Rush Limbaugh: Wouldn't it Be Funny If Bill Maher's the 'First Casualty in the War on Women?'
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh asked a great question on his program Thursday.
"Will Bill Maher be the first casualty in the war on women? Ha! Who woulda thought, folks?" (video follows courtesy Daily Rushbo with transcript and commentary):
RUSH LIMBAUGH: Even after last week, I was supposed to be banished and finished and gone forever. Conservative talk radio was supposed to be dead and buried -- the last remaining opposition to Obama, by the way (plus some brave, courageous conservative bloggers). The conservative media at large, Obama's not so much concerned about them. Now, last week all this was supposed to work. Finally, the dream was to have come true! And instead what's happened? (chuckling) What's happened is... Here. Grab audio sound bite number five. What has happened? We've got the polls. We've got the White House in panic. Gasoline prices! Talk radio, Limbaugh, were supposed to have been finally taken care of, banished and gone forever. No more serious opposition to Obama.
And instead here is Wolf Blitzer on CNN yesterday...
WOLF BLITZER, CNN: The latest casualty in the firestorm engulfing conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh could be the liberal comedian Bill Maher who's now getting a lot of heat from Republicans and some Democrats alike for his own recent inflammatory comments.
LIMBAUGH: "The latest casualty from the firestorm engulfing" me is not talk radio; it's their own Bill Maher. They're lamenting, "Oh, no, what's happened here? Now everybody's focusing on Maher and some of the other truly base, disgusting, vile everyday stuff coming from Democrat media people." That's now being looked at. That now is being examined. None of this was supposed to happen.
BREAK TRANSCRIPT
LIMBAUGH: It's kind of funny to ponder the question: "Will Bill Maher be the first casualty in the war on women?" Ha! Who woulda thought, folks? But there's old Wolf Blitzer (mumbling), "The first casualty... the latest casualty ... firestorm ... is Bill Maher!" So this mythical war on women takes out Bill Maher, perhaps.
That would be funny, wouldn't it?
For his part, Maher actually did an interview with ABC's Jake Tapper Thursday to try to easy the pressure that's apparently on him:
BILL MAHER: To compare [what I said about Palin] to Rush is ridiculous – he went after a civilian about very specific behavior, that was a lie, speaking for a party that has systematically gone after women’s rights all year, on the public airwaves. I used a rude word about a public figure who gives as good as she gets, who’s called people “terrorist” and “unAmerican.” Sarah Barracuda. The First Amendment was specifically designed for citizens to insult politicians. Libel laws were written to protect law students speaking out on political issues from getting called whores by Oxycontin addicts.
Actually, once one becomes an activist he or she ceases to be a civilian or a private citizen and is therefore entitled to the same scrutiny as any public figure.
That's been part of the lie in this since the controversy started: somehow Sandra Fluke, a 30-year-old women's rights activist, was entitled to say whatever she wanted about healthcare with complete immunity from criticism.
Sorry. That's not what happens once you step into the public square.
But I wouldn't expect a dunce like Maher to understand that.
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It would be much more than funny...
Submitted by Grumpy in Arizona on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 4:35pm.
...It would be great!
Buh Bye Bill.
- Grump :o)
His producers may have difficulty finding Democratic pols . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 5:08pm.
. . . especially females like Wasserman-Schultz, to come on his show. He's likely become poison to them at this point.
If Bill Maher can use the
Submitted by bretzysdude on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 5:11pm.
If Bill Maher can use the excuse that he's a comedian, why couldn't Michael Richards? #rhetorical
That is a
Submitted by nolefan2 on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 5:22pm.
very good question! I had forgotten about Michael. We all know it's the old double standard.
I'm betting the Richards probably voted for Obama
Submitted by Quasi-socialist on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 5:54pm.
I don't know him to have been conservative--I even think he cited his political orientation in his defense when this all blew up.
Stand-up? Check.
Liberal? Check.
I think it's because we don't know for sure if the person in the audience was a black conservative . Since we can't be sure that he deserved what he got for helping the forces of darkness, (sarcasm) it was offensive. Had it been Clarence Thomas, it might have been called "edgy".
Right On!
Submitted by gailannr on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 1:03am.
These comments and the insight tonight is just great! I haven't even thought about what Michael Richards went through but what a great example. Thanks bretzysdue!
We Didn't Start This War
Submitted by Free Stinker on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 5:12pm.
. . . And the Liberals can end it anytime they choose. I guess we'll have to see just how much counter-attacking they can stand.
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
I'm not giving up!
Submitted by gailannr on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 12:54am.
NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER GIVE IN!
He still doesn't get it.
Submitted by Janey on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 5:17pm.
He still doesn't get that it's okay to go after political figures, but it's NOT okay to resort to disgusting, crude sexual insults just because the political figure happens to be a woman. The fact that any Democrat women put up with this behavior just shows what hypocrites they are.
I don't want
Submitted by nolefan2 on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 5:25pm.
to see anyone silenced from speaking their opinions, but if there was to be a casualty of the "war on women," then I'll give the honor to Mr. Maher. After all, Rush said one thing about one person. Bill Maher has said things about many women.
Stand up or not
Submitted by Quasi-socialist on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 5:48pm.
it's about ridicule . Both comics and nasty people can engage in ridicule. It's funny when comics do it, but saying that it is more appropriate just ignores what Maher means by "edgy".
Saying that you're "edgy" and proper is kinda stupid.
Some of us understand that the conscious effort to offend your political opponents began with the Frankfort School. We also understand that theory to ridicule your opponents for political advantage came in with Alinsky. The left pretending that they are measured in anything is funny.
those that live by the sword die by the sword
Submitted by MidAmerica on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 5:54pm.
It's too late now. Maher is already damaged.
and to make it even funnier he's out a million bucks.
Glass House.....
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 5:57pm.
....meet stone.
The guy;s stock-in-trade is being offensive, and then he gets on to somebody for committing an offense that pales next to his own. It's going to be hilarious when he loses his platform and has to migrate over to Gore's non-existent network.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
that's why
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 10:31pm.
all of this is actually good as it puts a spotlight on the libs and their own nasty low class sub human tactics. I mean you know about the kettle calling the pot black...
We use this to highlight how much these people are lowlifes. For example every time one of them calls a conservative a racist remind them of where the kay kay kay came from and what party fought to keep civil rights bills from passing like Gore's father. We don't relent. Run the list. Display who they are and defeat these hypocrites.
Wouldn't it be funny [GREAT] if HBO canceled Maher . . after all
Submitted by Gary Hall on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 6:06pm.
Wouldn't it be funny [GREAT] if HBO canceled Maher . . after all HBO just canceled production of it's mini-series, "Luck," staring Dustin Hoffman, because of the death, on set, of 3 horses.
Isn't the exposure of a pig, on HBO, equivalent?
(;~/ gary
And soon, the death of a Fourth Horse
Submitted by Galvanic on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 8:10pm.
How much more carnage can HBO withstand?
I thougt he (maher)
Submitted by gailannr on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 12:51am.
was a donkey-faced jackass?
Has Peta taken notice yet?
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 8:16pm.
Sure hope their nakid!
PETA?? I wouldn't trust
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 8:51pm.
PETA??
I wouldn't trust them around animals.
The only way PETA would take
Submitted by Free Stinker on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 9:46pm.
The only way PETA would take notice would be if we told them Sarah Palin was the last person seen near those horses . . .
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
Yea well,
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 10:36pm.
The Horses were already dead?
Ha!!!!!!!!
Submitted by gailannr on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 12:49am.
Good one Gary! No, GREAT one Gary!
They're constantly moving the
Submitted by CM on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 8:12pm.
They're constantly moving the goalposts. Bristol Palin wasn't a public figure yet the likes of Bill Mahr had no problems going after her.
HBO
Submitted by Stinkinbadgez on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 9:09pm.
I amazed that anyone Christian or conservative still watches or subscribes to HBO. It is your money they are using to mock, ridicule and distort every thing you believe in. Wake up. They have a very obvious agenda. Where do you think the money comes from to advance that agenda? That goes for you to Sean Hannity.
Is that
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 10:34pm.
Dave Stank?
Bloomberg News puts a Leftist spin on the boycott and
Submitted by Rush Fan on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 11:37pm.
defection of a few of Rush Limbaugh's sponsors. In an article titled Limbaugh Has Advertisers Recalculating Web’s Power: Tech, Bloomberg reporter Edmund Lee writes:
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Wrong.
Submitted by The Vet on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 1:05am.
Maher: "The First Amendment was specifically designed for citizens to insult politicians."
Wrong. It is not.
There are carve-outs for defamation under the First Amendment. You can't just libel and slur politicians just because they are public figures.
Speaking of "citizens" ...
Submitted by needle on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 10:39am.
...By any chance does Bill Maher claim to have been born in Hawaii?
- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.
The left still loves Maher
Submitted by rowdygirl on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 11:13am.
The left still loves Maher and he won't go anywhere.. they'll just shun him for a bit until this dies down.
Tam
Get Bill Maher Thrown Off the Air
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 11:27am.
Let's see how this lying libutard likes being canceled a second time
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Right Back At You Maher
Submitted by txradioguy on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 12:20pm.
"The First Amendment was specifically designed for citizens to insult politicians. Libel laws were written to protect law students speaking out on political issues from getting called whores by Oxycontin addicts."
Careful there Bill...if the law was written the way you believe it was...then it also protects former female VP candidates from getting called the C word by pot smoking douchebags like you.