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Bill Maher
"Stupid is like, uh, Frederick Douglass is alive. Or, uh, the stealth bomber is literally invisible. Um, or nobody knew health care was hard to solve. That's just stupid. He's very stupid...........Crazy, is like, it's important that the crowd at my inauguration was the biggest ever and I'm going to make an issue of this for the first two weeks of my presidency despite photographic evidence to the contrary. Or I'm going to steal these documents that I don't even know what they are and I don't care and I'm going to put them next to the toilet at Mar-a-Lago and then I'm going to fight you to take them back, or not conceding the election. Those things are crazy...........Or thinking I can somehow charm Kim Jong Un in Korea, although that might be stupid, sometimes it crosses the line between both. But he's both stupid and crazy. And he's a criminal...""[Trump's] charged with actual crimes..............Criminal intent to obscure, uh, to, uh I forget what the actual name of the, uh, law is, but criminal intent to basically steal the election or to coerce people in the states from, umm, I forget what it is. And then there's one-uh forgery, which is - has to do with the electoral scheme. Uh, criminal intent... That's that's the slate of electors, he was putting forward the fake slate of electors. Trump tried every possible way to steal this election. He tried to do it through the courts. He tried to do it through state legislatures. He tried to do it through intimidating Mike Pence. He tried to do it through the justice department. They talked about seizing voting machines. They talked about the using the army. I mean, you can't really believe that this guy is not worse than Joe Biden............I mean, I agree, Biden is not a great president.............And the Hunter Biden stuff is a stinky conspiracy. It's not a conspiracy, it's a stinky scandal that stinks to the high heavens. If you think that that in any way compares to what Trump tried to do. You just cannot tell unlike things apart."
--Bill Maher on the Joe Rogan Experience 9.4.23
--Bill Maher on the Joe Rogan Experience 9.4.23
June 9, 2013:
Jason Easley (Politicus USA) has claimed that Bill "I'm only a comedian so you cant hold me responsible for everything I say" Maher "slaughtered" Ronald Reagan. Slaughtered? Well, for one, Reagan is already dead. Hard to "slaughter" a man who is already dead. For two, the main gist of Mahers comments was using todays Republican party as an antithesis of Reagan's Republican party. Maher implied that todays GOP would not like Reagans GOP and Maher considered that notion a slam dunk. But, Maher's comments aren't a slam dunk as much as it is just a fact. Reagan was too conservative for todays Republican party. Thats why they keep nominating people like John McCain and Mitt Romney.and wonder why they dont get the support of conservatives...............
Jason Easley (Politicus USA) has claimed that Bill "I'm only a comedian so you cant hold me responsible for everything I say" Maher "slaughtered" Ronald Reagan. Slaughtered? Well, for one, Reagan is already dead. Hard to "slaughter" a man who is already dead. For two, the main gist of Mahers comments was using todays Republican party as an antithesis of Reagan's Republican party. Maher implied that todays GOP would not like Reagans GOP and Maher considered that notion a slam dunk. But, Maher's comments aren't a slam dunk as much as it is just a fact. Reagan was too conservative for todays Republican party. Thats why they keep nominating people like John McCain and Mitt Romney.and wonder why they dont get the support of conservatives...............
Feb 11, 2013:
In January, Bill Maher said on NBC to Jay Leno that he would pay $5 million to Trump’s charity of choice if he provided a birth certificate proving that he’s not “spawn of his mother having sex with orangutan.” It was similar to an offer Trump made to President Barack Obama during the presidential campaign season, in which Trump wanted Obama to release his college records. “He promised me $5 million for charity if I provided certain information,” Trump said on Fox News’s “Fox & Friends.” “Well I provided the information. He didn’t pay. So today I sue Bill Maher for $5 million for charity.”
Liberal comic Bill Maher responded to who he called a “rich idiot” Maher said that he wouldn’t fork over $5 million to charity for a late night talk show joke he made last month. “They seem to be trying to set a bold new precedent that jokes on late night talk shows are now legally binding agreements between the comedian and the person they’re making fun of,” Maher said on his show HBO’s “Real Time.” “The legal system in this country is not a joke — it’s not a toy for rich idiots to play with.” Not a joke? Of course not. However, Maher, as is usual of his cowardice, played his "Oh, but I am just a comedian" line. One used by people like Jon Stewart, Kathy Griffin, Sarah Silverman, Joy Behar and others...who wish to pontificate politics but then cry "fowl" ("Im just a comedian") if anyone suggests they own up to anything they spout verbally.
It would be GREAT if Trump would win this one, just to see Maher actually accept some responsibility for anything he says.....without crying "But..I am just a comedian." Can Trump win? Analysis by Eugene Volohk, in an article posted on "Opposing Views" suggests its not likely Too bad. These politically comedic idiots will likely continue to play with our political and legal system....then whine like politically comedic idiots do when asked to be accountable.
In January, Bill Maher said on NBC to Jay Leno that he would pay $5 million to Trump’s charity of choice if he provided a birth certificate proving that he’s not “spawn of his mother having sex with orangutan.” It was similar to an offer Trump made to President Barack Obama during the presidential campaign season, in which Trump wanted Obama to release his college records. “He promised me $5 million for charity if I provided certain information,” Trump said on Fox News’s “Fox & Friends.” “Well I provided the information. He didn’t pay. So today I sue Bill Maher for $5 million for charity.”
Liberal comic Bill Maher responded to who he called a “rich idiot” Maher said that he wouldn’t fork over $5 million to charity for a late night talk show joke he made last month. “They seem to be trying to set a bold new precedent that jokes on late night talk shows are now legally binding agreements between the comedian and the person they’re making fun of,” Maher said on his show HBO’s “Real Time.” “The legal system in this country is not a joke — it’s not a toy for rich idiots to play with.” Not a joke? Of course not. However, Maher, as is usual of his cowardice, played his "Oh, but I am just a comedian" line. One used by people like Jon Stewart, Kathy Griffin, Sarah Silverman, Joy Behar and others...who wish to pontificate politics but then cry "fowl" ("Im just a comedian") if anyone suggests they own up to anything they spout verbally.
It would be GREAT if Trump would win this one, just to see Maher actually accept some responsibility for anything he says.....without crying "But..I am just a comedian." Can Trump win? Analysis by Eugene Volohk, in an article posted on "Opposing Views" suggests its not likely Too bad. These politically comedic idiots will likely continue to play with our political and legal system....then whine like politically comedic idiots do when asked to be accountable.
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Jan 30, 2023: Deadline: CNN To Show Bill Maher’s ‘Overtime’ Segments As Part Of Friday Night Programming
CNN will start showing the post-show Overtime segments from HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher as part of its Friday edition of CNN Tonight. Jan 28, 2023: New York Post: Bill Maher and Bryan Cranston butt heads over critical race theory
Comedian and podcast host Bill Maher locked horns with actor Bryan Cranston on whether schools should be teaching critical race theory. The two discussed whether the hotly debated ideology — which holds that race shapes social and political movements, the media and laws — should be included in school curriculum on Maher’s “Club Random” podcast. The topic came up after they talked about slavery, and Maher said people like former presidents should not be canceled for having slaves. “It’s 400 f–king years that we’ve dealt with this, and our country still has not taken responsibility or accountability,” Cranston said. The “Breaking Bad” actor said he believes critical race theory is “essential” to schools. Jan 17, 2023: Poynter: Opinion: A comedian in CNN prime time?
Max Tani’s latest media column for Semafor — “CNN is serious about getting into comedy” — reports that the news network is considering adding a comedian type to its prime-time lineup. Names that CNN executives have thought about include Bill Maher, Trevor Noah, Arsenio Hall and Jon Stewart. Tani wrote that Maher might be the most realistic prospect, while Hall is probably not. And, for now, Stewart has a deal with Apple. The idea, according to a Tani source, is a CNN version of John Oliver, who hosts a comedy-news show on HBO. Sept 1, 2021: TVWeb: Real Time with Bill Maher Gets Renewed at HBO Through 2024
Bill Maher will be introducing more New Rules for us to follow for the next few years as HBO has renewed his series through 2024. Aug 13, 2021: Crosswalk: 7 Cultural Terms Every Christian Should Understand Historically, Bill Maher has been outspoken against religion and considers himself progressive and liberal. However, last month, on his popular show Real Time with Bill Maher, he lambasted the Olympics for its “wokeness.” (Be warned of strong language in the video.) Mar 20, 2015: MediaIte: Bob Costas to Maher: Liberals Should Be Calling Out PC ‘Bullsh*t’ Bob Costas joined Bill Maher tonight to talk politics, guns, and the politically correct “bullshit” that both of them are getting tired of. Nov 3, 2014: TPM: Bill Maher's New Allies: Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Mike Huckabee
These days, most of Bill Maher's defenders are the same conservatives he's made a career out of ridiculing. The latest to have Maher's back is Mike Huckabee, who applauded the University of California, Berkeley for standing by its invitation for the comedian to speak at next month's commencement. Oct 8, 2014: Poynter: Fact-checking the fallout from Bill Maher’s Muslim monologue The comments about Islam from comedian, social critic, atheist and cable talk show host Bill Maher continue to stir reactions across the TV dial and across the political spectrum. Oct 3, 2014: Huffington Post: CNN's Chris Cuomo Says Reza Aslan's 'Tone' Shows Why People Are 'Fearful' Of Islam
Recently, author Reza Aslan got a little heated on CNN over some rather sweepingly hostile generalizations Bill Maher made about Islam, as well as some questions about Islam's supposed propensity towards violence. Sept 13, 2014: Huffington Post: Bill Maher's Pretty Sure Fox News Is Why America Is So Polarized, Jerry Seinfeld & Haley Barbour Disagree
Former Mississippi governor Haley Barbour, however, echoed the sentiments of many conservatives when he argued that Fox News was the first entity to provide any kind of non-liberal voice in the media. "Those of us, including y'all, who grew up in the time when we had three networks and two big newspapers and they all had the same message the same way, Fox News was the first thing to come along that gave the conservative point-of-view." June 29, 2014: Tullycast: Watch a Republican Media Tool Give Bill Maher A Near Aneurysm ….LIVE
June 28, 2014: Raw Story: Bill Maher: Black voters in MS knew Thad Cochran was the ‘least sh*tty choice’ Real Time host Bill Maher and his panel weighed in on the contentious GOP Senate runoff in Mississippi, with Maher giving credit to African-American Democratic voters for swinging the race towards incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS). June 28, 2014: MediaIte: Bill Maher Pitches ‘Defends’: Adult Diapers for the Tea Party Last night’s Real Time with Bill Maher featured a brief commercial break so that the host could pitch a brand new product aimed directly at the tea party set, few of whom were likely watching the HBO show on a Friday night. Bill Maher became a voiceover pitchman in order to sell “Defends,” an adult diaper that aims to help the most conservative Americans avoid the bathroom during times of need. June 28, 2014: Real Clear Politics: Bill Maher to Hillary Clinton: "Just Go Away Or You're Going To Blow This" BILL MAHER: Let's talk about Hillary Clinton. She's in a bit of a mess because a couple of weeks ago she said when she and Bill left the White House they were two broke girls. "My advice to Hillary: Just go away. Go away for a while. We're going to see each other in a couple of years. A lot. Just go away. Because otherwise, you're going to blow this." --Bill Maher 06.27.14 June 24, 2014: CBS New York: WATCH: Bill Maher, Jon Stewart Talk Mets On ‘The Daily Show’ Bill Maher and Jon Stewart have plenty in common. June 24, 2014: Salon: Bill Maher reminds Jon Stewart: “Drugs are good and religion is bad” The host of "Real Time With Bill Maher" stopped by "The Daily Show" to talk religion, Cheney's phlegm and the Mets June 24, 2014: Washington Times: Bill Maher on Obama: ‘He’s a drop-dead atheist’ Try as he might, President Obama’s public push to showcase himself as a man of faith just isn’t believable, comedian Bill Mahersaid Monday during an appearance on Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show.” June 22, 2014: New York Daily News: Bill Maher again denounces New York's horse carriages The liberal comic on Saturday told the Daily News he thinks it's inhumane for a horse to pull a carriage — throwing in some foul language — and he again took shots at actor Liam Neeson's support of the industry. May 19, 2014: Reason: Bill Maher's Un-Cool Muslim Bashing HBO funny man Bill Maher briefly interrupted his regularly scheduled conservative bashing last week to attack his fellow liberals. Why? Because, apparently, they haven't offered sweeping denunciations of Islam—a religion that, in Maher's book, betrays everything liberals stand for: tolerance, free speech and equality for women. Apr 29, 2014: News Busters: Bill Maher Trashes Limbaugh With Crack About Racism During Sterling Discussion Appearing as a guest on the Tuesday, April 29, All In on MSNBC to discuss the controversy over Donald Sterling's racist comments, HBO comedian Bill Maher managed to make a crack about Rush Limbaugh along the lines of conservatives being racists as he answered a question from host Chris Hayes about whether there would be an increase in the number of people defending Sterling in the aftermath of his punishment. Apr 26, 2014: Red Alert Politics: Bill Maher hammers liberals for political correctness Outspoken late-night host Bill Maher delivered quite the blistering rant against “political correctness Nazis” on Friday and slammed his fellow liberals for their roles as PC police. Mar 28, 2014: Good as You: Video: Matt Barber's website backs 'blasphemy laws' against @BillMaher
I swear Liberty Counsel's most anti-LGBT voice (and that's saying something), Matt Barber, launched his new website, Barbwire.com, as a stealth effort to drain the far-right conservatives of political pragmatism. Latest example: an exclusive video where a contributor advocates for laws that would imprison Bill Maher for voicing skepticism toward the Noah story: Mar 15, 2014: Washington Times: Bill Maher: God a ‘psychotic mass murderer’ who ‘drowns babies’
Comedian Bill Maher told his HBO “Real Time” audience recently that God was a “psychotic mass murderer.” Nov 27, 2013: Wonkette: Fringe Catholic Screamer Bill Donohue Wants Bill Maher Fired Because He Let Dan Savage Remind People That Priests Raped Kids
Bill Donohue, the president and possible sole member of the Catholic League, has called for HBO to cancel Real Time With Bill Maher after the most recent show featured Wonket Pal Dan Savage, who very offensively and unfairly suggested that Catholic priests do sex on children. Nov 20, 2013: Cost of Government Center: COGC's Mattie Duppler Talks Sequester on Real Time with Bill Maher This past Friday, COGC's Director, Mattie Duppler, spoke as a panelist on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher. Oct 25, 2013: Crooks & Liars: Bill Maher Takes Minimum Wage Employers To Task In 'New Rules' Segement Good for Bill Maher, who during his "New Rules" segment this Friday, took the likes of Walmart and McDonalds to task for being too cheap to pay their workers a living wage, and dumping the cost of them doing business onto the taxpayers. June 24, 2013: Media Research Center: CNN Lets Bill Maher Trash GOP 'Knuckle-Draggers,' Insult Fox News Viewers
Once again, CNN welcomed liberal comedian Bill Maher despite the vitriol he has spewed about conservative women like Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann. June 13, 2013: Daily Caller: Sarah Palin is really sick of Bill Maher Here she is on Twitter yesterday, calling out that shaved-down albino proboscis monkey in no uncertain terms June 1, 2013: Daily Caller: Bill Maher: ‘I think the pope might be an atheist like I think Obama is’
On Friday’s episode of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher laid out the case that Pope Francis I might be an atheist, based on the pontiff’s surprising recent statement that through good works “even the atheists” might meet Christians on the “beautiful path toward peace.” May 13, 2013: The Nation: Glenn Greenwald Battles Bill Maher—and Digby Declares a Winner While those on the right frequently refer to Glenn Greenwald (now at The Guardian) and Bill Maher (eternally at HBO) as liberals or lefties, that is, of course, a gross simplication. May 11, 2013: Dispatches From the Underclass: Glenn Greenwald Schools Muslim-Basher Bill Maher in U.S. Foreign Policy Kudos to Glenn Greenwald for tearing Bill Maher a well deserved new one last night on “Real Time”. Apr 22, 2013: Pearcey Report: Bill Maher: Comparing Violence of Islam to Christianity "Liberal Bull----" Jeff Poor writes at The Daily Caller: On HBO’s "Real Time" on Friday night, host Bill Maher entertained CSU-San Bernardino professor Brian Levin, director of the Center for Study of Hate and Extremism, who maintained that despite the events in recent days, religious extremism isn’t only a product of Islam. Apr 20, 2013; The Blaze: ‘Liberal Bull****’: Bill Maher Calls Out Prof. Claiming All Religions Are Equally Violent HBO host Bill Maher tangled with Brian Levin, the director of the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism at California State University in San Bernardino on “Real Time” Friday night, arguing that in this day and age, Islam is more dangerous than other religions. Mar 2, 2013: News Busters: Maher Attacks Pope With Series of Child Molestation Jokes Mar 2, 2013: News Busters: Pothead Bill Maher Tells Snoop Dogg ‘You Smoke Too Much Pot’ Feb 13, 2013: Twitchy: Bill Maher falsely claims Marco Rubio is a ‘shameless liar’ about debt Maher: Wow, what a shameless liar this Rubio guy is - Obama created more debt than Bush? Well, if you don't believe in science, why not math too? |
January 20, 1956: William Maher was born in New York City. January 20, 1956)
June 16, 2002: "Politically Incorrect" was canceled.
June 22, 2002: Maher received the Los Angeles Press Club president's award (for "championing free speech") May 2005: Alabama Congressman Spencer Bachus sent a letter to Time Warner's board of directors requesting Real Time be canceled after remarks Maher made after noting the military had missed its recruiting goals by 42 percent. Bachus said he felt the comments were demeaning to the military and treasonous. Maher stated his highest regard and support for the troops and asked why the congressman criticized him instead of doing something about the recruitment problem.
Sept 2010: Maher received his star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame. September 17, 2010: Maher aired a clip of Delaware Republican Senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell from the October 29, 1999, episode of his old show Politically Incorrect on his current show Real Time with Bill Maher, where she mentioned that she had "dabbled in witchcraft". Dec 16, 2010: Maher co-emceed the final show of Larry King Live with Ryan Seacrest. Feb 4, 2013: Politico: Donald Trump to sue Bill Maher after bet feud
Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday in California against liberal comic Bill Maher, suing him for $5 million after Trump says Maher did not follow through on a $5 million public bet he made on “The Tonight Show.” Feb 9, 2013: Politico: Maher not paying Trump in bet feud Liberal comic Bill Maher responded to “rich idiot” Donald Trump’s lawsuit Friday, saying that he wouldn’t fork over $5 million to charity for a late night talk show joke he made last month. Feb 11, 2013: Opposing Views; Does Donald Trump Have Legal Grounds to Sue Bill Maher?
June 26, 2013:
New CNN host, George Stroumboulopoulo, invited Bill "I'm Just a Comedian So You Can't Hold Me Accountable for Anything I say" Maher to do what he does best: Make jokes at the expense of issues he doesnt know anything about. Oh and he also defended a "socialist" American structure saying, "Every modern country is now a quasi-socialist country." He lists several "entitlements" as proof. Of course, he defends a way of life (living on entitlements) even though he is rich enough to not have to be restricted by such programs.................. 
ON THE RECORD: Jan 11, 2014: In a Q&A article for Canada's Globe and Mail, reporter Brad Wheeler asked Ted Nugent about Bill Maher: "Do you agree with Bill Maher (host of HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher) that a lot of far-right loathing of President Obama is based on race and not his administration’s policies?" Ted's response is classic Ted: "Not even close. Maybe if I gobbled as much mind altering chemicals as ol‘ Billy, I would live in a goofy fantasy world too. Bill can’t cite any evidence to backup his nasty, last-ditch effort to avoid the real issues by playing the numbnut race card. Every criticism of President Obama that I am aware of is supported by irrefutable evidence that the guy is hellbent on destroying America and turning us into a suburb of Canada. Or is that Cuba? The depth of Obama’s evil has nothing to do with the colour of his skin, but wholly with the content of his character. Know that."
Stupid On The Record: Jan 27, 2014: Josh Feldman (MediaIte) has a brief report "Maher Compares Bridgegate to Watergate: At Least Nixon Didn’t Use People as ‘Hostage Shields’" Putting most things Bill Maher says as Stupid On The Record" would be easy since he has the power to be insulting and then claim he's "just a comedian" when he is called out on it. At the same time, though, when he says something serious, he wants to be taken serious. Anyway, I am not real sure where this comment gets classified in his mind as an attempt to be funny or an attempt to be serious. Given his history though, it's serious if he gets away with it but it was just a joke if it bothers anyone. Bill Maher actually gives Nixon's Watergate a bit of a pass when he compares it to Bridgegate because, he says "that at least when Richard Nixon took vengeance on his political opponents, he didn’t “purposely inflict pain” or “use the people of America as hostage shields.” " Wow, so Maher is choosing breaking and entering, theft, perjury, bugging, and Nixon and his close aides ordered harassment of activist groups and political figures, using the FBI, CIA, and the Internal Revenue Service. (Hmm, that last sentence sounds familiar). It led to several public figures going to prison and the resignation of a sitting President, plus a destructive strike on the confidence of the American people in government. Bill "I'm Just a Comedian" Maher's comments were neither funny nor serious but they were stupid an stupid on the record.
ON THE RECORD: Feb 22, 2014: Catharine Thompson (TPM) reported "Bill Maher Presses Maddow On Christie Coverage: 'It's Not Watergate' (VIDEO)" In it she reported of an exhange on Bill Maher's HBO show between Maher and guest MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. Besides Maher stupidly saying "Benghazi is nothing. There is no scandal there" (with nothing to back up that assertion except for the fact that President Obama said it wasn't a scandal), he had written an article earlier complaining about MSNBC's devotion to the Chris Christie "scandal" and then let Maddow and MSNBC off the hook by saying it was just a "tongue in cheek" article. This is whatI have repeatedly said I dislike about Bill "I'm Just a Comedian" Maher. He says whatever he wants and if there is the slightest hint that he will be held accountable, he says it was a joke and that he is just comedian. Disturbing since there are actually a large number of people who claim to get their "news" from Maher, Stephen Colbert or Jon Stewart (aka, the Three Stooges of the Left).
Red Alert Politics: Americans still think there’s more to learn about Benghazi – and want Congress to keep searching for the truth 
"Talking about the polarization in Washington ... I think maybe it's that the people are polarized and the politicians just reflect that. And I feel like the reason that people are so polarized is Fox News. I think of all the things that changed in America, Fox News changed the most." -Bill Maher Sept 2014 |
May 13, 2016: Maher and his friend Michael Moore announced on YouTube that they are going to make a movie called The Kings of Atheism.
February 2017: Maher interviewed Milo Yiannopoulos on Real Time regarding prior comments in which Yiannopolous seemed to express sympathy toward perpetrators of child sexual abuse. Although some fans and pundits initially criticized Maher for platforming the controversial pundit, ultimately the appearance brought more publicity to the comments and harmed Yiannopolous's career. In the days following the interview, Yiannopoulos had his invitation to speak before the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference rescinded, as well as a book deal with Simon & Schuster cancelled. Yiannopoulos subsequently resigned as an editor at Breitbart News.
March 21, 2022: Maher launched a podcast titled Club Random, a series hosting one-on-one interviews with guests, recorded in his bar at home, where he discusses everything except politics
