Dennis Miller's funniest remark on Hannity and Colmes!

Hannity and Colmes, on the Fox News Channel | May 9 2003 | Self

[DCBurgess58]

After saying how glad he was that Dick Cheney was going to continue on as Vice President in a second Bush administration, Dennis commented on Dick Cheney's heart problems saying "The only person whose heart skips more beats is Richard Simmons, on his way to an 'N Sync' concert".

[Puppage]

You mean a Boy Scout Conference.

[kylaka]

Dennis Miller is "of the age" when you really begin to see.
When I was 20 I listened to what the politicians said. When I was 35 I listened... and watched what they did. At 50, I pay no attention to what they say, and only watch what they do.

[SJSAMPLE]

When I said I was "uncomfortable", I'm referring to Dennis Miller circa 1989. Lately, he's really grown on me. I thought the Cheney comment was particularly funny. He's a comedian, not a political commentator (yet), so I give him a little more leeway on material and taste.

[amused]

In Miller I see several things contributing to his "change"; a sudden realization of the projection going on by the left; a political mood swing in the wake of 9-11; being branded a traitor by his former "friends" in Hollywood.

All these things contribute to his comedy now. However I have noticed that Miller has grown more and more bellicose & acerbic (with a smile on his face) even in the last year or so. I direct you to last thing I see in Miller. He seemed in the late 90's to be willing to play the middle guy until leftist & liberal attacks put him on the defensive which for a comedian is the offensive. If you saw his last HBO special he went OFF on just about every liberal politician, idea and cause with the exception of gun control & abortion(he still supports those).

You can see the same change in Bill Maher who was more of a middle of the road liberal with a social libertarian splash. After the outrage at his coward comments and the loss of Politically Incorrect, Maher takes any and every opportunity to skewer the right. Mind you this was the same guy who was giving a national forum to conservatives when few existed.

These are real people and when they are attacked for making jokes, their response is to make even more jokes....except this time at their attackers expense.

If you think about...working comedy clubs with its assortment of drunks and hecklers really prepares you for the "war" that can be political satire.

[CheneyChick]

OK - that was funny. Only because Dennis said good stuff about him and showed respect as well.

Cheers, CC :)

[RAT Patrol]

Dennis Miller is "of the age" when you really begin to see. When I was 20 I listened to what the politicians said. When I was 35 I listened... and watched what they did. At 50, I pay no attention to what they say, and only watch what they do.

Good point.

[Hildy]

Miller is hilarious, but if you hear him enough times you hear the same stuff over and over. He used that one ages ago. I still love him, though.

[Hildy]

He said his big turn came when his fellow liberals were saying that Bill Clinton was great and Rudy Guiliani was evil.

[Vinnie]

When I was 20 I listened to what the politicians said. When I was 35 I listened... and watched what they did. At 50, I pay no attention to what they say, and only watch what they do.

At 60 you try to remember their names.(g)

[mass55th]

"Dennis Miller is "of the age" when you really begin to see. "

True, and he states that 9/11 really made him see things differently. My father was a railroad man and a Democrat. Back then, you had to be 21 to vote. When I turned 21, my father escorted me to the polls and told me what party I would be registered in and who to vote for. I finally woke up when Reagan ran. By then I had a few years under my belt and various life experiences that made me see things in a different light.

[Consort]

Cheney wouldn't have accepted if his heart wasn't in it.

[kylaka]

LOL. Mom's 83 and she knows the good ones from the bad ones, and given a few minutes can usually come up with the names.
She's still spittin' nickles about being duped by FDR.

[johnb838]

At sixty people laugh at your jokes. At seventy they just think you're confused.

[RJayneJ]

I didn't care for him very much back in the 80's and early 90's but his reasons for changing began when Clinton was in and he became more and more disgusted with him. But finally, he said that Dubya's positions made sense to him and the Democrat hatred repulsed him. A lot of times the convert is much more strident than someone that has been a supporter all along. It never hurts to have a high profile person carry the message to the public.

[Our God given right to be free]

I was LOL the whole time he was on. Thought it was funny when he said; Well if people don't think that there isn't any chems they should take a sip of the Tigeress River.

[LibertarianInExile]

Maher is a self-anointed libertarian. That is, he's in the same side of the spectrum as Hollywood conservatives like Ah-nold and Selleck and Gibson, but he's still left wing as hell. Here's how it works:

A right-wing, old school, go-to-church on Sunday conservative in Hollywood is a NUT CASE LOONY RIGHT WINGER: Mel Gibson

An occasionally church attending, gun-bearing, moderate Republican is a REACTIONARY REPUBLICAN: Tom Selleck

Anyone who has ever vocally supported anyone besides the Democrat candidate for anything is a PARTY-LINE RIGHT WING REPUBLICAN: Ah-nold, Miller

A Clinton voter who still makes fun of him is a MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD TYPE: Maher, Leno

A Clinton voter who would drink both Xlinton's bathwater and ask for more is a FAIR MINDED MODERATE: All the rest of the Marxist f$%^&$#@!s.

A Green supporter is a MIXED-UP KID BUT ONE WITH GREAT IDEAS: Woody Harrelson.

Corrections and additions are always valued, of course.

[friendly]

Winston Churchill: “If at 18 one is not liberal, he has no heart; if at 40 one is not conservative, he has no brain!”

(I am a lifelong heartless b*st*rd)

[auggy]

I always thought of him as being liberal. Just looked and acted like a liberal. Guess my judgment was wrong.

[Mamzelle]

Don't necessarily "trust" him either--but he is definitely tipping some sacred liberal cows. A whole new venue of two-way humor just might open up.