Bill Maher - classic!

Soooo true. you win thread. OTM, etc

Neither are strictly liberal or conservative but both play up certain aspects of the ideologies too much. O'Reilly plays up "God-and-Country-first" and "Who's looking out for the little guy?" populism. Maher does a great job of playing the intellectual and articulate "thinking-man" who is frustrated from having the burden of spreading reason and awareness to the unwashed masses who never seem to pay enough attention to him or his ideas. He's libertarian in the same way Godwin was. Both are best taken in small doses.

Maher just referred to the bible as "that old book of Jewish fairy tales".

He aslo called Mormons shape-shifters.

(on Larry King)

I guess this is old, from the 4th.

Waiting for Obama "to actually do something":

http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2009/06/not_what_i_vote.php

Dr Morbius - classic!

Bill Maher is a self-righteous, pompous idiot. Just like Michael Moore. The fact that I actually agree with them on a lot of issues doesn't change that very simple fact. Obama is not, and was never a left-wing ideologue. His entire shtick is based on moderate pragmatism, inclusion and consensus. I can't believe that the same people who complained so loudly for 8 years about the way Bush just forced his policies down everyone's throats, now want Obama to do the same thing because they voted for him. One of my favourite lines from Obama's victory speech in Grant Park was when he said: "And, to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your president, too." It's completely counter-productive to treat the next 4 to 8 years as some type of opportunity to get revenge for the Bush years. America is a large and diverse country, which is still quite conservative in many ways. No good will come from trying to ram through a radically liberal domestic agenda.

Maher is a fucking idiot

No, sorry, Maher OTM.

It's not that's he seems like a centrist. It's that he seems like... a Democrat.

No, sorry, Shakey Mo Collier OTM.

Well at least we're all sorry.

even when Maher's right he's a fucking idiot (stopped clock etc) - his analysis is about as deep as a kiddie pool

And what is your analysis of his analysis? Do you want a sticker?

I don't particularly like defending Maher but sometimes shallow analysis has its place. One potential problem with deep analysis is the paralysis that can come with not knowing all of the twists and turns of a situation; the ability to accurately summarize a situation and take action is arguably more important than the ability to unravel the intricacies of a situation and present a fully-baked argument.

Note that I didn't follow the link so I have no idea if he's talking sense or not.

ILXor Dems = Peewee Herman "i can't hear you la la la la"

I have no idea if he's talking sense or not.

Oh you should watch it. It gets good right around the 2 minute mark.

I hate hate hate Maher, even when I agree with what he may be saying. He just seems so slimy and full of himself. I cannot stand the way he smirks at his own "clever" jokes before he even finishes the punchline. Or how he looks out at the audience as if to say "oh yeah, I went THERE! aren't I terribly clever?".

I have my own problems with him, as expressed on several other threads I'm sure, but this is a pretty classic rant.

I dislike him pretty intensely, but the view that Obama's sizzle is burning the steak is one I'm pleased to see penetrate HBO.

really, is there anyone else on television saying this?

"It made some liberals very angry, my phone rang off the hook, my email filled up and Nancy Pelosi got so mad her face moved. Look, folks, I like Obama too, I'm just saying let's not make it a religion. And as far as you folks on the right who think that we're now somehow in league, we're not in league. I was criticising Obama for not being hard enough on the corporate douchebags you live to defend. I don't want to be on your team, pick another kid."

"Shouldn't there be one party that unambiguously supports cutting the military budget, a party that is straight up in favor of gun control, gay marriage, higher taxes on the rich, universal health care, legalizing pot, and steep direct taxing of polluters? ...What we need is an actual progressive party to represent the millions of Americans who aren't being served by the Democrats, because bottom line: Democrats are the new Republicans."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/21/bill-maher-democrats-have_n_218593.html

did you see harper's magazine cover story this month:

Barack Hoover Obama:
The best and the brightest blow it again

no, but I think Jon Stewart interviewed the author last week.

his analysis is about as deep as a kiddie pool

He's a comedian. Still classic.

I'm enjoying watching this schmuck go off the deep end.

I haven't been paying attention. do tell!

anti-vaccine nonsense?

here's a starter:
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2009/10/the_2009_recipient_of_the_richard_dawkin_1.php

such ignorant drivel, and the same shit spouted by Beck and Limbaugh.

OMG, watching Chris Mathews and Alex Baldwin totally made a fool of Maher.

http://vodpod.com/watch/2363121-video-chris-matthews-gettin-real

it doesn't get much healthier than young men between the ages of 18-22 in the military.

actually, I think it does.

when he's good, he's pretty otm:

If an election between Obama and Sarah Palin were held today, and only white men could vote, Sarah Palin would be president. Did you know that in 1788, when there were four million people in America, only 39,000 of them -- the richest white men -- got to vote? That doesn't sound good to you? Well, what if I threw in a picture of my cock?

a Jewish cock.

when he's bad, he's really bad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_U3TYloQ_c

And who's that woman who thinks sharia law is all over the UK?

So depressed that he just read the Daily Mail and repeated it as if it were news and/or true and, seemingly, didn't take one minute to check with anyone else whether there was more to the story than that.

women is a Fox News Anchor.

He infuriated me in that episode.

Really swayed back and forth during the O'Reilly interview. Then again, I appreciate O'Reilly.

tell it

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/real-time-bill-maher-explains-how-america-is-like-a-dog/

oh man Kennedy is a libertarian nutjob.

Which one, the chick from MTV? Yeah, she has an elephant tattoo for a reason

aye, MTV one. Unions are a cult, atheism is a religion and you can trust her because she majored in philosophy, and every intelligent libertarian economist she talked to assured her that the bailout was wrong.

and no taxes on anything etc etc etc

how long did it take Maher to explain who Kennedy is?

nah it was more wtf is this rep calif dude spouting; kennedy is like the last thing that needs explanation on bill maher

I had honestly forgotten about her existence until last night. Also, between her and that republican blowhard, I think Martin Bashir got about one sentence in.

atheism is a religion

oh, you're one of *those* kinds of 'libertarians' pls foad

probably the 4 brightest words she's ever said

sorry had no idea she'd done anything since '98

really