Bill Maher: Mel Gibson and Tom DeLay Are Anti-Semites

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[Theodore R.]

Bill Maher: Mel Gibson and Tom DeLay Are Anti-Semites

Controversial TV talker Bill Maher attacked religious conservatives in an early morning interview on Wednesday, claiming that movie star Mel Gibson and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay were "anti-Semitic."

"I do think Mel Gibson is anti-Semitic," Maher told radio host Don Imus. "So, by the way, is Tom DeLay. So, by the way, are all these Christian right people who pretend to be friends of Israel."

Then Maher accused Christian fundamentalists of befriending Israel only because, ultimately, they'd like to see Jews die:

"You know, this is the sickest thing. They go over to Israel and they're not for the Bush road map to peace over there in the Middle East. Because they don't want Arabs in Jerusalem – because what they say is the Bible says that when Jesus comes back for the Second Coming, Jerusalem has to be just the way he left it."

The host of HBO's "Real Time" continued:

"It can't be full of Arabs, because there were no Arabs then. It has to be full of Jews. Because when the Second Coming takes place and we all go up to heaven, the Jews have a place in that little play – which of course is to die. The Jews have to die when Jesus comes back."

Then the TV talker adopted the voice of a mock movie director and announced, "Places, everybody. Where are my Jews? You have a place to play in this, and that's dying – or converting."

Earlier in the interview, Maher charged that President Bush had misled the American people about Saddam Hussein's ties to terrorists, saying that any affiliation between the Iraqi dictator and folks like Osama bin Laden was purely social.

"It's so preposterous," he told Imus. "I mean, I always said it was like the link between – you know, they keep putting Sug Knight in jail because he associates with gang members."

The HBO host explained:

"Well, yes. He's a black guy from the hood who was in the rap industry. Of course he is going to know a few people with a criminal record. And Saddam Hussein is an Arab. Of course he's going to know a few terrorists socially."

[Theodore R.]

Barbara Olson was headed to Los Angeles on September 11, 2001, to appear on the Maher program to promote her final book "The Finald Days."

[RichInOC]

I'm curious. Does Bill ever actually think before he speaks or does he just babble whatever comes to mind...or do I really need to ask?

[Loyal Buckeye]

Maher is a snot who also has the Al Franken disease.

[VRW Conspirator]

"I do think Mel Gibson is anti-Semitic," Maher told radio host Don Imus. "So, by the way, is Tom DeLay. So, by the way, are all these Christian right people who pretend to be friends of Israel."

Maher, your knees must be sore from bumping into furniture. With your cranial-anal inversion you have trouble seeing where you are going.

[fml]

Maher is brain dead.

[BellStar]

" Maher told radio host Don Imus. "So, by the way, is Tom DeLay. So, by the way, are all these Christian right people who pretend to be friends of Israel."

I do not know what the un Tempeled, like Maher, are called. People who get called Christian are often the un churched and not very representive of the Church at all. Maher could not hide his joy over the bombing of the World Trade Center and it cost him but not enough.

[Pharmboy]

I heard the whole thing walking to work. What an embarrassment he is. I hope Ann Coulter re-thinks her friendship with this horrible little man.

[Pete]

"It can't be full of Arabs, because there were no Arabs then. It has to be full of Jews. Because when the Second Coming takes place and we all go up to heaven, the Jews have a place in that little play – which of course is to die. The Jews have to die when Jesus comes back."

Huh? Source, Mr. Maher?

[txzman]

HAHAHA! This atheistic, self-serving and completely immoral individual dares to say ANYTHING about religion! HAHAHAH! Please.

[MHGinTN]

Willie Maher is a certifiable halfwhit. The little prick is arrogant beyond belief, believing himself to be relevant! ['little prick' = a tiny thorn that functions as an irritant but is of no significant importance.]

[bmwcyle]

Maher is a Jew who forgets who Moses is.

[logic101.net]

I thought that jerk was gone!

Does he realize that Christ WAS a jew? And that Christians worship Christ? What religion is Maher anyway? Is he an athiest or a muslem? Or is he just a terrorist friend?

Mark A Sity

[Pharmboy]

We'll only take half the blame: he's half Catholic and half Jewish.

[bmwcyle]

Ok he does not who Jesus is either.

[johnb838]

I hate him.

[johnb838]

Maher isn't jewish.

[bmwcyle]

Was his mother or father Jewish?

[Made In The USA]

Imus fortunately doesn't radio broadcast in my city, so I have to ask - did he ever once challenge Mr. Maher on his statements?

I truly hope that Mr. Maher understands that he's making a living as the village idiot, and to run with it as long as people are stupid enough to pay him for it.

[Theodore R.]

As I recall, when ABC dropped Maher's "Politically Incorrect" (even though it was), some conservatives came to his defense on First Amendment grounds. I can't recall who these conservatives were. If it was just "former conservative" Arianna Huffington, I must be wrong about "conservatives" defending Maher.

[Flashman_at_the_charge]

Bill Maher is as funny as a burning orphanage.