“My Real Time With Bill Maher” is a brilliant call to arms by Andrew Breitbart. The media and educational establishments are controlled the leftists and they are ugly and intolerant bunch. These two characteristics have not been well illustrated to the general public. In fact, conservatives have often been painted with them.
So to overcome the ignorance foisted by TV comedians, tenured professors and mainstream media “journalists” we must first show up, we must advance positive solutions showing the advantage of conservative values, and we must politely and respectfully engage or attempt to engage in intelligent discussion. If we get hammered, booed, shouted down, etc., all the better, for we will have won the first battle.
Subsequent battles will be easier and will tend to be more focused on issues. It is there that the conservative appeal lies.
I’m reminded of the last scene of “Gran Torino” in which Clint Eastwood reaches for his cigarette lighter for the last time . As the audience wiped tears away, there was a collective sense that Clint had won. We can also win, if we engage.
Pretty much everyone I respect in media and politics recommended I not go on HBO’s “Real Time With Bill Maher.” But on Friday night, I defied that wisdom and had the time of my life.
I sparred with Mr. Maher, Georgetown professor Michael Eric Dyson and a MoveOn.org audience from hell that booed my sentences before they were completed. Unfortunately, my wife and in-laws, who watched from the green room, were not as enamored with the experience as I was.
Since the salad days of ABC’s “Politically Incorrect,” which minted countless right-wing pundits and best-selling authors, conservatives have rightly assessed the HBO version of the Maher show as R-rated and shockingly hostile to their worldview. So most opt out.
I totally see why. But I think that’s exactly the wrong strategy.
The problem with the withdrawal approach is that it cedes the popular culture debate to the other side. We figure talk radio, a certain cable news network and some independent Internet venues will allow for us to get our ideas out to the masses. Well, those few outlets are greatly outnumbered. They are also isolated and targeted for destruction by the activist left. The sitting president (using taxpayer money) is now leading the charge.
via RealClearPolitics – Articles – My Real Time With Bill Maher.
Tom Motherway
#1 by matt on March 17, 2009 - 8:42 am
It’s difficult to admit, but I actually Tivo this show so I can learn what the other side is up to and to occasionally see a brave conservative stick their neck out only to get filibustered and boo’d. Even former communists like Christopher Hitchens get heckled when they take a conservative position: http://newsbusters.org/node/7190
Breitbart did pretty well handling charges of using subliminal racist “code words” by the African-American “Studies” professor. The professor couldn’t muster up a coherent response when Breitbart challenged him about the “code words” charge, probably because he’s never had to!
#2 by Tom on March 17, 2009 - 11:14 am
Because of the failed educational system the intelligence of the average voter is low, so low, in fact, that is entertained by the likes of Bill Maher. So you see it is rather easy for the mainstream comics and liberal media to work hand in hand with the teachers unions to maintain this status quo. This state of affairs coupled with the increasing government dole offered by the Democratic pushers will increasingly addict voters. Initiative and incentive will be destroyed and Obama will have transformed the US into the USSA! So conservatives must get the positive message out: traditional values, individual responsibility, family values, private social and charitable organizations, independence, freedom in the rule of law, charity to aid the truly needy, religion in the public square, and a solid work ethic.