In March 2003, Bill O’Reilly called on all Americans to boycott the use of French Products because of France’s disagreement with the United States decision to invade Iraq (those French really blew THAT one).
Through the years O’Reilly has claimed his boycott of France has cost the country “billions of dollars” (O’Reilly himself quoted that figure in the non-existent “Paris Business Review”).
Now, because the country recently elected a pro-American government, O’Reilly has decided France has suffered enough and has magnanimously lifted his boycott.
Funny thing is the United States has increased spending on French Imports during the three years of the boycott (from $29 Billion in 2003 to $37 Billion in 2006), but we’re sure the numbers will be much larger next year, oui?
“Oui, oui, tut sweet, mon chéri!”
Bill O’Reilly est un trou du cul.
Thank Goodness this long national nightmare has finally come to an end!!!!
#2 – What are you talking about? The O’Reilly Factor is still on the air.
I like Bill especially his radio show
On his radio show he is finds the facts then makes a decision as for the boycott I don’t like wine so I didn’t really care other than I did buy Michelin tires and there French and there actually really good
Hard to believe the schools in Texas are worse than here but their you go there advanced use of punctuation astounding me
Man, what ever happened to grammar and spelling??
(Awww… you beat me to it, Matthew.)
How much of that import increase in French products was due simply to the fall in value of the dollar, making the same French goods more expensive?
Bill O’Rielly would not know a fact if it came up and bit him on the ass.
Woohoo!! no more nasty freedom fries!!
Meanwhile, their government went to the right while our government can’t maintain any movement to the left. Bill wins, again.
Silly liberals.
Ha Ha Billions of dollars.
That was worth it right there
I’ll give Billo some credit for getting it right. Without his boycott we would surely have bought at least $37,000,000,005.00. Or maybe less, how much is a demi bottle of fresh Beaujolais?
oh yeah, that’s the the guy “who’s looking out for you”.
And of course the people on this board love higher tariffs and would like to lower the amount of imports from France, right?
Thank goodness Bill has lifted his boycott. I’m about to join a partnership on a sweet Socata Trinidad. Would hate to have had to bail on it to please Mr. Falafel.
Vive la France!
#10…James Hill…..the French didn’t go to the right. Sarkozy is from the same party as Chirac…..they would be called Conservative here or in the UK.
Chirac was one of those rabid anti-American French politicians, thats the main reason they didn’t back us in Iraq or anywhere else for the last 12 years.
Sarkozy isn’t of that group…..but then, he’s not really French, his father was an immigrant from Hungry.
#10.
James you do religiously take your pissy pills everyday don’t you?
Now go play with your Carl Rove party doll….
#4.
As a commentator he is entertaining, I just wish he would get over himself and admit that thats exactly what he is – a commentator, not an oracle.
I actually don’t disagree with some of his views & he’s certainly more even handed than other FOX news clones, although thats strictly relative.
It’s amazing to me how many of these judgemental right wing do gooders who beat up on Clinton for his indiscretions got showed up for what they are: Limbaugh and drug addiction, Bill Bennett and gambling, Gingrich and adultery. Don’t you just get the feeling the next one to fall will be O’Reilly?
After reading this on Slate, http://www.slate.com/id/2108355, I get the feeling it will be sex that will be O’Reilly’s downfall. Seeing as how O’Reilly hated all things French, does that mean he went five years without a blowjob? No wonder he was always in such a pissy mood.
What do you mean the next one to fall is Billo? Don’t you remember the $10 million payout he made to his female producer for his repeated sexually explicit conversations?
He’s a dimestore scumbag hypocrite like the rest of them. Anyone remember rush’s repeated calls for any drug offenders to get life in jail, then he himself gets busted for illegally obtaining thousands of painkillers?
The entire bush drone army of media supporters should be thrown on an island and be forced to kill one another, until just one survives…would make for one hell of a reality show – entertaining, too!