Talk:Epic Rap Battles of History 53/@comment-50.244.42.81-20150605194330/@comment-5482968-20150605194538

Back then it was more or less "let's have two people fight that would make sense to fight". Given Lennon's very left-wing views and O'Reilly being one of the bastions of right-wing things, their political differences made such a conflict believable.