RealTime With Bill Maher: He fulfilled his campaign promise to oulast Bush!

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Posts: 565 (01/13/08 7:23 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Looks like the original slipped past page 20.....sticky post added too. On the season premiere of Real Time with Bill Maher, Bill welcomed fmr. White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, journalist and author Catherine Crier, entrepreneur Mark Cuban, and writer Matt Taibbi. Plus via satellite, journalist P.J. O'Rourke. Glad to see Bill back on my TV even if it was without his writers (I'll miss New Rules), but the show was excellent. PJ was at the top of his game as usual and had me laughing out loud. I was intrigued by how the show seemed to veer off course when Bill brought out Matt Taibbi from rolling stone and the discussion just sort of started rolling along. I thought it went really well though. Oh and the bit at the Farmers Market had me rolling. When he told that seven year old girl "Don't shit a shitter" I about peed my pants. Welcome back Bill! Last Edited By: tdugan333 11/18/08 6:35 AM. Edited 6 times.
ImCrushingYourHead		#1	[-]
Posts: 2036 (01/13/08 7:39 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I'm so glad he's back. I thought PJ O. was fantastically funny - way better than when he's a panelist. Stick to satellite, PJ! The columnist from Rolling Stone was very dry & articulate. It seemed a problem of show structure - at first Bill was interviewing him, and it was great, but then it kind of morphed into a group discussion, but he wasn't really a panelist, so it was awkward. But I loved what he had to say, and will look for his pieces in R.S. I miss New Rules too -- they can range from the ridiculous to the brilliant, but I hope in the meantime Bill does more Farmer's Market type of pieces. (I think they spliced in the "Don't shit a shitter" line, but it was still fucking hilarious)
tdugan333		#2	[-]
Posts: 567 (01/13/08 8:00 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I royally screwed up with the double post P. Sorry about that. And yep I'm sure they did splice it, but too frickin' funny. I had to re watch his Decider stand up show last night as I was already in withdrawals from Friday.
Maplestik	Voter Fraud	#3	[-]
Posts: 124 (01/13/08 9:39 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I know nothing will ever come of this but people think there was voter fraud in New Hampshire and that's what Bill's show was about. I wish people would wake up and see your democracy was being stolen from us. I enjoyed Catherine Crier and Marc Cuban
ImCrushingYourHead		#4	[-]
Posts: 2046 (01/13/08 9:45 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I wish there had been even more discussion about the questionable voting machines.
McWolcott		#5	[-]
Posts: 5846 (01/13/08 9:51 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Great episode!! SO glad to have him back!!!
tdugan333		#6	[-]
Posts: 568 (01/13/08 10:27 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I also wished they had talked more about the voting machines. I don't give a rat's ass if they changed the company name they were one of the top contributors to Bush's administration and Marc was spot on with his comment regarding them shipping them out regardless if they passed code. Hacking is far to fucking easy these days and as Bill put it one hacker could change the whole outcome of an election. I think Catherine had the best idea. I want a piece of paper with my damn name on it that proves who I voted for.
Phuz1		#7	[-]
Posts: 1853 (01/13/08 10:43 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Tony Snow is a walking, talking turd. Did you see the look on his face when he first said the words "voter fraud"? He's still spinning for this worthless administration, and smiling as he peddles what he knows to be shit to a country that should have long since risen up and hanged him and his boss from the nearest tree. Press secretaries are supposed to be the public's liaison with the Oval Office, not a part of the spin machine. I'm not a big fan of Catherine Crier, but at least she wasn't swallowing Snow's garbage. And it would have been nice if Snow Job had shut the fuck up for a few minutes and let Marc Cuban talk a little about the voting machines. But once again, noise triumphs over substance, and Snow sure loves the sound of his own voice.
ImCrushingYourHead		#8	[-]
Posts: 2049 (01/14/08 12:39 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I kept trying for some reason to imagine (morbidly) what it would be like to married to that insufferable ass, Tony Snow. The combination of smugness and shallowness - ugh! Full of truthiness b.s., and as said above, more about shouting louder than substantial argument.
Sardonically Irreverent		#9	[-]
Posts: 11966 (01/14/08 1:21 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I was worried about the show being without writers, but it was actually really good. I missed New Rules a little, but the man on the street stuff worked nicely in its place.
McWolcott		#10	[-]
Posts: 5849 (01/14/08 9:38 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I actually enjoyed it more without the writers. PJ O'Roarke cracks me up. He's a goofball.
hadrons		#11	[-]
Posts: 1599 (01/14/08 9:48 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Phuz1 wrote: Tony Snow is a walking, talking turd.... What would one expect from a man who's "dream job" was to lie for another walking, talking turd ... George W. Bush
StarrEise		#12	[-]
Posts: 5839 (01/14/08 10:07 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I love PJ O'Rourke - even if he is a Republican. He's a riot. I'm glad Bill's back - and just in time, too, to comment on the bullshit that is primary race. Voter fraud was alive and well back when Dubya stole the race from John Kerry, but I don't think voter fraud happened in NH. I think a primarily white state voted for a white candidate...and let's face it, given the robustness of the economy and the relative peace around the world when Bill Clinton was in office, I think the majority of voters would do anything to have him back in office, even if it's just as the First Man.
BillNyeSurvivorGuy		#13	[-]
Posts: 1433 (01/14/08 10:13 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Sardonically Irreverent wrote: I was worried about the show being without writers, but it was actually really good. I missed New Rules a little, but the man on the street stuff worked nicely in its place. I think what this TV Season is showing us most so far: Why do we even need writers for talk shows? The lamest talk show right now is probably David Letterman, the one with the writers, whereas the fresher more interesting shows are lacking in the canned statements. Jay Leno is actually kind of good now. Bill Maher should stay writer free I think!
BillNyeSurvivorGuy		#14	[-]
Posts: 1434 (01/14/08 10:14 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	BTW if you guys want a really good documentary about this check out HACKING DEMOCRACY should be Netflixable or in your cool video stores it's all about the last election and DIEBOLD and all that, very damning stuff, will blow your mind
DouglassGirl		#15	[-]
Posts: 413 (01/14/08 10:49 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I'm an old fart and when I was growing up, besides Jack Parr and then Johnny Carson, "talk show" meant either Dick Cavett at night with a group of very interesting people or David Suskind on Sunday night hosting a panel discussion. I'm looking forward to some talk show getting back a little of that intellectual edge -- something they can't do with writers coming up with lame topical jokes. And I totally agree with abve comments: missed New Rules, but loved the Farmers' Market bit, hated hated hated hated Tony Snow. Always have, always will. I swear his evilness spawned the recurrence of his cancer. I didn't agree with Bill suggesting that Hillary's +%++ were phony and were the reason that people voted for her. New Hampshirers (New Hampshirians?) are smarter than that. And don't claim the +%++ were a conspiracy and then claim that perhaps the voting machines were a conspiracy. Pick one conspiracy per election and stick with it, please. I love Bill Maher but sometimes I think he also likes the sound of his own voice.
tdugan333		#16	[-]
Posts: 576 (01/19/08 10:42 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	This week, Bill welcomed comedian D.L. Hughley, author John Fund, singer Trace Adkins, and columnist Dan Savage. Plus via satellite, journalist Fareed Zakaria. I love Dan Savage so much. Been a faithful reader of his column here in Seattle for years. "Well I don't know what you've been reading son..." "The Old Testament" HAHAHAHAHA. I love getting the fundies where it hurts.... Thanks Bill for having Dan doing that brilliant bit. DL is always strident and well spoken on this show and slipping in the great one liners like about the bumper stickers and saying "Jesus wouldn't own a fucking gun" or "It's like they want to believe that Jesus was born in Kansas"....love him. Fareed is one of the smartest fuckers around. I could listen to Trace recite the alphabet, but he isn't a dumbass. Nice to know. "One tenth of mine....I made hundreds of dollars last year..." I don't know much about John Fund, but he was somewhat quiet other than the fake smile and the thumbs up so I didn't really get to know anything more.... ETA: Oh shite I forgot to give my love to the Mall Segment.......I love you Bill. Anyone find it amazingly beautiful that most of the women in the mall were INFINITELY more intelligent or at least honest and more aware than the South Carolinians in Dan's segment. Hmmmm..... Last Edited By: tdugan333 01/19/08 11:10 PM. Edited 2 times.
nomii		#17	[-]
Posts: 3148 (01/20/08 5:39 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	dan savage <3 ... i follow his blogs, books, audio/web columns, and have seen him in bars around here in seattle. he's really awesomeness.
tdugan333		#18	[-]
Posts: 606 (01/20/08 5:55 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I completely and utterly agree. Dan Savage is the best thing that has hit the pavement. Met him, his partner and their son at an art gallery opening down near the Twilight Exit and he is the god damn nicest bastard you will ever meet. I hope Bill keeps bringing him on.
McWolcott		#19	[-]
Posts: 5903 (01/20/08 11:43 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I am firmly on the Dan Savage is a billiant guy bandwagon!! I've been reading his stuff for years. He's amazingly bright. I love DL but he's got to get some new material. Trace was so much more inteliigent than I gave him credit for, I really liked him. Bill Maher is better without writers, much IMO.
ImCrushingYourHead		#20	[-]
Posts: 2055 (01/20/08 2:20 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	GREAT panel. Dan Savage is fantastically witty & eloquent.