Posted on 04/18/2008 6:40:10 AM PDT by paterfamilias
Maher to Apologize for Calling Pope a 'Nazi' By Melanie Hunter-Omar CNSNews.com Senior Editor April 17, 2008
(CNSNews.com) - Liberal talk show host Bill Maher, whose controversial comments about the pope drew fire from the Catholic community, is planning to apologize Friday night for falsely accusing Pope Benedict XVI of being a Nazi, the Catholic League announced Thursday.
Catholic League President Bill Donohue received a phone call Thursday from an HBO executive regarding comments Maher made last Friday on HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher."
As Cybercast News Service previously reported, Donohue said Maher "lied when he said the Pope 'used to be a Nazi.' Like all young men in Germany at the time, he was conscripted into a German Youth organization (from which he fled as soon as he could). Every responsible Jewish leader has acknowledged this reality and has never sought to brand the Pope a Nazi. That job falls to Maher."
Apparently HBO agreed with Donohue's assessment. "Apparently, now Maher does as well. Ergo, the apology," Donohue said.
So will the Catholic League accept Maher's apology?
"Assuming it comes across as genuine, the answer is yes. But I hasten to add that what we would really like to see is for Maher to stop with his hateful diatribes against the Catholic Church. So this is a start, but it hardly puts to rest our concerns," said Donohue.
"After all, there are plenty of factually accurate things Maher could say about other groups that would insult its members, but he chooses not to go there. Perhaps he can add Catholics and the Catholic Church to that protected list as well," he added.
Will I have to apologize if I call Bill Maher a braying jack@$$?
“I’m sorry if the less enlightened were offended by the truths I told...”
Or a similarly arrogant, condescending, non-apology.
Liberals just love to throw around that word, Nazi...................
Yes, you’ll have to apologize to all the braying jack@$$es out there......
In any defamation suit, the truth is a complete defense. So go ahead.
Bill Mahr to apologize for his remarks about the Pope - ping!
Ten to one the momzer will do a Hillary type “apology” and the liberal media will give him a pass. Personally, I don’t plan to believe his apology, it smells too much of being sorry for getting caught.
The two year old crying for attention!
I’ve been to Germany twice in recent years and I didn’t see a single Nazi anywhere.........
I’m Catholic and less offended by the Pope comment than that horrendous picture.
Good Lord!!!!
Guy goes into a bar, sits down and says, “All lawyers are a—holes. Guy next to him says, “I resent that.” First guy says, “Are you a lawyer?” Second guy says, “No, I’m an a—hole.”
Why should Bill Maher not be out of a job? How do we make it happen?
I have heard he’s a big dope smoker, and a major A-Hole.
That puts Maher above a few of the Catholic-bashers here on FR.
It’s not like anything that Maher was saying isn’t true on some level. Yes, the pope was a german soldier, and yes the church has had problems with pederasts in their midst.
Obviously the best humor is based in some level of fact. But in this instance, that humor crossed into poor taste. Maher is trying to work the same high intellect action that Dennis Miller works. He’s not nearly as accomplished at it as Miller and this set of jokes fell flat, with a thud.
“I’m sorry to anyone who I might have offended.”
Then stop coming here lefty.
LOL!!.....sounds like an oldy, but a goody.......
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