Further Proof That O'Reilly 's Ego Is Bigger Than Yours

Not like you really needed any more proof, but here it is anyway.

In a passage from his latest self-masturbatory fantasy entitled "A Fresh, Bold, Piece Of Humanity" O'Reilly writes:

Next time you meet an atheist, tell him or her that you know a bold, fresh guy, a barbarian who was raised in a working-class home and retains the lessons he learned there.

Then mention to that atheist that this guy is now watched and listened to, on a daily basis, by millions of people all over the world and, to boot, sells millions of books.

Then, while the non-believer is digesting all that, ask him or her if they still don't believe there's a God!

More, from the USA Today write-up:

With a huge first printing (775,000 copies), it's more personal than his previous best sellers, including Culture Warrior (2006) and Who's Looking Out for You? (2003).

His publisher, Doubleday, reports 5 million copies of his four major best sellers are in print.

O'Reilly, 59, is nostalgic: "I liked my country better pre-Vietnam. It was more fun. The Aquarius deal was too confusing. I mean, John Lennon thought he was a walrus. What was that all about?"

Even as a college student, he writes, he never got drunk or did drugs: "I did not want to be under the influence of anything other than my own dubious personality. Ever."

He complains that the "crazed, dishonest ultraliberal media" brands him a conservative. He criticizes conservatives on several issues, including a failure to curtail illegal immigration.

He also attacks "left-wing loons," such as former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, who's a "pinhead."

I'll leave the "I was so pure in college" schtick alone. My question is, how many of those 750,000 copies were purchased by Fox, NewsCorp, or Doubleday in advance of printing in order to put O'Reilly on the best-seller list?

I've read just about all his stuff - though I couldn't make it through but about 1/2 of "Those Who Tresspass" without getting nauseous from the poorly structure narrative - and I can say that this book, like his others, will likely be a rehash of the previous ones with about 15-25 pages of "new" material. O'Reilly's pretty predictable that way.