America’s Newsroom co-host Megyn Kelly smacked down cable news king Bill O’Reilly on the O’Reilly Factor last night. He even seemed to like it!
In a segment on the holiday-display-in-the-Washington-capitol controversy, O’Reilly opined that WA guv Christine Gregoire was violating her own “freedom of speech” ruling by ending any further signs. Megyn riantly replied, “I’ve never met a non-lawyer who argues the law so confidently albeit so wrongly.” When O’Reilly posited that Gregoire could have “rejected the atheistic sign because it violated decorum,” Megyn emphatically asserted, “You’re wrong. You are so wrong on that. You don’t get it. It would be same as rejecting a Jewish menorah.” When O’Reilly persisted, she sarcastically asked, “Because you say so? No. You’re wrong. You are wrong.” When O’Reilly appealed to Lis Wiehl’s siding with him, Megyn retorted, “Lis doesn’t know the background of the case: Liz gave you a one-line answer that you liked without the analysis behind it.”
A passionate, confident Megyn gave O’Reilly no quarter. Is FNC readying its fastest rising star for prime time? Better watch out, Greta!
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Tags: America's Newsroom, Bill O'Reilly, Christine Gregoire, FNC, Fox News, Greta Van Susteran, Lis Wiehl, Megyn Kelly, O'Reilly Factor
Carpe Diem 
December 16, 2008 at 9:16 am
Megyn is terrific. Not only is she beautiful but she is bright, articulate and
incredibly ballsy. Go Megyn. I hope she does replace Greta very soon.
She would be a great addition to F & F. Maybe Greta could go to the weekend F & F to help out Aly.
December 16, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Megyn 99, O’Reilly 0.
December 16, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Megyn Kelly would not be a good fit for F&F. She’d do fine on her own during prime time just as she does during the day with Hemmer.
Yes, the lady is terrific and I do think O’Reilly likes that she can hold her own against him.
January 20, 2010 at 7:21 pm
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