Guests: Fmr. Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN); Sarah Silverman, actor/comedian; Richard Belzer, actor/comedian; Cornel West, scholar; Fmr. Sen. Lincoln Chafee (I-RI)

Maherisms

We bombed the moon. Now, we were hoping to find water, but we probably hit an Afghan wedding.  Bill Maher

Everyone deserves equal rights. That's why they're called 'equal' and 'rights.'  Bill Maher

Here's the thing about today's conservatives. They're not bright. They can't keep a lot of ideas in their head at once. And, by "a lot," I mean two.  Bill Maher

On the Nobel Peace Prize

Once you get that Peace Prize and become a war president, you've got a problem.  Dr. Cornel West

The president won the Nobel Peace Prize. Which should tell you how hard it is to get a Boston cop to have a beer with a black guy.  Bill Maher

The Nobel committee said Obama won for creating a new climate in international politics, which sounds so much nicer than, 'In your face, George Bush, you cowboy asshole!  Bill Maher

Republicans would b*tch if Obama got a BET Award.  Bill Maher

Sarah Palin was asked today if Obama deserved the accolade. And she said, 'I don't care what kind of car he drives!'  Bill Maher

I thought it was very ironic that we won the Nobel Prize for peace on the day we bombed the moon.  Bill Maher

I think that the [Nobel] prize is not an American popularity contest. It's how the world perceives Obama.  Richard Belzer

Once you win the Peace Prize and you don't investigate and, if appropriate, prosecute people who torture or authorize torture, you've got a problem.  Dr. Cornel West

If you Nobel people want to keep your prize legit, don't have Toby Keith perform at your awards concert.  Bill Maher

On Healthcare

[There are] more ethics in medicine than in politics.  Dr. Bill Frist

The government isn't supposed to be working for AETNA. The government is supposed to be working for us.  Bill Maher

I'm not one who believes that a public option would take over our healthcare system.  Dr. Bill Frist

If you're uninsured, you die earlier.  Dr. Bill Frist

The single most important, effective, preventive thing that we can do in this country, around the world, are vaccines.  Dr. Bill Frist

We have the very best healthcare in the world. Not best healthcare system, but best healthcare.  Dr. Bill Frist

On Afghanistan

It's a sheer illusion to think you could separate the Taliban from Al Qaeda. That's like trying to separate wet from water.  Dr. Cornel West

On the Federal Reserve

We're owned by banks. And you can't alter that.  Richard Belzer

On President Obama

I've never experienced blind faith before, and it's fun.  Sarah Silverman

Blind faith can lead you to fall off many a cliff.  Dr. Cornel Wes

On Global Cooperation

It is a great new generation coming along that I think is much more inclined to be peaceful.  Lincoln Chafee

This is a dangerous world, we've got to work together somehow.  Lincoln Chafee