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potee posted:This guy was especially useless, since basically everything he said boiled down to "The gender gap/taxes/the Ryan budget is a serious issue for Romney but it's actually going to cost Obama the election because it's not a problem for Romney" The best was when he said the Paul Ryan budget was a great plan but then admitted Ryan has submitted the same plan since 1998 and no one has taken it seriously for those 14 years. Yeah sounds like a great plan!
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The former Reagan budget director is pretty good at explaining and breaking down taxes quickly without lying. He's done it a few times on this show without much subterfuge (which is atypical when talking about taxes on TV).Former Human posted:The best was when he said the Paul Ryan budget was a great plan but then admitted Ryan has submitted the same plan since 1998 and no one has taken it seriously for those 14 years. Yeah sounds like a great plan! His whole argument basically boiled down to "Yea, these plans are all disingenuous and can't work but look at our election results." ExiledTinkerer posted:Besides, PJ lost his mantle to that rear end Gillespie in his smug jacket back in last season. I remember Gillespie wearing his patented Libertarian leather jacket openly mocking that mayor (I believe) about how his city/town sucks. That big mayor was ready to attack him.
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ExiledTinkerer posted:Yeah, would've much rather had Tavis on the panel again, or Cornel West swoop down from the rafters after the book plug for it, than that incredibly smug guy that added nothing to it but smug. I would have rather seen Cornel West swoop down from the rafters to snatch up that smug rear end in a top hat and then fly him back to the nest to be devoured. I'd never seen him anywhere before, so I decided to check out his website and oh boy what do you know it's a bunch of bullshit.
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IRQ posted:That would have been way better yeah. Who was the smug little prick anyway? Some guy who runs a right wing website? Is it even a big one? They said he also wrote for the Weekly Standard.
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IRQ posted:That would have been way better yeah. Who was the smug little prick anyway? Some guy who runs a right wing website? Is it even a big one? He has a show on NPR that you could look for. I don't like it enough to listen to the podcast for it, but I will plan to drive somewhere about the time it comes on. He usually has pretty interesting guests on and he's a pretty cool guy anyways.
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Rochallor posted:He has a show on NPR that you could look for. I don't like it enough to listen to the podcast for it, but I will plan to drive somewhere about the time it comes on. He usually has pretty interesting guests on and he's a pretty cool guy anyways. I definitely will. I like NPR but when I tune in it's mostly The Incredibly Old Lady or Kojo Naaaaaaaaaaandi! that's on.
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Kim Campbell  That dork in the middle had absolutely nothing to contribute.
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I think Kim Campbell is a really underrated guest. She's quietly doing some good in this world  Whereas  is contributing what exactly?
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Godinster posted:Kim Campbell That guy bothered me before he even opened his mouth with his creep rear end stare at the camera during introductions. 
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Deadpool posted:That guy bothered me before he even opened his mouth with his creep rear end stare at the camera during introductions. I audibly sighed when I spotted him...
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Buchholz was a complete rear end and ruined this episode. Between him, and Maher's rather bad monologue, this whole episode was a chore to watch.
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fart blood posted:Buchholz was a complete rear end and ruined this episode. Between him, and Maher's rather bad monologue, this whole episode was a chore to watch. Yea, it was a colossal dud. Soft-spoken and starstruck 1 on 1 interview that was unenlightening: "Obama kissed me!" and "Manure trucks blocked me." Then to a panel featuring people spouting off madeup stats "Millionaires in the US make 10% of the income in this country."  did I hear that right? The guy who said it seemed to be feigning incredulity too. It's so off I thought it was some form of absurd humor. The highlight of the panel was Chrystia Freeland making strange faces.Then to the comic/guest entrance who looks like the incarnation of Pigman (from the novel series). This is the part where Bill asks religious guest XYZ if we should've killed OBL. Oh and BTW all the guests have another new book out!  End that with a rehashed monologue with really bad jokes and a rehashed new rules segment. (Writers take a week off)? Zogo fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Apr 21, 2012 |
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That has been a problem for a few weeks or months now. Dumb guests that are never put on the spot for talking poo poo and lame joke segments that are more awkward than funny.
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ApexAftermath posted:I honestly don't know what to believe. They brought up the pink slime stuff and yeah holy poo poo wtf, but then I've read so much stuff on SA saying the pink slime stuff is overblown or misrepresented. Remember Bill Maher's other opinions on food/medicine. He's not really who I'd look to for information on the whole "pink slime" The only real reason to care about it one way or another is that the cost savings probably weren't passed on to us anyway. (before getting into the fact that several hundred people lost their jobs because the media needed something to fill air)
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IRQ posted:Remember Bill Maher's other opinions on food/medicine. He's not really who I'd look to for information on the whole "pink slime" The issue with me was always more that they use the shittiest parts of the cow to make that stuff. Not just the fact that it looks disgusting as hell. Then again, it's not like it's stopped me form eating lovely food at McDonnalds so...
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It's safe to eat, it's just terrible crap. And the pictures are kinda gross, but once lab-grown meat becomes cheap enough to be mass produced it's going to have the same issue even though it'll be a huge environmental win.
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Yeah, this was the first episode in years that I actually fell asleep against somewhere past the halfway mark---had to DVR a rerun this morning just so I could get caught up with the thread and OT. There was just no spark to it---and these utterly lost Pelosi clips are just baffling to me compared to when Taibbi was the real time real reporter. However, to my horror, for some damned reason S.E. Cupp is coming back to the show next week---though I'm not sure if to poo poo up the panel again or just an interview.
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ExiledTinkerer posted:However, to my horror, for some damned reason S.E. Cupp is coming back to the show next week---though I'm not sure if to poo poo up the panel again or just an interview. Ugh. In the top 5 worst guests ever probably.
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ApexAftermath posted:Ugh. In the top 5 worst guests ever probably. Maybe if we're super lucky Mos Deff will be the last panel member! 
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IRQ posted:Maybe if we're super lucky Mos Deff will be the last panel member! Horror panel: Cupp, Gillespie, and I guess PJ(Or insert another here save for Smug Guy unless it has been awhile!) under some worthless fig leaf about "balance" due to the mysterious phenomenon of one idiot on the panel either drowning the rest or getting dogpiled.
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ExiledTinkerer posted:Horror panel: Cupp, Gillespie, and I guess PJ(Or insert another here save for Smug Guy unless it has been awhile!) under some worthless fig leaf about "balance" due to the mysterious phenomenon of one idiot on the panel either drowning the rest or getting dogpiled.
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Ah yes Kennedy---I had repressed that apparently! The sad thing is that even if we're just taking it off the top I suspect there's a real chance that we could actually see a panel like this somewhere in the remainder of 2012. Awesome panel would be what, Tyson/West/Booker nowadays?
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amaranthine posted:Make sure not to miss yesterday's episode if you want to see the smuggest douche ever. It was really funny when this guy tried to square off against the Reagan era Republican and got his rear end handed to him, though.
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I was reading about S. E. Cupp and found it strange that she's an atheist who penned a book titled "Losing Our Religion: The Liberal Media's Attack on Christianity." Dissociative identity disorder?
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Zogo posted:I was reading about S. E. Cupp and found it strange that she's an atheist who penned a book titled "Losing Our Religion: The Liberal Media's Attack on Christianity." The liberal media is to conservatives as a dingo is to australian mothers.
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ExiledTinkerer posted:Ah yes Kennedy---I had repressed that apparently! The sad thing is that even if we're just taking it off the top I suspect there's a real chance that we could actually see a panel like this somewhere in the remainder of 2012. I want Taibbi back as a Real Time reporter. Please, please get rid of Pelosi.
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az posted:The liberal media is to conservatives as a dingo is to australian mothers. I understand that dynamic but in this instance it seems as if Cupp is one of the dingos in the equation itself.
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To all of you discussing your worst panel ideas....have you all forgotten when Robin Williams was on the panel many years ago? He was the only one Bill Maher looked like he wanted to run over with his fists. He was loving unbearable.
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fart blood posted:To all of you discussing your worst panel ideas....have you all forgotten when Robin Williams was on the panel many years ago? He was the only one Bill Maher looked like he wanted to run over with his fists. He was loving unbearable. I had repressed that memory, thanks a lot, jerk.
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HBO just renewed this show for two more seasons: http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/hbo-re-ups-real-time-bill-maher-2-more-seasons-37239
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FlamingLiberal posted:HBO just renewed this show for two more seasons: 4.1 million viewers per episode? That's actually surprisingly good. I have no idea what Leno/Letterman/Daily Show pull in but that seems pretty solid.
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Worst panelists discussion has gone on too long with mention of Stephen Moore from the WSJ.
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^^^ I did not know that! fart blood posted:To all of you discussing your worst panel ideas....have you all forgotten when Robin Williams was on the panel many years ago? He was the only one Bill Maher looked like he wanted to run over with his fists. He was loving unbearable. Robin Williams the actor and comedian? What happened on the show?
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