Bill Maher Uses A Christmas Carol To Slam The Republican's Holiday Hypocrisy

[Galraedia]

Run time: 06:34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIjSk0b6UzI   Posted on YouTube: November 12, 2011 By YouTube Member: Tradeofjane Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: November 12, 2011 By DU Member: Galraedia Views on DU: 4612

 
"I find it ironic that Republicans have such disdain for the lazy, and yet their solution to every problem is do nothing. Their answer to wealth inequality, do nothing. Health care? Do nothing. Climate change? Nothing. Racism? Doesn’t exist. For a group of people so head over heels in love with self-reliance, they sure do recommend a lot of sitting on their ass." ~Bill Maher

[snappyturtle]

1. Thanks for posting this...I miss getting Real Time. nt

[mrarundale]

2. They should broadcast the GOP candidate statements

without the commentary. It would probably be funnier.

[ScottLand]

3. Brilliant!

[geckosfeet]

4. Nice piece. The scrooge references to the rupuke party are simply - brilliantly accurate.

[underpants]

5. In a related note - last year the right tried to say that Mr. Potter was hero

Mr. Potter in "It's a Wonderful Life". You can look that one up.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

8. It's a Wonderful Life took a lot of heat when it was released, believe it or not-

The FBI considered it communist propaganda for 'deliberately maligning the upper class' and 'glorifying the triumph of the common man'. (http://www.wisebread.com/fbi-considered-its-a-wonderful-life-communist-propaganda#memo1)

These are probably the same reasons there's never been a US remake of Metropolis.

[TlalocW]

6. MAD Magazine did a bit

Of classic stories as summarized by republicans and had Reagan giving a synopsis of, "A Christmas Carol," which defended Scrooge as a job creator, being visited by 3 socialist ghosts, etc. It was true then, even more so today.

TlalocW

[WhoIsNumberNone]

7. That line from Bachmann is right out of Atlas Shrugged, isn't it?

Either that or it's an Ayn Rand quote...