Hell Freezes Over

Bill O'Reilly admits he was duped.

It was about a year ago during the run-up to the invasion of Iraq that Bill O'Reilly made the following pledge: "And I said on my program, if, if the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it's clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush Administration again, all right?"

I have been waiting for, but not really expecting, the apology ever since. Well, guess what? It's a half-assed apology and he's targetting George Tenet for distrust rather than the entire administration as promised. Still, I do take some pleasure in reading this:

"I was wrong. I am not pleased about it at all and I think all Americans should be concerned about this," O'Reilly said in an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America."

"What do you want me to do, go over and kiss the camera?" asked O'Reilly, who had promised rival ABC last year he would publicly apologize if weapons were not found.

O'Reilly said he was "much more skeptical about the Bush administration now" since former weapons inspector David Kay said he did not think Saddam had any weapons of mass destruction. While critical of President Bush, O'Reilly said he did not think the president intentionally lied. Rather, O'Reilly blamed CIA Director George Tenet, who was appointed by former President Bill Clinton. "I don't know why Tenet still has his job."

I don't know why you still have yours. But hey, we'll let it be bygones as long as you agree that come January 21st, George W. Bush shouldn't still have his.