So Bill Maher is going

[samplegirl]

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to the WH to do some bootlicking!
I never really liked him. But he's really reprehensible these days.
What a clown!

[PJMcK]

1. Did you mean reprehensible?

Maher has become a clown.

[pnwest]

8. Or abhorrent?

[Swede]

9. Loathsome?

[lame54]

2. New Rules: Suck up to Trump

[CTyankee]

3. What is he afraid of? Tax audits?

If it's about money, I could see how he's afraid of that. If so, it's pretty damning.

Sometimes I wonder why we should even care about people like Maher and Joe and Mika. Just sit back and laugh at them and keep on fighting the good fight as citizens. There is only so much energy we can spend on stuff. Let's keep it in reserve for the big fights.

Just remember: we can always turn them off and let them know WHY!

[JohnSJ]

4. This should end his career among any progressives who still follow him.

[SocialDemocrat61]

5. Unfortunately, there are still Maher sycophants here on DU

Here’s a pic of some of them

[JohnSJ]

6. Lol

[Silent Type]

7. Hope he goes, and shows trump this clip from Friday's show.

[Tree Lady]

19. I was thinking same thing

he wasn't exactly saying good things about Trump.

[Abolishinist]

21. Yet there are some who say he is a right winger. Yeah, really. Although when pressed

to explain they are, of course, unavailable for comment. Per Maher...

“Republicans dance like Trump now. They may name weapons systems after him. They’ve even dressed like him with the trademark suit and tie, available exclusively at Banana Republic,” he noted. “All these super macho guys eating the ass of another man.”

Maher also acknowledged Trump’s speech from earlier this month in the episode, pointing out that the president incorrectly stated that the country spent $8 million on making mice transgender.

“Here’s the important thing about this: the fact that President Trump got this wrong isn’t what bothers me… What’s worrisome about it is that nobody around the president would dare tell him that transgenic is not transgender,” he explained. “It makes you think that if Trump came down one day and his fly was open, Republicans wouldn’t tell him. They’d just start showing up with their flies open.”

[Tree Lady]

22. He is no where near a right winger

I have watched him since the 90's. He is just angry at a lot of things, and covid messed him up, socially.

I think people wanted to make him be something he wasn't. He is liberal on most issues and conservative on a few.

[Paladin]

25. Oh, please.

Maher has been savaging liberals for years and years, now. One short session of trump-trashing doesn't undo all the shit he's been slinging at Democrats for such a long time; it's just a reflection of how grim the fascist overthrow of the U.S. government has become: It's so bad that not even a rightwing pimp like Maher can ignore or excuse it anymore.

[Scrivener7]

29. But he will stop by the White House for a smooch.

[Paladin]

30. Yes, indeedy.

Complete with an advance public announcement that he'll be wearing a suit, as a sign of "respect."

[SocialDemocrat61]

31. So he respects Trump?

Odd since he didn't respect Biden: https://www.newsweek.com/bill-maher-biden-appearance-cadaver-like-1903205

[Paladin]

32. I'll assume you're being admirably sarcastic.

Since there's nothing whatsoever "odd" about Maher respecting trump, while dumping on Biden.

And I hope our resident Maher defenders are happy with his shitting all over the life and legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in that article you were kind enough to post.

[BannonsLiver]

46. He also blamed Covid on obese people.

[Girard442]

27. He's a hippy-puncher.

[LAS14]

49. How did covid mess him up? nt

[Happy Hoosier]

42. Mahr is very anti "Woke"

He does not support transgender people, he was dismissive of the BLM movement. I wouldn't call him "right wing," but he is certainly on our side on a LOT of issues, including some basic economic issues. He's more of a left-leaning libertarian.

[Scrivener7]

28. Bet he doesn't.

[LAS14]

48. Splendid!! Thanks!!!! nt

[TommieMommy]

10. OMG 😳

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. I stopped watching this idiot a long time ago

Maher had not been funny for a long while

[misanthrope]

13. That's his greatest crime

When you have a comedy show, there should be laughs. However, his ever-expanding grumpiness just sounds curmudgeonly, when he isn't equivocating and pandering to try and retain a larger base of viewers.

My wife insisted on turning on his show the other night. At one point he began complaining about the failing American educational system and blamed it on old-fashioned learning being sacrificed to "woke indoctrination." Neither he nor his guests even brought up the fact that educational curriculum at the high school level and below are mostly the product of individual states, their standards and funding. If he thinks average kids in Alabama and Mississippi are being "indoctrinated" into "being woke," he is sadly mistaken.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

14. I still hold Maher helping bush win in 2000 by supporting Nader

[BigmanPigman]

18. I stopped watching him but

the other night I watched part of it and realized Maher is a greedy, self centered jackass. It doesn't take long to realize he is a loser since every other sentence out of his mouth proves it. I can tell within 1 minute of listening to him and turn him off.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

36. Maher is a pure asshole

Which is why he is going to go meet with trump

[misanthrope]

43. Another thing I caught during my brief encounter

He asked guest John McWhorter if he was agitated by the capitalization of Black as an ethnicity. Just asking the question showed it was stuck in Maher's craw and I immediately said aloud, "Why not? You capitalize Italian and Irish."

Who has an issue with Black being capitalized unless you are also deeply struggling with racial issues beyond that?

[BigmanPigman]

45. I agree.

He has been bashing various people for years and it isn't funny, it's just plain mean.
Apparently he has issues with anything "woke" and he will just NOT let it go. He has become more conservative but he doesn't have to be a jerk about it.

[LAS14]

51. Black and white are skin tones. Irish and Italian and African are geographical (capitalized) locations.

The AP decided to emphasize the ethnic quality of "black" by capitalizing it. Anyway, I just wanted to answer your question.

[misanthrope]

56. Perhaps I should clarify

I meant as in the shorthand for Italian American or Irish American. Those are American ethnicities, too. As is Native American.

Black Americans could very well use more specific descriptives like Yoruba American or Ashanti American had their connections to their lineage not been shattered by the American slave trade.

[Blue Owl]

12. When you sit with Hitler, you sit alone

[Meowmee]

15. Yep

You can expect to see orange psycho on his show at some point too probably.

He was always a clown and a narcissist who stirs **** to make money in my opinion.

[Prairie Gates]

16. Fuck Bill Maher

[Xavier Breath]

17. Disappointing, thought your title meant HBO had finally shit-canned his ass.

[Mountainguy]

20. Maher Derangement Syndrome is certainly real

people who claim to never watch him but have a lot of strong opinions about his show every week.

And if anybody thinks he's going to show up and kiss anyone's ass clearly hasn't watched him over the past 20 years. He'll be civil, but he'll say what he thinks.

[betsuni]

23. I can't wait to hear about the Trump close encounter!

I wonder if Trump even remembers that he sued Maher after he said he'd give Trump $5 million if he could prove one of his parents wasn't an orangutan and Trump actually showed his birth certificate in court.

I don't understand the syndrome. Maher always votes for Democrats, says the same things Obama, Carville and others have said, but some people really need to imagine he's right-wing or a Trumper and do that purity thing where you can't just be wrong about something, you're wrong on purpose, have immoral and evil motivations. And you don't have to listen to what the person says, you just KNOW because feelings.

Apparently influential political figures telling followers that the Democratic Party is a corrupt elite establishment completely controlled by billionaires and oligarchs ignoring the working class and same as Republicans is perfectly fine, a benign little hobby, what could possibly go wrong if the Democratic vote is depressed? Whereas Maher whining about political correctness and the regulations to get his roof fixed and having a variety of guests on his show ("platforming" not meaning what they think it means) makes him Satan.

[58Sunliner]

26. You don't fight fascism by normalizing the perps.

It's pretty simple.

[Mountainguy]

33. That doesnt even make sense

How do you speak truth to power if you refuse to speak to power?

Did Kamala and Biden "normalize" fascism when the agreed to debates with Trump?

Anyone who criticizes Trump loses legitimacy if they won't take a chance to tell him in person.

[58Sunliner]

39. It's real easy when you have a show. 😉 Ignoring the fact that DT will not change one iota is gaslighting.

Pretending that you will effect any change with a committed fascist is delusional. And in Maher's case, narcissistic. All you do is give DT a platform to lie some more. Pretending it's otherwise is gaslighting. You have a nice day.

[Mountainguy]

41. How does

Meeting a guy in person give him a bigger platform?

In what world is there a bigger platform than what Trump has right now?

[Sympthsical]

35. Well, some people don't think they even have to talk to voters anymore

Because it would normalize their beliefs to even debate it!

Going real, real well for us. Clearly.

Lord, the insularity really is killing us.

[58Sunliner]

38. It's the debate they want to avoid. They want edicts, not governance. That is the insularity. Voters want the debate.

[Torchlight]

44. As is the Maher Passive-Aggressive Defense routine

I never underestimate the passionate resistance, deterrence, and rationalizations by fans and enthusiasts.

[BannonsLiver]

47. lol

What a pant load.

[Henry203]

55. He is smug know it all

He went on a rant about hippies and the Vietnam antiwar movement. He acted like he was part of it. He was in 7th grade and has no idea what it was like. Once in a while don't opine when it is out of your knowledge.

[misanthrope]

57. He kissed Musk's ass

And continues to do so when Musk isn't even there. "He's the greatest engineer in the world," Maher shouted at one guest who dared criticize Musk on air. If you had no idea what an jackass Maher was before then, that was your verification.

Maher gets under my skin because my wife insists on watching his show. Otherwise, I'm not exposed to him.

[Tickle]

24. Did he not get the resist memo?

Maybe he'll make a fool of trumpy

[themaguffin]

34. No

[orleans]

37. he can go to hell. he's such a dick

-not one of his fans

[BlueTsunami2018]

40. What makes you think he'll be "bootlicking"?

I would never go to such a thing because I don’t know if I’d have the restraint not to punch Pissy in the face.

Bill may just go there and tell him straight up what his opposition is about and what he’d like to see done instead.

[lees1975]

50. Maher is irrelevant.

Lost what little influence he had years ago.

[LAS14]

52. I'm eager to find out what happens. nt

[maxsolomon]

53. For those of you wondering about context:

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Kid Rock was on Maher's podcast. He wanted Maher to go meet MFer in the spirit of compromise, I guess. He asked MFer to meet Maher.

MFer is already badmouthing Maher in advance. After the dinner, he'll either lie about Maher bending the knee, or continue to badmouth Maher.

Maher doesn't like Trump at all. If you ever watch his show, you know that.

[gulliver]

54. A lot of Dem leaders go on Maher.

I see Maher being called an asshole and would occasionally agree. Our problem is we overuse these words sometimes, rendering them meaningless and calling into question whether we've done our mirror work.