Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - 8/2/19

[Rhiannon12866]

Monologue: Government By Mad-Libs

Bill recaps the top stories of the week, including racist rhetoric from President Trump and the second round of Democratic debates.




Marianne Williamson

Author, activist, and 2020 presidential candidate Marianne Williamson gets deep about America's problems with Bill Maher.




New Rule: Trump Fatigue

In his editorial New Rule, Bill argues that Democrats should capitalize on the fact that Americans are sick of hearing about Trump.




Overtime: Marianne Williamson, Hakeem Jeffries, Jennifer Granholm, Buck Sexton, Josh Barro

Bill Maher and his guests answer viewer questions after the show.

[smirkymonkey]

1. Thanks Rhiannon!

I'm glad he's back! But I've seen much better shows. First of all, I thought he was kind of rude and dismissive of Hakeem Jeffries, who I thought was a very thoughtful, impressive guest.

Secondly, Buck Sexton is a total fuckwad. I can't stand that guy and I can't understand why Bill would have him on the show.

Jennifer Granholm was the bright spot on the show and offered the most impressive talking points. I really like her.

I'm sorry, I know some people really like Marianne Williamson, but I think she is a total fruitcake. Not that she doesn't make some good points, but overall, she is just too out there to ever have a chance in hell of winning the nomination and I don't see the point in wasting anymore time on her.

Anyway, thanks again for posting! I still love watching, even if I'm not thrilled with this particular episode.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I agree with you on all points.

I kept waiting for the video of the interview with Hakeem Jeffries! And I sure agree with you about Buck Sexton! Here we waited a month for Bill to come back - especially after the the debates and all the OTT offensive Trump news - and that's who he chooses to have on?? Jennifer Granholm, I agree, was the voice of sanity tonight. I remembered that she was already scheduled before his "vacation" and she was the best part of tonight's show. Marianne Williamson occasionally brings up something we can identify with, but I agree that she's pretty "out there." However, Bill is also a comedian so he probably enjoyed her contributions.

[BigmanPigman]

17. I never heard of Buck before but now I know what to do in

the future...fast forward through him every time he opens his mouth like I did with this show. Why does Bill have these asses on, to give me a heart attack?

[Rhiannon12866]

18. I sure agree and his audience was looking forward to a great show after his vacation

I looked up "Buck" since I'd never heard of him before and it turns out that his associates who I have heard of are particularly offensive right wingers.

[Funtatlaguy]

10. Marianne's 15 minutes of fame has expired.

[Merlot]

13. Marianne fatigue has set in for me

While what she says sounds positive, when you break it down there is always a jab at democrats.

What she called "wonkiness" in the debates is really democrats having plans and solving problems. The only people who don't like that are republicans. The "total corruption of the system" thing is overwrought.

I'm tired of it and her.

[Funtatlaguy]

15. Yes. But, she got a lot of potential bookbuyers out of it.

[LittleGirl]

3. Howdy, thanks for posting

I forgot he was back on last night. I miss the panel discussions the most and of course, it's hard to find those clips.

Cheers!

[Rhiannon12866]

4. I hung in there and kept waiting for the Hakeem Jeffries interview

Which inexplicably was never uploaded. And I'm of two minds about this particular panel discussion - which they never make available - since as good as Jennifer Granholm was, Buck Sexton was particularly irritating!

[LittleGirl]

11. Lol

I’ve never heard of this buck dude but laughed when Bill said it was a perfect porn star name. It is! Lol

Love Granholm, always.

Thanks again my friend.

[SunSeeker]

5. K & R

[calimary]

6. Thanks for these, Rhiannon!

I shall savor these at later leisure!

[Rhiannon12866]

7. I could have skipped Buck Sexton who I never saw before, but Jennifer Granholm was excellent

No big surprise! And New Rules was irreverent and funny as always!

[FoxNewsSucks]

12. Never heard of him either,

when I saw the name on the guest list, my first thought was the "Tuck Buckford" character in the skits on Colbert.

When I searched and typed as far as "Buck Sext" and it still hadn't auto-filled the rest of his name, I knew he was a real nobody.

[Rhiannon12866]

19. LOL! Who knows what Colbert bases his characters on??

And I looked him up, too - I'd never heard of him, either, and I was also curious if any set of parents actually named their child "Buck." But it was worse than I figured, what I found said he's associated with RW sites and RWers who I have heard of. Why he was on Bill's return show is a mystery to me - especially with all the breaking news we're dealing with these days.

[FoxNewsSucks]

20. Colbert did several bits with Tuck Buckford

based on Alex Jones.

They're all still funny. I was surprised just now in the rec list on YouTube that Alex Jones went along with the joke and did his own "I'm the real Tuck Buckford" video. He may be the only rightwing crackpot with a sense of humor.

[MasonDreams]

8. I am drinking bottled water because the tap water tastes like insecticide.

I read a posted report in the Apt. complex office that detailed the chemicals in the tap water OMG "out there" is where we must go to avoid extinction.
Please please think critically. It is impossible to return to the pre drumpf "good old days" that were so bad that people voted in drumpf because they were desperate for change.
Jesus is "out there" in the radical left. The Kingdom is within you. Mark 17:21 Where is your heart? That is the place to start. Oops, that was Buddha. Gandhi was "out there" and he liberated India.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. I use filtered water for drinking and cooking now

And that includes the water that I give to my pets. I got a rash that was attributed to the water - and I've been drinking and using water from the tap for my whole life - but I heard a neighbor had the same reaction, so no point in taking chances and haven't had the same issue since.

I agree with you that we'll have a long way to go to return to any kind of normalcy - let alone to repair the damage - once we're rid of Trump. But we've got to work at it with all we've got to ensure that we have a future. Meanwhile, it does help to look at life with whatever humor we can muster, that's the reason I post Bill Maher and the other late night comedians here.

[Merlot]

14. Did I miss a segment in Bill's show about water?

Or is this post irrelevant to the topic of the Bill Mahar show? Since there are bible references I'm guessing this is just a random post.

[MasonDreams]

16. Just trying to keep everything interconnected.

It's a long way from the tap root to the dinner table to the health Care system. It could be more cost effective to not consume the carcinagins to begin with.

Marianne is better at it. How does VP Mike pray for less cruelty down on the border? See, I just jump to not interconnected things. I wrote a letter to LBJ in '65 and asked him to please stop the war. I was naive and idealistic. Always will be.