Molly Ivins: Bully Pulpit (partly on Franken vs. O'Reilly)

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If it weren't for Bill O'Reilly, we wouldn't be having any fun at all. In one of the most hilarious lawsuits ever filed, Fox News is suing the satirist Al Franken over his new book, "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right." One of the photos on the cover is of O'Reilly.

Fox is actually claiming that the words "fair and balanced" belong to Fox as part of its trademark. Franken in turn is threatening to trademark the word "funny." I think I'll trademark "insightful."

The lawsuit accuses Franken of being "deranged," "a parasite," "sophomoric" and lacking "any serious depth or insight." That certainly proves O'Reilly doesn't lie like a rug. I got caught in a verbal slugfest between the two of them recently in Los Angeles. The high point was when O'Reilly cleverly riposted Franken's account of his lies by screaming: "Shut up! Shut up!" A particularly sound argument, I thought.

Franken, in turn, said, "Bill, we're not on Fox News."


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she always makes me laugh. O'Really has made him and FAUX the laughing stock of the media right now. No one, including the conservatives thinks the lawsuit was a good idea, and it made Franken's newest book a BIG hit. :evilgrin:

goes right over the edge. buh-bye, now.