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Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama Hardcover – September 14, 2010
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Television host, razor sharp political pundit, and #1 bestselling author Bill O’Reilly focuses in on where we all stand in the Age of Obama in Pinheads and Patriots. In this brave, hard-hitting, provocative volume, the author of Culture Warrior and A Bold, Fresh Piece of Humanity guides Americans through the extensive transformations sweeping their country and explains exactly what these profound changes mean for every one of us.
- Print length272 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherWilliam Morrow
- Publication dateSeptember 14, 2010
- Dimensions6 x 0.93 x 9 inches
- ISBN-100061950718
- ISBN-13978-0061950711
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When Bill O'Reilly interviewed then-Senator Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential elections, the two had a lively debate about the nation's future.
Since that time, America has changed rapidly—some would even say seismically. And many believe these shifts are doing more than just rocking the political and social climate; they're rocking the American core.
What are these changes? Who, in addition to President Obama, have been the biggest forces behind them? What exactly do they mean for you, the everyday American citizen? How are they affecting your money, health, safety, freedom, and standing in this nation? Which are Pinheaded moves and which are truly Patriotic? In his latest spirited book, O'Reilly prompts further debate with the President and the American people on the current state of the union.
After five consecutive, no-nonsense, tell-it-like-it-is megabestsellers, you can count on Bill to offer blunt and constructive political commentary. And as he did in his popular memoir, he offers some introspection too, looking back at his own actions and those of past Pinheads and Patriots who have inspired a code of conduct for such taxing times.
As always, O'Reilly is fair, balanced, and uncompromisingly tough when guarding the American way. Only Pinheads would fail to fight for what they love most about this country or to embrace some measure of change to make it better. The rest of us Patriots will read this book to discover the difference between the two.
About the Author
For more than thirteen years, three-time Emmy Award winner Bill O’REillyhas presided over The O’Reilly Factor on the FOX News Channel, the highest-ratednews program on cable. Prior to that, he served as a national correspondent for ABCNews and as an anchor of the nationally syndicated news magazine program InsideEdition. He is the author of numerous megabestsellers, including A Bold Fresh Pieceof Humanity, a deeply personal memoir that has sold more than one million copies.
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- Publisher : William Morrow; 1st Edition (September 14, 2010)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 272 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0061950718
- ISBN-13 : 978-0061950711
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- Dimensions : 6 x 0.93 x 9 inches
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I've read several of the previous books by Bill O'Reilly including: The No Spin Zone, Who's Looking Out For You, The O'Reilly Factor For Kids (I'm still a kid at heart), Culture Warrior and A Bold Fresh Piece Of Humanity. I even read O'Reilly's only novel -- Those Who Trespass: A Novel of Television and Murder. And I watch the O'Reilly Factor almost every weekday night, either at 8pm, or the repeat showing at 11pm.
So you could say I like the guy a little bit. O'Reilly is a lot like me; a right of middle person, not influenced by the pinheads who populate the far left, or the far right ends of the political spectrum. Certainly he's not as far right as the man whose show follows his, Sean Hannity, who never gives the Democrats, or liberals even one tiny accolade, no matter how exemplary their actions may be.
In his No Spin Zone, O'Reilly tells it like it is, and woe to his guest who doesn't answer the question he asks and goes off on a tangent, or inane talking point. I had drill sergeants in boot camp less intimidating than O'Reilly when he's hot. Just ask Barney Frank, who O'Reilly filleted from throat to sternum, then down his flabby back.
Every evening, O'Reilly ends his show with a segment called Pinheads and Patriots. Some nights a person who had been a Pinhead in the past, now does something that elevates them to Patriot status. And vice versa.
O'Reilly begins "Pinheads and Patriots" with the definition of a pinhead by A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. "Pinhead - a simple fellow, a fool. So small a head contain but few brains."
Then he follows with the Urban Dictionary's version. "One who lacks the intelligence of the 'normal' sector of the human population; one who cannot handle the most mundane tasks due to lack of common sense and intelligence."
Then he names names.
Patriot -- The late Tony Snow, who was a Fox News anchor, then later chief spokesman for the Bush White House. Snow died after a two-year battle with cancer. O'Reilly wrote, "Tony Snow is the bravest man I ever met." He explains why.
Pinhead -- Democratic Congressman Barney Frank, who O'Reilly lambastes under the heading "The Cowardly Lion." Frank, the chairman of the House Financial Services committee, more than anyone else was responsible for the present mortgage crisis. Frank oversaw the disaster of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and even said months before the collapse that things were fine and dandy with those two mortgage giants. Yet when he appeared on the O'Reilly Factor, Frank refused to accept even one iota of blame. He said he was a "victim of economic chaos." Pinhead for sure.
Since President Obama is on the cover facing O'Reilly, you'd think O'Reilly had him lined up for Pinhead-dom. Not true. O'Reilly points out several instances where Obama was a true Patriot. He cites the time at a Town Hall meeting on Father's Day, when Obama said to men who father children and leave them: "Just because your father wasn't there for you, that's not an excuse for you to be absent, also - it is all the more reason for you to be present. You have an obligation to break the cycle and learn from those mistakes, and to rise up where your own fathers fell short and to do better than they did with your own children."
Truly the words of a Patriot.
Before the Presidential election, Obama shunned any interview with Fox News, except with one person --- Bill O'Reilly. In "Pinheads and Patriots," O'Reilly gives us the complete transcript of his interview with Obama, which lasted about 30 minutes. Then at intervals, he explains how things Obama said in the interview either panned out, or didn't pan out for the President. He also takes Obama to task for not admitting he was wrong about the surge in Iraq. Obama admits in the interview that the surge worked, but stops short of giving then President Bush any credit at all.
The back and forth went like this:
Obama: What I have said is - I have already said it's (the surge) has succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.
O'Reilly: Right, so why can't you just say, "I was wrong about the surge?"
Obama hems and haws, but never once did he say "I was wrong." And as we have found out in the 21 months of his Presidency, he may be incapable of saying he was wrong about anything, except maybe about the White Sox winning the World Series.
One of the best chapters in the book is entitled, "My All-Time Favorite P& Ps." Without me giving away who's-who and what's-what, O'Reilly gives his opinion on, amongst others, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Andrew Jackson, U.S. Grant, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Robert Kennedy, both Bush's, Cesar Chavez. John Edwards, Madonna, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and George Soros. Some of his conclusions may surprise you.
On O'Reilly's website, the book sells for $27.95, but he throws in a nifty "Pinheads and Patriots" tote bag. I got mine at Amazon.com for less than 16 bucks, and because I have Amazon Prime, I got free shipping (but no tote bag).
"Pinheads and Patriots" is must reading for any O'Reilly fan. And even people who are not too crazy about O'Reilly, should enjoy reading this even-handed book too.
Unless you're a Pinhead. Then there's nothing I can do for you anyway.
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In this book, Bill takes a fact based look at Barack Obama and his Pinhead and Patriot moves. He also provides an exact transcript of his tough interview of Obama back in early September, 2008 and a commentary of what Obama has really done in comparison with what he promised during that interview.
Besides laying out numerous Pinhead moves that Barack Obama made over the past 18 months in Chapter 2, he gets the closest to really criticizing him when he writes at the end of one chapter: "He may well be the most left-wing chief executive in American history. That doesn't make him an eternal Pinhead but it does cast doubt on his honesty. Few understood the extent of his liberalism when they voted for him. Now we know."
Bill's favorite chapter in the book is chapter 9 (and since I love history, this is my favorite also) where he lists a number of historical and recent Pinheads starting with Presidents. For example, with the Presidents, he rates them as follows: Lincoln (Patriot), Washington (Patriot), Teddy Roosevelt (Patriot), Jackson (Pinhead), Carter (Pinhead), Reagan (Patriot), Eisenhower (Patriot), etc. For one President, I disagreed with him and I sent a comment to him through his website. He considered U.S. Grant to be a Pinhead as a President, thereby following traditional thinking where a recent book by Joan Waugh sets the record straight. To me, U.S. Grant was a Patriot through and through to the end of his life. However, he does write at the beginning of the chapter that he doesn't expect people to agree with him and please send him comments.
Further, he has a section on his website where you can comment on his book. I plan on using this again. He also asks for readers to send him an e-mail about how they feel about Barack Obama's presidency at the end of the book.
Ultimately, with regards to Barack Obama, he writes that although he has made a lot of Pinhead moves (which I won't list because it will make this review too long), he has also been a Patriot (which I agree with)... and serving his country as President makes him a Patriot. Ultimately, the judgement is still out on Barack Obama - will he be a Pinhead (like Jimmy Carter) or a Patriot (like Ronald Reagan). As Bill ends the book, "We will know rather soon which label will override the other".