Bill Maher on his Friday show took on lapel pins in his New Rules segement:
His panel guests were Paul Krugman, Tucker Carlson and Joy Behar. Krugman started things off well. When Maher brought up the Republican debates Krugman said "But these debates are getting better. Remember in the first debate they were all competing over who was most pro-torture. Now they're back to who's, the last one just who's most in favor of bankrupting the federal government as fast as possible. That's improvement."
I haven't really seen Tucker Carlson since the Jon Stewart episode, and having seen him now I'm really happy about that. First off, he took Stewart's advice and is no longer wearing a bow tie. One constant with Carlson was that he spoke a lot, spoke quickly, and spoke loudly. His constant rhetoric was annoying. Don't show a child who's losing health insurance because Bush vetoed SCHIP because no child can be an example. Just because the government is talking about bombing iran doesn't mean anything because the Pentagon has plans to bomb every country.
He wanted to ask Hilary why health insurance should be required for everyone. Why should the government force people to buy insurance. He thought Krugman was all about choice, Krugman managed to say "not at other people's expense". Behar mentioned what about children who can't buy for themselves but no one followed up. I wanted someone to say, fine, if you don't buy health insurance, when you should up at the hospital, if you can't pay you don't get treated. I suppose unconscious people should be treated and if they can't afford it, they become hospital workers until they pay off their tab.
I really wish Maher would stop having the Carlsons and Coulters on his show. There have to be reasonable Republicans who can make their case, right?
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