carol Off:So what effect will that have, do you think, on the outcome of this election?
Bill Maher:I think it's a big issue, you know. This is a fear election. This is an election that has been framed along the lines of – elect this guy or you'll die. Don't, don't vote for the wrong guy. Or you'll be dead. Johnny Jihad will drive a car bomb into your house if you elect a Democrat.
So, I think the last polls showed that about 42 per cent of Americans still think that Saddam Hussein was directly involved with the attack on 9/11. You know, we're bad enough on domestic issues, ignorance-wise. When it comes to foreign affairs, I mean, forget it. But you know, that's the only thing Bush can run on. His domestic policy is praising Jesus and cutting Paris Hilton's taxes. So he's got to run on you know, be afraid, be very afraid. ...
Bill Maher:If I was John Kerry, I would say to the American public, if you think that George Bush is keeping you safe, I promise you that those pictures from Abu Ghraib prison alone ensure that you are less safe in your lifetime. Because that is exactly what was the greatest fear of every Muslim in the world, was that a Christian… would invade a Muslim nation and sexually humiliate their people.
During the Republican convention there was a threat against the subway in New York. And it was two guys, Muslim guys who said yeah, they were inspired by Abu Ghraib. I'm sure that their number is multiplied by thousands, tens of thousands, maybe millions across the Muslim world. I mean, there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that the invasion of Iraq has accomplished bin Laden's chief goal.
You know, I wouldn't be surprised if he, bin Laden, thought about that before 9/11. ...
Bill Maher:Well, those are what we call
9/11 Republicans. You know, those people that were like
9/11 changed everything. You had to change everything for them because they were so ignorant of the world before
9/11 that they had no idea what was going on. So it seemed like a bigger watershed than it was. As someone said on my old show awhile ago, right after
9/11 you know, it didn't change everything. It just changed everything for us. We woke up to it. The rest of the world understood terrorism before this. The rest of the world understood a lot of things. We have woken up to this problem, but we still haven't educated ourselves about it.
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