Maher,talking with author Dinesh D'Souza on his September 17 show, said: "We have been the cowards, lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly."He also added later, "I'd much rather live in a country that can criticize its politicians -- or even its military -- than [in] one that can't."
Maher's then left one of his four guest chairs vacant in honor of conservative commentator Barbara Olson, a frequent guest, who died in the plane that hit the Pentagon.
Sears and Federal Express pulled sponsorships, and several Midwest stations suspended his show indefinitely ( which resulted in leaving his seat vacant!)On Leno that same week,he cowed, was nervous, and apologized profusely.
Sheri Annis, owner of the political consulting group Fourth Estate Strategies and an occasional Maher guest, said Maher called the President an "asshole" when she was on the show and was bleeped.
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Maher is a guy who lacks any discernible talent, is never funny, and whose views are entirely left-conventional. Ask me Maher's view on any issue, and I can tell you Maher's position without knowing him. What makes him extraordinarily boring is that he thinks that it's provocative to parrot the Democrat 2000 platform. It doesn't make for very interesting TV. His one contribution to the left was to try to spin the term "politically correct" as eminating from the right.