"When we see crazy, senseless deaths like this, we can only ask why, why, why couldn't it have been Glenn Beck?"
So joked Bill Maher Friday evening on HBO's "Real Time."
During his opening monologue, Maher addressed John Bedell, the man that was shot and killed Thursday when he attacked the Pentagon.
For some reason, the comedian used the incident as a vehicle to go after the Fox News host (video embedded below the fold with transcript, h/t Ed Morrissey, file photo):
BILL MAHER: Now, speaking of crazy white people, you know about the Truthers? You know who these people are? I had to throw them out of the studio one night. These people who think 9/11 was an inside job, that the Pentagon was hit by a cruise missile. Well, yesterday one of them tried to shoot his way into the Pentagon. Or did he? This sad, he left a, they got him, but you know, he left a rambling, paranoid manifesto on the Internet about how the government was going after his freedom. You know, it's sad. When we see crazy, senseless deaths like this, we can only ask why, why, why couldn't it have been Glenn Beck?
Unlike when Maher wished the assassination attempt on then Vice President Dick Cheney had been successful, this was clearly a joke in an opening monologue.
But is wishing someone dead funny?
And what does it say about the folks that attend the filming of "Real Time" that they laughed and applauded rather than hissed and booed?
Sickening. Truly sickening.
That said, Maher really did throw a Truther off his set a few years ago.
Now THAT was FUNNY!
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Is there no chance we could
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 11:48 ET by notonmywatchIs there no chance we could go with the digital paper bag if there has to be pictures of this guy?
His face screams "leftist asshat"
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'His face screams "leftist asshat"'
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 13:08 ET by Edward LeeIt's that perpetual condescending smirk seemingly botoxed onto his face.
What makes his joke even more disgusting is that he specifically ties race into it with "crazy white people". How many nanoseconds do you think a conservative on FOX would have remained on the air after the (DC-area sniper) John Allen Muhammad episode if he had jokingly lamented "crazy black people" not having shot, say, Jesse Jackson?
We should take such
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 13:32 ET by notonmywatchWe should take such incitement more seriously. The media is provoking these attacks, and has been for years. http://www.newsnmax.com/blog/Joseph_Stack_Another_Media-Provoked_Killer_...
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Now that I look at BM
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 17:44 ET by ohiochilihes got those little piggy eyes and a nose like Mr. Potato Head.
I don't wish BM dead..but it would really be funny if he lost his job. He should study the career of Rosie Barr...outrageous can only be funny for so long then you become poison and have to resort to dressing up like hitler baking cookies to get attention.
Right on the Head...
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 02:10 ET by adamsmithohiochili hit it right on the head. I was thinking the same thing as I was watching this pathetic "comedian". Shocking tends to die, and the only thing really spewing out of this character is vitriol against people who don't share his far left socialist ideology. This guy thinks he's a Libertarian, and he's the furthest thing from it. He's an anti-Republican,anti-conservative,anti-American ideologue. How he's got a show is unfathomable to me. It's a one hour hate fest for the 9% of the country that belongs to this socialist subset...
Watching Sean Penn on this show was also incredulous. I've never seen the show,"Are you Smarter than a Fifth Grader?" but I get the idea. This guy isn't on fifth grade level. It shocked me how ignorant and uneducated he is, and why should anyone listen to someone this stupid. Michael Moore was via satellite(I was thinking he IS a satellite) and at this point he's just out of his head.
So that was the show for this week, Arianna Huffington, Bill Maher, Sean Penn, and Michael Moore on one show. It's like the moonbat lunatics are circling the wagons as the Obama administration crashes down the cliff. These people are really going to start unravelling badly right about now.....
Michael moore could be a satellite
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 02:18 ET by RESTLESS 1He has his own gravitational pull. I'd throw rocks at him, but they would just circle around him in his orbit.
"If the man, with the power, can't keep it under control...some heads are gonna roll." -Judas Priest
A Liberal Nut at the Pentagon - and a 'Truther' dies. ACA
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 11:48 ET by acaiguanaGee...
There is a connection? I dunno, is this one of the 'death threats' that Liberals claim to always get on their phones, but no recording seems to exist?
The headline should read, Maher leaves death threat on Beck's TV?
Give me a break.
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Bill Mohair jokes about shooting Beck
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 17:09 ET by CO2MakerYet he has previously complained with great alarm and concern that the Tea People, all white and then some, want Ba-lack O'Bama not only to fail, but to die. And those colorless rightwing nuts might just scream loudly enough to provoke an even righter-wing guy to shoot O'Bama. Mohair is afraid of someone killing O'B, but he actually calls for that to happen to GB?
Well, whatcha know about that. Leftwing inconsistency. Who'dathunk?
A stronger word than
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 01:29 ET by hbnolikeeecalling the leftwing behavior "inconsistent" you might call it duplicitous of hypocritical or but actually, sadly for the leftwingers it is more the norm.
"Teabagger Tag"...
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 02:16 ET by adamsmithAnyone else notice lately that the left, in a united front(as if they all got George Soros' memo at the same time. I think they really did)have ALL stopped using the word TEABAGGER and all the lefties now refer to it as the Teaparty Movement? This is no accident as they know the movement is strong enough to drive Socialism out. I seem to remember Pelosi calling it "astroturf", Keith Olbergoebbels said TEABAGGER so much I thought he would piss himself, he thought he was so funny.
Now, none of them use it. Good thing they can pretend video of them saying these things doesn't exist or they'd be really.....Oh, that's right.......
Interesting
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 02:27 ET by RESTLESS 1I just assumed they were too busy being teabagged by teabaggers to spit it out.
(I'm sorry. Really, I'm sorry.)
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Mohair doesn't want to tea bag Beck
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 09:19 ET by CO2MakerHe wants to toe-tag him!
No surpirse
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 11:55 ET by okie-pastorIt's Bill Maher. The real surprise would be if anyone expected something decent, polite, or classy from him.
That Bill Maher....he kills me!
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 11:55 ET by jefflebowskiDo libs really find Maher funny? Entertaining? Knowledgable? I mean really? Or is it he's just a shrill voice of stupidity throwing bombs? Considering Garofalo, Franken, Robin Williams and other liberal "comedians," I'd say it's the voice of stupidity throwing bombs thing.
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Careful Jeff
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 12:00 ET by UpNorthyou'll be treated to a rant on how Maher, Stewart and Colbert are "satirists" and are "very funny" by some of our resident lib trolls. That we just don't get it, why their audience just loves them.
Sadly, for some libs, this does pass for humor and biting social commentary.
As one of your resident Liberals
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 13:07 ET by dgvI agree with you about Maher. He isn't a satirist, he is an attack dog. I watched the show last night and it wasn't funny. His standup, which for some reason features Palin every week whether she is relevant or not, was weak. Even the audience, which he jokingly scolded, wasn't laughing. Seriously. The Glenn Beck joke, if that's what you would call it, was beyond weak. It was as if just putting his name at the end of the joke as a punchline made it funny. I am all for making fun of Beck, but at least make them good jokes.
Colbert and Stewart are a different stripe in my opinon. I don't expect anyone here to like them but at least agree that they are much better performers.
dgv, I can
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 15:50 ET by UpNorthgo there, Colbert and Stewart are of a different stripe. I, personally, don't find them funny. Some do. Maher is not funny, never has been, and, barring a brain transplant, never will be.
Colbert and Stewart
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 02:38 ET by adamsmithColbert and Stewart aren't funny. They've got writers and they just read the crap. Maher's got writers too. It's all vitriol spewed to people who don't know any better....
Political News Source
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 13:27 ET by Jerry MackWhat is really sad is that many people consider these 3 as reliable political news sources. But what can you say about people that watch the comedy channel for this purpose.
Why Can't comedians just
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 12:01 ET by Goldni007Why Can't comedians just focus on being funny and not being political? That said, Glenn Beck is ALOT more funnier than this midget.
“The time has come to acknowledge that it is counterfeit objectivity the liberal media try to sell consumers.” – Sarah Palin
Jeff, Robin Williams
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 23:42 ET by Nortotribute to the American flag is quite inspirational. I am not sure of his politics, but that video is great.
He actually "plays" the flag:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_L1vLv84vs
enjoy
Maher could be truly funny.....
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 11:59 ET by pantryman...if he would just go and bleed to death.....
I would laugh...and laugh.....and laugh...........
Looking forward to November...this year !
pantryman
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 12:12 ET by ricklailI remember the scene in the History of the World Part I where the guy was cutting up in the cave entrance trying to make the others laugh. Well when the dinosuar come and ate him they all laughed. What you said reminded me of that.
“Democrats couldn't care less if people in Indiana hate them. But if Europeans curl their lips, liberals can't look at themselves in the mirror.”—Ann Coulter
Semper superne nitens
And I am reminded . . . .
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 15:44 ET by DoktorFranken. . . . of the World's First Art Critic peeing on Sid Ceasar - the World's first painter.
Sarah Palin: The Most Dangerous Conservative In America
Sorry can't resist
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 17:09 ET by ohiochiliand the camera panning by the Roman senators who are just saying 'bullsh*t, bullsh*t, bullsh*t, bullsh*t
and most of them still speak the same language today.
Me Either
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 17:17 ET by countmein5050"I didn't get a harumph outta that guy! Give the (senator) a Harumph"
Governor
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 20:42 ET by B-townGiantNot Senator. Blazing Saddles. Classic.
"Excuse me while I whip this out!"
"Oh, boys! Lookee what I got here!" "Hey, where are all the white women at!"
I Know...I referenced it to the previous post
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 20:43 ET by countmein5050How to choose which favorite line from all the great lines in that movie!!!
His face screams "Where's the barf bag?"
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 12:00 ET by no tingly legsLooking at his puss is one of the very rare times in life when being blind might sometimes be a good thing.
NO MORE HOAX & CHAINS
Mahr suffers from 'little
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 12:05 ET by Captain RepusMahr suffers from 'little man' syndrome which can, in certain men with limited sexual satisfaction due to physical inadequacy, cause them to blindly lash-out vile hatred towards those who they see as acheiving notoriety, sexual satisfaction and stature that they are incapable of.
I think if you put one of those height check bars used at Disneyland at the entrance to Mahr's studio audience all of them would easily pass under it. When his cameras pan his audience, most viewers don't understand that the people are all standing.
Hey, ease up, huh?!?
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 02:43 ET by adamsmithHey ease up on lil Billy. If you were 5'6',prematurely balding, and had a one inch pecker, you'd be a dick too............
Maher's been mad ever since
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 02:46 ET by RESTLESS 1That hooker asked him if it was an innie or an outie.
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Maher wants a mention on a
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 12:11 ET by rfpzzzzzMaher wants a mention on a show people see. That is what most of his most outrageous stuff is about. The rest of it is just lefty misery.
And the tea parties are the
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 12:16 ET by Radical1979And the tea parties are the purveyors of hate speech?!!
...
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 14:00 ET by EugeniaProjection projection projection. The most vile hate speech is always found on the left, equaled only by neo-nazis.
"When people stop believing in God, they don't believe in nothing -- they believe in anything."
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Eugenia...
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 16:58 ET by ww thumperIm not a lib or a nazi, but i'm going to say some "hate speach" Maher's comment was a STUUUPID DUMB AXX LIBERAL thing to say!
Why would anybody want to be "intertained" by this fool..?..he's not intertaining...he's just an ITIOT! WW
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Sat, 03/06/2010 - 17:27 ET by EugeniaLol!! That doesn't qualify as hate speech. You're just stating a fact!
"When people stop believing in God, they don't believe in nothing -- they believe in anything."
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What's up with maher. He looks like death himself.
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 12:19 ET by jazboMust be all that far-left hate backing up inside him.
"Democrats; Breeding voters like farm animals since 1963"
There.....I said it.!
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 12:19 ET by DanoWhen we see crazy, senseless deaths like this, we can only ask why, why, why couldn't it have been BILL MAHER ?
There,.........I said it , I feel better, and I can go on with my day.
Maher's "joke" isn't even original!
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 12:28 ET by JnobleThe Onion had pretty much the same line about Beck almost word-for-word (albeit referencing a different tragedy) not too long ago. What a hack.
Hey Bill, get your own material
A minor disagreement
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 12:38 ET by ClericalGalNoel, I have to disagree with you and Ed Morrissey about this being just a "disgusting joke" from Maher. Maher has a pattern about joking about the deaths of people he disagrees with. He wished Rush had OD'd instead of Heath Ledger. He went to a Halloween party dressed as Steve Irwin, complete with khakis and fake Stingray stinger through his chest. (Maher is a member of PETA.) And now he jokes about Glenn Beck being shot. I emailed a complaint to HBO last night asking them to at least suspend him. They won't do it, of course, but at least I let them know how I felt. No conservative could ever get away with what Maher said. The man is despicable.
Just An Excuse
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 15:38 ET by miss911ninjaI agree with your disagreement CG. Maher's "joke" about Glenn was anything but. He truly wishes him dead. From what I can gather about Maher's "comedy" routines by reading about them here at NB, they seem to be nothing more than an excuse for his messages of hate and contempt.
Possum Face
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 13:06 ET by kilrodOle "possum face" Maher aint nothin but a steming pile of "kiffen" heaped on top of a stinking bowl of "pelosi". There ye go, these disgustingly true comments makes me a-a-a- well-- a disgusted Texas Patriot.
(grins) kilrod
If an unborn child cannot trust you, why should I,??
Let a well-known
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 13:20 ET by GregELet a well-known conservative/libertarian say that about a liberal and watch the fireworks.
It's the media hypocrisy that is driving the wedge in America.
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Liberal wingnut
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 13:30 ET by cajun2This is typical far left liberal wingnut. Instead of talking about the violence by a far left nut, he leaves out real substance and misdirects the issue by making it about Beck. And he thinks he was being funny. Louis Farakan says white people want Obama dead and gets not a whisper from the fringe media. The only people who give this man any time at all is the NB staff.
Typical Modern Progressive
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 13:48 ET by V the KHe doesn't lament that the shooting happened, he laments that it didn't happen in a way that helped his side.
He would still kick troofer
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 13:52 ET by TjexciteHe would still kick troofer of his set but call them tea partiers and wish death on them. Did he ever wish death to troofer the way he wishes death on Conservatives?
GOP House all the way
Truther was...
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 02:25 ET by adamsmithI saw that episode of Maher's show. If I had to guess I'd say that truther was a plant. Maher got all tough like he wasn't really a midget and was some kind of an ass kicker or something. As real as wrestling.....Total Fugazi...........
...
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 13:57 ET by EugeniaThis sputtering lilliputian knows nothing but hate and ill will. Not unusual for his progressive/lib ilk. I only wish Beck would point out his hypocrisy and hatred on Monday's show.
"When people stop believing in God, they don't believe in nothing -- they believe in anything."
-- GK Chesterton
Truthers on Real Time
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 14:01 ET by east tennessee johnIf BM isn't crapping us on his feelings about truthers, I guess we won't be seeing Van Jones, right? Bet me. Another tough guy who I like to spit in his face and see what he'd do about it. Punk.
I wouldn't worry too much
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 15:03 ET by doug1950about Maher. If he didn't do or say somthing stupid like this at least one a week he would completely disappear off the scene and be totally forgotting in a month. His followers are few and brain dead to boot. He is a frightened little man who is threatened by the likes of Beck and Palin. He feels inadequate just being on the same planet as them and people like them so he lashes out at every chance, even when there is no conceivable point.He is afraid one day, someone who keeps him employed will wake up and realize he has not talent, tell him so and let him go. A lot of Hollywood types suffer from this problem. That is why so many of them go to shrinks their entire lives.
He is pretty pathetic if you are willing to think about it for 5 seconds. One day, and soon, he will be sharing an apartment with Dick Cavett and they can be miserable together.
someone please explain to me.........
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 14:20 ET by Patriot IIwith all this B.S. about hate crimes.......why is this dirtbag maggot maher not nailed for Hate Crimes.......???? he is a despicable maggot without exception, but then there are several of his cousins around, like maddog, ollbermeister and the tingler!!!
Bill Maher
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 14:25 ET by Lu KingMaher is a cruel useful idiot.
Liberalism is a form of
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 14:32 ET by Mitch NJLiberalism is a form of mental illness.
Left Wing Extremist
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 14:38 ET by viluzionThese far left loonies fire up their base by preaching hatred for patriotic Americans. Maher should be thrown into prison for inciting people like the pentagon shooter to kill.
I left something out.
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 14:39 ET by viluzionI forgot to call Maher a homo.
I think most Homos think
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 02:28 ET by adamsmithI think most Homos think he's an ass too....
Isn't it nice that Bill M can say anything he
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 14:58 ET by Poljunkwishes.... It's called "freedom of Expression" So I presume Glenn Beck benefits from the same freedom of expression! I wonder how many folks out there wish Bill M. would meet with some untimely end...... can they say it out loud, you bet you!
Tell ya what, why don't you
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 23:38 ET by RowaneTell ya what, why don't you express such "freedom" about a judge in his jurisdiction, then you can find out how far freedom of expression really goes.
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Is Mahar ill? All his
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 15:42 ET by SlyrrIs Mahar ill? All his recent pictures give him the apperance of a famine victim.
I don't wish ill on anyone, but I can't help wondering if something's wrong with him - beyond his raving partisan lunacy.
It's Acute Chlorine Poisoning from too much time in the grotto
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 16:33 ET by SickofLibsplus the other "stuff" floating around in there.
The Grotto...
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 02:48 ET by adamsmithThey don't let him go in the grotto since he passed out and crapped himself in the water. He is now referred to at "The Mansion" as "Deuce"..............
There are no sponsors
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 15:56 ET by ricklailThere are no sponsors that you can write to to complain. The only way to shut him up is for enough people that subscribe to HBO drop those subscriptions and tell them why. That is not going to happen. Many HBO subscribers thing just like he does. Not all but many do.
If he ever lost the HBO show he would be welcomed with open arms over at MSNBC. He would fit right in with that crowd of idiots.
“Democrats couldn't care less if people in Indiana hate them. But if Europeans curl their lips, liberals can't look at themselves in the mirror.”—Ann Coulter
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Maher has a Mental Disorder
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 16:21 ET by ptsonHe can't help it. He is mentally ill! Talk to many of the people in any of the "diverse" groups that make up the left-wing lunatic fringe and you will notice the same thing. Mental instability! If you bring up their "issue" and question ANYTHING, it becomes pill time on the ward. INSANITY has spread ever since the "harmless" were freed from the crazy houses to save money. Well, they may not be a threat to themselves BUT they do HARM Civil Society.
Silly Billy
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 17:28 ET by rammingspeedWhat if Glen Beck said he wished Bill Maher had been murdered? What's about that, Bill, huh-huh-huh?
Paging Erik Estrada...
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 18:16 ET by bretzysdudePaging Erik Estrada...
Bill, Bill...
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 18:21 ET by konoWhat's with all the haa-aate, Bill?
Did they change your
prescriptions or something?
bill maher
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 20:15 ET by NotFondOfLibsbill maher wishes death on someone with a differing political ideology. What else is new with this lowlife?
MAHER
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 20:51 ET by charlietexasI love this guy. They scolded us for "name calling" and we were too stupid to have a rational debate. What a hypocrite.
KEEP IT UP MAHER AND THE REST OF YOU LOONS. YOU ARE DRIVING AWAY EVERYBODY FROM YOUR BS
God I'm sick of these
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 21:28 ET byGod I'm sick of these people. Whether they're in power or not, they just can't stop spewing hatred for people who don't think like they do.
Glenn please
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 00:15 ET by gailannrdon't dignify this POS by even acknowledging his remarks. He's just trying to drum up business. What a sleezebag, scum sucking loser!
Maher Fears Competition
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 01:29 ET by TenebrousLike all liberals, Maher thinks that he has some kind of right to have a job, to be powerful, to be respected, and to be adulated. Whenever someone else comes along that is equally popular, Maher gets jealous. I think that's what's behind his attacks on Palin and Beck -- they are getting attention and he's not. So he throws a little fit to get more attention.
Why is he so jealous? Because he views the world as a finite pie -- scarcity mentality. Because Palin or Beck gets attention, Maher feels that he does NOT. He is an insecure little man, but then again, all leftists are, for to a single soul, they all dwell under the eaves of fear -- fear that someone will take away what little that they have.
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Don't forget the new guy, Dale RATigan. He was featured on...
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 02:14 ET by jawebster1Fox News Watch tonight (March 6th) and he clearly belongs in the Rogues Gallery you mention. (Those guys, including Olbermann and Shuster, must compete with each other to see which one is the most obnoxious and most insane host on their loser channel. Needless to say, the competition is fierce.) Jim Webster
Why doesn't this fool go the way of Liberal Talk Radio? I'm...
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 02:01 ET by jawebster1sick of his rodent face and snarky comments. I have never watched his show and if it wasn't for NewsBusters, I wouldn't know he was alive. Is he? He looks like one of those Obama "Corpsemen" to me. Jim Webster
Soun
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 12:13 ET by jessieHSounds like obama is writing Maher's monologue.
As with Olby and a few
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 12:15 ET by RR GOPAs with Olby and a few others, isn't it best to simply ignore their rantings rather than posting them? We all know what they're about already. Why help their bottom line by keeping them relevant to thousands, if not millions who otherwise would be blissfully unaware of their invective?
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Maher
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 14:42 ET by Emma GrumpJust another liberal pea brain wishing death on someone.
Yawn - this is getting way too predictable & tiresome.