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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 04:24 PM
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What happened to Bill Maher

I love his HBO show, but I remember when he had Politically Incorrect on one of the networks, and all of a sudden, he got canned..

I never found out why..

Does anyone know what he said, or what he did???
 
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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 04:26 PM
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Prolly finally got canned since he was such a left-wing nut job and only funny a ¼ of the time... he had good guests sometimes, though.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 04:30 PM
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he said the 9/11 hijackers weere heroes not cowards. He said that you must be heroic to give your life to your cause. A coward would not have boarded the airplane. They weren't heroes to us, but they were heroes to Muslims that hate America.


And thats when they fired him.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 04:32 PM
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ahhhh yeah, I remember that now... the fool!


ggrrr... tick tock tick tock $%*@@( 60 second rule has been killing me all day...
 
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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 04:34 PM
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Originally posted by dzervit
ahhhh yeah, I remember that now... the fool!


what really makes him a dumba$$ is saying that right after 9/11 when everyone was anti-muslim. To say ANYTHING remotely resembling support for them was a ticket to the unemployment line.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 04:39 PM
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I believe he got a new HBO show after that however
 
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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 04:40 PM
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Originally posted by J-150
what really makes him a dumba$$ is saying that right after 9/11 when everyone was anti-muslim. To say ANYTHING remotely resembling support for them was a ticket to the unemployment line.
EVEN NOW ! ! !

I didnt knopw that was said......If I see him, I gonna go "jamzwayne" on him. The damn commie.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 04:42 PM
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......If I see him, I gonna go "jamzwayne" on him. The damn commie.
You know, if you keep saying that it'll eventually get out into society... kinda like pulling a 'Munson'.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 04:45 PM
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Yeah, his show on HBO rocks, and- while I don't share his beliefs on everything, the show is funny, and serious- and it's cool to see those panel guests come on his show and let their hair down- and get real for a minute...

I kept waiting to hear Leslie Stahl say the "F" word... She maintained her professionalism though...


The last episode I saw, he invited conservatists to come to his show. He said he'd gotten a lot of hate mail from them, but none would come to the show to challenge his opinions. If any show up, it's supposed to happen soon..

We'll see...
 
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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 04:47 PM
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He's a nut job who is so self involved I can't watch him more than a few minutes. I love politics but sometimes I want to choke the nut
 
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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 05:34 PM
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I just like the monologues and his "New Rules" segment...

The panel guests make the show interesting...
 
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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 10:58 PM
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Originally posted by J-150
he said the 9/11 hijackers weere heroes not cowards. He said that you must be heroic to give your life to your cause. A coward would not have boarded the airplane. They weren't heroes to us, but they were heroes to Muslims that hate America.


And thats when they fired him.
No, he never said they were heroes.

The actual quote was:

"Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly."

Calling them cowardly, in Maher's opinion, attached a connotation of rationality to the terrorists. He thought the terrorists were insane; not rational.

-Fatz
 
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Old Apr 30, 2005 | 05:42 PM
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Originally posted by vader716
He's a nut job who is so self involved I can't watch him more than a few minutes. I love politics but sometimes I want to choke the nut

Hmm, kind of like Sean Hannity, Anne Coulter, Michael Savage and Gordon Liddy. It's a two way street.
 
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Old Apr 30, 2005 | 07:27 PM
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Originally posted by MnFatz
No, he never said they were heroes.

The actual quote was:

"Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly."

Calling them cowardly, in Maher's opinion, attached a connotation of rationality to the terrorists. He thought the terrorists were insane; not rational.

-Fatz
thanks for the correction. I wasn't 100% on the exact quote, just the general jist of what he said.
 
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Old Apr 30, 2005 | 07:42 PM
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Originally posted by kamikaze2b
Hmm, kind of like Sean Hannity, Anne Coulter, Michael Savage and Gordon Liddy. It's a two way street.
Yea caused I said how much I LOOOVVVEEE those guys.



Dogmatic characters don't impress me regardless of which side of the aisle they are on.
 
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