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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]sheshe2
(98,984 posts)39. I haven't watched him in 3 decades.
I just saw the article and his nasty comments. Reading an article about the asshole and pointing out his 'assholiness' does not have anything to do with his ratings.
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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
22 hrs ago
OP
There will never be a bill Maher library, or even commemorative anything. He will fade away to obscurity
Blues Heron
22 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
22 hrs ago
#6
Great! Chicago is the one USA city I've wanted to visit but haven't....
electric_blue68
20 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
20 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
20 hrs ago
#83
Always good to hear from who ever lives in a particular city that I'd wsnt to travel to!
electric_blue68
17 hrs ago
#110
i can't even imagine the crowds on tuesdays for the next ... ? six months? two years? idk.
orleans
20 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
5 hrs ago
#138
He used to clearly promote Dem policies and bashed Republicans regularly
LymphocyteLover
52 min ago
#154
he was a vocal Obama supporter back in the day, but soured on Dems big time since then
LymphocyteLover
55 min 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
21 hrs ago
#34
The baffling part is that he's been a stalwart reichwing mouthpiece for decades
Orrex
7 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
12 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
20 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
19 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
5 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