Tim Robbins: Idiot

I was at the in-laws this weekend and was able to catch up on Real Time with Bill Maher since they have HBO and On Demand. What a great set-up. But I digress. So I'm watching and on one particular episode, there is none other than Tim Robbins. Now, I can respect someone who disagreed with the war in Iraq. Tucker Carlson was on the same episode and had reasons to oppose the war. But his were actually backed up in reality. Robbins, on the other hand, appeared either high or drunk through half the show and couldn't make a valid point to save his life. But this is a technique that he seems to have picked up from Sean Penn and apparently thinks it's cool.

So, they're discussing Iraq and Robbins and Bill have a brief interlude that reflects just how out of touch and plain stupid Robbins is. I can't find a transcript so I'll have to recall it as well as I can. It goes something like this:

Robbins: Well, this illegal war that has cost 100,000 or more Iraqi lives...

Bill: First off, I'm not sure where you're getting that number, I haven't heard anyone confirm those numbers. To be fair, we know that at least 50,000 Iraqis died every year. So there are probably less Iraqis dead than there would have been had Saddam stayed in power, and now they are free, you have to give Bush credit for that.

Robbins: Well, where are you getting your numbers? I seriously doubt that many Iraqis died each year.

Bill: From the graves. You know, the mass graves that we've found all over Iraq.

Robbins: Well, I mean...A lot of those graves were really old and they probably happened a long time ago. There's no proof that Saddam killed so many people each year.

At this point, Bill simply stares at him for a moment in shock (something you don't see often from him) and moves on. But there you have it, the quintessential moonbat position. Saddam probably wasn't that bad. And if he was, we're still worse because of what we did.

I couldn't believe how often, time and time again, Maher actually called liberals out for refusing to support a President that has, in effect, hijacked their stance on spreading Democracy. Regardless of how shrill Bill might be at times, he deserves credit for seeing the hypocrisy within the Democratic party over this war. And they should be ashamed of themselves for defending a murderous regime.