He makes some pretty good points when he's not being an asstool
MAHER: Well, you got to give all these people who are over there all the credit in the world because I'm saying a lot of the people over here, they're not asked to sacrifice. And these people are sacrificing, doing all the sacrifice for them.
How about the nerve of Hastert calling McCain's sacrifice into question? Are we through the looking glass when Hastert asks McCain, Do you know anything about sacrifice, a guy who spends five-and-a-half years in prison? It's just astounding the way the people who have never gone to war can make this case. They talked about John Kerry throwing away his medals. Hey, at least he has medals to throw away! The other guy didn't go, as I recall. He didn't win any medals. He can do what he wants with his medals.
KING: Is all this, then, hypocrisy to you?
MAHER: What? Which part of it? I mean, there's so many aspects of it that are. Yes. But I do think that president Bush relies on hypocrisy. You know, even if you give him a credit that he's a nice guy and this was a sincere effort, you know, it's one thing to run an election based on two-dimensional platitudes, like, They hate us for our freedom. It's another thing to send men to die for a platitude like that.
KING: Should any heads roll? Should Rumsfeld leave?
MAHER: Rumsfeld. I still like Rumsfeld a lot. I can't help it. And he is at least honest and direct. When he was called on the carpet, he said, I apologize, as opposed to Bush's -- remember Bush's apology? He said, I told the king of Jordan I was sorry about the prison scandal. Imagine apologizing to your wife that way? Honey, I told my producer that I'm sorry I slept with your sister.
...later...
MAHER: And how come these people like Condoleezza Rice, but others, always say the same thing? No one could envision -- that was her view. No one could envision flying planes into buildings. You know what? Stop saying that, Ms. Rice. You couldn't envision it. Plenty of people envisioned it. The terrorists envisioned it. Some of the people in your own FBI and CIA envisioned it. Those two little jerks at Columbine envisioned it. Tom Clancy envisioned it. You didn't envision it. And by the way, when you have National Security in your title and stenciled on your door, it sort of is your job to envision it.
How about the nerve of Hastert calling McCain's sacrifice into question? Are we through the looking glass when Hastert asks McCain, Do you know anything about sacrifice, a guy who spends five-and-a-half years in prison? It's just astounding the way the people who have never gone to war can make this case. They talked about John Kerry throwing away his medals. Hey, at least he has medals to throw away! The other guy didn't go, as I recall. He didn't win any medals. He can do what he wants with his medals.
KING: Is all this, then, hypocrisy to you?
MAHER: What? Which part of it? I mean, there's so many aspects of it that are. Yes. But I do think that president Bush relies on hypocrisy. You know, even if you give him a credit that he's a nice guy and this was a sincere effort, you know, it's one thing to run an election based on two-dimensional platitudes, like, They hate us for our freedom. It's another thing to send men to die for a platitude like that.
KING: Should any heads roll? Should Rumsfeld leave?
MAHER: Rumsfeld. I still like Rumsfeld a lot. I can't help it. And he is at least honest and direct. When he was called on the carpet, he said, I apologize, as opposed to Bush's -- remember Bush's apology? He said, I told the king of Jordan I was sorry about the prison scandal. Imagine apologizing to your wife that way? Honey, I told my producer that I'm sorry I slept with your sister.
...later...
MAHER: And how come these people like Condoleezza Rice, but others, always say the same thing? No one could envision -- that was her view. No one could envision flying planes into buildings. You know what? Stop saying that, Ms. Rice. You couldn't envision it. Plenty of people envisioned it. The terrorists envisioned it. Some of the people in your own FBI and CIA envisioned it. Those two little jerks at Columbine envisioned it. Tom Clancy envisioned it. You didn't envision it. And by the way, when you have National Security in your title and stenciled on your door, it sort of is your job to envision it.
- Bill Maher visits with Larry King Live.
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