John Edwards married his wife in 1977, going on 30 years of marriage and has fathered 4 children. This sound like a “faggot” to you?

Dick Cheney LIED to the American People. He lied about Iraq’s weapons, he lied about Iraq’s involvement with al Qaeda, he lied about the strength of the insurgency and he has lied about his war profiteering.

This war has weakened our military, costs us trillions of dollars (oh yes, it will be trillions by the time the tab is paid), made the US look like a bunch of idiots, cost us decades of respect and hampered our ability to protect ourselves.

Check the latest from the Washington Post:

“Nearly 90 percent of Army National Guard units in the United States are rated “not ready” — largely as a result of shortfalls in billions of dollars’ worth of equipment — jeopardizing their capability to respond to crises at home and abroad, according to a congressional commission that released a preliminary report yesterday on the state of U.S. military reserve forces.”

Now you want to cry about “They wished Cheney dead” well… He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword.

Frankly… I think the man should be charged with treason, tried, convicted and punished. (feel free to look up the punishment for treason)

And if you want to continue to support bigots like Ann Coulter enjoy being the minority for the rest of your lives. Most true Americans know what makes America great is its diversity. The fact all lifestyles are welcomed in the US is what makes this country great!

Personally… I can’t stand bigots And I think the majority of true Americans will agree.

And superstar…I have the video linked. Maher’s comments felt like a wish to me because he stated that fewer people would die as a result, so that obviously poses the question, who wouldn’t want fewer people to die?

This is not a left or right issue. This is an issue of somebody sharing an opinion about future events and purporting it to be a fact. That’s dumb, regardless of party affiliation.

Lastly, this comment just floored me…

Note that many similar remarks were made about Saddam in the run up to the invasion of Iraq. It was a central tenet of the pro-war cause that killing Saddam would be justified because it would save lives. So why are we not allowed to apply the same analysis to a U.S. leader?

And he’s not kidding. Wow.

Maher’s not saying this means Cheney SHOULD be assassinated. He’s just pointing out that it would mean fewer people killed as a result of Bush administration policy.

Now, maybe you think that particular counterfactual isn’t true – i.e., maybe you think the Bush administration would be just as violent without Cheney. I disagree, but it’s reasonable to question whether Maher was actually correct about this point. I don’t think that’s what’s motivating the outrage here, though. It’s the implication that Cheney is responsible for many, many deaths – even though that is uncontroversially true.

Note that many similar remarks were made about Saddam in the run up to the invasion of Iraq. It was a central tenet of the pro-war cause that killing Saddam would be justified because it would save lives. So why are we not allowed to apply the same analysis to a U.S. leader?

“If he became convinced tomorrow that coming out for cannibalism would get him the votes he sorely needs, he would begin fattening a missionary in the White House backyard come Wednesday.”

THAT S.O.B. ACCUSED FDR OF SUPPORTING CANNIBALISM IF IT WOULD GET HIM VOTES! MY GOD! NOT FUNNY, NOT FUNNY AT ALL, ANTI-FUNNY, THE OPPOSITE OF FUNNY, IF FUNNY WERE WATER THAT STATEMENT WOULD BE OIL.

Well, these are the days we live in, I think I might cry…

And let’s not forget Ridley’s comments later on in the show. Yeah, somebody should get blown up in a suicide bomb attack because they fly on a plane with Strom Thurmond’s name on it. Give me a break!

And to bob, Maher quoted something and THEN he made the assertion I have a problem with. Just look at the transcript…

Maher: No, no. I quoted that.

Frank: You don’t believe that?

Maher: I’m just saying if he did die, other people, more people would live. That’s a fact.

In fact, he even one upped the quote, because his quote was about Cheney simply not being in power. So, sorry, but he wasn’t quoting anything. He was making an assertion, and a incredibly faulty one at that.

Frankly, I don’t care if people think I’m being evenhanded. I would have posted about Maher’s comments regardless of Coulter’s comments. They just happened to fall on the same weekend.

Sorry folks. The original pic got protected after I used it. Weird. It was of Bill Maher and Ward Churchill.

Were you hotlinking to the photo- as is the case with the one currently posted? That would probably be a good reason why it suddenly became protected. My advice regarding that would be to download it and then upload it to your own server (thus saving the bandwidth of the site you’re hotlinking from). Just my 2¢.

Sorry my conservative friends but this is simply a case of Ann Coulter calling someone names…period. For what reason? Only she knows.

I think that there are more important things for blogs who specifically cover politics to cover than either Coulter or Maher.

Shame on them.

Regardless, Kevin’s final point is right on: Divided we stand…
Divided we are. It is the hate speech coming from both sides that makes it so. Or so this “muddle-it” thinks anyway.