Fox just equated Bill Maher's comment with Coulter's.

[monarch]

Sorry don't have a link or anything--just caught it while channel surfing.

The point being made was the Maher's comment about the world being better off if Cheney were dead (paraphrasing) was SO much worse than Coulter's but the media aren't making a big deal about that one. Must be media bias.

Could it possibly be that Coulter's remark was made as the featured (paid for)speaker to a conservative gathering, which laughed and applauded and Mitt Romney had just told them good things about her. Maher's comment was made on his own comedy? show.

This whole attack is similar to the one that equates postings on unmoderated boards (that may, in fact, be wingers trying to make the board look bad) to statements actually endorsed or promoted by the Republican.

[truebrit71]

1. Morans just grasping at straw(men) again I see...

That's not what Maher meant and they KNOW it....They also KNOW what Coulter meant but are defending it...

That is the textbook definition of intellectual dishonesty and one of many reasons why I hope that these right-wing, war-criminal-enabling media-whores will one day end up in an especially hot part in hell..

[jojo54]

2. ...and if it was anyone else that made Coulter's comment...

the cries for "apology" would be loud and furious. That woman needs a quick and precise reality check.

[Doctor_J]

3. Stop watching Fox

no one is swayed by them, or even influenced by them. Stop watching and stop posting their idiocy here. No one cares.

[fudge stripe cookays]

7. It's called "Knowing your enemy."

Cockroaches scatter when exposed to light. The only way that Fox can be revealed for what it is is constant monitoring of their hate and disinformation. They must be confronted and made to explain.

There is that "Ignore thread" feature that comes in very handy in situations like these.

[Little Wing]

21. Ok. Confront them.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

4. To Be Honest....Sometime's Maher Grates Me

I don't know, but I find him less enjoyable to get through his show, as opposed to guys like Colbert or Stewart.

I usually only watch Maher when I want to see the guests, and lately they haven't had too many exciting ones. Last show Barney Frank was the liberal on the panel, and he's not exactly a barrel of laughs.

[Rydz777]

10. Grating

I agree. He grates on me too, a little bit too full of himself. I've decided I don't need to get my political opinions reinforced by comedians. The Bush White House is all the comedy I can stand.

[Rosemary2205]

5. I think it's the same thing too.

Maher's ideas certainly strengthen and support the viewpoints of quite a number of liberals. I don't think the venue makes a difference. They are both nationally known comedians with a national audience. Now I'll grant you Coulter is hardly funny but that's just how it is with comedy on the far right.

That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it. :)

[Robbien]

11. If Maher was a liberal

you may have a point. But he is not.

Maher is as tough on liberals as he is on conservatives. Coulter just throws shit at liberals and slobbers all over rightwingnuts.

But go ahead having fun by justifing Coulter.

[Rosemary2205]

15. Justifying coulter?

ROFL. oooooooooooooooooookaaaaaaaaaay LOL

[Robbien]

20. nice

your "I think it is the same thing too" could be lifted right off a FauxNews talkinghead teleprompter.

But go ahead and roll on the floor laughing while typing Coulter is not so bad, she is as harmless as comedians talking about current events on HBO.

[Rosemary2205]

24. You are making assumptions that are not true.

clearly you are itching for a pissing contest. I'm not interested in any way shape or form. I'd normally be glad to expound on my thinking so that you could more clearly see where I'm coming from (not necessarily agree just that you would see my point better) but why bother....Pissing contests aren't about the exchange of ideas

[Robbien]

6. It is not just FauxNews

put Coulter+Maher in a google search and you will find a hundred or so rightwing articles comparing the two statements.

It is how the rightwing handles being wrong. First they deny, then they dig up some unrelated event and use it in their efforts to prove they are not as bad as liberals.

[underpants]

8. All of RW noise machine is doing this

When I got to work today I went looking and saw that Maher's comments is being used to cover for Coulter on all the RW sites (from google news search) so Fox is no different.

[spanone]

9. Whatever Maher said he didn't say it before Presidential hopefuls praising him.

[Patiod]

18. THAT'S the big difference

What that slattern says in her stupid books or stupid rightwing talkfests is one thing.

What she says before an official meeting of conservatives with their pathetic lapdogs jumping and panting and hoping for a doggie treat is another thing.

[riderinthestorm]

12. This will be the RW bloviator talking point, handed out by their masters.

We're going to hear this all day, this will be how they work to spin Coulter's despicable remarks.

[Cameron27]

13. Is she still his friend...

because I haven't heard him say anything about Coulter, and I've been waiting for it.

You're right, Maher speaks for himself while Coulter's the right wing mascot.

[Fovea]

14. of all the spin and slime of the remains of the republican party

the false equivalence dodge seems to be wearing particularly thin.

Or, in the words of the Firesign Theater--
"Pedro, I theenk he broke de prezident!"

[solara]

16. Maher didn't say that..he was reporting what was said on Huffington's blog n/t

[RedStateShame]

17. The saddest aspect of the comments is the actual reason for them in the first place:

Because some of us feel that that's the only way the nation will be spared more time under Cheney's and Bush's control.

We voted against him in 2000, but the votes weren't counted.

Same in 2004, and the same crimes were committed.

And not enough so-called Democrats challenged them then, because we didn't want to seem like "sore losers," or even worse, that invisible group of extremists known only as the "far left."

Cheney's secret energy policy? Nothing, wouldn't want to rock the boat.

The information fixing leading up to the Iraq war? There's just no way we could get anything to stick.

For every crime this administration has committed, for every fresh corpse wrapped in our flag, our leaders have been to lily-livered to call for the only solution to these atrocities: impeachment.

And now, with a significant majority in the Congress, we're still pussy-footing around what needs to done. But where's the outrage?! Where are our politicians calling for impeachment? Does Ahmed Chalabi has to produce a blue dress to the press?

As a result, many of us are resigned to believe this nation will only get better over Cheney's dead body.

[Supersedeas]

19. an important distinction that the FOX wingnuts will be sure to avoid

[deutsey]

22. Yet another example of conservatives accepting "personal responsibility"

:sarcasm:

These morans always pontificate about the need for personal responsiblity, but they're always the first to point the finger of blame at others.

[ellacott]

23. They are so hypocritical that it's sickening

When Kerry was running for President he had a fundaraiser in California. Whoopi Goldberg was on the stage with Kerry and was very critical about Bush and made jokes about him. The right was outraged and made a big deal about this in spite of the fact that Whoopi is a legitimate entertainer and comedian.

What hypocrites.

[Johonny]

25. Odd

They didn't use a clip of any of the off center things Maher's said about Clinton. I guess they are fair and balanced so I trust them for the truth.

[donsu]

26. Blitzer of CNN tried repeatedly last nite to do the same

nt