Bill Maher Alert: Guests Salmon Rushdie and Andrew Sullivan...

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

Bill's got plenty of topics to pick from tonight, it may be a good show.

Starts in a couple of minutes on the East.

[Cush]

1. "Harriet, the Fragrance"

[FreedomAngel82]

2. Ben Affleck is on there too

I'll have to watch the rerun since I'm listening to Malloy's show. Is it any good tonight??

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

4. It's just beginning.... He's ragging on Harriet so far,

[mcscajun]

3. Get your barf bags ready...Ann Coulter's On Tonight.

Ugh.

:puke:

[gulfcoastliberal]

6. Ugh

Don't know what will be worse, seeing her or hearing her.

[MisterP]

9. Salman after a while'll say: "where's my ticket to Tehran?"

[Walt Starr]

5. I NEVER wach Maher when he has Coulter on

I refuse that shit.

[gulfcoastliberal]

14. She's squirming - can't answer when he said

"Isn't there a difference between Rove looking at * and saying he could be prez and whether he should be prez. She said it was all his (Mahers) fault for being mean to "Georgie", looked away and tried a giggle.

[NVMojo]

19. he got the last word in with Ann, but I can't remember what it was!

[spindoctor]

50. It's really impressive that he apologized for that

The day I see O'Reilly do that I will take a pilgrimage to Vegas.

[DanCa]

7. new testment and old milwaukee (nt)

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

8. "Mixing the New Testament & old Milwaukee."

That was good.

[Cush]

10. Bill: "...not surprised that we had a sudden terror alert"

[Cush]

11. Coulter up on the Sat Feed

[OldLeftieLawyer]

12. Is it me, or

is that fucking Andrew Sullivan on every other week?

Oh, here comes Twat Coulter. I gotta get out of this room...........

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[Tom Yossarian Joad]

13. Thank god Coulter's just a 2 minute talking (head) tonight.

I can't say what I think about her even here.

[LiviaOlivia]

15. oh Christ

the bitch is still on! Her 2 minutes are up.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

16. Tell me about it...

She's the fucking Energizer Bunny

[Sydnie]

20. genetically mixed with Childs Play's "Chucky" maybe n/t

:rofl:

[Cush]

17. panel up now

[BloodyWilliam]

18. Coulter was insane.

I mean, not hateful insane. Well, yes, hateful, but not Phelps EVIL hateful. More like she has massive brain damage and sees the world in a way completely seperate from reality.

She was actually quite civil with Bill, considerng. Half the shit she said I practically had to spit-take in response to, but... well, not evil. Just completely fucking crazy.

[truebrit71]

21. Bat-shit take a flying-fuck-at-the-moon crazy..

..and still spewing lie after lie after lie...

[truebrit71]

23. Holy crap, even the self-loather Sullivan is dumping him..

..man oh man, Coke-Boy is in deep shit!!

[devilgrrl]

29. oh, I know!

Un-fuckin'-real... making shit up as she went along.

[Cush]

22. Andrew Sullivan: "I'll never trust this guy (Bush) again"

[truebrit71]

25. Lt AWOL is in deep shit if these guys are deserting him...

nt

[devilgrrl]

27. BFD. He's still a wanker.

A sanctimonious one at that.

[truebrit71]

28. No doubt. Now he's going on about religion..

...moran..

[Bombero1956]

45. he said that

safe in the knowledge that Bushie will never run again.

[nsd]

70. Sullivan endorsed John Kerry in 2004.

A lot of conservatives who are criticizing Bush now are doing so only because the feel it is "safe" to do so, because the election is over. Sullivan isn't one of them. He's been going after Bush for nearly two years. Importantly, he spoke out *before* the 2004 election.

I disagree with many of his positions, but I do admire him for being honest. Certainly, he's no unthinking partisan.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

64. Did he say what his (new) last straw was with Bush?

[Warren DeMontague]

24. Salmon Rushdie?

Looks like his luck finally ran out.

[truebrit71]

26. Sorry? I miss your point...??

eom

[Warren DeMontague]

30. Es un Chiste.

Soy un bromista grande.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

33. Throw me back!! I'm 41% mercury!! honest!!!!!!!!

:D

[spindoctor]

31. Holy Shit! I am starting to like Andrew Sullivan!!

Wake up! Wake up!

[ellenfl]

32. holy kwap! when did andrew sullivan quit drinking the koolaid!? eom

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

34. I thought Kayle Williams was great,

the lady who was a translator of Arabic in the military and who just returned from Iraq. She described an incident of torture where a military interrogator went "over the line" and the fact that the higher ups are not getting punished for promoting torture. I saw this lady interviewed on CNN but the talking head didn't let her speak about her war experiences.

[Sydnie]

36. Didn't Bill say she just wrote a book?

I missed the name of it though...

[erinlough]

37. something like, "I love my gun more than you" really n/t

[Sydnie]

39. YES that was it

I will have to look for that one. Sounds like a great read. Thanks for the title.

[Hamlette]

54. Love my Rifle More than You. n/t

[Sydnie]

35. "Ministry of False Alarms"

That is priceless!

[Just Me]

38. I love the "new rules"!!!

:rofl:

[spindoctor]

40. Great show tonight!

grinning ear to ear on his end notes.

[countmyvote4real]

43. Agree.

I even managed to stomach Coulter.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

41. "I wouldn't be surprised if Laura was really his sister"

said Maher, commenting on the fact that Bush seems only to have contact with people in an extremely tight circle of cronies and family members around him.

[HerbieHeadhunter]

42. Sullivan has a man crush on Ben Affleck....

he was damn near in his lap near the end of the show.

I was fun to watch Sullivan rip Bush...but I agree, he is still a wanker.

[MsTryska]

67. *lmao* I found this thread

specifically so i could point out Sullivan's man-crush, and you beat me to it!


Ben was looking kinda good last night, tho. I'd prolly try to be in his lap too.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

44. My god, Andrew Sullivan is a closet

Democrat!!!! This is Hugh1!!!1

[Bombero1956]

47. when he referred

to Brown and Miers as Goober and Aunt Bea I just about fell out of the couch laughing.

[OhNoTheyDidNot]

46. Andrew Sullivan is a changed man. I just went to his website and he is

livid about the McCain bill that Dr. Evil Cheney has threatened everyone about. All the DU'ers that have said they think the 'tide is changing' were right. I was pessimistic, they were right, the tide has changed. His base has turned.

[senseandsensibility]

48. Do you really think so?

And welcome to DU!

[helderheid]

53. yes and welcome!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

63. Sullivan was changing before the 2004 election. He was very upset

with the Religious Righteous' control of the GOP and as a gay man and as a human being he was apalled. I get the feeling that he is someone who has embraced the teachings of Christ and he knows that these imposter Christians are murderous thugs. He wasn't too happy voting for Kerry, calling him the lesser of two evils, but he did endorse Kerry prior to the election. Here is his column.

http://www.andrewsullivan.com/main_article.php?artnum=20041027

[minkyboodle]

49. my impressions

Sully was consistent with what he has been posting for the past 4 months. His positions tonight were no mystery one needed only to check is blog occasionally to see this affirmed daily. Sully is a traditional conservative, more in the realm of william buckley. He drives me crazy in some facets (OK many) but he is consistent and has been a real bulwark on the prisoner abuse thing. Rushdie was a pleasant surprise. I was afraid he would come off more like his good friend Hitch but he obviously has thought more about the ramifications of strict opposition to "islamo-fascism" Affleck was a joke, a fucking joke. I have never been impressed with him no matter what wing of the democratic party he is trying to parrot. IMO we would be wise to avoid him in any upcoming elections. He changes his positions quick as hell and is always looking to get on the good side of the issue... plus he has the intelligence of a trained snail... sorry but its the way I see things. All in all it was entertaining to see Sully hit his favorite points and Rushdie commend himself quite well. Good show.
Scott

[AX10]

52. Affleck is also pro gun, so am I, but Ben made a snide...

comment against the Brady's. Very classless Ben. :eyes: I WILL ABSOLUTELY NOT VOTE FOR BEN AFFLECK FOR ANYTHING.

Also, Rushdie is no Hitchens. He's on our side.

[minkyboodle]

55. it seems so re: Rushdie

I was glad to see it as both have travelled in similar circles for sure

[mcscajun]

61. I have to echo your judgment on Affleck.

I posted something here recently about him that was negative in a thread suggesting he might run for the Senate in VA.

It was posited that he had a brain under that "gorgeous" head of his. Frankly, I don't see either.

He may have impressed some when he toured with Kerry, but I wasn't witness to that, and he may be an outspoken progressive, but based on what little we heard from him last night on Bill Maher, he doesn't rise to the articulate level I'd like to see in a U.S. Senator. Hell, he didn't even match George Carlin, who's far more than a comedian, as his recent turn on Bill Maher a couple of weeks ago proved to many.

[AX10]

69. I know.

I don't want Affleck in public office.

[DaveColorado]

51. It was a great show

nt

[LaPera]

56. Very light weight show...Nut cases & lairs - Falwell, Robertson, Dobson,

etc...were not even brought to bear the sickness of their oppressive bullshit fundamentalism, and in this discussion, they should of been.

[jillan]

57. I was happily shocked watching ManCoulter!

I stayed in the room - you woosies!

She is soooo pissed at the bushiter.
This Harriet nomination went too far.
And she also said she hopes KKKarl ends up behind bars.

I had to pinch myself. It was just that shocking!

[maveric]

58. What the fuck is she talking about? She's tweeking!

Poverty doesnt cause crime.
Clinton had 17 times more scandals than bu$h does...

This sick girl is a rabid meth monster.

[underpants]

65. Media Matters has already covered these Coulter talking points

http://mediamatters.org/items/200510060011

[maveric]

59. dupe

self delete.

[QC]

60. I love Salmon!

I like to cook it in my smoker with a bit of soy sauce, black pepper, and maple syrup!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

62. Rushdie was the big surprise for me! I have never heard him before

and he blew me away with his wit and knowledge.

[AlCzervik]

66. OMG Who knew? He was so good!!! What a great sense of humor as well.

[MsTryska]

68. Wow - last night was a really good show.....

Ann Coulter - she looked fairly pretty this time, but she's still quite irrational. How did she make such a name for herself? She makes no sense. And she does kinda bring the organic crazy, imo. She reminds me of videos of crazy people with their therapists - where they say soemthing outlandish, but then they do that wierd head-duck, but no other visual cue that they may be anything other than dead serious.


Andrew Sullivan - bless his heart for waking up. He does need to not be so sanctimonious about religion, but I'm glad he made soem really good points about the False Christians, and what real Christians do. As I said above - looks like he had a really hard time keeping his feelings for Ben in check.


I was pleasantly surprised that Ben was smart - he was really good at explaining te Florida gun law.

As for Salman Rushdie - he was no surprise to me - he's the type of intelligentsia I'm used to.

Like that Kyla girl - she was very well-spoken on her positions - I will be picking up her book.