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	episode 37 Premiering September 24, 2004 Guests: Rep. Charles Rangel, comic strip artist Aaron McGruder, columnist Maureen Dowd, screenwriter Larry Gelbart, and actress Drew Barrymore On The Election "...A lot of people are saying [the Kerry Campaign] is so uninspired we should pump it into elevators. I mean, I'm about ready to get back on my knees and beg Ralph Nader to get back in." – Bill Maher "I think this whole question of, 'Is the world better off with Saddam,' is a fallacious question that Bush keeps trying to frame the debate on. The debate, as far as Kerry is concerned, should be, 'Can an American president take a country to war on trumped up evidence with the wrong enemy?'" – Maureen Dowd On How Kerry Differs from Bush "I see a whole lot. I think, first of all, I think that the world knows that terrorism is not just the United States' problem. And I think that Bush has alienated every friend that we've made over the last 200 years with his arrogance and indifference. And so it makes a lot of sense to me that Kerry, all he has to do is to try to convince people that we've got to deal with the problems in the Middle East. And we just can't have them all down to Crawford Ranch and say everything is going great... It was Rumsfeld who sad that we're creating more terrorists than we're killing. And we need a president to restore the honesty, the integrity that the United States of America has abroad." – Rep. Charles Rangel On The War in Iraq "I bet you if they made it a reality show, the kids would go. Americans will accept any level of mistreatment if they can get on television. And I think my guests here prove it every week." – Bill Maher "But, you know, but this idea of whether or not we're better without Saddam is completely irrelevant. It's an illegal war. I mean, my downstairs neighbor complains constantly about my music. My life would be better without him. I can't go down and kill him. You know, there are a lot of people that annoy us. But, you know, there are rules. There are laws. And there are laws to the world. You know, you just can't bomb whoever you just don't like." – Aaron McGruder On President Bush "Wait a minute, what about "suiciders"? You know, we forgive him everything now. He talks about "suiciders." That's not a word! He doesn't speak in words. I mean, one of the greatest casualties in his presidency has been the English language." – Larry Gelbart "The scene with Bush and Allawi was sort of sweet, because now Bush has his own little Mini Me who repeats everything. All his bogus stuff Allawi repeats." – Maureen Dowd "He's convinced a large percentage of this country that he literally has God in his campaign. He's got God on his side. It's hard to beat God. It's God!" – Aaron McGruder On Voting "And it's not just about our president, even though that's the most important election that you'll be involved in, because it represents us as a whole, and more importantly, to the rest of the country. It's about your student body election, and it's about, you know, your city council and your local community. And at what point do you get interested in voting? And who's talking to you about it. I didn't have a family that talked to me about it. My family didn't talk to me about anything. So I found myself, you know, at 28, being ignorant, apathetic..." – Drew Barrymore "Well, that's part of the problem, is that kids don't have that in their background. They don't have that dinner table conversation about politics. They don't have the civics course in school. And when you say to them, you know, maybe if you'd vote, things would turn out better for you down the line. Of course, when you're 18, there is no "down the line." I mean, why do old people get everything? Because they vote. The senior citizens got this massive drug entitlement program. Maybe if the kids vote, the politicians would give them drugs..." – Bill Maher			Bill Maher Features New Rules "In America, it's not the haves and have-nots. It's the haves and the been-hads." More New Rules. Video Check out exclusive clips from Real Time. Watch now. Submit a Question to Bill Maher Got a burning question only Bill Maher can answer? Go ahead and ask. Who knows, if it's a really smart one Bill might use it on the show.

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