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gulliver

(14,004 posts)
9. He's a very strong liberal voice
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 09:33 PM
Feb 23

He's among the stronger in terms of audience reach and skill. He's eclectic in terms of liberal and progressive values. He will talk to just about anyone. For example, he talks to Obama and Newsom, and he talks to Trump and Mace. Maher just had one of our rising stars, Talarico, on the show.

Maher has said he has no interest in talking to the prion, Nick Fuentes.

I doubt there is much that Maher has said that the vast majority of Democrats wouldn't agree with. He occasionally makes mistakes, but that's fine. There's nothing and no one that ever got to be strong that didn't make a mistake once or twice.

His big issue, I think, is that some people peg him as "centrist." For them, all I can say is, listen to him a lot. Pay no attention to what other people say about him.

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Maher ceased being funny a long time ago LetMyPeopleVote Feb 23 #1
Never was funny just smug arrogant punchable face Tribetime Feb 23 #4
A few decades ago he made me laugh mr715 Feb 23 #10
Don't forget ugly...he's ugly too. Trueblue Texan Feb 23 #31
Never could stand him. SheltieLover Feb 23 #2
Fuck Bill Maher Prairie Gates Feb 23 #3
Bill Maher plunked down one million dallars to pro Obama PAC so I'm a Mahar 50%+ one. IA8IT Feb 23 #5
Trump donated to democrats SocialDemocrat61 Feb 23 #6
Bill Maher never misses an opportunity to tell us he "plunked down one million dallars [sic]" to Obama. Intractable Feb 23 #11
Yeah that covers it Bettie Feb 23 #7
Good comedy is timeless. mr715 Feb 23 #8
He's a very strong liberal voice gulliver Feb 23 #9
He had Talarico and Boebert together. mr715 Feb 23 #13
That was an amazing show last time gulliver Feb 23 #20
Obviously, you are entitled to your position and I celebrate it. mr715 Feb 23 #21
Same gulliver Feb 23 #22
I'll throw in a True Dough Feb 23 #28
Woke and Cancel Culture... lame54 Feb 23 #26
Pretty much the only left leaning people who like him SunImp Feb 23 #23
I think he is further to the right than a lot of centrist Democrats AZProgressive Feb 23 #14
Good points gulliver Feb 23 #17
I could listen to half nuts RFK Jr. and Maher 20 years ago, but harder now Ilikepurple Feb 23 #29
He is also a sanctimonious ass. nilram Feb 23 #27
Maher is a smug egotistical prick. MuirHero Feb 24 #35
I can no longer stomach Bill Maher Martin Eden Feb 24 #38
The quality of his own material has declined Johonny Feb 23 #12
Don't know exactly what prompted this but Maru Kitteh Feb 23 #15
Maher thinks Trump misrepresented their din-din mr715 Feb 23 #16
Fuck Bill Maher MuirHero Feb 24 #36
Bill Maher is a bigot Johnny2X2X Feb 23 #18
He isn't big on Muslims, either. mr715 Feb 23 #19
Heard him say that as well MuirHero Feb 24 #37
You started a thread about a guy you are sick of hearing about? nt Shermann Feb 23 #24
If it wasn't for the 'FBM' cult either starting threads about him or disrupting Abolishinist Feb 24 #40
I will rec this. Bothsiderism every week. nt wiggs Feb 23 #25
Maher can go eat a bag of dicks. NoMoreRepugs Feb 23 #30
"Progress -- real progress that actually changes the lives of real people -- comes mainly from dull, betsuni Feb 23 #32
Platitudes mr715 Feb 23 #33
I just find him tiresome now fujiyamasan Feb 23 #34
Maher has always been a centrist Emile Feb 24 #39
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