| re: NJC (U.S. Politics): Bill Maher speaks up for the East Coast | |
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Vin 05:24 pm UTC 09/17/08 |
| In reply to: | re: NJC (U.S. Politics): Bill Maher speaks up for the East Coast - steven_stuart 04:33 pm UTC 09/17/08 |
| Agreed. Of all the things Bill says in that monologue, the "ignorant hicks" line is the least witty and least insightful. > > > 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. > > > > They allowed slavery. European wisdom was often > undemocratic. Britain tried to tax Americans without > representation. I don't agree with their policies but Bush > and Palin would never support the kind of thinking that > existed in those days. I hope that Obama and Biden win but > you can't just dismiss Bush and Palin as "ignorant hicks". | |
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