Bill Maher: Obama Drank A 40 While Sonia Sotomayor Brought The Guacamole (VIDEO)

Bill Maher phoned-in for an interview on "Way Too Early with Willie
Geist" Friday morning, staying awake until 2:40AM on the West coast to do Geist's 5:30AM ET show.

The interview began on a lighthearted note, with Maher riffing on Barack Obama's beer summit with Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates and Cambridge police Sgt. James Crowley.

"Just to mess with the conservatives, Obama was drinking a forty of King Cobra," Maher said. "I swear I saw Sonia Sotomayor bringing some guacamole into that room."

Maher lamented that "between [the Gates story] and Michael Jackson, I have no idea what's going on with Jon and Kate these days".

The conversation turned serious when Maher began to muse on the nature of racism today, which he said is at "an unconscious level".

"Racism has moved on, it's a lot more subtle now" Maher noted.

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Comments

[FINJA]

08:38 AM on 08/03/2009

Love it, keep it up Bill

If you don't understand his sense of humor, you are probably somewhere in the south. Sorry.

[Decipherer]

05:12 PM on 08/10/2009

I do, and I am.

[smiththomas]

07:32 PM on 08/02/2009

Maher hates everything conservative with no good reasons. One thing he is really sure of is that he is smarter than everyone else.

[barackobama4prez]

05:21 PM on 08/02/2009

The new racism is definitely more subtle than the old kind. He's very right about that.

[emdeebee]

09:10 PM on 08/02/2009

My view is it is not more subtle. I think the conservative "base" is in full out racist mode. I'll bet if you checked the email servers of Gov't. workers in the southern states there would be enough blatant racism in the form of "jokes" to float a destroyer.

[mmgbizgirl]

01:34 PM on 08/21/2009

To whom is it more subtle? Not to those who have been dealing with it for centuries.

[writeon1]

05:04 PM on 08/02/2009

Hey ConfuciusSay, most of us are smarter than most politicians. http://newsy1.wordpress.com

[Christine Noble]

02:01 PM on 08/02/2009

Oh no, the poor fear/hatemongers are being oppressed because that nasty Mr. Maher is making fun of them.

[Corral]

05:11 AM on 08/02/2009

Ok, I love Bill Maher. But, his guacamole comment regarding Sotomayor could be characterized as "subtly racist", to coin his phrase.

[Christine Noble]

02:03 PM on 08/02/2009

The guacamole comment was making fun of the idiots that see Judge Sotomayor as a collection of stereotypes.

[PoliticalRockChick]

05:47 PM on 08/02/2009

That's right and the Obama having a 40. Bill Maher say things and we know it's too be funny. He's a comedian. He doesn't mean any harm, but a person saying it who's not a comedian like O'Reilly or O.x.y.rush, they just trying to be mean to people of color.

[Bitsko]

11:58 PM on 08/01/2009

Lay off the pot, Bill. You haven't been funny in some time.

[TheSpecter]

12:12 AM on 08/02/2009

FAIL.

[cjk002]

03:02 PM on 08/02/2009

Sorry Bitsko, but I have to disagree. Maher's show this week was hilarious, the ratings are up and his documentary from last year is #6 or #7 on the list of top ten highest grossing documentaries of all time. He also sells out nearly every comedy show he does, and his last HBO special was great in my opinion.

He tells risky jokes that not everyone thinks are funny, but that's pretty much what most comedians do.

[Chris Cain]

12:21 PM on 08/01/2009

what a ridiculous article.
Bill Maher also interviewed Jeff Sharlet, author of "The Family".

while birthers and Sotomayor bringing guacamole to the beer summit may be cute... a much larger issue is (seemingly) overlooked by our entire media establishment.

the interview was, quite frankly, terrifying.

[SmolderingRuin]

03:15 PM on 08/01/2009

I wish I'd seen it. I'll look for it on youtube. Here is a link to Sharlet's article in Harper's. I share your concern. These people are insane, and their membership includes many of the most powerful people in the country and the world. Rachel Maddow also did a few stories on them, links below.

http://www.harpers.org/archive/2003/03/0079525

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#31838452

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#31857408

[BabaLou7]

09:20 PM on 08/01/2009

It was one of the best shows Bill Maher has done.

I fully agree that our entire media establishment has overlooked one of the biggest stories happening today in not exploring the C Street Gang. What Jeff Sharlet had to say about "the Family" was indeed terrifying. I highly recommend that everyone hunt down a replay of this show.

Thanks a lot for the links, SmolderingRuin.

[SmolderingRuin]

09:51 PM on 08/01/2009

You're welcome. Here are some more:

http://www.writersvoice.net/tags/jeff-sharlet/

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106115324

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106115324

The Hillary Connection:

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2007/09/hillarys-prayer-hillary-clintons-religion-and-politics

[SmolderingRuin]

09:56 PM on 08/01/2009

Excuse the duplication on the NPR link.

[Skippy3000]

10:49 AM on 08/01/2009

Wow, more racism from the left. This is absolutely disgusting.

[theone718]

10:10 AM on 08/01/2009

That title is loaded, I was ready to roast Bill Maher but after reading the article I laughed.

[boitexas]

09:45 AM on 08/01/2009

NOTE TO BILL

Guacamole is a Mexican dish. They don't do it in Puerto Rico.

Tostones yes, guacamole no.

eat up

[wmg57]

04:30 PM on 08/01/2009

I think that was the point he was making. Racism is part of the ethos. From the viewpoint of the average white American, if she's of Latino heritage she must make guacamole and sound like Topo Gigio.

[PaxMundis]

10:52 AM on 08/02/2009

If someone disagrees with you and makes a comment like Maher did, they're racist. If some you agree with makes a comment like that, they're "commenting on racism."

Oh, and for the record, Topo Gigio was italian.

[ladyrefined2000]

06:48 PM on 08/01/2009

bill maher is like imus............just done..........over............

cya

[peacethinker]

08:24 AM on 08/01/2009

Love ya Bill ... Real Time last night rocked as always. New Rules and your closing comment hit home runs all the time ... Peace!

[JooJooMan]

08:12 AM on 08/01/2009

N.O.T.O.R.I.O.S PHD

Classic!

[Sean Tisdall]

06:15 AM on 08/01/2009

Well Bill, I would have cuffed Alan Dershowitz because he's so annoying.

[CanUFeel2012]

05:30 AM on 08/01/2009

CAN'T IMAGINE A U.S.A WITHOUT HIM, HE REPRESENTS POLITICAL FREEDOM TO ME. HE HAS NO PARTISAN AGENDA, AND SPARES NO ONE......