Re: studio audience

"Venger" <venger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "steve horan" <stevehoran2001@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > His humor is certainly politically incorrect, much like Bill Maher.
I
> > > find them both very funny.
> >
> > I like Maher a lot but I've never liked Miller.  It's
> > not only because Maher's independent, but left-leaning,
> > politics are more in line with my own than Miller's
> > partisan Republican views.
>
> BWAHAHAHAHA... what a bag of unctuous tripe! Maher's own cockamamy
> tendentiousness is in no way any more hallowed than Miller's...

"Unctuous"?  Hardly.

>
> You get at least half credit for admitting the real reason Miller is the
> object of your contempt... why not complete the 12 step program and just
> admit "Maher is just politically more palatable to me".

I said what I believe and I know I'm not lying because, before
either of them got political, I liked Maher and disliked Miller.
I used to dislike Miller for his show-offy obscure cultural references,
his hair flips, and his smugness.  Nowadays he's turned down
the esoterica (perhaps he's trying to dumb down his schtick
for his new target audience :-)) but he's added this partisan
bias that really does annoy me.  Not only because he's pro-GOP
and I'm not but because I consider it outrageous that a comedian
would choose his targets based on their politics.  Not only is
it skewed but it's also wasteful.  There's comic gold in the Bush
administration.  If you don't believe me watch the Daily Show
for proof.

I admit that I'm politically biased but I'm not incapable of laughing
at Democrats.  Dana Carvey did a hysterically funny impression
of Clinton on his old prime time comedy show on ABC (this
short-running show was hated by critics but loved by me).

And I still insist that Maher's independent POV is much more
interesting and entertaining than Miller's partisan talking-points
mixed with jokes approach.

> I'll admit it, I
> cannot stand Maher, but he's got a comedy knack, I just don't dig the
> content.
>
> Venger
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