STEPHEN F. HAYES - PUT DOWN THE KOOL-AID!! I got to watch REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER this week and saw the performance of writer Stephen F. Hayes, who was roundly laughed at by the audience and Maher. I was so disgusted I wanted to call and get him into some sort of a rehab program for the hopelessly delusional. Just who is this clown? Here's what Wikipedia says about Hayes: Hayes is well known for his writings postulating an operational relationship between Saddam Hussein's Iraq and the al-Qaeda terrorist organization. (See Saddam Hussein and Al-Qaeda). He ended one of his articles by this sentence: "...there can no longer be any serious argument about whether Saddam Hussein's Iraq worked with Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda to plot against Americans." Hayes authored a book on this subject entitled: The Connection: How al Qaeda's Collaboration with Saddam Hussein has Endangered America [ISBN 0-06-074673-4]. A major source for the articles and book was a memo ...