Real Time with Bill Maher is back on the air. I’m very happy about this. I love the Daily Show and The Colbert Report, but when you throw in Real Time it’s a great time to own a television. On the season premiere they had my favorite person on: Christopher Hitchens. You may know him if you’ve watched Bill Maher from the beginning (Comedy Central and ABC’s Politically Incorrect) as the man who repeatedly called Clinton a rapist. Well, he still blames Clinton for what’s wrong with the world and he brought up something that I had just recently discussed with a friend of mine. He mentioned that Clinton never did anything without first consulting an opinion poll. Conservatives consider this a great evil, though no politician ever does anything without consulting a poll (if they want to win). The problem was Clinton tried to be a moderate and made decisions that the majority of people supported (and consequently got a lot done). What an evil man. Here he is the President of the United States, elected by the whole country to represent the whole country, and he’s trying to make decisions that all of them can get behind. What an Ass!
At least the conservatives are consistent, and I love consistency. Conservatives support the president and think he is a great man. He sticks by his decisions even though 60% of the country do not agree with him. What a leader. Since he was elected in 2004 with 51% of the popular vote that means that even people who voted for him do not agree with him. This means that he’s not even representing the people who voted for him. This begs the question: whom does this President represent?
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