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In reply to the discussion: Maher: "This is like the Cleveland guy having a pizza party for those girls he had in his basement.” [View all]IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)59. I know Bill can be a pill.
But there's a lot of honey in my bank for people who perform the much needed public service of stomping everything GOP. If he ranges a little too far afield at times, maybe I'm too much like an adoring, indulgent mother. I feel the same about David Letterman. He can hardly do anything unforgivable in my eyes because he hammered on Romney w/o an ounce of mercy. Every night like clockwork. I'm sure we owe him a general debt of gratitude for his help.
Anyway, Maher's more of a satirist than outright comedian.
Overall, an enemy of my enemy is at least a potential friend to me.
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Maher: "This is like the Cleveland guy having a pizza party for those girls he had in his basement.” [View all]
kpete
Jun 2013
OP
The man did lose a lucrative network contract for making a wise crack when his job is to
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#28
and no doubt thought they were "doing God's work" in de-funding the evil government. n/t
Ligyron
Jun 2013
#57
I think we're a very long way from being in real peril from a slightly weaker military
caraher
Jun 2013
#56
Bush also fell off a Segway. It has computers and gyroscopes and he still managed it.
Paulie
Jun 2013
#18
I am not particularly happy with the analogy, but I agree with this statement,
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#25
This is more like Charles Manson dancing on the graves of the people he had murdered.
Lint Head
Jun 2013
#26
Funny: Maher's name is so often misspelled on DU that the correct spelling looks weird. n/t
trackfan
Jun 2013
#39
It offended some of his guests on the show, but the reality is a lot families lives have been
still_one
Jun 2013
#52
Most Republicans don't. Soldiers are tools to them. If the tool is destroyed, you replace it with
Nanjing to Seoul
Jun 2013
#64