Bill Maher explains abundance of right-wing radio

[eridani]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/12/1291460/-MUST-SEE-Bill-Maher-explains-abundance-of-right-wing-radio

Truth is, there's never been a better time to quit government, and go into the lucrative business of bitching about government. It worked for Joe Scarborough, and Mike Huckabee, and most famously of course, Sarah Palin. The one night stand of Alaska governors. When Sarah announced she was resigning as governor, she said:

SARAH PALIN (7/3/2009): It may be tempting to just keep your head down and plod along... but that's a quitter's way out.

Yes, only by quitting was she not quitting. You see, Sarah realized she could have a greater effect on influencing stupidity from outside of government. And pledged to work to elect people just like her. Just not her.

The fact is, today's Republicans aren't built to governing. They don't want to go to the Moon, they want to howl at it. That's why just the fact of getting elected means you're already damaged goods. Unless you go to Washington and act like the single biggest prick in the room every time, you're suspect. Which is why there's really only one man currently in government who the base completely trusts. I'm talking, of course, about Ted Cruz.

He's the guy who best understands that high office is just a higher form of talk radio. Every other Republican is suspect in some way. Rick Perry told them they should have a heart. Eww. Mitch McConnell holds a gun like a girl. And Marco Rubio is pretty soft on Mexicans for an Italian. (audience laughter) John McCain is against torture, and he was tortured, flip-flopper! (audience laughter) Chris Christie actually touched Obama during Hurricane Sandy, when he should have lured him to the Pine Barrens and hit him with a shovel. (audience laughter) And Michele Bachmann compromised on gays by marrying her husband. (raucous audience laughter)
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[TreasonousBastard]

1. Governing is hard work, unlike talking about governing...

You have to get elected, which is no small matter, and some of the best people give up in that mess.

Then if you get the job, you find you're actually supposed to do something, although actually what you're supposed to do is an open question. Everyone you meet or hear from has a different idea of how things should be, and often enough detailed instructions how to get there. And some of them come with checkbooks and implied threats.

You have no privacy or secrets, and everything you do or say is instantly criticized. You have to distinguish between the occasional public servant and the legions of ass kissers and backstabbers.

And, somewhere in the midst of this you realize that many of your campaign promises are impossible to fulfill and some of your own cherished beliefs may even be wrong.

Then, someone offers you much more money for another public forum where there are no consequences or actual work that needs to be done...

[merrily]

2. Did he mention the Fairness Doctrine?