Adam Goldberg makes me itchy.
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3/11/08 at 8:04am
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Originally Posted by Kevin VanNatter
Hitchens is a tool but you have to admit that there is no God.
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Originally Posted by Banandar
I agree with Maher when it comes to religion, but his arguments- regardless of how he'd address them in a real debate- in public come down to "religion is stupid", and nothing more.
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-Barney Frank, much as I might agree with many of his platforms, just annoys me. He's obnoxious, rude, bitter, and argumentative to a fault; case in point- taking issue with Rourke's use of "with all due respect" (for context, PJ used on in its most basic fucking colloquial sensen). Maybe for your next trick Barney, you can tell us why the phrase "all things considered" represents some sort of deep seated neurosis. I try to like the guy and I respect some of what he represents, but I've never seen anyone so tightly wound.
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Cusak was on satellite, and was eloquent, but for some reasons the energy between Bill and John was completely void. Plus Cusak kept going on tangents when Bill would ask him a question.
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He kept on looking down which I felt was weird. It seemed he was looking at notes or a monitor. It wasn't very conversational. He would have been a better panalist than one on one guest. He doesn't have first hand knowledge on anything so the source would be better.
Smiley is a great guest and better host. I try to tape his show when I see him have an interesting guest. Next week has Robert Reich, Esai Morales, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), Amy Holmes, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA). Doesn't look like a winner. Bill has had a couple bad weeks in a row when he should be rolling. |
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Well, it won't be a Republican panel: Specter will probably be the opening guest, as he has been pushing his new book on all of the talk shows during the past week. Holmes will probably be the "Real Time Reporter", so she won't be given a lot of time to speak. So the panel will probably be Morales, the Democratic congresswoman, and Reich.
Even though I'm a lefty McGee,as far as the Real Time Reporters go, most of the Republican leaning correspondents are a hundred times more interesting than Dan Savage and Matt "I wish I was Hunter Thompson" Taibbi. Plus, Amy Holmes is nice to look at. |
| I think all the correspondents are entertaining if not particularly interesting with the exception of Holmes, who I find unattractive because her stupidity overshadows her looks. |
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Out of the Republicans who have made appearances on the show, the ones I wouldn't mind seeing again are Danielle Pletka, Lou Dobbs, and Kingston, more or less (he never says anything original though).
And I can't really stand Matt Taibbi. When he's on the show he never says anything truly insightful except revealing to us the depths of his cynicism with that weird, eternal stupid looking grin. |
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For the Republicans, I absolutely love everytime P.J. O'Rourke comes on the show.
As for Taibbi, I don't think he's insightful but I love how mean he's willing to be. Someone like Holmes will diplomatically skirt issues like a good little pundit, but Taibbi doesn't give a fuck. You can hate the guy, but I find his honesty refreshing. |
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I'm sure I'll be sorry I asked, but what did Barbara Lee say that you thought was insane?
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Also, don't expect Esai Morales back on, he admitted in overtime to more or less being a 9/11 truther and Bill looked irked, as he hates those guys!
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Considering some of the ridiculous shit he's been saying lately, Bill should probably let up on the conspiracy theorists a bit.
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- His non-interview with Richard Dawkins where I think if Dawkins had been there in-person instead of via satellite, Bill would have just gotten on his knees right there and sucked Dawkins off. We get it: you're an atheist and you and Dawkins don't understand that your zeal feeds the organized religions that you hate.
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If Richard Clarke and Jason Alexander hadn't been on the panel, this episode would have been unwatchable. I knew Clarke was a smart cat but I didn't know how damn sharp he was. And Alexander was especially hilarious but he was also participating rather than just being a comic distraction.
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He also wasted Dana Priest. I don't recall her saying anything past the first few minutes and she's always a great guest with something informative to say.
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| I'm en route to Los Angeles for tonight's taping of Real Time with Bill Maher. Should be fun. Jeremy Scahill and Cornel West will also be on, as well as neocon Ayaan Hirsi Ali. |
| Garry Shandling, Arianna Huffington, Phil Donahue |
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I don't know, but Bill Maher just keeps reminding me of Ann Coulter more and more. Maybe not as stupidly extreme, but still, very similar in style and tired routine.
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