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Bill Maher, Ann Coulter, Chris Hayes, And Chaz Bono Debate. Need We Say More?

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Often, it seems that the real specialty of political talking head debate shows is the ability to bring together a group of people with no apparent rhyme or reason behind their selection. And while a certain Great American Panel is perhaps the best example of this, the roundtable debate on tonight’s Real Time with Bill Maher stands among the unlikeliest. Here, under one roof, we had Maher, Ann Coulter, sometimes-MSNBC-fill-in host Chris Hayes, author Amanda Foreman, and…Chaz Bono. Yes, this was odd.

Luckily, Maher knew how to make sense of it all: by talking about Bill Maher. He devoted a significant chunk of time to Fox News contributor/psychiatrist Keith Ablow’s accusation that Maher is especially hard on political and media figures like Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin because he’s anti-woman. Maher, of course, disagreed: “I have greater hatred for idiots.” Coulter disagreed with that. Maher chided Ablow for having “no sense of humor” and invited him on his show. We’re not holding our collective breath.

The panel also briefly touched on the News of the World scandal and the Casey Anthony trial – or, as Maher called her, “Casey Anderson.” But to us, the most intriguing part came near the end of the Ablow discussion, where Coulter explained why she eschews psychiatry: her belief in God. This seemed an odd leap to make, and Bono called her out on it:

“Believing in God and psychiatry – how are those two things opposed to each other?”

So, on a panel full of people paid handsomely to give their opinions on the issues of the day on television as their jobs, one could make a strong case the best, most cutting piece of insight came from one of the few people on said panel who doesn’t do any of that for a living. There’s probably a profound lesson on the level of our political discourse in there somewhere. Video of the segment below, via HBO.

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  • ModerateMan

    3 liberals versus 1 conservative is only considered a good debate on MSNBC or CNN. Or pretty much anywhere else but Fox News.

  • Nature Freak

    The hate Chaz Bono gets from the Christian Right disgusts me.
    I respect Chaz Bono. Chaz did what he needed to do, and decided to be himself.
    Living a lie is self destructive.

  • Fokker News

    “Coulter explained why she eschews psychiatry: her belief in God. ”

    Tom Cruise has similar beliefs

    P.S.
    I bet Anne Coulter approves of Marcus Bachmann’s use of counseling methods that are steeped in fundamentalist Christianity, and for which he receives state and federal taxpayer funds.

  • seek

    Nature Freak said:
    The hate Chaz Bono gets from the Christian Right disgusts me.
    I respect Chaz Bono. Chaz did what he needed to do, and decided to be himself.
    Living a lie is self destructive.

    Chaz Bono did what he needed to do? What exactly does Chaz Bono do?

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVlXH8wRNxE Doleful Lions

    seek said:
    What exactly does Chaz Bono do?

    You mean besides eating doughnuts ?

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    I feel sad for Chaz Bono- she was a beautiful little girl and obviously adored her father. The dysfunction of her life is a sad, sad commentary.

  • catfishjuggling show

    I enjoyed seeing Coulter, the Brit lady, and that other dude on with Maher. But I was disappointed that Patton Oswalt wasn’t funnier when he was sitting next to Bill.

  • BFD

    ModerateMan said:
    3 liberals versus 1 conservative is only considered a good debate on MSNBC or CNN. Or pretty much anywhere else but Fox News.

    Unless it’s Fox News Watch or Hannity or the All-Star Round Table. lol

    And let’s wait until “The Five” airs. I’m pretty sure they should name that show “Gang of Four” because it will be a 4 conservatives beating 1 liberal.

    BTW, HBO isn’t a news channel and Maher has no obligation to be fair and balanced and he never claimed to be.
    WTF are you doing comparing him to cable news? You should compare him to Cinemax!

    Besides, Everyone knows Ann can take on half a dozen liberal all by herself.

  • Jerps

    Jake Tapper assembles some cool roundtables when he hosts This Week.

  • WCinWI

    Jerps said:
    Jake Tapper assembles some cool roundtables when he hosts This Week.

    I miss Tapper. He’s one of the journalists/reporters that I find credible.

  • http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

    TillieGlockenspiel said:
    I feel sad for Chaz Bono- she was a beautiful little girl and obviously adored her father. The dysfunction of her life is a sad, sad commentary.

    I think what’s sad is you’re assuming he isn’t happier now. Maybe for Chaz the dysfunction was being a woman… plus, what right do you have to judge?

  • http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

    Doleful Lions said:
    You mean besides eating doughnuts ?

    For a second there I thought it was Chris Christie at the table, but it looked to masculine.

  • LOGICandREASON

    “Casey Anderson.”

    I said before that Bill Maher is the dumbest man on TV, and ironically he thinks others are dumb

  • BFD

    This is the kind of editorial “news” reporting Brett Baier does on Special Report. If you watch his show regularly you would realize that always after the bottom of the hour he stops with straight news and starts playing offense against liberals…..

    —————————————————————–
    July 8, 2011 6:31 PM:

    “Democrats were whistling a different tune five years ago when a Republican administration wanted to raise the debt ceiling. Then Senator Obama voted no and said quote “Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our grandchildren”.
    He’s since said that was a political consideration.

    The conservative blog Newsbusters points out in November 2004, after the debt ceiling was raised by the GOP, NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell chided Republicans saying quote “They ought to be ashamed of themselves”.

    Earlier this week, Chris Mathews of NBC called Republican opposition to debt ceiling increases “Terrorism”and Mitchell called the situation a crisis.”
    —————————————————————
    And that’s it. That’s the “news story”.
    He then goes on to a story defending the Koch brothers. I sh*t you not.

    So this is “straight news” to Fox and Brett Baier. Five year old comments by Andrea Mitchell compared to recent comments by Mitchell and Chris Mathews all thanks to the glorious Newsbusters.

    And there are still dumbasses who doubt that the “news” division of Fox is whoring itself out daily for the Right.

  • BFD

    Calling out liberals for hypocrisy is not and never will be “straight news” Especially in light of the fact that said “news” program NEVER calls out hypocrisy on the Right.

    “Fox News: Fair And Balanced”

  • Just my Opinion

    BFD pulled another all nighter. What a life this old shit must lead.
    But I must say if anyone watched that for one hour or whatever time they are on for entertainment,
    there are quite a few more that need to get a
    a life.
    Will someone please donate a bottle of Deep Cleansing Shampoo to Bill Maher?
    Good Lord, you would think he could afford some. The little creep!

  • jdamon

    Public Service jobs don’t create anything? This is one of the most uneducated comments I’ve heard in a very long time. And it was said on the day the last space shuttle takes off into the international space station? Do you all enjoy the computers, microwave ovens, cell phones…… I could go on but that’s just NASA. Doctors at the veterans administration created blood pressure drugs you or your parents are probably on. Teachers create educated people for the work force. Firemen and cops protect all that has been created. This hack job on public workers is a line of lies that has to be confronted and shot down for the uneducated pablum from the mouths of the deliberately misinformed that it and most right wing talking points are.

  • BillSchulz

    All I know is Coulter, Maher and Bono adds up to some great, great TV. Seems silly to argue over the actual points that were made (although, I know, that’s what we do now) because everyone held their own. Was really impressed with my Ann. Maher always talks about going into the Lion’s Den (i.e. FNC—and he does do it regularly) rather than lamely boycotting. And Coulter showed (and always shows) she will do the same in uber liberal venues. Plus her hair looked great. And, to be fair and balanced, Maher’s coif couldn’t have been more perfectly gelled.

  • BillSchulz

    PS I don’t agree with/understand any of Keith Ablow’s comments on Maher—but I will say this: I once saw both my reflection, and my future, atop his perfectly smooth, Faberge egg of a head, and…it was life altering. Shine on you crazy neo-con/shrink diamond.

  • BatBoy

    Glenn writes: He devoted a significant chunk of time to Fox News contributor/psychiatrist Keith Ablow’s accusation that Maher is especially hard on political and media figures like Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin because he’s anti-woman.

    I think Maher likes to have women around so that he can assult them, according to Nancy (Coco) Johnson, his girlfriend at the time.

  • BatBoy

    Here is a little tid bit about the Pol Potts regime that is interesting…..:
    “…The poor were pitted against the rich, husbands against wives, and the fiercely atheist Khmer saw to it no one of faith would survive….”

    He killed between 1 1/2 – 2 million of his own people….

    Does this sound familiar…. “The poor wer pitted against the rich” …. “no on of faith would survive…”

    Hmmmmm – it is hitting pretty close to home.

  • BatBoy

    More morning tidbits….from
    End of Space Shuttle Program To Have Far Reaching Impact

    The Brevard Workforce, a local network of career centers, estimates some 23,000 jobs could be lost. These include 9,000 “direct” space industry jobs, along with 14,000 “indirect” jobs at hotels, restaurants, retail stores and other businesses that depend on the space center at Cape Canaveral.

    What is another 23,000 jobs lost when you already have over 14,000,000 actively looking for work. Thank you Mr. President. But hey…this is only in Florida…those stupid Republican voters deserve it.

    The end of this program will hit many states. Ten’s of thousands will be out of work very soon because of this President.

  • BFD

    BillSchulz said:
    PS I don’t agree with/understand any of Keith Ablow’s comments on Maher—but I will say this: I once saw both my reflection, and my future, atop his perfectly smooth, Faberge egg of a head, and…it was life altering. Shine on you crazy neo-con/shrink diamond.

    What kind of POS doctor would psychoanalyze someone they never met and diagnose them as “needing their head examined”.

    No wonder this Ablow douchebag spawned from the ass of Glenn Beck.

  • Pablo

    BFD said:
    So this is “straight news” to Fox and Brett Baier. Five year old comments by Andrea Mitchell compared to recent comments by Mitchell and Chris Mathews all thanks to the glorious Newsbusters.

    Uh, how about the five year old quote from Obama? Remember? It went like this:

    The fact that we’re here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. Leadership means ‘The buck stops here.’ Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase America’s debt limit.

    Is that not relevant to the news of the day?

  • valkyrie101

    BatBoy said:
    Here is a little tid bit about the Pol Potts regime that is interesting…..:“…The poor were pitted against the rich, husbands against wives, and the fiercely atheist Khmer saw to it no one of faith would survive….” He killed between 1 1/2 – 2 million of his own people…. Does this sound familiar…. “The poor wer pitted against the rich” …. “no on of faith would survive…” Hmmmmm – it is hitting pretty close to home.

    You have got to be out to lunch.

  • valkyrie101

    BatBoy said:
    Glenn writes: He devoted a significant chunk of time to Fox News contributor/psychiatrist Keith Ablow’s accusation that Maher is especially hard on political and media figures like Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin because he’s anti-woman. I think Maher likes to have women around so that he can assult them, according to Nancy (Coco) Johnson, his girlfriend at the time.

    But wasn’t it Coulter who questioned whether woman should have the right to vote?

  • ChrisNH

    Maher declared that his isn’t a hatred of WOMEN; it’s a hatred of idiots.

    OK then! Ours isn’t a hatred of a black president; it’s a hatred of his Euro-socialistic ‘whiteness.’

    Yet, Lib Media Hacks like Maher always circle back to ‘Racism’ after we all declare that it is NOT Obamo’s race we deplore; it’s his radical communism.

    So if Maher and all the other Leftist media Hacks want to block their ears to THAT, I will simply conclude that Maher DOES hate women.

    See how easy it is to do so?

  • BFD

    Pablo said:
    Is that not relevant to the news of the day?

    That wasn’t the story.
    The ” news story” was Brett went out of his way to show Andrea Mitchell is a hypocrite for a 5 year old remark.
    If you think that is straight news that’s your problem but I know Shepard Smith would never allow himself to be used to echo talking points from Newsbusters.

    It’s funny, I never see Brett using Media Matters to call out hypocritical Rightys.
    Hmmm…I wonder why that is?

  • seek

    valkyrie101 said:
    But wasn’t it Coulter who questioned whether woman should have the right to vote?

    you say the damnedest things some times. Care to illuminate the above comment since I’m sitting in pitch black here.

  • BFD

    seek said:
    Coulter who questioned whether woman should have the right to vote

    COULTER: If we took away women’s right to vote, we’d never have to worry about another Democrat president. It’s kind of a pipe dream, it’s a personal fantasy of mine, but I don’t think it’s going to happen. And it is a good way of making the point that women are voting so stupidly, at least single women.

  • seek

    BFD said:
    That wasn’t the story.
    The ” news story” was Brett went out of his way to show Andrea Mitchell is a hypocrite for a 5 year old remark.
    If you think that is straight news that’s your problem but I know Shepard Smith would never allow himself to be used to echo talking points from Newsbusters.

    It’s funny, I never see Brett using Media Matters to call out hypocritical Rightys.
    Hmmm…I wonder why that is?

    You’re rather comical. You want Brett to point out everything ever say. He was pointing out the fallacy of the left wing media. Media matters is not media.

    Your expectations of reporters on Fox is extremely high – have no trouble with what the other channels are reporting/not reporting? lol

    Ahh you guys are so easy, and gullible and transparent and….

  • seek

    BFD said:
    COULTER: If we took away women’s right to vote, we’d never have to worry about another Democrat president. It’s kind of a pipe dream, it’s a personal fantasy of mine, but I don’t think it’s going to happen. And it is a good way of making the point that women are voting so stupidly, at least single women.

    OMG – truly you have lost it. lol

  • BFD

    seek said:
    Your expectations of reporters on Fox is extremely high – have no trouble with what the other channels are reporting/not reporting?

    Yes, I do have trouble with it. And I call it out all the time because I’m not a partisan wingnut like you and I can see the games both sides are playing.
    I was highly critical today of MSNBC running with the “Michelle Bachman is happy the jobless rate went up!” spin. And I also wasn’t a fan of the “Ryan $350 bottle of wine” story. It’s all gotcha bullshit.
    I hate Rachel Maddow’s snark, Lawrence O’Donnell’s nitpicking and Ed Shultz’s angry rants.
    I have NEVER seen you be critical of your side, not even with something so blatantly partisan as Brett reading Newsbusters talking points as an excuse for straight news.

    Now go back and put your blinders on and continue cheerleading for your side because they must always be right.

  • BFD

    seek said:
    OMG – truly you have lost it. lol

    You asked for the quote because you said you were in the dark and I provided it for you.

    A thank you would have been nice.

  • Anne 1

    Snowspot said:
    For a second there I thought it was Chris Christie at the table, but it looked to masculine.

    I didn’t know that the GBLT communities pronoun of choice is ” it ” .

  • valkyrie101

    seek said:
    you say the damnedest things some times. Care to illuminate the above comment since I’m sitting in pitch black here.

    Are you google impaired? Here, eg, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOwS4GHCVXI

  • BatBoy

    valkyrie101 said:
    But wasn’t it Coulter who questioned whether woman should have the right to vote?

    Don’t know about that…I guess Assault vs. a thought….well I think assaulting someone is much worse!

    valkyrie101 said:
    …. “The poor were pitted against the rich” …. “no one of faith would survive…” Hmmmmm – it is hitting pretty close to home.
    You have got to be out to lunch.

    No, just got done with breakfast…but I am curious if you think you have ever heard any politician today “Pit the Poor Against the Rich” I sure have….

    And what about all those jobs lost due to a reduction in the space program…maybe those Rocket Scientists can get a job as a part-time Wal-Mart greeter….that would get them off the unemployment rolls, now wouldn’t it?????

    By the way….14,000,000+ unemployed Americans.
    God knows how many have given up looking for work.
    Teenage Unemployment at 27%
    9.2% Unemployment Rate
    Gotta love the Obama Economy!

  • BatBoy

    valkyrie101 said:
    Are you google impaired? Here, eg, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOwS4GHCVXI

    Now you quote cartoons….The left has come to this as their source for debate.

    Pretty funny…but also very sad!

  • Pablo

    BFD said:
    That wasn’t the story.

    Then why does your quote of that story begin with this:

    “Democrats were whistling a different tune five years ago when a Republican administration wanted to raise the debt ceiling. Then Senator Obama voted no and said quote “Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our grandchildren”.

    Hmmmm?

  • Pablo

    On further reflection, if you’re suggesting that Andrea Mitchell and straight news should never be considered simultaneously, you’re on to something there.

  • TangledThorns

    Coulter is very entertaining and really puts Maher on the spot for his BS and lies.

  • WCinWI

    BFD said:
    What kind of POS doctor would psychoanalyze someone they never met and diagnose them as “needing their head examined”.

    No wonder this Ablow douchebag spawned from the ass of Glenn Beck.

    Methinks that you shouldn’t comment on the acts of others when you are firmly planted in Crazy Town.

    And I’m sorry, but unless it was a comment that Andrea or Matthew made in college, then their quotes are important. The more important one is obviously Obama’s from years ago, which sides with Republicans. Good to know. :)

  • WCinWI

    BFD said:
    That wasn’t the story.
    The ” news story” was Brett went out of his way to show Andrea Mitchell is a hypocrite for a 5 year old remark.
    If you think that is straight news that’s your problem but I know Shepard Smith would never allow himself to be used to echo talking points from Newsbusters.

    It’s funny, I never see Brett using Media Matters to call out hypocritical Rightys.
    Hmmm…I wonder why that is?

    Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. You’ve been diagnosed. Enjoy that analysis. I know it should drive you bonkers.

  • valkyrie101

    BatBoy said:
    valkyrie101 said:
    …. “The poor were pitted against the rich” …. “no one of faith would survive…”

    Bullshit, I never said that. Please correct. One of the dumbest statements I have ever heard.

  • valkyrie101

    BatBoy said:
    Now you quote cartoons….The left has come to this as their source for debate. Pretty funny…but also very sad!

    This is the reason you need to spend time at http://mediamatters.org/research/200710040011

  • WCinWI

    valkyrie101 said:
    This is the reason you need to spend time at http://mediamatters.org/research/200710040011

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    Do you live in the Media Matters basement?

  • BFD

    WCinWI said:
    And I’m sorry, but unless it was a comment that Andrea or Matthew made in college, then their quotes are important.

    I’m not saying what Andrea said isn’t hypocritical.
    I’m saying Brett using Newsbusters to play one-up-man-ship with his competitor isn’t news.
    I’m also saying Brett never uses his “news” program to point out hypocrisy on the Right.

    But whatev. I don’t think you could ever see bias from Fox even if bit you on your fat ass.

    lol@ “conservative psychiatrist” Keith Ablow. I didn’t know doctors came in political flavors.
    Who is Fox going to hire next, a conservative interior designer to tell us how depraved liberals are by the way they arrange their furniture?

  • winning

    I did notice that this entire piece made no mention of the fact that this was on Fox News.

    Face it, commies, it’s not that you don’t like Fox News for being conservative, you don’t like Fox News because they tell the whole story.

  • Laddy Go-Rod

    Has “Chaz” had its addadicktome yet?

    If the procedeure goes well, Maher will then want one, too.

  • winning

    Yes, I made a mistake, my bad, I apologize.

  • WCinWI

    BFD said:
    I’m not saying what Andrea said isn’t hypocritical.
    I’m saying Brett using Newsbusters to play one-up-man-ship with his competitor isn’t news.
    I’m also saying Brett never uses his “news” program to point out hypocrisy on the Right.

    But whatev. I don’t think you could ever see bias from Fox even if bit you on your fat ass.

    lol@ “conservative psychiatrist” Keith Ablow. I didn’t know doctors came in political flavors.
    Who is Fox going to hire next, a conservative interior designer to tell us how depraved liberals are by the way they arrange their furniture?

    I don’t particularly enjoy Fox so I don’t understand your personal attack on me. That says more about you than it does of me. I prefer talk radio and online journalism. Now go back to attacking someone else that finds Fox amazing.

  • Perdido

    It just angers BFD to think that anyone would dare watch something he doesn’t like.

  • BFD

    WCinWI said:
    I don’t particularly enjoy Fox so I don’t understand your personal attack on me. That says more about you than it does of me.

    You’re kidding, right?
    You entered this thread doing nothing but insulting be personally and when I bite back a little you squeal like a punkass bitch.

    1 – “Methinks that you shouldn’t comment on the acts of others when you are firmly planted in Crazy Town.”

    2 – “Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. You’ve been diagnosed.”

    3 – “Good to know that you find Bill and Keith hot.”

    I think that says more about you than it does me.
    Go troll someone else, loser.

  • BFD

    Fox Exec: “Hey, let’s hire a psychiatrist so he can pretend he’s a doctor but really he’ll just be calling liberals names and insulting their upbringing!”

    Roger Ailes: “BRILLIANT!”

  • WCinWI

    BFD said:
    You’re kidding, right?
    You entered this thread doing nothing but insulting be personally and when I bite back a little you squeal like a punkass bitch.

    1 – “Methinks that you shouldn’t comment on the acts of others when you are firmly planted in Crazy Town.”

    2 – “Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. You’ve been diagnosed.”

    3 – “Good to know that you find Bill and Keith hot.”

    I think that says more about you than it does me.
    Go troll someone else, loser.

    1 – You’ve had a signature that included members on this site in a list form. I constitute that as crazy talk. You also called me Juarez. Hence, that is literally crazy by thinking someone has a personality disorder.

    2. Don’t be mad when you get called out on your words.

    3. Go troll a Palin thread.

  • WCinWI

    BFD said:
    Fox Exec: “Hey, let’s hire a psychiatrist so he can pretend he’s a doctor but really he’ll just be calling liberals names and insulting their upbringing!”

    Roger Ailes: “BRILLIANT!”

    As I said….obsessive compulsive disorder.

    Or you work for MM. Take your pick.

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    Run this Carnival all you want, Maher!

    All people are seeing is 9.2% and rising!!

    2012 – The Sweet Smell of DEFEAT Is In the Air!!!

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    What the hell is a Chaz Bono?

  • carlinist

    ModerateMan said:
    3 liberals versus 1 conservative is only considered a good debate on MSNBC or CNN. Or pretty much anywhere else but Fox News.

    Except glenn beck’s show..

    had to put that in there..

  • cjd ohio 1

    relax , maher is just a comic, no need to take him seriously

  • felixw

    “Always good to get advice from Chaz Bono. That is, when Larry Flynt isn’t available….”

    (From The Secret Liberal Media Handbook, rule #1452)

  • valkyrie101

    He and Coulter are exactly alike, they say outrageous things to get people all agitated and outraged. Its an exercise, and both Maher and Coulter are “in” on the joke. Both are comedians and proffesional agitators.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Riker/100000038032284 Richard Riker

    Maher is normally outclassed and this was no exception.

  • CAconservative

    If Maher hates idiots, the amount of Maher’s self-loathing must be horrendous.

  • runner165

    This interview made me sick. It was clear that Ann Coulter was doing nothing but being her obnoxious self, and flirting with Bill Maher. And @CAconservative – if this was your attempt at a joke, it’s really dumb. Bill Maher makes more sense when he’s sleeping than the Republicants running for President.

  • BatBoy

    valkyrie101 said:
    Bullshit, I never said that. Please correct. One of the dumbest statements I have ever heard.

    You are too paranoid…no one ever said you said anything like that. I swear to God, you lefties make up so much crap, you can’t keep it straight yourself.

    valkyrie101 said:
    This is the reason you need to spend time at http://mediamatters.org/research/200710040011

    The cartoon has more “Cred” than Media Matters these days….. You deserve a break today … from MM!

  • BatBoy

    Publius219 said:
    What the hell is a Chaz Bono?

    It is an It!

  • timcajun

    NORBIT Jr. says:
    Run this Carnival all you want, Maher!

    All people are seeing is 9.2% and rising!!

    2012 – The Sweet Smell of DEFEAT Is In the Air!!!
    ………………………………………..
    As ‘Bachmann” I know ‘teas” love suffering of the numbers. Can we maybe remember, every single time (100%) the rate has went “down ” the conservatives take credit. (full credit) Would this be standard “teas” taking out of both sides of their mouths?

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    BatBoy said:
    It is an It!

    I thought it was some sort of French dish.

  • Powerslave

    I am so inspired by Chaz Bono. What a courageous individual. I have heard what a frightening and dangerous procedure an addadicktome can be.

  • purveyor

    “There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home, there’s no place like home.”

    Dorothy

    I’d rather be in Kansas than watch this any longer. Ouch!

  • Powerslave

    runner165 said:
    This interview made me sick. It was clear that Ann Coulter was doing nothing but being her obnoxious self, and flirting with Bill Maher. And @CAconservative – if this was your attempt at a joke, it’s really dumb. Bill Maher makes more sense when he’s sleeping than the Republicants running for President.

    So you really think that Bill Maher is a liberal, huh? Let’s see………..

    When his show was on ABC during the Clinton years and was named, “Politically Incorrect” he claimed to be a conservative. Later he referred to himself as a Libertarian and now with his show, “Real Time” on HBO he claims to be a Progressive.

    Bottom line is Bill Maher will say and be what ever the hell he has to be to make the big bucks. He has fooled conservatives and liberals alike and for that he does deserve to be called a genius.

  • Yukon Jack

    Will those who comment about Ann Coulter being slim (mind you they would use far less complimentary words) also comment on Chaz Bono being morbidly obese?

  • cjd ohio 1

    Yukon Jack said:
    Will those who comment about Ann Coulter being slim (mind you they would use far less complimentary words) also comment on Chaz Bono being morbidly obese?

    dam, i thought that was michael moore without a hat, my mistake

  • BatBoy

    Publius219 said:
    I thought it was some sort of French dish.

    To a blind Frenchman…maybe!

  • Jelperman

    Ann “thrax” Coulter and Chaz Bono -now THERE’S a couple of peas in a pod. One used to be a woman who turned into a man and the other is Chaz Bono!

  • valkyrie101

    BatBoy said:
    you lefties make up so much crap, you can’t keep it straight yourself.

    Here is what you wrote back at 9:08:

    “valkyrie101 said:
    …. “The poor were pitted against the rich” …. “no one of faith would survive…” Hmmmmm – it is hitting pretty close to home.
    You have got to be out to lunch.”

    Heaven forbid my reputation here at mediaite get tarnished.

    :

  • purveyor

    Yukon Jack said:

    Will those who comment about Ann Coulter being slim (mind you they would use far less complimentary words) also comment on Chaz Bono being morbidly obese?

    Also, “unattractive,” regardless of gender. As for intellect, you make the call. Ouch!

  • Yukon Jack

    the punk knew better than crack a ‘joke’ about Sarah Palin, in the presence of Ann Coulter.

    What a noodle-spined weasel.

  • Yukon Jack

    Doleful Lions said:
    You mean besides eating doughnuts ?

    Eating more donuts and getting more and more morbidly obese.

  • BatBoy

    At 7:29 am I wrote a “tid bit” about the trials of the Pol Potts regime. I saw a couple of things that caught my eye… How he killed 2.5 million by pitting the poor against the rich and he was determined no faith would survive.
    To me…it sounded a lot like our dear leader pitting the poor against the rich. (it is working – just look at your fellow lefties who comment here)

    BatBoy said:
    Here is a little tid bit about the Pol Potts regime that is interesting…..:“…The poor were pitted against the rich, husbands against wives, and the fiercely atheist Khmer saw to it no one of faith would survive….” He killed between 1 1/2 – 2 million of his own people…. Does this sound familiar…. “The poor were pitted against the rich” …. “no on of faith would survive…” Hmmmmm – it is hitting pretty close to home.

    • @ 8:09 you responded with “You have got to be out to lunch.”
    • @ 9:08, I simply asked what your thought of “Pitting the Poor against the Rich”
    • @ 10:22 You said…”Bullshit, I never said that. Please correct….
    • @ 2:43 I agreed, telling you that “You are too Paranoid…no one ever said you said….
    • @ 6:25 Pm you wrote, “Heaven forbid my reputation here at Mediaite get tarnished”
    Valkyrie…don’t worry about your reputation…you are a lefty…you are “Tarnished” no matter what you say….it is in your DNA.

    Now I say again…you never said that, you lefties make up so much crap even you can’t keep things straight.

    Hint: Don’t make up something then get all huffy about it…..your life will be much easier.

  • Yukon Jack

    BFD said:
    COULTER: If we took away women’s right to vote, we’d never have to worry about another Democrat president. It’s kind of a pipe dream, it’s a personal fantasy of mine, but I don’t think it’s going to happen. And it is a good way of making the point that women are voting so stupidly, at least single women.

    Kind of like the mystery normal minds have trouble understanding:

    Why do blacks vote Democrat?

    And even more so, Why do Jews vote Democrat?

  • Yukon Jack

    Chaz Bono should appear on Rachel Madcow’s show to create a historical (or hysterical) precedence.

    WOW!!! Two shemales on the same show!!

  • purveyor

    BatBoy said:

    At 7:29 am I wrote a “tid bit” about the trials of the Pol Potts regime. I saw a couple of things that caught my eye… How he killed 2.5 million by pitting the poor against the rich and he was determined no faith would survive.
    To me…it sounded a lot like our dear leader pitting the poor against the rich. (it is working – just look at your fellow lefties who comment here)

    BatBoy said:
    Here is a little tid bit about the Pol Potts regime that is interesting…..:“…The poor were pitted against the rich, husbands against wives, and the fiercely atheist Khmer saw to it no one of faith would survive….” He killed between 1 1/2 – 2 million of his own people…. Does this sound familiar…. “The poor were pitted against the rich” …. “no on of faith would survive…” Hmmmmm – it is hitting pretty close to home.
    • @ 8:09 you responded with “You have got to be out to lunch.”
    • @ 9:08, I simply asked what your thought of “Pitting the Poor against the Rich”
    • @ 10:22 You said…”Bullshit, I never said that. Please correct….
    • @ 2:43 I agreed, telling you that “You are too Paranoid…no one ever said you said….
    • @ 6:25 Pm you wrote, “Heaven forbid my reputation here at Mediaite get tarnished”
    Valkyrie…don’t worry about your reputation…you are a lefty…you are “Tarnished” no matter what you say….it is in your DNA.

    Now I say again…you never said that, you lefties make up so much crap even you can’t keep things straight.

    Hint: Don’t make up something then get all huffy about it…..your life will be much easier.

    WOW, BATBOY. We are going to have to promote you to BAT MAN!

    Well done.

    Purveyor

  • BatBoy

    purveyor said:
    Purveyor

    We are taking a trip up I-70 West tomorrow morning …headed to Anaheim, CA. My Mother-in-law passed away this week.

    I shall give you a road report in about 10 days.

    PS…I’ll pass on the BAT Man….but would consider a Batcat! :>)

  • purveyor

    BATCAT,

    Apparently I had made an incorrect assumption? LOL

    Re. Mother in Law,
    I can’t offer anything other than condolences and that I have experieced the deaths of those close to me also.

  • valkyrie101

    BatBoy said:
    At 7:29 am I wrote a “tid bit” about the trials of the Pol Potts regime. I saw a couple of things that caught my eye… How he killed 2.5 million by pitting the poor against the rich and he was determined no faith would survive.To me…it sounded a lot like our dear leader pitting the poor against the rich. (it is working – just look at your fellow lefties who comment here) • @ 8:09 you responded with “You have got to be out to lunch.”• @ 9:08, I simply asked what your thought of “Pitting the Poor against the Rich”• @ 10:22 You said…”Bullshit, I never said that. Please correct….• @ 2:43 I agreed, telling you that “You are too Paranoid…no one ever said you said….• @ 6:25 Pm you wrote, “Heaven forbid my reputation here at Mediaite get tarnished”Valkyrie…don’t worry about your reputation…you are a lefty…you are “Tarnished” no matter what you say….it is in your DNA. Now I say again…you never said that, you lefties make up so much crap even you can’t keep things straight. Hint: Don’t make up something then get all huffy about it…..your life will be much easier.

    No, you attributed quotes to me which were never remotely made, to wit:

    “valkyrie101 said:
    …. “The poor were pitted against the rich” …. “no one of faith would survive…”

    Please correct the record, or just admit you made it up to be mean.

  • BatBoy

    valkyrie101 said:
    Please correct the record, or just admit you made it up to be mean.

    Nice try, but you are way off base…the FACTS do not hold up your position.

    But then again, you are a lefty…facts never seem to be that important when you try to change the story to fit god know what is going on in your brain.

    Signing off…..

  • valkyrie101

    BatBoy said:
    Nice try, but you are way off base…the FACTS do not hold up your position. But then again, you are a lefty…facts never seem to be that important when you try to change the story to fit god know what is going on in your brain. Signing off…..

    Broken bat. ^^

  • Jelperman

    Why didn’t Bill Maher ask Ann “thrax” Coulter the rude question he asked Chaz Bono? Oh that’s right -Coulter’s dick is REAL!

  • purveyor

    valkyrie101 said:
    Broken bat. ^^

    Clever retort. However, you lose.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bruce-Kennedy/1439463341 Bruce

    Jelperman said:
    Ann “thrax” Coulter and Chaz Bono -now THERE’S a couple of peas in a pod. One used to be a woman who turned into a man and the other is Chaz Bono!

    That is Classic!

  • Nature Freak

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crs13JJ87gA
    Easy Money Lyrics
    Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

    It’s difficult. It’s very tough.
    I said to the man who’d been sleeping rough
    To sit within a fragrant breeze
    All among the nodding trees
    That hang heavy with the stuff

    He threw his arms around my neck
    He brushed the tear from my cheek
    And held my soft white hand
    He was an understanding man
    He did not even barely hardly speak

    Easy money
    Rain it down on the wife and the kids
    Rain it down on the house where we live
    Rain until you got nothing left to give
    And rain that ever-loving stuff down on me

    All the things for which my heart yearns
    Gives joy in diminishing returns
    He kissed me on the mouth
    His hands they headed south
    And my cheek it burned

    Money, man, it is a bitch
    The poor, they spoil it for the rich
    With my face pressed in the clover
    I wondered when this would be over
    And at home we are all so guilty-sad

    Easy money
    Pour it down the open drain
    Pour it all through my veins
    Pour it down, yeah, let it rain
    And pour that ever-loving stuff down on me

    Now, I’m sitting pretty down on the bank
    Life shuffles past at a low interest rate
    In the money-coloured meadows
    And all the interesting shadows
    They leap up, then dissipate

    Easy money
    Easy money
    Easy money
    Rain it down on the wife and the kids
    Rain it down on the house where we live
    Rain it down until you got nothing left to give
    And rain that ever-loving stuff down on me

  • valkyrie101

    purveyor said:
    Clever retort. However, you lose.

    No much of an umpire, purv.

  • Dem4Ever

    The photogragh of everyone sitting around the table really tells the whole story of just how revolting Maher truly is. Body language doesn’t lie. Notice how everyone is leaning AWAY from this guy!

  • purveyor

    Dem4Ever said:

    The photogragh of everyone sitting around the table really tells the whole story of just how revolting Maher truly is. Body language doesn’t lie. Notice how everyone is leaning AWAY from this guy!

    “Veeery intareschting” (Laugh in, humor)

    I wonder what the body language expert on Oreilly would say?

    Asa for me, I dislike Maher. Jon Stewart is talented and smart, BUT, not my cup-o-tea. Either way, they have both become Political leaders of a sort. There are followers that, um, er, “follow” them!

  • patriciacarter2011

    This week a lib co-worker was saying he wishes Bill Maher’s show would get syndicated. That told me all I need to know about the co-worker’s beliefs. Honestly though, I was so taken aback by what he said that I was speechless. I’ve never met a Maher devotee before, but yes, they really do exist http://bit.ly/qCiGXh

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Aable/621827390 Chris Aable

    Ann Coulter lied to Bill Maher on HBO that Fox commentators never cheer-leaded the Iraq War. Maher didn’t challenge her, seemingly forgetting the millions of anti-Iraq-War-folk who the Fox “all-stars” were demonizing as “Unpatriotic”. Those of us who had open minds and eyes open are not surprised Iraq is a Bush/Blackwater/Haliburton $2 Trillion dollar windfall and now a big part of why this nation owes China so much while we’re nearly bankrupt.

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