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still_one

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57. Ok, but the fact remains that it was a bipartisan effort, and they did not say they were taking over

Sat Mar 14, 2015, 11:23 AM

Mar 2015

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the role of the President, and would invalidate anything he did. There are major differences in Pelosi's trip and the letter to Iran by the republicans in Congress. The republicans in Congress are actually trying to sabotage the ongoing negotiations with Iran. Not even close to what Pelosi's group was doing.

I will acknowledge your point, but still argue the actions are significantly different

Though the republicans seem to have the same purpose then as now, to either start a new war, or expand an existing one

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Sometime Maher is so frustrating. When Tom Rogan, an obviously right wing hack spewed the right [View all] still_one Mar 2015 OP

Remember that on the right there is unlimited money on research applegrove Mar 2015 #1

Good points still_one Mar 2015 #6

Good points, but he's still missing the ball. The show would be better if he focused on the lies. Shrike47 Mar 2015 #55

Maher is no poor boy. HuckleB Mar 2015 #8

I am friends w/ one of the exec producers. busterbrown Mar 2015 #12

That's fine, but not when he gets health care wrong. HuckleB Mar 2015 #13

Yea he’s full of inadequacies. So you don’t watch the show. busterbrown Mar 2015 #15

And the rest of the world has to correct his BS. HuckleB Mar 2015 #16

So you're that desperate that your conflating Maher w Limbaugh? busterbrown Mar 2015 #17

So you have no legitimate defense for Maher. HuckleB Mar 2015 #18

Time for you to go have toddy and turn in. busterbrown Mar 2015 #21

That's cute. HuckleB Mar 2015 #22

My Mentor is my girlfriend who doesn’t watch the show,, busterbrown Mar 2015 #24

Thanks for wasting my time. HuckleB Mar 2015 #27

You really don’t think you had a part in this exchange? busterbrown Mar 2015 #30

Honesty is not your thing. HuckleB Mar 2015 #31

Honesty?.. WTH busterbrown Mar 2015 #32

I thought you went to bed? Girlfriend has my sympathies. Shrike47 Mar 2015 #56

When Maher gets something wrong, it's almost always through a gap in his own knowledge. 6000eliot Mar 2015 #23

The guy has gone down the road of germ theory denialism. HuckleB Mar 2015 #26

you just can’t admit defeat... busterbrown Mar 2015 #33

Well I'm sure that both the GWB and BHO admins are happy with what they've done to Syria delrem Mar 2015 #2

Truly. n/t Smarmie Doofus Mar 2015 #29

The mistake here is thinking Maher is a Democrat he is a Libertarian. They are RW fools who want to Vincardog Mar 2015 #3

Actually Maher identifies himself as a liberal, not a libertarian, though there are libertarian still_one Mar 2015 #5

A libertarian lancer78 Mar 2015 #9

I don't know what you mean by that, I only know that on his show he calls himself a liberal still_one Mar 2015 #14

I do that too. I categorize all people as us or them. delrem Mar 2015 #11

I haven't watched him since the Gaza slaughter n/t malaise Mar 2015 #37

Well what did he say instead? nt greyl Mar 2015 #4

Maher is not that quick, in reality. HuckleB Mar 2015 #7

The same happened with Jon Stewart.. only Jon was the one saying it. not someone like Tom Rogan.. Cha Mar 2015 #10

Stewart has no excuse either. HuckleB Mar 2015 #19

Of course not. Cha Mar 2015 #20

It was not the same. former9thward Mar 2015 #25

Nice that you're defending Republicans. Not surprising, though. BlueCaliDem Mar 2015 #28

Defending the Constitution. former9thward Mar 2015 #52

Nah. "Playing" devil's advocate...as always. BlueCaliDem Mar 2015 #61

That seems to contradict other sources, still_one Mar 2015 #36

You notice there are no quotes from the Bush administration former9thward Mar 2015 #51

Ok, but the fact remains that it was a bipartisan effort, and they did not say they were taking over still_one Mar 2015 #57

The letter was stupid. former9thward Mar 2015 #59

"The letter was stupid." Ah...finally! It took you long enough to admit as much. BlueCaliDem Mar 2015 #60

Stupid, not treason or sedition. former9thward Mar 2015 #62

Bush got snarky about it, but not even CLOSE to the "same" Cosmocat Mar 2015 #40

"She visited and basically had tea. That is it." former9thward Mar 2015 #58

As I said, had tea ... Cosmocat Mar 2015 #64

OK, so Maher, a comic, should be up on... TreasonousBastard Mar 2015 #34

Let's see, his show is a political discussion show interspersed with some comedy. All this still_one Mar 2015 #35

Maher is sometimes amusing, occasionally correct and often a dumbass. Scuba Mar 2015 #38

Maher is a comedian/entertainer not a DNC hack. m-lekktor Mar 2015 #39

I agree, but understand Cosmocat Mar 2015 #41

John Oliver is excellent JonLP24 Mar 2015 #45

Yep Cosmocat Mar 2015 #63

Maybe not is job to spin One of the 99 Mar 2015 #42

Well, there's always the possibility he doesn't think it's BS tularetom Mar 2015 #43

Bill Maher strikes me as someone as very naive JonLP24 Mar 2015 #46

So instead he just gives people a platform to lie. One of the 99 Mar 2015 #47

Yup, that's pretty much what he does tularetom Mar 2015 #48

I was so sick over how many weeks in a row JonLP24 Mar 2015 #44

Pelosi's trip didn't have the consent of the White House. Marr Mar 2015 #49

So you are saying that the Bush State Department, Defense Department, and officials from the Bush still_one Mar 2015 #50

The Bush White House was clear in it's opposition to the trip. Marr Mar 2015 #53

It could be that Maher doesn't like Pelosi lunatica Mar 2015 #54