Posted on 02/08/2011 4:11:40 AM PST by Walter Scott Hudson
Somehow I doubt Bill Maher will soon invite The Wall Street Journal's John Fund back onto HBO's Real Time. That's because the unpretentious columnist publicly eviscerated both Maher and Democratic Congressman Anthony Wiener without breaking an intellectual sweat.
In a segment embedded at Fox Nation, the fireworks began as Maher and Weiner attempted to pass off juvenile insults as legitimate analysis.
Weiner: [Glenn Beck] has less than 300,000 viewers. So that's about 150 shoes in his audience...If you don't get the joke, you're not alone. After a few seconds of confused silence, Weiner explains that he was trying to be funny.
Weiner: I could have gone with teeth, or shoes.Party true? Stating that, without providing any contradictory evidence, is the best Maher can do. Sensing he's been outclassed, Maher switches the subject to the political activities of Clarance Thomas's wife.Maher: Oh, I see(...)
Fund: Glenn Beck's audience is 2.5 million households a night, not 300,000. It has gone down. I think the best explanation is [that] the election in November convinced a lot of people, "Oh, Obama's gonna move to the center." He signed this deal extending all of the tax cuts. He brought in Bill Daley, Bill Clinton's commerce secretary. There's less angst. There's less fear of Obama. Therefore the fever goes down.
Maher: Yeah. That's partly true.
What follows is an exchange so bizarre that it raises an awkward question. Just what are Maher and Weiner suggesting the wives of public servants do?
Maher: Let me ask about Clarance Thomas, because this to me is outrageous. Clarance Thomas, next week, his wife - she's some piece of work...
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Bill Maher is less than nothing...
It is no coincidence his initials are BM
Well, you know the old saw about having a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent.
Good article -I don’t watch Bill Maher, but I love to hear that someone took him down to size - which is pretty small!
Good for John Fund! I hope he keeps going on his show!
The author is correct in the assessment Fund took their arguments apart. However, it’s a big leap to say Maher wants these women in the kitchen. If anything, he’s happy to have them doing these activities so he can scream “conflict of interest”....that is, as long as they’re conservatives.
Bill Maher is a total zero.
Except of course, the libs have numerous wealthy benefactors such as George Soros dumping millions into their own pet lib projects. You'd think some of these lib bozos would do some investigating before they start their smears. But they they are libs with the motto: smear first, ask questions later.
I disagree. I think Obama is zero, Maher is less than zero, and Michelle is two axe handles.
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