3:27-3:44 "Very impressive to me now is the number of people [who] wouldn't listen to me a few years ago who now [can't] say enough about how cheap and nasty and cynical and brutish and vulgar and crass and coarse, crude, nasty, unscrupulous, [and] mendacious [Hillary] Clinton is."
Damn. Rising high school seniors don't need SAT prep books; they just need to listen to Christopher Hitchens for a few months.
The Huxley's too were married into the Darwin-Wedgwood family of Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood and would later admit that they were trying to create a new scientific elite through continuous scurrilous fetid filthy squalid Incest.
Of course this is not an argument against Darwin. I have no qualms with Darwin.
But his family were Eugenicists, especially Thomas Henry Huxley and Sir Francis Galton, and Huxley's descendants Aldous and Julian Huxley, who chaired UNESCO. Even Darwin's grandson was president of the Eugenics Society.
Charles Darwin's grandson, Charles Galton Darwin, became the president of the Eugenics Society from 1953 to 1959. The Eugenics Society advocated that the poor peasantry be eliminated for the benefit of mankind. Darwin became frustrated that the Impetus of Natural Selection had become stagnant.
Charles Darwin incestuously married his first cousin, Emma Wedgwood. When Charles Darwin's mother died, he married his mother's sister, a Wedgwood again!
@anonymouswhiteprick. If youtube "makes you depressed", why are you telling Us about it?. Why are you babbling on about Darwin on this channel??. Go away and marry your first or second cousin. Like your mama did.
Because Darwin's cousin, Sir Francis Galton was the of founder of modern Eugenics, a racist pseudoscience.
The Huxley's too were married into the Darwin-Wedgwood family of Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood and would later admit that they were trying to create a new scientific elite through continuous Incest.
@AnonymousWhitePerson You are a Deeply Disturbed European. It's O.K, tho', You are a full-time Troll and spend your days doing THIS. I boot my computer and there they are; Rambling, Babbling. The empty mind of a Crack-Head. Demanding my Attention. Look at this column and take a look at Your Self. It's Sad.
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Darwinism requires subjugation, a blinding faith and sacrilege. Relinquish your babies to the State and renounce independent thought & physical sovereignty. The claims made by Darwin's THEORY are only observable over millions upon millions of years. This, in fact, makes it a religion.
A religion is a set of rules to base your life on, a dogma, a creed/ world view AND a practice. How does one practice Darwinism? Yes it is a theory, and it appears to be the best one at this point in our scientific discovery, which is more than can be said about any religion. And that's true, it is only observable after millions of years, but we can look back in time and see the evidence of it with our fossil record.
Postulation, supposition & conjecture are synonyms of THEORY, according to the dictionary. FACT is not a synonym of THEORY. Learn. Research. Impress women.
No. SOME scientific theories come and go. Not all. Most are simply corrected and refined, as new facts come to light.
Thus, science doesn't perpetuate stupid shit. It teaches people to question rather than accept dogma. This is why religion (dogma) feels so threatened by science - because it empowers people.
Lincoln stated, in his debates with Douglas, that Negroes are unworthy of the rights of white people. Lincoln stated that Negroes are unfit to serve on juries, should not be allowed to marry outside their race, & so forth.
Wow, the female interviewer is eye-fucking him like crazy.
Anyways, Hitch is brilliant as always, but I can't stand the graphics on this show. Completely tacky and classless, and they don't go with the interview.
> is that female newscaster looking at Hitchens like she wants him?
JPRG1966:
> scandalous ... Michelle is married with kids
Never mind that neither marriage nor children have stopped countless females and males from flirting ...
the fact remains that the woman has a PUT-ON "Ohhh, come hither, I want youuuu, I know you want meee (look at target sideways, click the shoulders, flutter the eyelashes)" look--see how she looks at her co-host at the start.
I still respect Christopher Hitchens's intelligence (not so much his use of it to make people look inferior), but if you watch all of his interviews does anyone else get the nagging suspicion that he doesn't like people and he likes to fuck with them? Like I've heard him say he is a republican, but on more than one occasioun he has taken a stand against them. Not the John McCain stand against the republicans were he is pretty much bullshitting about taking a stand against his own party.
To my knowledge, Hitchens has never self-identified as a Republican. His views seem to tilt libertarian, if anything, but not to any textbook standard (i.e., he's a huge interventionist). As a result, he pretty much disagrees with everyone about something.
That said, I think that you're right about him getting a rise out of pissing people off. He'd be my idol if I had one, but he certainly comes of as misanthropic. Then again, only he knows how much of it is theatrics.
Good comment. He's not Republican (he says he's socialist at heart) but I think that over the last 20 years or so, by and by, he's come to realize that Republicans are right about a lot -- insomuch as they stand for the constitutional ideals. But I find him sincere, if colorful. Religion, death penalty, torture, and dog-eat-dog capitalism are where he moderates.
> I gotta say, those guys were remarkably unbiased.
> That's professional
That is one big reason for them to get bashed by the zealots on one side of the political divide and by the zealots on the other side.
Bashed most viciously by those who detest anyone who does not join in the orgy against "the designated enemy-du-jour (Bush, Republicans, Conservatives, the Clintons, the West, capitalism, etc)" and does not worship in the altar of Deluded Utopian Idealism.
Doesn't invalidate his answer that none of them should be does it.
Maybe they didn't ask because anyone should realise someone is going to be chosen based on reasons based on popularity and media bias, knowing the right people etc.
Being the best candidate, having real intelligence and knowing how to deal with problems in reality don't count. That's been shown.
oh give me a break: hitchens dost PROJECT too much. talk about a narcissitic do nothing. He discounts public service and subordinates coordinated public service, and the tremendous expenditures of energy men and women like Carter, Clinton and Clinton expended, for glib, accented criticism. Hitchens is rhetorically the dandy -- fun to marvel at, but you will need to carry your own luggage up the stairs.
It isn't a point Hitchens makes, although he does allude to it; namely, the people who pursue high office are--for better or worse--not inherently the most charming or scrupulous characters. We Americans seem unduly enamored if not entirely intoxicated with the concept of Harrison Ford or Cary Grant for President. It's as though we want a superhero to worship. To quote Mario Cuomo, "I'm voting for a president, not a maitre d." But we want the maitre d. This is foolish.
Hitchens is absolutely right about "the rage of the entitled." Hillary felt like it was her turn to be president, and Michele Obama feels it is her race that is entitled to the presidency. Typical Liberal thought process. "Let's all take turns and get equal time to shine... qualification/ electability is moot."
EXACTLY. We have our choice of which group of disgusting bought-and-paid-for thugs we'd like. The best we can hope for is that the executive branch's party won't match the legislative branch's. TOTAL DISASTER. It totally sucks that THERE ARE NO GOOD GUYS. It's not even a lesser of two evils, it's what TYPE of evil.
its funny that people are just now deciding to pipe up about the evils of politics. who was the lesser of two evils in the last election? Or the election before that? I think that due to the fact that the republicans are SO far gone in this political race. The republican based media has decided to let it be known that politics in general are.. shady at best. Personally i feel that Obamas policies make sense and it most definitely is the lesser of the two evils.
Yeah I agree that a large part of the media is very sympathetic to a right wing agenda and corporate interests, and the Republican party is almost rotten to the core.
But wouldn't you agree it would be a lot easier for these powerful companies if they controlled both "sides" of politics? Just look at Obama's celebrity status: when a politician is so popular based on WHO he is, he's much more inclined to shape his policies in power's favor, and take your vote for granted. Cause it was.
'There was Ron Paul! ' And Ron Paul was really good, its to bad that Hillary Clitin bitch cheated and made it so a lot of his votes did not get counted.
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I dont agree. He doesnt have balls. Hes a dog on the leash of elitist american circles. He likes to fire a verbal cannonball when he knows the ship is already going down and then claims the victory for himself. Hes nothing more than a popularity whore with a big vocabulary.
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Hitchens is a hypocritical BITCH... He preaches against the tyranny of Religion, but whole heartedly endorses the tyranny of right wing government! If he's not even pandering to the religious right I don't see what purpose he serves in the Conservative press. Why does anyone even waste their time interviewing this hack? He can shove his Obama endorsement up his captious limey ass.
im a republican and im sad that mccain was the best republican choice.
and im glad that now even the stupid people are realizing how dangerous it is to pick someone like sarah palin as the vice president for a 72 year old cancer survivor.
I respect Christopher Hitchens. He has no reservations in using his free mind and ignores partisan discussion. Instead he discusses what he REALLY thinks about whatever or whoever is being discussed, and in this case he had plenty of good things to say of both parties' candidates.
what a retorical question?? that has nothing to do with asking a REAL question and forgetting to put a question mark there. You look like a dumbass. And how am I retarded btw? you've not given me any proof. Because I think Palin would make a bad president? sorry but she's inexperienced, and slightly closed off to things outside of her life. I really don't think a president like that is going to lead us out of this shitty economy.
agreed my mom being one of them, she thinks Mccain and Palin are both mediocre candidates but she "always votes republican" despite the fact that we're poor as shit.
agreed and its not that I'm anti republican I really do agree with them on some things. I think that people should be accountable for themselves and that business really does help our economy. But its too flawed right now. We need someone who will clean up the mess, think about things before he does them, that's Obama. I mean I just watched the debate and am convinced that Obama actually has a plan about fixing Am, the war, economy, foreign relations whereas Mccain doesn't.
arghh I've noticed that and Palin is an absolute joke, did you see how pitiful she was during the debate tonight?? I mean she answered no questions, talked about her family most of the time, said stupid catchphrases over and over again. Not only that but demeaned Biden's character, saying only women understand the struggle of parenting, in which Biden managed to put her in her place, not once but twice and single handedly stole the emotional appeal of the audience.
see but she didn't do good, she made intellectual errors, named the wrong general, talked endlessly about nothing. She didn't even answer the questions she actually said, let's talk about something else. She came off as incredibly fake and tried to suck up to us, it was pitiful.
exactly - groups should be very careful in claiming hitchens - because at the end of the day, all that eloquent venom is going to splatter across anyone who opposes his fiercely rational world view - and it won't discriminate, or spare you just because you're in a particular group.
This coutry is Retarded. Some people are saying support the troops? Actually the troops take orders. What you retards are really saying is something about supporting the retarded USA President / retarded Pentagon and the retarded USA Congress, not the troops.
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This is the situation folks: Who to vote for?
- Obama is a nigger
- McCain is a POW warmonger
If you vote for McCain then McCain still needs to take orders from the Retarded Congress. Tell the Retarded Congress to pull troops out of Middle East and keep a tight leash on that wild dog president and wild dog pentagon. The USA Executive Department is filled with satanic warmonging lying theiving backstabbing propagandizing bastards. Fact is that the USA President and Pentagon are the terrorists!
Pathetic. George Galloway owned no one. I see he's scared to debate Mr. Hitchens these days. Probably due to fear of prosecution. It's only a matter of time... you can join him.
NukeFascistAmerica, are you some crass spotty semi-educated teenager? I think you are. Perhaps you are in love with the rebabarbative Islamo-fascist-loving George Galloway, or "gorgeous George" as we used to call him in Glasgow. I'd prefer to borrow Christopher Hitchens' description of Bill Clinton and apply it to Galloway: a disgusting primate.
Well he did point out that neither should be president! He's either independent or will cast a vote of no confidence like every knowledgeable American should, problem is the term knowledgeable American have become the gravest oxymoron, much to the chagrin of the rest of the country!
Wait... is Obama seriously in trouble with white working class America? I'm white, I have a job, and I support Obama. Most of the other "white working class" people I know feel the same way too. I'm not sure what "white working class" she was talking about.
If she meant blue-collar working class, then I might be able to agree.
I'm a Democrat, but Hitchens accusuing McCain of being a poser is not fair. McCain served, unlike Bush, was captured, tortured (let's see how long HItchens could endure the same torture), and went on to oppose torture of POWs in opposition to Bush. The "elderly" references are not fair, and everyone is jumping on it. Not a fair move. Yes, the Bush slime machine wasn't fair, but McCain isn't Bush.
I think by that he meant McCain was 95% in agreement with Bush according to his voting record. The elderly reference was perfectly fair, we all know how fast a president's appearance and health diminishes during their term. I can't even imagine how decrepit McCain would look in 4 years if he even made it that long. It would just be unfair to him as a human being to put him through something like that.
Dare we all think of how Obama slightly resembles a Hitler figure?? People just blindly love him despite all of his socialist polocies. He definatley resembles Marxist tendencies. There is no argument against this if you actually listen to what this man says. I certainly don't like McCain, but this just proves that 98% of U.S. voters are TOTAL morons. How else could we end up with two totally un-electable candidates? Hmmm?
Cleveland5150, there is a saying. Presidents are like diapers, they're full of shit and they need to be changed frequently.
All of the candidates are full of shit, one way or another....anybody who tells me one candidate is the answer (as some Ron Paul groupies do) is also full of shit.
With that said, you can either sit out the election (which is not encouraged) or you can pick one who you think is the least full of shit and vote for him. My vote goes to Obama, just for entertainment purposes. It's gonna be fun watching the white, conservative media forces Shitting in their pants when the black guy they despise gets elected.
Cleveland is right.Most Americans (most PEOPLE)are MORONS when comes to politics and political issues.They just want to go to work, come home, and VEGETATE on whatever little mundane life they live.I am SO disappointed with "my people" here in America.Today's Democrats are DEADLY for this nation and very very few realise this today.Liberals are such absolute MORONS, but,with the press and mainstream media at their side,Americans won't receive the proper facts to base their decisions/votes on.
hehe I think Christopher Hitchens is right with most everything he says, but just for a change of pace I'd like to listen to something where he speaks in glowing positive terms about someone or something!
I'm doing what ever it takes to keep the Republicans out of office. As a patriot, i can only watch them screw up everything for our country so much before i, out of moral compass, must give the other guy a shot. If people vote to reelect this crap they prove that they have no standards for their country. Political parties need to know that they have to do a good job in office to stay there.
Yes, they are cartoon-like (in appearance and feel). It's a bit jaring to change between that and speech. Add to that the fact that the male host sounds like a sports announcer and the topic seems a bit too grown up for them. This is all quite fixable though so I don't mean to be too negative -- that's just my take on it.
Whatever 'hipness factor' it is that this show is trying to capture is positively infantilizing. It's like Fox News on PBS. I like Hitch (although I think his swipe at Hyde Park, Chicago is ludicrous & intellectually dishonest), but this show makes him look better than he even deserves to look. The fawning interviewers praise as 'contrarian' the voicing of opinions that have the distinction simply of being well-formulated!
McCain is an old fool who has no real political talent, and Hillary is a crass and snotty wench. Obama like Clinton has lots of flair and charisma, but is something of a shithead personally, and like Clinton has a dippy wife who should stay the fuck out of politics. I almost had to take a shower when Obama's wife said on TV in response to the supposed threat of assassination to her husband "barack is a black man so he could get shot going to the gas station", spoiled empty headed bitch.
Couldn't agree more about the similarities between Hillary and Michelle. Highly entitled and damn pissed off about it. But then, what do you expect from a "victim"?
They use their victim status to claim the moral high ground and to bully their way to even more wealth and power.
God help us if Obama wins. Another 8 years with a big-mouthed egotistical spouse running wild, inserting herself into political issues where she doesn't belong, and hectoring us about our "crimes".
I bet that Obama guy wins
AlvahWatson1 1 month ago
jeez whats with the sound effects, fuck off!
halflifeproductionz 1 month ago
Wow hes not a big fan of the clintons, is he?
siegfriedfreud1984 10 months ago
3:27-3:44 "Very impressive to me now is the number of people [who] wouldn't listen to me a few years ago who now [can't] say enough about how cheap and nasty and cynical and brutish and vulgar and crass and coarse, crude, nasty, unscrupulous, [and] mendacious [Hillary] Clinton is."
Damn. Rising high school seniors don't need SAT prep books; they just need to listen to Christopher Hitchens for a few months.
writersblock26 10 months ago
That female interviewer is eyeballing Chris to death. You can tell she wants to get in his pants.
S0vereignty 10 months ago 6
@S0vereignty Yep. Can you say "flustered"?
writersblock26 10 months ago
I can't fucking stand that doushebad interviewer. What a smug little dipshit.
philberz 1 year ago
"If the Republican party was a dog, it should be shot for giving us such a lousy parade of candidates"
Zuurkool1 1 year ago
@007superfan21 Both.
DaHonestAbe 1 year ago
Damn, all those candidates got Hitchslapped! Shiiiiit!
mraindog81 1 year ago
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The Huxley's too were married into the Darwin-Wedgwood family of Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood and would later admit that they were trying to create a new scientific elite through continuous scurrilous fetid filthy squalid Incest.
AnonymousWhitePerson 1 year ago
Of course this is not an argument against Darwin. I have no qualms with Darwin.
But his family were Eugenicists, especially Thomas Henry Huxley and Sir Francis Galton, and Huxley's descendants Aldous and Julian Huxley, who chaired UNESCO. Even Darwin's grandson was president of the Eugenics Society.
AnonymousWhitePerson 1 year ago
Charles Darwin's grandson, Charles Galton Darwin, became the president of the Eugenics Society from 1953 to 1959. The Eugenics Society advocated that the poor peasantry be eliminated for the benefit of mankind. Darwin became frustrated that the Impetus of Natural Selection had become stagnant.
AnonymousWhitePerson 1 year ago
Charles Darwin incestuously married his first cousin, Emma Wedgwood. When Charles Darwin's mother died, he married his mother's sister, a Wedgwood again!
AnonymousWhitePerson 1 year ago
@anonymouswhiteprick. If youtube "makes you depressed", why are you telling Us about it?. Why are you babbling on about Darwin on this channel??. Go away and marry your first or second cousin. Like your mama did.
slideharp1 1 year ago
Because Darwin's cousin, Sir Francis Galton was the of founder of modern Eugenics, a racist pseudoscience.
The Huxley's too were married into the Darwin-Wedgwood family of Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood and would later admit that they were trying to create a new scientific elite through continuous Incest.
AnonymousWhitePerson 1 year ago
Fascinating. And what the Hell has That got to do with Christopher Hitchens??
slideharp1 1 year ago
Nothing.
I just thought that my comments were Cute.
AnonymousWhitePerson 1 year ago
You're in Dire Need of a Life.
slideharp1 1 year ago
I love your commentary with my entire body.
AnonymousWhitePerson 1 year ago
@AnonymousWhitePerson You are a Deeply Disturbed European. It's O.K, tho', You are a full-time Troll and spend your days doing THIS. I boot my computer and there they are; Rambling, Babbling. The empty mind of a Crack-Head. Demanding my Attention. Look at this column and take a look at Your Self. It's Sad.
slideharp1 1 year ago
Hillary Clinton's head looks like a Ziggurat.
AnonymousWhitePerson 1 year ago
Youtube makes me Depressed.
AnonymousWhitePerson 1 year ago
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ludachris475 1 year ago
Hitchens is an obese effete drunkard and a braggadocio.
AnonymousWhitePerson 1 year ago
They reflexively agree with everything Hitchens says.
Even when he is grossly amd egregiously wrong.
AnonymousWhitePerson 1 year ago
Most Hitchens admirers are devoid of independent thought.
AnonymousWhitePerson 1 year ago
MOST people who make vague, general appeals to what MOST people think or do are, for the MOST part, confessing ignorance.
UnderTheTunk 1 year ago
Unfortunately, this forum is rife with thoughtless obsequious Hitchens Sycophants.
Hitchens Drones.
AnonymousWhitePerson 1 year ago
Wow,how wrong you are.
I'm a Hitchens admirer and it is precisely because of his independent thought on many topics-especially religion- that I enjoy hearing him.
Those that are religious are the most likely candidates to have limited independent thinking skills.
Hitchens gives any advocate or follower of organized religion a withering debate that is difficult to counter.
I do,however, disagree with his Trotskyite philosophy since I'm a Libertarian(see,I have an independent point of view!).
dgl1962 1 year ago
Hitchens only excels at debating against Religion.
AnonymousWhitePerson 1 year ago
@AnonymousWhitePerson
Hitchens excels at it since since religion is the biggest fraud of the last two thousand years.
The average school child knows that it's fake so it really doesn't take much to dispel it.
Don't get me wrong,I'm no Hitchens sychophant,I think he can be aloof and a drunk,but that doesn't mean that he isn't brilliant.
dgl1962 1 year ago
Religion is an Obvious Fraud, and all too easy to repudiate.
I enjoyed his Book, "God is not Great," however, his arguments for the War in Iraq, were untenable.
AnonymousWhitePerson 1 year ago
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Sadly, this forum is rife with obsequious thoughtless Hitchens Sycophants.
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AnonymousWhitePerson 1 year ago
I love the adjective combo Hitch whips out on Bill Clinton.
Vostoek 1 year ago 3
Their mezmerized by his coolness.
jazz4 2 years ago 2
Hey, Hitchens sure changed his tune about Obama in a couple of months time.
allaboutdmagic 2 years ago 3
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"I try not to jeer" - try harder, Christopher Hitchens. Try and find something positive to say for once. Pompous prick.
I'm on the left politically, but what a dreadful man he is. Self-satisfaction personified.
MjoEm32 2 years ago
Great comment on Michelle "Grudge" Obama. So tired of these pampered affirmative action blacks where nothing we give them is ever good enough.
FrankinHolland 2 years ago
Makes no sense. Try again.
badtown88 2 years ago
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Darwinism requires subjugation, a blinding faith and sacrilege. Relinquish your babies to the State and renounce independent thought & physical sovereignty. The claims made by Darwin's THEORY are only observable over millions upon millions of years. This, in fact, makes it a religion.
AsEasyAsEasyIs 2 years ago
A religion is a set of rules to base your life on, a dogma, a creed/ world view AND a practice. How does one practice Darwinism? Yes it is a theory, and it appears to be the best one at this point in our scientific discovery, which is more than can be said about any religion. And that's true, it is only observable after millions of years, but we can look back in time and see the evidence of it with our fossil record.
Hirfel 2 years ago 2
You realise that both GRAVITY and GENERAL RELATIVITY are also "just" theories?
artisthespoonman 2 years ago 6
Postulation, supposition & conjecture are synonyms of THEORY, according to the dictionary. FACT is not a synonym of THEORY. Learn. Research. Impress women.
AsEasyAsEasyIs 2 years ago
The scientific equivalent of postulation, supposition and conjecture is a HYPOTHESIS. A scietific theory is supported by factual evidence.
Don't pretend to lecture me on what I do for a job.
artisthespoonman 2 years ago 24
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All worthwhile theories must be supported by human-perceived facts. But with theories: one cometh & another go-eth.
Science is fr. the Latin verb "scire" meaning "to know," and not "to postulate."
Pretense brings you here.
AsEasyAsEasyIs 2 years ago
No. SOME scientific theories come and go. Not all. Most are simply corrected and refined, as new facts come to light.
Thus, science doesn't perpetuate stupid shit. It teaches people to question rather than accept dogma. This is why religion (dogma) feels so threatened by science - because it empowers people.
artisthespoonman 2 years ago 9
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Millions die fr. cancer as "science" prescribes the burning, cutting/ablating & poisoning of malignancies.
Renounce your religion & step into the light.
AsEasyAsEasyIs 2 years ago
Darwin
AsEasyAsEasyIs 2 years ago
Lincoln stated, in his debates with Douglas, that Negroes are unworthy of the rights of white people. Lincoln stated that Negroes are unfit to serve on juries, should not be allowed to marry outside their race, & so forth.
AsEasyAsEasyIs 2 years ago
Wow, the female interviewer is eye-fucking him like crazy.
Anyways, Hitch is brilliant as always, but I can't stand the graphics on this show. Completely tacky and classless, and they don't go with the interview.
SecondsToLast 2 years ago 5
Is it just me- or is that female newscaster looking at Hitchens like she wants him?
JQisAwesome 2 years ago 3
That would be scandalous seeing as Michelle is married with kids.
jprg1966 2 years ago
JQISAWESOME:
> is that female newscaster looking at Hitchens like she wants him?
JPRG1966:
> scandalous ... Michelle is married with kids
Never mind that neither marriage nor children have stopped countless females and males from flirting ...
the fact remains that the woman has a PUT-ON "Ohhh, come hither, I want youuuu, I know you want meee (look at target sideways, click the shoulders, flutter the eyelashes)" look--see how she looks at her co-host at the start.
She looks absurd.
gagothesith 2 years ago
Lol that's what I thought !
lewisner 2 years ago
I hope Hitchens stays sharp for the rest of his days. I love his style of journalism and unparalled sense of reality.
spaceboy1250 2 years ago
Hitchens called Clinton a horrible primate hahahaa
kaduisaui 2 years ago 3
I still respect Christopher Hitchens's intelligence (not so much his use of it to make people look inferior), but if you watch all of his interviews does anyone else get the nagging suspicion that he doesn't like people and he likes to fuck with them? Like I've heard him say he is a republican, but on more than one occasioun he has taken a stand against them. Not the John McCain stand against the republicans were he is pretty much bullshitting about taking a stand against his own party.
nikobelic85 2 years ago 2
To my knowledge, Hitchens has never self-identified as a Republican. His views seem to tilt libertarian, if anything, but not to any textbook standard (i.e., he's a huge interventionist). As a result, he pretty much disagrees with everyone about something.
That said, I think that you're right about him getting a rise out of pissing people off. He'd be my idol if I had one, but he certainly comes of as misanthropic. Then again, only he knows how much of it is theatrics.
SecondsToLast 2 years ago
Good comment. He's not Republican (he says he's socialist at heart) but I think that over the last 20 years or so, by and by, he's come to realize that Republicans are right about a lot -- insomuch as they stand for the constitutional ideals. But I find him sincere, if colorful. Religion, death penalty, torture, and dog-eat-dog capitalism are where he moderates.
coulie27 2 years ago
mmmmm he so fucked the female interviewer after the interview.
oxygenownz 3 years ago 30
@oxygenownz: Yeah. Hitch nailed that chick shut after the shoot was over.
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defunctusest 1 year ago
@oxygenownz He's married...
patrick112590 5 months ago
I gotta say, those guys were remarkably unbiased. That's professional
GBart 3 years ago 4
GBART:
> I gotta say, those guys were remarkably unbiased.
> That's professional
That is one big reason for them to get bashed by the zealots on one side of the political divide and by the zealots on the other side.
Bashed most viciously by those who detest anyone who does not join in the orgy against "the designated enemy-du-jour (Bush, Republicans, Conservatives, the Clintons, the West, capitalism, etc)" and does not worship in the altar of Deluded Utopian Idealism.
gagothesith 2 years ago 2
"None of these people should be president"
Then who should, Chris?
Why didn't they ask that?
GBart 3 years ago
"None of these people should be president"
He was talking about the republican candidates, so the default answer is "Not a republican".
That one snuck by ya, huh?
pdema030 3 years ago
Doesn't invalidate his answer that none of them should be does it.
Maybe they didn't ask because anyone should realise someone is going to be chosen based on reasons based on popularity and media bias, knowing the right people etc.
Being the best candidate, having real intelligence and knowing how to deal with problems in reality don't count. That's been shown.
DrewAWeeks 2 years ago
oh give me a break: hitchens dost PROJECT too much. talk about a narcissitic do nothing. He discounts public service and subordinates coordinated public service, and the tremendous expenditures of energy men and women like Carter, Clinton and Clinton expended, for glib, accented criticism. Hitchens is rhetorically the dandy -- fun to marvel at, but you will need to carry your own luggage up the stairs.
bertinotti 3 years ago
It isn't a point Hitchens makes, although he does allude to it; namely, the people who pursue high office are--for better or worse--not inherently the most charming or scrupulous characters. We Americans seem unduly enamored if not entirely intoxicated with the concept of Harrison Ford or Cary Grant for President. It's as though we want a superhero to worship. To quote Mario Cuomo, "I'm voting for a president, not a maitre d." But we want the maitre d. This is foolish.
thejackal7137 3 years ago
I agree with Hitchens on everything, exept for the Iraq war, and his tramendous personal contempt for the Clintons. BILL CLINTON IS THE MAN!!!
andron333 3 years ago
I don't really like Bill that much as a person, but he did quite well as president.
laxplayer231 3 years ago
Hitchens is a pimp for the iraq war.
Onetimerule 3 years ago
"hes a horrible primate"
lol
drogoth25 3 years ago 2
"I don't feel my mammalian sweetness is required." It is Hitchens' talents as a wordsmith I find most endearing.
etsneroj 3 years ago 4
I know I would to be talented like him in that department.
windex72 3 years ago
Hitchens is absolutely right about "the rage of the entitled." Hillary felt like it was her turn to be president, and Michele Obama feels it is her race that is entitled to the presidency. Typical Liberal thought process. "Let's all take turns and get equal time to shine... qualification/ electability is moot."
TimeWarp66 3 years ago
bloods or crypts. Take your pick.
GenericBrandname84 3 years ago
EXACTLY. We have our choice of which group of disgusting bought-and-paid-for thugs we'd like. The best we can hope for is that the executive branch's party won't match the legislative branch's. TOTAL DISASTER. It totally sucks that THERE ARE NO GOOD GUYS. It's not even a lesser of two evils, it's what TYPE of evil.
xTRUExHATEx 3 years ago
its funny that people are just now deciding to pipe up about the evils of politics. who was the lesser of two evils in the last election? Or the election before that? I think that due to the fact that the republicans are SO far gone in this political race. The republican based media has decided to let it be known that politics in general are.. shady at best. Personally i feel that Obamas policies make sense and it most definitely is the lesser of the two evils.
GenericBrandname84 3 years ago
but evil all the same. And i happen to be west sieeeeede! Crypts fo life!
GenericBrandname84 3 years ago
Yeah I agree that a large part of the media is very sympathetic to a right wing agenda and corporate interests, and the Republican party is almost rotten to the core.
But wouldn't you agree it would be a lot easier for these powerful companies if they controlled both "sides" of politics? Just look at Obama's celebrity status: when a politician is so popular based on WHO he is, he's much more inclined to shape his policies in power's favor, and take your vote for granted. Cause it was.
senateb 3 years ago
'There was Ron Paul! ' And Ron Paul was really good, its to bad that Hillary Clitin bitch cheated and made it so a lot of his votes did not get counted.
Darkphoenix3450 3 years ago
This was just a platform for him to criticize people. Still like him though. Balls the size of grapefruits.
DaHonestAbe 3 years ago
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I dont agree. He doesnt have balls. Hes a dog on the leash of elitist american circles. He likes to fire a verbal cannonball when he knows the ship is already going down and then claims the victory for himself. Hes nothing more than a popularity whore with a big vocabulary.
GenericBrandname84 3 years ago
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Hitchens is a hypocritical BITCH... He preaches against the tyranny of Religion, but whole heartedly endorses the tyranny of right wing government! If he's not even pandering to the religious right I don't see what purpose he serves in the Conservative press. Why does anyone even waste their time interviewing this hack? He can shove his Obama endorsement up his captious limey ass.
iluvkimjaejoong 3 years ago
boo hoo he doesnt like Obama. Tell it to someone who cares
Camikaze999 3 years ago
Hitchens spoke with Laura Ingraham and changed his tune...he likes O more than mccain now
laxman522 3 years ago 4
Don't take it too out of context, though. He tolerates Obama only because McCain and Palin are pathetic.
Mike3303 3 years ago
my god hitchens is entertaining.this from someone who pukes with indignation at half of the things he says.
blatspanner 3 years ago
Very sexy women.
jsunrise 3 years ago
im a republican and im sad that mccain was the best republican choice.
and im glad that now even the stupid people are realizing how dangerous it is to pick someone like sarah palin as the vice president for a 72 year old cancer survivor.
ragnar336 3 years ago
I respect Christopher Hitchens. He has no reservations in using his free mind and ignores partisan discussion. Instead he discusses what he REALLY thinks about whatever or whoever is being discussed, and in this case he had plenty of good things to say of both parties' candidates.
EricMetalGuitarist 3 years ago 7
if Mccain dies, then we get stuck with Palin....just think about that before you vote. Thank you.
Sshelly34213 3 years ago 15
well then we just have to hope for the best he doesn't. Otherwise, imagine a faceoff between Palin and Putin, who you think will have the upper hand.
cyklonb1989 3 years ago
if it were a fist fight I'd say Palin, she's one tough cookie soccer mom.
Sshelly34213 3 years ago
but don't forget putin is a judo blackbelt
cyklonb1989 3 years ago 3
lmao
are you retarded
WKaliber1 3 years ago
for what?? and this is coming from someone who cant even bother to use correct punctuation? yes I'm clearly the moronic one here.
Sshelly34213 3 years ago
if we are going to fuck around like that then you've got 2 incomplete sentences there honey
WKaliber1 3 years ago
what a retorical question?? that has nothing to do with asking a REAL question and forgetting to put a question mark there. You look like a dumbass. And how am I retarded btw? you've not given me any proof. Because I think Palin would make a bad president? sorry but she's inexperienced, and slightly closed off to things outside of her life. I really don't think a president like that is going to lead us out of this shitty economy.
Sshelly34213 3 years ago
Hockey mom you terrorist!
FartheadOgre 3 years ago
the thing that scares me is people do think about it and still go with mccain palin.
most OF MY FELLOW AMERICANS DDONT PAY ATTENTION TO SHIT AND THINK PALIN CAN DO IT.
SHE WILL BE THE END OF AMERICA OR AT LEAST OF AMERICA AS WE KNOW IT
ragnar336 3 years ago
agreed my mom being one of them, she thinks Mccain and Palin are both mediocre candidates but she "always votes republican" despite the fact that we're poor as shit.
Sshelly34213 3 years ago
thats insanity.
same with my parents.
my question is, shouldnt it be about america and not the republican or democratic party winning?
ragnar336 3 years ago
agreed and its not that I'm anti republican I really do agree with them on some things. I think that people should be accountable for themselves and that business really does help our economy. But its too flawed right now. We need someone who will clean up the mess, think about things before he does them, that's Obama. I mean I just watched the debate and am convinced that Obama actually has a plan about fixing Am, the war, economy, foreign relations whereas Mccain doesn't.
Sshelly34213 3 years ago
if you watch the debates and dont think that they are just lying to look good then im scared.
voting records should be what you judge them on because thats proof of what they actually believe.
i think both candidates are a bad choice but im picking obama because hes the best choice of the bullshit we have
ragnar336 3 years ago
OH NO Obviously they're trying to look good, but imo Obama comes off as more real.
Sshelly34213 3 years ago
he definatley does. mccain pulls the same bullshit smile after he thinks me made a good point or comparason
ragnar336 3 years ago
arghh I've noticed that and Palin is an absolute joke, did you see how pitiful she was during the debate tonight?? I mean she answered no questions, talked about her family most of the time, said stupid catchphrases over and over again. Not only that but demeaned Biden's character, saying only women understand the struggle of parenting, in which Biden managed to put her in her place, not once but twice and single handedly stole the emotional appeal of the audience.
Sshelly34213 3 years ago
im actually suprised how good she did. i was hoping for something like her interviews. haha
ragnar336 3 years ago
see but she didn't do good, she made intellectual errors, named the wrong general, talked endlessly about nothing. She didn't even answer the questions she actually said, let's talk about something else. She came off as incredibly fake and tried to suck up to us, it was pitiful.
Sshelly34213 3 years ago
you just explained what they both did, and i agree with you... and that was better than i expected from her
ragnar336 3 years ago
I actually expected her to be like that, I'm surprised that people are surprised.
Sshelly34213 3 years ago
indeed, and thats essentially the reason hitchens endorsed obama a few days ago.
driubi 3 years ago
yeah I read that article, he didn't pull any punches lol just what I love about him.
Sshelly34213 3 years ago
exactly - groups should be very careful in claiming hitchens - because at the end of the day, all that eloquent venom is going to splatter across anyone who opposes his fiercely rational world view - and it won't discriminate, or spare you just because you're in a particular group.
driubi 3 years ago
oh no he has enough hate to go around for everyone, its fascinating to watch, he's like an intellectual pit bull.
Sshelly34213 3 years ago
and a pitbull with a keen intellect is so much more appealing, and refreshing than a pitbull with lipstick.
driubi 3 years ago 3
lol indeed.
Sshelly34213 3 years ago
If Obama dies we get stuck with a delusional Zionist Jew.
FartheadOgre 3 years ago
its better than a person who thinks living close to a desolate part of russia is foreign policy training.
oh yea and she doesnt even know what the bush doctrine is!!!!!!! you need ot be smart so your not stupid.
im a republican but i put my country before my partie so i not voting republican this election
ragnar336 3 years ago
I'm voting third party because neither of the candidates or their running mates have the interest of the people in mind.
FartheadOgre 3 years ago
that blonde looks so intimidated and subconsciously turned on by Hitchens.
2ndPistonHonda 3 years ago 7
This coutry is Retarded. Some people are saying support the troops? Actually the troops take orders. What you retards are really saying is something about supporting the retarded USA President / retarded Pentagon and the retarded USA Congress, not the troops.
bogusidspam 3 years ago
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This is the situation folks: Who to vote for?
- Obama is a nigger
- McCain is a POW warmonger
If you vote for McCain then McCain still needs to take orders from the Retarded Congress. Tell the Retarded Congress to pull troops out of Middle East and keep a tight leash on that wild dog president and wild dog pentagon. The USA Executive Department is filled with satanic warmonging lying theiving backstabbing propagandizing bastards. Fact is that the USA President and Pentagon are the terrorists!
bogusidspam 3 years ago
We love you, Christopher Hitchens!
Never surrender.
sonykroket 3 years ago 2
LOL I love Chris Hitchens
outrider52 3 years ago 3
What's the woman is the red dress' problem? Is she stooooned?
KajiCarson 3 years ago
That chick's a hottie
madelinefauchelevant 3 years ago
We love you, Christopher Hitchens!
sonykroket 3 years ago 2
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Hitchens is a boarderline Nazi now. George Galloway owned him.
NukeFascistAmerica 3 years ago
Pathetic. George Galloway owned no one. I see he's scared to debate Mr. Hitchens these days. Probably due to fear of prosecution. It's only a matter of time... you can join him.
1LTPETE 3 years ago 3
NukeFascistAmerica, are you some crass spotty semi-educated teenager? I think you are. Perhaps you are in love with the rebabarbative Islamo-fascist-loving George Galloway, or "gorgeous George" as we used to call him in Glasgow. I'd prefer to borrow Christopher Hitchens' description of Bill Clinton and apply it to Galloway: a disgusting primate.
threecundies 3 years ago 2
Galloway is a joke. He wore a red leotard and did a robot dance with a fixed stare.
He went down on all fours and pretended to be cat drinking milk.
He praised Saddam Hussein.
swansandtyphus 3 years ago 2
i was hoping hitchens would tell who he'll likely be voting for
hooah68 3 years ago
Well he did point out that neither should be president! He's either independent or will cast a vote of no confidence like every knowledgeable American should, problem is the term knowledgeable American have become the gravest oxymoron, much to the chagrin of the rest of the country!
erby1kabogey 3 years ago
Wait... is Obama seriously in trouble with white working class America? I'm white, I have a job, and I support Obama. Most of the other "white working class" people I know feel the same way too. I'm not sure what "white working class" she was talking about.
If she meant blue-collar working class, then I might be able to agree.
otakujhp 3 years ago
Maybe you didn't know that the democrats do not consider you working class if you are not a blue collar union worker.
rmann921 3 years ago
I'm a Democrat, but Hitchens accusuing McCain of being a poser is not fair. McCain served, unlike Bush, was captured, tortured (let's see how long HItchens could endure the same torture), and went on to oppose torture of POWs in opposition to Bush. The "elderly" references are not fair, and everyone is jumping on it. Not a fair move. Yes, the Bush slime machine wasn't fair, but McCain isn't Bush.
OrmEmber 3 years ago
I think by that he meant McCain was 95% in agreement with Bush according to his voting record. The elderly reference was perfectly fair, we all know how fast a president's appearance and health diminishes during their term. I can't even imagine how decrepit McCain would look in 4 years if he even made it that long. It would just be unfair to him as a human being to put him through something like that.
playconn 3 years ago
Iolla, I'm scurd, bitch
dessavsum 3 years ago
republicans can't spell
madelinefauchelevant 3 years ago
Dare we all think of how Obama slightly resembles a Hitler figure?? People just blindly love him despite all of his socialist polocies. He definatley resembles Marxist tendencies. There is no argument against this if you actually listen to what this man says. I certainly don't like McCain, but this just proves that 98% of U.S. voters are TOTAL morons. How else could we end up with two totally un-electable candidates? Hmmm?
Cleveland5150 3 years ago
Cleveland5150, there is a saying. Presidents are like diapers, they're full of shit and they need to be changed frequently.
All of the candidates are full of shit, one way or another....anybody who tells me one candidate is the answer (as some Ron Paul groupies do) is also full of shit.
cupocity303 3 years ago
With that said, you can either sit out the election (which is not encouraged) or you can pick one who you think is the least full of shit and vote for him. My vote goes to Obama, just for entertainment purposes. It's gonna be fun watching the white, conservative media forces Shitting in their pants when the black guy they despise gets elected.
cupocity303 3 years ago
Cleveland is right.Most Americans (most PEOPLE)are MORONS when comes to politics and political issues.They just want to go to work, come home, and VEGETATE on whatever little mundane life they live.I am SO disappointed with "my people" here in America.Today's Democrats are DEADLY for this nation and very very few realise this today.Liberals are such absolute MORONS, but,with the press and mainstream media at their side,Americans won't receive the proper facts to base their decisions/votes on.
jaycav111 3 years ago
Dude needs to lose some weight.
dessavsum 3 years ago
ha say that to his face, and he'll rip you a new ass hole.
iollo 3 years ago 2
hehe I think Christopher Hitchens is right with most everything he says, but just for a change of pace I'd like to listen to something where he speaks in glowing positive terms about someone or something!
jacobssandy 3 years ago
1:50-1:52 WTF is she doing trying to eye him up or something?
medicinaluse 3 years ago
Take notes everyone,
This is how you troll.
Gettinghitonattheban 3 years ago
Hitchens is right on the money as usual. Man oh man. It's going to be so hard for me to vote for either one of these candidates.
shanejacobus 3 years ago 2
I'm doing what ever it takes to keep the Republicans out of office. As a patriot, i can only watch them screw up everything for our country so much before i, out of moral compass, must give the other guy a shot. If people vote to reelect this crap they prove that they have no standards for their country. Political parties need to know that they have to do a good job in office to stay there.
odessaboy 3 years ago
Was this directed by the guys from Wonder Showzen or something?
tunaketchup 3 years ago 2
The ridiculous graphics on this show make it seem very below Hitchens.
uncreativejackass 3 years ago 8
Yes, they are cartoon-like (in appearance and feel). It's a bit jaring to change between that and speech. Add to that the fact that the male host sounds like a sports announcer and the topic seems a bit too grown up for them. This is all quite fixable though so I don't mean to be too negative -- that's just my take on it.
hollowaynz 3 years ago 2
Whatever 'hipness factor' it is that this show is trying to capture is positively infantilizing. It's like Fox News on PBS. I like Hitch (although I think his swipe at Hyde Park, Chicago is ludicrous & intellectually dishonest), but this show makes him look better than he even deserves to look. The fawning interviewers praise as 'contrarian' the voicing of opinions that have the distinction simply of being well-formulated!
idealtypical 3 years ago 2
McCain is an old fool who has no real political talent, and Hillary is a crass and snotty wench. Obama like Clinton has lots of flair and charisma, but is something of a shithead personally, and like Clinton has a dippy wife who should stay the fuck out of politics. I almost had to take a shower when Obama's wife said on TV in response to the supposed threat of assassination to her husband "barack is a black man so he could get shot going to the gas station", spoiled empty headed bitch.
JACKtheRIPP3R189 3 years ago 4
Hitchens is dead on correct in his assessments.
Srhandel 3 years ago 3
Yes, i despair of there being a candidate who i actually like any time soon. Voting has become choosing "the lesser of two evils" as it were.
JACKtheRIPP3R189 3 years ago
hitchens is king
329ghr 3 years ago 4
I love this guy! He should be president.
blondie1211 3 years ago 6
Nah, he's a heavy drinker.
Srhandel 3 years ago
meh, whats wrong with that? Add a bit of intrest wouldn't it?
doctawho42 3 years ago
Bill Clinton is a primate! LOL!
jesseh1 3 years ago 3
well he is, so are we
Salvatrucho213 3 years ago
Couldn't agree more about the similarities between Hillary and Michelle. Highly entitled and damn pissed off about it. But then, what do you expect from a "victim"?
They use their victim status to claim the moral high ground and to bully their way to even more wealth and power.
God help us if Obama wins. Another 8 years with a big-mouthed egotistical spouse running wild, inserting herself into political issues where she doesn't belong, and hectoring us about our "crimes".
JohnR22926 3 years ago 2
So you agree he's a rapist then? ;)
Onetimerule 3 years ago
LOL
I'd like to add. "Takes one to know one". ;)
SPAG22 3 years ago
ron paul was the only hope usa had and now there is no hope
hankhonker 3 years ago
Bill clinton is a rapist and a racist.
Onetimerule 3 years ago 3