Bill Maher On The Year In Ridiculous Republicans (VIDEO)

On ""Real Time" Friday night, Bill Maher decided to end his show by mocking all the Republicans who have become prime targets for jokes now that George Bush is no longer front and center. "It turns out there were plenty of ridiculous Republicans behind him that we just couldn't see," Maher said. "His stupid star doth shone too brightly."


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[LastSaneCitizen]

Actually, he is pompous, silly and immature. I do not see how he fills a studio audience, much less stays on the air.

[Cleanerman]

Oh, I could not disagree more. This guy is a great comedian (love his New Rules for a strong laugh) and he is actually into common sense when showing his serious side. He is an individualist. He doesn't join the crowd for the sake of it. Yes, he is forceful on his show but so is Fox News! He has some great guests. I am not a "ditto" fan, but I am not a "ditto" fan of anyone's. I am an individualist myself. I do get frustrated with his TV show because I often want to hear more from his interesting guests. Do take your flu vaccine if you want to!!

[Barbie and Ken forever]

Wrong

[LastSaneCitizen]

Gosh, he is the wisest man I have ever seen on TV.

[expired]

Does someone here eerily remind you on AnafromCa?

[janpradder]

He can be funny, but he is also fairly ignorant about issues yet he pushes his viewpoint. I'm RUNNING out for the H!N! vaccine for my child. Thank god this guy doesn't have kids.

[GreenEyedGuru]

That, and the whole "doctors colluding with patients' thing were really weird to me this week.. People aren't standing in line to get unnecessary tests.. He's just one of those people in good health who doesn't know what it's like to be sick (just like the people on the other side of this debate who for some reason don't want those people to get 'free' healthcare).

[kladinvt]

Hilarious! And the commentary (if that's what it is) by the repug/cons/trolls here is nearly as laughable!!!

[f0rTyLeGz]

Bill has completly blown my mind with his rant about vaccines! He sounds like Tom Cruise ranting about psychiatry. That is, completely ignorant, and totally opinionated.

[justanotherday]

Exactly.... It's HIS opinion, and he's said that just about every time he talks about it. You're in serious trouble if you're making your health decisions based on what Bill says.

[thrugreeneyez]

ROFLMAO

[Tony581]

TANSTAAFL

[janpradder]

I hope Bill has seen that the White House is issuing an order to the justice dept. to stop pursuit of medical marijuana use. He complained about Obama endlessly this past "season". I suppose/hope the president's effort in this area will change his mind at least a little. I was very disappointed in Real Time at this point, and getting burned out on Bill. Oh yes, his rants the last few weeks about vaccines was stupid. I have a teenage son and hope I can get him the vaccine. If this guy had kids he'd see it very differently, but he is narcissistic and can't see past his own nose.

[Philclock]

Don't forget the Delusional Democrats.

[Witkacy]

waah waah. Sad troll - here's a hanky.

[sus2222]

I much prefer
RAMPANT RABID RIPOFF REPUBLICANS

[jennylynn]

BO = Jimmy Carter = One term.

[Libby48]

BO = Jimmy Carter = One term = God is Great

[nicole473]

You don't know jack, and that is all there is to it.

[Poiks]

WOW good one. Did you really write that yourself?

[Philclock]

To paraphrase Curly, "Soit-enly!"

[FunPie]

The comments from people offended by this are truly hilarious. You're the party of Teabaggers and fundamentalist fanaticism, but a late night cable comedian is what offends you. Nice.

http://thefunpie.wordpress.com/

[jennylynn]

Aren't you the same blogger who cried when BO was seen on SNL?

[Libby48]

Just as you are offensive FunPie.
Proud U.S. Teabag Member

[Huffy1166]

Speaking of stoopid stars shining brightly...

...pick an event in US history that will bring up thoughts of patriotism...nevermind that the event in no way relates to your current political views. Initiate your first major demonstration by supporting mass littering. Then accept the overtly pornographic name 'teabaggers' proudly.

Note...the Boston Tea Party had nothing to do with teabags...teabagging is a sexual act...and if you wanted to attack taxation without representation, well it has been going on under ever president since Wilson, regardless of their political slant.

This is not just a stoopid star...these are shooting sstoopid stars.

[nicole473]

Amazing, isn't it? Especially considering the true meaning of tea bagging.......

And to think that they came up with that all on their own. THEIR st00pid star doth shine too brightly.

[janpradder]

I agree with him on many things, and the repub bit was great. I just think he's off his rocker about health issues.

[mamakris]

If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen......Bill has always told it like it is....I you don't like it, stop listening and watching...

[mamakris]

If not I

[jennylynn]

Why were the dems crying when SNL did their skit on BO?

[nicole473]

Most of us weren't. We knew it was bs.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/business/economy/18view.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

[ComeNow]

You say: "Bill has always told it like it is". No, Bill has always told i ... Like it is? That's stretching it.

[Cryostatic]

Is the ability to take list of notable people and calling them names considered good comedic talent these days? Would have been a lot funnier if he'd bothered to point out a singular failing (and there are so very many from which to choose) from each of them, and made fun of that.

But this? I'd expect to hear better on a schoolyard playground. You're slipping, Bill.

[treadway123]

Notable people, were did you see Notable people? Oh, no Sarah P. wasn't on here, dear.

[jsijason]

Is taking a list of notable people and calling them names all he was doing?

You make it sound like EVERY clip of his needs to be of him pointing out a singular failing. (like he doesn't do that enough).

[loax]

Oh my God, So funnny and so true!!

[wizegeye]

Maher likes to dish it out, but he can't take it. Did anyone notice how much time he spent defending himself from the NYT attack on his previous commentary on flu vaccines? He also seemed quite defensive when called out by Alec Baldwin. Maher is great at pointing out when others make "batsh*t" crazy comments, but he can't handle the responses to his own "batsh*t" crazy comments.

[DrLogic]

I was previously unaware of his position on vaccinations. I agree with him on a lot of things, but he doesn't seem to have any problem wearing blinders where his pet issues are concerned.

I agree, he was on the defensive immediately and continuously. He usually tries to inject humor into many of the especially heated topics, but he just seemed pissy that Baldwin and Matthews were disagreeing with him. Honestly, he seemed rather distracted.

[Veronica]

I'm sure you're exceedingly gracious when someone calls YOU out...right? He seemed to be taking the criticism pretty well, considering...he knows his position on vaccines isn't the most popular, and he just wanted people to acknowledge that perhaps there was more to talk about...the thing is, people were ACTING like he was batsh*t crazy for his views on vaccines, but he wasn't even close, and you know what, if someone was acting like I was crazy for having a non-mainstream view on something, I would be pretty annoyed too. You don't have to agree with him (I don't even agree on this particular issue), but to say he was saying crazy things and super-sensitive about it is missing the point and distorting the issue to make Maher look worse.

[Rrhain]

The thing is, he needs to apply his own standard to himself. He is right to call out the lunacy of the global warming deniers and the creationists who keep on insisting that "it still needs to be studied."

Well, no. No, not really. Vaccinology has been around for a long time and we understand a lot about it. The fact that he brings up the swine flu vaccine from the 70s indicates that for all his talk about how there should be "more discussion," he doesn't actually want to participate by, you know, doing his homework.

Ignorance can be cured. What will it take for him to say, "I was wrong"?

[DivergentMary]

I know several doctors who are not getting the swine flu vaccine because they feel that it hasn't been tested long enough. So Bill's position on this isn't so much batsh!t crazy as people are saying.

[Libby48]

Not sure how a comedian with his talent and intelligence, can always be so angry and hateful. I have a difficult time watching this man for more than a few minutes. He couldn't carry Don Rickles water!!!!

[nicole473]

If ya weren't dummm enough to align yourself with the tea bagger felons, you might not be so offended.

[ladylove114]

When Bill Maher showed up at a Halloween party dressed as Steve Irwin with a barb in his chest right after Steve Irwin died, I knew then that Maher's sense of decency and his judgement were severly flawed. You talk of Fox being the "voice" of the Republicans, keep letting Maher and Garafollo (sp) speak for the Democrats.

[Cryostatic]

He's a comedian. Nobody ever accused him of having any class.

[wizegeye]

He's a comedian during his monolgue and the "New Rules" segment, but the remaining content of his show includes discussions of topical issues that aren't meant to be comedic. Maher can't hide behind the "I'm only a comedian" curtain when he tackles serious issues such as climate change, flu vaccinations, etc. That argument is a canard.

[ladylove114]

The " I'm a comedian, I can say or do whatever I want" line is getting old (are you listening Joy Behar?).

[jennylynn]

The dems are self destructing and the republicans are laughing everyday.

[Byronator]

Of course they were -- that's what crazy people do.

[DivergentMary]

Jennylynn ~~~ Look up "hebefreniacs" and take note . . .

[Barbie and Ken forever]

They actually don't. Just because the right wingers listen to Fox News doesn't mean that left wingers do that with those two. It's not the same at all