I don't know why this comparison never occurred to me before. I don't know why it took Rush Limbaugh , of all people, to make it. But I've never read a more perfect description of Bill O'Reilly than this one: At dinner the night before, Bill O'Reilly's name came up, and Limbaugh expressed his opinion of the Fox cable king. He hadn't been sure at the time that he wanted it on the record. But on second thought, "somebody's got to say it," he told me. "The man is Ted Baxter." Talk about nails and heads. Bill O'Reilly IS Ted Baxter - vacuous, ignorant and blessed with a supernatural arrogance that makes him utterly oblivious to just how ridiculous he is. Absolutely spot on comparison. Read the comments on this post... ...