Bill Maher on GOP Voters: ‘Corporate America’s Useful Idiots’

[Cali_Democrat]

by Evan McMurry | 12:03 pm, March 16th, 2014

On Sunday morning, Meet the Press’ Harry Smith profiled Bill Maher during the comedian’s red state tour, and found him just as pugnacious about the GOP’s “useful idiots” on their home turf as he is on his HBO show.

“In the last twenty years, it’s not really been a choice,” Maher said as to whether Democrats or Republicans were more to blame for the country’s current malaise. “They just drove the short bus to crazy town.”

“I understand why the richest 1% vote Republican,” Maher continued. “They deserve those votes. They represent the richest 1% perfectly. Anybody else who does, just corporate America’s useful idiots.”

But Maher said his show went over like gangbusters, even in Romney strongholds. “There is not a place in America so red that I can’t get 3,000 screaming atheists to come see me — on a Sunday,” Maher said.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/maher-on-gop-voters-corporate-americas-useful-idiots/

[rurallib]

1. Man, Smith really tried to do a hatchet job on Maher didn't he?

Can't remember all the terms he used to make it sound like Maher was an "other" or outsider. "Clouded perspective" comes right to mind.

'Spose Smith chose to play this game himself or was he given some marching orders by Comcast/Time-Warner/GE/Universal? Or maybe it was David Gregory's good friend Karl that supplied the questions.

[OKNancy]

2. I thought Smith was good. It wasn't a hatchet job in my eyes

"clouded perspective" was a joke on his marijuana use

[Gothmog]

3. Most GOP voters are voting against their own interests

I am shocked that these voters do not realize that they are voting against their own interests