Monday, May 25, 2009

Bill Maher - need I say more?

Maher hates liberals but wishes there was a whole new party further to the left than the Democrats.

After watching Bill Maher on CNN's Reliable Sources,  I had to  rewind to make sure I heard right.  Yup.

KURTZ: Do you remember the audience reaction?

MAHER: Yeah. Well, they boo me a lot when I talk about Obama.

KURTZ: Why is that? What does that tell you?

MAHER: It tells me that we get a very supersensitive liberal audience. You know, I mean, this is one reason I always have trouble doing charity events. I'm all for charity, but the events -- you know, it's always that limousine liberal crowd that just has their finger on the politically correct button. You know, they're just ready to -- ooh. Yeah. That's what bugs me the most about liberals is that they just -- they object before they even know what they're objecting to.

KURTZ: Aren't these your people, Bill?

MAHER: No, not when they do that. I'm much more of a -- you know, I'm a free speech person. And I would say especially on campuses in the last 10 or 15 years, the repression of speech has come more from the left.

Maher then uses this high colonic to segue into today's WTF?

You see, this is my point about the Democrats. We don't really have a party that represents me or any progressives. The Democrats really are what the Republican Party used to be. I think the Republican Party, which is at record low levels, that should go away entirely. The Democrats are what the Republicans used to be.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Tim

David said...

I was attending a lecture by Harlan Ellison several years ago. He got to talking about his couple appearances on Bill Maher's talk show. He described Maher as "the biggest waste of carbon and oxygen walking the face of our planet."

Maher who at the time had some of the most famous and influential entertainers and politicians appear on his show apparently refuses to talk to or interface with any of them other than 'on camera'.

Instead of taking the off camera opportunities to talk and exchange ideas with his guests, Maher locks himself in his dressing room and refuses to meet them.

Ellison also described him as "an overly inflated ego all wrapped up in a thick blanket of self importance."

rockville said...

I can't stand Maher either, but he has a point.

Many on the left have an attitude of "I can't be against free speech; I'm a progressive! Only conservatives are against free speech. I am, however, opposed to hate speech."

Unfortunately, their definition of "hate speech" has become so broad that it includes any criticism of them or their agenda, as the clip above demonstrates. These lefties think they and their agenda are sacrosanct, and they can abide no criticism. If you do criticize them, however gently or well-intentioned, then you sir, are worse than Hitler.

LGD said...

Ellison also described him as "an overly inflated ego all wrapped up in a thick blanket of self importance."

And from what I hear, Ellison of all people should know what one of those people acts like.

Kristopher said...

The concept of a person that Harlan thinks is more egotistical just makes my mind reel.

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