Posted on 09/21/2001 9:57:41 PM PDT by GreatOne
Just saw Bill Maher on Leno tonight. Wonder if we'll next see him on Letterman, Late Night, Late Late Show, Later (can't these guys come up with an original name), Nightline, Meet the Press, Crossfire, The Daily Show, South Park, Home Shopping Network, BET, Big Brother 2, Lost, and "A Very Special Dawson's Creek", trying to pathetically get across what a "true American" he is.
Even if he wasn't trying to insult the military (which I believe he wasn't), there are a whole host of other outrageous things he's done (saying a baby can be killed up to birth because "Duh, it's not outside the womb - right"; defending Clinton - pick your outrage; etc.). It's about time we were able to get these liberals off the air.
I could go on and on. He was a lot of fun to watch when he first came out on the Comedy Channel, but then he realized he could get chicks and invites to the right parties by going hard left.
By the way, two kids were on before. One boy had his friend come out to meet Pamela Anderson. Pam had the 12 year old boy sit on her lap. He seemed happy and scared at the same time. So Maher came out next after a soft introduction. Maher sat on Pam's lap. It looked ridiculous and unfunny.
Invading Pam's space and sitting on her lap showed another side of Maher - thoughtless and self-centered.
I recall a PI show (which I seldom watched before and hope will fail now) where Arsenio Hall told Maher that ABC ran the show. Maher made a speech about how that wasn't so. Arsenio just laughed and said, "Maybe you tell your girlfriend that, but the guy with the mouse ears controls the show." (I paraphrase) Maher blew up at Arsenio and told him, "Just because your show failed..." Maher went on to express his outrage and his sincere efforts to keep his show pure. Arsenio laughed at his tantrum.
Bye bye Bill, fade into irrelivantcy with your hero, BJ (the SCUMBAG) Clinton. Just like your hero, you won't be missed, and you didn't make a scratch in history except for the prose of this little, patriot author in Minnesota.
Bill Maher is trying to "WEASEL" himself out of his tough man, little man bravado.
He said that he wasn't saying our military was at fault.. BULL CRAP!!! He said "How **courageous** is it to drop bombs at 30,000 feet" (Not an exact quote, but it might be) But there were no if's and's or but's about his meaning. Not when he went on to say that the "TERRORISTS WERE HEROIC, THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES, THAT TOOK BA**S" (again, maybe not an exact quote, but I bet I'm damn close!!)
Now he says he is sorry, that he should maybe have changed the tone during such a time of crisis for our Nation. Well, fine, your forgiven Bill. But that kind of ir-responsible bahavior is unexcusable. ABC should fire him!!!!!!!!
Jay Leno enabled him, Jay better watch himself too. I think Americans are full aware of how Hollywood feels about our Military and how they feel about our President. They may all be looking for jobs soon. Its time for movements like the one that took place after the IR-RESPONSIBLE statements by Maher. The SAME should happen to any likeminded person!!
I agree...he has been a big supporter (at least verbally)of our military. And because of that all these folks who's shows he's been appearing on seem to excuse what he said last week which is beyond my understanding! Even Rush and O'Reilly have excused it. Since when is it acceptable to excuse calling our leadership, or President and the congress and senate a bunch of cowards during a time of war? Since when is that still considered to be patriotic? How is this excusable at this time when we are all being encouraged to unite? How is it okay in our present situation to stand up for our military and shoot those commanding them?
I post on another website board which is not political in nature but in light of our present circumstances many posts are related to our country and our president, etc. One person from Canada made a comment about how happy she was to see how well our president was 'keeping his head' in this crisis, intimating she was surprised after all she had heard about him. Well you can bet your bottom dollar that the responses she got were angry responses from American's saying 'how dare she insult our mighty commander in cheif' when our country has been so brutally assaulted. This poor woman thought she was complimenting him but because she did it in a backhanded way she was held accountable for it immedately. Why aren't our more conservative media hosts doing that in regard to Bill Maher? I just don't understand how his support of our military COMPLETELY excuses him from his lack of support for our President and other leaders?
Sorry for the long rant but this really bugs me.
His giving credit to the terrorist hijackers for not being cowardly because they were willing to go die with their victims is hogwash!!! They did not display courage but stupidity and IMMENSE COWARD!
They were stupid because they gave their lives for the cause of ruining our way of life and it did NOT work. They should have known it would not work because Americans have always been known to live for, fight for, and even die to perserve our free way of life.
They were cowards because they only way they could be effective to any degree in an attack on us was by attacking civilians rather than our military and that is just downright cowardly! They have no fortitude to face our mighty military so they go after unarmed men, women and children instead. How brave is that Bill Maher????
We now not only have a "Drug Czar", we have a "Terrorist Czar". The continual socializing of America into world rule, which is what the bankers are after.
He didn't say that nor imply it. He was saying that our government policies have been cowardly, i.e, bombing Kosovo from 20,000 feet.
That said, eat my shorts Mahr.
Bill: "We're going to leave one chair empty as a tribute to Barbara Olson who was a cherished guest and friend of our show who died last Tuesday on a plane that was carrying her here to do our show."
Dinesh: ... "And, although I think Bush has been doing a great job, one of the themes we hear constantly is that the people who did this are cowards."
Bill: "Not true."
Dinesh: "Not true. None of 'em backed out. All of them slammed themselves into pieces of concrete."
Bill: "Exactly."
Dinesh: "They are warriors."
Bill: "... staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly. You're right."
I'm livid at his conclusion:
Barbara Olson died at the hands of a warrior.
You people are a piece of work. Isn't this the domain of the left, censoring people... EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T BELIEVE THEY'VE DONE ANYTHING WRONG!!!
The freedom to make stupid/insensitive comments is as American as apple pie and the flag. This is going to backfire, to judge by the reception Maher got on Leno, his own show, and that crummy show with Barbara Walters and the four other silly women.
there are a whole host of other outrageous things he's done (saying a baby can be killed up to birth because "Duh, it's not outside the womb - right"; defending Clinton - pick your outrage; etc.)
Therefore, I, and the others who hope he disappears from the air, have plenty of reasons to wish for such a thing.
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