Anyone watching Bill Maher, looks like a good show tonite

[bdamomma]

Adrianne Huffington, Harold Ford Jr. and Harry Belafonte.

[rurallib]

1. Andrew Sullivan also?

Hope Andrew has gets his ass handed to him.

[Rowdyboy]

2. Right there with you....I've been waiting for this show.....

Harry Belafonte and Arianna Huffington should be flawless. Ford will be fun, and Sullivan and Christie Whitman should be easy targets...

[Cameron27]

3. Harold Ford doesn't look too good right now..

going way overboard with the 10 commandments BS.

[Sydnie]

4. but I can bet it is playing very well in Tennesee

It's too much for my taste too, but I'm in Massachusetts. We don't need all that pomp here. :hi: ;)

[Cameron27]

9. I hope it's worth it &

it gets him elected.:-)

[countmyvote4real]

7. "We should love thy neighbor" (except equal rights for gays)

I used to be such a fan of H. Ford, but he has really turned into a Republican. He supported the recent "torture/deaht of habeous corpus" bill as well as the bankruptcy bill.

[jefferson_dem]

20. i disagree. i think ford came across great. as usual, he was very "polished"

and said all the right things...to get elected sen from TN rather than to endear him to the DU troops, that is.

[mdmc]

5. I like Harry

Hope he has some choice words.

[mtowngman]

6. please don't show the ad, Bill.

oh,good.

[LSK]

8. I wish, no HBO here

[Sydnie]

36. Tune into hbo.com/billmaher

and watch the ASK BILL special online only portion of the show, just after the tv show ends. It was great last week with Barney Frank. http://www.hbo.com/billmaher/ The next best thing to the whole show. :hi:

[Rowdyboy]

10. I did not know Andrew Sullivan was HIV positive.....

[Sydnie]

12. I didn't either

How did we miss that detail? :shrug:

[Cameron27]

13. He actually sounds human tonight

very anti-administration.

[Rowdyboy]

17. More so than I've ever seen....

[Athletic Grrl]

14. me either.

Man, that ad with Kurt Warner was awful. Looks like they filmed it with a camera phone. :eyes:

[jefferson_dem]

16. yes, very sad indeed. he was denied citizenship because of his HIV+ status.

n/t

[Rowdyboy]

19. Thats even worse.....

He still irritates me, but I can feel some empathy.

[SeattleGirl]

11. I'm watching.

:bounce:

[Rowdyboy]

15. Disagree with Sullivan on talking about trashy ads....He says ignore....

Maher says hilight their trashiness. I agree with Maher...strongly

[SeattleGirl]

18. So do I. "Shine a light on it." Exactly, Bill, exactly!!

Telling the truth about these ugly ads is what is needed.

[bliss_eternal]

22. Absolutely...!

I agree. :)

[dogman]

30. I think that plays in to the ad makers strategy.

They get extended free play. How many people stick around for the analysis? How many just hear the message of the ad driven in to their subconscious? The constant coverage was the key to success of the swiftboating.

[Rowdyboy]

34. Yes, it was the sucess of the swiftboating, but-in the case of the Michael J Fox

ad and the Limbaugh response, this plays to our favor. The more coverage, the better. Limbaugh, totally unintentionally, has given us the greatest gift imagineable.

[Cameron27]

21. Whoa, Andrew Sullivan

is on a rant against the rove. Something turned this guy 180, at least up to this point.

[Rowdyboy]

23. Andrew Sullivan is engaged!

Will wonders never cease...What a show. Glad I'm taping

[bliss_eternal]

24. He still sounds critical of Dems...

has he turned completely or just on the Rove? :hi:

[Cameron27]

26. He's bashing bush on gay rights..

he actually said God Bless the Democrats....ROFLMAO

[bliss_eternal]

27. Color me surprised...

I heard him. :wow:

[Athletic Grrl]

25. dayum...

Sullivan is making a lot of sense tonight.

[Rowdyboy]

28. Ariana starts off imitating the prostitute in the Harold Ford ad....Its gonna rock

[countmyvote4real]

29. She's kicking ass tonight. Really on the top of her game. n/t

[bdamomma]

31. Harry Belafonte is a great speaker.

[Cameron27]

32. Go Andrew Sullivan

He just bashed John McCain for caving on the torture bill. I can't believe my ears.

[SeattleGirl]

33. Woohoo! Andrew Sullivan based the Republicans for being

cowards! I am SO glad to hear someone say that! Yes, the Dems in many cases have played the chicken-shit game, but SO HAVE THE REPUBLICANS. When they could have stood up to Bush and said, NO! to him, they didn't. They are just as cowardly as a lot of the Dems.

And, having said that about Dems, I will also add the caveat that the Dems ARE in the minority right now, but so often, when they have had a chance to speak up, speak out, they haven't done it.

But I'm glad that Sullivan called out the Republicans. About freakin' time!

[countmyvote4real]

35. Who are you and what have you done with Andrew Sullivan?

I know he's been mellowing around the edges lately, but I've never applauded him so much in one sitting. He used to put my TV in danger of thrown objects. Wow.

And I must add that this was a really great panel (including the guests) of RATIONAL people that can discuss and debate issues to discover common ground.

[SeattleGirl]

37. We're on a bus to Atlantic City with a roll full of quarters.

:rofl:

[countmyvote4real]

38. Closing credits are my favorite.

I love to see who can't wait to get the hell off the set first and stop making nice.

Tonight's winner with skid marks is Governor Whitman.

[Sydnie]

39. If you missed it, it's on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJojX5K7JMc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE7j3JWPPB8