Maher Wants His Show to Decide a House Race

[octoberlib]

Bill Maher makes little effort to hide his own contempt for many politicians, most of them Republicans. Now, he wants to take it to the next level: finding one he might be able to help oust from office.

On his weekly HBO talk show, “Real Time With Bill Maher,” on Friday night, Mr. Maher and his staff plan to ask viewers to make a case for their individual representatives in the House to be selected as the worst in the country.

After some culling and analysis, one member of Congress will be selected, and the show will follow up through November with examples of what it considers terrible work by that representative. Mr. Maher will make occasional visits to that member’s district to perform stand-up and generally stir up hostile feelings toward the show’s target.“This year, we are going to be entering into the exciting world of outright meddling with the political process,” Mr. Maher said in an email message.

The project — which the show is calling the “flip the district” campaign — is intended to get real results, said Scott Carter, the show’s executive producer. Among the criteria for selecting a representative, other than some degree of outrageousness in statements or voting record, is that the member be in a truly competitive race. Those running unopposed will not be selected, no matter how egregious the show’s fans may claim them to be.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/31/arts/television/maher-wants-his-show-to-decide-a-house-race.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0

[JanT]

1. i like this idea

The public actually gets a medium to show their opinions. Right now all that is out there is FAUX.

[3catwoman3]

2. Sounds...

...fine to me.

[tabbycat31]

3. I like the idea

And I'd like to nominate my own district and congressman that needs to go.

I'm sick of him putting so much effort into regulating women's bodies and more into actually getting shit done.

[arcane1]

4. It's going to be an interesting year!