February 8, 2020
Steve Bannon keeps smiling and gets enough of his message out as Bill Maher steps on absolutely everything he says.
I like how Maher trashed Trump for calling people "evil" and then ended the interview by calling Bannon "evil." And then Maher walked over to the table with a panel of guests and where everyone freely denounced Bannon. One of the panelists asserted that what Bannon had just said was "maniacal." So desperate.
This gets the "civility bullshit" tag because Maher argued against Trump's rough speech, then turned around and used the same kind of harsh speech himself and with the panelists who mirrored his ideology.
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They can’t help themselves.
Why is Maher on TV?
He says exactly what he is told to say.
Massive desperation expressed as small desperation.
They chose the form of their destructor. Themselves. That's why they hate Trump so much. He's reminds them so much of themselves they can't stand it.
There should be some clear-cut differences between the behavior of a controversialist reality TV talk show host and the President of the United States. I admit I am having some trouble enumerating these differences right at the moment.
Exactly what I thought while watching last night.
Maher's whole "scum" to Rwanda genocide argument really showed him to be a lightweight.
Pffft that ship sailed during boxers or briefs.
Why the stripe down Steve's pants?
Is he working as a toll-taker or bus driver now?
60s Boomers raison de entre was to lower standards.
Don’t whine now. That horse left 50-60 years ago.
The left is changing their tactics. Back in 1984 Emmanuel Goldstein was never present during the 2 minute hate sessions. Maher actually had Steve Bannon present for this hate session.
“Don’t whine now. That horse left 50-60 years ago.”
Exactly. We’re living in the world they made but, alas, they’re completely baffled by it. Because they’re heedless morons.
Democrat rhetoric that inspires BLM killing of cops in Texas and Louisiana or shootings of Republican congressmen? Crickets. Trump name-calling that inspires nothing more than Republican turnout? The second coming of the Third Reich!
The left calls Bannon the power behind the Trump throne because he worked on his campaign for several seconds.
Jabber on HBO = POTUS
Logic is tricky.
I....can't....do....it.
Can't listen to Maher. Can't watch his bobbleheaded panels, or listen to his clone clapping seal audience.
It'd be like hanging out with my NYC relatives.
Bannon 2024.
Jabber on HBO = POTUS
Yes, the presidency is bound to a higher standard than pop culture.
Can't wait for Trump's NCAA picks!
The left are not interested in debate or idea. They want to bulldoze and gulag you.
Maher is petty D-propaganda. Sad.
Bannon is great but why do we keep trying to explain to them why they lost in 2016? Enough already.
Absolutely love Steve Brannon. Brilliant.
Rand Paul went on The View and was bulldozed and gulag-ed by the stupid empty-headed females who make up the on-air talent.
It was a pathetic. Rand could not get a word in. Heaven forbid the hivemind let some fresh air into the cobwebs of their minds.
I kinda’ wished Bannon had whipped out a list of the dehumanizing terms the left has used to refer to President Trump and anyone who voted for him, but understand that Bannon had other fish to fry.
he's a fourth rate comic, that they anointed into a savant, bannon is a big player not only in America (he burnt bridges by warbling to wolff) but in the anti globalist resistance, notably in Italy, he was too impatient on tariffs, but much of what he wanted is coming to pass, and needless to say, he was first for ted cruz,
DJT rage/hatred = NCAA picks.
Logic is tricky.
The thing that bugs me most about Maher is the pose of “politically incorrect.” Everything he says is calculated to get applause from the barking seals of his audience. I’m no Bannon fan (not a hater, either; I mostly ignore him), but I admire him for appearing where he knew he would be attacked and disrespected for his views.
I admit I am having some trouble enumerating these differences right at the moment.
We know. You should watch Bannon's videos to try to understand what is happening, not just here but in Europe.
Bannon's podcast on the China pandemic is interesting. He talks about things about which he knows more than the usual podcasting absorbing squirrels.
anti-de Sitter space said...
DJT rage/hatred = NCAA picks.
Logic is tricky.
Logic is especially tricky when you are purposely dishonest.
“This gets the "civility bullshit" tag because Maher argued against Trump's rough speech...”
Good thing Maher isn’t POTUS. Bad thing we don’t hold our president to a higher standard than Maher.
"Bannon is great but why do we keep trying to explain to them why they lost in 2016? Enough already."
As if they will ever listen and actually learn the lesson?! Carville the other day showed the requisite humility. So far no one else.
"Good thing Maher isn’t POTUS. Bad thing we don’t hold our president to a higher standard than Maher. I think it’s civility bullshit to have double standards."
Can anyone make sense of those three sentences?
Inga, if you think it is civility bullshit to have double standards, then why do you think it a bad thing we don't hold presidents to different standards?
“I kinda’ wished Bannon had whipped out a list of the dehumanizing terms the left has used to refer to President Trump...”
Trump has called those he opposes “rats, pigs, animals, son of a bitches”, why do you hold liberals to a higher standard than you do your president?
Liberal democrats project, nothing new about that.
It’s civility bullshit to hold civilians to a higher standard than elected officials. Elected officials are damn lucky to be where they are and need to prove they deserve the honor they’ve been given.
BB&H: Maher is petty D-propaganda. Sad.
Is being a D-propagandist a step up or a step down from being a B-movie/TV actor? Not having watched much TV in recent decades, my image of Maher comes from '80s classics like Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death, and guest appearances on my mom's favorite show. (Murder, She Wrote. All the '80s old ladies loved Murder, She Wrote.)
He seemed a nice young man who could fill that small but culturally important niche creditably.
They don't like the Trump speech but they continue to do the things to engender it. If you don't like it try acting civil towards him yourself....
‘If you don't like it try acting civil towards him yourself....’
The onus for decent behavior is on the elected official.
The onus for decent behavior is on the elected official
No it isn't...
The onus for decent behavior, Inga, is on the individual.
Bitch, bitch, bitch.
If they don't like the EC, then change the operating rules. The Framers set up a process, Article V. Follow it. Until you're successful, shut up.
In the 1787 convention the small states were going to act on their threat of leaving unless they got equal status in the Senate. Obviously enough some variation of the unworkable 1777 Articles of Confederation would have come about, but it wouldn't have happened in 1787. The small states wanted some assurance that they wouldn't be steamrolled by the large states.
If you want to be treated civilly, the first thing a person does is practice that themselves. I don't think you truly understand Althouse's point about "civility bullshit".
“The onus for decent behavior is on the elected official...”
“No it isn't...”
Yes it is. That you have no standard for your elected officials is a sad state of affairs and this attitude has contributed to the lower quality of elected officials.
"Trump has called those he opposes “rats, pigs, animals, son of a bitches”, why do you hold liberals to a higher standard than you do your president?"
Trump has said those things about INDIVIDUALS, individuals who earned the names. Compare and contrast that with calling tens of millions of voters "irredeemable" and "deplorable".
Inga said...
“This gets the "civility bullshit" tag because Maher argued against Trump's rough speech...”
Good thing Maher isn’t POTUS. Bad thing we don’t hold our president to a higher standard than Maher.
If you like your doctor, you can keep you doctor.
Inga said...
“This gets the "civility bullshit" tag because Maher argued against Trump's rough speech...”
Good thing Maher isn’t POTUS. Bad thing we don’t hold our president to a higher standard than Maher.
“This is my last election ... After my election I have more flexibility,”
Like I wrote Inga- you just don't understand Althouse's point. Simply, wow.
“If you want to be treated civilly, the first thing a person does is practice that themselves. I don't think you truly understand Althouse's point about "civility bullshit".”
I think YOU don’t understand her civility bullshit definition.
“Civility" is an elitist power move. I agree with that. I would love to have civility all around, and I try for civility myself, but I believe that calls for civility are always bullshit. The agenda of the caller for civility is always to keep his side in charge and to suppress the other. When the caller for civility sees an advantage for his side in going big and ugly, the civility principle will be treated as invisible or — if he's prodded — inapplicable.”
Maybe the onus is on the anus behaving badly, to do better...
Bill Maher had a guest role on "Married, With Children...." That was a step up in class, for him. Of course, he played a sleazeball game show host, so he was typecast.
Inga said...
‘If you don't like it try acting civil towards him yourself....’
The onus for decent behavior is on the elected official.
A federal judge has rejected President Barack Obama's assertion of executive privilege to deny Congress access to records pertaining to Operation Fast and Furious, a gunrunning probe that allegedly allowed thousands of weapons to flow across the border into Mexico.
It wasn't allegedly in the end. The records Obama was forced to turn over showed conclusively his administration ordered the guns that killed a border patrol agent and hundreds of Mexican nationals be sold to the cartels
Inga said...
“If you want to be treated civilly, the first thing a person does is practice that themselves. I don't think you truly understand Althouse's point about "civility bullshit".”
I think YOU don’t understand her civility bullshit definition.
You can try to explain the concept of a double standard to Inga.
But she is just too stupid.
Bad faith argument is similarly way past Inga's zone of proximal development.
The hardest thing for people to see is themselves.
Achilles, I pretty much negate most of what you have to say, as you are so extreme that a sane rational person cannot possibly take you as a serious person worth listening to.
adSs: "DJT rage/hatred = NCAA picks.
Logic is tricky."
Team "OMG Trump Gets 2 Scoops Of Ice Cream!" has something to say.
And did you see how Trump fed the Goldfish!
Lets all pay attention to these arbiters of rage levels (assuming you can hear above the 4-year continuous lefty/Dem/LLR primal scream)
Admiral Inga: "Achilles, I pretty much negate most of what you have to say, as you are so extreme that a sane rational person cannot possibly take you as a serious person worth listening to."
Team Whack The Babies And Sell The Parts But Dont Kill The Islamic Supremacist Terrorists would like to lecture us on sanity.
This should be good.
Question: Do I need to be in Democrat blackface to understand the message?
Asking for a friend.
Inga said...
Achilles, I pretty much negate most of what you have to say, as you are so extreme that a sane rational person cannot possibly take you as a serious person worth listening to.
That is good.
Stiff upper lip.
Please don't stop posting.
Inga wrote this without a hint of irony:
"but I believe that calls for civility are always bullshit"
Then what are you doing calling on elected officials to set the example?
Drago said...
Question: Do I need to be in Democrat blackface to understand the message?
Why do you people keep smearing Governor Northam? He never wore blackface. He was the other guy in the picture.
The one with the hood.
The Lamentations of Liberals
Elected officials are damn lucky to be where they are and need to prove they deserve the honor they’ve been given.
Says the Democrat (and Green Party) voter who does not understand that elections do not "give" the candidate anything.
Now, I agree that Hillary expected to be "given" the election but she wasn't. That gave us the Democrat tantrum of the past three years,.
This failed flop happens when an artist plays to the audience.
Blogger Yancey Ward said...
Inga wrote this without a hint of irony:
"but I believe that calls for civility are always bullshit"
This is a DIRECT QUOTE from Althouse. I’d think you would’ve recognized it as such.
Maher shouldn't get wee-wee'd up.
Elected officials DO need to have a higher standard than civilians, if you don’t like the incivilty from civilians to Trump, then he should set an example. As his wife says...Be best!
My gawd, but Maher is a prick.
Narr
I got three minutes in and that was enough
“Says the Democrat (and Green Party) voter who does not understand that elections do not "give" the candidate anything.”
They are given VOTES. Duh.
I spent six years filming the senator and his family, looking for moments of authenticity. His speech this week was one of them.
"I recently read a sequence from William Shakespeare’s Henry V. In Act 4, Scene 1, when a soldier asserts, “our obedience to the king wipes the crime of it out of us,” a disguised King Henry quickly responds: “Every subject’s duty is the king’s; but every subject’s soul is his own.” After spending years filming Romney, and hundreds of additional hours examining that footage, it’s my opinion that his speech this week was a man simply telling the truth and preserving the integrity of his own soul."
IIRC, in one of his novels Henry Adams has a character muse that no voter or citizen should expect their representatives to be any more honest or ethical than they themselves are.
Narr
WASPy wisdom
Elected officials DO need to have a higher standard than civilians,
Lolololol
Tell that to Marxist Maxine, Sheila Jackson Juan Castro...you know we bitter clingers.
They are given VOTES. Duh.
And sometimes they weren’t the votes actually given.
"Elected officials DO need to have a higher standard than civilians"
This is you, Inga, calling for civility from others, which you claimed to believe is bullshit, right?
Like I wrote in the first comment- your three sentences were so contradictory, they are senseless, and your further explanations haven't made them any more logical.
Admiral Inga: "Elected officials DO need to have a higher standard than civilians,.."
Which is why Bill Clinton only used the best cigars to shove up interns and Jihn F Kennedy only ordered his intern to give BJ's to his favorite Secret Service agent.
We need a return to that sort of democrat "normalcy".
“Like I wrote in the first comment- your three sentences were so contradictory, they are senseless, and your further explanations haven't made them any more logical.”
I’m sorry that you’re having trouble understanding a simple argument. I think your preconceived notions are blocking you. But hey, it’s not worth another moment of my time.
Fair enough, Inga, I made an error. I read that you explaining how you understood Althouse and that you agreed with it. So, do you agree with her definition of civility bullshit? It is fine if you don't, but please don't be confusing.
1989. MR. Bush. OF COURSE it was Clintonistas boomers.
It might have been done to Ronnie, but I don’t think I ever heard it.
How many times have we discussed this? Your side keeps lowering the bar and then you’re shocked when the playing field is leveled or your side is hoisted by your own petard.
They are given VOTES. Duh.
More ignorance.
They earn votes. Or they don't in the example of Hillary.
Do you think if you go to a store and buy something the owner is "giving " it to you ?
Elizabeth Warren voter,. "You didn't earn that "
"Good thing Maher isn’t POTUS. Bad thing we don’t hold our president to a higher standard than Maher. I think it’s civility bullshit to have double standards."
Again, Inga, here are the three sentences above. Here is how I understood them:
Sentence (1)- Maher isn't POTUS, and shouldn't be held to the same high standard as Trump, who is President.
Sentence (2)- It is a bad thing Presidents aren't held to higher standards than Bill Maher.
Sentence (3)- Double standards are civility bullshit.
So, Inga, explain to me how Sentence (3) doesn't contradict the first two sentences?
This is why I thought you agreed with Althouse about civility bullshit- you seem to agree with it in Sentence (3), but clearly don't in the first two sentences. Which is it?
Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...
I spent six years filming the senator and his family, looking for moments of authenticity. His speech this week was one of them.
"I recently read a sequence from William Shakespeare’s Henry V. In Act 4, Scene 1, when a soldier asserts, “our obedience to the king wipes the crime of it out of us,” a disguised King Henry quickly responds: “Every subject’s duty is the king’s; but every subject’s soul is his own.” After spending years filming Romney, and hundreds of additional hours examining that footage, it’s my opinion that his speech this week was a man simply telling the truth and preserving the integrity of his own soul."
Yeah. Romney was only a Dog Abusing Cancer Causing Hitler in 2012.
He is trying to repent for his sins now by agreeing with ARM and the democrats that Trump needs to be removed.
You simply can't parody this.
If ARM and Inga weren't here, people would not believe me.
And Yancy I quoted Althouse to prove to you that it was YOU that misunderstood Althouse’s Civilty Bullshit idea, not I. Does that make things clearer to you? Now I’m done with you.
Admiral Inga: "I think your preconceived notions are blocking you."
Russia collusion hoax/Carter Page is a russian spy hoax/ Kavanaugh is a gang rapist hoax peddler says what?
@ Yancy...
Ok one more attempt to unmuddle your mind. I DELETED that comment BEFORE you commented on it because I KNEW it would be confusing to people like you and boy was I right. You decided to quote a deleted comment of mine. Why should I have to argue with you over a comment I deleted BEFORE you even commented on it?
Inga, your quoting Althouse shows nothing. I understood Althouse as saying all calls for civility are bullshit, including your calls for civility. You seem to believe it sometimes and not at other times. In this post, Althouse was mocking Maher for calling for it, and then immediately not practicing it himself, thus demonstrating the rule. I don't think you understood that as your very first comment strongly suggested. Prove me wrong- explain to me how Sentence 3 isn't contradictory to Sentences 1 and 2. Double standards are either bullshit, or they aren't- you can at least be consistent even if you disagree with me.
I dont believe ARM's efforts to get Romney canonized is going to pay off.
Having said that, can one of our leftists (ARM, Inga, LLR-lefty Chuck) tell me precisely when and how Romney transformed from Literal Theocratic Hitler And Murderer Of Women By Cancer And Gay Guys By Haircut to Everybody's All-American?
Asking for a Klan-robed Dem Governor.
So, how do you make a mistake like that? Did you mean to write "Double standards aren't bullshit"? I am trying to understand the thought process that lead to sentence 3 even though you deleted it before I posted. Do you have an explanation?
Admiral Inga: "I think your preconceived notions are blocking you."
Russia collusion hoax/Carter Page is a russian spy hoax/ Kavanaugh is a gang rapist hoax peddler says what?
Don’t forget Benghazi happened because of a videotape because Hillary said so.
DOJ drops probe of carmakers that aligned with California on pollution
Trump can intimidate Republican politicians, but does less well with people who have a spine.
“Inga, your quoting Althouse shows nothing. I understood Althouse as saying all calls for civility are bullshit, including your calls for civility.”
No it’s apparent you DID NOT. This is what you said.
Yancy Ward said...
“If you want to be treated civilly, the first thing a person does is practice that themselves. I don't think you truly understand Althouse's point about "civility bullshit".”
That is not Althouse’s definition of civility bullshit and THAT is why I directly quoted her. You certainly get yourself twisted in knots over things YOU are misunderstanding and then accuse others of misunderstanding. This is a pattern with you. So strange.
“DOJ drops probe of carmakers that aligned with California on pollution
Trump can intimidate Republican politicians, but does less well with people who have a spine.”
Indeed!
“These trumped up charges were always a sham — a blatant attempt by the Trump administration to prevent more automakers from joining California and agreeing to stronger emissions standards," Newsom said in a statement Friday. "This is a big loss for the President and his weaponization of federal agencies — and a victory for anyone who cares about the rule of law and clean air.”
Wow, Inga, you are really, really dumb if you misread it that way. That doesn't contradict Althouse at all- indeed, it is the very essence of the rule- you don't make "calls for civility", you simply practice it yourself silently if it is what you want, which is exactly what Althouse does pretty reliably. For myself, I don't practice it all the time, but I also don't demand it from others- never have, and never will.
Inga said...
@ Yancy...
Ok one more attempt to unmuddle your mind. I DELETED that comment BEFORE you commented on it because I KNEW it would be confusing to people like you and boy was I right. You decided to quote a deleted comment of mine. Why should I have to argue with you over a comment I deleted BEFORE you even commented on it?
This is the best.
I am reposting this one before you can delete it too.
Kinda like the posts where you said Scalise should stop supporting the second amendment because he got shot by a Bernie bro got deleted.
Please never stop posting here.
So, Inga, do you have an answer- are all calls for civility bullshit? Yes or no?
Inga said...
“These trumped up charges were always a sham — a blatant attempt by the Trump administration to prevent more automakers from joining California and agreeing to stronger emissions standards," Newsom said in a statement Friday. "This is a big loss for the President and his weaponization of federal agencies — and a victory for anyone who cares about the rule of law and clean air.”
Big auto corporations want to team up with the state and federal governments impose tougher standards and more regulations on the industry.
Why would big bureaucratic corporations want to team up with big government bureaucracy?
It is unfathomable.
Maher is a snot-nosed, dirty diapered poltroon, a really tough cookie on his own show with his hand-picked studio audience backing him up. But one on one with someone else paying the videographer he's a shit-weasel.
He's obviously terrified of Steve Bannon, which is why he interrupts and pulls faces at the audience.
Im reminded why I dont watch. Maher obviously never listens and then he never shuts up.
And then the clapping seals in the background.
Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...
There should be some clear-cut differences between the behavior of a controversialist reality TV talk show host and the President of the United States. I admit I am having some trouble enumerating these differences right at the moment.
*************
Easy peasy.
Maher: All talk, no action
Trump: Talk , then action. Lots of it.
Wow, Inga, you are really, really dumb if you misread it that way. That doesn't contradict Althouse at all- indeed, it is the very essence of the rule- you don't make "calls for civility", you simply practice it yourself silently if it is what you want, which is exactly what Althouse does pretty reliably. For myself, I don't practice it all the time, but I also don't demand it from others- never have, and never will.”
Boy you are truly the pot calling the kettle black. You misunderstand the essence of Althouses Civilty Bullshit idea and then accuse me of misunderstanding it. The ESSENCE of her civility bullshit idea (as I understand it) is that when you demand civility of your opponents in a discussion you are using it as a way of shutting down their speech.
“Civility" is an elitist power move. I agree with that. I would love to have civility all around, and I try for civility myself, but I believe that calls for civility are always bullshit. The agenda of the caller for civility is always to keep his side in charge and to suppress the other.”
All my life I heard Republicans call the dumbocrats commies! Shit... look where they are!
Mamma said there'd be days like this... there'd be days like this my momma said.
Yancey Ward said...
So, Inga, do you have an answer- are all calls for civility bullshit? Yes or no?
They are just not good people Yancey.
They are not here in good faith.
Inga will say and do anything to be able to tell you what to do. She operates with double standards on every single thing. She doesn't have a single principle that she will not break in order to gain power over others.
Inga, it is not only the demand for civility that is the target of the rule, but the underlying violation of the Golden Rule of behavior by those making the demands- exactly what Maher did in the space of were literally minutes in time. Althouse's observation is that essentially everyone making such demands don't practice what they preach and thus not their real goal. However, it is the silent practice that actually gets you civility.
I asked, and I will ask for the last time- do you agree with the Althouse rule? You didn't seem to, and then you seem to. I am just trying to clarify what it is you are writing here when you defended Maher's behavior. It is ok to believe that calls for civility aren't bullshit- you would have a lot company. So which is it?
“They are just not good people Yancey.”
From the extremist comments from you Achilles to calling people Stalinists on daily basis and threatening to get your military veteran buddies to do some “wet work” against liberals and calls to burn down DC, I’d say that YOU need to re-evaluate your OWN “goodness.
I guess the question I really wanted the answer to, Inga, was this- in that very first comment, did you mean to write, "Double standards aren't bullshit." That is what would make the your self-deleted comment coherent. It was just such an odd mistake to make unless you simply elided "n't" from are- a mistake, by the way, I literally make once or twice a day here in the comment threads, so I am not making fun of such a mistake.
Inga lecturing the rest of us on civility.
Never gets old.
“Inga lecturing the rest of us on civility.”
Jim at doesn’t recognize his own Civility Bullshit.
“I guess the question I really wanted the answer to, Inga, was this- in that very first comment, did you mean to write, "Double standards aren't bullshit." That is what would make the your self-deleted comment coherent. It was just such an odd mistake to make unless you simply elided "n't" from are- a mistake, by the way, I literally make once or twice a day here in the comment threads, so I am not making fun of such a mistake.”
As I said already said I DELETED my comment BEFORE your obsessive queries about it, BECAUSE I knew it would be confusing to people like YOU.
Over and out.
Sure, Inga, you deleted it, but why did you write it in the first place? It confused me because it contradicted the first two sentences. You could just write that double standards are ok, as you implied in the first two sentences of that comment. Would that be a fair description of what you believe? I realize that you don't like the pejorative nature of that bald statement- "Double standards aren't bullshit"- but it is hard to understand the first two sentences any other way.
So, who else get held to a higher standard than Maher? Is it just elected officials?
Maher has also called himself a "libertarian," when his devotion to liberty seems to come to the fore only when the State threatens his supply of drugs and hookers. So his credibility is about on Inga level.
Maher gave up the Libertarian schtick awhile ago.
In any given thread, I read the first 2-3 comments that have the letters "Inga" in them - mostly to give her and her responders a modicum of respect and in the off chance the conversation might be interesting. But nearly all of you old farts (I'm unfortunately an old fart too) have become lazy, and can't resist namecalling, etc. I invariably start skipping over the exchange to find someone with substance to contribute.
Duly noted.
Bannon did a fine making his points in the face of almost unrelenting interruption.
Maher needs to shut up once in awhile. Actually more than once in awhile.
You compare a (redacted redacted) like maher, who is celebrated for being 'brave' but he rarely takes any things, that clashes with the self identified intelligentsia, yes he doesn't like Salafism, but he is the argument for Salafism and other puritanical practices,
Bannon is a very sharp individual, unlike most of the other idiots, that maher allows to lounge in his fake public square,
His audience has an average IQ or what ? 90?
"Trump has called those he opposes “rats, pigs, animals, son of a bitches”, why do you hold liberals to a higher standard than you do your president?"
Now do Lyndon Baines Johnson.
“Now do Lyndon Baines Johnson.”
I couldn’t stand LBJ.
I think you're grading on a curve, soup,
Bannon is my pick for most politically astute commenter in the modern era. His War Room Impeachment podcasts nailed were indispensable.
Maher's one of the better liberals, but no match for Bannon.
Impeachment isn’t the only way to encourage accountability. Elections are, too. Re-electing Trump tells him that everything he has done has been perfect.
Patterico’s response...
“That’s why the guy who writes this non-Democrat blog, who hates most of the policies the Democrat party espouses, is likely to vote for Democrats this election. To send a message. In the future I’ll likely sit elections out. But this time I feel a moral responsibility to try to help slaughter and bury the GOP. Electorally.”
Patterico — http://patterico.com/2020/02/07/aftermath-republicans-launch-attack-on-principled-colleague-for-his-principled-stand/#comment-2304537
I am reminded of Charlie Brown and the football. For decades, the Right, and especially politicians on the right, played Charlie Brown to the left's Lucy, and allowed themselves to be slandered, insulted, and tricked over and over. They rarely responded or retaliated because that would just be beneath them and not cricket, what? The proper response was to hold oneself above all that, and go down to glorious, feces-covered defeat (e.g., M. Romney, "Chuck").
But eventually, even Charlie Brown gets tired of being tricked all the time, and in Trump the right has found a Charlie Brown that winds up, run towards the ball, and kicks Lucy in the head, repeatedly. Lucy feels very upset about this.
Patterico’s response...
Mental illness can be a sad thing to behold...
sad isn't it, he was entertaining that the Russians had hacked iowa, why the dems commit sepukku unbidden,
I notice that whenever ARM is backed into a corner, he immediately races to find a link so he change the subject. "Look, a squirrel!"
What a dishonest little prick.
Patterico, eh, what a drama queen. So you're a Democrat now, congratulations. It doesn't make you all special, though, you're still just another guy with some opinions on politics.
Cowardly little name caller. Wait safely until I have left the thread to bring out your pathetic little post. Quite clearly I wasn't 'backed into a corner'. My point was amplified by two other posters. It was a ridiculous false equivalence by Althouse. If you weren't so partisan you would have seen how completely it was exposed.
Trump said bulshit and called horrible people out. What fun this is to watch!
blind squirrel
https://babalublog.com/2020/02/08/chris-matthews-blasts-socialism-goes-after-sanders-for-supporting-cubas-murderous-dictatorship/
“My point was amplified by two other posters. It was a ridiculous false equivalence by Althouse.”
BINGO.
Calling civility bullshit on Maher WAS civility bullshit. It was an elitist move to gain the upper hand and retain power, Trump’s power. That was my take on it. I’m sure others disagree. Expecting civility from Maher? Please. That’s his schtick, good thing he’s not president. Expecting civility from POTUS, an elected official to the highest Office in the land, NOT civility bullshit. POTUS has the bully pulpit and can do the job of POTUS and express himself without being a crass disgusting human.
’But this time I feel a moral responsibility to try to help slaughter and bury the GOP. Electorally.’
Has anyone seen Chuck and Pooterico in the same room?
Inga prefers a President who slyly flips people off when mentioning them in prepared speeches.
No civility. Just bullshit.
I don't believe he is as much a crass disgusting human being as Inga does. But he is quite direct and says what he means.
I find that refreshing compared to most of the slimy, sneaky politicians we have had foisted on us of late.
"So desperate."
And so clueless.
But progs' contempt is our strength.
Even about that, they have no clue.
I never had much use for Bannon, who I thought was just a BS artist. But his performance in this video impressed me. He kept his cool, his good humor, and his point, and made Maher look like the stupid bully he is.
As a general observation: If the Democrats think they can win the next election by relying on Maher and SNL and the like, they're going to be making it awfully easy for Trump.
Inga said...
As I said already said I DELETED my comment BEFORE your obsessive queries about it, BECAUSE I knew it would be confusing to people like YOU.
Over and out.
It isn't confusing to anyone.
You attack people viciously calling them Hitler and Racist and Sexist.
You even call Trump and Kavanaugh rapists with absolutely zero evidence.
You call people like Carter Page and Flynn and Trump traitors and Russian agents long after the charges are clearly and completely refuted.
Then you demand that Trump be held to a higher standard when he fires back at you.
The double standard could not be more obvious.
But you think this is OK because you are a piece of shit.
Inga said...
Elected officials DO need to have a higher standard than civilians, if you don’t like the incivilty from civilians to Trump, then he should set an example. As his wife says...Be best!
No. Most of the attacks on Trump are at most thinly veiled attacks on the people who voted for, and / or support Trump.
So he is doing the right thing when he attacks his, and our, attackers
Inga finally dropped the mask. Her complaint about Althouse is exactly what I thought- that Althouse had mocked Maher's hypocrisy, it just took her 25 comments to finally say it explicitly.
I remember George W Bush never *ever* being anything but civil toward his opponents, not even when they were publishing pictures of him with vampire gangs draining the corpse of the statue of liberty. He stayed civil despite being called a Nazi, a warmonger, and accused of actually being the real perpetrator of 9/11.
Did it ever get him a kick of respect? Did his endless civility reduce the rage and hatred that was directed at him every single fucking day for 8 years?
No. Not a bit.
So. Fuck you.
Inga is a dumb, evil NAZI - the Isle Koch of our day
"Enough" of his message? Bannon kicks Maher's ass from beginning to end -- Maher's desperate stammering is the tell.
Like with everyone else I’ve filmed, I certainly witnessed moments of inauthenticity while filming Romney: a nervous tic, a laugh at a joke that isn’t funny, being overly polite or formal. But I also noticed how frequently, and quickly, his facade melted around his family. He would get into an intense debate with his son over which airline terminal at JFK had the best food. I saw him get frustrated over someone ordering milk via room service rather than the much cheaper 7-Eleven across the street. I saw him get extremely animated in discussions about the movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou.”
Weird guy, that Mitt Romney.
The real life Ted Danson's Becker?
The Mormon Larry David or Jerry Seinfeld?
Does anybody watch Bill Maher? Other than bloggers looking for stories? Aren't the only reasons he has a job 1) his show is cheap to produce and 2) not everything on HBO can be Game of Thrones?
Maher is a pseudo intellectual braying ass.
Sometimes these comments have little nuggets of typoetry(?): Qwinn has two @1118pm--
vampire gangs/fangs & kick/lick of respect.
Narr
Sunday morning, no snark
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