Bill Maher fans - his comments on Bush and Kerry on "Hardball"

[Eric J in MN]

On "Hardball" last week, Bill Maher said Kerry has honor and integrity, while Bush just likes using the words "honor" and "integrity."

For more on the Bill Maher appearance, visit MoveLeft Media:
http://moveleft.com

[indigobusiness]

1. That's rich...

If you like to laugh at the Bush Regime...

visit:

http://sludgereport.blogspot.com/

guaranteed to make you laugh or your money back.

[BlueEyedSon]

2. Choice tidbits (I LOVE Bill Maher!)

MATTHEWS: Bill Maher, what do you make of this fight over whether he threw ribbons or medals in 1971, a third of a century ago?

BILL MAHER: Why are you covering this? Why are you taking this bait, seriously? Why are you even letting them bait you into covering this complete nonissue? This guy has medals. This guy has ribbons. The other guy didn‘t go. That‘s the whole story.

The other guy is a draft dodger. They were both rich kids in the ‘60s. One of them went to where the bullets were flying and one of them found a way not to go and then he lied about that. Stop covering the medals.

MATTHEWS: All right, I did have to cover it because he had a lot to say last night. Apparently, John Kerry wanted to go on and make clear something where he maybe he should have shut up about it, but he wanted to make clear that he was being truthful because he said medals and ribbons mean the same to a guy who actually served in the military.

MAHER: Look, one guy went into the National Guard, which back then was a way of getting out of it. On top of that, he had the nerve to say to Tim Russert, and, you know, if my Guard unit had been called up, I would have gone. How very brave, Mr. President, considering that only 8,700 out of 2.5 million men and women who went to Vietnam, only 8,700 Guard people were ever called up there, 0.03 percent. So there was no chance he would have been called up.

That‘s George Bush for you. Hold me back, hold me back.

MATTHEWS: Well, he did say in a recent press conference with everyone watching apparently, 30 million people watched this press conference recently the president was asked if he ever made any mistakes, and he said he hadn‘t made any.

MAHER: He was drunk until he was 40. That‘s not a mistake?

[Eric J in MN]

4. Bush was making dumb jokes about the "mistakes" question

Bush was making dumb jokes about the "mistakes" question at the White House Correspondents' Dinner this week.

It went something like:

I couldn't think of any mistakes at the time. I should have said, Calling on that reporter was a mistake.

[SemperEadem]

5. I worship Bill Maher

[homelandpunk]

7. thanks for posting that transcript... fucking awesome.

Makes you wonder if matthews ever does any introspectin of his Bush-fawning after he hears the real shit laid out like that. I'm sure he just laughed at Maher, but never really considered what was being said. He will never say to himself in a moment of clartity: "Oh my god, look how duped I have been." None of those whores, no matter how clearly it is said to them, no matter who slaps them in the face, as with Maher's awesome performance, none of it will force them into a public mea culpa. They just laugh at "the funnyman" who is supposed to be funny and say things that are "off the wall" and go on to fawn and whore again.

[Eric J in MN]

12. Chris Matthews fawned over how good Bush supposedly looked

Chris Matthews fawned over how good Bush supposedly looked in a flight-suit before the "Mission Accomplished" speech, repeatedly.

As far as I know, Matthews has never apologized, and said that he should have focused on the question of whether the mission was truly accomplished instead of being so superficial.

[billybob537]

3. OUCH!

The truth hurts.:hurts:

[Eric J in MN]

6. Maher was really good on "Hardball." nt

nt

[mzmolly]

8. It was a great show. Wouldn't you love to see him for VP???

:evilgrin:

[Doctor_J]

9. He is LP, I think

I am pretty sure he voted for * in 2000. Seems to have come to his senses though.

[mzmolly]

10. I think he voted Nader in 00???

But, I like what he has to say MOST of the time as of late. :hi:

[Eric J in MN]

11. Yes, when Ralph Nader was on "RealTime,"

Yes, when Ralph Nader was on "RealTime," Bill Maher said he voted for him in 2000.

[wyldwolf]

13. Just another example of how Kerry is Bush-lite

...having honor and integrity and just knowing how to use those words are really the same thing, ya know! </sarcasm>