Reason’s Nick Gillespie Exposes Maher Hypocrisy: Would You Give Up This Show to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint?
Bill Maher on Friday once again got caught in his own hypocrisy. As HBO's “Real Time” host waxed philosophic about socialism and “shared sacrifice” for the good of the country, Reason TV's Nick Gillespie stumped the sometimes comedian by asking if he would give up his cars or his television show to reduce his carbon footprint (video follows with transcript and commentary): BILL MAHER, HOST: It seems like, you know, the idea of socialism and sacrifice and we're all in it together, which is socialism is a very bad word in this country, but we had last weekend out here in something called Carmageddon where they closed the 405 and we thought it was going be horrible. But you know what? They educated the public, they asked them to help and participate, and they did, and it made me think maybe this could, crazy idea, maybe the idea of asking people to sacrifice and actually, you know, bringing them into the situation they would respond. DONNA BRAZILE, DEMOCRAT STRATEGIST: Shared sacrifice. NICK GILLESPIE, REASON TV: But what's the sacrifice? I mean, just don't use the 405 for a weekend. MAHER: That's true. It wasn’t a big sacrifice. DONNA BRAZILE: But really, stay off the roads, walk, talk to your neighbor, you know, get around. MAHER: Some of these things are not that difficult. I read in USA TODAY this week that if every American just gave up eating meat and cheese one day of the week, it would be the equivalent of saving 91 billion driving miles in a year. So, people should give up meat and cheese one day of the week to reduce total carbon dioxide emissions. But when Gillespie made “shared sacrifice” personal to Maher, he froze up like a deer in headlights:
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