Posted on 04/01/2003 12:06:35 PM PST by Paul Atreides
Actress/comedienne Janeane Garofalo is back. War coverage may be keeping her, for now, off the cable news channels, but she popped up Friday night on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher. [Be advised, this item includes an accurate quotation of a vulgarity.]
Garofalo labeled the U.S. attack on Iraq as not fair because it is an unprovoked strike. Talking about those denouncing Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks for saying she was ashamed to be from the same state as President Bush, Garofalo suggested the attacks on the Dixie Chicks are a wonderful way for really stupid people to hook up. They meet...they tell stories about who their favorite Fox anchor is...
When co-panelist Michael Graham, a radio talk show host, recalled seeing a sign at an anti-war march proclaiming, We Support Our Troops...When They Shoot Their Officers, Garofalo doubted it ever existed and flew into a rage about how that's what all you right-wing radio hosts do. You make shit up all the time.
In between, Garofalo preposterously maintained: Dissent is being criminalized.
When we last heard from Garofalo she was claiming that Bush is just as dangerous to the world as Saddam Hussein. Equal, in a different way, actress/comedienne Janeane Garofalo replied when, on the March 6 The Pulse on Fox, Bill O'Reilly asked her if she thinks George W. Bush is more of a danger to this world than Saddam? After she condemned Bush for his with us or against us rhetoric and claimed his 'axis of evil' speech was not helpful, O'Reilly shot back: When you say that, people out there, theyre gonna think youre a loon. See: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030307.asp#6
Back to Friday's, March 28, Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO. Garofalo appeared on the panel with talk show host Michael Graham and comedian/actor Larry Miller.
-- Garofalo whined about Iraq as the victim of the U.S.: I would say a pre-emptive, unprovoked strike is not fair. This is a pre-emptive strike. It was not provoked. That is not fair.
-- On anger at the Dixie Chicks: You know what is good about these Dixie Chicks burnings or bashings? It's a wonderful, wonderful way for really stupid people to hook up. They meet, they throw some things on the fire, they talk about Vin Diesel, they tell stories about who their favorite Fox anchor is, they exchange phone numbers and in some cases has led to marriages.
-- Graham recalled seeing this sign at an anti-war march: We Support Our Troops...When They Shoot Their Officers.
That set off Garofalo: That one guy that had that one sign that you'll probably beat into the ground. You're going to use it over and over whether it actually existed or not. That's what all you right-wing radio hosts do. You make shit up all the time.
The audience cheered Garofalo's attack on talk radio.
Comedian Janeane Garofalo explains that Hollywood didn't protest the Clinton military ventures because "it wasn't very hip." By Hollywood standards, what was "hip" when Mr. Clinton did it, gets a negative flip when Mr. Bush does it.
It's filmed in LA so one would expect a liberal crowd. Caught the taping on 3/28. There were 2 yippies in front of us who got really pissed when we booed Michael Moore(even though we were told explicitly not to by the studio people) and when we cheered Maher's comment about getting over the 2000 election. But when my roommate and I discussed policy issues dealing with the war it went right over their heads. It was kind of fun to sit in obvious enemy territory and let my feelings be known.
No, Janeane, it's your writers that do that.
It just wasn't very hip to protest Clinton's... (sic) unitlateral actions and bombing in Yugoslavia without UN approval.
I would have to say that would be Juliet Hottie...
Cool, maybe Vin Diesel is one of us. Not that I'm going to tell my wife;-)
But to Garofalo and others, I would (and have) said: ok, what do YOU propose? How would YOU deal with the likes of SH? And when they trot out their usual responses, it is a simple thing to say: sorry, tried that, didn't work; sorry tried that, didn't work. Etc. Etc.
The truth of the matter is that Garofalo and others do not like the world that we actually live in and the steps that civilized people have to take in order to create a world of order and peace. What they have in their heads is a fantasy land where people just get along because, well, just because . . .
So what about 9/11? Was it provoked or pre-emptive? If provoked, and we were attacked, then we have the right to strike back. If pre-emptive, then her argument collapses much like the carotid arteries feeding her alleged brain did long ago.
And what the hell is this "hooking up" diatribe all about? Who goes and talks about their favorite Fox newsperson? What if it was Juan Williams? What does she do then? "Really stupid people." It is a guaranteed fact that when a liberal has nothing useful to contribute to a discussion, or has run out of arguments in a debate, the namecalling begins. It is usually about 2 minutes into their screed. I'll bet she was really challenged by Maher, LOL!!
Liberalism truly is a mental disease. They should name it Garafalo's syndrome or something. Talk about delusional!
Uh Ms. Garofolo, it wasn't made up. It looks like the American people have wised up about the shit that you have been pushing.
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