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Did PJ O'Rourke recommend segregation again on Maher last night? (Original Post) Eliot Rosewater Sep 2018 OP
When People Tell You Who They Are... dlk Sep 2018 #1
I dont get why Maher gets so much comfort from these good ole boy types Eliot Rosewater Sep 2018 #2
Because he's a racist dick. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2018 #6
Why? Because he has the temerity to criticize Islam? n/t MicaelS Sep 2018 #9
No, because he's a racist dick about it. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2018 #12
That is your opinion. MicaelS Sep 2018 #14
Alrighty! WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2018 #15
He showed signs of drunkenness. padfun Sep 2018 #3
Either that or he's on drugs kimbutgar Sep 2018 #4
I actually thought he was drunk too. smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #11
O'Rourke was pretty pathetic on Bill Maher's show last night. I loved skylucy Sep 2018 #5
Catherine Rampell. smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #13
Everything he said on Bill Maher last night was stupid. jcgoldie Sep 2018 #7
O'Rourke was a tolerable human being, long ago.... Paladin Sep 2018 #8
PJ's schtick is done for RhodeIslandOne Sep 2018 #10
Why are they dragging that old husk out of the compost bin? blogslut Sep 2018 #16

MicaelS

(8,747 posts)
14. That is your opinion.
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 03:17 PM
Sep 2018

Mine differs.

Maher is one of the few people who speaks out on the stupidity of all religions, but the fact he goes after Islam drives some on Left nuts, inasmuch as Islam appears to be the current darling of much of the Left. Anyone who criticizes the beliefs of Islam or its adherents is deemed a bigot.

That many on the Left are Islam's champion never ceases to amaze me.

padfun

(1,786 posts)
3. He showed signs of drunkenness.
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 12:11 PM
Sep 2018

I do believe he has a drinking problem. And it is past the beginning stage.

kimbutgar

(21,028 posts)
4. Either that or he's on drugs
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 01:18 PM
Sep 2018

He was really off last night. I almost felt sorry for him being so unstable in appearance and character. In the aftershow he was muted. Michael Moore was giving him the stink eye.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
11. I actually thought he was drunk too.
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 03:08 PM
Sep 2018

He looked completely out of it. His eyes were almost closed Also, he's apparently a fucking libertarian, so I don't know why Bill had him on the show in the first place. He had nothing worthwhile to say.

skylucy

(3,737 posts)
5. O'Rourke was pretty pathetic on Bill Maher's show last night. I loved
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 02:50 PM
Sep 2018

how the young woman (cannot remember her name) jumped in and nailed him a couple of times when he said stupid things. He didn't really bother me that much because he just seemed to be trying to be funny... but nobody was laughing since he wasn't making any sense.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
13. Catherine Rampell.
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 03:11 PM
Sep 2018

She was very sharp. Definitely the brightest guest he had on last night. She had a few slams against Steve Hilton as well, who completely deserved it. I liked Thom Hartmann as well.

jcgoldie

(11,607 posts)
7. Everything he said on Bill Maher last night was stupid.
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 02:54 PM
Sep 2018

How about that stupid fucking story about a reporter in Mogadishu pulling out a gun and calling it a visa card... WTF?

Paladin

(28,241 posts)
8. O'Rourke was a tolerable human being, long ago....
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 03:01 PM
Sep 2018

...when he was running the "National Lampoon" magazine and doing shit-loads of cocaine. His born-again crypto-Nazi thing is really tiresome.

 

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)
10. PJ's schtick is done for
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 03:05 PM
Sep 2018

You can no longer snarkily defend the GOP anymore when Trumpy McShitgibbon is the standard bearer.

blogslut

(37,975 posts)
16. Why are they dragging that old husk out of the compost bin?
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 04:59 PM
Sep 2018

Saw him on some MSNBC roundtable thing recently too. He was practically incoherent. Is he selling a book or something? Why is he making the rounds all of a sudden?

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