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...evidence, he pointed to the local politicians in attendance, including City Councillors Anthony D. Galluccio and Denise Simmons, former Councillor David P. Maher, City Council candidate Sam Seidel, and State Representative Alice K. Wolf...
...Whitney also defends comedians of all political stripes, from fired shock jock Don Imus - "He's has been doing that crap since the beginning of time. Don't draw a line in the sand while a guy is walking over it" - to libertarian Bill Maher - "Don't agree with him, bless his heart. But he's hilarious." Comedians, Whitney says, are like beverages. "Everybody has different taste." (Whitney says he's Coors Light...
...toss her hair into a jaunty cant before delivering a punch line. We don't read her body language the way we normally do because the words she is uttering are so peremptory and shocking. If we did, we would put her in the same league as Bill Maher or Jackie Mason, not the dry policy analysts who are sometimes pitted against her on cable-news shows...
...Bill Maher became famous for his irreverent-bordering-on-outrageous approach to current issues. His first television show, Politically Incorrect, derived entertainment value from getting celebrities to talk about politics (whether they knew anything or not) and purposely pitting against each other representatives of completely opposite points of view. Fourteen years later, such programming stunts are the purview of Fox News, and Maher is conducting a surprisingly high-minded conversation on his HBO show, Real Time, now in its fifth season. He still mixes celebrity with punditry, but guests come from the Meet the Press side of the ledger...
...MAHER: Detractors would say we started the trend of mixing politics and show business, but my view is that unless you're a true journalist, a true intellectual, if you're gonna talk about politics, you might as well be funny. I mean, I like Bill O'Reilly, but what are his qualifications? He's just a guy with an opinion...