Fuck Bill Maher....thought that needed a thread of it's own

[democratsruletheday]

what a smarmy, weasely sell out he is. His criticism of K. Harris holds NO water with anyone as he has no credibility left. Can't stand his ugly assed face. His insecurity overshadows everything he says and does. How far he's fallen. For the record, I supported Harris in 2020 to no avail as well as 2024. I respect her immensely but as a lifelong Dem I'm looking at Pritzker or Shapiro next time around. That said, she's a beacon of morality, hope and intelligence who doesn't deserve being dragged through the mud by a twerp like Maher.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. I stopped watching Maher a very long time ago

Maher ceased to be funny or relevant a long time ago

[democratsruletheday]

2. Me too....I was a devoted fan

back when he was with ABC and his early days of HBO but quit him long ago. He's becoming more irrelevant by the day

[PatSeg]

32. Yes, Maher was must see TV for me

for a number of years. I really looked forward to his show every week. Now he's turned into someone I cannot recognize or he outwardly became the jerk he always was. I am surprised he still has a show.

[ihaveaquestion]

23. Amen!

I subscribed to HBO in part because his show was there. (I stayed for GOT, but I digress.) Then he started to turn my stomach and I stopped watching him.

I got tired of being berated for being a stupid liberal and he was just so vile toward anyone he deemed beneath himself, that I couldn't stand the sight or sound of him.

[BonnieJW]

93. I couldn't handle the people he had on the show

They would say shit, and maher wouldn't challenge them.

[AdamGG]

112. Seriously, people like Steve Bannon and Roger Stone

and instead of nailing them with critical questions, Maher kisses their ass for having the courage to come into the "lions den" - a studio audience where like 1/3 of the people are professional laughers. One exception was when Milo Yianopoulis got eaten alive by Maher's panel (Larry Wilmore and Malcolm Nance). Maher had some good moments over the years, but he has long since jumped the shark.

The last straw for me was this year he went to meet with Dump because his "good friend" Kid Rock recommended it and then Maher spent his time normalizing Trump and saying that he's not a bad guy. Fuck him.

[Faux pas]

3. I agree.

He's the same old slime ball that he's always been, just older and uglier.

[milestogo]

4. I stopped watching him years ago because he is a misogynist pig.

[Danmel]

7. That's why i can't stand him

He's smug and disgusting.

[QueerDuck]

36. He's also no friend to the Trans community and thinks that Milo (something-greek) "has a point there"...

with regard to transgender people being forced to use a public restroom based on the gender assigned at birth.

Yiannopoulos. That's it. It's just a different way to spell "fucking-asshole-jerk".

[milestogo]

58. That figures.

[vapor2]

5. Perhaps it's the weed?

[Attilatheblond]

13. Nah, it's just the 'inferior person pissed that just being male isn't enough to be great' pouty personality.

[Initech]

19. Maher is a textbook definition of main character syndrome.

He'll say whatever ruffles the most feathers in order to get the most clicks.

[underpants]

29. Main character syndrome- I learned this today.

That perfectly fits Maher Fuentes Kirk etc, they have to go to a next extreme to keep interest and attention. Kirk did that better than Fuentes and it embarrassed him and his Groypers. That’s why one of them killed Kirk.



You’re the Star of the Show With Main Character Syndrome

Being the center of attention doesn’t mean you have to exile your guest stars

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/what-to-know-about-main-character-syndrome

[IbogaProject]

22. Weed doesnt make you feel anything youre not.

Weed can only help with compassion if you are able to feel at least a little inkling towards that.

In his case that smug selfish attitude is alcohol mixed with stimulants or even psychedelics used in low doses as a stumulant. There are other prescription medicines that fuel the syncopates of this late stage capitalism like him and many politicans, captians of industry and pundants.

[Ritabert]

6. I stopped watching even the rare occasions he was on

The final straw was a cringe worthy show with Anne Coulter and Milo Yiannopoulos. Truly awful.

[KT2000]

8. The country is in crisis

and Maher thought it would be a good time to blame the Democratic women for not being strong enough. He has made it to total irrelevancy.

[Silent Type]

9. I respect her immensely too and she was put in a tough position by not being able -- or willing -- to criticize Biden.

But Maher is not the only one that thinks the book is a bunch of excuses. I think she would have won had she broke with Biden. Of course that might have caused more Democrats to sit home.

Although it doesn't matter now, I wonder if she would have been better off if Biden had stepped down from office and she were then Prez like some suggested. Sadly, we'll be questing 2024 for decades, just like 2016.


https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/24/kamala-harris-book-tour-democrats-00577679

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/kamala-harris-book-107-days-presidential-election-candidacy-rcna233174

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5516157-harris-memoir-democrats-divided/

https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/09/24/editorial-harris-plays-the-blame-game-in-new-book/

[CTyankee]

14. What was "broke with Biden"? He didn't give up earlier?

That was a mistake but I have a certain amount of empathy for him. Compared to the evil of Trump his mistake was just not giving into his age and disability. It was tragic but his was not an evil act. I cut the guy some slack. I know it's hard to forgive, given what happened, but his intent was not evil.

[Silent Type]

16. Kind of tough going from "people are starving and living paycheck to paycheck" to Biden's economy is fine.

In any event, considering the threat trump presented, we had one job in 2023/2024, beat trump. We failed.

[CTyankee]

20. History will judge. I did not see a great deal of threads here on DU warning us about Biden's age until that moment on

live TV where he just got neurologically absent. Maybe it's just me but I didn't see it coming. Perhaps other DUers did but I never saw threads that warned us of the coming disaster. Did you?

[ihaveaquestion]

25. Some idiot had him take an Ambien!

I've taken Ambien and it's a hell of a sedative! Talk about slurring words and losing the thread! It's akin to taking phenobarbital.

[CTyankee]

28. He took it before the debate? OMG.

I'm old like Biden and I wouldn't dare take it AT ALL! I am terrified by the effect of drugs on my body. I take only OTC sleep meds and then only right before bed.

[ihaveaquestion]

30. What I heard on a reputable podcast was that he was suffering from severe jetlag and someone had him take an Ambien.

Stupid, stupid, move! My memory of it is you have about 20 min of lucidity before you're fighting off instantaneous deep sleep. It's not good sleep either (no REM) which is why I stopped taking it.

[mr715]

76. There is no way they gave him an ambien before a debate.

There was an entire narrative amongst the right wing people that they were giving "sleepy Joe" cocaine to amp him up. They didn't give him ambien.

The entire jetlag story is suspect. I remember him being hunkered down in DE to prepare. Maybe it was MA. Either way, it is potently stupid to pop an ambien before a debate and the President shouldn't have taken it. He should've been informed enough not to take a sleeping pill to combat his perceived sleepiness.

Ambien also tends to cause disinhibition. Something along the lines of 2-3 (or 7) drinks. Biden was not disinhibited, he was vacant.


Edit -- It was Hunter that alleged the ambien. He is not exactly a reliable source.

[BumRushDaShow]

88. "The entire jetlag story is suspect."

It's not "suspect".

He flew to France to participate in the D-Day 80th anniversary June 5 - 8. Meanwhile his son's trial was wrapping up and rather than stay in Europe to attend his next big event - the G7 in Italy June 13 - 14, he flew back to Washington to give a previously-scheduled speech about gun safety on June 11, then flew home to Wilmington to see his son the same day just after his trial concluded, where this happened -

(snip)

The verdict came down as the president prepared to give a speech at a conference hosted by the Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund in Washington. He did not mention his son as he spoke about his administration’s efforts to stop gun violence and the need to ban so-called assault weapons.

Hours after the conviction, President Biden hugged his son after landing in Wilmington to spend the night with family before leaving Wednesday for the Group of Seven leaders conference in Italy. Hunter Biden, his wife and their child greeted the president on the tarmac, and the president lingered to visit with them for several minutes.

(snip)

After that, it was off to Italy, where he signed a security agreement with Zelenskyy on June 13 (met with Pope Francis on the sidelines on June 14), and then at the conclusion of the summit, came back home to prepare for the debate, which was June 27.

When I saw his schedule at the time, I was like OMFG.

[Midwestern Democrat]

89. He spent six days at Camp David prior to the debate - that should have been enough time to get over jetlag.

[BumRushDaShow]

91. Not at his age

Hell, I'm 20-some years younger and that first half of June was brutal.

I remember in my 30s when I needed to visit my direct reports and did 6 cities in 8 weeks. I had what I dubbed "plane neck" for a month after.

[mr715]

90. The jetlag excuse was BS

The Trump people were all about lowering expectations for Trump bc Biden was resting and doing debate prep for a week. A week.

Biden was not jetlagged.

[BumRushDaShow]

92. I don't give a shit about 45 and his garbage RW talking points

I'm talking about an 80-year old man who did 2, back to back trips overseas, attended major ceremonial events with speeches and lots of walking, as well as negotiating with other members of the G7 to support Ukraine, AND having his own family issues with his last remaining son, who was concluding a bogus trial, while his wife was trying to hold down the fort.

It's incredible the depths that people will go to NOT THINK about that and for fuck's sake, be FOR REAL. He's not a fucking "super human".

[mr715]

95. If being 80 meant he didn't have the stamina to do this,

then he shouldn't have attempted it.

This was a fight against fascism. He made the decision. We can't have it both ways. All those things - those summits, the family stuff, all of that is insignificant in light of what Trump has done.

Edit -- And if he was 40 and didn't have the stamina, he shouldn't have attempted it. Those overseas trips didn't matter one iota as much as that debate. And after Kamala Harris lost, the "Trump proofing" Biden did mattered less than dirty toilet paper. I feel as though we - somewhat activist Democrats, knew our enemy. I'm not convinced the campaign did.

[BumRushDaShow]

106. "This was a fight against fascism."

You are looking back at 2024 from the completely unprecedented current 2025, like "Monday morning quarterbacking". Attempting to bring any kind of sense to it even this soon, is a fool's errand.

It has been a conflagration of 30 years of GOP efforts since Newt Gingrich helped the GOP take the House 30 years ago, after 40 years of being out of control of it, and starting the ball rolling to today. I.e., it didn't happen "overnight". It was planned and sustained over the decades.

I post this every so often how Gingrich began the decline of the modern U.S. legislative process -

The Man Who Broke Politics

Newt Gingrich turned partisan battles into bloodsport, wrecked Congress, and paved the way for Trump’s rise. Now he’s reveling in his achievements.

Story by McKay Coppins
November 2018 Issue

Updated on October 17, 2018

[snip]

On June 24, 1978, Gingrich stood to address a gathering of College Republicans at a Holiday Inn near the Atlanta airport. It was a natural audience for him. At 35, he was more youthful-looking than the average congressional candidate, with fashionably robust sideburns and a cool-professor charisma that had made him one of the more popular faculty members at West Georgia College. But Gingrich had not come to deliver an academic lecture to the young activists before him—he had come to foment revolution.

“One of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we don’t encourage you to be nasty,” he told the group. “We encourage you to be neat, obedient, and loyal, and faithful, and all those Boy Scout words, which would be great around the campfire but are lousy in politics.” For their party to succeed, Gingrich went on, the next generation of Republicans would have to learn to “raise hell,” to stop being so “nice,” to realize that politics was, above all, a cutthroat “war for power”—and to start acting like it.

The speech received little attention at the time. Gingrich was, after all, an obscure, untenured professor whose political experience consisted of two failed congressional bids. But when, a few months later, he was finally elected to the House of Representatives on his third try, he went to Washington a man obsessed with becoming the kind of leader he had described that day in Atlanta. The GOP was then at its lowest point in modern history. Scores of Republican lawmakers had been wiped out in the aftermath of Watergate, and those who’d survived seemed, to Gingrich, sadly resigned to a “permanent minority” mind-set. “It was like death,” he recalls of the mood in the caucus. “They were morally and psychologically shattered.”

But Gingrich had a plan. The way he saw it, Republicans would never be able to take back the House as long as they kept compromising with the Democrats out of some high-minded civic desire to keep congressional business humming along. His strategy was to blow up the bipartisan coalitions that were essential to legislating, and then seize on the resulting dysfunction to wage a populist crusade against the institution of Congress itself. “His idea,” says Norm Ornstein, a political scientist who knew Gingrich at the time, “was to build toward a national election where people were so disgusted by Washington and the way it was operating that they would throw the ins out and bring the outs in.”

[snip]

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/11/newt-gingrich-says-youre-welcome/570832/

Right now, we are seeing the fruits of Gingrich's labor. It didn't happen overnight, It took decades to completely twist the GOP into knots. And ironically, Democrats are now at the stage the GOP was post-Watergate.

The one thing that characterizes many of the most notable politicians, is they have "an ego". And Joe Biden certainly has a healthy one that eventually propelled him to the White House (not just the 2 terms as a "2nd", but finally to the top).

But the difference between him and other politicians is that he also had humility and empathy, traits that are *supposed to be* "liberal" but that the RW MAGats eschew as "weak" and "toxic".

Focusing on one "debate", when in 2020, the fucking loon blew off the debate process after his first, and no one cared, shows how meaningless and outdated "debates" are. They were made for an era before radio, television, and the internet, where a select few of the "general public" could hear the different perspectives of candidates, and the print media would summarize the responses for the rest.

Now debates are slickly produced, over-hyped "events" that are manipulated by the networks that sponsor them, and the moderators that skew them "for ratings". After the fiasco of 2020, the RNC exited the Commission on Presidential Debates, and that organization is all but dissolved.

When the SCOTUS decided "Citizen's United", a landmark 2010 case that few seem to realize involved the-then 2008 and later 2016 Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and the RW's bogus "film" about her ( "Hillary: The Movie" ), THAT opened the floodgates of money into elections. And with enough money, a candidate can literally "buy an election" and that is what happened here.

I had wished that after Citizen's United, John McCain and Russ Feingold could have gotten together to tweak the language of the
campaign finance law that they spearheaded, that was overturned with that ruling, and that could have blunted what eventually happened after. But that didn't happen.

[mr715]

123. I agree mostly

But not entirely. I am looking at 2024 through the lens of what happened on Jan 6.

I agree with you that Newt Gingrich is probably the catalyst that fed the malignancy in our politics.

The debate in showed how effective Biden could be. He was righteous and forceful and did not give Trump an inch. This was a far cry from the 2024 debate.

It is a shame how it went down - it was painful to watch.

[BumRushDaShow]

124. The bigger problem with that debate

was not Biden but the fact that people (including here when critiquing Biden) "normalized" 45's INSANE babbling and lies.

We know he does nothing but gish gallop bullshit, but then to attack someone attempting to "act normal" and respond "normally", establishes how these debates have become more "show" than "substance", which is why they need to end.

[mr715]

125. Entirely agree nt

[mr715]

75. OTC Sleep Meds

Are pretty bad. They are some associations with chronic use and neurodegeneration. They operate on the histamine system in the brain which is responsible for natural wakefulness and arousal. They also have immune effects that I'm not entirely up to date on.

By contrast, drugs like ambien operate on GABA, producing a much more natural "sleepiness" and they have a significantly shorter half-life in the body so they are less likely to produce hangovers. Plus, in my subjective experience, they are much more fun.

I've taken ambien for a long time. It has lost some of its efficacy, but when I started I could pop one right before bed and would wake up 7 hours later no alarm necessary like clockwork. Feeling great.

Plus, never impaired my debate performance.

[mr715]

73. No he didn't

And if he did, it is on him.

Ambien is not phenobarbital.

[Crunchy Frog]

81. Such threads would most likely have been hidden.

If not hidden they would have generated avalanches of outrage that most people would rather not deal with.

I'm pretty sure that there were discussions outside of the DU bubble.

[Bluepinky]

109. Biden saved us in 2020; unfortunately, he was unable to do so in 2024.

I don’t fault him or Kamala. The loss has led to tragic consequences, but the reasons for the loss are multi factorial (including widespread disinformation, voter suppression, gerrymandered districts, and possible election fraud).

[SocialDemocrat61]

37. The issue is Bill Maher, not Harris

What do you think of Maher? Do you still watch his show? Are you ok with his trip to Mar A Lago and his glowing review of Trump? What do you think of his views on vaccines? Do you have any problems with his bigotry and sexism?

[Silent Type]

39. That's your issue. My issue is accuracy and intent of book, blaming Biden, how we lost, etc.

But I get lots of people prefer to bash someone who utters inconvenient truth, than want to address it.

[SocialDemocrat61]

41. No, it's the issue of the OP

What is your opinion of Bill Maher?

[poli-junkie]

10. He's a haughty, snide misogynist who

slurs his distain for liberals under a rank cloud of reefer.

Fuck that guy.

[pbmus]

11. Both siderism addiction...

There is no other side when they are neo nazi fascists dressed up like conservative Christian, and he gives them a legitimate platform, just like Van Jones is doing with Kirk.

[joshdawg]

18. Agree.

His "both sides do it" just got really tiresome.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

12. His peak was that one episode of Murder She Wrote.

[SocialDemocrat61]

33. What about " Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death"?

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

57. 🤣

[Annie Moosee]

62. this, absolutely this was his peak! nt

[Paladin]

15. BRAVO!

I'm always up for a Maher-trashing session, here at DU. For the life of me, I can't understand why Maher still receives any support whatsoever from Democrats. Years and years of gratuitous Democrat-trashing on that shitty show of his---and then that blowjob of a visit to the trump White House, complete with after-the-fact complements. Unforgivable. If you're still contributing to his ratings and personal wealth by watching his show, please stop.

[FakeNoose]

97. Agreed - I can't understand why some DUers call Maher a "both-sider"

He has never taken the side of the Dems, for as long as I can remember. Maybe he might hold back on smarmy praise of the Repukes occasionally, but that's not the same thing. I don't believe he ever voted D, even as a young man. I haven't seen his show for probably 10 years, whenever he came right out and admitted he's a libertarian. That turned me off forever.

[Prairie Gates]

17. Fuck Bill Maher

[markbark]

21. Calls himself "Libertarian".....

when in reality, he's just a Republican who wants to smoke dope.

[red dog 1]

24. K&R

Fuck Bill Maher!

(I used to like him)

[question everything]

26. So much space by so many for someone they despise

Is anyone being forced to watch him?

I despise Velshi so I don’t watch him.

I find SNL juvenile so I don’t watch it.

And the truth is that her book does take aim at many which probably burned any hopes for her to ever be a leader in the party.

I wonder how many alert on Rhiannon12866 for posting upcoming program. Some attack these posts even immitate them (but without the doggie).

Several serious authors whose book reviews I found in regular newspapers first appeared on Maher’s show. Most recent ‘When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows…’ by Steven Pinker.

May I suggest reading a book or taking a walk outside?

[johnnyfins]

27. But I still look forward to the weekly post,

here on DU, of his guestlist...

Not really.

[BBbats]

31. Most Of These So Called Pundits Are Enertainers First.

They're gonna do or say anything to start controversy.
It's all about ratings & sensationalism. I take damn few,if any, of them seriously.

[LymphocyteLover]

34. Yeah, I got fed up with him in 2020 and stopped watching

Used to really think he was funny but I don't miss him at all now.

[gulliver]

35. Name calling ("smarmy, weaselly, twerp...") is addictive

I voted for Harris in 2024, and I'm also a big Bill Maher fan. I'm sorry, but it has to be said that name calling and emoting, while it feels good, is bad for us. I don't know whether it's the phones or the algorithm or what, but it's unhealthy for a party and for individuals to do that.

Name calling is a kind of shortcut, but meaning and seriousness and effectiveness come from "long cuts." At a very minimum, we have to be willing to take in a lot of information, some of it contrary to our preferred information, in order for us to achieve the worthwhile goals we have as a party. Doing the work of listening and thinking is a moral necessity. End of lecture.

Personally, I do think Harris should have gone on the Rogan show, for example. I'm extremely disappointed in our loss of that election, and I want the work to be done that we need to do to not repeat it.

[SocialDemocrat61]

38. Harris wanted to go on Rogan

But Rogan turned down every date that her campaign proposed.

[BlueHurricane]

40. Wow I didn't know that!

Rogan is a real POS.

[gulliver]

45. It should have happened

It was a major lost opportunity. We needed Rogan more than he needed us.

[SocialDemocrat61]

46. How?

Rogan didn’t want her on so he made it impossible for her campaign to schedule it. What should her campaign had done, kidnapped him and force him to interview her at gun point?

[Midwestern Democrat]

51. Rogan has gone on record saying why the interview didn't happen - she wouldn't do the standard three hour

interview in his Austin studio - she would only do one hour and he had to travel to her - so he said, "No thanks".

[SocialDemocrat61]

55. People in her campaign tell a different story

They said they went back and forth repeatedly and even offered to go to his Austin studio but were told he was unavailable that day.

[gulliver]

60. Maybe a link can point to it being one-sided as you say.

Best I can find from AIs is that the issue is "he said, she said." It was so important, and such a missed opportunity, imo, that there should be zero question at all whether it was Rogan making it impossible or not. Tbh, I can't picture, for example, Harris getting up on a stage with thousands of people in the audience and saying, "Why won't Joe Rogan interview me?" (And him not interviewing her.)

It's water under the bridge at this point, and probably a sore spot for some of my fellow Harris voters, one way or the other. Anyway, it's a side point to the point I was trying to make about not falling into the habit of "name calling" as a substitute for doing the work of engaging the deeper thinking we can do about issues.

[SocialDemocrat61]

63. I tend to believe the democrats

not the guy who endorsed Trump.

[MakeThemCry]

122. Joe Roegan had nothing to do w/her loss

It goes entirely on the voters.

If you're willing to blame her not going on Rogan then you have to blame the entire party for neglecting independent media for so many years.

Even now, that they know the importance of it, they're still not acting accordingly.

Kamala's loss lays squarely on the American voters.

They seem to need to learn that fucking around w/fascism is a no, no.

Let's see if they learn that lesson.

[womanofthehills]

50. Rogan comments - plus Maher laughing at a "dead Gaza baby" joke

Rogan said her people wanted him to fly to her and record at a different studio but he does all shows at his studio. He said his show is 1 to 3 hrs and her people wanted a shorter time plus they wanted to edit and be in the studio with her. He said they were in negotiations for quite a while but her team never committed. I think her people let her down.


Maher laughing a dead Gaza babies joke.

Francesca Albanese:
This is monstruous. Are we in 1925, 1935 again?
We must stop and wake up.
Please US fellows. Wake up and regain your senses, of what is left of them.

—
Mosab Abu Tina:
Oh fuck!

What did they laugh about?????
This is outrageous!!!!
They laughed at the fact that there are so many slaughtered Palestinian babies that people can see on social media every day.

Link to tweet

?s=46

CNN political commentator Van Jones apologises for remarks drawing backlash for appearing to joke about images of children in Gaza killed by Israeli genocide

Link to tweet

?s=46

[SocialDemocrat61]

56. You believe the guy who endorsed Trump

an not people in the Harris campaign who tell a different story?

[womanofthehills]

114. Rogan would have gotten over 50 million views if he had on Kamala

Last edited Mon Oct 6, 2025, 04:30 PM - Edit history (1)

Axios covers this - big disagreement in Dem party over Kamala going on Rogan’s. Progressives voted no because Rogan was controversial and had on Alex Jones in past. They thought it was a bad look. Kamala’s brother in law also advised her not to go on.

“# Additional Context from Sources
- Axios Reporting (November 2024): Axios quoted Palmieri directly, emphasizing the progressive staff’s role in derailing the Rogan appearance. The article noted that while Harris’s team had advanced negotiations—including scouting Rogan’s Austin studio—the internal pushback and logistical disputes (e.g., Harris’s team wanting Rogan to travel to her) led to the deal’s collapse.”
-



Maher is known as a “genocide apologist”

I include a link above where Maher was laughing at a “dead Gaza baby” joke make by Van Jones. How sick is that????

[SocialDemocrat61]

116. It would have been big for both of them

Here’s the story from Harris’ book https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/kamala-harris-finally-reveals-her-211330022.html

And Maher and Jones are both sick. Both complete sell outs

[Gimpyknee]

69. Well said.

[Iggo]

42. Welcome to the club?

[Buddyzbuddy]

43. The best thing we can do is not mention his name, ever.

Not to think about, talk about or especially, write about. Obscurity is the goal.

[SocialDemocrat61]

47. Hard to do

since his show is promoted here every week.

[Buddyzbuddy]

67. Please understand, my non response is not directed at you,

but as an example of how not to talk about a subject not to be named.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

[themaguffin]

84. yeah, it's "hard" for those who...

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[Gimpyknee]

72. That's what I've been encouraging to do about Charlie Kirk.

Do not mention his name, do not think about him, talk about him, or write about him.

[JoseBalow]

78. Who's Charlie Kirk?

[Gimpyknee]

121. Bravo!

[Iggo]

83. Me, too. And I caught hell for it.

(LOL…”caught hell” is a bit of an overstatement. “Scolded by a couple of people” is more like it.)

[Torchlight]

119. Sounds serious

[SunSeeker]

48. His misogyny keeps spilling out. nt

[Miles Archer]

49. I know someone who went to school with him.

Maybe it wasn't necessarily a Stephen Miller thing, but people thought he was a prick, and did not like him. Just like Miller.

[SocialDemocrat61]

52. Others who knew him don't say good things

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@missjuliebrown
I'm so glad that so many of you get what a weasel Bill Maher is. I remember when we used to do standup, he would never talk to a woman unless he wanted to sleep with them. And the rumer was he had a separate bathroom for women at his house because he didn't want them in his. Loathsome dude.

[BigmanPigman]

53. The only times I see Maher are when my DVR

tapes his show and I have to delete it constantly.
Fuck Bill!!!!! Greedy traitor.
As an old boyfriend would say, "I wouldn't fuck him with someone else's dick".

[dlk]

54. A misogynist will always hate on strong, accomplished women

They can’t help themselves.

[UpInArms]

59. He lost me back in the baby bush years

Snuggled all up with Ann coulter

[debsy]

61. Truth

I stopped watching him a long time ago, also.

[John Coktosten]

64. Yes, yes

Agreed, fuck Bill Maher!

[Skittles]

65. he has always been a mixed bag

progressive sometimes but he has always had a whiff of misogyny about him that turns me off

[tulipsandroses]

66. He is a prime example of why two of the most qualified candidates lost. HRC and Kamala Harris are more qualified than

many of the men who ran for president. But alas, not having a penis was their down fall. Kamala's skin color added to her loss.
Someday, I hope the " I can't vote for a woman because women are too emotional" voters admit how wrong they were.

[iemanja]

68. He's always been an asshole. nt

[Greybnk48]

70. Why do people post Bill Maher show info on DU? I agree with DRTD. Fuck him!

He's not a Democrat, he's not that bright, and he's not funny. So...adios?

[1WorldHope]

71. Bill Maher is a misogynist.

[kimbutgar]

74. I started watching him during the first orange turd reign of terrorist

It wouldn’t surprise me if he shows up for a photo op in the White House soon.

I don’t know what happened to him over the years but he is cray cray now !

[SocialDemocrat61]

77. Photo Op?

[kimbutgar]

85. Wow with another odious person kid rock.

UGH🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮

[Cheezoholic]

79. He flip flops so much I think he's Lindsey Grahams weed smoking brother n/t

[Keepthesoulalive]

80. I judge people by their values and beliefs

All of these actors who don’t give a hoot about all people are not worthy of our attention and defense, so I agree with the op. I don’t understand this love for Maher, Rogan and all the other unserious actors. Is it a man thing?

[LittleGirl]

82. I repeat

I hate-watch Maher. I don’t watch Faux Spews because my BP can’t handle it but Maher rides the fence so much that I’ve started “hate watching” him. Every time he spouts some anti-Islam or misogyny, my BP jumps and I want to shout at him. I do occasionally. I want to know “their take” even if it’s completely opposite of mine. I want to be prepared with a response.

[Clouds Passing]

86. BM is arrogant and conceited

[Blue Owl]

87. Bill who?

[DingleBerryNW]

94. We can add Bill Maher to the pile of old bitter rich white men.

[slightlv]

96. Whether we're talking Maher or some right-wing "conservative" pundit, you already know who they're going to emulate.

I've got my dog (who just finished his supper), sitting right beside me watching every bite I take... like it should all be his at this point! Man, do they ever get you with those huge puppy-dog eyes! (LOL)

[Be The Light]

98. Either her or Newsome

But Newsome can definitely win. If we can have an untampered election. But, like the last one it will be rigged.

[soldierant]

99. Years ago, he was a guest on "Finding Your Roots"

on PBS with Henry Louis Gates Jr. He was disconcerted to learn that he is a "DNA cousin" to Bill O'Reilly (O'Reilly was disconcerted also.) But it's a fact that seems to ring truer every day as time goes by. I expect every sane person who has left his audience has no trouble seeing it clearly.

[Scalded Nun]

100. He is anything but funny. His ass really showed during the writer's strike. He couldn't come up with squat on his own.

[niyad]

101. who???

[Hassler]

102. I always love Keith Olberman's memories

Of life in college with Bill "Please don't hit me!" Maher

[CentralMass]

103. Maher is an @$$hole.

[Orrex]

104. He's been that way for decades

[FullySupportDems]

105. I think it's because he's such a damn disappointment to a whole lot of people

Used to look forward to his Friday shows so much, but it's been years since. He's smart and funny, and I even tolerated the male chauvinism, always just under the surface. He has to know better than what he says. A real damn disappointment. At an extremely bad time.

[jaymac]

107. wow....

I"ve come late to the discussion but just want to add my voice to all those who see Maher and Rogan as total dips****.I saw Marc Maron say bill is just running as fast as he can to stay relevant. I say, he can't run fast enough......ever

[IcyPeas]

108. Meh. He's a stand up comedian. He has a little panel show once a week.

I usually watch the show. I don't love Bill Maher . I see some posters saying he has a fan club here - I'm not a member of any bill maher fan club. . I mean is it okay if I watch the show??? .... is it allowed ???? ... will people be mad at me??? Am I the enemy??? I don't think I've ever started a thread about him, but I have posted in them.

Meh.... he's just a stand up comic. Not that big a deal .

[SocialDemocrat61]

110. K

[OMGWTF]

111. Long ago, I subscribed to HBO just so I could watch his show.

Now I wouldn't walk across the street to watch him live for free. Fk that guy!

[North Coast Lawyer]

113. Harris made mistakes

I don't always agree with Bill Maher but he often makes good points. I had absolutely no problem voting for Kamala (and Hillary before her) -- both were by far the best candidate in November 2016 and 2024 respectively. However, they were both far from good candidates. Both were extremely competent. Unfortunately, as we are sadly experiencing, competence is not a priority of the American people. Neither Kamala or Hillary exuded the sort of authenticity that energizes voters (Bernie would have easily defeated Trump in 2016). Both Kamala and Hillary relied on policy wonk centralist liberalism that doesn't rouse progressives but most certainly does piss off conservatives.

For 2028 I'd love a Pritzker/AOC ticket. A not loony but actually progressive ticket. I think Bill Maher would actually agree (although it doesn't matter is he actual does or doesn't).

[CTyankee]

115. what do you mean by "good" candidates?

Tell us what was missing. What does a good candidate do that they didn't do?

[tavernier]

117. He wants so badly to be accepted by the popular kids.

Sadly, he’s a man with no character or substance. He will always be a side show next to the big tent.

[Dave Bowman]

118. Can't stand that sexist twit.

[mvd]

120. Was never a fan

I occasionally watched Politically Incorrect but haven’t watched him since then.