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Originally posted by Gattigap
I did see Friday's Maher show. It was nice to see Bill Maher look completely discombobulated for a change. Sullivan's argument with him seemed more about the body of Chomsky's work than the actual words he said on the show, which led lots of people to think "who the hell is Noam Chomsky?"
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My TiVo cut off at the credits, so I did not see the panelists mingle after Maher signed off. Turns out that I missed something indeed. From
James Wolcott:
- The strangest thing in the broadcast happened when the show was over. The panelists stood, Sullivan's back to the camera, and as the credits rolled, he began squeezing, massaging his own buttocks with his hands. I thought he might be trying to dislodge a thong strap that had run up rather deep, but no, he seemed to be feeling up his own butt. I've never seen anything quite like it, unless I was hallucinating, and if I start hallucinating about Andrew Sullivan copping a feel of his own butt, it's time to check into the clinic for a little Elizabeth Wurtzel layoff.
Yowza!
BTW, I really don't know anything about Chomsky, other than he's an academic commentator with a liberal outlook, and have never read his stuff. I know Slave's take on Chomsky is that he Hates America. Anyone other takers? Anyone know of an analysis of his stuff that doesn't involve either idolatry or spittle?
