Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, October 2, 2020

Episode Date: October 2, 2020

On this Friday edition of The O'Reilly Update, Bill discusses post-debate polls in key swing states. Plus, Bill's Message of the Day, listeners sound off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here Friday, October 2nd, 2020. You are listening to the O'Reilly update here, so it's happening today in America. Donald Trump and Joe Biden getting heated in Cleveland, as you know, during the first debate, the chaotic event was watched by about 70 million people in the USA and millions of others all over the world online. Now, very few people were happy with the debate, because it was a cacophony of chaos. How about that for a phrase? A cacophony of chaos. And now the fallout begins. Nationally, Joe Biden leads Donald Trump in the polls by from three to nine points according to real clear politics. The president's approval rating currently hovering just below 45%. Things are much closer in the states that will ultimately decide who wins.

Mr. Trump is up in Georgia and North Carolina, Mr. Biden maintaining a slight lead in Pennsylvania and Arizona. The two are essentially tied in Ohio, Florida, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota. The polls go back and forth. Roughly 187 electoral college votes now considered toss-ups. It's still unclear whether Tuesday night's debate or the next two contests will make a big dent in how people see both candidates. Recent survey from the Wall Street Journal says 85% of Americans have already made up their minds. 70% say the debates will have little impact on their opinion, and about 10% say the expositions don't matter at all. According to voters, the most pressing challenges facing the nation remain the pandemic and the economic recovery. But a new issue now ranked third,

important, the Supreme Court. A majority of Republicans backed the president's pick to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Nine and ten Democrats say no way to judge Amy Coney Barrett. But she will be confirmed. And you saw that when Joe Biden was asked about her on Tuesday. Next up, the vice presidential debate in Salt Lake City on October 7th and the second Trump Biden debate, Miami, October 15th. Let's hope those chat fests are a bit more instructive. The American people need to know what's on the line in the November 3rd election. It is the most important election in my lifetime. In a moment, listeners, sound off. We'll be right back.

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And that's 866-326-5576 or text Bill to 998899. Time now for the O'Reilly Update message of the day. Listeners sound off. We do this every Friday. You can send me an email, Bill at Bill O'Reilly.com. Bill at Bill O'Reilly.com. We'd like to hear from you. So let's take a letter from Joseph, who is in Charleston, West Virginia.

Bill, do you still believe that this was the most important debate for the election? Do you still think most Americans have made up their minds? Yes, as we just gave you the stats, Joseph. But there are about 12, 15% of people who could change their minds, and that will decide. So the second debate, Donald Trump, now that the second debate, Donald Trump, now that they're the pressure's on him. The first debate, the pressure was on Joe Biden to see if he was coaching, he was. Now, the second debate, the pressure will be on the president to see if he can behave and get a clearer message across John Springfield, Missouri. Over the weekend, I heard

that the Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, will endure even worse attacks than Justice Kavanaugh did. Do you agree, Bill? No. I think if you watch Joe Biden's demeanor when he was asked about Judge Barrett in the first debate, he got off that subject real fast. I don't think the Democratic Party is going to attack her.

She's a very accomplished and well-respected woman. It's not like they can come up with somebody who will accuse her of bad behavior as they did with Justice Kavanaugh, without, of course, any backup at all. So the Democratic Party has to be very careful here. You'll hear the same thing over and over again. Judge Barrett will deny people health care, and Judge Barrett will deny women reproductive rights over and over. And, of course, the judge is going to have her answers to that, so I don't expect her to be annihilated like Brett Kavanaugh was. Jacqueline Mission Viejo, California. Why can't the writers of the New York Times article on President Trump's personal taxes be arrested for receiving stolen property?

Because they didn't receive it, Jacqueline. And the way this game works is that someone who had a copy of the president's tax return, and I think I know who it is, let the New York Times reporters, three of them, see it, maybe photograph it surreptitiously, so the person probably left the room so that the reporters don't have anything physical because it is a felony to leak a person's tax return. Jim Cutch, Aptost, California. I have just finished reading Killing Crazy Horse, loved it. If your books have been available when I was in school, I would have been a much better history student. Well, I appreciate that, Jim.

Killing Crazy Horse is an enormous success. If you want to know about your country and how we got from Boston to Los Angeles, please read Killing Crazy Hors. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve that message by putting it together. together, please go to bill o'Reilly.com for honest coverage. In a moment, something you might not know. 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. Listen and subscribe on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Now the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. On this day in 1959, a strange new television program hit the airwaves, a show described by sensors as too scary for the average viewer. It was called the Twilight Zone. The creepy series was created by a young screenwriter named Rod Serling to confront American racism and segregation at the time. Mr. Serling initially wanted to write a TV special based

on the murder of Emmett Till, an African-American boy from Chicago who was abducted, beaten, and shot to death while visiting family in Mississippi. An all-white jury ultimately acquitted the two killers and justice was not served. I write about Mr. Till extensively in my book, Killing Kennedy. Rod Serling wrote the script, but the network said no way. Afraid the content would alienate many viewers, especially in the South. Rod's response? The Twilight Zone. A series centered around the social fears of the 1960s, bigotry, nuclear weapons, communism,

the rise of technology, and so on. He hosted the program for five seasons between 1959 and 1964. The Twilight Zone would terrify 10 million viewers every week. A list of famous actors appeared on the program, William Shatner, Robert Redford, Burgess Meredith, Don Rickles, Carol Burnett, Robert Duval, Dennis Hopper. The Twilight Zone franchise would ultimately include two movies, three spin-off shows, four video games, and two dozen books. The program even has its own attraction, the Tower of Terror, at Disney World. Mr. Serling would never get to see the ride. He died at age 50 in 1975 from a heart attack.

He smoked four packs of cigarettes each day. That's five an hour. His heart could not take it. And here's something else you might not know. The Twilight Zone was one of the only shows in American history that included. encourage viewers to submit scripts. More than 14,000 fans sent ideas to Rod Serling each year. According to producers, Rod read about 500 scripts. He told his team only two of them were, quote, any good. And none of the viewer scripts were ever made. Back after this.

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