Video: Maher to Bush admin: Don’t question my patriotism, traitors!
posted at 6:30 pm on March 25, 2007 by Ian
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Strong content warning. We’re not kidding. This ain’t the McLaughlin Group.
Hollyweird funny man Bill Maher fed the nutroots in his latest tirade against Chimpy McBushitler and his eeevil, treasonous minions, better known as the duly elected administration.
So why post this? We’re still interested in answering the question: Are the crazies on the hard left representative of the Democrat base, or are they just a few fringe actors? Any Democrats out there want to step up and deny Maher’s accusation that President Bush is a traitor? Does Bill Maher speak for you, Democrats? Any takers?
Our friend Noel Sheppard at Newsbusters has more insight and a full transcript.
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I don’t question Bill Maher’s patriotism. I’m coming right out and saying he has none with regard to the United States of America.
steveegg on March 25, 2007 at 6:34 PM
Could be he is baiting the nutroots into a “Draft Bill Maher for President” push. A Maher/Moore ticket sounds mainstream Dem to me.
laelaps on March 25, 2007 at 6:40 PM
From me to Maher . . . blow it out your ear or the orifice of your choice.
rplat on March 25, 2007 at 6:40 PM
“Funny man?”
Since when? He’s a talentless whining hack with perpetual Napoleon syndrome. He’s not worth my crap.
Professor Blather on March 25, 2007 at 6:45 PM
No Mr. Maher I don’t question your patriotism
Your actions and statements make it sufficient that the question need not be asked to know the answer
Defector01 on March 25, 2007 at 6:47 PM
You’d think that eventually one of these days, Maher would be arrested while smoking his favorite green herb.
JG2K6 on March 25, 2007 at 6:48 PM
They’re representative of the Democrat base. If they weren’t, they’d be chastised by the democrats every time they pull attention grabbing stunts like this.
Maher has turned into a self idolizing whore.
darwin on March 25, 2007 at 6:49 PM
Do you think Maher loves his country? Really? My opinion is the man hates this country and everything it stands for. That was clear when he called the 19 hijackers courageous and American service people cowards (in so many words) which caused him to be thrown off ABC. He’s become more and more deranged since. He’s a condescending, officious, sarcastic, ignorant, ugly POS who’s brain was badly damaged in the schoolyard where he regularly got his head kicked in by his peers.
I truly dislike very few people. Maher is near the top of the list.
TheBigOldDog on March 25, 2007 at 6:51 PM
I will not question it for the simply reason I know he has none to begin with.
allie on March 25, 2007 at 6:52 PM
I do think Maher loves his country, because where else on Earth could he get away with this crap?
Jim Treacher on March 25, 2007 at 6:55 PM
(And by “this crap” I mean calling your own country’s leaders traitors while you’re living and working in that country. Not sure how that’d play in the Middle East.)
Jim Treacher on March 25, 2007 at 6:57 PM
How can you love something you only criticize, condemn and complain about? Can anyone point to one sincere patriotic thing he has ever said or done? Anything?
TheBigOldDog on March 25, 2007 at 6:58 PM
One thing that is not out of the question. He is a smug little bag.
Like it’s said, he is entitled to his own set of opinions but not his own set of facts.
bbz123 on March 25, 2007 at 7:07 PM
Well, at least out here in New York, full-blown BDS dementia has become the day-to-day baseline condition of every dem that I know. There is blind obedience to, and trust in, the MSM and Hollywierd. They are beyond being reasoned with.
bofh on March 25, 2007 at 7:08 PM
Ian, your Moonbat Vocabulary is a bit out of date. The latest in crackpot rhetoric is Chimperor McBushitlerburton AFAIK, anyone have a newer one?
Bad Candy on March 25, 2007 at 7:11 PM
Chimperor McBushitlerburton is the latest in moobat vocab as far as I know.
Bad Candy on March 25, 2007 at 7:16 PM
That line will probably go through twice. Damn Comments making me look bad!
Bad Candy on March 25, 2007 at 7:18 PM
Too bad Maher doesn’t heed his own advice. Or at least the advice that Iowahawk writes for him…
Ed Driscoll on March 25, 2007 at 7:25 PM
What’s scarier–Maher’s spew of crapulous vomit or the fact that this audience laughs at and applauds it?
He’s got the sense of “humor” of the geeky high school sophomore loser that no-one will talk to, so he got a show where you’ll have to listen to him.
Jen the Neocon on March 25, 2007 at 7:25 PM
Oh, and he gets to redefine the words “patriotism” and “traitor.”
Jen the Neocon on March 25, 2007 at 7:27 PM
Same Same Same…
*fart*
The Ugly American on March 25, 2007 at 7:27 PM
The part this clip misses is the 50 minutes or so in which David Frum (former Bush speachwriter, coined the phrase “Axis of Evil”) was dazzlingly clear and downright inspiring in the face of 3 lefty intellectual lightweights. If AP can put together a montage of that, I’d be greatful. It, unfortunately, illustrates what’s wrong with the Bush Whitehouse, primarily an HR issue: hiring and letting go the wrong people.
askheaves on March 25, 2007 at 7:27 PM
I haven’t watched them myself yet, but the video descriptions appear to argue the opposite
Reaps on March 25, 2007 at 7:36 PM
Well, he is one in a long list of reasons I canceled HBO and joined Netflix.
Bill Maher is someone who can only get laid at the Playboy Mansion, why should I listen to him? I don’t take advice from anyone who’s brain has been pickled in cocaine and booze. Narcissistic bastard who patriotism I don’t have to question, as it is absent.
Stormy70 on March 25, 2007 at 7:44 PM
Bill Maher sickens and disgusts me. But what makes me feel worse is knowing that there are idiots in this great country of ours that supports what he says.
dawgyear on March 25, 2007 at 7:52 PM
Mr. Maher:
I present to you my compliments and hereby challenge you to present yourself, at a time and place of your choosing, to appear in a public place, the time to be announced, for a presentation of your manly prowess. As it is I throwing the gauntlet, the choice of weapons is yours. I may be reached through this website’s comment section, and look forward to your prompt reply. You fuck.
HerrMorgenholz on March 25, 2007 at 7:58 PM
I just pray that someware, sometime, in any place in the universe I can come across this thing, and when I do you my friends will be reading about me in the N.Y.Post.
NEMETI IN SYRACUSE on March 25, 2007 at 8:02 PM
I fixed that for you.
lorien1973 on March 25, 2007 at 8:07 PM
I posted this on digg from here and from youtube and…creepiest thing ever, a truther commented about how much he hated Bill Maher. Wow….just…wow
http://www.digg.com/political_opinion/So_He_Doesn_t_Support_the_Troops_Don_t_Question_Maher_s_Patriotism
http://www.digg.com/world_news/9_11_AN_INSIDE_JOB_2
DeathtotheSwiss on March 25, 2007 at 8:08 PM
bushapologist
jummy on March 25, 2007 at 8:14 PM
Maher looks funny. I’ll give him that.
But his grasp of how to defend your Civilization is folly.
He’d be the guy the trenches making a lot os self-serving noise about the poor quality of the MRE’s and attracting mortar fire.
Schmuck, squared.
profitsbeard on March 25, 2007 at 8:36 PM
Here’s a re-run…I’ve posted this before: it’s sad to say, but the historical Democratic party is long dead. It exists in name only. What has taken its place is a group of ragtag Marxists, Ameri-nazi’s, and associated socialists and anti-Americans, whose common goal is to ensure America’s collapse.
They are in favor of anything that will weaken the country, including drawing defeat from the clutches of victory in Iraq, and anything they can do to make it easier for terrorists to strike. They are also in favor of a Mexican takeover of the soutwest (at least) via open borders, ruination of our basic rights by interpretation of a “living constitution”, eliminating the rights of the unborn via unrestricted abortion on demand, harming our children to the maximum extent possible by allowing pedophiles every opportunity to strike repeatedly…need I go on?
Why are they doing this? They actually feel that, once America as we know it collapses, they can take over with their own socialist regime. They don’t understand what fire they’re dealing with. For example, the terrorists don’t just want to bomb a building to make Bush look bad, they want to slaughter us all — including the nutroots, and especially the Jews (I am among this group). Even if the Jews are self-loathing, anti-Israel pro-Democrats.
The Mexicans want to annex California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, at a minimum, with no plan on a form of government save total anarchy. If the succeed, and it looks as though they just may, can you imagine Mexico providing adequate government infrastructure for these newly acquired states, given the track record they have with their own?
The truth is, we have two parties now. One wants to destroy us, the other wants to keep us strong. There is no questioning their patriotism, it unquestioningly does not exist. Only conservatives can save us, and the Republican party MUST be represented by a true conservative Republican, or else we are all doomed.
stonemeister on March 25, 2007 at 9:03 PM
Maher banks on our reaction to his nonsense!
Pam on March 25, 2007 at 9:11 PM
Exactly. Why give him the attention he craves? You are just feeding into his narcissism.
lorien1973 on March 25, 2007 at 9:39 PM
Once you get past the mainly ‘average’ stand-up section at the start, the interview with Friedman isn’t too bad at all. And I’ll concede the ‘2 out of 3 ain’t bad’ jibe got a smirk out of me
Reaps on March 25, 2007 at 9:39 PM
All I could think of was a paraphrase of the line from City Slickers: Dick Cheney craps bigger than Maher.
Laura on March 25, 2007 at 10:09 PM
Cracked me up when Frum dared, DARED to suggest that maybe the troops like Bush more than Clinton because, you know, they themselves actually have an opinion and some actual knowledge on the issues that concern them (like, oh, getting shot at) and the entire audience just groaned
It’s like they were saying ‘but they’re SOLDIERS! they can’t POSSIBLY know BETTER!’
Reaps on March 25, 2007 at 10:14 PM
Rome was one of the reasons I kept HBO and simply put a block on maher.
allie on March 25, 2007 at 10:18 PM
And the only thing they seem able to argue against Bush regarding his ‘treating the troops badly’ is that he ‘doesn’t provide them with the armour they need’
Generic enough?
And now Natalie reckons it’d be a NICE thing to have the troops caskets photographed ‘coming home’?
This is mind-numbing. I almost wonder why the guy decided to come on the program.. He has the knowledge, and the arguments, but he lacks the rough n’ tumble confidence of, say, Chris Hitchens
Reaps on March 25, 2007 at 10:19 PM
And amazingly, Wes Clark actually acknowledges that the Dems shot themselves in the foot with the way they handled Vietnam
..Although perhaps he speaks more about their getting involved in the conflict as opposed to what they were doing towards the end of the war. After all, they seem quite content to do the same damn thing right now..
And yes, I’ll stop spamming the board. I’ve got 4 more parts to watch, after all
Reaps on March 25, 2007 at 10:23 PM
Is that Keith Olberman?
Kini on March 25, 2007 at 11:00 PM
Chimperor McBushitlerburton…I can hardly even pronounce it.
BTW, I am a Democrat, and Bill Maher does not speak for me (Maher was supposed to be libertarian, but I’m not sure). Neither does Rosie. I feel as if I’m one of the few who was immune to advance stage BDS among members of my party.
Chris L. on March 25, 2007 at 11:07 PM
I thought Maher was supposed to be libertarian.
In any event, I am a Democrat, and he doesn’t speak for me. Neither does Rosie. I feel like one of the few immune to advanced-stage BDS among members of my party.
Chris L. on March 25, 2007 at 11:09 PM
Such a wonderfully logical and insightful analysis.
I meant the one here:
Ditto. Repeat. What a moron Willy Maher is.
Subsunk
Subsunk on March 25, 2007 at 11:46 PM
Well, gosh, maybe it’s that they prefer serving under a Commander-in-Chief who loves the troops and has a f—ing spine (granted, he hasn’t always shown it lately), as opposed to a sleazy scumbag who’s hated the military all his life and is the antithesis of every value the military holds dear. That always summed it up in my case, anyway. Stupid liberals.
ReubenJCogburn on March 25, 2007 at 11:52 PM
Radical bomb-throwers like Maher and Olbermann are awarded their own TV shows for their relentlessly preposterous rhetoric, while their fans demand Coulter be blacklisted for an insensitive slap at John Edwards. Phooey.
Is Maher evil? No, I used to think so. But Evan Sayet convinced me otherwise.
Not evil. Just convoluted. (Just needs sent to counseling.)
petefrt on March 25, 2007 at 11:53 PM
That’s why you can’t say it… You have to be frothing at the mouth and full of insane rage to do it right, or at least skilled at mockery of the Moonbat Dialect.
Bad Candy on March 25, 2007 at 11:58 PM
Blech.
Glynn on March 26, 2007 at 12:25 AM
Heh, some things are just made for Scrappleface and/or the Onion.
Entelechy on March 26, 2007 at 1:04 AM
What did conservatives do when Ann Coulter made a statement that sounded like she was calling Edwards a faggot? What do leftists do when a waste of oxygen like Bill Maher says something like that? I rest my case.
Wolfman on March 26, 2007 at 4:32 AM
I now question his sanity. Is he still allowed to operate a motor vehicle?
Zorro on March 26, 2007 at 6:33 AM
Question his patriotism? NEVER…but I wouldn’t give him the sweat off of my scrotum if he were dying of thirst.
sdd on March 26, 2007 at 7:15 AM
That was a bloody good video, actually. Watched the whole thing (shock!)
As for Real Time… interesting. I’ve now watched 3 episodes; the David Frum one, the Chris Hitchens/George Galloway one, and the pilot episode with Anne Coulter.
I don’t know if he ‘hates his country’, believe it or not; but if anything it highlights the problem with taking cynicism to such extreme levels. It’s not that it’s ‘not cool’ to be patriotic; when you’re a cynic, nothing is cool.
I used to be a cynic. But I’ve upgraded to just being a skeptic.
But what interested me about the show was, firstly, how the show has gone on for so long. Secondly, how they still even A) have conservative guests on B) have conservatives who want to go on. Thirdly, how the conservatives by and large make good solid cases for their position and yet the comments section on youtube is full of people saying ‘oh [conservative X, Y/Z] got ’schooled’ by Maher/[liberal X, Y/Z]‘
And lastly, how things have somehow managed to get more vitriolic since the pilot episode (where Coulter, Miller, and Dyson managed to have a reasonably sensible, civil ‘discussion’ for the entire duration of the show. They even agreed on some things, respectfully disagreed on others, and even laughed at each other’s jokes). ‘Tis a sad reflection of the times we live in.
hmm.
Reaps on March 26, 2007 at 8:32 AM
I see that Bill Maher is from the Amanda Marcotte school of effing facts in their bottom. Entertaining, in much the same way that a monkey eating its own poo is entertaining.
Physics Geek on March 26, 2007 at 8:57 AM
Imagine a debate between W and Maher. Oh the humanity…..
honora on March 26, 2007 at 9:22 AM
Who besides me was disappointed to see John Legend laughing along with Maher in that clip?
Bill reminds me of a former girlfriend who only had the capacity to remember hurtful bad things in her life;Maher, like many of the left seem incapable of noticing all the good that has been done in the past seven years-it’s all President Bush’s mistakes piled on scandals to them. Remember the topical depression when Kerry lost in 2004? Sixty years from now some of these Maher types are still going to be gritting their teeth, cursing President Bush on their deathbeds. That is sad. What a waste of potentially happy lives.
Three words, four syllables: Get Over It.
Doug on March 26, 2007 at 10:16 AM
Wow! What a surprise, huh?
Of course, he had Chris Hitchens on a while ago, who, along with a Senate Committee, proved that Saddam was hunting for yellow cake in Niger. Loved it when he flipped of Maher’s audience - Maher seemed to enjoy it too.
Facts are stubborn things, and he’s obviously not willing to come back to reality and debate the issue internally. And that’s the problem. Unable to deal with facts and circumstances, Americans like Bill Maher show anger, contempt and rage - basic signs of instability and a complete lack of humility.
Talk about hubris! This is political masturbation at best.
What does it matter, though? He’s a sad, little, angry man. Does he inspire? Does he enlighten? Does he even offer anything constructive and useful?
Misery loves company.
budorob on March 26, 2007 at 10:34 AM
I find it quite amusing that liberals like Maher accuse the Bush administration of questioning their patriotism - I don’t recall Bush questioning anybody’s patriotism, but I much just be missing something here (doubt it, though). On the other hand, I question Maher’s patriotism - in fact, I know the guy is a complete moron who thinks about nothing but himself (and global warming). I know somebody who works on Maher’s show, and he told me that Maher really does believe the B/S he spews out. He also told me that Maher and Coulter get along really well - Maher respects her greatly.
Rick on March 26, 2007 at 11:42 AM
Maher really thinks the President and the Vice President of the United States are discussing a TV comic’s patriotism? How big and ego does he have???
BrunoMitchell on March 26, 2007 at 12:32 PM
It is too bad I oppose abortion, otherwise I might say something like, since Bill Maher thinks it is a good thing, perhaps the world, and Bill Maher himself, would have been better, he would not feel so much hate and spew it so vehemently, if he had been aborted.
Maher seems to contribute nothing uplifting to life. He appears to merely help fill the world with hatred.
William
William2006 on March 26, 2007 at 1:16 PM
Imagining one btw. you and me is way more interesting, and yes, it would be very human.
Entelechy on March 26, 2007 at 1:23 PM
Every morning I flush better than Bill Maher down the toilet.
Chief1942 on March 26, 2007 at 3:48 PM