Haggard initially claimed he had never heard of his accuser, denied having ever done drugs and stated "I have not, I have never had a gay relationship with anybody." Many evangelical leaders initially showed support for Haggard and were critical of media reports. James Dobson issued a news release stating, "It is unconscionable that the legitimate news media would report a rumor like this based on nothing but one man's accusation. Ted Haggard is a friend of mine and it appears someone is trying to damage his reputation as a way of influencing the outcome of Tuesday's election—especially the vote on Colorado's marriage-protection amendment—which Ted strongly supports."
-------------------- "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
In 1996, convicted felon Libby published a novel entitled The Apprentice. It concerns a group of travelers stranded in northern Japan in the winter of 1903 during a smallpox epidemic. After Libby's grand jury indictment, his publisher (St. Martin's Press [Griffin]) reprinted the novel, described as "an everyday tale of bestiality and paedophilia in 1903 Japan...[and] packed with sexual perversion, dwelling on prepubescent girls and their training as prostitutes": "One passage describes a girl being thrown into a cage 'with a bear trained to couple with young girls so the girls would be frigid and not fall in love with their patrons....They fed her through the bars and aroused the bear with a stick when it seemed to lose interest. Groups of men paid to watch.'"
-------------------- "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
In January 2007, O'Reilly on The O'Reilly Factor stated that Missouri pre-teen Shawn Hornbeck, who was abducted at gunpoint by Michael J. Devlin and held captive by him for four years, had "liked ... his circumstances" and "had a lot more fun" with Devlin than with "his old parents". While some commentators wondered why the young boy had not tried to escape from his captor, O'Reilly went further, flatly stating that "Shawn had the freedom to get away if he wanted to." Following his remarks, Lowe's canceled its advertising on the O'Reilly Factor. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children also cancelled his scheduled appearance as keynote speaker. The following month, Devlin was charged with multiple counts of forcible sodomy and producing child pornography.
On October 13, 2004, O'Reilly Factor producer Andrea Mackris filed a complaint of sexual harassment against O'Reilly alleging that O'Reilly had made numerous references to "phone sex, vibrators, threesomes, masturbation, the loss of his virginity, and other sexual fantasies." The complaint also sought additional damages and described alleged actions of retaliation by Fox, et.al.
The case was settled out of court and it was agreed to keep the terms of the settlement confidential.
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Does anybody know anything about Sean Hannity he is somebody that deserves a good check out. With all the mud he likes to sling at ther people.
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I would support my son no matter what he did in life.
He was raised to make his own choices.
But no body in my family has ever cheered other people on to fight a war and then duck out. that is the difference one is a chickenhawk the other has a right to be agaist the war.
Right wing idiots don't use other peoples blood for your economic gain or your misguided flag waving
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More on O'Reilly: He has written five non-fiction books and a novel, entitled Those Who Trespass. This book, a detective thriller, achieved a great deal of notoriety for its graphic scenes of sex, including adults having sex with teens, and violence. The ending of the book depicts a shower scene very similar to the one described in Andrea Mackris' sexual harassment suit against O'Reilly.
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