{"id":4282,"date":"2005-05-24T12:18:32","date_gmt":"2005-05-24T16:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/4282.html"},"modified":"2005-05-24T12:18:32","modified_gmt":"2005-05-24T16:18:32","slug":"the-rights-media-target-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/the-rights-media-target-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"The right’s media target of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conservatives were launching a crusade against Newsweek, introducing House resolutions<\/a> condemning the magazine and suggesting congressional boycotts<\/a> in members’ offices, but that is so<\/i> last week. Now, there’s a new target: Bill Maher<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A congressman says comedian Bill Maher’s comment that the U.S. military has already recruited all the “low-lying fruit” is possibly treasonous and at least grounds to cancel the show.<\/p>\n

Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., takes issue with remarks on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, first aired May 13, in which Maher points out the Army missed its recruiting goal by 42 percent in April.<\/p>\n

“More people joined the Michael Jackson fan club,” Maher said. “We’ve done picked all the low-lying Lynndie England fruit, and now we need warm bodies.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This probably wasn’t Maher’s best-ever quip, but Rep. Bachus isn’t interested in critiquing the comedy, he’s more concerned with treason<\/i>.<\/p>\n

“I think it borders on treason,” Bachus said. “In treason, one definition is to undermine the effort or national security of our country.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In addition to calling Maher a traitor to the country, Bachus has also demanded that Time Warner remove Maher from the air.<\/p>\n

One of these days, Republicans will start to feel embarrassed by such lunacy, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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