| re: NJC (U.S. Politics): Bill Maher speaks up for the East Coast | |
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JimmyG 03:20 pm UTC 09/17/08 |
| In reply to: | NJC (U.S. Politics): Bill Maher speaks up for the East Coast - Vin 01:53 pm UTC 09/17/08 |
Bill Maher was also great on Larry King: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFyfYuBCszc > I enjoy the Hell out of Bill Maher's commentary: > > "All right. Finally, New Rule: Just because you live in > the middle of nowhere doesn't make you more authentic than > me. It just means you have a much longer drive to the > airport. > > Now, ever since Sarah Palin came along, this election has > been falsely framed as a contest between > salt-of-the-earth, small-time maverick westerners and > snooty eastern elites. You know, there's people who go to > church on Sunday, and there's people who go to brunch. > > Even fast-talking, cross-dressing Rudy Giuliani - the > former mayor of New York City - accused Obama of being too > cosmopolitan. That's like being called a douche-bag by > Andy Dick. > > And...and listen to Mitt Romney from the same convention. > He said, "If America really wants change, it's time to > look for the sun in the west, because it's about to rise > and shine from Arizona and Alaska. Of course, if the sun > actually did rise in the west, that would mean the earth > is spinning backwards and we'd all fly into space. But, > then Mormons were never big on science. As you well know. > > > But, what Mitt was getting at is that the East Coast is > where all the liberals, with their bad ideas, come from. > You know, bad ideas like the Declaration of Independence > and the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. As opposed to > the brilliant ideas that have come out of the west like > frontier justice and wearing cowboy boots with a suit. > > The ideas this nation was founded on came from the most > cosmopolitan people of their day, the founding fathers, > who believed in science, who looked to Europe for wisdom, > and who had no use for ignorant hicks like Bush and Palin. > > > Truth is - the truth is, as America moved west and got > farther away from its birthing in Boston and Philadelphia, > it became less American, not more. We keep hearing about > small-town values, you know, like shooting wolves from an > airplane or forcing your daughter into a doomed, loveless > marriage. > > Cities are about diversity of thought. Small towns are > about...well, crystal meth. And, last year, police found > 42 meth labs in Sarah Palin's home county. Drug addiction > is a terrible thing, but apparently it beats living in > Wasilla sober. > > There's so much meth in this town, I'm surprised the > Palins didn't have a kid named "Tweaker." > > So, now I know what they mean when they talk about the > Alaska spirit. Ah, yes, Alaska, where the townsfolk are > jittery and the hockey players screw right through the > condoms." | |
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