Quote of the day: Bill-O goes the extra mile, schlepping all the way to New Hampshire to make an ass of himself. PLUS: A DWT Bill-O Pop Quiz

Q: Sir, sir, you do not want to do that.

O'REILLY: You sonofabitch. Yeah, that's really low class, pal. That's really low class. Everybody in the world can see it. Hey, Senator, a word, please? Senator, a word, please? Senator, we came all the way up to see you.

--Fox Noise blowhard Bill O'Reilly in New Hampshire Saturday (transcript courtesy of Crooks and Liars, which has the video)

The above picture and the following account come from the NYT blog:

January 5, 2008, 3:08 p.m.
O'Reilly Involved in Shoving Match at Obama Event
By Jeff Zeleny

NASHUA, N.H.--After a rally for Senator Barack Obama here today, a brief tussle ensued between Fox News host Bill O'Reilly and a campaign aide for Mr. Obama, which created enough of a stir for the Secret Service to get involved.

Mr. O'Reilly, who had attended a campaign event earlier for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, sought to get Mr. Obama's attention along a rope line. With cameras rolling, Mr. O'Reilly was trying to shout a question to Mr. Obama. But according to a photographer who witnessed the scene, Mr. O'Reilly grew agitated when he couldn't get close to the senator.

"Move," he shouted to Marvin Nicholson, the national trip director for the Obama campaign, according to witnesses.

Photographs of the incident show that Secret Service agents intervened after Mr. O'Reilly pushed Mr. Nicholson.

The Obama campaign, which like most of its rivals, is typically a fairly buttoned-up operation when it comes to aides speaking to reporters. But the campaign seemed eager to discuss this incident, sending Mr. Nicholson to the press area of the gymnasium here.

Soon, he was surrounded by cameras and reporters.

Mr. Nicholson, who served as Senator John Kerry's body man four years ago and previously worked as a bartender and golf caddy, smiled as he answered questions from reporters, including one from the Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun Times. She asked him how tall he was.

"6-foot-8," Mr. Nicholson replied.

Updated | 7:10 p.m. Ron Mitchell, a producer for Mr. O'Reilly at Fox News Channel, offered this response by e-mail:

"Mr. O'Reilly was not in the front of the rope line. When Mr. Nicholson was asked to move away from the camera's position, he declined. When the camera changed position, Mr. Nicholson moved to stand in front of it again.''

"We would very much appreciate it if you could add those facts to your story," Mr. Mitchell said.

TIME NOW FOR AN EXCLUSIVE DWT BILL O'REILLY POP QUIZ

1. Bill O'Reilly is:

(a) an ignorant jackass
(b) an old-fashioned bully
(c) a legend in his own mind
(d) all of the above
(e) even 21st-century science can't answer this one

2. If Bill O'Reilly "comes all the way up to see you," the appropriate response is to:

(a) kiss his ring and ask, "Is there anything I can do for you, master?"
(b) say, "Nothing to see here, mister, keep it moving."
(c) say, "We'll try to get to everybody, sir, if you'll just wait your turn."
(d) say, "No speakee the English. No give shoeshine, no give shoeshine."
(e) pull the trap-door switch and have the earth swallow him.

3. People watch The O'Reilly Factor because:

(a) they admire Bill-O's plainspoken common sense and insight.
(b) some big guy comes to their house every night and says he'll bust their kneecaps if they don't.
(c) they were placed under a curse once by an evil witch.
(d) there's absolutely nothing else on TV.
(e) even 21st-century science can't answer this one.

4. Who said, "If Bill O'Reilly didn't exist, we would just have to invent him"?

(a) the ancient Greek philosopher Plato
(b) the philosopher Teilhard de Chardin
(c) media theoretician Marshall McLuhan
(d) Fox News boss Roger Ailes
(e) Washington Post media klutz Howie "Boom Boom" Kurtz
(f) Countdown host Keith Olbermann

ANSWERS

1. We can accept either (d) or (e).

2. Clearly (e) is the best answer, but full credit is allowed for all answers except (a).

3. (e) [Note: If you answered (a) or (d), this might be a good time to take a really hard look at your life.]

4. Uh, nobody that we know of. You don't suppose this could be true, though, do you?

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