Real Time with Bill Maher thread

[minkyboodle]

Well someone had to do it.... Tonights conservative show... Maher eats all sorts of bullshit on the Middle East, but rails against dog sled racing... glad to see his priorities are straight... Seems like the panel today is gonna follow the typical pattern, have two politicians and one "hollywood liberal".... this show is sorely disappointing this season

[minkyboodle]

1. addendum

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen makes my head explode.... gotta love the crazy cuban exile brand of republicanism.

[mountainvue]

16. Did I hear her correctly? She called Lincoln Chaffee

a Democrat and said we were gonna run him out of the party because he was pro life?:crazy:

[Blue_In_AK]

2. Oh, man, is he ragging on the Iditarod????

Give me a break. Please, Bill, leave the Iditarod alone. It's THE LAST GREAT RACE, for Christ's sake. Jeez.

[Pirate Smile]

4. I couldn't believe that.

[Pirate Smile]

3. Bill is a member of Peta. That seems so weird to me, very PC

considering how unPC he is on most things. I was surprised.

All the politicians are Republicans (and half the audience). He sure is going for a change in his viewers, isn't he? He may be getting it by losing the ones who actually watch.

[FloridaPat]

5. How'd you like the lies from the guy from Alaska. 80% of their oil

goes to Japan. He lied about that. He did mention they provide 25% of the west coast oil. This allows people to jump to the conclusion that most of the oil is coming here.

[minkyboodle]

7. He lied about many many things

I found him to be laughable.... Talked about China, if ANWR has big finds China will benefit big time as they can't ship it anywhere else.. He was pretty repugnant.

[Blue_In_AK]

10. He lies all the time...

I bet he didn't talk about the multiple ethics violations within his administration, did he? His attorney general had to resign for a conflict of interest. The lieutenant governor got taken to court TWICE for the biased way in which he wrote the election pamphlet, which cost the state over $100,000 to have it reprinted. And, of course, he appointed his disgusting daughter to finish off his term in Congress. He's a sleaze from 'way back.

[minkyboodle]

11. it seemed to be that way

I must say I'm not an Alaska native, but he had the sleaze vibe spewing from every pore :)

[Blue_In_AK]

15. Back in the '70s he was chairman of Alaska National Bank of

the North here and was responsible for investing native corporation money into some really bad deals, losing millions of dollars for them. The Native corp. ultimately sued him and his bank and won a $10 million settlement after an eight-month trial, which up to that time was the longest trial in Alaska history. The bank was forced to close. I was a paralegal on this case representing the native corp, listened to tapes of hundreds of hours of him talking these people out of their money at corporation meetings, etc. My dislike of the man goes back a long, long ways.

Here's a link, if you're interested.

http://nugget.nomenugget.com/20021024/index.html#race

Click on the story about Sitnasuak. It's enlightening.

[minkyboodle]

6. anyone else notice this

Every Real Time guest that I really love is always an interview... never a panelists (Thomas Frank tonight).

[FloridaPat]

13. Whoopie Goldberg. I would love to see her as a panalist.

[mitchtv]

8. I am a loyal watcher

Tpnight , however, I think I will pass. ( I may be more desperate later this program week).

[minkyboodle]

9. thomas frank coming on

This could be good

[minkyboodle]

12. thomas frank kicked ass

He really rocked just now. And Maher did a good job of questioning him.. It seems that Maher has just bought the Friedman view on the Middle East in general. Glad to see Frank getting some mainstream press.

[minkyboodle]

14. Maher may have pulled a Trojan horse on the Repubs

He is kicking ass right now on the Corporate culture and kicking Ileana Ros-Lehtinen all over the screen.