The Joke Is on Liberals, Says Dennis Miller, Host of His Own Show Again

[demdave]

Dennis Miller, the liberal-turned-conservative comedian and defender of President Bush and the war in Iraq, is less than two weeks away from being the host of a new talk show on CNBC. For him it can't come soon enough.

"People say I've slid to the right," Mr. Miller said in his office at the NBC Studios in Burbank, speaking in his rat-a-tat-tat style. "Well, can you blame me? One of the biggest malfeasances of the left right now is the mislabeling of Hitler. Quit saying this guy is Hitler," he said, referring to Mr. Bush. "Hitler is Hitler. That's the quintessential evil in the history of the universe, and we're throwing it around on MoveOn.org to win a contest. That's grotesque to me."
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His new hourlong show, "Dennis Miller," at 9 p.m. weeknights (with a repeat of one show on Sunday), will have its premiere on Jan. 26. It will include his usual venting on current issues, as well as interviews with political figures, journalists and others, and a nightly "right-left" debate among figures at different points on the political spectrum.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/15/arts/television/15MILL.html?ex=1074747600&en=453ca59b13001290&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE

[Guaranteed]

1. Dennis Miller is Hitler!! nt

[loudnclear]

64. Can we say: Bush is becoming like Hitler?

Is there any room for comparing evil with evil?

[SemperEadem]

75. yet another incarnation for Miller... does he even know who he is? nt

[Guaranteed]

79. I like thebigidea's "Bush is better than Hitler" nt

[Skinner]

2. What an ass.

I swear, these folks are going to keep beating this MoveOn/Hitler drum forever. What could possibly be less important?

I can't belive I used to think this guy was funny.

[nightperson]

16. I used to be a fan, too.

I don't know about Dean being "in free fall", but I think I saw Miller on the side of the highway with a sign claiming he'd wash any car for $4.95. First the football gig, now this? Does he owe bad people Oxycontin money? Is "male menopause" an epidemic? Of all times to try to be the hip, "contrarian" Republican, this year? Sticking up for this President and administration? He's really coming off like a glib psychopath, and not "in a good way". It's sad for everybody. Please get some sleep, Dennis, and think about what you're doing.

[ixion]

17. yeah, me too...

when his rants were truly intellectual and not neocon jingoism I thought he was awesome. I really can't believe what I hear coming from his mouth.
What a 'moran'.

:grr: :eyes: :crazy:

[lostnfound]

77. Never as smart (& therefore never as sexy) as A Whitney Brown..

but Dennis was okay about 20 years ago. A Whitney Brown did some awesome monologues.

[henslee]

31. Ooh, stay back, Dennis is ranting.... Man his shtick's become so tired...

What do you expect from someone who resides in Santa Barbara and bangs a golf ball. I have never seen someone pretend to be so chummy with so many guests.... He's another one that gives out nicknames...

[cprise]

38. Dude, he was never funny

Not on SNL, and not now.

[LiberalFighter]

63. Remember that stupid pencil thing he did??

That was so idiotic!!

[Foswia]

67. Ya

His jokes are formulaic: compare w/ obscure noun few people use but everyone recognizes from a highschool subject. South Park’s imitation of him was great.

[ClintonTyree]

3. CNBC............

has another hit :eyes: on their hands. Miller's a joke.

[bushisanidiot]

4. The Jokes on YOU, YOU IDIOT. You Can't Keep A Steady Gig!

fyi, we're not laughing WITH you. We're laughing AT you!

[SlavesandBulldozers]

5. maybe now that he's officially a Republican

he'll bring the mullet back. C'mon Dennis, we loved your Andre Agassi permullet.

[ima_sinnic]

6. grrrrr!

and look at THIS from the article:

Mr. Miller's metamorphosis from iconoclastic liberal to free-wheeling conservative — which he partly attributes to the Sept. 11 attacks — has not only made this 50-year-old comedian an esteemed figure on the Fox network. It has also made California Republicans, who have triumphed with a movie star in the governor's mansion, look to Mr. Miller as a possible opponent to Senator Barbara Boxer, the liberal Democrat who is up for re-election this year.

:wtf:

so the repukes have no candidates who can offer anything except "celebrity"--?? no statesmen or experienced government executives? what a bunch of LOSERS!
and btw repuke slimeballs, I hardly consider the Iran-Contra liar/traitor Reagan to be a "triumph"

[DoYouEverWonder]

7. Miller is like an old washed up has been

I doubt this new venture will be any more successful than his last 3 or 4 flops. That's what happens when you sell your soul to the devil. It just never works out the way he promised.

[warrior1]

10. bet

this show will be axed in less than a month. He's just a blowhard. And likes to hear himself talk. That don't mean he's right about a thing. History will proved that the gop were on the wrong side of every thing.

Mark my words.

[bushisanidiot]

37. Yep, If The Eagles Lose This Weekend, Miller Won't Be Able To Keep

his foot out of his mouth and he'll go after McNabb to help out his 'ol buddy Rush.


GO EAGLES!! ;)

[jcgadfly]

8. Dennis, I hate to tell you this but...

The only website playing the Bush/Hitler ads belongs to the Republican National Committee.

[dusty64]

9. What more can I say.

:puke: :puke:. "Liberal" media my shiny ass.

[glarius]

11. It won't take him long to wear out his welcome!

What IS GROTESQUE is this nasty spirited "comedian" spouting off his fascist opinions as if they were gospel!....He's NOT FUNNY!....He says he went from being liberal to conservative
because Bush was being equated with Hitler?....Give me a break.....He's nothing but a pathetic opportunist who jumps to whichever side he thinks is beneficial to him.....At this point in time, with a career that was in the dumper, he decided it would be beneficial to take on the mantle of the right wing.....He's not funny but he IS A JOKE.
P,S....I never found him funny...even on Saturday Night Live....there was always a bitterness lurking just below the surface of his "humour" which turned me off....

[GOPBasher]

12. Mods, can I please use profanity when discussing Dennis Miller?

I can't possibly hate a human being more. What a sell-out he is. Those Hitler adds on moveon.org were just two out of thousands that were submitted, and moveon.org did not endorse them in any way. Here's what I think of Miller: He's a ****ing ******* mother****ing piece of ****ing horse****. I hope this ****ing liar rots in hell.

[Just Me]

13. A "LIBERAL" TURNED CYNICAL AND NASTY,...

,...this man's heart has turned to stone and his soul is immersed in hopelessness and anger. Whatever part of him was a "liberal" is dead. He is now a proud member of that cold, dark world which Perle and his constitutents project,...

[Ganja Ninja]

14. Did Hitler have a court jester?

I think not! Bush does and there lies the difference.

[PATRICK]

15. So Hitler wasn't right wing?

So his fascists weren't used by US anntered right wing politics after the war? What exactly was his politics and ideology anyway- minus the crazy details of his time and place?

Their the ones putting their foot into it this time. It isn't who is a monster, but exactly what constitutes right wing behavior and why can't they ever change?

Participating in the Big Lie isn't helpful to his argument by the way and exactly how many people have to be murdered for nothing to qualify as a monstrosity? I thought one was enough.

Hitler's dead We have moved on to the reincarnation of the Right Wing Spiritus Mundi in Bush.

[roguevalley]

19. I don't think he was ever a liberal. He just spouts off whatever pays

the bills. I also think that being with the repugs
makes him feel good because he is at heart a bitter,
ignorant bigot. I never thought he was funny or
smart. Just mean and weasely.

[ElementaryPenguin]

41. No. Hitler was clearly a LIBERAL!!!

That's why enlightened folks like Dennis Miller and Tom Delay - want to make sure that their politics are the complete polar opposite to Hitler - which of course would make them right wing - just like Jesus - who as far a right-wing neo-conservative as one could possibly be! Throughout his life on earth, Jesus preached the wisdom of pre-emptive first strike physical attacks on all possible enemies, as well as helping the rich by stealing from the undeserving poor!

[StClone]

18. Miller joins the club

"One of the biggest malfeasances of the left right now is the mislabeling of Hitler."

Oh don't forget we turned Wellstone's memorial into a political circus and that Bill Clinton had dozens of people killed. Lies and mis-characterization are Miller's new unfunny, for profit shtick.

You are now officially part of the club.

[HawkerHurricane]

20. "One of the biggest malfeasances of the left right now is the mislabeling

of Hitler."

While the biggest malfeasances of the right is the lying about the need for a war.

Which is the bigger crime?

[Susang]

68. I know what answer you'd get from Dennis Miller

It's why he gets paid the big $$$.

[Terran]

21. How lame can you *get*?

Dennis Miller explains his shift to the right, which has been ongoing for a several years now, by a news event that just happened last week. Good one, Dennis, very smart.

His pose as an incisive observor of the cultural and political scene is just that...a pose.

[Eumenides]

22. Dennis Miller on Dennis Miller

http://www.blacktable.com/chandler030529.htm

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DENNIS MILLER (2003): It's all under control, younger me. I've reinvented myself. Fifteen years from now, you'll be very proud of yourself.

DENNIS MILLER (1988): I have to tell you, and I say this with the greatest warmth and affection: fuck you. (Flips through pages in folder). The Factor with Bill O'Reilly. Hardball with Chris Matthews. Scarborough Country … I'm not even sure what the fuck that is, but suddenly I feel like a pack of Cools.


<snip>
DENNIS MILLER (1988): Firing Line … you're on cable more than hotel porn. And it says here that you've been spewing conservative rhetoric at a rate that would make Joe McCarthy choke on his noon hoagie. It says here that, on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, you said: "George Bush has allowed us to respect the presidency again." Is this my future? Is this the promise of all those hard years at a low-level state university? (Looks under bed) And am I still wearing white socks with loafers?!

[stickdog]

47. Great link.

DENNIS MILLER (1988): That's all very interesting -- which is to say I wasn't listening at all -- but there's a larger issue here, kemosabe: namely, my career. What in the name of Ray Jay Johnson have you been doing for the past 15 years? I'm getting sympathy cards from the cast of Diff'rent Strokes.


...

DENNIS MILLER (1988): We were all scared when those planes swan-dived into the towers, OK? But what separates real Americans from the faux variety is that real Americans don't turn in their spines to the hatcheck lady in times of stress. People in this country today hear the word terrorist and immediately snap into action -- which means locking themselves in the loo, defecating on the Constitution and using the Bill of Rights to wipe their ass. We're made of better stuff than that, and all the shrieking Rush Limbaughs in the world are not worth one brave man who will stand up and say, "hey, the emperor is starkers, and besides that, he wants all of Yemen's oil." I wasn't around, but I'm pretty sure the guys at Valley Forge weren't eating sautéed rat three times a day so that a future president could attempt a three-point landing on an aircraft carrier moored three miles off the coast of Catalina Island. We have to respond to terrorism, but the problem is that we're running around like the lynch mob in The Ox-Bow Incident, and when Hank Fonda stands up and says we got the wrong guy, Jane Darwell whacks him on the head with a gun butt and the next thing you know you wake up behind barbed wire at Guantanamo. All I'm saying is that it's time to scrap the Merle Haggard diplomacy, OK? Oh, and the reason we haven't found any weapons of mass destruction is that they're all in a warehouse in Topeka waiting for the next right-wing militia asshat to work his hatred of the federal government to a sufficient boiling point due to the fact that the local TV station has once again cancelled Dukes of Hazzard. While we're running around the world like Barney Fife at a jaywalkers convention, it's good to know that our schools are shit, our economy is floundering, and they'll have universal health care in Kabul before we have it here. The only good thing to come out of this is that Ari Fleischer took the honorable way out before Bush made him put on the jaunty Iraqi Minister of Information beret and tell us the moon is made of Sonoma Dry Jack. Ah fuck it, where's my propeller beanie?

[LatteLib]

23. You know, they need to get rid of the people that are making the

programing decisions and get some new blood in there. If I were going to air a new program, I would go after a much broader base and have a show with

dennis miller

and

Tim Robbins

.
Now THAT would be a show!
I predict this show will fail because it is just like all the other right wing crap on TV and faux has pretty much cornered the market it.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

24. CNBC's flawed "Anti-Franken" concept

I've got to believe that some marketing whiz at CNBC thought "The Franken book is selling like hotcakes, what if we developed an "Anti-Franken"...a conservative RIVAL who is just as funny...hey, what about Dennis Miller? Folks loved his clever and cutting "inside" references to Greek philosophy, Mesoamerican culture, and Judeo-Christian hypocrisy on Monday Night Football!"

Ladies and Gentleman, CNBC...the network that brought you Charles Grodin...proudly presents Dennis Miller.

[DiverDave]

25. I cant believe I used to stay

up and watch this turd, either.
He needs a kick in the groin.

[kskiska]

26. I hope he gets hit with an obscenity charge

from his own party.

[Aristus]

27. Dammit! Bush is NOT Hitler!

Hitler was a miserable failure for most of his life. He clawed his way to power by lying to the people and appealing to their basest instincts. He relied upon the support of uberwealthy military contractors and monied corporations. He blatantly used Biblical references to advance a hellish agenda. He threw so-called 'enemies of the state' into secret camps without charge or advice of counsel. And he illegally invaded other nations with an eye to plundering their resources.

And Bush has........um....well.....nevermind!

[joeunderdog]

28. You're right. Hitler was German. And not only that, but...

well, Hitler was German.

[kskiska]

34. Hitler was Austrian

like Arnie.

[notadmblnd]

35. Hitler was Austrian

Earned German citizenship fighting WWI

[MurrayDelph]

48. not only that

Hitler was elected (at least the first time)

[Enraged_Ape]

74. And Hitler actually fought in World War I...

rather than sneak and connive his way out of serving one to two years in the Austrian National Guard.

[devinsgram]

29. Anyone seen the movie "Gone in 60 Seconds"

Well Miller will be gone in 30 seconds. Do they really expect anyone will watch this? This is prime time and I'm sure after a hard day at work, no one will want to sit back and relax with him.

[librechik]

30. This is unfair! Will no one defend Hitler from this scurrilous charge?

The poor guy, constantly being compared to Bush!

[Lars39]

32. This reminds me of the Canadian *Bush is/is not a moron* flap.

The Canadians managed to keep the WORDS Bush and moron spoken together in the news for about 2 weeks. Statement, denial, apology, discussions, apology, statement.......Bush blah blah Hitler. :)

[robbedvoter]

33. Are Dennis and Zell related? Too many bad Millers in the headlines lately.

Miller time used to be a good thing...

[Haviland_42]

36. I can remember when he USED to be funny...

.... wait, no I can't. LMAO

[mmm]

39. I never liked his whiny style. Now, he just makes my ass sick

He always was 'too cool for the room.'

[robbedvoter]

60. He never was. Barry Crimmins - his writer way back still is.

Dennis was but a sock puppet for a funny guy. Now is a sock puppet for unfunny ones. That's all.

[daleo]

40. Another CNBC show that won't draw flies

Although it won't take long to die.

[Q]

42. Miller is among those who continue to misrepresent the facts...

- Moveon never 'sponsored' this Hitler ad. It was and has never been more than an entry in a contest.

- Miller was NEVER a 'liberal'. But you can TELL he's a RWinger by the way he lies and distorts in an attempt to discredit the opposition.

[drscm]

43. Is there anything resembling a "journalist" out there for

him to interview? Or is he merely going to go with the current pundits who call themselves journalists?

[Snivi Yllom]

44. what happened

He used to be normal.

Someone slipped him some RW koolaid.

[0007]

45. This is LBN?

[stickdog]

46. "Vote for Bush! He isn't Hitler!"

Could Dennis' "explanation" for his whoring be more facile?

[Logansquare]

49. I know everyone here says Miller is stupid

to the point that it seems axiomatic, but after reading that article I have to say that he is *not* an intelligent man. He was completely unable to articulate why he sides with neoconservatives--his belief system, if you could call it that, seemed more libertarian than anything. I think he's just another mediocre guy who hates feminists, paying taxes, and thinking. It probably doesn't hurt that there really aren't too many court jesters available for the right.

[jayfish]

50. The Jokes On Liberals? Liberals Made You, You Stupid POS. -NT-

Jay

[DBoon]

51. Yes we should stop comapring Bush to Hitler

Dennis Miller is right.

It is incorrect to compare the * administration to Hitler.

More accurate comparisons would be Spain's Franco or Chile's Pinochet.

Not all fascism carries a swastika. Some of it was disguised as Christian Warriors or the triumph of Chicago School economics (via death squads).

Fascism doesn't always look the same. It is still fascism nevertheless, and it is always evil.

[Sufi Marmot]

52. Miller is a hypocrite - check out his earlier comments about Newt Gingrich

Per Atrios. Somehow I'm not surprised...

-SM

[robbob]

53. Comparrisons to Hiltler

...are most often made by the media and the Pentagon powers that be when justifying yet ANOTHER invasion of yet ANOTHER third world country. Think Noriaga, the Sandanistas, Milosovik (sp?) and Saddam. It's very convinent to trot out the Hitler analogies any time we want to start dropping bombs, isn't it?

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

73. but it's ok for dennis and his wingnut new friends to call our side

treasonous evil communists 24/7

sure dennis, the left has a problem with labeling

[nolabels]

54. Dennis Miller, he who laughs last laughs best

Slaying the mythical liberal is becoming a tale of lore. Dennis Miller must have been spending too much time at DU again

It's time for another Bush/Nazis thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=199853

Edited for syntax but also for fun :-)

[SOS]

55. Another "compassionate conservative" speaks:

"Lenny (Bruce) was a heroin addict, and I could care less about heroin addicts," Mr. Miller said. "Once I hear a guy is a heroin addict, and they tell me he's a genius, I think, really? I'm not trying to be judgmental. But anybody whose last vision is of a tile pattern on a bathroom floor, I don't know what kind of genius they are."

Is that supposed to be funny? Thomas De Quincey, Dr, W.S. Halsted, the father of American surgery, Marcus Aurelius, William Wilberforce and Samuel Taylor Coleridge were all morphine/opium addicts and they were alot smarter than this washed-up alcoholic jackass.

[nolabels]

58. Some of Lenny Bruce 's stuff is better and even more relevant today

Hell most of the comedy strip clubs in LA owe their existence to that guy.

[xxqqqzme]

56. when Miller started

believing his own PR, he fell in the toilet bowl whirlpool. Flush - he's gone.

[Bridget Burke]

57. If I were the gambling type....

I'd say let's start a pool.

Just how long will his new show last?

[Sparkle]

59. Apparently he realized he could make more money by

being a bush buttkisser. It's working.

[GinaMaria]

61. Weren't his 15 minutes up decades ago? n/t

[Susang]

69. Gina!

How the hell are you? :hi:

As far as I'm concerned, his 15 minutes were over before they even began. Remember his SNL hair obsession when he was doing weekend update? I've always despised him, even when he pretended to be liberal. Comedy doesn't work when it's too mean-spirited and nasty. Couple that with a massive superiority complex and you've got Dennis Miller in a nutshell.

[Cooley Hurd]

62. Dennis, get ready for the shortest ride of your life, cha cha...

This show will last no longer than his syndicated piece of shit that was on a decade ago... Are you gonna "copter" out on the last show again*?

*when the 1991 show was canceled, he was whisked out of the set on the ladder of an imaginary helicopter, a la Saigon...

[Triana]

65. I've always thought this guy was a smirking

a**hole anyway. Now, he's proven to me that I was correct in my assessment of him.

;)

[savistocate]

70. & his "acting " career 's gone ~t h u d...

Needs to do more ass kissing around with rabid RWers like Cameron, Lowe, Curtis Schfarzenasty. Most of them make the schlock-busters.

Always thought he was the epitome of a character he played--next door neighbor of a babe being stalked by a psycho. He sychophants around her as a sniveling protector-sympatico. The psycho-killer turns out to be the Dennis Miller character. He so fits that it gave away the end twist..no schock there.

He's got an e-mail address now cnbc.com--good.

Been sure of his political poistion since 9-11!!??..since the disastrous incompetence (at most generous outlook) of being incapable of putting stacks of pertinent intel..major warnings of previous administration together with most current "buzz" reports of imminent terror plots about to drop. Malfeasance of not getting out even basic warnings fades beside comparisons to Hitler (rather a global& simultaneous phenomenon though--why? Miller?). Shouldof been couldof been prevented is what truly incisive observers conclude.

[callous taoboy]

66. I consider Miller's opinion

to be but a fart in the skillet.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

71. Dennis won't be canceled early

even if the show has an audience in the dozens, cnbc will stick by it for a long time and give it a Z"chance to find an audience" like GE is still tryin g to do with Scarborough.

Compare this to the one liberal show ever, Donahue, that was cancelled in 6 months. The network began leaking stuff to Drudge almost immediately after Phil went on the air. Not to mention the way they micromanged his guests and forced hime to have over 50% rightwing lineups on the last few months of the show. Joe "dead intern" scarborough gets to have dornan and 4 rightwingers uninterrupted at length whenever he pleases.

I'm sure dennis will have coulter and company on night after night

"Liberal media, my ass!"
--Jim Hightower

[progressivebydesign]

72. What a pissy little tirade!

WHat is with that guy? I would suggest some type of suppository to smooth things out for him... I never found him funny. He's a freakin' beer pushing, sports calling, quasi-comedian, with opinions (bad ones). He is so 1980's.

[Hobarticus]

76. A funny joke from Dennis Miller? About time!

This guy stopped being funny long ago.

[The_Casual_Observer]

78. The only explaination for Miller's behavior

Would be too much exposure to model airplane glue as a youth, or careless use of forseps in the delivery room.

[Th1onein]

80. Miller is a has-been

He cashed in on the pro-American feeling after 911 and he just ain't funny anymore.