Bill Maher responds to treason allegations from the right-wing

[wicket]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/archive/bill-maher/fruit_1561.html

First, I had never heard of Congressman Bachus before this. Now lots of people have heard of him. You're welcome, Congressman, glad I could help get your Q rating up.

By the way, are we sure he's really a Congressman? Maybe he's just a guy with a fax machine. You know how fact checking goes these days.

I could go on and on, but this is too ridiculous, so I'll just say this: I'm not a congressman, I'm a comedian. There's nothing I can really do to help or hurt our troops (although anyone who's watched my shows or read my books in the last twelve years knows I'm a pretty ardent supporter of the military).

But a congressman, there's someone who can actually DO SOMETHING to help our troops. In fact, a case could be made that it's a lot more treasonous for someone in his position to be wasting his time yelling at a comedian. Shouldn't he be training his outrage at such problems as troops not having enough armor? Wouldn't that ACTUALLY support our troops more? And citizens of this country who claim to support our troops should write this man and tell him GET BACK TO WORK! DO SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO SOLDIERS IN IRAQ!

And by the way, these "comments" were part of a longer, scripted comedy piece in the modest proposal tradition. I can see why administration supporters would want to deflect attention away from the gist of the piece, which was this: now that we can't meet our recruiting goals, maybe it's the people who were so gung ho for this war to begin with who should step up and go fight it. But of course it's always easier to distract people.

Finally, I would direct the Congressman to chapter 3 of my book "When You Ride Alone, You Ride with bin Laden." The accompanying poster shows a soldier, a cop, a fireman, and a teacher, and says, "We Say They're Our Heroes...But We Pay Them Like Chumps."

Maybe that's something else he could look into when he gets done with me.

[Wickerman]

1. Excellent

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[shoelace414]

2. gee I thought Bill Maher would roll over and take it.

[aden_nak]

3. Never get into a war of words with a comedian like Maher.

You're likely going to be outflanked.

[SusanF_CA]

4. Bravo

This was a great retort!

[newyawker99]

22. Hi SusanF_CA!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Dervill Crow]

5. Wow, and I thought Bill Maher had gone over to the dark side.

Now I'm sorry I canceled my HBO.

[Inland]

6. Nicely said. nt

[Career Prole]

7. Proud to give it the third "recommendation" for greatest.

:kick:

[MazeRat7]

8. Well put. - kick

[burythehatchet]

9. nicely said Mr. Maher...I'm sure there would be a few more choice words

he could use. It would be a great idea to extend the congressman's 15 minutes by having him as a guest on the next show.

[xmas74]

10. Just proves we don't know where his loyalties really lie.

He reminds me of someone who enjoys playing Devil's Advocate-he always did. I do think that this statement hit a little closer to home than most of his "scripted" comments.

As to A Modest Proposal-most of the pukes and freepers probably would interpret that piece literally anyway. That comment went over the heads of about 50% of all Americans.

[htindall]

11. Bill rocks!

I knew we'd hear something from him sooner or later. Glad to see he didn't disappoint......then again, he seldom does.

Btw, what's all this about Bill "going to the dark side"? He has said that are things this administration has done that he supports (don't ask me for examples, 'cause I don't have any -- I just recall him making comments to that effect on his show), but I wouldn't exactly call him a supporter of Bush. He does believe in giving this administration credit where *he* thinks it's due......AND tearing them to shreds when he thinks they've done something wrong/dishonest/boneheaded, which is frequently.

Maher has always been an equal opportunity offender - he's just as likely to slam a Dem as he is a Repub - but I don't think that qualifies him for membership in the "dark side".

[wicket]

12. welcome to DU!

:hi:

[newyawker99]

23. Hi htindall!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[orpupilofnature57]

13. See what you get, even after taking heat from us " Liberals" neo-cons or

bust, progressive approach is just what shrub wants, because he don't give a shit for a balanced view or budget.

[FreedomAngel82]

14. Nice reply!

He showed him.

[Initech]

15. See, this is why I like the Bill Maher show`

Maher doesnt just roll over whenever Scott McClellan snaps his fingers. That was a great response.

By the way, I had never heard of this guy, either.

[wicket]

18. I love Maher's show

I hope he's not on break for long!

[Cha]

16. And maher was trying to be more

conservative for his show..that's the thanks people get for reaching out.

Bill is so right on with the congressman(?) here..
http://www.supportourribbons.com/maker/make_ribbon.php?id=7890

[wicket]

17. kick

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[proud2BlibKansan]

19. You go, Bill

you go

:yourock:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

20. Bill Bill Bill Bill

Nicely done!

Say Bachus, when ya signin up?

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[SlavesandBulldozers]

21. it was an ok response

a simple "go eat a fat dick, congressman" would have been my preference. Bill's still stuck in the mindset that these knuckle-dragging pig-fuckers argue on the merits.

[0007]

24. Nice response - I'm at lost at how stupid this congressman

is, and why his constituents aren't calling for this mustache's ass.