Season 7, Episode 12 - "May 15, 2009"
15 May, 2009
Guests:Elizabeth Warren, TARP Overseer; David Simon, creator of HBO's The Wire; Amy Holmes, political commentator; Richard Brookhiser, journalist and historian; Dan Savage, columnist Maherisms I'm speechless. Which is more than I can say for Dick Cheney. – Bill Maher Republicans keep changing their story on torture. First, it was, 'We didn't torture.' Then it was, 'Okay, we tortured, but it worked.' And now it's, 'Nancy Pelosi said we could. – Bill Maher Newt Gingrich...called Nancy Pelosi a "trivial" politician. Pretty strong words from a guy who goes on CNN just to swipe food from the Green Room. – Bill Maher On the Bank Bailout If you don't ask the banks what they're going to do with the money, then it's not possible to track whether they do it or not. – Elizabeth Warren On Republicans [Dick Cheney] steals the oxygen from rising stars in the Republican Party. – Amy Holmes Bobby Jindal has a not-enough-oxygen-to-the-brain problem already. – Dan Savage We're in a bad situation now; maybe the answer isn't to throw teabags at the guy who is trying to get you a job. – Bill Maher Trillion is the new billion. – Richard Brookhiser I think some people feel that the difference between the Democrats and the Republicans now is not ideological so much as intellectual. – Bill Maher On Global Warming and the Environment The only thing that didn't happen [during Bush's presidency] was plagues of locusts. – Richard Brookhiser When one party has no position, then it's like, 'excuse me, you go watch Glenn Beck; let the adults work this out. – Bill Maher If you're going to solve problems, people are going to have to sacrifice. Presidents are not magicians. Not even 'chocolate Jesus. – Bill Maher On Gay Rights The Democratic position on gay marriage is becoming antiquated and untenable. – Bill Maher On Drugs The drug war has morphed into a war on the underclass. – David Simon I am for jury nullification on non-violent drug offense...if there's not an act of violence in it, I am not sending another person to prison. – David Simon Not all drug use is abuse. – Dan Savage On the Decline of Newspapers It was at that critical moment before the Internet arrived that all [newspapers] did was take profits. – David Simon
