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BigmanPigman

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41. Bill Maher got really pissed off at her and Salman Rushdie

Reply to DinahMoeHum (Reply #12)

Tue Mar 20, 2018, 08:52 PM

Mar 2018

when they were on his show about 6 months ago. He wanted these two fellow liberals to agree with him that the Dems play too nice and need to use some of the tactics the GOP does to win elections and they both said, "No, you must take the high road". Bill was as frustrated with that answer as I was.

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Fran Leibowitz on the night Trump got elected [View all] octoberlib Mar 2018 OP

Wow. This quote--- A-Schwarzenegger Mar 2018 #1

Hatred keeps them alive MFM008 Mar 2018 #2

That is it Cosmocat Mar 2018 #4

Let's all hope DownriverDem Mar 2018 #10

Even further Cosmocat Mar 2018 #18

Magnificent quote! IluvPitties Mar 2018 #15

Yeah, that struck me too. lagomorph777 Mar 2018 #30

This is the truth. Its all around me. Hateful people. In a word, deplorable. poboy2 Mar 2018 #34

"look down on" equals fear + hate A-Schwarzenegger Mar 2018 #36

I remember something like this: sprinkleeninow Mar 2018 #46

it also explains gun fever. n/t SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2018 #44

I LOVE Fran Leibowitz. betsuni Mar 2018 #3

The hatred has been there True Blue American Mar 2018 #5

Nixon was using racism to get votes well before Reagan. Nitram Mar 2018 #6

Yes,he was True Blue American Mar 2018 #9

Sickening. IluvPitties Mar 2018 #17

Psyops used to take down our democracy neohippie Mar 2018 #7

The weak, the poor, the hungry, the fearful, the lonely Farmer-Rick Mar 2018 #8

It was the perfect storm of propaganda, racism, misogyny, greed, and suppression bigbrother05 Mar 2018 #11

Weaponize information? Thirty by 30 Mar 2018 #26

Do you believe what CA is doing is the same thing? neohippie Mar 2018 #28

And why don't you read some history Thirty by 30 Mar 2018 #29

I'm a student of history is fascinating neohippie Mar 2018 #31

With all due respect, Lebowitz lives in a bubble herself. DinahMoeHum Mar 2018 #12

Fran a "clueless jerk"? betsuni Mar 2018 #20

We don't need "extremely witty intellectuals" like her in our ranks. DinahMoeHum Mar 2018 #22

Well then, I don't belong in your ranks. betsuni Mar 2018 #24

What nonsense. We need everybody we can get. Even witty intellectuals. octoberlib Mar 2018 #33

Then let her just send some $$$$. . . DinahMoeHum Mar 2018 #35

You want a well known author to send money robbob Mar 2018 #39

If all she's going to do is complain complain complain. . . DinahMoeHum Mar 2018 #40

Yes, She May Live RobinA Mar 2018 #37

Bill Maher got really pissed off at her and Salman Rushdie BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #41

I thought she was blonde? Ligyron Mar 2018 #13

I've never seen a picture of her as a blonde. octoberlib Mar 2018 #14

You do not know who this Fran Leibowitz is. betsuni Mar 2018 #19

Oh, you are absolutely right! Ligyron Mar 2018 #32

I knew who you meant, I mix up the names but NOT the faces BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #42

Fran blonde? Never. Duppers Mar 2018 #38

Just a thought, you could have her confused with Duppers Mar 2018 #47

It's about a hatred of ALL things they are NOT. nt Ferrets are Cool Mar 2018 #16

K&R excellent interview . Thanks for the read lunasun Mar 2018 #21

"Naked racism is behind Trump's election". True that. nt oasis Mar 2018 #23

Naked racism AND bdjhawk Mar 2018 #43

K&R Scurrilous Mar 2018 #25

We need EVERYONE cilla4progress Mar 2018 #27

I've said it before Bettie Mar 2018 #45

We felt her PAIN! Only I Cha Mar 2018 #48

I can so identify with this quote... Duppers Mar 2018 #49