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In reply to the discussion: Maher on Obama Library: "Couldn't that money be better spent on something else? Who's going to go to this?" [View all]
Wiz Imp
(10,754 posts)85. Maher is pathetic.
It's not the Obama Library, it's the Obama Presidential Center. His Presidential Library is just a small part of the Center. The cost of the library is just a small fraction of the total cost. And besides it being paid for with private donations, it will almost certainly bring significant economic development to the south side of Chicago so it will ultimately help the economy. The "high" cost for this project was definitely worth it and the City of Chicago is significantly better off now because of it.
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Maher on Obama Library: "Couldn't that money be better spent on something else? Who's going to go to this?" [View all]
sheshe2
23 hrs ago
OP
There will never be a bill Maher library, or even commemorative anything. He will fade away to obscurity
Blues Heron
23 hrs ago
#3
I think Bill is in early stages of dementia. All of the pot he smoked in his early years that were sprayed with DEET
Pisces
23 hrs ago
#6
Great! Chicago is the one USA city I've wanted to visit but haven't....
electric_blue68
21 hrs ago
#67
I'm thinking maybe later in May. It probably won't be hot yet, and snow chance will be gone....
electric_blue68
21 hrs ago
#77
weather is hit and miss lately. i'm out in the western burbs of the city and we were all getting great summertime
orleans
21 hrs ago
#83
Always good to hear from who ever lives in a particular city that I'd wsnt to travel to!
electric_blue68
18 hrs ago
#110
i can't even imagine the crowds on tuesdays for the next ... ? six months? two years? idk.
orleans
21 hrs ago
#75
because he's still considered a lefty commentator... but really he's just a racist ass
LymphocyteLover
8 hrs ago
#120
The only thing left about Maher is the Democrats that have left him in the dust bin.
dem4decades
6 hrs ago
#138
He used to clearly promote Dem policies and bashed Republicans regularly
LymphocyteLover
1 hr ago
#154
he was a vocal Obama supporter back in the day, but soured on Dems big time since then
LymphocyteLover
1 hr ago
#151
His show is effectively a right-wing talking point, so those posts should be reported as such.
Xavier Breath
20 hrs ago
#91
Notice these clowns whining about the Obama Center leave out the fact that it was NOT tax payer funded?
Attilatheblond
22 hrs ago
#34
The baffling part is that he's been a stalwart reichwing mouthpiece for decades
Orrex
8 hrs ago
#125
I remember reading that Mahr takes pride in the fact that he has collected every issue of Playboy ever published...
lapucelle
21 hrs ago
#56
I think it's rather stellar. I prefer the uncommon, the different, the avant-garde over the quotidian and bog standard.
Celerity
13 hrs ago
#114
It's a byproduct of the insane amount of money that's now in politics - I don't like the massive increase of money in
Midwestern Democrat
6 hrs ago
#135
when i hear maher's name the words "smarmy little prick" & "smug asshole" come to mind nt
orleans
21 hrs ago
#79
Just another racist, pseudo-intellectual pretending to be "above the fray." /nt
spudspud
20 hrs ago
#89
"We could give Trump a $3 billion slush fund instead of a $2 billion slush fund! Or we could give ICE
struggle4progress
20 hrs ago
#99
I wonder if Maher is still going to love him some Trump if he pulls some support for Israel.
LudwigPastorius
17 hrs ago
#113
Bill, keep this level of self-indulgence private. THIS is what no one wants to see.
JHB
8 hrs ago
#123
A ridiculous notion that people who watch/listen to Maher are on the hook to defend everything he says
True Dough
6 hrs ago
#136
So is there ever a breaking point as this asshole moves more and more to the right?
BannonsLiver
4 hrs ago
#143
Perhaps you should direct that question to the Dem guests who are all too willing to appear on Maher's show
True Dough
43 min ago
#156