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sixate · 05-03-2003, 06:27 PM

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Bill Clinton to slam Limbaugh, O'Reilly
Former president hits talkers for not criticizing reality shows on Fox

Posted: May 2, 2003
5:00 p.m. Eastern

© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

Former President Bill Clinton will take a shot at top-rated talk-show hosts Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly this weekend on his "60 Minutes" debate segment with former Sen. Bob Dole, reports World magazine.

According to a transcript of the previously taped segment obtained by the magazine, Clinton hammers the hosts for not criticizing the Fox TV network for airing what Dole calls "degrading" reality programs.

Addressing Dole, Clinton says, "Fox, the network full of conservative Republicans, has reality shows. You and Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh haven't attacked them."

Clinton is responding to Dole's criticism of "The Osbournes" and other television programming.

Bill O'Reilly hosts the cable news show "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News Channel. Rush Limbaugh is longtime host of his own widely popular talk-radio program.

Clinton and Dole agreed in March to tape 10 debate segments for the popular Sunday show on CBS.

Here is a transcript of the exchange:

BOB DOLE: Does Hollywood still think Ozzy Osbourne is funny now that he's shipped his underage son off to drug rehab? America is awash in reality TV. The reality is it's debasing and degrading.
Mr. President, don't your show biz pals realize the consequences? They package dysfunctional people like the Osbournes, giggle at the coarseness and the crimes, and sink lower for higher rating. For eight years you treated Hollywood like your own piggy bank. Now how about joining me in demanding a little responsibility? Ask those entertainment executives who wrote you those big, big checks: Isn't there some way to reach the most viewers without appealing to the worst in viewers?

Reality exacts a price – sadly, from Ozzy's son today. Maybe from other kids tomorrow. President Clinton, how low can things go?

BILL CLINTON: I've never watched "The Osbournes," but 10 years ago did challenge the entertainment industry to take violence and other things harmful to kids out of their programming. I pushed for the first TV ratings system and the V chip to give parents more control over what their kids watched.

Reality TV makes money because adults watch it. Fox, the network full of conservative Republicans, has reality shows. You and Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh haven't attacked them.

As for kids and drugs, the Republican budget gives a tax cut to you and me paid for by cutting $50 million (each) from the Safe and Drug Free School Program and the Drug Enforcement Administration, and worst of all by taking half a million kids out of after-school programs, which we know helps kids stay off the streets and away from drugs.

The administration's budget will hurt our efforts to keep kids drug free a lot more than "The Osbournes." That's reality.

First of all, Dole is so fucking dumb he's still calling Clinton the president. Second, reality TV is not a problem. TV isn't a problem period. I bet you couldn't find someone who watched more killing and fucking on TV than me while I was growing up. I never did drugs and I never got in trouble, and that fact remains even now that I'm 26. Why is it that all these liberals want to blame Hollywood for kids problems? Parents have to teach kids the difference between what's right and wrong and take a little responsibility for the environment that their kids are raised in. Kids wouldn't need afterschool programs if their parents gave a fuck about them and spent time with them. Lastly, why the fuck do people still listen to what Clinton has to say? He's not the president, he's a lying fuck. I'm suppose to listen to a man talking about what's morally wrong about Hollywood when this stupid ass cheats on his wife and then lied to them and all of the American people? Wait, I know why he did it. He's a weak fuck and Hollywood made him do it!