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gulliver

(13,873 posts)
9. He's a very strong liberal voice
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 08:33 PM
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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 Monday #1
Never was funny just smug arrogant punchable face Tribetime Monday #4
A few decades ago he made me laugh mr715 Monday #10
Don't forget ugly...he's ugly too. Trueblue Texan Monday #31
Never could stand him. SheltieLover Monday #2
Fuck Bill Maher Prairie Gates Monday #3
Bill Maher plunked down one million dallars to pro Obama PAC so I'm a Mahar 50%+ one. IA8IT Monday #5
Trump donated to democrats SocialDemocrat61 Monday #6
Bill Maher never misses an opportunity to tell us he "plunked down one million dallars [sic]" to Obama. Intractable Monday #11
Yeah that covers it Bettie Monday #7
Good comedy is timeless. mr715 Monday #8
He's a very strong liberal voice gulliver Monday #9
He had Talarico and Boebert together. mr715 Monday #13
That was an amazing show last time gulliver Monday #20
Obviously, you are entitled to your position and I celebrate it. mr715 Monday #21
Same gulliver Monday #22
I'll throw in a True Dough Monday #28
Woke and Cancel Culture... lame54 Monday #26
Pretty much the only left leaning people who like him SunImp Monday #23
I think he is further to the right than a lot of centrist Democrats AZProgressive Monday #14
Good points gulliver Monday #17
I could listen to half nuts RFK Jr. and Maher 20 years ago, but harder now Ilikepurple Monday #29
He is also a sanctimonious ass. nilram Monday #27
Maher is a smug egotistical prick. MuirHero Monday #35
I can no longer stomach Bill Maher Martin Eden Yesterday #38
The quality of his own material has declined Johonny Monday #12
Don't know exactly what prompted this but Maru Kitteh Monday #15
Maher thinks Trump misrepresented their din-din mr715 Monday #16
Fuck Bill Maher MuirHero Monday #36
Bill Maher is a bigot Johnny2X2X Monday #18
He isn't big on Muslims, either. mr715 Monday #19
Heard him say that as well MuirHero Monday #37
You started a thread about a guy you are sick of hearing about? nt Shermann Monday #24
If it wasn't for the 'FBM' cult either starting threads about him or disrupting Abolishinist Yesterday #40
I will rec this. Bothsiderism every week. nt wiggs Monday #25
Maher can go eat a bag of dicks. NoMoreRepugs Monday #30
"Progress -- real progress that actually changes the lives of real people -- comes mainly from dull, betsuni Monday #32
Platitudes mr715 Monday #33
I just find him tiresome now fujiyamasan Monday #34
Maher has always been a centrist Emile Yesterday #39
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