No, G.K. Chesterton Was Not Gay-- But Ralph Reed Was

Bill Maher had some fun with right wing hustler and hypocrite Ralph Reed on his show Friday night. Reed, the head of the so-called Faith and Freedom Coalition, a GOP front group dedicated to electing right-wing Republicans to office by suckering paranoid and superstitious rubes, will host well-known libertine and glutton, Chris Christie at their annual conference on June 20. Others playing patty-cake with Reed are GOP presidential and vice presidential aspirants, Paul Ryan, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry, Mike Huckabee, Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum.

But Maher didn't want to debate Reed about politics, about whether Republican conversion therapy helped him overcome his lust for men's penises or about his shocking career of grotesque corruption. He wanted to talk about how silly religion in general-- and the Bible in particular-- are. Reed's career is inexorably tied to religionism and exploiting and fleecing the flock. Long before he founded the Faith and Freedom Coalition, he was ripping off the Christian Coalition, from which he resigned in disgrace to become a political consultant, an even sleazier occupation than a religious huckster. He wound up ripping off American Indian tribes with Jack Abramoff and managed to escape without the prison sentence Abramoff was given.

Still, the interview is pretty funny and worth the 8 minutes-- even if Maher didn't ask him about how own personal experiences with reparative therapy.


UPDATE: Ammosexuals

Bill Maher's wake up call to old white Republican men: "Clint Eastwood Is Directing Jersey Boys Now."