Fox New's Glenn Beck is increasing "the chance for people to take horrible action" on President Obama.
So said HBO's Bill Maher Friday evening in a lengthy discussion about FNC's new primetime star.
I guess Maher missed the hypocrisy concerning his disturbingly caustic views of the Bush administration while they were in power, in particular his expression of regret that the March 2007 assassination of Vice President Dick Cheney failed.
Possibly even more delicious was that sitting to Maher's left was MSNBC's Keith Olbermann who himself has made an almost endless number of personal attacks on members of the Bush administration during his tenure on "Countdown."
Alas, Maher seemed oblivious to all this seemingly obvious irony (video embedded below the fold courtesy our friend Ms Underestimated):
BILL MAHER, HOST: Listening to people like Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck these days, I cannot figure out whether these right-wingers are more dangerous when they're in power or when they're out of power. Because when they're out of power, their paranoia goes off the charts. This Glenn Beck guy, I wouldn't even give him the time of day except he's a big star now on Fox and a lot of people believe him, and he's talking about FEMA concentration camps. He says, "We are headed towards socialism, totalitarianism beyond your wildest imagination." But apparently not beyond his wildest imagination.
ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, NEW YORK TIMES: Did you see what he said about that? He said, "I can't prove these FEMA concentration camps, but let me tell you about them anyway." It's, you think it would be the opposite.
KEITH OLBERMANN, "COUNTDOWN" HOST: Can I quote Madeline Albright?
MAHER: Please.
OLBERMANN: He's nuts. (wild audience applause).
MAHER: But you know, look, I, I, I would never be the person who says you have to watch what you say because some borderline, no really, I'm not for that. But that's an argument that's given a lot: you can't say this because a borderline person might take it and do this. I'm sorry, that's the price of living in a free speech country, and I do want to live in one because I make my living at it. Okay, but you know, I must say, Tim McVeigh in 1995 if you recall, this was the same kind of talk that made him blow up that building.
OLBERMANN: The guy who walked into the church in Tennessee said in his statement to the police that he did this because he could not shoot the liberals who were on the list from Bernie Goldberg. And Bernie Goldberg has proceeded to come out with another list of liberals, and this time I'm on the list, so this is even more vivid in my mind now. So, yeah, you're absolutely right about that. [...]
MAHER: The person who I think is irresponsible is Roger Ailes, the head of Fox News for putting him on, or Rupert Murdoch who's his boss. I mean, you know, they know that this is not responsible stuff, and this kind of stuff...
KERRY WASHINGTON, ACTRESS AND ACTIVIST: You think people take it seriously?
OLBERMANN: Yes.
WASHINGTON: I mean, to me he seems like a conservative Jerry Springer.
SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I-Vt.): You have not gotten the e-mails at my office lately. People take it seriously.
MAHER: You know, remember when Obama said that the people out there who are bitter and cling to their guns? Yeah, he was way off about that. I mean, it's those people who I worry about. I do think that this increases the chance for people, you know, to take horrible action. I mean, you know, already Obama has more threats than any president ever.
WASHINGTON: Are we surprised about that fact?
MAHER: No. I am not surprised. No, I am not surprised about that. I'm just saying this stuff doesn't help.
Wow. So the conservative opinions being expressed on Fox News, particularly by Glenn Beck, are increasing the chances of horrible action against the president?
Yet, folks like Maher and Olbermann, who routinely bashed former President Bush in a significantly more caustic and violent fashion than anyone who is currently criticizing Obama, were just expressing views enabled by the First Amendment?
Anybody see a flaw in this logic?
As an aside, I do think it's fascinating that Olbermann was invited on "Real Time" when there wasn't one conservative member of the panel.
Makes one wonder if this was required by him to appear. After all, he clearly never wants anyone around to challenge his views.
Such was important Friday evening as Olbermann compared Beck to the Depression-era Father Coughlin:
OLBERMANN: You know, in the last major, economic crisis of this nation, we spewed forth Father Coughlin. Well, this is Father Coughlin with a crew cut. This is Father Coughlin on TV.
Good thing there wasn't a conservative around to challenge Olbermann -- or anyone on the panel who knew who Coughlin was -- for Coughlin initially supported Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal. In fact, he was pivotal in helping get FDR elected in 1932, and was actually in FDR's inner circle early in the President's first term.
It was only after Coughlin began to disagree with some of FDR's policies that he left the reservation and became a critic. In particular, he felt the President was moving the nation towards communism, and that he was hyper-inflating the dollar. He advocated monetary reform and the elimination of the Federal Reserve Bank. Years later, many of his positions were supported by economists Milton Friedman and Anna Jacobson Schwartz in their 1963 book "A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960."
But, most importantly, what eventually really got Coughlin in trouble was his rabid anti-Semitism as well as his support of the policies of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.
As such, equating Beck to Coughlin is absurd.
Sadly, this is what we get when only liberals are invited on "Real Time."
Nice job, Bill.
*****Update: Olbermann also misspoke when he said, "The guy who walked into the church in Tennessee said in his statement to the police that he did this because he could not shoot the liberals who were on the list from Bernie Goldberg."
Actually, what Jim David Adkisson wrote in his confession letter was:
Who I wanted to kill was every Democrat in the Senate + House, the 100 people in Bernard Goldberg's book. I'd like to kill everyone in the Mainstream Media. But I knew these people were inaccessible to me. I couldn't get to the generals + high ranking officers of the Marxist Movement so I went after the foot soldiers, the chickens**t liberals that vote in these traitorous people.
Olbermann in his castigation of Goldberg conveniently chose to ignore the rest of that paragraph. What he also ignored was Adkisson's opening paragraph wherein he explained why he did this awful act:
Over the years I've had some good jobs but always got layed [sic] off. Now I'm 58 years old + can't get a decent job. I'm told I'm "overqualified" which is a code word for "too damned old." Like I'm expected to age gracefully into poverty. No thanks! I'm done!
In his conclusion, Adkisson wrote:
No one gets out of this world alive so I've chosen to skip the bad years of poverty. I know my life is going downhill fast from here. I'm sick + tired of being sick + tired. I'm absolutely fed up!
As such, Olbermann's claim "he did this because he could not shoot the liberals who were on the list from Bernie Goldberg" is utter, total nonsense...likely another reason the MSNBC host refuses to appear anywhere with conservatives that might challenge his detritus.
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OLBERMANN: You know, in the
March 21, 2009 - 11:44 ET by NewsbusterbrownOLBERMANN: You know, in the last major, economic crisis of this nation,
we spewed forth Father Coughlin. Well, this is Father Coughlin with a
crew cut. This is Father Coughlin on TV.
Fine. Beck is Coughlin and you're Axis Sally. Happy now, Keithie-boy?
“There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
Bathtub Boi!
March 22, 2009 - 11:00 ET by Wildcatter1980Bathtub Boi is simply a media wh*re. I wonder what he would say if Congress and the President passed/signed a bill that would specifically tax members of the media who make over $250K/yr? Can you image the vitriol that would spill out of his disgusting mouth if the political class would single him out like that? (BTW-Has he supported or condemned those going after AIG employees and their families?)
BM is not a media wh*re. He simply hates and fears anyone who does not share the same opinions/points of view that he does. He also likely envies Beck because in just a matter of a few weeks, Beck has garnered very high ratings--albeit on non-premium cable. However, BM just cannot compete with Beck when it comes to viewership and that has to drive him up the wall!
Anything surprising?
March 21, 2009 - 11:45 ET by AgentAmericanNothing that comes from Maher or Olbermann suprises me anymore.
2010: A GOP Hill
Thank you NB for including
March 21, 2009 - 11:52 ET by MANstreammediaThank you NB for including transcripts of these ridiculous conversations and commentaries. When the right criticizes the left we don't have to take things out of context.
PS: I'm really impressed with how many guests are currently browsing this site. Anyone of you folks interested in some intelligent discussion, sign up for an account and join us.
joining
March 21, 2009 - 17:06 ET by bobwhiteI was impressed by NB and joined a few days ago. Learning things too.
ha
March 21, 2009 - 18:21 ET by dr_devil_dog"when the right criticizes the left we dont have to take things out of context."
Are you serious? this whole site specializes in taking things out of context, making mountains out of molehills, conspiracy and deception. I love coming here so i know what the imbeciles of the world are talking about. it's pretty awesome. You have nothing left of your conservative "movement" but a few staggering paranoids muttering conspiracy under their breath. Thats comedy. I am thoroughly enjoying watching the death throws of the right. America is a country that needs to untangle itself from the stagnation that you preach, thank god we now have a chance to do that. Despite your obnoxious desire to remain mired in a state of failure, you will all be fortunate enough to benefit from the wisdom of the majority. Democracy...ahhhhh.
And as far as intelligent discussion, I have seen literally zero here. so to anyone thinking about joining: drink the kool-aid or prepare to be flamed after every single comment you make. There is no discussion here, you are either in lock-step or the three or four self-appointed moderators write senseless diatribes berating you for disagreeing with them. My case will be made right below this post....
Actually...
March 21, 2009 - 18:45 ET by mizflame98Your point will not be made in this post or any other post simply for one reason and one reason only. Neither me nor anyone else will stoop to throwing insults around the way you just did. An intelligent discussion will be had because I can disagree with you, show you the utmost respect, and prove your assertation that the Republican party in its death throes (not throws) are wrong all at the same time simply by posting this link.
Good evening to you.
"Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head." - Francois Guisot
devil dog the fact that
March 21, 2009 - 19:01 ET by Blazerdevil dog the fact that you would post what you did confirm's your hypocrisy and your chagrinment. The left for eight year's made a mockery out of Bush, and now the shoe is on the other foot, and you guy's can't handle the shadenfreude.
Sux 2 B U.
Don't worry our movement may be in tatters, but with all of The One's apostles turning against him, look's like we'll have plenty of new allies.
Like they say, politic's make's for srange bedfellows.
Now run along, be a good doggie and go fetch Nero some grapes, he's probably famished from all of the fiddling.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Yet another Leftist
March 21, 2009 - 19:03 ET by UnsaneI knew it. dr_wishy_washy is yet another hate-filled Leftist who is too embarrassed to admit to his Leftism.
There is no discussion here, you are either in lock-step or the three or four self-appointed moderators write senseless diatribes berating you for disagreeing with them. This only proves you don't read this site very much. Even the Rightists here disagree with each other. But to determine this, one must READ the posts here on a regular basis.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
~Devil Dog
March 21, 2009 - 19:17 ET by choselife3ximbeciles of the world
a few staggering paranoids muttering conspiracy under their breath.
the death throws of the right
the stagnation that you preach
Despite your obnoxious desire to remain mired in a state of failure,
And as far as intelligent discussion, I have seen literally zero here
Illustrates his own point quite well....
Guess it's hard to think clearly while he's barking at his own reflection.
That high-pitched scream you hear is the troll under my heel.
Spoken like a true Marxist hack, dr_dog_sgueeze
March 22, 2009 - 20:20 ET by R D HelmYour boy the Organizer's "presidency" is a complete and total sham, and as each hour passes, more and more Americans are waking up to that fact.
This man, who no one had even heard of three years ago, is an incompetent boob, who cannot even utter a structurally correct sentence without the aid of others.
Unlike you and your fellow government-schooled mindless myrmidons, most here at NB are quite well educated in the failure that socialism, in any form, has always been, and will always be.
The fact that you are on this site attempting, in vain, to defend the most murderous, oppressive, dignity-robbing, and destructive economic system in all of human history, demonstrates for all to see that you are severely educationally deficient.
All you really are is a brainwashed, totalitarian-minded, freedom-hating commie puke of a hack, and not a very good one, either.
I think George Soros is wasting his ill-gotten money on you.
That is a good thing. :-)
-Dave
This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.
"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
March 21, 2009 - 11:59 ET by katainkentTo be determined ("keeping an eye on") :
I wondered when they'd start going after Glenn. I listened to his program for the first time in a long time while driving on Thursday. He's on a mission to forward the conservative message in big ways. But he's also depressing as hell to listen to. He's makes me (and I view myself as cynical) feel optimistic.
Beck
March 21, 2009 - 17:39 ET by JDWPeople have power.
He lays out problems in simple terms and reflects upon the nation to stand up and take care of things.
Obama just made fun of her son as well as all others with his syndrome.
Her church was burned down. How much are our churches being regulated?
How did the passengers in the Hudson Bay crash react to unload the plane while it sat in the water?
How do communities react to those down on their luck?
Imagine the nation ignoring the border agents who were wrongfully jailed.
Why didn't Washington complain about the Lehman Bros bonuses?
Why aren't more people relying on themselves?
JDW
DAILY WAVE
The government works for me, not the other way around
hi JDW
March 21, 2009 - 19:08 ET by katainkentHi JDW - trying to follow what you've posted. By "she" I assume you mean Palin? I read her comments about what the President said about special needs children (and in turn, her own child) and I commend her for not letting it slide. If anyone has a right to be offended its people who are intimate with the challenges. Plus, she had already been speaking about the Olympics days before, so I am sure the experience was fresh in her mind.
As for Beck, I like him and I appreciate what he does. We're already as prepared as we can be. We have our 3 months of food and water, our cash and our of course our ammo. My neighborhood is very liberal so we keep to ourselves other than to help with the occassional taking in of mail and dog sitting. We keep our garden and do what we can to stay grounded (pun not intended). But, I can only listen so much though before it tears me down more than it builds me up.
I wish I had answers to all your questions but I don't.
Please tell me this is a joke.
March 21, 2009 - 12:00 ET by mizflame98These people can't possibly believe that voicing dissent against the policies of Obama equates to putting his life in jeparody. These are the same people who have nothing to say about the death threats the execs at AIG are receiving thanks to the very same government officials that's wiping their butts with our constitution while whipping people up in a frenzy with their Kabuki theatre.
Right now there are bus tours going on to drive by these execs homes which puts their families in harms way of anyone who would love to take matters into their own hands. The US House of Representatives held hearings threatening to release the names of the people who received these bonuses if they don't give the money back. They called for them to commit suicide, they were threatened with stalking, physical harm, extortion, and over excessive taxation by our own public officials. All the while they knew they were the ones who allowed AIG to give these bonuses because they protected them when they passed the stupid stimulius bill. And it is Obama who should fear for his safety because Glen Beck & Rush Liimbaugh reminds people what our founding fathers intended for this country?!
This has to be a joke. Please tell me this is all a joke.
"Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head." - Francois Guisot
Of course they believe it
March 21, 2009 - 12:07 ET by BlondeThese are the same idiots who cheered a movie in which President Bush was assassinated. They're chemically imbalanced when it comes to their liberal beliefs (but they're ooooooh so tolerant, check).
I'm sorry, it is not a joke, not even a very sick and twisted joke.
I hope he fails, too.
Yes they believe it.
March 21, 2009 - 12:56 ET by kgYes they believe it. However Listening to Maher go on and on about Bush and Christians all these years is totally different. At least to Maher. Maybe it is because he thinks he is, as Maddow puts it, "enlightened".
"DumbAssity of Dope"
Maher
March 21, 2009 - 14:52 ET by RowaneMaher IS "Enlightened" he has been enlightened by "Th Lightbringer" (otherwise known as Satan)
and this time I'm on the
March 21, 2009 - 12:10 ET by Jack BauerIsn't Olberwomann the creep who produces a LIST every single night on his One Hour of Hate?
I wonder, did he name AIG employees (now receiving DEATH THREATS) the worst people in the world.
The Major Difference!
March 21, 2009 - 12:12 ET by GoldenEagle4444The major difference being, brain-damaged lefties are prone to violence and "civil disobedience" whereas everyone else debates until they're blue in the face, but never resort to violence or "horrible action". Sounds like he's trying to set up an instant "I told ya so", should the unthinkable happen.
Golden Eagle In Texas
Right you are.
March 21, 2009 - 12:51 ET by mizflame98Ann Coulter made a list of known assasins throughout our history and their political affiliations. With the exception of James Earl Ray, they were all liberal assasins.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2171999/posts?page=3
"Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head." - Francois Guisot
aha
March 21, 2009 - 18:36 ET by dr_devil_dogare you really this stupid? liberal assassins? that has to be the most ridiculous thing i've read in a long time. even ann ends the list by claiming "not a single republican!" well, guess what, not one a democrat either! what the hell does this list have to do with anything at all? you want a list of assassins? how about this one : bush, clinton,, old bush, reagan, nixon, etc....your a moron if you pay attention to ann coultier, that woman is useless.
ddg...Glad to see you're
March 21, 2009 - 18:48 ET by bigtimerddg...
Glad to see you're having another sunny-side-up kind of day.
~Devil Dog
March 21, 2009 - 18:59 ET by choselife3xYipped.
That high-pitched scream you hear is the troll under my heel.
your a moron if you pay
March 21, 2009 - 19:05 ET by Unsaneyour a moron if you pay attention to ann coultier, that woman is useless. Even bigger are the morons who blow her up to be bigger than what she is, which Leftists constantly do.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
HAY ddd I have a great link for you ya DEMOCRAT
March 21, 2009 - 19:11 ET by upcountrywaterddd is a full on
DEMOCRAT
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Are you the same devil dog...
March 21, 2009 - 19:30 ET by mizflame98...That posted this diatribe above?:
And as far as intelligent discussion, I have seen literally zero here. so to anyone thinking about joining: drink the kool-aid or prepare to be flamed after every single comment you make. There is no discussion here, you are either in lock-step or the three or four self-appointed moderators write senseless diatribes berating you for disagreeing with them. My case will be made right below this post....
I see you're living up to your own rhetoric.
Good evening.
"Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head." - Francois Guisot
dr_dog_squeeze (for brains) I think I hear your mother calling
March 22, 2009 - 20:32 ET by R D HelmIts time for your lobotomy booster shot.
-Dave
This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.
Maher's BS
March 21, 2009 - 12:24 ET by slickwillie2001There's just so much equine excreta here that I don't know where to start. Rush Limbaugh et al caused Oklahoma City? Wrong, that was Bill Clinton's silly claim. McVeigh was driven by the Waco outrage, for which Bill Clinton, Janet Reno, and Wesley Clark were responsible, not to imply it justified OKC.
Maher: "I mean, you know, already Obama has more threats than any president ever." Nonsense. No evidence for this whatsoever. His threat level is pretty average. Also if you look at threats against Presidents, Republican Presidents generally have more threats than democratic Presidents. If you look at the history of real attempted or successful assassinations, the majority have come from the nutball far left, which Maher is a part of.
This is entirely logical; by their very nature, Republicans and conservatives have respect for the law and the Constitution that the far left does not. Today conservatives accept the 'Bamster as our legitimate President. Hordes of lefties never accepted President George W. Bush as legitimate, even after the 2004 election.
I say Obammy is more safe than your average Republican President. The principal threat to Obammy by the way is Hillary Clinton. Intrade has 'Obama dem nominee in 2012' at 85%, 'Hillary dem nominee in 2012' at 10%. Hillary's numbers will climb as Obammy continues to demonstrate his narcissistic incompetence.
Irony
March 21, 2009 - 12:38 ET by KC MulvilleIn Brit Hume's acceptance speech, he mentioned that many of the newspapers got their start as mouthpieces for political parties. Hume predicted that as time goes along, that trend will accelerate, and the MRC will be needed more than ever.
For which he was excoriated by a panel of partisans on a bash-conservatives hate show.
They're a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Throughout history supposed
March 21, 2009 - 12:49 ET by snaggletoothieThroughout history supposed concerns for the safety of a populist leader have lead to increased loss of freedom for whole nations.
Oh yea Olbiedog - let's quote Sec. Albright
March 21, 2009 - 12:59 ET by Gary HallOh yea Olbiedog - let's quote Sec. Albright.
Oh, allow me:
''A few dozen hecklers'' will not deter the United States from its mission in Iraq, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said today.
"What's the point of having this superb military you're always talking about if we can't use it?" Sec. Madeline Albright
CBS Sixty Minutes 12 May 1996
Leslie Stahl: "We have heard that a half million children have died (as a result of sanctions against Iraq). I mean, that is more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?"
Madeleine Albright: "I think this is a very hard choice, but the price, we think the price is worth it."
If you're going to quote these folks, Keith, quote what they really have to say - on the topics you have claimed to have cared the most about.
Good post Gary.
March 21, 2009 - 16:39 ET by GregEGood post Gary.
GregE - hey thanks -- actually, there's really something there..
March 21, 2009 - 17:38 ET by Gary HallYou know, I've noted Sec. Albright's comments a number of times, as well as other well placed Clintonesque folks (as well as he) -- but mainly with the intent of exposing the hypocrisy of the press, in what catches their attention and how they protect the D's - not the R's.
Now, as I think about it, however, there really is something there. Clinton's Secretary of State, Albright, makes the case on national TV (60 Minutes) that 500,000 children dying as a result of the Sanctions against Saddam is worth the cost, in the effort of containing his WMD's and threat to us and our allies and countries in the region. That was the Clinton official view.
In the background, I suspect that well over 2 million people died since Saddam took power in the late 1970's. The first 1 million, as a result of his initiated war on Iran (which supposedly, President Jimmy Carter did not protest).
Now. President Bush went into Iraq to put an end to this madness. The left wing had long been very loud in their opposition to the sanctions regime; Bill Clinton had pulled the UN inspectors out of Iraq, just before his last major 4 day shock and awe, Desert Fox, in 1998, and the inspectors had never gone back in. It was falling apart, by time Bush became president.
Unfortunately the cost was high, and it was a long road; however, the number of lives lost in the war - mostly by the radical terrorist elements - did not reach 1/2 million during these past 6 years.
Bottom line here: Substantially fewer people died as a result of President Bush's effort to rid the world of Saddam Hussein and in potentially successfully delivering a lasting and relative peaceful democratic society to the long suffering people of Iraq, than in the years before.
Comparatively, between 1/2 million and a million people probably died during the Clinton years (after Dessert Storm) - and there was nothing gained.
The world so did not want Bush to succeed at anything, that they cannot even entertain a discussion along these lines.
(;~/ gary
Good for the goose
March 21, 2009 - 13:01 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsJust think what would happen if you changed the name in the title of this book to Barack H. Obama. Do you think it would make the evening news?
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Just one thing
March 21, 2009 - 13:03 ET by jcheneyDon't worry Keith, you'd never be offered a job on Fox. Just stay at your failing network, cause we're all having fun going over to Olberman Watch and watch you make a fool out of yourself.
"Horrible action"
March 21, 2009 - 13:03 ET by Kat Outta the BagI wouldn't shed a tear if a "horrible action" befell either of these two clowns. So when people on the left show dissent it's "patriotic" but when people on the right do it, it's akin to threats? Yeah, I see...thanks for clearing that up.
Save me...save me from tomorrow. I don't want to sail with this ship of fools.
~World Party
even my cat figured out
March 21, 2009 - 13:07 ET by botgeven my cat figured out olberloon and maher
"Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend,------------inside a dog it's too dark to read" ---Groucho
Smart kitty
March 21, 2009 - 13:09 ET by BlondeI hope he fails, too.
I have been watching Glenn
March 21, 2009 - 13:16 ET by jgarciaI have been watching Glenn since his days at CNN ….. Per a comment on his website, he has needed body guards since then…. The far left “tolerance” groups have been stalking him for a while now!
I wonder if Keith and Billy get as much hate mail and death threats as Beck, Rush and other's get........
Maher
March 21, 2009 - 13:16 ET by VinncyGWhat a troll
What's that you say ?
March 21, 2009 - 13:29 ET by BlazerWhat's that you say ? Maher and Olberman can say these thing's with absolutely no sense of irony or hypocrisy at all ?
Get outta here.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Good thing there wasn't a
March 21, 2009 - 13:43 ET by BlazerGood thing there wasn't a conservative around to challenge Olbermann
That was probably the first ground rule for Keith going on Maher's show, since I have never, ever, seen him and a conservative in the same room together, not once.
Olby keep's himself very well insulated from any challenges.
Heck, MSNBC won't even allow him and the RINO Scarborough on the same set together anymore, so that should tell you how much faith they have in his debating skill's
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Rub a dub dub...
March 21, 2009 - 14:02 ET by mizflame98Scarborough or Pat Robertson comes on and Olbermann feels compelled to take a bath.
"Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head." - Francois Guisot
The only thing that Maher
March 21, 2009 - 14:04 ET by DavartThe only thing that Maher was every even
remotely funny in was the movie Gwendolyn since then he has been nothing more
than a little meaningless weasel not worth the match it would take to set him
on fire.
http://www.davart.ne...
The Angry White Guy Blog
I think they are idiots. And
March 21, 2009 - 14:16 ET by CaligulaI think they are idiots. And I think certain people need to watch what they do to people that have alot of money, and feel threatened by certain people wanting to vilify them and tax them into oblivion. It starts with the executives at companies that recieved $5 billion or more. Now there are reports out of the NYT that the administration is going to vastly expand that endevour. Pissing off people with alot of money usually ends up not being a good career move. That is their enemy, not the "unwashed" these bozos love to castigate as being unenlightened because of what they believe or who they listen to.
A brief comment
March 21, 2009 - 14:20 ET by zachlindRemember, this Maher guy is the one the lower urinal was built for.
zachlind
March 21, 2009 - 14:53 ET by Kat Outta the Bag"Remember, this Maher guy is the one the lower urinal was built for."
<snort>
Save me...save me from tomorrow. I don't want to sail with this ship of fools.
~World Party
Jealousy
March 21, 2009 - 15:08 ET by KHalpernThat's all it is. They are just jealous that people are tuning into listen to Beck in large numbers, while relatively view bother to listen to their lunatic rants. Somebody is losing a lot of money putting those fools on the airwaves.
Exactly right KHalpern.
March 21, 2009 - 15:30 ET by BlazerExactly right KHalpern. Beck has been on Fox how long, and he allready has a higher audience tuning in than even Bill O' and Hannity.
Combine that with his radio show and the guy has a very, very big soapbox to stand on, comprable to Rush.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Maher
March 21, 2009 - 15:35 ET by adamsmithBill Maher is a half wit. This guy can never take any issue past the first step of an argument, and lately, whenever the occasional token conservative is paraded out, the conservative leaves Maher speechless as he can't get past his initial liberal talking point. Look for no more conservatives being on his show as the season marches on, and the Obama administration is sinking into a cesspool of incompetancy and corruption. It'll be funny watching him and Herr Olbergoebbels try to twist all of this to fit the agenda. I also find it humorous that Olbergoebbels, chief of Obama's fascist agenda, still has a segment entitled "Still Bushed" on two months after President Bush left office. This sociopath is the poster boy for Bush Derangement Syndrome. I also love during his show when he announces, "Time to play some oddball", when he is in fact said oddball. My dream is to see him debate Neal Boortz who in addition to being a conservative libertarian talk show host, is an accomplished attorney who knows a thing or two about the Constitution. Oh yeah, Olbergoebbels doesn't debate. He just reads propagandistic material ripped from blue blogs with absolutely no fact checks. He reads from a teleprompter like his master, President Teleprompter. All this is pretty 1984ish...........
Half-wit?
March 21, 2009 - 22:50 ET by Rhymes With RightDon't give him that much credit for intellectual prowess.
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You might want to add
March 21, 2009 - 15:37 ET by 10ksnookerThe liberals bashing Bush were feeding the terrorist enemy daily, and in turn, who knows how many of our troops needlessly died.
Maher and the left fear the tea parties!
March 21, 2009 - 15:40 ET by jefflebowskiThe left realizes that the sleeping giant is now fully awake! They will try and label the marches and tea parties as "hate groups" and such but we are middle class, taxpaying, family people who are sick and tired of the direction liberals are taking this country! We are peaceful but we will no longer be silent! And, yes, they now have reason to fear! No more wussypants McCain-ilk Republicans. This is true conservatism! A new revolution is starting people...don't sit on the sidelines!! Yeah baby!
Angry White Dude
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Olbermann
March 21, 2009 - 15:47 ET by gloria steinbergBill Maher and Keith Olbermann are an insult to America. Here's a place to sign a petition to FIRE KEITH OLBERMANN. Read some great comments and leave one of your own!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/fire-keith-olbermann
HAVE FUN!!
Beck and Rush should have a
March 21, 2009 - 16:48 ET by owlpelletsBeck and Rush should have a bake sale to raise cash to buy Maher some real teeth and KO a real penis.....
Don't blame me....I voted for Palin...
The debate.
March 21, 2009 - 17:38 ET by mizflame98I hope Ann Coulter verbally b*tch slapped Maher during the debate.
"Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head." - Francois Guisot
I hope Ann Coulter
March 21, 2009 - 17:46 ET by BlazerI hope Ann Coulter verbally b*tch slapped Maher during the debate.
Actually mizflame that would probably turn him on. He'd probably drink champaign out of one of her stilletto heel's, if she'd let him.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Blazer...cut that out!
March 21, 2009 - 17:49 ET by MotherYou need to warn me when you do a 'funny'.
LMFAO!
I just watched all this...I
March 21, 2009 - 18:10 ET by bigtimerI just watched all this...I was in between wanting to laugh, cry ...but mostly SCREAM!
Too much to say...but really, why bother...none of them are worth it.
The day will come when they all get theirs, one way or the other....I just hope I'm around to watch it happen.
Despicable bunch all.
Btw...Sorkin sure has been making the circuit lately...why can't we make them just go away!
Another obamalalaland dream
March 21, 2009 - 19:04 ET by RD KingIf the messiah has something terrible happen to him and I would be the first to say good LORD willing and the creeks dont rise, it would not be because he is a no good POS, corrupt theiving AA thug that deserves to have a good glock cleaning performed on him. But will be because someone just decided this nagger(see wheel of fortune video) needed it. I'm sorry but this sorry excuse for a human being has befriended the worst of the world aka soros, ayers and wright to name a few and made a few enemies along the way aka decent Americans. I for one will be glad to see him go and never have one moments regret. I say good riddance to the radical muslim communist and may GOD Bless America.
well said rd king
March 21, 2009 - 20:17 ET by gmg2aewell said rd king
Devil dog
March 21, 2009 - 21:22 ET by SlicksterDevil dog is another paid soros poster, check his previous posts, no debate on any issue just personal attacks and childish name calling.
Time to say the very unpopular and provocative
March 21, 2009 - 22:48 ET by Rhymes With RightLet's assume that Maher is correct -- the dissenting words of certain conservatives increase the chance of some unspecified "horrible action" against Barack Obama.
So what?
After all, the alternative is government speech regulation, and the evisceration of the First Amendment.
Barack Obama took an oath to uphold, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. He is the commander in chief of our armed forces. As much as any of the soldiers at his command, he should be prepared to lay down his life to defend our nation's charter of liberty. If he isn't, he admit as much and resign.
Now please understand, I want nothing to happen to Barack Obama. I hope to see him live to a ripe old age -- long enough for history to have rendered a definitive verdict that his performance during his single term in the White House constituted one of the worst failures of a President in American history (ranking with Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan). But if the choice is between his life and our liberties, there is no contest.
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what are they so worried
March 22, 2009 - 00:06 ET by gmg2aewhat are they so worried about? not that i advocate harm to the kenyan, but if it did happened I'm sure there is another up and coming clueless communist just waiting in the wings to fill kenyan kremlin
Maher's worries.
March 22, 2009 - 08:36 ET by sargex1I really think he worries to much about other people. Maher and others like him should worry about themselves. I hope someday a rope factory opens and they give slip-knot tying lessons to the likes of Maher and Olbermann, so (in that last split second) just before their necks snap they wonder " will I be missed." When in truth they will not be missed one bit. Their days are numbered. The Truth will prevail...
If I was on the Present's
March 22, 2009 - 09:34 ET by RR GOPIf I was on the Present's Secret Service detail and guys like Matthews, Olberloudmouth or Mahem got anywhere near him I wouldn't take my eyes off of them for a second.
These are emotionally disturbed individuals and bear watching.
They are not unlike these kooks obsessed with Hollywood types who stalk and end up killing them, because if they can't have them no one else is.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).
Maher suggests that Glenn Beck is required to radicalize...
March 22, 2009 - 10:35 ET by ThalpyMaher suggests that Glenn Beck is required to radicalize the Arab mob. How stupid! Although the MSM did its best to hide the real Obama from us and protect their champion's dark side, many of us knew the SDS of the 1960s, studied economics (including the London School), read Reveille for Radicals, and the later Rules for Radicals, learned about socialism and social justice--all without the help of Glenn Beck. What's more, just as our founding fathers, we saw Obama coming and we knew what he was bringing with him. I don't know anyone who wants physical harm to come to Mr. Obama, but I do know many who want his policies to fail.
SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I-Vt.):
March 22, 2009 - 13:50 ET by bknownstDoes the I in (I-Vt) stand ford idiot? He talks about the rich elite , does this fool not know that George Soros, Warren Buffet, Ted Kennedy, and John Kerry are all liberal Democrats? What a load of crap these morons were talking about Glen Beck - he's crazy and these clowns are sane? Nobody who is sane and not retarded voted for Obama!
They should worry about what our enemies are going to do to the people of this country because we have another liberal pantywaist in the White House instead of what Americans might to to our communist leader!
Wonder if Maher, Obama and the Demockacrats and leftists...
March 22, 2009 - 15:15 ET by CKA in Red State USA...understand that by the very nature of how Obama conducts himself now, that he is making things dangerous for him?
Or that how the unrestrained amoral and ill-advised things the Demockacrats/Dementocrats now do make things dangerous for Obama?
Or how that the bots such as Maher and everyone else of his intellectual and moral bankruptcy, which includes all of the advocacy/adversary media, make things dangerous for Obama by their remarks?
Or how the attacks by Obama and his administration, engineered by Rahm Emmanuel, Paul Begala, James Carville and others of their maliciousness, also make things dangerous for Obama?
Apparently none of them understand that even that changes that seem to be occurring now did not have to happen at political light speed, nor with the blunt end of a piece of pipe, as Barack "I won" Obama and his thugs and thugettes now do.
I have prayed and continue to pray that Obama and his family and administration suffer not even a scratch during their limited term in office.
But their blame-everyone-else act only goes so far.
Their arrogant antagonism of everyone that disagrees with them is really unwise. And really rooted in ignorance.
Bill Mahr
March 22, 2009 - 19:45 ET by GigglingGooglerSo Bill believes in responsibility of free speech? Isn't he the one who said on his Polically Incorrect program that he thought the 9/11 hijackers were courageous? And! Doesn't he berate our boys doing the fighting in other lands?
He didn't get any
March 23, 2009 - 04:18 ET by SlicksterHe didn't get any traction with the Rush smear so he's moving on to see if it will work on Beck. I'm glad that olbermoron lives in fear.
glenn beck rebuts maher
March 23, 2009 - 22:49 ET by katainkenthere. Makes for a good read.
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Obama does not perform as advertised. I'd like a refund.
Taxed Enough Already.