Maher (Still) Chasing Obama Interview

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Bill Maher, the acerbic host of HBO's Real Time, has welcomed guests from both sides of the political divide including Ann Coulter, Ralph Nader, Bill Kristol and Howard Dean.

But the major presidential candidates have mostly remained elusive including Sen. Barack Obama, who, says Maher, "promised me he would do it way back when."

"When I saw him on with Bill O'Reilly," he continues, "I e-mailed my producers and said, you know if he'll go on with Bill O'Reilly who treated him like such shit, what does it hurt to throw out one more time?"

But Maher still hasn't heard from Obama.

Maher surmises that his new movie Religulous, a satirical documentary about one of Maher's favorite targets: organized religion, has further spooked the Obama campaign. Probably Maher's comments following 9/11, when he said the hijackers weren't cowards, could be used against Obama, too.

"I think they're very afraid of me at the moment," he says. "I'm sure Obama doesn't need an attack ad saying, he went on Bill Maher's show and Bill Maher is a godless avatar of Satan. I think that may be part of the problem also."


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[voteearlyvoteoften]

1. After the win he goes on

Eye on the prize and all that. Maher=person I would like to smoke with.
He needs to get off Palin and onto McCaint.

[emulatorloo]

2. Obama's too busy to mess with Maher -- good for Obama n/t

[susanbanks44]

3. He should keep his word. But I do understand why. lol

[still_one]

4. Maher is a loose canon, and Obama should avoid him /nt