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from Mediaite: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/bill-maher-explodes-during-panel-on-romneys-libya-criticism-your-attitude-is-fk-facts/
On Friday, Bill Mahers panel consisting of the National Reviews John Fund, Daily Caller contributor Boris Epshteyn and MSNBC contributor Goldie Taylor took on the White House response to the Libya attack, and Mitt Romneys subsequent line of attack during the second debate. Why, Maher pleaded, cant you just admit Romney was wrong?
Maher began by noting the Libya moment from the second presidential debate, when Romney said the president didnt call the attack an act of terror until 14 days later. He then showed a quote from the following day in which Obama said no acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation. As well as a quote from the day after.
This is a gaffe, Maher said. As Fund and Epshteyn heatedly argued against that point, Taylor told them, You watched Mitt Romney on the president, and buck his ass right into the hall.
Maher himself was hung up on his central point: Romney said it took the president two weeks say act of terror, but the quotes say otherwise. Please admit that, he said. Epshteyn argued that Obama didnt call it terror despite using the phrase.
You guys are so fucked up, Maher replied.
As the panelists continued to talk over each other, Maher again interjected. Your attitude is, Fuck facts, he said. Just on this one point, Maher added, admit that he said act of terror.
He did say it, Epshteyn replied, but he didnt call it that. Plus, he added, why didnt Ambassador Susan Rice call it that?
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)If Maher had asked that dipshit to explain this line, it might have driven the audience permanently insane.
WCGreen
(45,558 posts)They just can't back down from anything, that is their strategy.
BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)The problem is that these people hang out so much in the Faux land of softballs that they completely incapable of carrying on a civilized, reasonable conversation.
They might actually have some good points to make somewhere, sometime, but you would never know it because they just act like asses -- 100% of the time.
Bigredhunk
(1,351 posts)They have their talking points, THEIR facts...and that's all they speak in, nonstop. Sadly, I think it works for them. They create their own narrative, and try to make that the real story. Take debate #1. People said Robme won. He had better body language, was more aggressive than the President. But he also lied his ass off. At any rate, the consensus out there is that Robme won. Many liberals agreed with that. All the talking heads on tv agreed with it. Do you think if the roles had been reversed, the right would've agreed that the President won?? No f'ing way.
They NEVER admit that they were wrong
They NEVER admit defeat
They ALWAYS talk in their defined set of talking points, arguing things on THEIR terms
They ALWAYS circle the wagons
They ALWAYS have the same, coordinated message (whereas liberals may have different messages meaning the same thing)
This is why it's easy for sheeple to be on their side, vote for them. They make everything simple and easy, black & white. Doesn't matter if they're wrong. They have better sound bites. They're all presenting a unified front.
glowing
(12,233 posts)over everyone's comments... I guess if you say it louder, it makes you more right?
Bullies: the whole lot of them.
And honestly, I haven't met one person on the ground that has said Jack Shit about Libya. Mostly, they think it was tragic. Bad shit happens in the world. And it wasn't Iran which they are more fearful of the neocons taking us into a war over.
I really don't think one damned person who watched the tv and heard both Obama and Clinton speak about the attacks or the unrest in the ME and Northern African countries look at them as a failure. If anyone is the failure, it's the Pukes for not funding the request for money for security. Also, the avg American doesn't even know where these countries are on a map... As long as it happened in a foreign country and not on the ground here, they are more worried about jobs and living a hectic life.
Honestly, it a republican, fox bubble issue and if you don't watch fox or listen to right wing radio, this Libya thing is more like, "huh"? So, I hope Obama can explain it to the people in debate night because they don't believe a damned thing that comes out of Romney's mouth.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Catches the "folks" that did this.
BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)tulsakatz
(3,122 posts)...every one of them are fucked up!
...republicans could never admit that Bush was wrong for sitting in the classroom for 7 minutes after he learned the country was under attack. It's not surprising that they can't admit this either....
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)They are snake oil salesmen. Mahr brought it out into the open.
When he asked them if they don't believe the facts, did you hear one of them say, "not all of the facts?" No of course they don't believe all of the facts. They only believe the facts that make them look good!
Cosmocat
(14,566 posts)no other time did a candidate look so foolish, and get his arse handed to him as Romney did in that moment.
And, you will never hear a right winger admit.
Candy Crowley this, some insane rationilization like these ...
They have LONG reached a place where they absolutely refuse to admit reality like this.
Uncle Joe
(58,366 posts)Thanks for the thread, trailmonkee.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Boris Epshteyn takes RW asshatery to a whole new level. Chris Christie on speed.
sunnystarr
(2,638 posts)He let those two asswipes run all over Glory who couldn't get a sentence out uninterrupted without especially Epshteyn talking over her. I was ready to kick him in the balls (a grandmotherly kick of course .... good and HARD!). Fund, the Pillsbury dough boy, needs someone to wipe his smug look off permanently. Maher lost all control and there wasn't any dialogue.
If I wanted Faux News I'd tune in. Plus Maher's New Rules this season just suck!! He must have lost his old New Rules writer. With all the great material and issues out there this segment is so lame that it's just the final let down to a disappointing 55 minutes. So now i can safely drop HBO from my cable line up since it was the only reason I kept it.
trailmonkee
(2,681 posts)PatSeg
(47,501 posts)two such people on at the same time. Poor Goldie Taylor got drowned out and I really would have liked to hear more from her.
I've noticed that conservatives have a tendency to filibusterer whenever they are on a talk show and having two is sure to ruin a program. I guess what they lack in facts and logic, they try to make up for by being loud and wordy.
Warpy
(111,277 posts)They circumlocute, obfuscate, dissemble and get louder and louder but they never, ever admit they're wrong about anything, even something trivial, even something done by a fellow conservative.
This makes them unfit for anything including polite company.
Vote, people, VOTE. Get them the hell out of our government!
toby jo
(1,269 posts)Fox news, Rush, Beck & co, they're caving these guys in. Just toooooo much stupid.
LittleGirl
(8,287 posts)That's all I could say last night watching that mess. It was horrible. Bill lost complete control, you couldn't understand a word anybody was saying and it was painful to watch. Why does he do that? I wanted to hear more from Matt Taibbi but he barely got a word in edgewise.
I watched it on the internet so thankfully, I didn't have to pay for cable or HBO to see that !!!
arghggggggg
Cleita
(75,480 posts)When I saw those two overfed, double chinned Repugs introduced in their regulation charcoal suits with red ties, I just felt so bad for Goldie. She gave back pretty good though as did Bill.
bulloney
(4,113 posts)For all that goes, it's the MO of the entire Republican party leadership and their media gerbils.
And yet, in my part of NW Ohio, it will overwhelmingly back Romney. And these people will never admit it, but it's all because Obama is Black, he's a Democrat, or a combination of both. The people I'm referring to will vote a straight Republican ticket, then spend the next 2-4 years bitching about what's wrong with our country, oblivious to the fact that their candidates and their party caused the mess they're bitching about.
The stupidity and ignorance gets so thick around here, it's scary.
cstanleytech
(26,298 posts)they suffocate.