Watters running wild at the Democratic convention
'Factor' producer hits up the DNC and butt heads with Democrat bigwigs
This is a RUSH transcript from "The O'Reilly Factor," September 10, 2012. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
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BILL O'REILLY: "Watters' World" segment tonight, our pal Jesse had a busy week in Charlotte, running around from eventual event, running up very big entertainment tabs.
It was a frenetic four days and here is what Watters brought back.
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JESSE WATTERS, O'REILLY FACTOR CORRESPONDENT: Are you as excited to have all these democrats descend on your hometown.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No comment.
JOHN LEGUIZAMO, ACTOR: I'm jacked up. I'm so pumped to be here.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's okay. I'll take your word for it.
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WATTERS: Do you socialize a lot with liberal politicians.
WAYNE KNIGHT, ACTOR: I associate with all politicians because they're so much fun to be with.
(LAUGHTER)
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JERRY SEINFELD, ACTOR AND HOST: Hello, Newman.
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WATTERS: You have seen anybody worthwhile.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No.
WATTERS: Remember me.
VAN JONES, ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST: Hey, I do remember you.
WATTERS: When are we going to get you on The Factor. You're not dodging The Factor.
JONES: The last time I tried to talk, you sped through it. Now -- and then me.
WATTERS: Mr. O'Reilly says hello by the way.
BILL BURTON, OBAMA SPOKESPERSON: I love this gorilla reporting.
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(GORILLA GROWLING)
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ROBERT GIBBS, FORMER PRESS SECRETARY, UNITED STATES: All right. Tell Bill I said hi.
WATTERS: You're like the king in the castle.
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SACHA BARON COHEN: King in the castle. King in the castle.
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WATTERS: Mr. Rather, Jesse Watters with the O'REILLY FACTOR. How are you.
DAN RATHER, FORMER CBS ANCHOR: Fine. Glad to see you. Thank you very much.
WATTERS: Speaker Pelosi, how are you this morning. Your friend Mr. O'Reilly wants to know when you're going to be joining us on the show. You don't look very happy to see me.
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WILL FERRELL, ACTOR: Hope I'm not disturbing you.
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WATTERS: Anything you want to say to THE FACTOR. Jessica. Remember me. How are you.
VIVIAN SCHILLER, NPR FORMER PRESIDENT: Hello. Yes, you're a creep.
WATTERS: I'm a creep.
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HARVEY KORMAN, ACTOR: Don't get saucy with me, Bernaise.
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WATTERS: Bill O'Reilly says hello. He just wants to know what's going on with the murder rate in Chicago right now.
Bill O'Reilly says hello.
EVA LONGORIA, ACTRESS: Hi, Bill, how are you.
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DORY: Stop following me, OK.
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WATTERS: They're actually being nice to me here. Can you believe that. Sometimes there's a little hostility.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm not sure they'd be nice to Bill.
WATTERS: Well, you know.
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JASON ALEXANDER, ACTOR: Oh, well. That's very mature.
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WATTERS: Is Hollywood excited about President Obama's re-election as they were in 2008.
PATRICIA ARQUETTE, ACTRESS: The question of if you're doing better than four years ago, you have to look at what's happened in the last four years.
BEN JEALOUS, PRESIDENT, NAACP: Well, back where they were 100 years ago, with Civil Rights, only had a serious place in one party. It should have a place in both parties.
TERRY MCAULIFFE, ADVISOR, DEMOCRATIC PARTY: I'm a big Obama guy. And the President is going to win. It's exciting, you feel the energy.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Now, don't excite yourself. Please be calm.
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BEAU BRIDGES, ACTOR: I think he inherited a pretty tough job. But he's done, you know, some good work so far.
JONES: Last time, it was an upsurge of hope. This time, I have a determination.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So what.
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ARQUETTE: I don't think a lot of people are necessarily thinking, "Is this president or that president." The reality is, it was decades of both parties making decisions.
WATTERS: What's the democratic plan to reduce the debt.
BILL RICHARDSON, FORMER GOVERNOR, NEW MEXICO: The plan is balance, cuts, and social programs, defense, and target.
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RICHARD JENKINS, ACTOR: We literally have never done any of those things.
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WATTERS: Voters suppression. Who are these people that are being suppressed out there. I don't get it.
JEALOUS: Really.
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JOHN CANDY, ACTOR: Is there any particular reason why you're giving me such a hard time.
WATTERS: Is there a war on women right now.
ARQUETTE: Yes, I do think there is.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: A lot of people treat women as second class citizens.
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STEVE MARTIN: Wait a second.
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ARQUETTE: I think it's important for people to think about a woman's right to choose.
WATTERS: Do you think there's conservative bias or liberal bias in the media.
RATHER: I think it cuts both ways.
WATTERS: You look like a huge O'Reilly fan.
LEGUIZAMO: Oh, I love O'Reilly. He's from New York. He's from Long Island, man.
WATTERS: Do you watch the show a lot.
LEGUIZAMO: I don't watch TV a lot.
RATHER: I couldn't say a bad word about Bill O'Reilly. He's great.
WATTERS: Staying out of trouble.
BURTON: I don't need to use the sunglasses in the rain here.
WATTERS: I know. I'm going to need an umbrella. Can I borrow yours.
BURTON: No.
ED CALLOWAY, TV SHOW HOST: I was shocked --
WATTERS: Yes.
CALLOWAY: -- because he was at an Anita Baker concert.
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(ANITA BAKER SINGING)
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RICHARDSON: Give Billy my best. He's a good man.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How about that.
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O'REILLY: You know what I took away from that.
WATTERS: What'd you take away.
O'REILLY: How happy Dan Rather was to see you.
(LAUGHTER)
WATTERS: No, he did not like look pleased at all.
O'REILLY: And Eva Longoria, was that her running away with the ponytail.
WATTERS: No, the story about that though, we were trying to stakeout Sandra Fluke. So, I said, "There she is." So, we chased her down.
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WATTERS: My camera guy thought that Eva Longoria's assistant was Sandra Fluke. So, all of a sudden, he elbows Eva Longoria out of the way and turns the camera on her assistant.
O'REILLY: Ooh.
WATTERS: So, that's why it looked a little hectic out there.
O'REILLY: So, your cameraman didn't know who Eva Longoria is.
WATTERS: No, no. He thought Sandra Fluke --
O'REILLY: There she goes. There she goes.
WATTERS: Right. Running away.
O'REILLY: You know, she's my top interview.
WATTERS: Really.
O'REILLY: Forget about Biden, I don't care.
WATTERS: OK.
O'REILLY: I want Eva Longoria in there.
WATTERS: I'm sorry, I couldn't bring that to you.
O'REILLY: Because I want to find -- and I like that Patricia Arquette. I thought she was good.
WATTERS: She was well-spoken.
O'REILLY: She put forth her view and was even articulate. We like that. But I'd love to know, because Miss Longoria got a lot of air time at the convention, I don't know she arrived at these conclusions.
But, anyway, overall how were you treated in Charlotte.
WATTERS: I was treated pretty well. I only had one incident, I was kicked out of the Omni Hotel.
We tried to interview Mayor Menino, you know the Boston guy who kicked out Chick-fil-A.
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WATTERS: So, I asked him, you know, "Do you feel bad about the fact that you've created all this controversy that this crazed gunman went up and shot up this conservative outfit."
O'REILLY: And Menino said.
WATTERS: He goes, "I don't even know what you're talking about." He had never of it. I couldn't believe it, so then I left and security descended on me.
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WATTERS: And said, "If you step foot inside the Omni Hotel, we're charging you with second degree trespassing.
O'REILLY: Ooh. You should've. You should've.
WATTERS: I know. So, when I leave, the security guy goes, "Hey, by the way, big FACTOR fan. Keep up the good work."
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O'REILLY: We had the bail money for you. They treated me very nicely in Charlotte, everybody. And I just want to say the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Charlotte, much better than the Omni.
I mean, that was really a crisp hotel, very good hotel. Jesse Watters, everybody.
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