Who the hell is this woman from the AEI on Bill Maher?

[Selatius]

She is pissing everybody on the panel off???

[tularetom]

1. Jeezus even Lou Dobbs is disagreeing with her

she's a totally programmed bushbot.

[Greeby]

2. Splain for the foreign Bill Maher fan

:shrug:

[Cameron27]

3. She's the token loud mouth bore

She's ruining what could be a great discussion.

[minkyboodle]

4. worst ever

even worse than last weeks Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
thats saying a lot

[Greeby]

5. Worse than Sandy Rios?

That fundy woman who was too psychotic even for James Dobson

[minkyboodle]

6. shes working on it

I mean its amazing. SHe cuts everyone off ruins
all the discussion and is so full of shit.

[Atman]

16. She makes Rios look like a piker

This broad is a freakin' nut bag! She had laser beams shooting out of her eyes...when she's not screaming like a loon.

[Bozita]

38. the same Ileana Ros-Lehtinen who couldn't keep her hands off the men?

Touchy-feely queen kept pawing Richard Clarke and Robin Williams.

[EFerrari]

I hope they squish her like a bug. I can't stand her. n/t

[LibraLiz1973]

7. I'm ready to jump in and scream GET THE FUCK OFF THE SHOW BITCH!

so annoying

[Cameron27]

8. I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN

Someone stick a sock in her mouth

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[photogirl12]

11. Wow

At least they finally got her to stop ranting!!

[smokey nj]

14. I'm so sick of the Saddam gassing his own people bullshit.

Bill Maher should keep the photo of Rummy shaking Saddam's hand framed on his desk.

[Selatius]

17. She is completely out of touch with reality on the ground in Iraq.

That woman could see roses and rainbows where bombs and bullets are flying.

I want to know what shit she's smoking.

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[question everything]

40. But, it kept the debate lively

as everyone got to explain where they were coming from.

I don't like the shows where only one or two dominate the debate and the third one just sits there, trying to get a word in and lose the battle.

Plus, I think that she articulated very well the position of the administration - for the ones who were not sure..

[judaspriestess]

46. very true, she did articulate the admins view.

I was tripping on the those twisted contorted faces she was making. So angry and full of hate!

it was funny when she said "horse manuere, if I can say that on cabletv, my kids are watching"

then she says "ass" 30 seconds later. Hilarious

on edit: what a waste of a cute blouse.

[C_U_L8R]

10. She's a clown

who lies

[Longhorn]

12. She's using every logical fallacy in the book!

I should tape this and show to my math students when I teach the lesson on fallacies!

[Sugarcoated]

13. It's unhinged Republican week!

They're melting down in droves.

[SeattleGirl]

15. I want to grab her by the shoulders and tell her to STFU!!!!

What a fuggin' hack! :grr:

[Sydnie]

18. "You're not the boss of me"

:wtf:????????????????? Didn't she say her children were watching? Wonder who is in charge in that house? :rofl:

Sorry, I am tivo delayed here ... so I am a bit behind and I just heard that.

[truebrit71]

22. I couldn't believe that she said that...

...what a child...

[devilgrrl]

19. What an asshole... what. an. asshole.

Unfuckingreal! :puke:

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

20. I don't think Miss American Enterprise Institute will be invited back

after her latest rant at Bill. What a freakazoid. Honey, take a chill pill.

[truebrit71]

23. Or get laid....

...what a fucking joke...

[SeattleGirl]

21. When is her head going to explode?

"It's not true!!! It's not true!!!" Talking about the issue of English only. Gawd!

[Lucy]

24. "Speak Spanish and Drive my cab!"

What a cow. I can't believe how she takes every word Bill has said and twists it to her own right wing fanaticism.

Ble-e-eh. :puke:

[devilgrrl]

25. Oh, I know...

what an idiot! :nuke:

[truebrit71]

26. But it was great watching Ben Affleck smacking her down...

..and calling her out on her intellectual dishonesty...

[Cameron27]

27. This is a good discussion about cultural diversity

if only she would shut up. Good points are being made on both sides of the issue I think.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

29. Ms. AEI is named Danielle Pletka..

I googled her and she's a total PNAC'er and a big admirer of Chalabi.

[Sugarcoated]

30. She's mentally ill

I really believe that people like that have a form of mental illness.

[EFerrari]

32. She's exactly the kind of "conservative" that John Dean

talks about in his last book, 'Conservatives without Conscience". Authoritarians who have an amazing capacity to just set aside their conscience and who feel absolved of their wrongdoing by what they take to be their religion. She should have been on that cover, too.

[Oilwellian]

33. Couldn't have said it better

Thank you. What's really rich about this woman is her title at AEI...she's a middle eastern expert. :rofl:

[EFerrari]

34. Oh, good God!

:rofl:

[tinfoilinfor2005]

31. I turned the sound off when she was ranting

and her face was so contorted and her mouth was gaping and almost drooling. It was quite a sight. And the look on the faces of the guys was priceless: "Holy Cow, her head is about to explode!"

[MagickMuffin]

35. Answer to your question:

Danielle Pletka (born June 12, 1963 in Melbourne, Australia) is the vice-president for Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. Pletka researches topics related to the Middle East, South Asia, terrorism, and weapons proliferation, and is the AEI expert on Iraq. She was a senior professional staff member for Near East and South Asia with the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations from 1992 to 2002 — where she was a chief aide to Sen. Jesse Helms. Prior to working with the Senate committee she was a staff writer for Insight Magazine from 1987 to 1992 and an editorial assistant with the Los Angeles Times and Reuters, working in Jerusalem from 1984 to 1985.<1>

Pletka ranks as one of the early neo-conservatives, and is also an associate of Martin Indyk. Pletka has been at the forefront of the neocon war drumming against Iraq, and she has been a champion for Ahmad Chalabi .

Pletka is thought to be a likely candidate to serve as Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs in the second George W. Bush administration.

Professional History
Senior professional staff member for Near East and South Asia, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 1992-2002
Staff writer, Insight Magazine, 1987-1992
Editorial assistant, Los Angeles Times and Reuters, in Jerusalem, 1984-1985

Affiliations
Project for the New American Century – signatory to several PNAC statements
American Enterprise Institute
Committee on the Present Danger – Member
Coalition for Democracy in Iran – Supporter

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Danielle_Pletka

[MagickMuffin]

36. More Info: ;-P

Danielle Pletka, vice president of the American Enterprise Institute, with close ties to the Pentagon’s planning group, tells Robert Dreyfuss of American Prospect Magazine that the State Department’s perception of Chalabi is wrong. “The is running post-Saddam Iraq,” said Pletka, almost shouting. “The people at the State Department don’t know what they are talking about! Who the hell are they? ... the simple fact is, the president is comfortable with people who are comfortable with the INC.” American Prospect, 5/1/2003

December 2003
American Enterprise Institute’s vice president, Danielle Pletka, says that guidelines set by Donald Rumsfeld in August restricting the Pentagon’s communications with Iranian reformers have hindered analysts’ efforts to collect important information. (see August 2003) “I think information is a commodity we trade in freely in the United States,” she says. “The idea that informational meetings with Iranians should be off-limits to members of our government that deal with nonproliferation and national security seems to me to be foolish in the extreme.” New York Daily Sun, 12/2/2003
Entity Tags: Danielle Pletka, Donald Rumsfeld

June 4, 2004
In an op-ed piece defending Ahmed Chalabi, Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise Institute writes that “throughout the 1990s, Chalabi was regularly accused of malfeasance by his enemies,” and asserts that the conviction in Jordan (see April 9, 1992) “has never been documented.” Los Angeles Times, 6/4/2004
Entity Tags: Ahmed Chalabi, Danielle Pletka

July 23, 2004
Danielle Pletka, vice president for foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, authors the commentary “The Hawks and the Doves Are Aflutter over US Iran Policy.” Pletka provides a number of recommendations. “The fact is, neither tough love nor tough talk will achieve results in Iran because government—not just the so-called hard-liners but the ‘moderates’ and ‘pragmatists’ as well—are committed to supporting terrorism, developing nuclear weapons and annihilating Israel... First, ... we must use the diplomatic and economic tools at our disposal to embarrass the regime for its abysmal human rights abuses, rally behind dissident student groups and unions and let them know that the US supports their desire for a secular democratic state in Iran. Second, the administration must persuade the European Union and the International Atomic Energy Agency to stand firm in their confrontation over Iran’s nuclear programs... Finally, the US must lead in the containment of Iran. Iranian weapons imports and exports should be interdicted; financial transfers to terrorists must be identified and confiscated; terrorists traveling into and out of Iran should be aggressively pursued and eliminated. These steps would not deliver quick solutions, but they are the only rational course available to the US and its allies. We have seen that engagement with the current leadership of Iran would not achieve policy change; all it would do is buy an evil regime the time it needs to perfect its nuclear weapons and to build a network of terrorists to deliver them.” Los Angeles Times, 7/23/2005
Entity Tags: Danielle Pletka

(March 1, 2005)
In response to a BBC request for her views on the crisis in Iran, Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise Institute says: “The longer we wait and the more we negotiate, the longer Iran has to pursue a covert program.... The road to co-operation between Europe and the US involves pursuing the ‘good cop, bad cop’ routine because it will force the Iranians to be serious about dealing with the friendlier party. However, there’s a suspicion in the US and in Europe, and a strong certainty in Iran, that when push comes to shove, the Europeans aren’t going to be willing to cut the ties with the Iranians and say simply that Iran has been cheating, the deal is broken. We need to persuade the Europeans that even if you’re the good cop, you have to be prepared to pull the gun and make the arrest.” BBC, 3/1/2005; Christian Science Monitor, 3/2/2005
Entity Tags: Danielle Pletka

http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/entity.jsp?id=1521846767-2910

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

37. She worked for Jesse Helms. That explains her in a nutshell. n/t

[deadparrot]

39. "What ass did you pull THAT out of?"

Oh, Bill. :rofl:

[Pastiche423]

41. A photo...

for those of us that do not have cable:



Correct?

[Kool Kitty]

42. Sure looks like her.

I wanted to choke her with her pearls. Loud and stupid does not even begin to describe her.

[sandnsea]

43. omg, where did you get that photo?

That's her, but a really awful shot. Surely she didn't let that photo out thinking it looked good?!?

[Pastiche423]

44. Google Images

There were better photos, but from the way everyone was talking her, I thought this should be the one to post.

[sandnsea]

45. It's perfect! lol

It'd be like a before and after - that's her after she opens her mouth and shows everybody what an idiot she is!!