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Bill Maher defends Rush Limbaugh for 'slut' apology


It just seems pretty hypocritical. If you want to put up a bounty on someone denouncing Maher, shouldn't you at least be able to show that someone here watches him or has any idea what he is saying at any given point? I have literally never watched Bill Maher's show and I listen to Rush probably 3-4 times a month - if that tells you anything.
 

Well, I take my guidance from that raving liberal George Will.

George Will Condemns GOP Over Sandra Fluke Response: 'Republican Leaders Are Afraid Of Rush Limbaugh' (VIDEO)

Of course, I do know that since George Will actually has at least one college degree, he can't be a true conservative.
 

I'm a liberal and I watch his show. :mrgreen:

I like his new rules segment and some of his guests. I have to admit though, the show isn't as good as it used to be. I certainly don't get my news from him or my political views.

He got called out on his show a while back for using the term "teabaggers" and stopped for that guest. Sadly, he returned to using it the very next week. His Religulous movie sucked.
 

And the Koch brothers donate hundreds of millions to the extreme right. So what?
 

I think one can chalk up the outrage to the fact that this young lady could be anyone's daughter. And anyone would be proud to claim her. She's not a public figure...or she wasn't. And, unlike Maher, Letterman and the rest, Rush Limbaugh spent three days and hours of airtime attempting to humiliate, berate and denigrate her testimony and her character.

In other venues, we would call this bullying at its worst.

And then there's this...Letterman's apology:


That's an apology. No reference to "stooping to the Left's level," there. And nowhere at all did Rush say his bombastic attack over three days was inappropriate.
 


It tells you that you are wasting your life 3-4 times a month, bro. do you really believe any of these leftists slamming him listen to rush more than maher? I did that once, I forget maybe a couple years ago, some loud mouth hack was yammering on about limbaugh repleat with media matters links and the like. I challenged him to listed each day for a week and I would do the same, we would then discuss what he said.

He, nor anyone else would take up the challenge and freely admitted they do not listen
 
And Bain Capital owns Clear Channel.
 
ThePlayDrive said:
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One of the other differences between Maher and Limbaugh is that Liberals will rip Maher when he makes a fool of himself and will point out that he's an opinionated, foul mouthed jerk. Conservatives, on the other hand, not only don't criticize Limbaugh, they go out of their way to defend him. It's almost like if they have to admit their God-like head of the Party is a racist, misogyinistic bag of hot air, their entire political philosophy collapses.
 




You do remember letterman was nearly forced to apologized and refused for over a week. Rush was right in what he was saying regarding this whole fake birth control issue, he was a scumbag like letterman, like maher for calling fluke a slut. Only one of these people did not apologize.
 

**** Maher. He has zero influence. I mean, he has influence as far as his money goes... he can donate like any other citizen, but like I said, you'll never see one person quoting Maher the next day after his show. It's not even a comparison, Rev, and you know it.
 
It actually didn't prove that at all. It proved that there are less threads on Maher's "slut" incident than on Limbaugh's. Why that's the case has many potential potential explanations which is why your irrational game is just that, an irrational game. You're epic failing all over this thread.
 

The human stomach can only stand so much racist, misogynistic bile before it rebels. Hardly surprising.
 
Wiggen said:
The human stomach can only stand so much racist, misogynistic bile before it rebels. Hardly surprising.
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unless of course it's coming from a liberal, then you all just brush it aside.... MIRITE!
 
Less? Well...by golly...that IS true...there are definitely 'less'. :lamo
 
It's a just a game of willful ignorance and false comparisons happening. He does know it and so does Vance, but the game is more important than the truth.
 


and he was oh, so sincere in that apology. "I'm sorry Mom, the liberals made me do it!"
 



Actually show me other than this, when anyone on this forum quoted rush "the next day after his show".... in fact, was this even quoted the next day or was it after several days when the media picked it up....

If I was a betting man, not one liberal heard him call her a slut "live"....
 

What? LOL

I remember nary a word after Maher called Palin these same words. No mention of it whatsoever. He also said things about Bristol Palin, and I don't remember Obama calling to make sure she was ok.

Fluke was planted by Obama to change the direction of the discussion, since he had himself cornered with Catholics and that whole debate. And the media has played along exactly to their role.
 
Wiggen said:
and he was oh, so sincere in that apology. "I'm sorry Mom, the liberals made me do it!"
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He shouldn't have to apologize! Letterman is a comedian. That's his job. That's what comedians do. Just like Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes (or whatever), that's what he is hired to do. They are supposed to tell jokes and push the envelope. Sometimes you go too far, so you just dial it back and keep that in mind.

Do I really need to explain the difference to you guys?
 
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