Bill Maher Backs Off Cheney Death Wish

Bill Maher is backing away from his comments that it would be better if Vice President Dick Cheney were dead, saying "I don’t wish him dead.”

The political humorist stirred up controversy on his HBO show "Real Time” while discussing a failed assassination attempt on Cheney and comments on the Huffington Post Web site regarding readers’ disappointment that Cheney had not been killed. Read more..

At least someone is noticing. A decade ago, a liberal Pacifica Radio personality wished on-air that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas would die of a heart attack, and there was no reaction.

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