Hear. Hear. -Gary
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 10:36 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly
>
>
> I watched Bill for the first time in a long time last night.
>
> Very different show. It started out much more somberly.
>
> He had a conservative radio host on -- who's name I now forget -- and this
> guy really stood up for Bill Maher. He pointed out, and agreed with Bill,
> that nobody has been more pro military than Bill Maher. He point out that
> one time when he was on PI, Maher, went on and on about how great Reagan's
> anti-communism policies where, how Reagan won the Cold War, but that the
> beginning of the end for communism was U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
>
> Those are not the statements of a liberal.
>
> Maher said he was trying to make the point that the U.S. should
> not blindly
> go into some retalitory action. That the terrorists have complaints that
> maybe we should listen to. If we do not learn from our past, we are doomed
> to repeat our mistakes. He thought he was being very patriotic.
>
> I think many people here have made the same points.
>
> BTW: He never said he was quoted out of context or tried to back down from
> his main point. Agree or disagree, I admire a guy who stands up and says,
> this is what I said instead of blaming somebody else. I hate the "I was
> quoted out of context" bull shit.
>
> H.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 8:03 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly
>
>
> On Friday, September 21, 2001 9:45 AM, Gary P. McNeel, Jr. <gmcneel@rice.
> edu> wrote:
>
> >> There must be a sizable element of the American public that feels
> >> this way.
> >
> >I agree.
>
> That figures. Wrong again. The timing and context of Maher's statements
> make him a total ass. He also allowed his guest to describe the terrorists
> as "warriors". His show is anything but "Politically Incorrect". It's
> Hollywood left wing back slapping at it's worst. It's time for him to move
> on.
>
> Lee
>
>
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