Hey Bill Maher!

[imanamerican63]

WTH?

You say “Trump was gracious to you”? What I don’t understand is why you think this? He might have been gracious to you, but what about all the other people who were insulted threaten and mocked? What makes you think he is now normal? Just because he autographed your list of names he insulted you with? Doesn’t make him normal, period end of story! He has insulted everyone from his own family members to the Pope and that to me is not normal! He is an embarrassment to the world but mainly to the Presidency of the United States! So, before you get a chance to talk about Trump? You must look at your own history of insults! You’re a comedian and he’s the president! And the president needs to restrain himself from speaking in insults!

I must admit that I watched your show in the past but I could care less about what you think, say or what you believed who Trump is! You’re like him in some ways and you should know better because of what he has done and said, or what he does or says in future. It will change, just you think he’s NORMAL!

[JustAnotherGen]

1. He's a

Fucking asshole.

[marble falls]

3. Worse, he's turning into Dennis Miller 2.0.

[BoRaGard]

2. In other words, Maher got SUCKERED by Krasnov's famously felonious smarm-charm

[mucifer]

4. or some oligarch paid him off

[DaBronx]

5. He's a bit off

[claudette]

6. Who cares

what Bill Maher says or thinks? Not me. I never could stomach him.

[imanamerican63]

9. I'm with you on that one!

I watched Maher’s comments on YouTube.

I haven’t watched his show for several years now. He has become an example of how to facilitate the right wing nuts!

[claudette]

24. 👍😊

[Paladin]

7. Maher is nothing more than a talent-free trump pimp.

Those of you who consider yourselves to be bona fide Democrats need to sever all ties to Maher and his show. Most of us are way ahead of you in taking such well-justified action---Maher clearly hates our guts, and any support for him from Democrats at this point is a complete and utter travesty.

[DonCoquixote]

55. he and cenk and ana can go to Hell

Judas priests the lot whop are all just mad that we did not bow to their genius.

[Abolishinist]

62. Balderdash! If I choose to do so it will certainly NOT be because anyone, even a back from the dead

Richard Boone, instructs me to do so. One who tells me they're 'way ahead' of me and that Maher hates my guts. Maher votes for Democrats and encourages others to do so. He also supports PETA, who we support annually and is included in our estate plan.

One definition of a "bona fide Democrat" would be someone who is a genuine and sincere supporter of the Democratic Party and its ideals. The term "bona fide" itself means "in good faith" or "genuine".

Here's what some say constitutes a "bona fide Democrat":
• Registered Democrat: They are registered to vote with the Democratic Party.
• Consistent Voting Record: They vote for Democratic candidates in primary and general elections.
• Party Affiliation: They may publicly express their affiliation with the party and are supportive of its platform.
• Active Involvement: Some may actively participate in party activities, such as attending meetings, volunteering, or donating.
• Align with Democratic Principles: They generally align with the core values and policy positions of the Democratic Party.

I check off all 5 boxes.

[Silent Type]

8. Maher also asked: Why can't we have gracious trump on the world stage?

"Maher conceded the Trump he met on March 31 was different from the persona he sees on TV. But he also acknowledged, "It doesn't matter who he is at a private dinner with a comedian; it matters who he is on the world stage." He later added, "Why can't we get the guy I met to be the public guy?"

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/04/12/bill-maher-donald-trump-full-monologue/83055277007/

[Johonny]

22. It is well known Trump doesnt understand

That when he says awful things in public why some people hold a grudge. To Trump this is a reality game show and the stuff in public is just a long con.

That Trump can be gracious off camera isn't an asset. It is a problem. Our lives aren't a game show. The shit he does in public matters a fucking lot.

[Silent Type]

23. Exactly what Maher said. "The chit trump does in public matters a lot."

[Self Esteem]

36. I agree with this take.

I believe Trump is gracious and generally amicable to world leaders in private. We've heard how "constructive" his private calls with these leaders generally go, like say with Carney in Canada (or Justin before that).

But his public persona completely undoes any progress or calming he could do in private. If anything, that matters MORE because it's what everyone sees and it becomes difficult to smooth it over in private.

[misanthrope]

50. Actually what Maher says is more damning

It would imply that Trump knows the difference in the styles of behavior but chooses the coarse, mean path anyway.

I think Maher's bullshit detector is past its service date.

[gulliver]

10. The "book report" Maher did last night on his Trump visit was excellent

I highly encourage watching it. Maher gave us a good angle on the obvious, charming, clowning, mischievous Trump everyone who lived through the eighties and nineties knows is there. Maher made it clear that he continues to think Trump is likely to do cray cray and rotten stuff in the future.

The wokies on the left and right remain flummoxed by Trump, a Frankenstein's monster they and the haughty, stupid media are mostly responsible for creating. Maher is not the one with illusions.

[imanamerican63]

12. I did and wasn't impressed by his explanation!

Sorry. But the insults and and other nonsense are not expected by a president or a politician who is in any government position!

[aocommunalpunch]

14. I argue Maher helps boost this ghoul.

How nice he thinks MF45 will do “cray cray” stuff. The real world calls that fascism, but YMMV. WTF?

[gulliver]

17. The "faux left" boosts Trump much more

Maher didn't apologize for Trump, but yes, he did help Trump humanize himself.

[Scrivener7]

61. What is the "faux left?" And you refer to "far left and far right wokies." What are those?

[stillcool]

15. Maher is all about Maher

he played the game he was expected to play, got some attention...end of story. Just like Trump. Wokies?

[ibegurpard]

21. The "wokies"?

Welcome to ignore

[Lulu KC]

31. Wokies?

[Baitball Blogger]

11. I stopped watching him years ago.

About the same time he made the argument that only Muslim looking people should be stopped at the TSA. That regular Americans should not be bothered with strict inspection requirements.

[imanamerican63]

13. I did the same thing when he tried to make the GOBers look like they were the best!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

18. Maher is an asshole who ceased to be funny a long time ago

Maher needs to suffer the same fate as the morning Joe assholes

[Ritabert]

19. Stopped watching his show years ago after a cringeworthy show

...with Ann Coulter and Milo Yiannopoulos. And Maher isn't as funny as he thinks he is.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

32. Maher has not been funny for a very long time

[Ritabert]

33. Exactly!

[ibegurpard]

20. I haven't specifically tracked Maher's shift to the right

But I'm betting it matches David Zazlov's purchase of HBO/Warner Bros several years ago.

[Prairie Gates]

25. Fuck Bill Maher

[Irish_Dem]

26. Trump is gracious to women before he rapes them.

Read EJ Carroll's court testimony.

And Stormy Daniel's report about how Trump tricked and trapped her in his bedroom
with a guard at the door.

[wryter2000]

27. Maher is like Trump

He only cares about himself

[jrthin]

28. Maher is a tsf enabler. Giving him any views, be it youtube or

wherever else he spews his bile, is like voting against one's best interest. Viewing him support his pocket book. Why do that?

[FullySupportDems]

29. I heard about the dinner

I guess he grabbed him by the pussy. When you're president they let you do it. Right Bill?

[Uncle Joe]

30. Maher is a libertarian at heart, so the collective or public good is not on his totem pole.

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"You say “Trump was gracious to you”? What I don’t understand is why you think this? He might have been gracious to you, but what about all the other people who were insulted threaten and mocked? What makes you think he is now normal? Just because he autographed your list of names he insulted you with? Doesn’t make him normal, period end of story! He has insulted everyone from his own family members to the Pope and that to me is not normal! He is an embarrassment to the world but mainly to the Presidency of the United States! So, before you get a chance to talk about Trump? You must look at your own history of insults! You’re a comedian and he’s the president! And the president needs to restrain himself from speaking in insults!"

Thanks for the thread imanamerican.

[CTyankee]

37. trump is incapable of being gracious.

[W_HAMILTON]

34. Given that Trump is a verifiable narcissist, this is Maher inadvertently telling us that he kissed Trump's ass.

If Maher had challenged him in even the slightest way, Trump would have not been so gracious.

So, Maher is just telling on himself.

What a cowardly sellout this guy has proven to be.

[Scrivener7]

38. Oh, look. A brandy new poster has arrived to tell us all that is wrong with us. Thank goodness.

What did we ever do without you?

[imanamerican63]

40. See my reply to him!

[Meowmee]

57. Yep another one 😹

[imanamerican63]

39. That's funny! I never said anything horrible about Maher!

I simply pointed out that he tried to normalize Trump and I don’t want to hear that, because Trump is an extremely arrogant man! I said nothing about “hate”! I don’t have a dog! And surely don’t need you to tell me how to feel! Especially when someone is able to get away with insulting you and me along everyone else! Just like you are doing to me! I have my opinion you’re free to express your opinion, but don’t tell me what need to be!

Have a nice life!

[Paladin]

44. Well, By God, I sure-as-hell said something horrible about Maher!

And what I said turned out to be: 1.) way too accurate, and 2.) way too pleasurable for me to even think of ever taking it back.

[GP6971]

41. First post!!!! Well, OK then...we'll get right on it!!!!

Plan on staying around long?

[Scrivener7]

42. You MUST love Bill Maher! Or it's the stocks for you! And stop being so intolerant! Or else!

[Paladin]

43. "Dump the hate," you say?

Practice what you preach.

And oh, yeah: Bye-bye.

[marble falls]

45. Breitbart liberalism.

[Yonnie3]

46. Welcome to DU

Characterizing criticism as hate is a good start to making friends on DU. Carry on.

[William769]

48. I assure you that it is you that has acid reflux over the 2-3 issues we disagree on.

Welcome back to DU.

[FullySupportDems]

53. Naw

"...Bill is not going to (sic) boxed in to some narrow makeshift framework that some progressives think we all must abide by."

I don't think ridiculing him for making nice and having dinner with our brand new dear leader is boxing him in.

He punches down. He attacks just about any minority group as if, IF they would just do fill-in-the-blank thoughtless idea of his, everything would be better or something. It sounds like helpful criticism but really isn't when it uses the rightwing talking points. Blame the victim by not talking much about the actions of the aggressor. It's nauseating.

What he says about married women? Fuck him, the bastard.

[AZProgressive]

56. In 2024 we also had a moderate Presidential nominee

Israel is committing massive war crimes including the IDF attacking an ambulance crew with their lights on which is also a war crime. Also it seems you bought into right wing propaganda into trans athletes. No one transitions into a woman to play sports, there is very little money into it and the ones against it the most don't even watch women sports which their leagues tend to be very LGBT friendly. I was also in the library recently and I saw a book entirely written in Spanish with the title Latinx so I wasn't sure what to do about it. Right wingers probably want to ban it. Either way is originated as an English speaking word meant to not leave out non-binary people.

I guess you think Bill Maher is a mainstream liberal but he follows people like Jordan Peterson. He has more hate for the actual left then he does for MAGA. He even defended the January 6th rioters saying stuff like the person that was shot for trying to storm the Capitol was a veteran who didn't have time to watch MSNBC that line of argument didn't work on me since I'm a veteran myself (In Iraq for the most part we were careful not to commit war crimes unlike Israel).

I stopped watching him under Obama mostly because he spent nearly every episode bashing Muslims. When someone hates one group they tend to hate others like Bill Maher. Since then he has done things like said the N word and so many other things but he has a cult-like following where he has defenders that defend him no matter what he does while slamming his critics.

[randr]

47. His ratings are tanking

His only hope is to get magats on board.
Just imagine a sinking ship taking on the rats.

[SunImp]

49. Many of Maher's defense squad really only like him because he is bashing the people they hate.

[wcmagumba]

51. F you Bill Maher, sucker and loser...to quote the orange anus man...

[Girard442]

52. I read the transcript of Bill Maher's monologue on his audience with Trump and I know this is tinfoil hat, but...

...I don't think the person he met with was TSF. Since when has TSF ever shown any ability to behave like that?

Other possibility: one of TSF's flying monkeys wrote up the monologue for him to give and threatened to have his ears beaten off him unless he delivered it.

[Buns_of_Fire]

54. Perhaps he was auditioning to be the next Secretary of Defense

after Whisky Pete winds up passing out in an unused torpedo tube and accidentally gets launched at a runaway garbage scow headed for Palm Beach. (It's only a matter of time, you know.)

[La Coliniere]

58. It's easy to see that Bill was an easy mark

for President Con Job. I stopped watching this so-called comedian during the pandemic when his anti-science, anti-mask wearing, and anti-college education notions came to the surface. His “woke derangement syndrome” became intolerable to the point that he actually started to disgust me. It’s sad that he seems to have more contempt and distrust for progressives than he does for the red cap crowd these days. And no thanks to Bill, for actually trying to normalize the felon; I believe his actual goal was to keep his ass out of prison when the fascists start locking up the likes of Kimmel, Colbert, Meyers and others who have the fortitude in confronting the monster without fear of retribution or the desire to make him seem charming, personable, nice and fucking normal.

[Blue Owl]

59. Bill Maher is OVER!

[a kennedy]

60. Here too....

https://www.democraticunderground.com/103724613

[LetMyPeopleVote]

64. Some of us stopped listening to anything Bill Maher had to say in 2016

Link to tweet

[LetMyPeopleVote]

65. Maher is not as bright as he thinks he is and was played by trump

Link to tweet

An Apprentice producer weighs in on Maher getting used by Trump: “I assure you Trump is laughing and telling everyone around him how easy it was to manipulate Bill… Trump’s superpower is telling whoever he’s with what they want to hear…”