Comments by Bill Maher....Don't forget him tonight on HBO

[AnnInLa]

July 30, 2004
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COMMENTARY





By Bill Maher, Bill Maher is host of HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher."

Political conventions are important, and they deserve to be broadcast and viewed in their entirety. You can't call everyone in Washington morons if you don't know exactly what it is that makes them morons.

The conventional wisdom is that conventions nowadays are beneath our attention because they're so "produced" and there's no drama. So what? We're picking the president, not the last comic standing. It's not a reality show; if it were, they would have voted Al Sharpton off the first night.

The media treat these conventions as if they're pointless interruptions of their real job, which is covering the Scott Peterson trial. No drama, no excitement.

Hey, you know what's exciting? It's exciting when politicians get drunk with power because people aren't keeping an eye on them. That's when the high jinks really begin: Who expected we'd invade Iraq because of 9/11? Unpredictable, whoo!

And by the way, it's good that these conventions are "produced."

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1. Comments like this are why I like Maher:

"Americans don't get taught anything, but they get asked their opinions every day, so we get the impression that having an opinion is the same as knowing something. Which it isn't. And I've got the polls to back that up."

[AnnInLa]

3. What an astute observation!

He's kinda like the modern Ben Franklin.

[NMDemDist2]

2. kick n/t

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