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Bill Maher Stand-up comedian, television host, social critic, political commentator, author, actor. Before hosting HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," Maher hosted a late-night talk show called "Politically Incorrect," originally on the Comedy Central, then later on ABC.

Quote "When [Republicans] are losing, they squeal like a pig. [Now, Democrats should say to them,] shut the f*** up while I slap your face for making noise! Now pass the cap-and-trade law, you sutpid b****, and repeat after me, 'global warming is real!' The Democrats need to push the rest of their agenda while their boot is on the neck of the greedy, poisonous old reptile. [. . .] We need to regulate the banks, we need to overhaul immigration [. . .] and we need to put terrorists and other human rights violators on trial in civilian courts -- starting with Dick Cheney."

Said March 26, 2010 on his TV show. See him make these remarks. Source: "Hateful Words? Watchdog, May 2010, page 5. Address: Media Research Center, 325 South Patrick Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. Phone: 800-672-1423. Website. Posted here: July 12, 2010. Quotes Homepage. Website Homepage.

Comment: Mr. Maher seems to enjoy trashing people. Remarking about Sarah Palin's worry about death panels in the ObamaCare bill, he said, "You know what, Sarah, if we were killing off useless people, you'd be the first to know." How cute. He also said, "I think religion is a neurological disorder." Also, "I have zero doubt that if Dick Cheney was not in power, people wouldn’t be dying needlessly tomorrow. [. . .] I’m just saying if he did die, other people, more people would live. That’s a fact. Also, "Democrats in America were put on earth to do one thing: Drag the ignorant hillbilly half of this country into the next century, which in their case is the 19th."

Chris Matthews Talk-show host and pundit, host of the TV show "Hardball with Chris Matthews," (MSNBC). He also hosts NBC's discussion program, "The Chris Matthews Show."

Quote "[Barack Obama has] come from a white family and a black family, and he's married to a black woman, and they're cool people. They are really cool. They are Jack and Jackie Kennedy when you see them together. They are cool. And they're great-looking, and they're cool and they're young, and they're -- everything seems to be great. [. . .] [I]f you're in the room [. . .] with Obama, you feel the spirit. Moving."

Talking about Democrat candidate Barack Obama on NBC's "Tonight Show," January 16, 2008. Source: Watchdog, June 2008, page 3. Address: Media Research Center, 325 South Patrick Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. Phone: 800-672-1423. Website. Posted here: August 11, 2008. Quotes Homepage. Website Homepage.

Comment: I don't think there's anything wrong with being a partisan, but this seems a little over the top, don't you think?

Chris Matthews

Quote "When I watched him [former President Bill Clinton] at Mrs. King's funeral, I just have never seen anything like it. [. . .] There are times when he sounds like Jesus in the temple. I mean, amazing ability to transcend ethnicity [. . .] and speak to us all in this amazingly primordial way."

In remarks on his "Hardball with Chris Matthews" TV show, February 28, 2007. Source: Watchdog, June 2008, page 3. Address: Media Research Center, 325 South Patrick Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. Phone: 800-672-1423. Website. Posted here: August 11, 2008. Quotes Homepage. Website Homepage.

Comment: Matthews is a Roman Catholic and a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, so I suppose he knows what Jesus sounds like.

Robert McChesney Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the President and co-founder of Free Press, a national media reform organization. He also hosts "Media Matters," a Sunday afternoon radio program on WILL-AM.

Quote "Any serious effort to reform the media system would have to be necessarily part of a revolutionary program to overthrow the capitalist system itself." [Also:] "We need to do whatever we can to limit capitalist propaganda, regulate it, minimize it, and perhaps even eliminate it." [Also:] "[T]here's no real answer but to remove, brick by brick, the capitalist system itself, rebuilding the entire society on socialist principles."

As published in The Monthly Review. First quote: September 2008. Second quote: August 2009. Third quote: February 2009. Source: The Glenn Beck TV program, April 5, 2010, Fox News. See also "Net Neutrality Pits Free Speech Against Free Press." Posted here: April 26, 2010. Quotes Homepage. Website Homepage.

Comment: Robert McChesney and Free Press have been working to help devise policy for the "Net Neutrality" plan President Obama has been pushing to help "save" us from the Internet and large corporations. If liberal points of view were what a majority of listeners sought out, ratings and advertising dollars would reflect this. Despite cries from the left over "lack of diversity" in content, substantial liberal interest just isn't there. Because a majority of talk radio listeners are not liberal, people like Robert McChesney, Free Press, and other socialists and Marxists President Obama confers, they believe negotiating or forcing the people by policy will increase their interest in liberal ideas. If it sounds tyrannical that's because it is. This is why Mark Lloyd, Robert McChesney, and the people at the ironically named Free Press have such an affinity for the tactics of Hugo Chavez in controlling the media in his country. [Source.]

Michael Moore Filmmaker, author, and liberal political commentator. He directed and produced "Bowling for Columbine," "Fahrenheit 9/11," and "Sicko," three of the top five highest-grossing "documentaries" of all time.

Quote "I find myself filled with -- dare I say it -- joy."

Reacting to the news that General Motors had been nationalized and turned into what some call "Government Motors." He made the remark in a blog for The Daily Beast website. Source: "What Does Michael Moore Feel about the Demise of General Motors? 'Joy'," NewsMax magazine, August 2009, page 46. Address: Sequoia Digital Corporation, 224 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Website. Posted here: October 5, 2009. Quotes Homepage. Website Homepage.

Comment: According to the referenced article, "Moore urged President Obama to begin a massive socialization of American industry to develop 'green' cars and bullet trains. He recommends a $2 per gallon gasoline tax to finance the plan." My guess is Obama doesn't need any coaxing to adopt such socialist recommendations.

Jim Moran Democrat, elected to the U.S. House of Representatives representing the 8th congressional district of Virginia in 1991.

Quote "[W]e have been guided by a Republican administration who [sic] believes in this simplistic notion that people who have wealth are entitled to keep it. [These people don't like the idea of] redistributing wealth."

Said before the 2008 elections. Representative Moran was re-elected with 68 percent of the vote. Source: "Capitol Offenses," by Elizabeth Howard, Middle America News, December 2008, page 12. Posted here: December 15, 2008. Quotes Homepage. Website Homepage.

Comment: The socialist notion of wealth redistribution in the United States is now so common, politians who support and promote it suffer no negative consequences.

Terry Moran Worked as a correspondent and anchor for "Court TV," was ABC News' chief White House correspondent from September 1999 to November 2005, became one of the three full-time anchors of "Nightline" following Ted Koppel's last broadcast in November 2005. He sometimes anchors "World News" and other ABC News broadcasts.

Quote "Why not just nationalize the banks? [. . .] Why shouldn't you just fire the executives who wrecked these banks in the first place and tanked the world's financial system in the process?"

During an interview of Barack Obama on ABC News, February 10, 2009. Source: "Obama: No 'Easy Out' for Wall Street," a transcript of Terry Moran's interview of President Obama. Posted here: September 14, 2009. Quotes Homepage. Website Homepage.

Comment: Perfect socialist thinking: the government can do anything it wants -- fire bank executives, nationalize the banks. Such contempt for capitalism and the U.S. Constitution is amazing. And terrifying! What's at stake is something called freedom! It would seem Mr. Moran has no concept whatsoever of what it's all about. It's looking more and more as if Mr. Obama is similarly deficient.

John Murtha Democrat from Pennsylvania, who has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1974.

Quote "If I'm corrupt, it's because I take care of my district."

As quoted in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Source: Stupid Quotes, The Limbaugh Letter, May 2009, page 13. Posted here: June 8, 2009. Quotes Homepage. Website Homepage.

Comment: That sounds to me very much like an admission of guilt. In 1980, Murtha was one of several Congressmen involved in the Abscam scandal, which resulted from an FBI investigation of corruption in Congress.

Dee Dee Myers Served as White House Press Secretary during the Clinton administration, from January 20, 1993 to December 22, 1994.

Quote "Barack Obama is the most famous living person in the history of the world [. . .] Obama has made America cool again -- and more than that, he's made his own brand arguably the most powerful the world has ever known."

In her article, titled "Is Obama the Most Famous Living Person Ever?" in Vanity Fair, January 27, 2009. Source: "Stupid Quotes," The Limbaugh Letter, March 2009, page 12. Posted here: May 11, 2009. Quotes Homepage. Website Homepage.

Comment: Barack Obama's popularity is intense only because the mainstream media have chosen to worship him for his far-left ideology. They were about ready to worship Hillary Clinton, but then found someone even more liberal than she. And of course it doesn't hurt any that he's handsome, charming, and black.