More Clear Thinking From Ann Coulter

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Maher: What about the people who got onto the Huffington Post - and these weren't even the bloggers, these were just the comments section - who said they, they expressed regret that the attack on Dick Cheney failed.

Joe Scarborough: Right.

Maher: Now…

John Ridley: More than regret.

Maher: Well, what did they say?

Ridley: They said "We wish he would die." I mean, it was (?) hate language.

Barney Frank: They said the bomb was wasted. (laughter and applause)

Maher: That's a funny joke. But, seriously, if this isn't China, shouldn't you be able to say that? Why did Arianna Huffington, my girlfriend, I love her, but why did she take that off right away?

After some discussion about why Huffington should or shouldn't have taken these comments down, the following occurred:

Ridley: It's one thing to say you hate Dick Cheney, which applies to his politics. It's another thing to say, "I'm sorry he didn't die in an explosion." And I think, you know…

Maher: But you should be able to say it. And by the way…

Frank: Excuse me, Bill, but can I ask you a question? Do you decide what the topics are for this show?

Maher: Yeah, I decide the topics, they don't go there.

Frank: But you exercise control over the show the way that she does over her blog.

Maher: But I have zero doubt that if Dick Cheney was not in power, people wouldn't be dying needlessly tomorrow. (applause)

Scarborough: If someone on this panel said that they wished that Dick Cheney had been blown up, and you didn't say…

Frank: I think he did.

Scarborough: Okay. Did you say…

Maher: No, no. I quoted that.

Frank: You don't believe that?

Maher: I'm just saying if he did die, other people, more people would live. That's a fact.

here's a questin for the self righteous right... what about Mahers outrageous statement qualifies it as a defense for Coulters?

exactly. no where did he say he wished Cheneys had been assassinated.

He clearly expressed his opinion that the world woud be a better place had it happened which is his or anyone elses' perogative but nowhere did he express the wish that an assassination attempt on Cheney would be made or succeeded at.

That's two WAY different things.

Thank you for providing the information to prove me correct. And from your own post too. What a guy....

but she expressed the desire and intent to....clearly.... and who cares? she's still a c**t.... and I'm not afraid to express my opinion right out.

Good little ducky. Keep saying that and maybe it will be true.

And oh yes, as of a couple of years ago, he was pretty close friends with Anne Coulter.

Bi-Polar Bear wrote:

but she expressed the desire and intent to....clearly.... and who cares? she's still a c**t.... and I'm not afraid to express my opinion right out.

Obviously.

So, just so we are straight here... Coulter says you can go to rehab for calling someone a faggot and she is a c*nt, Maher says that if Cheney had been assassinated other people would live and he gets your defense.

same answer.... but you knew that.... much better to spin the whole thing to weave it into your suit of self righteousness though...

Mahr was "invited" to speak on the Huffington Web Site. Even SHE was taken back by his comments and deleted them from her Blog.

On Saturday, the website NewsBusters.org posted a story under the headline "Bill Maher Sorry the Assassination Attempt on Dick Cheney Failed."

There's just one problem: As a fair reading of the show's transcript makes clear, I never said those words. Still, over the weekend, dozens of websites, mostly right wing, picked up the story (with headline intact) thus proliferating the myth that comic Maher somehow advocates the whacking of our Veep.


Don't get me wrong: I've never joined the Dick Cheney Fan Club. But what I said Friday -- and what I believe -- is that the Vice President has presided over a bungled execution of a war in which thousands of our bravest continue to die. And I believe that were he not in power, our troops would likely come home sooner. But I don't wish him dead.

Ironically, I made my comments during a discussion about Free Speech, which is one of the chief reasons that I love my country.

McGentrix:

If Bill Maher was an invited guest of an organization designed to bolster liberal influence in the Democratic party, at which several Democrats appeared seeking the organization's support, and he said, "Too bad the bomb didn't get Cheney", then yes, I can see your point.

However:

Bill Maher's "Real Time" show on HBO is not a liberal organization. Several Democratic candidates were not present seeking "Real Time's" support. He is not publicly affiliated with the Democratic Party. He is not considered a Democratic spokesman in any way. He does not make a living going to Democratic gatherings to speak. Newspapers do not send him to Republican conventions to give the Democratic view.

And oh yes, as of a couple of years ago, he was pretty close friends with Anne Coulter.

So please tell me: WHY are Democrats compelled to rise up as one and denounce what he said?

The original question has never been addressed by the Looney Left.

What makes Coulter's disgraceful statement more significant than Mahrs disgraceful statement?

McGentrix wrote:

Bi-Polar Bear wrote:

but she expressed the desire and intent to....clearly.... and who cares? she's still a c**t.... and I'm not afraid to express my opinion right out.

Obviously.

So, just so we are straight here... Coulter says you can go to rehab for calling someone a faggot and she is a c*nt, Maher says that if Cheney had been assassinated other people would live and he gets your defense.

she was a c**t long before that.... are we straight?

at least three companies, Verizon, Sallie Mae and NetBank, have dropped their advertising from Coulter's Web site after a liberal blogger launched a campaign to petition the firms to stop their support.