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Bill Maher defends Rush Limbaugh for 'slut' apology

He is a comedian, though admitted he has a lot of influence and I would be much more likely to agree with a comparison of Rush and Stewart. I don't recall Stewart ever calling anyone a ****/whore/slut/etc, or actually being offensive in almost any way.

Whysoserious? Because you obviously are not. Maher does political discussion panels, thats the main draw to his show. Hes not just a comedian. He does actual political conversation on each and every show.

Deflecting with Stewart is a cop out. Debate or gtfo.
 
He is a comedian, though admitted he has a lot of influence and I would be much more likely to agree with a comparison of Rush and Stewart. I don't recall Stewart ever calling anyone a ****/whore/slut/etc, or actually being offensive in almost any way.


"She said that small towns, that's the part of the country she really likes going to because that's the pro-America part of the country. You know, I just want to say to her, just very quickly: F**k you." ―Jon Stewart, speaking about Palin to a college audience in Boston


not offensive at all.... nah


Wasn't thier some hullabaloo over his comments on caine? I don't remember/.
 
Blacks and Hispanics are "too busy eating watermelons and tacos" to learn how to read and write." -- Mike Wallace, CBS News.

Is this one verifiable?

All I can find is references to Newsmax.
 
"She said that small towns, that's the part of the country she really likes going to because that's the pro-America part of the country. You know, I just want to say to her, just very quickly: F**k you." ―Jon Stewart, speaking about Palin to a college audience in Boston


not offensive at all.... nah


Wasn't thier some hullabaloo over his comments on caine? I don't remember/.

REALLY? Honestly, if you are mad over that, then you have to be ****ing furious at Limbaugh right?

Do you really think these two situations are comparable?
 
What I want to know is why this is, or even should be, a partisan issue.

Your daughter, an intelligent, articulate law student who's every parents' dream, has an opportunity to speak before an informally-convened Congressional committee. She gives a very informative narrative, and you're really quite proud of her.

Then, the next day, your daughter is villified on a radio show that purportedly has 12 million listeners. And the next day. And the next.

Why is this a partisan issue? I am gobsmacked that conservatives on this board have lined up against this young woman. Have damn near applauded Rush Limbaugh for his disgraceful besmirching of this woman's name on national radio. If this isn't the most partisan bull**** I've ever seen on DP, I'll vote Democratic in the next election.

As to law students spending $3,000 on birth control? A law student is a student for seven years. So do the math. And don't give me this crap that birth control is available for $4 a month. Even Planned Parenthood, per their website, says the cost is $15 to $50/month. Birth Control Pills - Birth Control Pill - The Pill

If ya'll weren't just interested in playing the Gotcha' Game, you'd be honest enough to recognize that she made an excellent case for birth control pills being covered by all insurance companies (as mandated under Obamacare) because, in many cases, women need them for reasons beyond birth control.

If you can't see that...if you think it's just absolutely fine that Rush Limbaugh tried to make a fool of this woman...if you think his left-handed apology should be sufficient...if you think the Left are partisan hacks...well, I'd suggest ya'll take a good look into your bathroom mirrors.

Thank you Maggie for being an intelligent, if slightly more conservative that me, person.

What I can't figure out is why the right thinks this is a winning issue. If they focused on the economy, they'd be killing Obama in the polls.
 
Whysoserious? Because you obviously are not. Maher does political discussion panels, thats the main draw to his show. Hes not just a comedian. He does actual political conversation on each and every show.

Deflecting with Stewart is a cop out. Debate or gtfo.

So does Stern. Lots of comedians talk politics. Greg Giraldo used to talk politics all the time in his stand up.
 
He is a comedian, though admitted he has a lot of influence and I would be much more likely to agree with a comparison of Rush and Stewart. I don't recall Stewart ever calling anyone a ****/whore/slut/etc, or actually being offensive in almost any way.

Comedian is not an excuse - it never was. Just like Mike Richards racist rant which I've pointed out before, that's not acceptable and that wasn't televised and people paid to get in to see him. Because someone is a comedian, it does not excuse them to yell "fire" in a theater and just say, "haha it was just a joke". Maher says and has guests say pure vile hatred - stuff that should have him bounced off television (and has before). Calling someone a slut or a prostitute on the public airwaves was a mistake, Limbaugh has apologized for it, Democrats are using it as a political wedge.... all as expected. However, if we're trying to have a discussion about offensive material on a level playing field - it doesn't exist. There are liberals who say anything goes and it's all just a joke from a comedian... and there are non-liberals who do the same thing and it's hate speech. Did NOW come out against Maher? No... do they come out against non-liberals for much less offensive speech? Yes.

Either way, liberal or not, being a comedian is no excuse never was, never will be.
 
REALLY? Honestly, if you are mad over that, then you have to be ****ing furious at Limbaugh right?

Do you really think these two situations are comparable?


Not mad bro, you made a claim, I offered a rebuttal dismissing your claim. I don't care one way or the other.
 
Not mad bro, you made a claim, I offered a rebuttal dismissing your claim. I don't care one way or the other.

Phony man. You know it, too. That's what is sad. You said you'd punch Letterman in the face if it was your daughter, but you don't give a **** that Limbaugh called someone's daughter a slut over partisan politics... that's it. Partisan politics is all it took for him to say that.

Admittedly, right?
 
His show is on HBO. What else do I need to know.

Why you are bothering to comment? This has to be the least insightful thing about Maher. Even when I respected the program, I knew what it was. It was political punditry mixed in with occasional gags, sometimes to alleviate growing animosity, or "boredom." All of which, by the way, still centered on Maher not being the comic relief, but rather the man with the viewpoint who would occasionally go into gags. Most frequently would be angry outbursts containing little humor that gain applause, and then at times having a serious response to Maher's bombastic portrayals of an issue.

You, having never seen it, are wholly unqualified to even discuss it.

The only thing you have demonstrated is that you just don't know the guy's career.
 
Reading the last score of pages causes me to smile the way extreme right wingers need to bring up incidents from years past in a really lame effort to provide cover for Limbaugh. Its pathetically funny.
 
Comedian is not an excuse - it never was. Just like Mike Richards racist rant which I've pointed out before, that's not acceptable and that wasn't televised and people paid to get in to see him. Because someone is a comedian, it does not excuse them to yell "fire" in a theater and just say, "haha it was just a joke". Maher says and has guests say pure vile hatred - stuff that should have him bounced off television (and has before). Calling someone a slut or a prostitute on the public airwaves was a mistake, Limbaugh has apologized for it, Democrats are using it as a political wedge.... all as expected. However, if we're trying to have a discussion about offensive material on a level playing field - it doesn't exist. There are liberals who say anything goes and it's all just a joke from a comedian... and there are non-liberals who do the same thing and it's hate speech. Did NOW come out against Maher? No... do they come out against non-liberals for much less offensive speech? Yes.

Either way, liberal or not, being a comedian is no excuse never was, never will be.

I don't even see how Kramer's meltdown on stage is relevant to this issue. His career has imploded, as it should have, for that hateful rhetoric he spewed.
 
I don't even see how Kramer's meltdown on stage is relevant to this issue. His career has imploded, as it should have, for that hateful rhetoric he spewed.
Because he said it as a comedian and, according to you, that should mean a complete pass and a completely justifiable double standard.
 
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Phony man. You know it, too. That's what is sad. You said you'd punch Letterman in the face if it was your daughter, but you don't give a **** that Limbaugh called someone's daughter a slut over partisan politics... that's it. Partisan politics is all it took for him to say that.

Admittedly, right?




You should open your ears like you do your mouth, What rush said was abhorrent and If he said something like that about my daughter if I had one, he'd be picking up his chicklets just the same. I hope this clears up any confusion you may have.
 
Because he said it as a comedian and, according to you, that should mean a complete pas and a completely justifiable double standard.

But he didn't say that as a comedian. That was not part of his act. He didn't write that joke. He had a meltdown. It was a horrible.

You should open your ears like you do your mouth, What rush said was abhorrent and If he said something like that about my daughter if I had one, he'd be picking up his chicklets just the same. I hope this clears up any confusion you may have.

Yeah, I think we're ok then.
 
If so, then, no, it's not verifiable, delete it. I should have checked that one better.

It's okay, I just hadn't heard that one before.

And I agree, Obama signing into law that Americans don't need due process anymore was terrible.
 
It's okay, I just hadn't heard that one before.

And I agree, Obama signing into law that Americans don't need due process anymore was terrible.



It does sound rather implausible... I should of posted the one about Obama doing the gay sex and crack.... ;)
 
I don't even see how Kramer's meltdown on stage is relevant to this issue. His career has imploded, as it should have, for that hateful rhetoric he spewed.

But according to your views on the matter, it was all just a joke. How is what Richards said "hateful rhetoric" and what Maher spews any different?
 
But according to your views on the matter, it was all just a joke. How is what Richards said "hateful rhetoric" and what Maher spews any different?

But he didn't say that as a comedian. That was not part of his act. He didn't write that joke. He had a meltdown. It was a horrible.

It wasn't just a joke. I wish it was... because I loved Kramer.
 
It wasn't just a joke. I wish it was... because I loved Kramer.

LOL, wow. Speaking of "mind bottling" (actually, I believe the phrase is mind boggling). I shall leave you alone, now, my spinning partisan friend.
 
LOL, wow. Speaking of "mind bottling" (actually, I believe the phrase is mind boggling). I shall leave you alone, now, my spinning partisan friend.

LOL, talk to Will Ferrell about that - it's like your thoughts get trapped in a bottle! And have you ever seen the Kramer meltdown? I don't understand, are you suggesting I am wrong about Richards? I just kind of consider myself a stand-up comedy nerd so... I'm pretty knowledgeable when it comes to it.
 
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But according to your views on the matter, it was all just a joke. How is what Richards said "hateful rhetoric" and what Maher spews any different?

More than that . . .

If it's OK, as "whysoserious" and others, including hazlnut, have argued, to say horrible, misogynist things about Sarah Palin because she's a public figure . . .

Then it must be OK to say horrible, racist things about Barack Obama, because he's a public figure, too.

(Somehow, I'll bet that this, too, is different. Somehow.)
 
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