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1. I'll never forget the time last July when Dennis Miller came on to me in the men's room at the Beverly Center. My reaction: surprise and BLECH. Go away.

   Posted by: james | Nov 13, 2008 9:21:42 PM

   
   

2. completely flat. delivery sounded like they were both reading their lines at a rehersal - fake, inauthentic and dialed in. two has-beens trolling for a couple of bucks on a network who's better days are now behind it. and to jason, put a lid in it. get your own friggin' blog if you want to pontificate about how righteous Miller's politics are but Andy runs this one and is entitled to whatever content he chooses to post.

   Posted by: resurrect | Nov 13, 2008 9:28:17 PM

   
   

3. I happened to watch this by chance and my take is different. They were completely on another topic when Miller tried to make his lame joke. O'Reilly reaction suggested that he thought it was way over the top and then Miller laughed in complete embarrassment. O'Reilly was talking about the mortgage crisis, and blaming Barney Frank specifically (not gays) asked Miller "Don't you think someone should haul him off to jail?" to which Miller responds (too quickly) "Oh, I think he'd like to be hauled off to jail." The joke being I think that jails are all-male environments and therefore a fantasy for Frank, not gays in general. However, it was waaaay over the top and even O'Reilly threw his hands up like "why me?" The segment quickly ended after that.

   Frankly (ha!), as the bailout is of the rich by the poor, I wouldn't be too upset if someone ended up in jail. Just because the reverse Robin Hoods happen to include a gay Democrat hardly matters to me.

   Posted by: anon | Nov 14, 2008 12:15:59 AM

   
   

4. Yep, Bill's a bigot and Miller a gobshite.

   Posted by: Hephaistion | Nov 14, 2008 3:08:17 AM

   
   

5. Dennis Miller is one of the biggest disappointments of my generation. From talking to some people that knew him, I get the feeling that at some point in his career after the heady days at SNL he worried about supporting his family. Perhaps since it was about this time that Rush Limbaugh was all the rage he decided that was the path to take to regain popularity? I don't know, but it sure is disappointing the way he's whored himself out with wild abandon.

   Posted by: Mike | Nov 14, 2008 5:36:14 AM

   
   

6. Actually, I thought it was a joke against Frank, not all gay people. It was clever, which is unusual coming from Dennis Miller.

   Posted by: Shane | Nov 14, 2008 7:44:05 AM

   
   

7. I've never been a fan of Miller's, but to be fair, I don't think the joke meant that gays or Barry Frank are perverts. The Miller joke said, "Barney might want to be arrested".
   To me that meant he would like to go to prison because in prison men have sex with other men. I don't believe that suggests he's a pervert or was the intention of the joke. I don't particularly find it funny, but that's never been my kind of humor.

   Posted by: Patrick | Nov 14, 2008 9:17:34 AM

   
   

8. I wasn't that offended. I just didn't think it was funny. And he still sounds like Bobby Knight.
   

   Posted by: The Milkman | Nov 14, 2008 9:29:53 AM

   
   

9. Where is it posted in a factual mannor that Dennis Miller supports full equality for the GLBT community? I've heard nothing but slanderous and insulting jokes against the gay community from this man. He revolts me with his Republican cynicism and "better than thou" views. Also, Barney Frank is a role model for our gay community and his efforts to prevent, curtail, and stop this financial mess were pushed under the rug by Republicans. Why is it always a gay man that repugs want to blame for a serious mistake? Barney's my guy---Dennis Miller can go F*** off!

   Posted by: Steven | Nov 14, 2008 12:42:46 PM

   
   

10. Everyone's talking about the second half of the clip.
    Homophobia on Fox is old news...I was more interested in the first half when Miller said that thinking you can be President is its own form of madness.
    I distinctly remember a quote from Obama saying the exact same thing about himself (That thinking you can be President is a form of madness.) However, I can't find it...ring a bell to anyone else? If so, please email to gemini88jrb@comcast.net. =)

    Posted by: gemini88jrb | Nov 14, 2008 6:24:05 PM

    
    
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