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10/23/11

US Elections: Maher on How the GOP Misunderstands Occupy Wall Street: Not the Counterculture, It's the Culture

Bill Maher's "New Rules" segment on his "Real Time" show this past Saturday addressed what he saw as the GOP misunderstanding "Occupy Wall STreet," its eagerness to live in the past by branding the protesters as hippies who will leave, in Limbaugh's words, when the free drugs and sex wins out.

"Republicans are still fighting the culture wars of the 60s, said Maher, but that war is over--"that's why Rick Santorum will never be President and a black guy who snorted cocaine is."

And besides, he added, these protesters "don't want free love, they want paid employment."

For more: Maher on How the GOP Misunderstands Occupy Wall Street: Not the Counterculture, It's the Culture | AlterNet

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