Loudmouth vs. Poet

You know you're monkeywrenching the conservative-talk-show machine when an interview--like this one between Fox's Bill O'Reilly and American poet Amiri Baraka--ends up like this:

O'REILLY: I guess we don't have too much common ground, other than we both don't like bigots.

BARAKA: We can talk about what--we don't understand what each other is saying.

O'REILLY: All right. I've got to tell you I appreciate you coming on in. I think you're a lunatic, and...

BARAKA: Yes. Well, I think you're a lunatic who's more dangerous because you're on television.

O'REILLY: All right. Mr. Baraka, thank you very much.  We appreciate it.

BARAKA: Thank you very much. That was short and sweet.

(Thanks, Meredith.)