O'Lielly vs Geraldo

In what can only be regarded as one of the most bizarre exchanges in recent TV history, Fox News "commentator" Bill O'Reilly squared off Thursday with fellow Fox celebrity "investigative journalist" Geraldo Riveria in a verbal wrestling match over something that remotely resembled an immigration issue.

Like most of Fox's "fair and balanced" debates, this one had little to offer by way of substance, but generated more than its fair share of fireworks.

Starting with the usual twisted logic and hyperbolic setup we've come to expect from O'Reilly, the debate revolved around Bill's assertion that a fatal car accident in Virginia Beach Va. involving an undocumented drunk driver was a direct result of what he termed, that city's "sanctuary" policy towards "illegal aliens"

After a five-minute set-up in which O'Reilly admonished the town's Mayor and Police Chief along with Virginia's Governor for not "enforcing US immigration laws", claiming their lack of action directly resulted in the deaths of two teenage girls, O'Reilly brought on Riveria to discuss the problem of "sanctuary cities"…and the verbal melee began.

O'Reilly, staying true to form, strayed from the facts on numerous occasions in order to make his point. …So it might be helpful to review the realities of the case before going to the play by play.

Driver in fatal crash may have been drunk

VIRGINIA BEACH -- The driver who killed two Virginia Beach teens last week may have been driving while intoxicated at the time of the fatal accident.

Alfredo Ramos, 22, who is facing two manslaughter charges, admitted in his court appearance on Monday that he is in the country illegally from Mexico. Though police say speed and alcohol were contributing factors in the fatal accident, they have not charged him with driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence.

According to a Virginia Beach police spokesman, Ramos was driving westbound on Virginia Beach Boulevard on Friday night when he rear-ended another car that was stopped at a red light at Kings Grant Road. The two girls in the car -- Allison Kunhardt, 17, and Tessa Tranchant, 16 -- were pinned in their vehicle and died from their injuries.

Court records show that Ramos has at least two prior convictions this year -- one for DUI in Chesapeake and one for public drunkenness in Virginia Beach. He was also convicted for public drunkenness in Chesapeake last year.
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Now…Let's get ready to rumble.


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Normally this should have been a hard match to score with two esteemed intellects like O'Reilly and Riveria going at it...But I think it's safe to say Geraldo scored the most points for knowledge and truthiness … besides O'Reilly just looked so damn rabid as he spat and snarled, making anything even remotely intelligent coming from Rivera looking like pure genius compared to the bombastic bloviating of the Loofah-boy.

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