Imagine a debate between W and Maher. Oh the humanity…..

honora on March 26, 2007 at 9:22 AM

Imagining one btw. you and me is way more interesting, and yes, it would be very human.

Maher seems to contribute nothing uplifting to life. He appears to merely help fill the world with hatred.

William

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.

Is Maher evil? No, I used to think so. But Evan Sayet convinced me otherwise.

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.

Are the crazies on the hard left representative of the Democrat base, or are they just a few fringe actors?

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.

Maybe I’m just stupid and can’t understand what’s going on around me, which is entirely possible, but wasn’t it revealed that Richard Armitage was the source of the Valerie Plame leak? Armitage was under the command of Colin Powell and certainly……

In the year 2008, I really think that Hillary Clinton should run for president on a platform of restoring honor and integrity to the Oval Office.

Heh, some things are just made for Scrappleface and/or the Onion.

Chimperor McBushitlerburton…I can hardly even pronounce it.

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

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.

Is Maher evil? No, I used to think so. But Evan Sayet convinced me otherwise.

Not evil. Just convoluted. (Just needs sent to counseling.)

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

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.

I meant the one here:

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

Ditto. Repeat. What a moron Willy Maher is.

Subsunk

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.

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.

..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

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