Bill Maher brushes off 9/11 truth

On his May 12, 2006 edition of Real Time, Bill Maher briefly -- and indignantly -- brought up the subject of 9/11 truth for the first time (to the best of my knowledge).

Maher and his panel members Cornel West, Richard Clarke and John Legend quickly went down the line each dismissing the idea without actually addressing any of the very valid questions that have been raised by a number of people. It was over in one minute and eighteen seconds. A transcript is at the end of this post.

I know Bill Maher is capable of giving 9/11 Truth a fair hearing on his program. In April of 2005 he welcomed Jeff Gannon on his program with a polite introduction, asked pointed questions and allowed him to speak freely.

Just a few weeks ago Maher demonstrated with Pat Buchanan exactly the kind of treatment he can and should give a member of the 9/11 truth community. It remains to be seen whether or not he will.

Transcript:

Maher: Everywhere I go people say to me, "Why don't you cover on your show what really happened on 9/11? Why don't you talk about the fact that a missile is what brought down flight 93 and that the World Trade Center was a planned explosion?" Do you believe any of those conspiracy theories? Do you think it's even possible?

West: No, I don't, I don't believe it but I know the world is a mysterious place. I'm open to coordinated activity in secret places but I don't believe in conspiracy. [Laughter and applause]

Maher: Wow. You could be a republican.

Legend: I think the government is dishonest and they try to keep secrets from us but they're not that good of keeping secrets, apparently, because they keep coming out. They keep leaking them. I don't believe they could coordinate that that well and pull it off without us finding out.

Maher: Yeah, it seems like if they couldn't get a helicopter into the Superdome, they probably couldn't get some of this stuff going.

Clarke: All these conspiracy theories have two basic problems. One, they believe the government is competent. [Laughter and applause] And, two, they believe the government can keep a secret.

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