Dennis Miller Supports Bush on Leno

[billclintonwillrotinhell]

Listening to Dennis Miller on the Tonight Show was like hearing the national anthem with the volume pumped up in a 20,000-seat arena. I loved it. For him to get that kind of reaction in front of a California crowd is a good sign for Bush.

[patriciaruth]

Bump!

[lorrainer]

(I can't believe I did'nt get flamed, yet!)

Don't worry, you'd know by now if you were being flamed by this group.

They're tough, but fair, for the most part.

Great article! I've been a Dennis Miller fan for years! I just wish we had a pre-ping list so that we'd know ahead of time when he'd be on.

[fightinJAG]

Miller's website link?

[tdadams]

I saw him a couple of weeks ago on Hardball with Chris Matthews. He was also on there giving his support to Bush, to the amazement of Matthews, who seemed bewildered that Miller - gasp - isn't a registered Democrat!

I still have to be a bit cynical and wonder if Miller's support for the war isn't just an effort to stand out from the crowd, generate some publicity, and revive his dormant career.

[alnick]

What was the audience reaction, especially to his last bit about supporting Bush?

Silent at first, then loud applause and cheering.

[michaelt]

One thing that maybe should be remembered is that just because the show is taped in Southern California, doesn't mean the show audience is all made up of showbiz liberal types, and not everyone is SoCal is a mind-numbed liberal. And there are a lot of vacationers in the audience too. I have no idea if the audience is anything like a cross-section of America, but it isn't an awards show crowd either.

[MadelineZapeezda]

Dennis also said we had 'to chisel the hair out of the armpits of the Statue of Liberty' before we put her up! LMAO....also said its over with Iraq, like a fishing trip with Fredo!

[lawnguy]

Though skeptical, I think Miller has had a wake up call. Whether it is to save his career or genuine, only time will tell.

I don't mean to come across too cynical, but it occurs to me that the conservative view is profitable to those who wield it wisely. We have shown ourselves to be very loyal, and Dennis Miller has been burned by his "friends in the industry". Were I him, I would also adopt an America friendly tone, and parley it into a nice radio career, or Fox news analysis type show. I think he'd be great!!

[MsGail61]

Another good line, about starting the war, was, "We don't have to be trigger-happy, but we shouldn't be "trigger-sad" either."

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

My favorite part was when he said something like, "When you go to a peace protest and the guy next to you is carrying a sign equating Bush with Hitler, suspend peace for a minute and beat his ass! BUSH IS NOT HITLER!"

The audience reacted very well to his support of the president. I think he said a lot of things that went over their heads - jokes about international affairs that would leave the average American scratching their head - but it was really good.

[qam1]

Dennis has always had a conservative/libertarian slant to his views.

I remeber him making a great rant about Bush Right after the elction 2000. I wish I could find that transcript

But I found another

He was just on Leno in November where he made a similar speech

Transcript From

http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2002/cyb20021108.asp

MRC analyst Geoffrey Dickens took down much of what Miller, who was a commentator on ABC’s Monday Night Football last season and who has had a weekly half-hour comedy show on HBO, observed using his wry wit on the November 6 Tonight Show on NBC:

Jay Leno: “I’m fascinated to hear your take on the election. Because you always have a little different look at things than most Hollywood people.”

Dennis Miller: “I want to congratulate my President. I think he had a great day. I think George Bush is a good man.”

[applause]

Leno: “Yeah? He did a fine job.”

Miller: “I think, I think he’s a good man and I think he’s done a fine job in these last two years. I don’t think he’s a great man but I would prefer that our President would be a good man because great men tend to believe they're great men and then they end up not being great men any more. I like Bush because he seems like a regular decent guy. And you know what? He’s a big picture guy. Which just shocks me. Because when he first came into the office I think many of us thought that he was the sort of guy who watched television one pixel at a time. But uh, shockingly he’s proven himself to be a big picture guy. I like his sense of humor. At least I hope it’s his sense of humor. I uh, sometimes think it’s Norm Crosby’s sense of humor. But uh, I think the thing I like most about him is that he’s not Clinton. I just think he’s a decent guy. I mean, you know...”

[applause]
Miller: “I’m telling ya when I watch those, the videotape of the retarded kids playing uh, tee-ball on the White House lawn, on the field that he built for them.

Leno: “Yeah.”

Miller: “And I juxtapose it with Clinton and the wocka-wocka porno guitar of the Clinton administration. I just like Bush, he makes me proud to be an American again. He’s just a decent guy.”

Leno: “He is a decent guy. But do you-”

Miller: “And you know what, what? Jay what, what are the Democrats really offering? You know I consider both sides in an election before I vote. I looked at what the Democrats are saying. They’re saying, 'Listen we want more of your money and we’re not really keen on preemptively protecting you from bad guys.' You know what folks? I don’t want the bad guys to have the next move. I don’t want to see two more big buildings blown up.”

Miller soon explained: “Listen, I began to go off liberal America when they insisted to me that Rudy Giuliani was a bad guy. You remember that years ago? How they told us Rudy Giuliani, they always like tinged on the Nazi reference.”

Leno: “Right, right, yeah right.”

Miller: “'He’s a storm-trooper! He’s a bad guy!’ Every time I’d go to New York it was cleaner and safer and I’d think, 'Wait a second how bad a guy can this guy be?’ And now you don’t hearing anybody saying that because it’s been proven out that Rudy Giuliani is a good man....”

After an ad break, he elaborated on Iraq: “It’s not a perfect world. Listen I think Bush’s old man could have ended this whole dilemma in the Middle East around 12 years ago. We were like two exits away on the Jersey Turnpike from croaking this toad and we back off because the coalition doesn’t want us to go up the road. Are you kidding me? The coalition? This better not happen again. You know Tony Blair is a cute kid and one of my favorite Martin Short characters in waiting, but the simple fact is we don’t consult the Brits on anything anymore. We haven’t listened to them since our boys dressed up like the Hakawi tribe and boosted all the Tetley tea in the Beantown Harbor around 200 years ago. I don’t want to ask the Brits what to do here. We gotta assassinate Saddam Hussein. Why have we taken assassination off the table as a viable political tool? And yet they’ll tell you the collateral damage of civilians is acceptable. But you’re not allowed to assassinate the main pain in the ass. My theory is if you have trouble with your conscience pretend you’re trying to kill the guy next to him and think of him as collateral damage, alright?! If that will allow you to get to bed at night.”
[applause]
Miller: “Listen. Negotiating with Saddam Hussein is about as practical as practicing aroma therapy on a French man. Okay? It’s not going to happen.”

Miller took on liberal wimpiness: “You know I find our approach to the, the war on terrorism to be amazingly non-chalant. I mean the simple fact is we are not being protective enough of ourselves. I think that was a mandate yesterday saying, 'Listen! We don’t want these morons trying to croak us!’ You know when the Al-Qaeda made a big mistake? Is when they whiffed that dog on videotape? That got the liberals into it. Because they’re all sitting at home with their Marmaduke day-planner saying, 'Wait a second? They croaked a puppy? Now it’s on mother-[bleeped]!”
[applause]

[rwfromkansas]

He said he is no longer a liberal?

Does anyone have video of this????!!!