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episode 151 Premiered May 1, 2009 Guests: Fareed Zakaria, journalist; Richard Engel, news correspondent; Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA); David Kessler, former FDA chief On The Supreme Court We will die, many of us, being haunted by Antonin Scalia's bigotry being practiced on the U.S. Supreme Court. Rep. Barney Frank The Supreme Court is right now very substantially to the right of the country because of 30 years of essentially Republican domination of the executive branch. Fareed Zakaria Generally, what the courts can do is to stop you from doing bad things. They can't make you do good things. Rep. Barney Frank I'm not a lawyer, but I know this much: the law is what they make up as they go along. Bill Maher On Political Parties Arlen Specter switching sides was like Dylan going electric. Bill Maher I want to control the major Democratic Party. If people think we're too liberal, let them start the second party. Rep. Barney Frank The 'Party of Lincoln' is becoming the 'Party of Shrinkin' at this point. Bill Maher We do need two parties. I think five or ten would be better, but we need at least two. Bill Maher On the Middle East One of the things America could learn from Israel is how not to totally panic in the face of what you think is a threat. Rep. Barney Frank If there are members of the Taliban that want to negotiate and don't want to fight anymore, that should be absolutely encouraged. Dr. Howard Dean [Teddy] Roosevelt also showed that you could be pro-nature and still kill a lot of animals. Randy Cohen How come we can't be friends with Cuba, but we're friends with a country [Saudi Arabia] that marries an eight-year-old girl? Bill Maher As a gay Jew, going to Afghanistan under the Taliban would be very low on my list. Rep. Barney Frank A lot of people in the Middle East actually do think that the president is Muslim. Richard Engel The Muslims and Arabs who live [in the U.S.] are assimilated; they're pro-American. That is the strength that has kept us safe. Fareed Zakaria |
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