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Bill Maher defends Rush Limbaugh for 'slut' apology

Are these new rules about comedy? He does a bit about new rules but haven't seen these yet...if you asked Limbaugh what his profession was, do you think he would say comedian?

No, because that's not what he does. He comments on politics and current events while interjecting humor. Maher does the same thing on this HBO show. Yes, he's also a comedian, but he's not just a comedian.
 
No, because that's not what he does. He comments on politics and current events while interjecting humor. Maher does the same thing on this HBO show. Yes, he's also a comedian, but he's not just a comedian.

He injects humor? Does anyone else know this?

Maher is a comedian...his show is one form of his comedy and his stand up is the other...his job is comedy
 
Too bad the real world does not care what some random person on the internet claims he is. Republicans like you(see what I did there?) love to use purity tests to decide if some one is or isn't really one of them, but the real world does not work that way. Many of his views are clearly not liberal(ending funding for nonprofits), but since it works for you, you claim he must be.

Wolf Blitzer thinks Maher is a liberal, so that trumps anything you have to say. Sorry about that, old friend.
 
You mean you won't take Maher's own comment where he said recently, referring to himself, "as a Liberal," but you will use Wolf Blitzer to trump Redress?

Come now.

In all honesty, the man is a left-wing libertarian, where social libertarianism is by far the biggest concern of his. That was why he snuggled up to Ron Paul for all of the time that many of the Left snuggled Ron Paul: until his economic policies got renewed attention.
 
He injects humor? Does anyone else know this?

Maher is a comedian...his show is one form of his comedy and his stand up is the other...his job is comedy

We went over this pages ago. People who don't watch the show we are talking about give the same response you do. Ergo, watch the show before commenting.
 
We went over this pages ago. People who don't watch the show we are talking about give the same response you do. Ergo, watch the show before commenting.

Why would you assume I don't watch the show? I've been watching Maher for the last 20 yrs, since he was on ABC...that's why I know he is a comedian...
 
He is just a comedian. And he still does just comedy. Get back to us when he is made an honorary leader of the democratic party like the republicans did with rush.


I cant find this. Can you link to this? I thinks you are making it up.



Get back to us when he becomes the keynote at CPAC (or facsimile thereof).


Bill Maher to raise money for Alabama Democrats » The Right Scoop -


though I think they dumped him in the last few days.


Still Obama hasn't given back the million bucks he gave to one of the super pacs....


Honestly, the desperation with which your right wing extremists want to protect Limpy and minimize his stupidity by comparing him to Maher is hilarious. You're embarrassing yourselves.

Now carry on with your foot stomping and teeth gnashing. It won't help though. Rush is a leader in the conservative movement. Maher is a comedian. Huge difference.

By the way, no one is excusing Maher here. At least not that I have seen.


sure you are, you say he's a comedien, demonstrating an air of "its ok, that's what they do", sort of nonsense.
 
I cant find this. Can you link to this? I thinks you are making it up.






Bill Maher to raise money for Alabama Democrats » The Right Scoop -


though I think they dumped him in the last few days.


Still Obama hasn't given back the million bucks he gave to one of the super pacs....





sure you are, you say he's a comedien, demonstrating an air of "its ok, that's what they do", sort of nonsense.
I'll say it again...Its not really about what Maher said or even what Limbaugh said. Free speech...all that. No...what speaks volumes is the lefts silence when Maher said it, their excuse and defense of it now and the blatant hypocrisy of people to simply say...its wrong...its always wrong...and there is no room for it or excuse for it. Id be willing to bet a platinum donation to this site against any takers that Limbaughs comments will have less political impact on the female vote than Mahers repeated comments and the lefts refusal to denounce him. I suspect the video below will get significant airtime.

 
I'll say it again...Its not really about what Maher said or even what Limbaugh said. Free speech...all that. No...what speaks volumes is the lefts silence when Maher said it, their excuse and defense of it now and the blatant hypocrisy of people to simply say...its wrong...its always wrong...and there is no room for it or excuse for it. Id be willing to bet a platinum donation to this site against any takers that Limbaughs comments will have less political impact on the female vote than Mahers repeated comments and the lefts refusal to denounce him. I suspect the video below will get significant airtime.



What it's about is the fact that Limbaugh is a pig who stepped too far over the line one time too many. It plays into the theme of the Republicans' war on women and to that extent it may have some minor lasting effect. But probably not much. At the end of the day it will just cost Limbaugh some money, which is something he has in abundance. Maher figures into it not at all, except for the far right wing who frequent right wing blogs that are obsessing on this bad analogy.
 
I'll say it again...Its not really about what Maher said or even what Limbaugh said. Free speech...all that. No...what speaks volumes is the lefts silence when Maher said it, their excuse and defense of it now and the blatant hypocrisy of people to simply say...its wrong...its always wrong...and there is no room for it or excuse for it. Id be willing to bet a platinum donation to this site against any takers that Limbaughs comments will have less political impact on the female vote than Mahers repeated comments and the lefts refusal to denounce him. I suspect the video below will get significant airtime.

So we're equating a State Governor and GOP primary candidate for President to a NY law student? That sounds about right for people who want corporations to be counted as individuals with 1st Amendment Rights. :roll:
 
So we're equating a State Governor and GOP primary candidate for President to a NY law student? That sounds about right for people who want corporations to be counted as individuals with 1st Amendment Rights. :roll:

Of course not. we are pointing out lying hypocrites who feign outrage over the use of the word.
 
So we're equating a State Governor and GOP primary candidate for President to a NY law student? That sounds about right for people who want corporations to be counted as individuals with 1st Amendment Rights. :roll:


30 year old, Activist, "law student", it is what she "does".
 
The only thing astounding is people like you trying to suggest he's funny. He's just not. He's popular with Fox sheeple. Despite what many here would like you to believe, that isn't all that many people in the big picture.

The same people who think Bill O'really? is a great political commentator think Dennis Miller is funny. Go figure.
 
Of course not. we are pointing out lying hypocrites who feign outrage over the use of the word.

And at the same time pointing out right wingers who feel it's perfectly acceptable as long as the target is a young college student.
 
30 year old, Activist, "law student", it is what she "does".
Activist? Pffft! Shall we call all the militia members Right Wing Activists while we're at it? Or maybe just the militia "commanders"? :shoot
 
Activist? Pffft! Shall we call all the militia members Right Wing Activists while we're at it? Or maybe just the militia "commanders"? :shoot



You do realize your analogy is backwards and helps me right?


Check out flukes wiki page, she is a self claimed activist. Nothing wrong with that, but pretendig this 30 year old woman is a naive first year "student", isn't exactly accurate, is it?
 
Check out flukes wiki page, she is a self claimed activist. Nothing wrong with that, but pretendig this 30 year old woman is a naive first year "student", isn't exactly accurate, is it?
The only question is, does Fluke fall under the "public figure" definition as interpreted by SCOTUS in Hustler v Falwell. What you or anybody else thinks about it doesn't mean squat. I can pretty much guarantee that Palin is a public figure by that interpretation.


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