I am a stalwart, avid, pussy liberal (and I work in tv/radio in the SF bay area...what a surprise), but O'Reilly is not just a brilliant media mind, he's a brilliant guy in general. He has a masters from boston U and Harvard. He knows how to read the writing on the wall, unlike that fucking dimwit karl rove, who exemplifies everything that is wrong about the republican party.
It's obvious at this point that one of two things occurred with Bill....
1. He changed his stances on some things due to time and thought...
or
2. He never really gave a shit about some of those talking points in the first place and was just being a shill when they wanted him to be.
At any rate, he seems alright these days and I can completely appreciate his opinions again.