Originally Posted by Decker

Can I just comment on how badly unprepared, simplistic and douchey Seth McFarlin came off as during that round-table? First time in the history of Real Time that the liberals were over-matched. Impossibly, he seemed even less funny than I imagined him to be based on his TV shows.

Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt

When is he ever not a douche?

Originally Posted by Timber

When did Republicans take the lead in religious nonsense? I always thought that was the realm of the southern Democrats?

Originally Posted by JTH182

I want to say it started with Clinton getting blowies in the Oval Office... W ran his campaign on "bringing back morality to the presidency." It was all downhill from there. The Republicans realized they could get both the religious sheeple and the wall street fat cats on their side by speaking out of both sides of their mouths.

Originally Posted by Rypro 525

I'm actually surprised that the black leaders (jackson and sharpe) aren't rippin him a new one for using the n word on Larry King. He essentially said that with many of the tea partyers and republicans using the word 'kenyan' against obama, they really mean n***er

Originally Posted by grrr

Well, he's both pious and clownish, which are also traits shared by Limbaugh and Coulter. Not that any of the three is capable of being the voice of reason, but it's hard to maintain a long career as a political gadfly without sacrificing substance for sensationalism and mockery.

My favorite Maher moment came a few years back when he had Sanjay Gupta on his show. Bill ranted for a few minutes that it was not pathogens that made us sick, but rather immune systems that had been weakened due to poor modern diets. Gupta hemmed and hawed for a minute out of reluctance to embarrass his host, then finally observed that the millions and millions of people who died in the flu pandemic of 1918 didn't lose their lives because of poor diet, but because of a lack of vaccines.

Originally Posted by Jack Straw

If Bill agreed to a conditional appearance, then that's b.s. He comes off as someone who wouldn't go for that, and I'm sure there are other conservative pundits who would gladly come on Bill's show if for nothing else to plug their book or have their voice heard so they remain in the public eye and therefore relevant.

Originally Posted by Count Dooku

Bill always extends a special "thank you" to conservative guests and remarks on what a difficult time he has booking conservatives for the panel.

Originally Posted by Count Dooku

Bill always extends a special "thank you" to conservative guests and remarks on what a difficult time he has booking conservatives for the panel.

Originally Posted by coli

Yeah, he was always thanks them, and two minutes later they all ambush that same conservative, along with the audience.

He's probably right that he has a hard time booking conservatives, but thats because he ALWAYS has two liberals along with himself and the crowd hootin and hollering at everythig that conservative says.

Now Bill will do a conservative 'Affirmative Action' show once a year, with all conservative panelists, but that is even more ridiculous, because then there are no panelists on the other side to debate!

Originally Posted by dick_grayson

Last week his panel was Andrew brietbart, Amy Holmes, and Seth macfarlane.

Originally Posted by Jack Straw

Originally Posted by ben12

How is that an offensive use of the word?

Originally Posted by Jack Straw

I agree with you on the first part where he thanks them for being good sports by responding to the fire, but I've never heard him state he has a hard time booking conservative panelists.

Originally Posted by Rypro 525

The fact that he used it at all, and the whole 'republicans/tea partyers are racist' bit.

Originally Posted by Rypro 525

The fact that he used it at all, and the whole 'republicans/tea partyers are racist' bit.

Originally Posted by Rypro 525

The fact that he used it at all, and the whole 'republicans/tea partyers are racist' bit.

Originally Posted by JasonF

Did you not see the word "always," helpfully written in all-caps? It was right before the sentence where coli explained that once a year, Maher does have conservative guests (but only once a year).

Originally Posted by Evan Meadow

He has never said all republican/tea party members are racist. He says "Ask a racist what their party affiliation is and they'll no doubt tell you Republican."

Originally Posted by Groucho

You don't have a more current example than Gimme Shelter?

Originally Posted by mwbmis

Zach Galifianakis smoked a joint live on tonight's show. Considering it was a also a show featuring a former president (Carter) that was more than a little unusual.