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Washington: Hillary Clinton and conservative commentator Bill O'Reilly don't agree on much.
But Wednesday night, they both threw a little red meat to their target audiences - as Clinton took to O'Reilly's show to denounce comments by Barack Obama's former pastor in hopes of keeping that controversy alive.
"I take offense at it. I think it's offensive and outrageous," Clinton said of remarks by the Rev Jeremiah Wright, who has said the United States government brought 9/11 on itself and suggested it created the Aids virus to kill minorities.
"I sure don't believe the United States government was behind Aids," Clinton said. "I happen to think that it is just totally off-base. It's so far out, it's hard to even understand and take seriously."
Clinton's appearance was her first visit to The O'Reilly Factor, and she agreed just this week to go head-to-head with the liberal-baiting host on his top-rated Fox News Channel show.
Not a bad time for Clinton to end her years-long standoffishness with the O'Reilly programme.
And not a bad place to reach out to some of those all-important blue-collar voters, so-called Reagan Democrats and independents she needs to win - some of whom undoubtedly are O'Reilly fans. The blunt-spoken O'Reilly left no doubt where he stands on Wright, saying he actually felt sorry for Obama that "some loony guy" had derailed his campaign.
Clinton at first was coy on Wright, but after being prompted three times by O'Reilly, lit into the fiery Chicago minister with some of her harshest language yet.
- Los Angeles Times-Washington PostNews Service
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