Media matters and several sites have BillO saying this quote:
I don't want to go on a lynching party against Michelle Obama unless there's evidence, hard facts, that say this is how the woman really feels. If that's how she really feels -- that America is a bad country or a flawed nation, whatever -- then that's legit. We'll track it down.
So, let me get this straight, Bill, if there is evidence (as determined by you, I guess) that she believes America is a bad country - then are are you seriously going to lead a lynching party? Really?
This is the last straw. Look, Michelle Obama said something a little stupid when she spontaneously expressed enthusiasm for her husbands support by Americans of all stripes. But it doesn't mean she thinks America is a bad country. But that isn't even the point.
I am outraged. If the Hillary supporters can get all worked up over the term 'pimp' with respect to Chelsea and get Shuster suspended, and Imus can get fired for saying 'nappy-headed ho', then what the fuck is O'Reilly still doing on the airwaves threatening to form a lynching party? Ugly fucking racist.
UPDATE: Since this diary made the rec list, I'm going to walk it back just a little bit. BillO has made a career out of taking things out of context. In this case, it looks like the quote above is a little out of context. So I will fill in a little bit. Apparently, a caller wanted to go after Michelle Obama, because of her now infamous quote. BillO, to his credit, didn't want to attack her because he didn't feel, I guess, that she 'really thinks America is a bad country or a flawed nation.' But he chose to use the term 'lynch' in expressing his feelings. And I still think their is a dog whistle there - although it's not an outright call for it.
UPDATE2: During the Shuster fiasco, after he apologized, KO apologized and Shuster was suspended, I counseled the angry diarist to let it go. I don't want to be hypocritical here. I will say that BillO is all together different than Shuster. Shuster is a solid journalist that has never done anything remotely sexist in the past. He used a term that could be interpreted another way. However, BillO has not really earned the benefit of the doubt. So, I think what I would really like to see is a full-throated apology from BillO for an extremely poor choice of words. Oh, and if his network, Fox News, wasn't deliberately airing a doctored video of Michelle Obama, I would have a bit more sympathy.
UPDATE3: Scooped by the Front Page. Go ahead and unrecommend this so that we can give some other diaries a chance.