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Bill Maher was on Rachel Maddow and recommended that Obama needed to get his troops in line to support the exposed heathcare bill that seems to be much worse for the American people than was originally advertised. He said, what happened to the Lyndon Johnson method of politics (Lyndon Johnson was instrumental in blowing JFK's brains out to become president while he was under investigation for fixing elections)? He said what happened to getting your supporters to stand behind you, like putting an interns head in the bed of someone who steps out of line to teach the rest a lesson. Bush did stuff like that just a few years ago.
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wait for the apology, coming soon. He did not say it with one ounce of comedy , smile or laughing., he was dead serious.
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« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2009, 07:53:20 PM » |
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who was he referring to?
Gary Condit with Chandra Levy?
Joe Scarborough?
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« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2009, 07:53:49 PM » |
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The Libs are certifiably insane. Funny how the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which they were so vehemently against when Bush was President, aren't even on their radar screen anymore.
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« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2009, 07:56:04 PM » |
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The Libs are certifiably insane. Funny how the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which they were so vehemently against when Bush was President, aren't even on their radar screen anymore.
I was paraphrasing, this will be repeated in 2 hours on MSNBC. can anyone youtube it? I have never heard anyone say such a thing on live TV like that before.
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« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2009, 08:09:03 PM » |
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yeah, what does he mean by that?
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« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2009, 08:15:15 PM » |
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Did he acually say something like ''the exposed heathcare bill that seems to be much worse for the American people than was originally advertised''?
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« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2009, 08:28:37 PM » |
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I can't even watch Maher anymore, because he just oozes smug, self-righteous, limousine liberal elitism. Sure, he might crack a funny joke now and then, but that doesn't even come close to compensating for all the blatant shilling he does for the Obama administration's Nazi agenda.
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« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2009, 08:29:46 PM » |
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The Libs are certifiably insane. Funny how the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which they were so vehemently against when Bush was President, aren't even on their radar screen anymore.
It's like they're saying "the illegal invasion of Iraq didn't exist and never existed, and if you say it did or does, you're a crazy right-wing extremist".
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« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2009, 08:38:44 PM » |
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"He said what happened to getting your supporters to stand behind you, like putting an interns head in the bed of someone who steps out of line to teach the rest a lesson. Bush did stuff like that just a few years ago."
Sounds like the movie the Godfather where a horse head was put in a guy`s bed to send a message. Maher can imagine that scenerio but no way 9/11 was a inside job? The guy lies through his teeth.
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« Reply #9 on: August 18, 2009, 09:00:57 PM » |
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"He said what happened to getting your supporters to stand behind you, like putting an interns head in the bed of someone who steps out of line to teach the rest a lesson. Bush did stuff like that just a few years ago."
Sounds like the movie the Godfather where a horse head was put in a guy`s bed to send a message. Maher can imagine that scenerio but no way 9/11 was a inside job? The guy lies through his teeth.
he said intern, not horse. it is coming up again
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« Reply #10 on: August 18, 2009, 09:18:26 PM » |
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he said intern, not horse. it is coming up again
That is a very famous movie scene.Have you ever seen it?
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« Reply #11 on: August 18, 2009, 09:26:01 PM » |
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That is a very famous movie scene.Have you ever seen it?
oh yeah I know but he also said something to the effect that bush did this a few years ago and we know that condit complied with the patriot ac because of Chandra Levy and that Joe Scarborough left the House of Reps because he was caught with a dead intern in his office. We have been warning about the knight of the long knives when Hitler's SS exterminated Hitlers SA (who were really the ones responsible for his success). Maher seems to be promoting another night of the long knives with Obama as Hitler. He is an elitist who believes humans are barbarians and their decisions must be made for them. He believes the military needs to enforce fake global warming policies and that god/religions needs to die for the earth to live. he has been showing his true colors lately but never so obviously than now. He has become his girlfriend Ann Coulter but with a live show on HBO once a week and supposedly working on behalf of the president of the united states
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« Reply #12 on: August 18, 2009, 09:27:44 PM » |
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nObama could start openly eliminating his enemies, and Maher would sit there and cheer him on.
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« Reply #13 on: August 18, 2009, 09:37:56 PM » |
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How is Maher not under investigation for inciting violence by powerful people?
How are random people on the street added to lists via anonymous phone calls and heresay?
This guy went on live TV and acted like he knew about past murders to force GOP in line and recommended murder to force Dems in line with high level agendas.
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« Reply #14 on: August 18, 2009, 09:44:33 PM » |
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I didn't see the show but I think his just using a reference to the Godfather as has been previously posted to say that Obama needs to send a message to keep people in line. I seriously doubt he was speaking literally about chopping an interns head off or something. As far as the Bush reference goes, Carl Rove was famous for being vindictive when a Bush supporter did not march in lockstep with the whitehouse agenda. Remmember all the prosecutors who got fired, Valerie Plame and so forth.
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« Reply #15 on: August 18, 2009, 09:48:04 PM » |
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How is Maher not under investigation for inciting violence by powerful people?
How are random people on the street added to lists via anonymous phone calls and heresay?
This guy went on live TV and acted like he knew about past murders to force GOP in line and recommended murder to force Dems in line with high level agendas.
Why did he say it, though? What are his knickers in a bunch about?
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« Reply #16 on: August 18, 2009, 10:02:21 PM » |
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Why did he say it, though? What are his knickers in a bunch about?
Q: Why did he say it? A: He's a Psycopath. Q: What are his knickers in a bunch about? A: The Amount of people who are waking up.
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« Reply #17 on: August 18, 2009, 10:27:47 PM » |
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Why did he say it, though? What are his knickers in a bunch about?
He's pissed at Democrats for being "pussies"(his words)for not fully supporting Obama issues.
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« Reply #18 on: August 18, 2009, 10:30:44 PM » |
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He's pissed at Democrats for being "pussies"(his words)for not fully supporting Obama issues.
So, if you don't blindly follow the party line you're a "pussy" now? WTF? I thought even Maher was smarter than that.
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« Reply #19 on: August 18, 2009, 10:37:51 PM » |
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I didn't see the show but I think his just using a reference to the Godfather as has been previously posted to say that Obama needs to send a message to keep people in line. I seriously doubt he was speaking literally about chopping an interns head off or something. As far as the Bush reference goes, Carl Rove was famous for being vindictive when a Bush supporter did not march in lockstep with the whitehouse agenda. Remmember all the prosecutors who got fired, Valerie Plame and so forth.
Just watch the thing when it comes out. Unlike Beck and others, he looked right in the camera with a hateful angry stare like a fricking psycho. Talk about people who are a threat, this guy actually has the connedctions and resources to off people to push his agenda. At the very least he is connected with people who definitely wish these things to occur and could be using him as their wonderful spokesmodel.
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« Reply #20 on: August 18, 2009, 10:39:49 PM » |
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He already got himself kicked off ABC, maybe now HBO will give him the boot too.
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« Reply #22 on: August 19, 2009, 04:48:38 AM » |
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Bill Maher was on Rachel Maddow and recommended that Obama needed to get his troops in line to support the exposed heathcare bill that seems to be much worse for the American people than was originally advertised. He said, what happened to the Lyndon Johnson method of politics (Lyndon Johnson was instrumental in blowing JFK's brains out to become president while he was under investigation for fixing elections)? He said what happened to getting your supporters to stand behind you, like putting an interns head in the bed of someone who steps out of line to teach the rest a lesson. Bush did stuff like that just a few years ago.
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wait for the apology, coming soon. He did not say it with one ounce of comedy , smile or laughing., he was dead serious.
of course he was dead serious. the far left is no different than the far right. they are all the same people, just different masks.
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« Reply #23 on: August 19, 2009, 05:35:52 AM » |
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Oh, i hate polls, more predictive programming, i could'nt watch the rest, it's bs and it's bad for ya.
who gives a shit what these puppets say anyways?
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« Reply #24 on: August 19, 2009, 05:45:30 AM » |
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Oh, i hate polls, more predictive programming, i could'nt watch the rest, it's bs and it's bad for ya.
who gives a shit what these puppets say anyways?
Because they are actively conditioning people in preparation of Harriman/Rockefeller/Elizabeth's next false flag attack.
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« Reply #25 on: August 19, 2009, 05:46:07 AM » |
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Bill Maher is a disgusting sniveling little creature. I can't believe I watched his stupid show a year or so thinking he was "right on".
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« Reply #26 on: September 06, 2009, 06:03:33 AM » |
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'The Rachel Maddow Show' for Tuesday, August 18, 2009 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32474504RACHEL MADDOW: Joining us now is the host of HBO‘s “Real Time with Bill Maher.” Mr. Maher, thank you for having me on your show a couple of weeks ago and thanks for being here now. BILL MAHER, HOST, “REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER”: Always, Rachel. How are you doing? MADDOW: I‘m weird-ed out by this, honestly. There‘s this huge disconnect, not in opinions about what to do, but in beliefs about what is true. What is going on? MAHER: Well, you know, you‘re right that the Republicans have a more casual relationship with the truth. I have always believed that. I mean, I don‘t think they care as much about what is really true. It‘s more about what the feeling is, what the spirit of the truth is. Reagan, you know, used to tell a bunch of whoppers, you know, ketchup was a vegetable and, you know, trees cause pollution and, you know, anecdotal stuff about welfare, queens and the Cadillacs, and you know, ball games he saw that he never really saw. They didn‘t care. It was the idea, the big idea behind it. So I‘m not surprised at that. You know, it is all about feeling, I think, with those people, which is ironic, of course, because they accuse of liberals of being naive and not steely-eyed. But really, they‘re the ones, you know, who don‘t really care about what the actual truth is. They think, you know, like the torture debate. They were all about, “Oh, yes, those naive liberals. We know what the real truth is because we watch ‘24.‘ You know, we have the real truth.” MADDOW: Well, do you fight - MAHER: You know, and the health care - MADDOW: Go ahead. I‘m sorry, Bill. MAHER: No, no. You go ahead. MADDOW: Do you fight feeling with feeling? Do you say, “All right, we have facts,” on one side of this debate and you believe things that are not true on your side of the debate. So since we can‘t agree on the facts, let‘s just try to make you have a different feeling about the myths that you believe? How do you actually move people? How do you fight? MAHER: No, I don‘t think you can do that because, again, feelings are very - are stronger than facts. You know, these people who are so exercised now about the healthcare debate, I don‘t know if it‘s always about health care. You know, it seems a lot of it to be about this “I want my country back.” We hear that a lot. And I always want to say to them, from what? Who‘s taking your country away? Name one thing in your life that is different now that Obama is president. So I don‘t know if you can fight it on that level. But you can certainly could. The president, I think, could do a better job of, you know, getting a little Harry Truman on these people. He‘s just a little too nice about calling a liar a liar. You know, when somebody says government takeover, he should just say that‘s a flat-out lie. There is no government takeover. Stop lying. Stop lying about my record. A little Bob Dole in there. MADDOW: But the way that that would be fought back against, the way that people would respond to that is by saying, “What‘s he covering up? He‘s telling us we‘re lying but he‘s the real BS artist.” There is so much more energy than there is factual basis for that energy. And it‘s one thing if you‘re just fighting about whether or not you feel bad for the country or good about the country, whether you like Obama or you think he‘s a bad guy. But this is, you know, should we have a public option in healthcare reform? And it feels like something about which all of this fact-free emotion is - it‘s stymieing our ability to move forward or even have a smart discussion about it. MAHER: True. But where are all Obama‘s people to help him with this, by the way? You know, I mean, he is Michael Jordan on a very, very, very bad team. Where are all the people who were so enthused during the campaign? You know, that was the fun part, the election. Now comes the hard part. You know, where‘s Oprah? Where are all of the people who were out there on the campaign trail? We need them now. This is the actual hard work of government. MADDOW: Maybe people will be mobilized by the extremism of the people who are calling Obama Hitler and calling him a Nazi and bringing their AR-15s to the town halls. Maybe the Obama-ites who came out in such numbers in the election will be turned out specifically because they‘re so horrified by the atmosphere that‘s happening whenever Obama does one of these town hall meetings and people show up with guns. MAHER: Well, you think it would have happened by now, because this has been going on for weeks and weeks at this point - the guns in the town hall meetings. You know, I think people figure it‘s just a tiny fringe and it‘s inflated by the media. And that‘s not entirely untrue. There are people out there who are scary and nutty. I don‘t know how much a part of the larger population they represent - certainly, a good chunk of it. But, you know, again, it‘s not the Republicans - I mean, of course, it is the Republicans who are holding this up. But that‘s the given. You know, the real death panel is that Senate Finance Committee. It‘s these Democratic senators, the Kent Conrads and the Max Baucuses from these tiny little states that represent one or two percent of the population. That‘s holding up the works. You know, I guess the days of arm-twisting are over within your own party. I don‘t know, maybe I‘m just remembering finally my image of Lyndon Johnson and people like that doing that. You know, you wake up and there‘s an intern‘s head in your bed or something. I don‘t know. They used to be able to corral the members of their own party to get behind the business of that party. I don‘t think that‘s something that‘s gone away. I mean Bush did it only a few years ago when he was president. He seemed to get his puppies in a line. Why can‘t Obama do that? MADDOW: Well, you are seeing a little bit of an uprising right now of some angry liberals, particularly in the House, saying, “You know what, we‘re not going to vote yes for this thing unless it doesn‘t have a public option. We‘re liberals, we‘re mad and you can‘t count on our votes.” We haven‘t seen that in a long time. MAHER: Yes, but that‘s not really going to be there at the end of the day. At least, I hope not. I mean, I hope they don‘t split along those lines because as Paul Begala wrote so effectively the other day - boy, he‘s a smart guy. He was writing in “The Washington Post” about the fact that, you know, when FDR was passing social security, it did not include domestic workers. It didn‘t include farm workers. It didn‘t include the disabled, government workers, who are now, you know, the first people to get an entitlement. Lots of categories that were excluded. And if people back then had said, “Come on. This is not a very good bill,” nothing would have gotten passed. What happened was they got something through and then, over the years, they improved it. And you know, unfortunately, it looks like that‘s the best we can do with this health care thing. MADDOW: It‘s the best we can do with 60 seats in the Senate, 80-vote majority in the House and a brand-new, popular president. MAHER: Yes. MADDOW: My expectations are shrinking all the time - yes. Bill Maher, host of HBO‘s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” it‘s great to have you on the show. Thanks for joining us tonight, Bill. MAHER: Thanks, Rachel. Appreciate it.
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Hypocrits, liars, pyscos, they have their place in the NWO, and the regime.
I can't for the life of me understand how people can actualy take the words spoken by these people as non manipulative.
Truth, I get sick to my stomach with these freaks.
Maher: And I always want to say to them, from what? Who‘s taking your country away? Name one thing in your life that is different now that Obama is president. So I don‘t know if you can fight it on that level. But you can certainly could. The president, I think, could do a better job of, you know, getting a little Harry Truman on these people. He‘s just a little too nice about calling a liar a liar. You know, when somebody says government takeover, he should just say that‘s a flat-out lie. There is no government takeover. Stop lying. Stop lying about my record.
An example of insanity, do they actualy beleive the people go along with this rhetoric. OK, some, the anointed braindead.
Mr. Maher should have been asked about Obamas promises, the wars, the genocide, the torture, the national debt, the mercenaries, illegal invasion of soveriegn nations.
Nah, folks I get gutsick, they need to live in Gaza with the people, or Iraq, or afghanistan or Pakistan before they open their FN mouths.
They are conviced we are mornic, flag wiggling,know nothings.
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'The Rachel Maddow Show' for Tuesday, August 18, 2009 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32474504RACHEL MADDOW: Joining us now is the host of HBO‘s “Real Time with Bill Maher.” Mr. Maher, thank you for having me on your show a couple of weeks ago and thanks for being here now. BILL MAHER, HOST, “REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER”: Always, Rachel. How are you doing? MADDOW: I‘m weird-ed out by this, honestly. There‘s this huge disconnect, not in opinions about what to do, but in beliefs about what is true. What is going on? MAHER: Well, you know, you‘re right that the Republicans have a more casual relationship with the truth. I have always believed that. I mean, I don‘t think they care as much about what is really true. It‘s more about what the feeling is, what the spirit of the truth is. Reagan, you know, used to tell a bunch of whoppers, you know, ketchup was a vegetable and, you know, trees cause pollution and, you know, anecdotal stuff about welfare, queens and the Cadillacs, and you know, ball games he saw that he never really saw. They didn‘t care. It was the idea, the big idea behind it. So I‘m not surprised at that. You know, it is all about feeling, I think, with those people, which is ironic, of course, because they accuse of liberals of being naive and not steely-eyed. But really, they‘re the ones, you know, who don‘t really care about what the actual truth is. They think, you know, like the torture debate. They were all about, “Oh, yes, those naive liberals. We know what the real truth is because we watch ‘24.‘ You know, we have the real truth.” MADDOW: Well, do you fight - MAHER: You know, and the health care - MADDOW: Go ahead. I‘m sorry, Bill. MAHER: No, no. You go ahead. MADDOW: Do you fight feeling with feeling? Do you say, “All right, we have facts,” on one side of this debate and you believe things that are not true on your side of the debate. So since we can‘t agree on the facts, let‘s just try to make you have a different feeling about the myths that you believe? How do you actually move people? How do you fight? MAHER: No, I don‘t think you can do that because, again, feelings are very - are stronger than facts. You know, these people who are so exercised now about the healthcare debate, I don‘t know if it‘s always about health care. You know, it seems a lot of it to be about this “I want my country back.” We hear that a lot. And I always want to say to them, from what? Who‘s taking your country away? Name one thing in your life that is different now that Obama is president. So I don‘t know if you can fight it on that level. But you can certainly could. The president, I think, could do a better job of, you know, getting a little Harry Truman on these people. He‘s just a little too nice about calling a liar a liar. You know, when somebody says government takeover, he should just say that‘s a flat-out lie. There is no government takeover. Stop lying. Stop lying about my record. A little Bob Dole in there. MADDOW: But the way that that would be fought back against, the way that people would respond to that is by saying, “What‘s he covering up? He‘s telling us we‘re lying but he‘s the real BS artist.” There is so much more energy than there is factual basis for that energy. And it‘s one thing if you‘re just fighting about whether or not you feel bad for the country or good about the country, whether you like Obama or you think he‘s a bad guy. But this is, you know, should we have a public option in healthcare reform? And it feels like something about which all of this fact-free emotion is - it‘s stymieing our ability to move forward or even have a smart discussion about it. MAHER: True. But where are all Obama‘s people to help him with this, by the way? You know, I mean, he is Michael Jordan on a very, very, very bad team. Where are all the people who were so enthused during the campaign? You know, that was the fun part, the election. Now comes the hard part. You know, where‘s Oprah? Where are all of the people who were out there on the campaign trail? We need them now. This is the actual hard work of government. MADDOW: Maybe people will be mobilized by the extremism of the people who are calling Obama Hitler and calling him a Nazi and bringing their AR-15s to the town halls. Maybe the Obama-ites who came out in such numbers in the election will be turned out specifically because they‘re so horrified by the atmosphere that‘s happening whenever Obama does one of these town hall meetings and people show up with guns. MAHER: Well, you think it would have happened by now, because this has been going on for weeks and weeks at this point - the guns in the town hall meetings. You know, I think people figure it‘s just a tiny fringe and it‘s inflated by the media. And that‘s not entirely untrue. There are people out there who are scary and nutty. I don‘t know how much a part of the larger population they represent - certainly, a good chunk of it. But, you know, again, it‘s not the Republicans - I mean, of course, it is the Republicans who are holding this up. But that‘s the given. You know, the real death panel is that Senate Finance Committee. It‘s these Democratic senators, the Kent Conrads and the Max Baucuses from these tiny little states that represent one or two percent of the population. That‘s holding up the works. You know, I guess the days of arm-twisting are over within your own party. I don‘t know, maybe I‘m just remembering finally my image of Lyndon Johnson and people like that doing that. You know, you wake up and there‘s an intern‘s head in your bed or something. I don‘t know. They used to be able to corral the members of their own party to get behind the business of that party. I don‘t think that‘s something that‘s gone away. I mean Bush did it only a few years ago when he was president. He seemed to get his puppies in a line. Why can‘t Obama do that? MADDOW: Well, you are seeing a little bit of an uprising right now of some angry liberals, particularly in the House, saying, “You know what, we‘re not going to vote yes for this thing unless it doesn‘t have a public option. We‘re liberals, we‘re mad and you can‘t count on our votes.” We haven‘t seen that in a long time. MAHER: Yes, but that‘s not really going to be there at the end of the day. At least, I hope not. I mean, I hope they don‘t split along those lines because as Paul Begala wrote so effectively the other day - boy, he‘s a smart guy. He was writing in “The Washington Post” about the fact that, you know, when FDR was passing social security, it did not include domestic workers. It didn‘t include farm workers. It didn‘t include the disabled, government workers, who are now, you know, the first people to get an entitlement. Lots of categories that were excluded. And if people back then had said, “Come on. This is not a very good bill,” nothing would have gotten passed. What happened was they got something through and then, over the years, they improved it. And you know, unfortunately, it looks like that‘s the best we can do with this health care thing. MADDOW: It‘s the best we can do with 60 seats in the Senate, 80-vote majority in the House and a brand-new, popular president. MAHER: Yes. MADDOW: My expectations are shrinking all the time - yes. Bill Maher, host of HBO‘s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” it‘s great to have you on the show. Thanks for joining us tonight, Bill. MAHER: Thanks, Rachel. Appreciate it. Now isn't Webster Tarpley's analysis interesting given what Maher said: from Webster Tarpley's Show, 2nd Hour, 3-13-2010 (WORLD CRISIS RADIO) http://www.gcnlive.com/archive.php?program=worldCrisisWebster credits Wayne Maddsen for most of the research. Very interesting show. Webster says Emanuel must go NOW! A REIGN OF TERROR BY EMANUEL!!! WEBSTER CLAIMS THAT EMANUEL HAD HIS HAND ON THE DEMISE OR NEAR DEMISE OF THE FOLLOWING POLITICIANS. MAINLY BECAUSE HE DOESN'T LIKE THEM OR THEY ARE IN THE WAY OF THE OBAMA AGENDA. GOV. BLAGOVICH GOV PATTERSON (NY) REP. DEFAZIO (OR) REP. KUCINICH (OH) REP. MURTHA (DIED WHILE HAVING A GALL BLADDER OPERATION) (PA) REP. DINGLE (MICH) REP. RANGEL (NY) REP. CONYERS (MICH) REP. BENNY THOMPSON (MS) REP. MASSA (NY)
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