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   From: weberm@polaris.net   
      
   In article , super70s@super70s.invalid wrote:   
   > Ubiquitous wrote:   
      
   >>Liberal comedian Bill Maher scolded his audience this week for laughing after   
   >>he talked about the second assassination attempt on former President Donald   
   >>Trump on Sunday.   
   >>   
   >>Maher made the remarks Friday evening on his HBO show “Real Time” while   
   >>talking about the attempt on Trump’s life at Trump International Golf Club   
   >>West Palm Beach.   
   >>   
   >>“So let’s not bury the lead,” Maher said. “The big story this week, they   
   >>tried to shoot Trump again. Let’s not–”   
   >>   
   >>When the audience started laughing, Maher fired back: “Not funny!”   
   >>   
   >>“I’m being serious,” he added. “This is the second time this happened. I said   
   >>this before. There can be no fuzz on this. This is not funny! Okay? So. Okay.   
   >>So, look, it’s not okay to wish it happened.”   
   >>   
   >>Maher called the assassination attempt “a problem,” adding that the threats   
   >>being made against politicians “[happen] too frequently.”   
   >>   
   >>He then cracked a joke, saying that there were “two other shooters” on the   
   >>course who were waiting to play through the hole, a reference to golfers   
   >>having to wait on the course for a pairing ahead of them on the course to   
   >>hurry up and finish the hole so they can play.   
   >>   
   >>WATCH:   
   >>   
   >>        Bill Maher chastises his audience for laughing at the 2nd Trump   
   >>        assassination attempt: “Let’s not buy the lede, the big story   
   >>        this week: They tried to shoot Trump again.” *Inappropriate laughter   
   >>        from Bill Maher audience* “Not funny. Not okay to wish it happened.”   
   >>   
   >>        *Inappropriate… pic.twitter.com/xiO35qhUkP   
   >>   
   >>        — Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) September 21, 2024   
   >   
   >   
   >Maybe he comes off real hip on HBO but I don't think the CNN audience   
   >necessarily appreciates his gratuitous vulgarity when they rerun the   
   >show on their channel. I couldn't believe what I was hearing the other   
   >night, or that CNN has thrown whatever decorum they have out the window   
   >for this guy.   
      
   Nonreposnse noted. Get back to us when you have a real argument to make.   
      
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