Bill Maher contrasts Bush's political literacy with Obama

Full story at http://www.thebluestate.com/2007/03/video_bill_mahe.html

Monday on Larry King Live, political comedian Bill Maher pointed out that it might be smart for a change to have a president that has lived oversees before -- since foreign policy is our number one challenge. When we went into Iraq, Bush did not even know the difference between Sunnis and Shiites.

BILL MAHER: He's (Obama) only been in the Senate a couple of years. But he has a different kind of experience -- for example, he lived oversees. That might be helpful since we're in so much trouble oversees. He understands the Muslim world, compared to our present President, who had to ask at the time we were invading a Muslim country -- when he was told that Iraq was made up of Sunnis and Shias -- he said, "Oh, I thought there were Muslims over there." To me, this is an impeachable offense. To me, this is an insult to me -- when Bill O'Reilly says, "You really think he's stupid?" Yeah. Somebody who invades a Muslim country and doesn't know that there's a potential civil war between the Sunnis and the Shias brewing -- that's stupid, and that's impeachable.

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[Setzer]

Most of what comes out of Bill Maher's mouth is extremely hyperbolic bull in the effort to make a funny joke. His comments here are painfully apt.

No matter how good of a "decider" you are, there's no replacement for intelligent, awareness, and diplomatic prudence.

Obama isn't perfect--far from it--but he's a shit load better than Bush.

[Mozart1220]

@rocketpropulsion You are entitled to your opinion, all I asked was what you based it on. You know, a fact or two that would help me understand. You couldn't come up with anything so the assumption is you are just throwing out useless insults. You know what they say about opinions, right?

[rocketpropulsion]

@ryan23491 Opinions are neither right nor wrong. Quit boring me.

[hstg98]

Ad hominin attacks are hardly proof. All you're doing is defending your right to have an opinion, which no one ever questioned. The question was what is there to support it. And you've answered: nothing but bigotry and name calling.

[ryan23491]

@rocketpropulsion but if all the facts are on the other side of your opinion that makes your opinion wrong. don't bother dude, i could care less about your bill maher bitch fit, im just pointing something out that should already be obvious.

[rocketpropulsion]

@hstg98 I personally don't know you or Mozart1220 and from your support of Bill Maher, I wouldn't want to. I removed a couple of really offensive comments (I intended them to be offensive) in response to your statement. I will ask this though: Who are you to say that just because I hate Bill Maher and everything he stands for that I have to have a reason to do so? I'm an American and I'll hate whomever I fucking very well want to fucking hate. Opinions are opinions. No facts needed.

[hstg98]

@rocketpropulsion

LOL! Here is how your statement translates: "I am not equipped w/any actual facts to back up my opinion, so I'm unable to prove its worth. Instead, when asked if anything other than ignorance supports such an opinion, I'll defend the right to have the opinion, which was never questioned in the first place. AKA: I have no idea what I'm talking about, but even I don't realize it."

-Congratulations on your absolute right to celebrate your ignorance. It's been hilarious.

[rocketpropulsion]

@Mozart1220 I haven't got to answer to you. This has been fun but for right now, I'm busy. I just checked to see what kind of response I got from you and as usual, you just make pointless accusations. Where do you live? China? Where the the populace is not entitled to their opinion?