Posted on 06/25/2022 2:27:21 PM PDT by Morgana
Abortion was a hot-button issue on Friday night's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, with the HBO host saying Americans are 'living in two different countries' after the Supreme Court voted to overturn its landmark decision granting Americans the right to an abortion.
Bill Maher began his panel discussion with Andrew Sullivan, a blogger for The Weekly Dish, and Katie Herzog, cohost of the podcast Blocked and Reported, by insisting that Republicans 'played the long game' to get Roe v Wade overturned.
'They play the long game,' he said. 'They knew this from the beginning, they put six Catholics on the Supreme Court.'
But Sullivan disagreed, saying things could have been different in Hillary Clinton won the presidential election in 2016 or if Ruth Bader Ginsberg resigned and allowed a Democrat to appoint a judge.
'It was luck, to some extent,' he argued. 'This is about Trump adding three people.'
Still, Maher said: 'If it wasn't this time, it would have been next time.
'So what are we going to do now that we're basically living in two different countries?' Maher asked his panelists, noting that some states are now likely to overturn abortion rights, while others will keep it legal.
'I mean there are countries like this, Israel certainly comes to mind,' Maher said. 'We're going to be living in that kind of country.'
Sullivan, though, went on to argue that the United States has always been divided, pointing out that people in Alabama and Oregon have different ideals.
'It doesn't have to be one consistent national opinion,' Sullivan said, while Herzog seemed to blame the lack of a center in politics.
'The pendulum swings further and further to the left and right,' she said. 'There's no center.'
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I’m pretty sure both Democrats and Republicans want supermajorities in the USSC and everywhere else.
Maher, in his own weasely way, has been a contributor to the collapse of society.
Yup. That’s my goal. 😂🙌 They never cease to lower the bar on IQs.
What makes a majority a supermajority? Seems to me The way they use the term that the only difference is when conservatives are in the majority.
so much being said by the left and no one gives a crap
Trump has Democrats under a spell.
They can do nothing but think of him. Stay stuck in 2020.
The pro choice folk are responsible. MS law was 15 weeks. Not good enough for the woke, they wanted full term abortion and filed suit. They lost everything.
Best count is seven Catholics and two Jews. But one of the Jews is out the door next week to make room for the first true protestant in a while (although she is tied by marriage somehow to Paul Ryan so undoubtedly another Papist double agent).
“’So what are we going to do now that we’re basically living in two different countries?’ “
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Yes, we are. Keep repeating it. Conservatives can never co-exist with leftards. Our values are not similar to theirs, and one side can only win this in the end..There’s a Youtuube channel with more than a million subscribers and he keeps saying “stop pretending we’re united when we’re not”.
Yeah. Which party threatens to pack the court?
Corn Pop’s crew…
The “six Catholics” argument is BS. Pelosi and Biden are catholic and support baby killing abortions.
Yes and Thomas better hang on until we can get a GOP President.
Is he sick?
No. I am sure he has health issues given his age and weight. But I am referencing his desire to retire.
Understood. Hopefully he’s good for 3 years.
Great post. 👍
Maher should be thrilled because we actually live in fifty semi-independent geographical areas called states.
Well, actually we live in 51 countries: 50 different states and 1 national government. That’s what the doctrine of “dual sovereignty” means. As far as I can tell, there isn’t a single European who understands the US Federal system.
“William Aloysius Maher Jr.,[1] was a network news editor and radio announcer, and his mother, Julie Maher (née Berman), was a nurse.[2] He was raised in his Irish-American father’s Roman Catholic religion.”
Quite a common situation, growing up Irish Catholic in NY and turning against the Church in a passionate manner and publicly
BTW, “William Aloyisius” It doesn’t get more Irish Catholic than that.
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