Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, February 20, 2023

Episode Date: February 20, 2023

Jimmy Carter begins hospice care, many Americans are struggling just to get by, a childhood classic gets a PC rewrite, and Chick-fil-A offers a new sandwich. Plus, Bill's Message of the Day, Disney goes woke...again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here. You are listening to the O'Reilly update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater. Thank you, Bill. It is Monday, February 20th, 2023. Happy President's Day. Here's what's happening today in America. Jimmy Carter is on hospice care. How many Americans are financially just getting by? A childhood classic gets a PC revision and Chick-fil-A offering a new sandwich. Would you eat it? all that coming up. And Bill, of course, we'll be here with the message of the day. But first, former president, Jimmy Carter, is currently under hospice care. Carter was originally diagnosed with cancer in 2015, originally in his liver. But the next day, it was found that it spread to four places in his brain. He was told he may only have a few weeks to live. That was in 2015.

At the time, he said, I was surprisingly at ease. I've had a wonderful life. I've had thousands of friends. And I've had an exciting, adventurous, and gratifying existence. A few people months later, the cancer in his brain was gone. That was eight years ago. Jimmy Carter is 98 years old. A new survey from Lending Tree found that 64% of consumers say they're just getting by living paycheck to paycheck, but 86% of those who are living paycheck to paycheck make more than $100,000. The median household income is $70,000. Nestle, the world's biggest food company, says the price of staple foods will continue to rise this year. Eggs are still 70% more expensive than a year ago. And the price of used cars, super high during COVID, then dropped.

They're now back up 4% in just the last two weeks. Well, this should be illegal. Puffin Publishing, the publishers of Rawal Dolls classics, Matilda, James and the Giant Beach, the big friendly giant, and of course Charlie in the Chocolate Factory. They changed the words in his books to make them more woke, politically correct. They ran the stories through a group of sensitivity readers. That's a real thing these days, sensitivity readers called Inclusive Minds.

They call themselves a collective. of people who are passionate about inclusion, diversity, equality, and accessibility in children's literature. So the cloud men are now cloud people. Matilda used to read Rudyard Kipling. Now she reads Jane Austen. The word fat, that's gone. Mrs. Trunchbull, she no longer has a great horsey face.

And the umpalumpas are no longer no higher than my knee. Now they're just small. And the boys and girls have been changed to children. How pathetic. Charlie in the Chalko Factory was published in 1960. for. And I'm not sure which story I'm more annoyed by. That one or this one. Chick-fil-A is offering a new sandwich, but it's not made out of chicken. What's it made out of cauliflower? Because when I'm hungry, that's what I sure have a hanker in for. Some cauliflower. They're currently

testing it in Denver, Charleston, and Greenboro, North Carolina. Maybe I'll order this cauliflower sandwich only on Sundays. I'm Mike Slater. You can check out my podcast, Politics by Faith. But before that, Bill O'Reilly will be here with your message of the day. Next. Power, politics, and the people behind the headlines. I'm Miranda Devine, New York Post columnist, and the host of the brand new podcast, Podforce One. Every week, I'll sit down for candid conversations

with Washington's most powerful disruptors, lawmakers, newsmakers, and even the president of the United States. These are the leaders shaping the future of America, and the world. Listen to Podforce One with me, Miranda Devine, every week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. You don't want to miss an episode. Time now for the O'Reilly Update, Message of the Day. I am currently writing my next book called Killing the Witches, The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts. It is a history of the first years of America, and how the witch trials influenced how we live today.

Now, Disney Plus is another one of these streaming channels, and it has a cartoon on it right now that tells children who watch cartoons that slaves built the United States. Okay, that's a lie. I don't know of many cartoons that lie outright, but this one does. Again, this is the Disney Company. So we have researched the early years of America very thoroughly, and in the South, slaves did build the agrarian economy, farming.

But in the north, in New England, that was a manufacturing economy, very powerful. The south was rural. The north was urban. Salem was an extension of Boston. There were ships coming in and out of Boston and Salem all the time trading. Slaves had nothing to do with that. Nothing. Yet Disney is ramming the stuff down the throats of the kids that slaves built America. It is appalling. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. You can reach me. Bill at Bill O'Reilly.com, name in town if you wish to opine. Now let's go to the mail.

Ann, concierge member, Ann gets direct access to me, please check out that program on Bill O'Reilly.com. I would hate to be the yoga instructor in Los Angeles teaching the drug dealers. What could go wrong? I know. I know. No, we did that story yesterday.

Gene Dungey, Gilbert, Arizona. Bill, you commented on how Carrie Lake did not stand for the so-called black national anthem at the Super Bowl. Then you wanted to say it was just a song since when are we supposed to stand for just songs. Gene, you just missed that whole thing. Now, you as a premium member, yeah, you are a premium member. You have access to the transcripts every night. I said clearly there is no black national anthem does not exist this song okay nobody is compelled to stand during the song certainly not Carrie Lake I don't I don't know what the beef is here I reported accurately what happened she went public with it Susan Gilbert Brenham Texas not only are food products increasing but insurance is taking a big bite out of our budget feel your pain, shop around. I just did that. Okay? I had this outrageous homeowners insurance

bill. Forget it. I get a much lower deal at another agency. Lloyd Richmond, Farmington, Utah. I thank you and Martin DeGarre for researching publishing, killing the legends. My wife loves Elvis, so when your book arrives, she grabbed it. She's very complimentary. I'm more interested in Mohammed Ali, and I was unaware of some of the facts you disclosed. The killing books have stuff that nobody's ever heard because we do primary source. In a moment, something you might not know. Hey, it's Sean Spicer from the Sean Spicer Show podcast, reminding you to tune into my show every day to get your daily dose inside the world of politics. President Trump and his team are shaking up Washington like never before, and we're here to cover it from all sides,

especially on the topics the mainstream media won't. So if you're a political junkie on a late lunch or getting ready for the drive home, new episodes of the Sean Spicer Show podcast drop at 2 p.m. East Coast every day. Make sure you tune in. You can find us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. Now the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. 31 years ago today, a Texas billionaire announced his candidacy

for president of the United States. While a businessman ultimately failed to win the White House, he launched the most successful third-party campaign in U.S. history. Here is the story of Ross Perrault. He was born June 27, 1930, Texarkana, Texas. He joined the Navy at the age of 18, then worked at IBM. In 1962, Perot quit IBM and formed his own company called Electronic Data Systems. He sold the business to General Motors in 1984 for $2.5 billion.

Wow. On February 20th, 1992, Perrault announced his candidacy for president on CNN's Larry King Live. Perot earned widespread popularity among voters dissatisfied with traditional politics. He reached out to both Democrats and Republicans, hiring operatives from each party as senior advisors. Polls in May and June showed Perrault leading both Clinton and President Bush, the elder, the incumbent. The billionaire ran a non-traditional campaign focusing on 30-minute infomercial-style TV advertisements. He rarely delivered speeches and refused to travel. Unlike Clinton and Bush, Perrault focused exclusively on the economy.

He opposed the North American Free Trade Agreement and vowed to eliminate the country's national debt. In total, Ross Perrault spent $65 million of his own personal fortune to finance his campaign. On Election Day, 1992, 20 million Americans cast a ballot for the Texas billionaire. That's 19% of the popular vote. But Perot carried zero states. Clinton defeated Bush, 370 electoral votes to 168. And here's something else you might not know. While Perot failed to win, his campaign swayed the election towards Clinton. Polls show Perot siphoned fiscal conservatives away from the Republican Party,

while liberal voters were unconvinced by his economic message. After his defeat, Ross Perot launched a series of small businesses and nonprofits. He died in Dallas on July 9th. 2019 at the age of 89, back after this. Hey, I'm Caitlin Becker, the host of the New York Postcast, and I've got exactly what you need to start your weekdays. Every morning, I'll bring you the stories that matter, plus the news people actually talk about, the juicy details in the worlds of politics, business, pop culture, and everything in between. It's what you want from the New York Post wrapped up in one snappy show. Ask your smart speaker to play the NY Postcast podcast podcast.

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