Maher first took up Congressman Joe Wilson's “you lie” shout at Obama: “To heckle a President, to shout in the middle of a speech, would he have done that if it was a white President? I don't think so. I think this is a southern guy who thinks 'I can do whatever I want when it's a black guy speaking.'”
Moments later on Real Time, Maher raised “the folks who did not want the President of the United States to speak to their children. No one who is sane would think the President was going to make a partisan speech to school children. And yet, there's something about that,” recalling “I grew up in an all-white town in northern New Jersey” and “I remember hearing parents talk when I was a kid, you know, they didn't want black people just talking to their kids. That's what this reminded me of.”
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As an instance of “what I mean by subliminally racist,” Maher displayed on screen an actual DrudgeReport.com headline beneath a photo of Obama, “POLL HELL: OBAMA NEGS RISE.” In quite a stretch, he implied the racist angle: “I just think for a certain number of people, when they see 'Negs Rise'-” He trailed off, leaving viewers to imagine how he presumes “a certain number of people” will translate those words.
Cuing off that real headline, Maher then put up his own made up racist headlines as they would look on Drudge.
Maher on the reaction to the speech to school children, from the September 11 Real Time with Bill Maher, during the panel time with Paul Rieckhoff, Rajiv Chandrasekaran and Richard Clarke:Under a picture of Obama and John McCain: “OBAMA BEATS OLD WHITE MAN”
Under a photo of Obama with Joe Biden's mother: “OBAMA EMBRACES JOE MOMMA”
Under a picture of First Lady Michelle Obama tending her White House garden: “HOEIN' THE GARDEN”
And also the folks who did not want the President of the United States to speak to their children. No one who is sane would think the President was going to make a partisan speech to school children. And yet, there's something about that, I'm sorry – I know it drives conservatives nuts when you accuse them of racism – but when you don't want the President just talking to your kids? I grew up in an all-white town in northern New Jersey, yeah New Jersey. That's what bedroom communities were after World War II. And I remember hearing parents talk when I was a kid, you know, they didn't want black people just talking to their kids. That's what this reminded me of.
—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center
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You'd think at this point,
September 12, 2009 - 02:33 ET by Gary P JacksonYou'd think at this point, the Race Card would be maxxed out!
This is all these losers have left. They have no way to defend their policies that no one wants, so they whine.
They are hurting race relations everytime they do this.
It's never maxxed out! it's
September 12, 2009 - 06:00 ET by motherbeltIt's never maxxed out! it's the gift that keeps on giving!
They have become a one-trick pony; everything anyone disagrees with Obama about, it's because he's black.
And Maher replayed the canard that people didn't "want Obama to talk to their kids" when that wasn't it at all; it was the "lesson plan" (illegally distributed) by the DOE that went along with the speech that was objected to.
BTW, why hasn't anyone been chastized over that yet?
What a visual
September 12, 2009 - 13:42 ET by Vivaldi5Oh, my gosh, Gary and motherbelt, what a hilarious visual I just got after reading what you said--of Maher standing at a cash register with a Visa-like "Race Card" whining, "Whatdya mean I'm 'maxed out'? I've got credit for at least 15,000 more baseless accusations!"
Seems to me it'd make for a really funny cartoon if I had the skill to draw it!
Bill Maher is a washed-up
September 12, 2009 - 02:58 ET by Indiana JoeBill Maher is a washed-up comic who is approaching complete irrelevancy in the political arena.
Wait for it...
Wait...
Yep... he's there.
"Four legs good... two legs better!" - George Orwell
maher......
September 12, 2009 - 12:46 ET by pantrymanAnother fine example of a POS dickwad who should go somewhere with Jones and bleed to death.....
How about these headlines
September 12, 2009 - 03:01 ET by legacyrepublicanObama's support growing among Atheists. God only knows why!
Obama looks into Maher and sees himself.
Maher doesn't want Steele, Keyes, Sowell, or Blackwell in White House. Is he a closet racist?
Closet racist, no
September 12, 2009 - 04:59 ET by TheHistorianBigot, yes. Maher is bigoted against southerners, Republicans, and conservatives and stereotypes them in doing so. He is a typical northern liberal who sees racism everywhere; probably even on my clothesline because I do not have any black sheets hanging there.
"What experience and history teach is
this - that people and governments never have learned anything from history,
or acted on principles deduced from it."
G. W. F. Hegel
And ...
September 12, 2009 - 07:01 ET by legacyrepublicanAnd he might think you used a washboard to wash your sheets and that your clothesline runs right past the family outhouse.
Your observation brings to mind that years ago, at my alma mater universtiy in a western state, I acted like it was special and cool that a fellow student in my class had come all the way out from West Virginiat to attend my university.
He laughed because because, as a westerner, I did treat him with a bias and immediately, after he told me where he was from, look to see if he had shoes on his feet.
Addendum:
September 12, 2009 - 03:07 ET by Indiana Joe"POLL HELL: OBAMA NEGS RISE"
That's "subliminally racist???"
Maher is obviosly a product of New Jersey education. Wasn't it New Jersey (or maybe Maryland, not too far away) that tried to have a teacher fired for using the word "niggardly" in a grammar lesson?
News flash Bill: "Neg" is short for "negative," not for what your "grew up in an all-white town" pea-brain thought it meant.
Someone needs to go back to school. Desperately.
"Four legs good... two legs better!" - George Orwell
Who's the racist? These are
September 12, 2009 - 03:17 ET by toneyukiWho's the racist?
These are the headlines I would use if I were RACIST
obviously only stupid people watch him and thats why he thinks America is stupid
One note Johnny
September 12, 2009 - 03:27 ET by richb313All Bill knows to do any more is insult conservatives because he is just so smart...NOT. He is the classic one note Johnny. Jon Stewart only knows how to mug for the camera after he makes an insulting statement. This is what passes for intelligent comedic commentary these days? Take away the cameras and see if anything might still make any sense even to the die hard liberals.
I am glad to know..............
September 12, 2009 - 03:39 ET by old crothat by typical lib whacko standards that I am not a racist. This example and several others preceeding it purported to explain what a racist thinks of when he sees the headline "Poll Hell: Obama Negs Rise". I can proudly say that I had no racial interpretation of the "Negs Rise" part of the headline, as this highly disturbed individual contends "a certain number of people" have. He then proceeds to show off why he is one of "a certain number" with his "humorous" Drudge knockoff examples.
Hallalujah, I am cured.
I am a sphincterist
September 12, 2009 - 04:04 ET by JWFI hate buttholes like Bill Maher. I is a hater!
Sincerely,
a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.
'You Know, Subliminally...'
September 12, 2009 - 04:48 ET by BondPlainBondThe O'Reilly Factor
September 9, 2009
Health Care Homerun?
Dr Marc Lamont Hill Analyzes Obama's Prime-Time Reform Pitch
Video Clip: At 04:05 as the slider bar slides...
Dr Hill was completely serious.
Use a dictionary, for crying out loud!
September 12, 2009 - 07:26 ET by motherbeltYou keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. -Inigo Montoya
These people throw around the word "subliminal" as a synonym for "subtle." It's not.
Hello...
September 12, 2009 - 07:33 ET by BondPlainBondHello. My name is J.Q. Public. You're killing my country. Prepare to not be re-elected.
Hello. My name is J.Q. Public. You're killing my country. Prepare to not be re-elected.
Hello. My name is J.Q. Public. You're killing my country. Prepare to not be re-elected.
As you wish,
September 12, 2009 - 21:32 ET by carolina09Buttercup
Oh, the irony
September 12, 2009 - 07:45 ET by dronetekI love how hes so desperate to paint other white people as snarling racists. Hes sowing everyone how not-racist he is, by demonzing white people wo dont agree with Obama as racists. Somehow, I doubt it even dawns on him that hes attacking people based on skin color. He probably thinks its ok since "hes white too!".
Talk about Subliminals
September 12, 2009 - 05:08 ET by ChattychitoMaher has just showed us all the true feelings about his POTUS in the subliminal Messagaes he created.
He thinks Obama wants your mama, that Michelle is a Ho, and that Obama is a hate crime racists. All one has to do is just read his three examples of his version of drudge report home page. he reveals his true racist feelings.
"A man who doesn't borrow from the brains of others proves he has no brains of his own." CH Spurgeon
If you don't want to pay higher taxes you hate black people.
September 12, 2009 - 05:18 ET by MadRatOK so what I'm being told over and over is if I don't want to pay higher taxes I hate black people? Rachel Maddow and Bill Maher really are saying this, but it makes me wonder, do they every listen to themselves and how stupid that sounds?
Bill Maher
September 12, 2009 - 05:44 ET by FeynmanFanIt sounds like Bill Maher has some latent issues with race that could do with some professional help. It's sad to see someone project their own prejudices onto other people like that.
"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error. To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson
Maher and Blacks......
September 12, 2009 - 08:50 ET by adamsmithHe just thinks he's "jiggy wid it" cause he pays black girls for sex...Typical liberal thinker......
CRY WOLF...
September 12, 2009 - 05:50 ET by danybhoyThe biggest problem leftists like Maher & others are starting to have is that more & more people are noticing that "racism" is almost always the fallback arguement when ANY black intellectual elite is called out & beaten with a better arguement. You always see it with Obama, you saw it Van Jones, Henry Lewis Gates, & we will here it later. If the race card is all you have, screw you, & many more people are joining in on that thought.
"...How blind can you be, don't you see...
...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."
Nightwish
My TOTAL DISRESPECT for ODUMBO is based LARGELY on his ...
September 12, 2009 - 06:02 ET by Jayke... ENORMOUS EARS!
Ears....
September 12, 2009 - 08:48 ET by adamsmithNot for me...For me it's his mommy was a Commie, his father was a Kenyan Communist, his "typical white" grandparents were communist sympathizers, his boyhood "mentor" Frank Davis was a communist, he sought out Marxist professors at Colombia, his administration has been eyeing Communist Van Jones "for a long time" and appointed him anyway, he's a student of communist Saul Alinsky's tactics in politics, he's promoting the "Green" movement which was taken over by communists after the wall fell....Black ain't got nothing to do with it, his ears don't do it for me, I think it's that he "might" just be a Communist himself that has me ill at ease....
and he came out of NOWHERE with NO PAPER TRAIL ... WHO is he?
September 12, 2009 - 11:37 ET by Jayke... I was being fecitious of course with the big ears. Although they are big they don't start to compare with his EGO!
What makes you think Barack
September 12, 2009 - 12:16 ET by NL207What makes you think Barack Obama Sr. was his father? Obama doesn't look a damn thing like him and his mother was a tramp, already pregnant with O [born August 4, 1961] when she married Sr. [February 2, 1961]. I'll believe Sr. is his father when I see the results of a DNA test that says so.
ADAMSMITH...
September 12, 2009 - 20:22 ET by danybhoyBINGO!! Anyone who did any amount of research on their own or who listened to talk radio are in no way shocked by Obama & his marxism.
"...How blind can you be, don't you see...
...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."
Nightwish
List of words to avoid if
September 12, 2009 - 06:13 ET by Jack BauerList of words to avoid if you don't want to be called a racist by Billge Maher.
Yeah right. Like anyone gives a flying eff about a libertine socialist like Billge.
No Reneging On These Items, Either
September 12, 2009 - 07:09 ET by BondPlainBondNo discussion of the Honorable John Dimitri Negroponte (former Ambassador to Iraq) or Arnold Schwarzenegger (current Governor of California), ever again.
bond -- dude, now you're
September 12, 2009 - 07:30 ET by Jack Bauerbond -- dude, now you're just being niggardly in your choice of words.
how about this
September 12, 2009 - 08:16 ET by gueinhow about this one....Obama's handling of the economy spooks the country
Good job Obama has no plans
September 12, 2009 - 08:56 ET by Jack BauerGood job Obama has no plans for a speech in Lynchburg.
Mind you, that has to be one of the FEW place he doesn't intend delivering a speech in.
Barry Wanta...
September 12, 2009 - 09:24 ET by BondPlainBondWhile the Obama family was dining at a popular five-star restaurant recently, they were just beginning the soup course when the waiter appeared, bowing low and proffering a tray of expensive, assorted crackers from around the world to accompany their soup course.
As only the effete elite can, the Obamas looked at the waiter, shocked and horrified that such a common accompaniment to their meal was being offered, and while inconspicuously waving the waiter away, the Obamas muttered to him under their breath and with disgust;
"We HATE crackers!"
Re Words
September 12, 2009 - 12:13 ET by slickwillie2001In the hispanic section of any grocery store, you can buy 'frijoles nigras', also spelled 'frijoles negros', which are black beans. We use them in chili as well as kidney beans for some variety.
Maybe....just Maybe....
September 12, 2009 - 06:35 ET by notinstlMaher is KO with an even funnier mask on.....never see them together.....hmmmm
It's Beyond Comprehension
September 12, 2009 - 06:42 ET by BourbeauIt never ceases to amaze me the amount of attention the likes of Maher, Olbermann, the View, et. al. are given for their myriad of biased observations, when it's clear to most that they are, in and of themselves, accomplished perpetrators of hate. I don't for a minute think those of us on the right side don't engage in this kind of nonsense, we are more than able to create our own debate club to oppose those on the left. It just staggers me that the mouth pieces on both sides can't offer an informed opinion on anyone, on anything without engaging in smut talk. It's not going to get better, we're way beyond that. It just might be worth considering if the likes of Newsbusters might decide they weren't going to facilitate the spreading of that nonsense by drawing attention to it. I never go out of my way to read or listen to any of them, nor do I care what they think, and I like it that way.
So could repubs boo the
September 12, 2009 - 07:08 ET by eaglewingz08So could repubs boo the Pres? Boo is a term that african americans use in referring to other blacks, like, 'hey boo', 'wassup boo!'. So is it subliminal racism for repubs to shout out BOO to the Pres?
Was it subliminally racist for a person of color to throw a shoe at Pres. Bush? Maher will have to parse that intent.
If the Congressional Black caucus booed a white President, oh say for the sake of argument, Pres. Bush or Reagan, was that subliminal racism?
What's that you say, blacks or minorities can't be racist?
Well that's your education dollars at work.
You Know The Drill
September 12, 2009 - 07:16 ET by BourbeauOur classy liberal friends can find racism in the color assortment of a bowl of lollipops - What, no licorice flavor? If anyone thought that electing a black anything was going to reduce the noise level of racist talk, they were sadly mistaken. It's never happened at the local level, or the state level, and it sure as hell is not going to happen at the federal level. And if you listen to the likes of Rangel, Patterson of NY, and Obama himself, you already know who the chief propagotors of it are, and that's simply because they never, ever want it to go away.
Hoein' the garden
September 12, 2009 - 08:21 ET by jacktheripperNow THAT'S funny! Did racist Maher think that one up by himself or does he surround himself with other racists "commedians"!? What a perfect venue for a racist like BM (bowl movement?) to spew for racist comments and blame someone else. After all he is the one who uttered the fake Drudge Report headlines (I would of never thought of those) and pass it off as what "rightwing nuts" could of said. Closet Racist BM really needs help.
"The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can
bribe the people with their own money." – Alexis de Tocqueville
Maher the Racist...
September 12, 2009 - 08:42 ET by adamsmithJack, I think the same thing every time I watch this guy. Because he thinks he's down with the homies, he can't make it through one show without saying at least three things that are so racist it's unreal, and a couple of really misogynistic things as well....The guy is a pig with his only excuse of, "Oh, I kid (insert victim here)....He's racist, misogynistic, and the shallowest "Thinker" on the boob tube. Good thing he has trained seals for an audience..He's Olbergoebbels without the "angry man" act, in other words a joke.....
And of course we have the
September 12, 2009 - 11:42 ET by Radical1979And of course we have the double standard applying when Laura Ingraham mocked Meghan McCain. THAT wasn't o.k. even though it was just a joke.
You forgot the most classic "Boo" of all:
September 12, 2009 - 20:15 ET by R D HelmBoo Got Shot w/translation
mp3 | stream
LOL-Sorry, I just had to.
-Dave
I agree with Rush. It's time for Obama to resign.
weasel
September 12, 2009 - 08:35 ET by client8He stacks his "panels" with a posse of rabid liberals and one, usually polite, conservative. They then bash the good guy relentlessly while his audience of trained liberal seals squeals wildly. Yet he still gets them to come on. This is a guy who had more respect for the 9/11 hijackers than the innocent victims who perished that day. You have to expect to be called a racist; its the only answer they have.
Maher....
September 12, 2009 - 08:37 ET by adamsmithMaher is using the leftist command of using "racist" against anyone not in step with the Comrade in Chief...They just don't understand that people in this country don't want Communism. Maher, Olbergoebbels and all others like them will be scratching their heads in November of 2010 after the meltdown in the Dem party. It's only too obvious these people live in echo chambers with blinders on besides-they never read anything from the right side of the aisle.....Brainwashed is as brainwashed does....I could've slaughtered every moron on that panel last night in a debate. I was really surprised how stupid Richard Clarke is. The guy is a real brainwashed idiot who only knows cheap shots against all things Bush...Sorry moron, but Bush isn't the President for the last eight months.....
Racism...
September 12, 2009 - 08:52 ET by RukusYaaaawwwwnnnn! Down in the paw paw patch! (Southerners will get that! ) : )
Gary
Levi Johnstoned: The One Trick Phoney!
Oh, This is Rich!
September 12, 2009 - 09:13 ET by locomotivebreath1901A pompus, psuedo-intellectual who documented his own rabid religious bigotry in a movie, goes all paranoid about the paper thin motives of others.
~~Thought police on line 2, Bill!
http://locomotivebreath1901.blogspot.com
What a Maher-on
September 12, 2009 - 09:23 ET by JerryWhat a Maher-on.
Who's the racist here? Maher making racist jokes under the guise of "how Drudge would report it", or Drudge for reporting facts? That's an easy call.
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
Maher's prejudiced against
September 12, 2009 - 09:35 ET by RR GOPMaher's prejudiced against white, Christian goyem.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
I'm racist!
September 12, 2009 - 09:35 ET by compguytracyOMG, I am a racist. My cats name is Boo, from the monsters Inc. movie, the little girl always said Boo...Kittie, soo my cat is Boo, noooooo. Also, why is it libs can race bait, but as soon as a Conservative says anything contradictory, they are racist!!!! BTW, noone mentions Brobama is not all black, hes half, also, same with tiger, not all black, asian, white, etc. SO in essence, we are hating ourselves, as we , the whites, hate someone who is half white?? Maybe we hate the policy?? I mean, it could happen. I hate not being employed because the economy is in the toilet, i hate the niggardly way im spooked about my chances for employment, so i can overpay taxes.
"Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought?…
Ceteris paribus
This is really getting
September 12, 2009 - 09:35 ET by SnappyThis is really getting exicting. I am sensing a complete invalidation of the ol tried and true racism throwdown. I think that once this "ultimate" and favorite charge of the dems is diluted into virtual ineffectiveness (which is very close) then I think this nation can finally be rid of its ever present white guilt and we can finally get us back on a conservative path and abandon the current (and past ) liberal agendas.
Maher is either (1) a guilt
September 12, 2009 - 09:54 ET by pcantidoteMaher is either (1) a guilt ridden self loathing racist himself, or (2) out of arguments to defend our socialist President.
Enforce Term Limits if They Won't: Vote Against ALL Incumbents in 2010.
Maher you're a Liar!
September 12, 2009 - 09:55 ET by okiehawk44Maher you're a liar!
Why do I say that?
You say: “I grew up in an all-white town in northern New Jersey” and “I remember hearing parents talk when I was a kid, you know, they didn't want black people just talking to their kids."
I grew up in east Texas and Southeast Texas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Virginia bubba way before your mother dropped you on your head and never -- NEVER -- did I hear anyone say anything near what you say was said in New Jersey.
Either you and your family are the biggest racists in America or you are a LIAR with very selective memory.
I think the first.
Oh, and BTW billy bob, if you are reading this I'll put the diversity of my family up against your family or any (ANY) black person's family that you know anytime. You're a punk -- a dangerous punk.
OMG I am a racist too
September 12, 2009 - 10:33 ET by DelsaWe had a cat named Blackie
And we had a "black" live-in I used to kiss good night, who always reminded me to take my pillow and teddy bear every time I wanted to run away, who I am in touch with over my whole life, who was walked down the isle by my father in VA Beach on her wedding day, the reception was at our beach house, (I was 12, am 60 now) her children are my loving friends, and now I discover I am a racist!
Where did I go wrong?
Useless, balding, irrelevant
September 12, 2009 - 11:06 ET by jistincaseUseless, balding, irrelevant pot smoking liberal trash. He is a useless tool that even the libs need to get rid of. The only ones that even pay attention to this hateful little man is the far left of the party. I do have some respect for certain liberals but this paunchy little scum makes me sick to even look at him. He is the type of person the deserves obamacare.
And Maher's opinion is
September 12, 2009 - 11:16 ET by Kat Outta the BagAnd Maher's opinion is relevant how...?
NL
September 12, 2009 - 12:14 ET by DelsaYOU are right.
We don't know a darn thing other that what we've been told.
He gave one speech at the Democrat convention, next thing you know he's a senator, and then the president?
I'd like to see a side by side of daddy Obama and his blessed son.
Never forget...
September 12, 2009 - 13:35 ET by Army BratThis piece of human detritus called the murderous scumbags that perpetrated the attacks on America on 9/11 "brave".
His Momma shoulda flushed this turd when she stood up and saw him floating there, but Mr.Hankey stepped in and convinced her that he might have some value. He was wrong.
islam is a lie and Truth is killing it.
Bill is projecting
September 12, 2009 - 13:53 ET by math4lifeBill is projecting his own bigotry and hatred. I guess he thinks that because he sleeps with a lot of black women that means he is not racist even though he allegedly yells racial slurs and demeans them. I am still waiting for him to be called out on his hypocrisy.
Once again.
September 12, 2009 - 14:08 ET by awffp1890Once again the flag that liberals carry into battle is, "If you disagree with the president, you must be a racist."
That is getting old, fast!
"Not for fame or reward, not for place or rank, not lured by ambition or goaded by necessity. But in simple obedience to duty." - From the barracks at Ft. Benning
Why Give What's His Name A Platform?
September 12, 2009 - 20:00 ET by Edward CropperWhy are conservative blogs with a considerable audience always quoting that
living pile of dung and giving him readers he could never get any other way?
No rational person gives a rat's ass what Bill Marred thinks or says.
Ignore this a-hole and give his space to a person who has more class, more
brains, and more dignity than this Munchkin will ever have.
Quote Pee Wee Herman.
I wish
September 12, 2009 - 20:07 ET by katainkentthey would drop covering a lot of people. This guy is at the top of the list. He's not even news. But its NB's 'show'. If they went with only news then there wouldn't be fun things like captionfest and the occassional saturday night funnies. And if they went with libs with a teeny weeny audience they wouldn't be covering much at all.
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We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. ~Thomas Jefferson
(if you think healthcare is expensive now - wait until its free)
unbelievable
September 12, 2009 - 20:04 ET by katainkentwhat channel in one's brain must you tune in to to see this kind of crap everywhere. I must not subscribe to it at all.
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We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. ~Thomas Jefferson
(if you think healthcare is expensive now - wait until its free)
How can
September 13, 2009 - 11:40 ET by jessieHHow can the people stop racism, when every news paper, every news channel (except Fox), keeps pulling the race card? Are we going to have to listen to this for obama's full term? The federal government & the main stream media are the true racists. I challenge the MSM to prove me wrong.