Flipping channels last night, what should I see but Bill Maher discussing the Terri Schiavo case with Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, and Dr. Cornel West.
I assume that there was a wide variety of opinions expressed. I have to assume, because I didn’t watch long enough to know for sure.
For some reason I wasn’t interested in watching Whoopi Goldberg play this issue for yuks.
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Didn’t Bill Maher recently say that he planned to present more right-of-center views in this year’s shows? Sure sounds like it with those three.
Susan (fa1edc) — 4/4/2005 @ 8:58 pmI’d actually be kind of curious to hear what Cornel West has to say about that case, but I’m with you on the other two. Who the hell cares what a couple of actors think about Terri Schiavo? I’d rather discuss the issue with my mailman. (He thinks it was a crying shame, by the way.)
Jeff Harrell (a5b150) — 4/4/2005 @ 9:00 pmAnother guest discussing the Schiavo case was FOXNews talking head Bill O’Reilly. The Real Time website highlights one of O’Reilly’s quotes:
“I thought the whole thing was a circus, you know. And what I saw was a bunch of people demagoguing it from both sides. I mean, I wanted to instill feeding tubes into half the pundits and politicians in the country to shut them up.” –Bill O’Reilly
Personally, I think it is Bill O’Reilly who is a circus. A circus clown.
Ann (ff0df7) — 4/5/2005 @ 9:35 amI wasn’t really ready for yuks on this issue, either, but I must say South Park did a reasonably good job of offending both sides equally. I didn’t laugh all that much, but chalk that up to good comedy being tragedy plus time, the latter being lacking right now. A year from now, I’m sure I’ll think the rerun is a real hoot.
Xrlq (816c74) — 4/5/2005 @ 9:42 amSo they did with the notorious ALEC BALDWINN? i wonder what baldwinn though of the whole thing after all he was the one who said he would leave the country if bush was elected
night heron (9fb763) — 4/5/2005 @ 10:48 amBill Maher has always tried to have 2 sets of views up at the same time. It makes better arguments. This was the first time I saw a show with everybody on the same “side”. He actually commented on it early in the show. After he had Bill O’Reilly on via satellite.
Steve (58b572) — 4/5/2005 @ 3:13 pm