Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - 6/26/20

[Rhiannon12866]

Monologue: Live Free or Die Hard

Bill recaps the top stories of the week, including President Trump's underwhelming Tulsa rally and Joe Biden's strong lead in the polls.




John Bolton: An Empty Chair in the Oval Office

Former U.N. Ambassador and Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton tells Bill Maher why he believes that President Trump is "not competent to be president."




Wes Moore and James Carville

Author Wes Moore and political strategist James Carville join Bill to discuss Joe Biden's promising lead in 2020 polls.




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New Rule: The Guardians of Gotcha

Bill calls for an end to the shaming and canceling of people whose heart is in the right place on race issues, but don’t get it exactly right on the first try.

[smirkymonkey]

1. Thanks for posting Rhiannon!

Much better than last week!

Am I the only person who wants to pin John Bolton down and shave off that damn mustache? It drives me crazy! It's so distracting.

Anyway, hope you are well and have a good weekend!

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Thanks!

And this was a good show (despite James Carville's "freezing" issues). He handled John Bolton better than I anticipated (though he was no Stephen Colbert!), the rest of the guests were good ones and New Rules was better than last week's... And wishing you a good weekend, too!

[SoFlaJet]

3. All I can say is: Thank God...

That he's going on vacation, he is just unbearably trite.

TRITE:
ADJECTIVE:
(OF A REMARK, OPINION, OR IDEA) OVERUSED AND CONSEQUENTLY OF LITTLE IMPORT; LACKING ORIGINALITY OR FRESHNESS.

[Auggie]

4. You think Maher is unbearably trite, yet you still watch the show and/or these clips?

If he annoys you so why do bother to watch?

BTW, Rhiannon12866 dutifully posts videos like these EVERY DAY. You might not agree with or appreciate the content of these videos, but at least show some gratitude towards Rhiannon12866's efforts.

[Merlot]

6. Unbearably trite: coming to a thread to specifically to trash the content?

Well, glad that got cleared up. Here I was thinking Bills' New Rules was very on point, but now I know better. Whew!

[question everything]

5. Thank you for posting. Watched the program about Gloria Steinem on PBS

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Thanks! It was a good show

Interesting to see how Bill handled Bolton and James Carville is always popular here.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

8. The New Rule was fortified with irony.

Maher says "Liberalism should be about lifting people up and you don't do that by slapping people down who are trying to say 'I'm on your side.'" But many of his examples were him kind of doing just that.