And the issue for me isn't really Maher, who I think is an idiot, but the "I'm smarter than you" mindset. Decker has pretty much said the same thing. Others on the board have said the same thing. I don't share that view at all. As I said the start, pretty arrogant.
Who's to say he's not smarter than you? (I'm not saying he IS, but let's be honest... It is quite possible that he is in fact smarter than you or even me, or perhaps 1/2 of America.
I've often found that people get the most defensive about another person when in fact, the other person is simply saying something truthful... The truth hurts a lot more than fiction.
I've often said that America, and society as a whole is dictated by the "average". The exceptional are often seen as blowhards and "know it alls", but the reality is that people see them that way because they are in fact more correct than the "average" person.
Society doesn't like exceptional, they like average... They like the guy that they can have a beer with.
I have no problem with people not voting for Obama... I get it... It's his tax policy that people don't like... Fine... but please just admit it... Admit just once and for all that the thing you don't like is either:
A) The taxes
B) The social programs
or
C) The fact he's black.
The reality is that if you look at it as far as Obama is concerned:
A) Doesn't really affect more than 3 percent of the country.
B) Some people don't want a socialist country, but yet those people don't seem to be bitching when the Government just told you how you're allowed to sell your own property (Banning short term selling of stocks) which is fucking socialism at the most BASIC level.
or
C) You're a bigot.
So I have to ask, which one of those issues do those McCain voters truly have an issue with?
The fact that this guy goes along with 90% of Bush's policies is truly a big reason to not vote for the guy in any way, don't you think?