God's Quarterback

[Red Arrow]

He can be, yes.  But just like anyone else, he can also speak truth and be entertaining.
O'reilly?  He's just an out and out jerk.

I don't find Maher entertaining.  My opinion of him closely matches your opinion of O'Reilly.

[Hoss]

I don't find Maher entertaining.  My opinion of him closely matches your opinion of O'Reilly.

There you have it.

Maher's a comedian by profession.

I don't think O'Reilly is.  He does make me laugh uncontrollably on occasion though.

[Red Arrow]

There you have it.

Maher's a comedian by profession.

I don't think O'Reilly is.  He does make me laugh uncontrollably on occasion though.

I was referring to "He's just an out and out jerk."

[Hoss]

I was referring to "He's just an out and out jerk."

I know you were.  I still think that.

I don't know of a liberal commentator today that tries to scream over or pull the mike on someone making an argument the way O'Reilly does.  If there's one, point me in that direction.

[Conan71]

I know you were.  I still think that.

I don't know of a liberal commentator today that tries to scream over or pull the mike on someone making an argument the way O'Reilly does.  If there's one, point me in that direction.

Actually, if you ever listen to Hannity, he speaks over liberal callers all the time.  Far worse than O'Really.

And if Maher is a comedian, his humor is lost on me.

[Hoss]

Actually, if you ever listen to Hannity, he speaks over liberal callers all the time.  Far worse than O'Really.

And if Maher is a comedian, his humor is lost on me.

Speaking over is bad.  I'm talking about the way O'Reilly amps up the volume if he feels like he's losing an argument.  That's sandlot crap right there.  But I guess it plays to his viewers.

[Townsend]

Speaking over is bad.  I'm talking about the way O'Reilly amps up the volume if he feels like he's losing an argument.  That's sandlot crap right there.  But I guess it plays to his viewers.

"You set him right Billy Billy Billy"

[custosnox]

They are all pricks trying to push their agenda however they can.

[dbacks fan]

They are all pricks trying to push their agenda however they can.

+100

[Teatownclown]

I love this!

[Teatownclown]

I don't find Maher entertaining.  My opinion of him closely matches your opinion of O'Reilly.

Bill!

[nathanm]

I believe that Bill O'Reilly, Hannity, and Greta are more respectful of their liberal guests than Maher could have hoped to been with his conservative guests.  JMO.

Maher does not shout over guests. He does a fair job of keeping the rest of the panel from doing so also. He does make disrespectful remarks toward their ideas, but given that such a large fraction of the right's chattering class is content to tell out and out lies (which he often accepts, to my astonishment), I can't really blame him. His audience, on the other hand, are often a bunch of pricks who Maher has to shout down to get them to **** and let the righties speak.

As often as the lies go unchallenged, there seems to be a better chance that said lies will be allowed to be called out on Maher's show than just about any other of the shows involving lefties and righties yelling at each other. Say what you like about the politics of his guests, but most of the time they know their stuff. I just wish he'd stop letting P.J. O'Rourke on because literally every time I've seen him on the show he has said at least 5 things that are factually untrue that aren't told as a joke.

We're all entitled to our own opinions. We are not entitled to our own facts.

[Red Arrow]

Maher does not shout over guests. He does a fair job of keeping the rest of the panel from doing so also.

It's been a while since I watched him but my memory is guests talking over other guests with Maher's implicit permission.  They may not have raised or lowered mic levels but the result is the same, you can't understand any of them.  Lies.... Two different experts can take the same data and get opposed truths.   Honest, he pushed his nose right into my fist.  And he did it hard enough to hurt my hand.  The right does not have a monopoly on stretching the truth.

[Hoss]

It's been a while since I watched him but my memory is guests talking over other guests with Maher's implicit permission.  They may not have raised or lowered mic levels but the result is the same, you can't understand any of them.  Lies.... Two different experts can take the same data and get opposed truths.   Honest, he pushed his nose right into my fist.  And he did it hard enough to hurt my hand.  The right does not have a monopoly on stretching the truth.

No, but they do it a helluva lot better and more frequently.  My observation, of course, feel free to disagree (which I'm sure you will).  Or maybe it's simply because the right has so many barkers (Beck, Hannity, O'Reilly, etc) that the sheer volume makes it so.

[Red Arrow]

No, but they do it a helluva lot better and more frequently.  My observation, of course, feel free to disagree (which I'm sure you will). 

Of course I disagree.  It was merely waiting to see which one of "you guys" spoke up first.  Congratulations! You won.  That and $5. will get you some kind of coffee at Starbucks.