Bill Maher's closing
"Mr. President, this job can't be fun for you any more. There's no more money to spend--you used up all of that. You can't start another war because you used up the army. And now, darn the luck, the rest of your term has become the Bush family nightmare: helping poor people. Listen to your Mom. The cupboard's bare, the credit cards maxed out. No one's speaking to you. Mission accomplished.
"Now it's time to do what you've always done best: lose interest and walk away. Like you did with your military service and the oil company and the baseball team. It's time. Time to move on and try the next fantasy job. How about cowboy or space man? Now I know what you're saying: there's so many other things that you as President could involve yourself in. Please don't. I know, I know. There's a lot left to do. There's a war with Venezuela. Eliminating the sales tax on yachts. Turning the space program over to the church. And Social Security to Fannie Mae. Giving embryos the vote.
"But, Sir, none of that is going to happen now. Why? Because you govern like Billy Joel drives. You've performed so poorly I'm surprised that you haven't given yourself a medal. You're a catastrophe that walks like a man. Herbert Hoover was a shitty president, but even he never conceded an entire city to rising water and snakes.
"On your watch, we've lost almost all of our allies, the surplus, four airliners, two trade centers, a piece of the Pentagon and the City of New Orleans. Maybe you're just not lucky. I'm not saying you don't love this country. I'm just wondering how much worse it could be if you were on the other side.
"So, yes, God does speak to you. What he is saying is: 'Take a hint.' "
11 Comments:
you beat me to it inger =)...i've been waiting for his site to post the transcripts...how did you get this??...brilliant, isn't it? bill m and jon stewart are the only things keeping me sane these days...thanks for putting this out there...love ya =)...peace...
I do love Bill M !
thanks for posting this, I hadn't heard it.
Didn't catch the show, but heard a lot of buzz about it. So glad the transcript is up and about. I have to say, it's great.
that was one of the hottest shows yet! we were loving it here in my household. he is my hero, and so is carlin. incredible. nice job, inger.
Wow!
Talk about hitting the nail on the head.
Thanks for posting it for those of us who missed it live.
Inger...That was so what I needed on this Monday morning. I keep saying to myself one has to keep one's sense of humor..even in really hedious times such as NOW.
Thanks for that...and to Bill too!
Hope you have a great week!
STB
My favorite Bill moment is when he sez, Oh I kid the President.
RQM
Bill Maher
genius, and orator..
thanks Inger!
I subscribe to HBO just to watch Bill Maher.
Oh and Deadwood. How much do I love Ian McShane playing Al Swearengen?
A whole bunch.
Holy shit, I think I'm going to start watching/listening to Bill Maher again. That was just flat-out brilliant!
Bill Maher is brilliant.
Thanks for posting this transcript. I hope W got the message.
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