everybody. have a great night. "larry king live" starts right now. tonight bill maher is back, telling it like it is as only he can. >> democrats have moved to the right and the right has moved into a mental hospital. >> larry: speaking out, sparing no one. sarah palin, dick cheney, president obama are all in his sights. bill maher for the hour, and he's taking your calls, too, next, on "larry king live."

>> larry: doing this program i get a chance to welcome bill maher back to the program, host of the hbo special, "but i'm not wrong." you must see this. hysterical. this friday night, february 19th on his happy home, hbo. thanks for coming back. a little grayer, but you look great. gray hair is just commenting on these times. >> you can't stop it, can you? >> larry: no, you can't. >> it's better than making foolz -- fools of ourselves and having plastic surgery. we're happily old. >> larry: senator evan bayh, the latest senator saying goodbye. what do you make of senator bayh saying goodbye? >> i say good riddance.

here's a guy that stood up there saying, i love serving the people of indiana but i don't like congress. i don't think he was serving the people. if you're talking about the common man, he was a corporatist. that's the problem, he's a corporatist. he's not serving the common man, and the reason congress doesn't work is because of democrats like him. i assume that republicans are going to be obstructionists, but at one point there was only 40 of them. the reason they were able to block stuff is they were able to pick off democrats just like evan bayh. obama wanted to raise the amount of money that people making over $250,000 could declare as a tax deduction, just back to what reagan, that socialist, had it at. that would have paid for health care. well, evan bayh joined the republicans to block that. same thing with the estate tax. you know, they wanted to reinstate it for people.

the top .2% of the wealthiest people. that was too much for evan bayh. so for him to say he's working for the people of indiana, he's not working for the people of indiana, he's working for corporations. he'll become a lobbyist now, which is what he was before. >> larry: what do you make of cnn's poll that shows -- >> they show he's a very nice guy. >> larry: he appreciates all the compliments. a new cnn poll show only 34% believe that all members of congress deserve reelection. 64% say they all desernone of t reelection. >> pork, we've got to get rid of that, except for the project in my district. the politicians are no prize, but the people stink. they really do. >> larry: us? >> yes. not you and i, larry, and of course the people watching us, no, those are bright people.

but i mean the others out there. yeah, because, you know --. >> larry: you said 70% of americans aren't crazy. you're saying 30% are. >> i don't know when i said that. 70% sounds like the statistic we had during the clinton impeachment. 70% were behind clinton. >> larry: what do you mean? >> well, because they don't know what they want. they're contradictory. the tea baggers and that crowd. they're very upset about the deficits we have. they want to get the deficits under control. how are we going to do that? tax cuts. which will only increase the deficit. so we should cut stuff. yes, we should cut, but not the defense department and not social security and not medicare, well, that's 80% of it. >> larry: what do they want, then? >> exactly. they want both. they want new jails and new schools and services, and they

want to pay for it with tax cuts. you know, they just don't make any sense. jobs, why isn't the president getting us jobs? oh, so you want another stimulus bill? no, are you kidding? that's socialism, we can't have that. >> the wall street journal just reported that they wanted stimulus for their areas. >> of course, they reflect that h hipocrisy. >> larry: you firmly supported obama. what happened? >> we're in a bad year. i certainly hope things are going to get better now, but i don't know, he still doesn't seem to get it, that you can't win this with a kiss. you know? he still wants this bipartisanship that is never going to happen. i think he sometimes believes that he is the kind of guy who can persuade people to do anything.

i mean, during the campaign, the republicans did accuse him of that a number of times, of being the messiah and the one and believing in his own publicity. i'm starting to believe it could be true, because if he thinks at this late date that he can get them in a room, it's going to change, we're going to put it on c-span, maybe some of that will change something, but, you know, it's the job of party b to block the agenda of party a. what he has to do, i think, is do what roosevelt did when he came in. he didn't want to be friends with anybody. he said about the bankers, i welcome their hatred. i welcome their hatred because they're not serving the interests of the american people. >> so you want him to get tough? >> get tough -- well, of course, i do want him to get tough, and stop doing what democrats always do, which is try to curry favor with people who are never going to be behind them, anyway. for example, this spending freeze that he announced? what a typical democratic idea. it doesn't really solve the problem.

it's not enough to put a dent in the problem because, of course, they're not going to touch the pentagon or anything like that. so it's not going to fix the problem. the republicans only laugh at it. it doesn't win any of them over, and it alienates his own base. a year ago, when he won the election, obama finally had a base of people. my god, he won indiana, he won north carolina, he won virginia, traditional red states. it's all gone now. those people are disillusioned. >> larry: you said it's not who you voted for. >> it's not. that's not what i stood in line at the voting booth for. i want my hour back. >> larry: do you think it might change? >> yes, i do. i think presidents have learning curves. kennedy certainly did. many of them do not have good first years. but what bothers me is that unlike certain presidents, reagan comes to mind, who in his first year took the pain --

remember the economy the first year? >> larry: yep. >> it was not a good first year for them popularitywise. >> larry: very low polls. >> right. take the pain in the first year. he should have done that. he talked about that the other day in an interview, i'd rather about a one-term president -- to make that statement you have to be doing some bold things. you can't make that statement, oh, i'm going to be a one-termer. i'll take that because i'm making the tough decisions. no, you're not. do some bold stuff and then you can talk about one term. >> the trying thing about having bill maher as a guest is he has no direct opinions on anything. it's the hardest part for him to be able to do is to handle someone wishy-washy like that. we'll get to sarah palin and other issues and we'll see how he skirts around that, right after this. really? (announcer) people everywhere are discovering what's really going on with their feet. you have flat feet.

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>> larry: judge judy is here tomorrow night. we're back with bill maher. what do you make of this cheney on monday? >> i liked it. i like to see dick cheney exposed. >> larry: what's your read on him, on dick cheney? >> you know, i wish, as we were just talking about, i wish anybody in the democratic party had that sort of fortitude, that

sort of perseverance to stick by what he thinks is right. i don't question his sincerity. i don't think he reads things right, that we use the army to fight terrorism is just wrong. they don't have an army, they have exploding underwear. it's just not a wise decision. but he's also -- what i don't admire is he's a liar, you know. >> larry: whoa. >> yes, he is. joe biden had that correct. for him to go after the democrats for treating terrorists the exact same way his administration did. and, of course --. >> larry: twereat who wrong? >> many of them. they were all treated like a criminal and put away. if i were a terrorist, i would

fear most a seasoned federal prosecutor in our system, like eliot spitzer was, those kinds of guys. giuliani himself was. there's a reason they put them all away and a reason they will never get out of prison, because if there's one thing we can still do in this country is put people in prison and keep them there. >> larry: so you favor a civilian trial for the 9/11 in manhatt manhattan? >> yeah. >> larry: obama seems to be backing away from that. >> that's so typical of the democrats. any little squeak from anybody, you're right, we'll do the opposite. but they never -- what the democrats ever understand is that americans don't really care what position you take, just stick with one. just be strong. they're not bright enough to

really understand the issues, but like an animal, they can sort of sense strength or weakness. they can smell it on you. so when you back off a situation like that, you just look weak, on top of which, somebody who is going to have to explain to me why the democratic position on this shouldn't really be the republican position. it seems like the republicans, who are always the, you know, jack bower, 24 tough guys macho, they should be the ones who want to try this guy in manhattan. that to me seems like the breast-beating macho position. yeah, we're going to try him right where the crime occurred. we're going to stick his nose right in it as opposed to their argument that, oh, he's going to mock us. oh, mock us, really? that's cowardly to me to be afraid of. no. >> larry: we have a blog question for bill maher. do you think it's socialism for the government to take over health care to make sure every american can afford to have it?

do you think that's socialism? >> of course it's not socialism. oh, god. americans have no clue what socialism is, they just know it's something super terrible. no, first of all, we have socialism already in this country as does every modern democracy. of course it is, so is the marine corps, so is the mail. every modern industrialized western democracy is a hybrid with elements of socialism in it. it's not evil. again, the democrats have done a rotten job of selling health care. there is a lot of good stuff in that health care, but to have it be characterized -- to let people characterize it as socialism was a big mistake from the beginning. >> larry: will they get a weak bill, then, if they get a bill at all? >> the senate bill already passed is not that bad. yes, it's not what a lot of people would have liked, but it

does cover 30 million more people. you can't get thrown off for a preexisting condition. it saves money. it does reduce costs. medicare is solvent until 2026. that's not a bad start. you can't solve legislation usuallily in one fell swoop. there is usually a good start, then you go back and you get some more. why obama just doesn't, you know, make -- tell the house to adopt the senate bill, take it in to reconciliation and push this through instead of having this televised supposed love fest with the republicans. larry, they're just not into you. i keep telling them, they just are not that into you. >> larry: barry. if you have a message for bill, go to cnn.com/larryking. bill will weigh in on the late night hosts, too.

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bill maher. it debuts friday night, february 19, and they repeat it 1132 times. if you missed it, 4:00 witness afterno wednesday afternoon. it's a great show. >> people are still talking about it. >> larry: it was a great moment. what do you make of haiti? you got to be sad about that. >> of course, who isn't sad about haiti? yes, and, you know, i was happy to give money to my friend richard dawkins started a fund for non-believers. people say we don't care or we don't think it was an act of god or we wouldn't help out. of course we wouldn't and he raised a lot of money. i thank god for him. i twittered something about i wish the media would cover something the week it had went on. i noticed, for example, the

nightly news did only one story, and i said, you know, that's not right. the media is supposed to inform us. >> larry: cnn has done a hell of a job. you're talking about haiti? >> yeah. >> larry: you're saying we weren't informed? >> i'm saying you were overinformed. late night news, they're supposed to give you a variety of subjects for that day, gives you one story night and day? people aren't learning about haiti any more than they can. at a certain point you're just wall lowing in it. it's just disaster porn. honestly. >> larry: disaster porn. you must admire sean penn who said you can't cover it enough. you should never stop. this tragedy is so immense. >> he's wrong. it's not the most immense. nicholas kristof did a great article a few weeks ago about

what's going on in the congo. there is a war that's been raging in the congo for four years. it's killed millions of people. haiti it awful. but when i twittered the thing about the media is covering haiti too much, i got responses like, why do you hate black people? if i hate black people because i'm complaining about the media covering haiti too much, how do you feel about black people because you don't even know about what's going on in the congo where 5 million people have died? the media just doesn't do a good job and the americans don't do a good job about getting on the case of things that are not immediate or completely easy to understand right away or have celebrities involved. you know? there's lots of issues that need our attention. haiti was horrible, and i'm glad they're getting a lot of aid, but it wasn't the only thing that's going on in the world. >> larry: we're with bill maher. we'll ask about sarah palin and

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sarah palin is unreachable. that is an unreachable person. they must be written off. you can't reach them. because sarah palin is the most unserious person we've ever had on the national stage. >> larry: unserious. >> she makes joe the plumber look like aristopholes, are you kidding? but she does serve a purpose, which is, i think she allows so many americans to look down on someone. and we need that, larry. we need someone, even people who are not terribly bright can go, well, i'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer but i am smarter than that crazy lady. i don't have to write things on my hand. >> larry: how do you explain the following that she has? >> well, first of all, i don't think it's that big a following. in america, you know, you get 12 agitated people and a camera in

a room, it's an event. we don't really know what's a big following anymore. there is 20% of this country that will follow sarah palin, this is the hard-core, right-wing base. there is certainly that element. there's certainly not enough to win any elections. i don't think she is a threat to win any election in this country. >> larry: do you think she's a threat to be a nominee? >> no,i don't. i don't think the republicans are that crazy that they would ever nominate someone who is that unqualified. i have to think that if she got close that there are republicans, and we've seen this already, some republicans, have come forward to say, you know, this person is not serious, she's not qualified, we can't get behind sarah palin. >> larry: she's popular on talk radio, though, i hear. >> of course, but what is talk radio? >> larry: i started it.

>> exactly and it became a right wing thing. what does rush limbaugh do for a living? he scares the white man as they get into their truck at lunchtime. she's perfect for that. >> larry: why do you think mccain -- he didn't vet her well, right? >> no. that's not typical of mccain, but that's always who mccain was: reckless. how many planes did he crash? what? he crashed a number of planes? >> larry: you mean in training and finally in war? >> i'm not counting the one that was shot down, although i think people say that he -- i'm not going to speak out about that because i don't know my facts well enough, but i do know that he crashed more than most people do and get to keep flying. anyone who knows him has always said, that is who he is. he is a riverboat gambler, he is reckless, fly by the seat of his pants and the idea that he would

pick four vice presidents, something he didn't know anything about without any vetting when he just heard her name a couple days before, i think, is absolutely consistent with his character. >> larry: did you read "game change"? >> i heard about it. >> larry: they claim he was lieberman's choice, but a last-minute decision made him go to palin. >> pressure? he's the man. this was his campaign, this was his turn. that's what the republicans do. you wait your turn and you get it. they gave it to bob dole, they gave it to goldwater. he could have made a different decision. it was his decision to make. what do you mean, they forced him? they held a gun to his head? this guy was tortured for 5.5 years, and we admire him a lot for that? if he could withstand that, he

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>> larry: we're back with bill maher. don't forget his hbo comedy special, and the eighth season with bill maher debuts february 19th. the top aide to bill clinton who chairs obama's transition team, he says that america's political system sucks. do you agree with that? >> i totally agree with that. i think most americans agree with that. i don't think people in his position usually use that word, maybe for comedians like me, but absolutely, it sucks. the main reason why nothing gets done is because the system is completely paralyzed. mostly because of this filibuster rule, because of this supermajority nonsense. >> larry: would you like to see another party come in?

we don't support a three-party system in america. >> no, we don't, because one of the other two parties usually absorbs the other one. you know they're going to get absorbed into the republican tents. >> larry: they're attacking republicans, too. >> they should. but america does -- the system does suck, and what we need more than a third party is a constitutional convention. jefferson was the one who said every generation you have to refresh the tree of liberty with the blood, or whatever that phrase is, the nuts used to commit violent acts, tim mcvey loved it, the tea baggers are always quoting it. you do have to look at the system, how the system works. we didn't have direct election of senators until the 20th century, like 1920 or something. well, that's how they organized

it, that's how the founding fathers wanted it. they didn't want -- they were muchly afraid of the masses. >> larry: are you afraid of the masses? >> yes. absolutely. >> larry: jefferson favored just senators being appointed based on if you owned property. >> i don't know if it was based on property, but they were appointed. you know, i'm not really sure. i mean, maybe they don't need a sna senate at all. all i know is the senate is where legislation goes to die. this idea that the filibuster, the supermajority, why can't they get rid of that? that's not fundamentally how they wanted it. they wanted legislation to be decided -- if it was 51-49, that was good enough --. >> larry: it was freedom of speech and they proved that you can hold things up by talking forever. >> then the democrats should have made them do it. why don't we see a filibuster.

if this is what the law is now, which is, by the way, kind of a coup. it has fundamentally altered the way business is done. the majority wants certain things. when obama was elected, the majority wanted a public option, but it doesn't happen because you can't get 60 people out of 100 to agree on anything in this country. 60 people don't agree on evolution, let alone health care. >> larry: bacar dirdi in new me. are you there? >> caller: i'd like to ask bill maher about the supreme court ruling? >> she probably means the one about corporate? >> caller: yes. >> i thought it was horrible.

nobody is more corporatist than the supreme court. the supreme court, talk about parts of the government that suck, supreme court right on the top of my list for the last 30 years. they always side with corporations over people. and this is just another example. i mean, there is something if you can have a new constitutional convention to address, this nonsense about corporate personhood that we started in the 19th century and has been turned into this vehicle to protect corporations as if they are people? i mean, it's the worst -- > larry: they're composed of people. sdplz they're composed of people, but ask anyone in a corporation, the corporation's job is to do one thing in a shark-like way, move toward more profit. and they will defend that. and as long as there is no moral dimension here, as long as it's only about greed, no, i don't think they should be considered a person. >> profit is always the most important product, right? is that the theme?

okay, let's get into areas not that serious but i'm interested in your thoughts. what did you make of the whole leno-con leno-con leno-conan-letterman thing? >> i made a lot of it. i did conan's show in august when it was first on the air. i didn't have anything to plug. there is no way, larry, a man can show another man affection greater than to do a show when you have nothing to plug. but i did it just to say welcome to l.a., i like you. he's a good guy. i'm not crazy about teen cocoa, however, and what they have been saying. these are the people who were so upset that conan lost the tonight show. and i did jay's show only about ten days ago. and i got all these tweets and facebook messages, why did you do jay leno's show? he sucks, he's greedy, he's

this, he's that. these people need to get a grip. you have no idea how show business works, and in this case it's not that different than life in general, okay? one guy wanted a job that another guy wanted. and by the way, it's a very desirable job. you want to be on the top of the mountain? there is going to be some other people that want to be there, too. and this idea that jay leno is greedy or selfish? >> larry: they say he shouldn't have taken it back after conan was only there seven months. >> why? i saw jay with oprah. she asked him ten different ways, are you selfish? do you think you ruined conan's dream? why is it jay leno's job to be concerned with conan's dream? this is america. when leonardo did i decaprio landed a part, did he say, boy,

did i take someone else's job? we all were thinking about our own --. >> larry: this is nbc, right? >> of course, there's a corporation. they made a bottom-line dollars and cents decision, and one guy got a yjob and one didn't. you know, he did these jokes that is, you can have anything in the world you want unless jay leno wants it. jay leno beat you for something because for whatever reason, jay leno has his pulse on the mainstream of america better than anybody. i'm not even close to that pulse, i don't even want to be. but these guys want to be. >> larry: good point. that and more of -- i almost said jay leno. you put him in the room. with bill maher. don't go away. (announcer) for people with copd, including chronic bronchitis,

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i was shocked that letterman has been having affairs. i had no idea he was even running for office. [ laughter ] >> and i just want to say, so you know here, i have never had sex with anyone on my staff. the guests, of course, yes, that's part of the job, but never the staff. >> larry: that's funny. bill maher is our guest. speaking of that, did you read

the book "game change"? you said you read parts of it. you should read the whole thing. it's hard to believe who john edwards really is if this book is correct. are you shocked? beyond just having sex with someone. other things. >> the shock thing keeps going on. i'm shocked every week he's like the charlie sheen of politics. every week there's something else, you know. okay, he cheated and then he said, but it wasn't the baby. okay, it's the baby. once you lie and then say, okay, i was lying when i lied, then you have no credibility. >> larry: what do you make of it, though? >> then they said he hit her, and i'm beginning to think he's a little sleezy. it's a tragedy because he was such a talented politician. and i could tell you some great quote to this that still are true, like there are two americas. somebody in this country in politics needs to take up that

mantle. that is one of our fundamental problems, that there are two americas. >> larry: you care about poverty? >> yeah, very much so. there was a great column recently that this great recession has been so uneven. in that top half, that one-half of america, we asked the question once on our show, why does it not look like there is a recession at the height of it when we were hearing such horrible numbers. because the places we drive through, there isn't one. but in this other america, it's like a depression. so two americas, that's a great quote. i also said we need to be patriotic about something other than war. so true. the people that are blocking health care for the 45,000 americans who die every year because they're not covered, which is way more than we lose in iraq and afghanistan, is that really patriotic? so he was talented, he had some things to say. you know, some of these things that come out, hitting, you cannot accept that.

that's horrible if that's true. but the idea that because he was unfaithful to his wife he's a monster, i've heard that term many times. elizabeth, i think, said it herself. i didn't want to know because i didn't want to feel like i was married to a monster. america has to get a grip about in infidelity. simmer down. h hannibal lecter was a monster. this is a middle-aged guy who got horny. that's not a monster. >> larry: we'll be back with bill maher. he makes you think. i hope we get out of the studio alive. >> but i'm not wrong. if perfection is what you pursue, this just might change your course. meet the new class of world class. the twenty-ten lacrosse, from buick.

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caveman: where's my coat? it was suede with the fringe. vo: download the glovebox app free at geico.com. >> larry: anderson cooper is standing by. he's in l.a. all this week. it's great to have him here. he'll be with you at the top of the hour on "ac 360." what's ahead. >> we're looking at tea partiers, all agreeing nothing is getting done in washington. we'll also talk to congressman ron paul and his son who is running for senate. minute by minute surveillance of some of the members of an alleged hit squad being used in an international manhunt to try to track them down. they killed a member of hamas.

also, imagine living in fear that the child you're trying to help by adopting may actually try to kill you. it's a reality by parents adopting internationally only to have the kids threaten to shoot them, stab them, burn down the house. we have that was something. they can't get him out. >> i always say, securitywise, we could always just do best by thinking what would israel do. you know? >> larry: oh, yeah. >> they -- those people know how to do it. >> larry: quickly. we have one guy die. netanyahu's brother. jacksonville, florida, hello. call for bill maher. >> yes, do you think the health care bill will get passed this year, or if not, i'm changing from democrat to independent.

>> right. well, i think they will pass something, yes. i hope so. but you have to remember, it's not in the interest of the republican party to have it passed. >> larry: it's an election year, though. don't you think if the public wants it and republicans have to vote for something, aren't they? >> they've demonized it so much. a lot of the public doesn't want it. they should want it. you see these people at rallies, you know, these old obese, stressed out, angry heart attack waiting to happen people. if anybody should want health care reform, you'd think it would be them. but they don't. and, you know, the republicans, i think, understand that if this goes through, obama is on his way to a successful first term, and that's the one thing they do not want is for him to succeed. rush limbaugh said that. remember he said i am rooting him to fail. we all say crazy things when

we're high. >> larry: that was brilliant. okay. all right. this should interest you. in "newsweek" magazine, christopher higgins, probably one of your favorite people. >> love his -- >> larry: discussing the olympics says that world sports competitions breed conflict and bring out the worst in people. what do you think? are you a fan of the olympics? >> no. >> larry: funny. i was going to guess that. >> i'm really not. >> larry: not for the same reason as higgins. >> especially the winter olympics. i don't -- i don't think -- summer olympics, yeah, there some are things pretty interesting to watch. it goes on too long, of course, i would love to see like -- if somebody would put together like a two-hour highlight reel of the olympics, that would be perfect for me, excludeing the opening ceremonies, because if i want to see cirque du soleil, i'll go to las vegas. >> larry: why don't you like the winter olympics? >> i can't relate to any of the sports. i mean, you know, the luge.

it's not a sport. it's a dare. you know, this poor guy who died. i don't know what he died for. and i don't know why people are acting so shocked. oh, a guy going head long down a mountain side on a sheet of ice and then suddenly gone. shocking. >> larry: you don't like skiing? >> i've never skied. i don't get that. you ski? >> larry: no. are you kidding? are you out of your mind? ice skating. skate racing. >> you don't ski? >> larry: own the mountain. that's an old joke. that's the old joke. that's been around. that's henry youngman. >> then that is an old joke. but i don't believe this. this is silly. i mean, this is sometimes just being a provocateur. i mean, the olympics are what is causing the strife in the world? no. it was great when jesse owens beat hitler and -- i mean, that

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>> larry: kevin smith, noted director, very overweight. denied a seat on southwest airlines. we invited kevin on the show. he declined. southwest has a passenger size policy. if you can't fit in one seat, with the arm rest down you have to buy two seats. he was standby, weren't two seats available. who is right? >> i think like most americans, i would not like to be wedged between a window and kevin smith. but i also think there's an awful lot of americans smith's size. and i also think -- >> larry: what would you do? >> you know, i think first of all the airlines are big liars about what really is security risk. why is that a security risk, first of all? i don't get it. >> larry: i guess because the passenger next to -- for the joke you just made. >> that's different. the airlines have much bigger

problems like just in general making the whole experience something other than an utter nightmare. why don't you work on that. >> larry: okay. toyota, speaking of airlines, how about mobile transportation on the ground. what do you make of the toyota problem? >> well, you know, i don't have a toyota so i don't really care. oh, wait, i do. >> larry: yeah, you do. >> the hybrid. that's right. i do. i've got to go check something. i'll be right back. well, i mean, look. i never understood why we had to bail out the american car companies. why were we bailing out -- >> larry: we're not bailing out toyota. >> no, the american car companies. i said why did we have to save chrysler. you know, because we needed -- >> larry: i ask about kevin smith and you go from fat people to the airlines are terrible. i ask about toyota, you are bailing out ford. >> i try to set the priorities. >> larry: what do you think of

the ten americans charged with, i guess, kidnapping in haiti? >> i haven't heard that much about it because, as you know, i stop watching haiti because i felt i learned enough about it. at a certain point, i was not learning anything more. >> larry: but you know the ten are being held, supposed to get bail, maybe, maybe not. >> these are the baptists? >> larry: yeah. >> i think that says it all, larry. i mean, why can't people do stuff just for the good of it without having to bring their religion into it. i've always -- >> larry: they didn't bring their religion. >> yeah, i think they kind of did. and missionaries are always doing this. you know, you want to say -- read the bible first. you know, like brad and angelina. they go places and do things just for the good of it. they don't have to bring jesus into it. >> larry: but these people were trying to help the orphans or what they perceive were orphans.

some weren't orphans. what do you make of -- >> if they're not orphans, then it's just child snatching, isn't it? >> larry: but they think they were trying to help them. their intentions were apparently good. >> that reminds me of elian gonzalez. people who think everybody would be better off in america because we are just the most star-spangled super, duper awesome place in the world to live when the reality was elian gonzalez -- there, i switched it again. elian gonzalez was much better off with his father. >> larry: okay. one more quick call, syracuse, new york. hurry up. go ahead. hello. >> caller: hi, bill. i was wondering if you ever would have interest in getting married if you found the right person. >> larry: would you get married if you found miss right? >> well, i am with somebody. i've been with -- you know this. >> larry: i know, but marriage? >> no, no, no. let's not get crazy. so, you know, i have