Bill Maher: We are all cowards

MSNBC.com ^ | November 14, 2002 | Hardball

[Norman Arbuthnot]

                 MAHER: ... but I do mind being mischaracterized.
       MATTHEWS: Right, the people who shot the cruise missiles were in the right. They were not cowardly or not cowardly. But you argue that those who use that as a weapon are cowardly.
       MAHER: I don’t understand what you’re saying there.
       MATTHEWS: Well you’re saying the United States civilian leadership, i.e., President Clinton at the time, was cowardly in using cruise missiles.
       MAHER: I’m saying the entire country. This whole country never woke up when the alarm went off. When we were attacked, the World Trade Center was attacked in ’93, the embassies in Africa, the Cole. We had plenty of wakeup calls and we kept ignoring them. We kept thinking...
       MATTHEWS: But who-if it was cowardly behavior, who were the cowards?
       MAHER: The society as a whole was...      

[Norman Arbuthnot]

Every once in a while Chris Matthews actually plays a little hardball with a liberal and makes them defend, or at least explain, controversial remarks that they have made.

A recent example of this took place on Thursday evening when Matthews questioned Bill Maher and challenged him to explain the meaning of his now infamous description of launching cruise missles against the Taliban as a corwardly act.

Of course, when push comes to shove, Maher cannot bring himself to blame Clinton for what in his view was a cowardly act even though gave the orders for the strikes. He would rather blame "society"....

Oh please, that is just so .....corwardly.

[billorites]

The liberal crackup continues.

[Schmedlap]

I read the transcript. In many places there was an "(unintelligible)" written in the transcript. I would place that throughout the transcript, because it was all blather. Neither Mahar or Matthews showed the capacity to express a coherent thought, in their exchange. Matthews repeated what he says about Bush in every show, but I think that is a reflex, rather than a statement formulated through thought. Mahar can't string a sentence together.

[herzo]

Actually, as much as I revile Maher, he is closer to the truth than Matthews gives him credit. In reading the complete interview, Maher states that we had plenty of warning from '93 on, but failed to react to it. He is specific as to not calling the military cowards.

What he points out in calling the American people cowards, is our failure to insist that our leadership take action in response to the several attacks on on the U.S. beginning with the WTC and running through the USS Cole.

He alludes to, but does unequivocably state that Clinton showed a lack of leadership in his response to these attrocities and the citizens were sold halfway measures by our leadership.

[Jimmy Valentine]

This is a nice example of Maher trying to get toothpaste back into the tube. Tough work, and it never really is successful.

Regards,

[Leisler]

Maybe he, his democrat friends, Hollywood industry types were "all cowards". Certainly the Special Forces, the Air Force, Navy, Marine Pilots and all the service men and women were not cowards then. So already his general statement is untrue. The FBI agents, those few who had investigated the first Islamic bombing of the WTC were not cowards. Nor the fireman or police nor even the workers who without panic and assisting others who orderly left the building, were not cowards. So, other then the Clintons, I can find one single instance, under any circumstance of anyone behaving in anything but courageously and exemplary.

The Clintons were and are, and Mr Maher, the bleach blond, were the only cowards.

[raisincane]

"in his response He alludes to, but does unequivocably state that Clinton showed a lack of leadership to these attrocities and the citizens were sold halfway measures by our leadership."
Not to mention the fact that the media swept these news worthy details off the front page and out of the minds of Americans. All, to benefit Klintoon. Most folks have no idea what terrorists were doing to our nation and her citizens during the 90's. I even had to prove the fact that Iraq tried to murder President GHB & family in 1993 to a couple of my relatives! They never knew that happened.

[Tripleplay]

Not to mention the fact that the media swept these news worthy details off the front page and out of the minds of Americans

Nothing has changed.......islam is still the "religion of peace", racial profiling is rampant, etc.

[Clara Lou]

Geez, what an enjoyable transcript. I wish I'd seen the show. Matthews made a braying jackass out of Maher. He's the male version of Babs Streisand. Oy!

[Consort]

Maher has been trying to get back in the favor of Liberals ever since he said he didn't vote for Gore and claimed to be a Libertarian.

[GirlShortstop]

I hope Matthews and Maher don't believe this is supposed to be some form of intellectual discourse or debate from which the audience will be cerebrally enhanced for having been exposed.

What happened to credentials being necessary to be granted the opportunity to present in a public forum, much less be considered an expert in a particular field?

Do you know what Bill Maher's expertise is?    Me neither;  he is simply an English major graduate.    "bio"
Hold your applause until the end of the show, please.  </sarcasm off>

Some in our culture are entirely too enamored with these celebrities.
To Maher, and the likes of Babs Streisand, Alec Baldwin, Woody Harrelson, Robert Altman, etc., I'd love to pose two simple questions:

• who gives a flying clinton as to what you feel?
• what are your credentials to support your hypotheses?

This fluff for news makes good FR critique material, but I am sick of hearing from these yahoos.</rant off>
Freegards.

[bandleader]

Earth To Bill"Speak For Yourself,You RAT"!!

[LiteKeeper]

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[Joe Hadenuf]

As long as the government continues to leave the doors and windows wide open to our house, there will be no Homeland Security.

[Cannon6]

maher, speak for yourself, you bastar*