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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 03:08 PM
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Bill Maher's been batting 1000 lately. Here's his take on Harriet Meirs.
And finally, New Rule: The Christian Right must 'fess up about what they really don't like about Harriet Miers. It's not that she's a cipher who lacks experience. My God, George Bush is your president! And his qualifications for high office were his name and his solemn pledge to not over-think sh**.

And it's not that you're not sure that she'll do your bidding on abortion. Does the cross around her neck have to light up for you? No, it's not that Harriet Miers' views are a mystery. It's that her genitalia are a mystery. You see, Republicans have issues with sex, or as they call it, "inserting pork."

Undefined sexuality in women makes them nervous. For Harriet Miers to have reached the age of 60, no kids, never married - ooh, gosh, we can't put our finger on it, and apparently neither can she.

BROWN: Too much!

MAHER: What are you, Harriet? We need to know. We don't trust Bush anymore, so we're not going to play, "It's Pat" with you. Because there are only three possibilities if you've never married or had kids by 60. She's either an asexual figure, sort of like Clay Aiken without all the estrogen. You know, androgynous, like the way we thought about Michael Jackson back when we still liked his records. But this sort of barrenness is threatening to the Republican base because they're generally people who hate sex and are bad at it. So they fear that their own population will dwindle because there won't be enough Republicans willing to f*** each other.

Harriet Miers isn't using the equipment God gave her for making babies, and that's just wrong. It's like God giving you a beautiful garden and you not strip mining it for coal.

Now, possibility two is that Harriet Miers is a practicing lesbian, which is sinful if done correctly. But here's where it gets thorny, because if she's not a lesbian and she's not a virgin, well, then she must be a slut!

Among social conservatives, sex is to be tolerated only as long as it's joyless and toy-less, and, most importantly, within a marriage. But we certainly can't have jezebels like Harriet Miers - think they can just use their genitals for pleasure and then waltz onto the Supreme Court! What would we tell the children?

How about this? Why can't she just be somebody who likes to live alone? Not co-dependent. Single because she likes it. I hope Harriet Miers is having a rich, guilt-free sex life. You go, girl! That's what should be normal. Not Tom DeLay, whose dick gets hard when he f***s somebody out of something!

As for Harriet Miers, I don't care if she's a lesbian or a virgin or a slut or a - well, yes, there is a crazy fourth possibility, which is that she's one of those, you know, chicks with dicks. But if that were true, you'd think I'd have run into her in the chat rooms by now!

http://www.hbo.com/billmaher/new_rules/20051014.html
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jackster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 03:14 PM
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1. it was a good one Friday night -
and Max Cleland stole the show! What a brilliant and funny man. Outside the first show which I hated, the rest of them for this season has been right on target with some unforgettable "New Rules!"
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kath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 03:19 PM
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2. BWAH!
Good piece. This line made me LOL:

"Harriet Miers isn't using the equipment God gave her for making babies, and that's just wrong. It's like God giving you a beautiful garden and you not strip mining it for coal."
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Der Blaue Engel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 03:20 PM
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3. Yes, that was great
Loved Cleland! :thumbsup:
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 03:27 PM
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4. Kinda makes me wish I got HBO.
Thanks for tha laugh!
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adarling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 03:42 PM
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6. Its worth it now, for Maher, Rome and the Sopranos
All three are amazing
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MojoXN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 04:15 PM
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10. So was Carnivale...
But the mental giants at HBO decided to axe it. Nothin is safe from the almighty profit margin.

MojoXN
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stanwyck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 04:27 PM
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12. don't forget Deadwood
another of my addictions.
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kskiska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 03:41 PM
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5. Couldn't the same be said for Condi?
And why isn't it?
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hippiegranny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 03:58 PM
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7. hilarious!
i emailed it to myself
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Neil Lisst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 04:01 PM
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8. This line is a Maher classic ...
"Undefined sexuality in women makes them nervous. For Harriet Miers to have reached the age of 60, no kids, never married - ooh, gosh, we can't put our finger on it, and apparently neither can she."

dang, he's good.

http://www.webcomicsnation.com/neillisst
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 04:07 PM
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9. I liked this part:
"Now, possibility two is that Harriet Miers is a practicing lesbian, which is sinful if done correctly. But here's where it gets thorny, because if she's not a lesbian and she's not a virgin, well, then she must be a slut! "
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ceile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 04:25 PM
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11. My favorite, too.
It's just too hard for the right to rationalize that a woman can possibly be happy by herself.
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 05:01 PM
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13. She's A Man Baby! n/t
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