and when the dollar collapses he’ll have completed his mission,to make Amerika pay for it’s colonialism.
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:34pm
  CWPREQUIRED I like your use of logic but I’m afraid it’s lost on wineo.
  
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- ConservativeIsCodeforIdiot
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 8:24pm
  Obama is Christian. There is no hidden evil agenda. You are all just people who were tricked by Fox Propaganda… This is quite a sad part of American history.. Luckily half of you are 60+ and in the next 30-40 years we wont have to deal with this filth
  
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- Stelex
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 8:09pm
  Reperation’s is what its all about. America owes and Obama wants us to pay.
  
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- Free2speakRN
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 4:08am
  Idiot:
  
  Do you know anything at all of Obama’s upbringing? Anything?!
  
  His mother, beyond dispute, was a Marxist. His father left Obama for political anti-colonial socialism reasons. If it is even really obama’s father. His mother also left him for Marxist politics. How screwed up is their leaving him for anything, to begin with. Her parents raised him. BTW (I think?) they were card-carrying Communists. They went to ’the little Red Church’ whose preacher was a card-carrying Communist, anyway. They saw a need to have a black mentor for obama to take over. They picked Frank Marshall Davis. Frankie was a card-carrying Communist. The FBI has a file on him 2 to 3 inches thick. In college obama sought out Marxists, socialists, radicals, etc to hang with. He went to the great Rev. Jeremiah Wright for 20 years and took in Jerry’s teachings to damn America. His top spiritual advisor, Jim Wallis, preaches that you need to understand Marx to understand the Bible.
  
  Christianity is about ‘Individual Freedom’ Salvation. It yields politics of Individual Freedom.
  
  Liberation Theology, Marxist, is about ‘Collective’ Salvation. It is a perversion of Christianity. It yields Collective Politics.
  
  I got none of this from FOX.
  
  If you don’t have the guts or brains to find this on your own, you’re just the sorry ass fool you appear to be.
  
  You won’t.
  
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CWPrequired
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:26pm
Sticking your head in an oven doesn’t make you a cookie either.

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FISH_BONE
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:23pm
The Kenyan sock monkey is worse than a Muslim. At least the diaper heads have enough integrity to admit they hate the United States and want to destroy us all.

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GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:21pm
O’reilly, why don’t you have the balls and make an entire show about Barry’s videos related to the issue, and mostly, why don’t you talk about his Muslim wedding ring instead of making lousy jokes?

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- drs1969
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:51pm
  Professional Shyster Courteousy. They are both graduates of Harvard, along with Al Gore and Romney.
  
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Maxim Crux
Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:20pm
He is an Atheist that holds himself as the supreme being

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- barber2
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 3:42pm
  Agree. The Obama Democrats just use the Muslim issue and the birth certificate red herrings to distract from Obama’s hidden school records and his radical ties in Chicago past . Makes all such a silly ” joke ” which it most certainly is not. These guys are well skilled in spin and dodge.
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:01pm
  Nope, he is an atheist that holds the State as the supreme being. He is its messiah and high priest.
  
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- logicmatters
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:05pm
  “He is an Atheist that holds himself as the supreme being”
  
  Maxim, you actually wrote that with a straight face? An Athiest who thinks he is the supreme being.
  
  <>
  
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- JACKTHETOAD
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:17pm
  Why did you cap athiest? Please be more careful next time, Maxim. :)
  
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- sb36695
  Posted on December 7, 2012 at 4:34pm
  LOGICMATTERS
  Would it make more sense to you if “the supreme being” was replaced with “superior”? Use some logic, and you can figure it out.
  
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