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Bono: Not Facing AIDS Crisis 'Foolhardy'
This is a partial transcript from "The O'Reilly Factor," Sept. 1, 2004, that has been edited for clarity.
BILL O'REILLY, HOST: Tonight, the lead singer of the rock group U2, the legendary Bono, he has used his fame in a political way, forming a group called DATA, which stands for Debt AIDS Trade Africa. The group tries to help that continent, which is desperately poor, as you know, and ravaged with the HIV virus. What most people don't know is that Bono has worked with both Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill. He joins us now.
So are you a non-partisan guy?
BONO: I'm a non-partisan guy.
O?REILLY: You don't root?
BONO: I don't root anymore. Yes, I?ve stopped rooting. I'm rooting for people that don't have a vote and for people whose faces we don't see.
O?REILLY: OK. So you're not going out with Springsteen to try to get Kerry elected, you?re not going to do that?
BONO: I'm not going to do that. I love Bruce Springsteen, but I?m not going to do that. I put al that behind me when I went to work for the world?s poorest and most vulnerable. That?s what I have to do. It?s hard for an Irish rock star, though, sometimes to shut up.
(LAUGHTER)
O?REILLY: Well, you don't have to shut up, it?s just about you have to make your points in I think a broader way than saying, I like this guy, the other guy is the devil. I think that alienates people. And you need bipartisan support, and indeed you have bipartisan support in the United States, do you not?
BONO: Yes, yes -- no. We've worked very hard to have it. And it?s difficult. We found the one thing that both parties can agree on, which is that it?s important right now for America that the world sees the greatness of America through their AIDS medicines, through their Peace Corps, through the real America, I see the America I was a fan of.
That?s the America my father?
O?REILLY: Do you really believe America is a great country?
BONO: Yes, I do.
To read the remainder of the transcript, visit:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,131198,00.html
This is a partial transcript from "The O'Reilly Factor," Sept. 1, 2004, that has been edited for clarity.
BILL O'REILLY, HOST: Tonight, the lead singer of the rock group U2, the legendary Bono, he has used his fame in a political way, forming a group called DATA, which stands for Debt AIDS Trade Africa. The group tries to help that continent, which is desperately poor, as you know, and ravaged with the HIV virus. What most people don't know is that Bono has worked with both Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill. He joins us now.
So are you a non-partisan guy?
BONO: I'm a non-partisan guy.
O?REILLY: You don't root?
BONO: I don't root anymore. Yes, I?ve stopped rooting. I'm rooting for people that don't have a vote and for people whose faces we don't see.
O?REILLY: OK. So you're not going out with Springsteen to try to get Kerry elected, you?re not going to do that?
BONO: I'm not going to do that. I love Bruce Springsteen, but I?m not going to do that. I put al that behind me when I went to work for the world?s poorest and most vulnerable. That?s what I have to do. It?s hard for an Irish rock star, though, sometimes to shut up.
(LAUGHTER)
O?REILLY: Well, you don't have to shut up, it?s just about you have to make your points in I think a broader way than saying, I like this guy, the other guy is the devil. I think that alienates people. And you need bipartisan support, and indeed you have bipartisan support in the United States, do you not?
BONO: Yes, yes -- no. We've worked very hard to have it. And it?s difficult. We found the one thing that both parties can agree on, which is that it?s important right now for America that the world sees the greatness of America through their AIDS medicines, through their Peace Corps, through the real America, I see the America I was a fan of.
That?s the America my father?
O?REILLY: Do you really believe America is a great country?
BONO: Yes, I do.
To read the remainder of the transcript, visit:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,131198,00.html
Rock on, B-man.
