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With Cheney Dead More People Would Live?
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03/05/07 08:57 AM ET
Just when will the zealots in Hollywood realize that they’re living in the real world and not fantasy land? As many people know by now, HBO “comedian” Bill Maher has put himself back in the headlines by saying something scandalous. This time, however, Maher’s remarks about Vice President Cheney weren’t funny — they were sickening, reflective of a man out of touch with reality. (Full disclosure: I had the privilege to serve as Vice President Cheney’s deputy domestic policy adviser during the first year of the Bush administration.)
In any event, Bill Maher had a discussion on his “Real Time” television program last week in which the topic of the Taliban’s attempted assassination of Cheney in Afghanistan was raised. First, Maher came out and said, “I have zero doubt that if Dick Cheney was not in power, people would not be dying tomorrow.” Really? Any proof of that, Mr. Maher? What specifically has the vice president done, or what would he ever do, to harm innocent life?
But then, Maher went even further in his idiotic commentary by saying in relation to the assassination: “I’m just saying if he [Cheney] did die, other people, more people would live.” I’m stunned and unable to comprehend Maher’s logic here.
For one, the explosion outside of the U.S. Air Force base in Bahrain killed between 12 and 18 people and wounded nearly 30 — many of whom were Americans. Does Maher condone an assassination attempt on the vice president of the United States that instead killed U.S. soldiers doing their best to protect our country? Is this worthy of a cheap joke to get laughs when our troops were killed?
How in the world can Maher even equate the death of the vice president of the United States with the corresponding effect being “other people, more people would live?” I would hope that HBO would reprimand Maher, but sadly, this is likely to be swept under the rug like many other stupid comments by vapid celebrities. Bill Maher, you disgust me.
In any event, Bill Maher had a discussion on his “Real Time” television program last week in which the topic of the Taliban’s attempted assassination of Cheney in Afghanistan was raised. First, Maher came out and said, “I have zero doubt that if Dick Cheney was not in power, people would not be dying tomorrow.” Really? Any proof of that, Mr. Maher? What specifically has the vice president done, or what would he ever do, to harm innocent life?
But then, Maher went even further in his idiotic commentary by saying in relation to the assassination: “I’m just saying if he [Cheney] did die, other people, more people would live.” I’m stunned and unable to comprehend Maher’s logic here.
For one, the explosion outside of the U.S. Air Force base in Bahrain killed between 12 and 18 people and wounded nearly 30 — many of whom were Americans. Does Maher condone an assassination attempt on the vice president of the United States that instead killed U.S. soldiers doing their best to protect our country? Is this worthy of a cheap joke to get laughs when our troops were killed?
How in the world can Maher even equate the death of the vice president of the United States with the corresponding effect being “other people, more people would live?” I would hope that HBO would reprimand Maher, but sadly, this is likely to be swept under the rug like many other stupid comments by vapid celebrities. Bill Maher, you disgust me.
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