General Discussion

1- As with SNL, I watch selectively/critically - with SNL only the cold open and the weekend news and if there's a political skit; with MAHER, the monolog and the new rules and such and if the interview and panel if these are interesting or demolished.

2- I take to heart the Democratic agenda, which includes free thinking. Over the years I dare say I have more clocked hours monitoring Tweety (Chris MATTHEWS) and outright wingnut maggots like LIMBAUGH, the ones I study for their inventive fallacies for me to know how to counter any random aholes parroting at a Happy Hour. It's boring to me to hear what I already know and agree with except to join forces against the random aholes.

3- As a DUer said about Tweety many years ago, WHEN he's on our side there's nobody better. I say the same about MAHER. In recent years his old-man-yelling-about-his-lawn, which manifests in MAGAt feelings, is increasingly evident. Yet, when he faces a blind MAGAt he demolishes them.

4- It's a matter of keep-friends-close-enemies-CLOSER. Opposition Research.

5- There is such a thing as constructive criticism. It's an ancient rule of thumb, that wingnuts look outward for boogeymen to blame, and Libs look INWARD for root causes of problems and meaningful improvement. As often or more than not, there are grains of truth and insight in criticisms.

6- The kneejerk complaints against the weekly thread on MAHER's guests are sort of rooted in the facile belief that if you read or hear something it INFECTS you in a brainwashed way. That's core to MAGAts banning books, movies, theater. I listened to LIMBAUGH for 15 or more years and am still a Lib. The ones I don't listen to are the blind ideologues - HANNITY, CARLSON, WATERS, etc. I sampled O'REILLY along the lines of the inventive fallacy thing.

7- Keeping up with the weekly MAHER announcement thread is not "SUPPORT" of MAHER.