Bill Maher | Real Time | January 18 2008

Broadcatching, Economy, Fund, Hillary Clinton, Media Matters, Politics, Religion, Rupert Murdoch, Tullycast, Wall Street, WSJ, Zakaria

Guests this week: D.L. Hughley, Dan Savage, John Fund, Fareed Zakaria and Trace Adkins

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BILL MAHER | January 18, 2008 | Mashup Pt. 2

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BILL MAHER | January 18, 2008 | Mashup Pt. 2

BILL MAHER | January 18, 2007 | Mashup Pt. 1

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BILL MAHER | January 18, 2007 | Mashup Pt. 1

Chris Matthews' Obsession With Hillary Clinton

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FROM THE TOP-NOTCH: MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA

“I hate her. I hate her. All that she stands for.“

“She Devil“

“Nurse Ratched“

“Madame Defarge“

“Witchy“

“Anti-male“

“[U]ppity“

“She’s going to tell us what to do.“

“Her scolding manner in terms of her public speaking“

“[L]et’s talk about the troops …Will they take the orders?“

“[D]oesn’t she know she looks like a fraud?“

“Look at those eyes. Look at the cold eyes that she’s giving him. Look at that cold look.“

“[L]ike a strip-teaser saying she’s flattered by the all the attention“

On Sen. Clinton’s endorsers: “castratos in the eunuch chorus“

“Let me tell you how short Hillary’s leash is.“

“Is she a convincing mom?“

On Sen. Clinton’s laugh: “What do you make of the cackle?“

“[S]he’s clapping, like she’s Chinese. I know the Chinese clap at each other, but what is she clapping at? I mean, it’s like one of these wind-up things.“

“[S]he was giving a campaign barn-burner speech, which is harder to give for a woman; it can grate on some men when they listen to it — fingernails on a blackboard, perhaps.”

“Is there, out there in the country or out in the Atlantic Ocean, some gigantic monster — big, green, horny-headed, all kinds of horns coming out, big, aggressive monster of anti-Hillaryism that hasn’t shown itself: it’s based upon gender …“

“[B]eing surrounded by women, does that make a case for commander in chief — or does it make a case against it?“

“Is she hemmed in by the fact that she’s a woman and can’t admit a mistake, or else the Republicans will say, ‘Oh, that’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind,’ or ‘another fickle woman’? Is her gender a problem in her ability to change her mind?“

“[T]he reason she’s a U.S. senator, the reason she’s a candidate for president, the reason she may be a front-runner is her husband messed around.“

“She may have gotten The Des Moines Register‘s endorsement the other day, thanks to her husband’s lobbying with its female editors and publisher …“

Obama Team Claims Michigan is Meaningless

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January 15, 2008

Team Obama: Michigan’s Meaningless

Emailed a few minutes ago from Bill Burton to reporters with the subject line, “Something to think about as returns come in from Michigan” …

TO: Interested Parties
FR: The Obama Campaign
RE: Michigan Democratic Presidential Primary

Because Michigan violated DNC rules by placing its Presidential
Primary on January15th, the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee ruled that
the Michigan Democratic Party could not use the results of the January
15 Presidential Primary to allocate delegates to the 2008 Democratic
National Convention. In other words, no delegates are at stake today in
the Michigan Democratic Primary.

All of the Democratic presidential candidates publicly pledged not
to campaign in Michigan, none have visited the state, opened offices,
hired staff or communicated with voters through television, mail,
phones or otherwise. In addition, four Democratic presidential
candidates, Obama, Edwards, Richardson and Biden withdrew their names
from the Primary ballot in order to avoid participating in the Michigan
Primary. Clinton did not withdraw her name even though she publicly
committed to not participate in the Primary. Clinton, Dodd, Gravel and
Kucinich are the only candidates on the ballot today. The Obama
Campaign is not participating in the Primary and has not instructed
supporters in Michigan whether or how to vote.

Therefore the results of the primary tonight have no bearing on the Democratic nomination contest.

Florida, whose primary was scheduled for January 29th, is just like
Michigan – the DNC applied full sanctions for setting an early
primary date and there are no delegates are at stake. As with Michigan,
all of the Democratic presidential candidates signed a pledge to not
campaign in Florida. Although Senator Obama did not remove his name
from the Florida Primary ballot because Florida law did not allow him
to do so, Senator Obama is firm in his commitment to neither
participate nor campaign in the Florida Primary and its outcome has no
bearing on the nomination contest. We raise Florida today because
Senator Clinton has scheduled a fundraiser in Florida on Jan. 27th, and
there are signs – despite Senator Clinton’s public pledge
to the contrary – that she may be planning to campaign in the
state – inquiring about large venues and increased organizing
activity – ahead of the Florida primary.

Our position and the position of the DNC is clear – neither
the Florida nor Michigan primaries are playing any role in deciding the
Democratic nominee and we are not campaigning in either state.

Obama Begins The Serious Chicago-Style Political Treatment On Hillary

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Susan UnPC
From Larry Johnson’s Tremendous Blog : No Quarter

Obama: Screw The Democratic Party »

By SusanUnPC on January 14, 2008 at 4:38 PM in Unions, Obama, Republicans | 16 Comments

[[[ Here’s a LATE-NIGHT UPDATE on the cynical politics of the “hope”-panderer: The Obama campaign has repudiated these flyers. But, reports Time’s Mark Halperin (the italics are his), “Obama, in Reno Monday, makes explicit appeal for independents and Republicans to caucus for him.” So, the flyer’s out but the message is still on. ]]]

“Here in Nevada Barack Obama has put out a flyer reading, in part, “You Can Be A Democrat for A Day,” reports Taylor Marsh. who lives and broadcasts in Las Vegas. [UPDATE: Obama’s campaign is doing this nationwide. Here’s an official Florida Obama campaign release on how to be a “Democrat for a Day.”] Then there’s the manipulation by Obama-ite leaders of the Culinary Workers Local 226 in Nevada that forced Obama on union members (more below). (Let’s not forget that Obama dissed unions as “special interests” — that is, when they supported his rivals John Edwards and Hillary Clinton.)

So THIS is Chicago-style politics! Barack Obama, stung by his New Hampshire loss, promised a “Chicago-style smackdown,” and he’s delivered. Beyond this shocking invitation to let Republicans invade Democratic caucuses, there’s the disturbing prospect that Republicans — knowing that Obama will be the easiest Democratic nominee to defeat in the general election — will do just that. Gleefully! God almighty. Is Karl Rove advising the Obama campaign now, beyond the pages of the Wall Street Journal? Don’t forget Larry Johnson’s warnings in “Why Are the Rightwing Republicans Hyping Obama?” — which should be re-read by every true Democrat.