Culture warrior Bill O’Reilly takes on ‘pro-abortion zealots’ and ‘Fox News haters’

Bill O’Reilly took to his Fox News bully pulpit last night to defend his good name in the wake of George Tiller’s murder. There’s been a whole lot of finger pointing after Tiller’s killing, and some of it’s in O’Reilly’s direction.

O’Reilly was playing victim, saying he knew as soon as he heard about Tiller’s murder that the “pro-abortion zealots” and “Fox News haters” would tar him with his own words. Those words — repeatedly referring to Tiller as “Tiller the killer” or “Tiller the baby killer” — O’Reilly credited last night to “pro-life groups.” O’Reilly has also said Tiller had “blood on his hands”  and called Tiller’s medical

practice “Nazi stuff” in league with Mao’s China and Soviet Russia

Last night, O’Reilly preached to a panel of sycophants — Kansas secretary of state candidate Kris Kobach; Brian Russell (the attorney for Linda Carter, the mistress of former Kansas AG Paul Morrison), and O’Reilly regulars Juan Williams and Mary Katherine Ham. They all played O’Reilly apologist, kissing his ring and giving him the affirmations he craved.