who saw Bill Maher last night? normally I love Bill, but he called Obama "the chocolate Jesus"

[BklynChick]

Now I know it's hard for political comics these days, but really that rubbed me the wrong way for all of the obvious reasons, the least of which we all know that Jesus had to be brown-skinned.

[valerief]

1. Obama is much better than the Jesus. nt

[AllentownJake]

7. Can we wait till the 2nd term before we deify him?

[valerief]

9. I'm an atheist, so I don't think of either as a deity. nt

[damonm]

15. Oh, no.

We're impatient. Give us our Deity - NOW!
:D
(edit for spelling)

[Drunken Irishman]

19. But is he better than chocolate?

I love chocolate.

[Captain Hilts]

2. It's an expression you hear in sports. Like Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins. nt

[kimmerspixelated]

3. I was dozing off during part of it,

Wow! That's horrible. I did catch the discussion about our military bases all over the world, and I think he brought up a valid point/s.

[cooolandrew]

4. I didn't see the show but sometimes is humor is more quoting Republican nonsense >

than his actual own view point. Malloy does something similar and is sometimes is construed for this when his is parodying stuff they acutally say behind closed doors. Clearly from overall character they are very forward thinking people.

[cooolandrew]

5. I didn't see the show but sometimes his humor is more quoting Republican nonsense >

than his actual own view point. Malloy does something similar and is sometimes misconstrued for this when his is parodying stuff they acutally say behind closed doors. Clearly from overall character they are very forward thinking people. I think they try to grant us with the intelligence to see where the quote quotes come in.

[Cha]

6. Maher's got issues

with religulousness. There's an article about him in Rolling Stone on What's Funny After bush and he uses that "chocolate Jesus" term, too.

He actually said "Obama is not some infalible chocolate Jesus". "That's Kanye West".

[Blue_Tires]

17. I thought that was LeBron James?

[ellacott]

18. No he's just the King

King James. :)

[fartiste]

8. maybe he is a tom waits fan

which would elevate him, in my book

[Buck Laser]

11. That's what I was thinking...

"Got to have my chocolate Jesus..."

[lame54]

10. the audience did NOT laugh...

his first 2 shows have been disappointing this season

[La Lioness Priyanka]

12. i think thats funny. you cant possibly expect comedians to be respectful towards politicians

that would be rather awful

[EraOfResponsibility]

13. I pointed this out last night that was WRONG

I didn't appreciate it at all.

[genna]

14. I did hear it

In his opening monologue this Friday or the Friday before, he also said you knew he was black by the way he was spending money.

I think Bill Maher is one white comedian who takes the unmentionables and airs them all the way out. I'm not too pissed with him yet. I do have my eye on him.


I don't know whether he is trying to press open the place where white people generally can't venture without black people calling him on it. He reminds me of the Boiling Point line (hopefully you'll get my point without me being hella offensive):

"GREG: Those fucking Guineas, half of them do coke. They all drink. No stability, zero capital. They make all this money and they're always living three steps ahead. Do you know there are guys in this firm that make close to a million a year and couldn't get a loan for a Honda because their credit is so bad. Everyone's just waiting for the fifteenth of the month. It's like they may drive a Porsche but they don't have ten bucks to put in the gas tank. N* rich."


There are about 1000 or more things wrong with the diatribe in racially grouping people and saying what their work ethic will be. This guy insults one group, AAs, so he could go after Italians. The joke in it for me was that the character just assumed AAs were garbage and was likening them to us. My mother absolutely hated this movie, but my sister and I laughed throughout the entire thing (like Pulp Fiction weirdness) because our generation didn't cling hard and fast to what was acceptable.

I think Bill Maher is trying to take the inside talk one black friend has with one white friend public.

I'll see where he goes. If he takes off into the Rush Limbaugh direction, I'll be the first person calling him out. He does have issues with his Catholic upbringing. I think he might have serious issues with authority. If Obama is the man to him, he might go after him on that basis.

[Dr Fate]

16. Obama can take it. Besides the fact that he is a public figure, I'm sure he has heard worse.

If Obama can take it, so can I.

[and-justice-for-all]

20. Its just sarcasm...nt