Three thoughts I have on Bill Maher, the 3rd one new, and the first two not so much:
1. As a comic, Bill Maher's not now, nor has he ever been, nearly as funny as he thinks he is. But this is admittedly a subjective matter of personal taste.
2. As a political commentator, Maher's not nearly as smart or as …
Three thoughts I have on Bill Maher, the 3rd one new, and the first two not so much:
1. As a comic, Bill Maher's not now, nor has he ever been, nearly as funny as he thinks he is. But this is admittedly a subjective matter of personal taste.
2. As a political commentator, Maher's not nearly as smart or as savvy as he thinks he is, as witnessed by the demise of his lucrative Politically Incorrect gig in 2002 from his apparent desire to poke the skunk of controversy, which left him less than smelling fresh as a daisy:
< ABC decided against renewing Maher's contract for Politically Incorrect in 2002, after he made a controversial on-air remark six days after the September 11 attacks. He agreed with his guest, conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza, that the 9/11 terrorists did not act in a cowardly manner (in rebuttal to President Bush's statement calling them cowards). Maher said, "We have been the cowards. Lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building. Say what you want about it. Not cowardly. You're right." >
3. As a supposedly staunch advocate of political incorrectness and free speech, he's a much more thin-skinned hypocrite than I actually thought he was before this latest faux pas of fake fair-mindedness, likely done in service to his giant ego and an eye toward free publicity.
But I have to admit, despite his hasty return to form after his friendly fawning over Donnie Two Dolls...
Maher proposing that Whitmer should follow any lead he sets about anything is a hoot, and his not being able to resist his assertion that Trump had actually "punked he twice" after their meeting at the Selfridge Air National Guard base prior to Trump's rally in Macomb County MI this past week is only revealing of his desire to deflect criticism for his own punking incident with Trump.
But - and I'll say here that as a Michigander who voted for Whitmer twice, I definitely do not care in the least for the optics of her interacting with Trump, either at the White House or at Selfridge - I'll posit that Whitmer at least had a much better reason for going to the White House and later being "punked" again at Selfridge than Maher did for his self-aggrandizing dinner visit, since her's and other state officials' interactions with Trump and his administration have resulted in this:
I wonder if Maher didn't actually have breakfast with Trump rather than dinner. Because while Gretch at least walked away from her Trump encounters with 20 shiny new F15-EX fighters to replace retiring A-10s at Selfridge and a dozen KC-46A refueling tankers to boot, Bill seems to have walked away from his Trump-whispering encounter with nothing more than egg on his face.
RE: "3 'New Rules' for Bill Maher"
Three thoughts I have on Bill Maher, the 3rd one new, and the first two not so much:
1. As a comic, Bill Maher's not now, nor has he ever been, nearly as funny as he thinks he is. But this is admittedly a subjective matter of personal taste.
2. As a political commentator, Maher's not nearly as smart or as savvy as he thinks he is, as witnessed by the demise of his lucrative Politically Incorrect gig in 2002 from his apparent desire to poke the skunk of controversy, which left him less than smelling fresh as a daisy:
< ABC decided against renewing Maher's contract for Politically Incorrect in 2002, after he made a controversial on-air remark six days after the September 11 attacks. He agreed with his guest, conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza, that the 9/11 terrorists did not act in a cowardly manner (in rebuttal to President Bush's statement calling them cowards). Maher said, "We have been the cowards. Lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building. Say what you want about it. Not cowardly. You're right." >
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Maher#Awards_and_nominations
3. As a supposedly staunch advocate of political incorrectness and free speech, he's a much more thin-skinned hypocrite than I actually thought he was before this latest faux pas of fake fair-mindedness, likely done in service to his giant ego and an eye toward free publicity.
But I have to admit, despite his hasty return to form after his friendly fawning over Donnie Two Dolls...
https://nypost.com/2025/04/26/us-news/bill-maher-goes-off-on-president-trump-weeks-after-friendly-dinner-with-prez-at-white-house/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bill-maher-s-verdict-on-trump-after-vowing-not-to-pre-hate/ar-AA1E0TFp?ocid=BingNewsSerp
... his latest schtick really is pretty funny:
https://www.cracked.com/article_46451_bill-maher-says-that-gretchen-whitmer-should-have-owned-her-white-house-visit-like-he-did.html
Maher proposing that Whitmer should follow any lead he sets about anything is a hoot, and his not being able to resist his assertion that Trump had actually "punked he twice" after their meeting at the Selfridge Air National Guard base prior to Trump's rally in Macomb County MI this past week is only revealing of his desire to deflect criticism for his own punking incident with Trump.
But - and I'll say here that as a Michigander who voted for Whitmer twice, I definitely do not care in the least for the optics of her interacting with Trump, either at the White House or at Selfridge - I'll posit that Whitmer at least had a much better reason for going to the White House and later being "punked" again at Selfridge than Maher did for his self-aggrandizing dinner visit, since her's and other state officials' interactions with Trump and his administration have resulted in this:
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/05/03/selfridge-air-national-guard-base-new-fighters-f15ex-a10-trump/83415317007/
https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2025/04/29/whitmer-secures-new-f15-ex-fighter-mission-for-selfridge-protecting-michigans-defense-industry
I wonder if Maher didn't actually have breakfast with Trump rather than dinner. Because while Gretch at least walked away from her Trump encounters with 20 shiny new F15-EX fighters to replace retiring A-10s at Selfridge and a dozen KC-46A refueling tankers to boot, Bill seems to have walked away from his Trump-whispering encounter with nothing more than egg on his face.
Whitmer has interacted with Trump in the interests of her state.
I agree that Maher isn't as funny or politically sharp was he thinks he is.