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I watched this live â and it was an very uncomfortable moment. Maher knew immediately heâd blurted out something inappropriate (but tried to save the moment by pretending it was just a joke) and the audience and Sasse did not chuckle because it was funny, but nervously because the quip was so unexpected and frankly weird. It really came out of the blue â kind of like a Touretteâs tic.
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Good. I was watching too and I winced and left the room when it came out of his mouth.
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No you donât n****r!
You chuckled, bitch!
Ben Sasse will keep his counsel on issues like this until his sponsorsâKoch, Americans for Prosperity, the NRA, and the anti-choice crowdâgive him permission and a clear direction in which to go. Watch this guy, folks. He seldom takes a position that isnât safe. He is too slick by half; heâs good looking, articulate, and the golden boy of the right wing financiers. I suspect they see him running for president in either 2020 or 2024. If we have a country left, that is.
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I agree. He scared me. Itâs easy to think heâs a âgood guy.â
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The only reason I can think why a normal human being wouldnât recoil in horror and immediately speak out is because theyâve been desensitized to hearing that word in private settings.
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My wife thinks Bill Maher is funny. I donât. Sasse was on trying to sell his book. The fact that he didnât react to Maherâs slur is not a surprise. He lives on the hill. His kids are home schooled so they never have to leave the hill.
Of course, Oscar Hammersteinâs wonderful song The Folks Who Live on the Hill does not apply to Sasse.
I love this song, Andrea Marcovicci does a wonderful version of it in her album Just Kern, and I think I love it because spouse and I do in fact live on a hill.
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I kind of like Mel Tormeâs version.
Maher has quite the list of offensive âmistakesâ or straight out beliefs that he doesnât mind spitting out.
At least, Iâd say he needs a time out to reflect and to realize how lucky he is to have his platform.
His opinion is not sacrosanct and he should know by now, that some things will always be offensive, like the n word. And of course, he does, but he took his shot anyways.
I quit watching years ago for some other supposed gaffe that he made then and its been damned near like clockwork ever since when he makes one after the other.
I guess he canât help himself?
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I liken this situation to being in a room with someone whoâs unintentionally letâs a fart rip and they know everyone heard it, but social etiquette is such that the witnesses, in the moment, reflexively pretend it didnât happen. Maybe we should save the damning charge of racism for use against the real racist hypocrites that are attempting to use this stupid bit of human foible as a cudgel to attack and silence Maher and to go after Sasse. Whatever you think of Sasse, he is one of the few republicans in congress to have even uttered a word of criticism of Trump. Think about who benefits from making him squirm and why he is now apologizing for not calling out Maher. His apology is not to african americans as much as it is to save face with his party.
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Maher has self-condemned himself in strongly words.
âFriday nights are always my worst night of sleep because Iâm up reflecting on the things I should or shouldnât have said on my live show. Last night was a particularly long night as I regret the word I used in the banter of a live moment. The word was offensive and I regret saying it and am very sorry.â
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I love all the crooners, and Sinatra did it too.
He is a smug asshole. He wrote a book about how juvenile and non-productive American millenials are. But he is the ultimate non-productive bullshit peddler. He is just like Senator Flake, a polished look -good smooth talker who legitimizes the obstructionist racism of his GOP majority colleagues. And he was peddling the false equivalence bullshit that the Democrats are just as much to blame as the GOP of the past 10 years for dysfunction. He has never spoken up about the nutjobs in the GOP just like he has never condemned Carl Paladino calling Michelle Obama a gorilla. And if I am not mistaken, he was wearing fucking cowboy boots with a suit during the interview.
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Well, at least he didnât blame it on the dog.
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Iâve parted company with Bill over his Islamaphobia. I was already tired of the smugness but the Islamophobia pushed me right over the edge.
Fuck Bill Maher. And his fucking degree from Cornell.
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Youâre no mincer tena ; )
I minced a bit but I do appreciate you telling it just like it is.
The Old Man once blamed the vomit on his shirt, which heâd put there, on our puppy. Because puppies do that and adults arenât supposed to.
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nice to be appreciated. hahahaha
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