Maher Mocks American Electorate: 'They’re Like a Dog,' 'Too Stupid'
It’s hard to tell what the end goal of HBO “Real Time” host Bill Maher’s is with his constant barrage of elitist shots at the American public. Does he think demeaning the average citizens is the best way to win people over on whatever issue he is carping about on that given day?
On the Oct. 26 broadcast of TBS’s “Lopez Tonight,” Maher took a couple of cynical and contemptible jabs at the America people. After expressing his disappointment in the Obama administration for not agreeing to abide by the will of California voters should Proposition 19 pass and decriminalize marijuana, he explained it was the role of President Barack Obama’s party to steer the country in a particular direction, albeit in some very unflattering terms.
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“I mean, that’s so disappointing,” Maher said. “You know – that’s the problem with this country. They say that there’s not enough bipartisanship. There’s too much. If there’s two parties and they’re both against weed, what do we have? I mean what’s the point of having Democrats? We have Democrats for one reason – to drag the ignorant hillbilly-half of this country into the next century, which in their case is the 19th.”
“Lopez Tonight” host George Lopez asked Maher to grade the president to date, despite a falling approval rating, high unemployment and some policy measures that have been too far-reaching for conservatives and not far-reaching enough for liberals. According to the perpetually contemptuous HBO host, Obama deserved high marks.
“You know, I mean Democrats are always a little disappointing,” he said. “That’s why they’re Democrats. But given the hand he was dealt, I give him an A.”
The cause of the president’s falling approval ratings according to Maher: It’s not the president or his leadership, but the public’s perception. The “Real Time” host explained the America electorate was not enlightened enough to assess how well Obama was performing and he demeaned the “American electorate” by likening them to a dog.
“I’ll tell you this about Americans – about the American electorate, the voter,” Maher said. “They love a winner. You know, as soon as he passed health care, [his approval rating] went up 15 points. They don’t understand the issues. They’re too stupid. They’re like a dog. They can understand inflection. They can understand fear. They can understand dominance. They don’t understand issues. But when he won on that issue, he went up.”
In Maher’s view, the president and embattled professional golfer Tiger Woods should take some cues from him. He suggested if they would put some wins on the scoreboard, their problems would be solved.
“I tell you something – if Tiger Woods had come back and won the Masters, he could have murdered all those girls he was [expletive],” Maher continued. “But he didn’t win and therefore America turned on him because they’re like, ‘We’re pissed off and it’s not right to try to [expletive] every waitress in America. Some of us are still waiting for bread.”
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Clarification
Submitted by cestes on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 3:51pm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVsr-_-v2sI
I agree with Maher. The president's approval is low because the public perceives his performance less than stellar. He will get a grade next Tuesday and I'm hoping he will man up and correct course for the sake of our nation. We will see. Since I beleive him to be a puppet, he will continue to take orders and to heck with the country and the people.
Puppets can only puppet-up
Submitted by SickofLibs on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 4:50pm.
And that's not cutting it anymore.
Minority success
Submitted by CO2Maker on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 4:04pm.
Democrats and liberals in general wring their hands and get all worked up when the Republican senators block action with a filibuster. Ooh, noo, their letting the minority ride roughshod on the will of the majority, yadda yadda yadda.
Bill Mohair, Randi Rhodes, Mike Mallory, Keith "I hope my poll rises in my bathtub" the Sports Boy, Chris the Wide Mouth Frog, and all the rest of their ilk stay on the air because of the ascendancy of an even smaller minority.
Look at the success of vulgarity, lewdness, anti-Catholic, anti-Repjblican stories on cabal television. They achieve their success with very small numbers, and they're protected by the First Amendment. All a cabal show needs to achieve is a few hundred thousand viewers. Back when it was only the Big Three (and the TV censors had spheres of brass), no show could attempt, much less succeed, in what is commonplace today.
Mohair is preaching to a small audience of (a) youth who just enjoy when the grown-ups use bad language, and (b) Dems and Liberals who like the fact that he attacks the electorate as dumb hicks (they, of course, are not) and their TIT-ular leader, Sarah Palin (get the joke? wink wink)>
Let me get this straight:
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 6:53pm.
The anemic ratings of MSNBC lefty talk shows and anti-Republican rhetoric on cable in general [so effective that a conservative tsunami is prediicted for next Tuesday's mid-term elections] are in fact demonstrable signs of liberal "success"? That's an interesting argument. Strange...but interesting.
In any event, for your viewing pleasure.
Jer
updated for minor editing
What I am saying is
Submitted by CO2Maker on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 9:32pm.
What I am saying is that MSNBC, CNN, and other cable programs can succeed with "anemic:" ratings because they don't have to draw in very large numbers of viewers. They just have to get enough of an audience to support a modest ad rate. They don't succeed in a political sense because they appeal to a very small group of people. Maher doesn't have to worry about insulting a wider audience by calling middle Americans "stupid" and "dogs," because even if they object, they aren't part of his show's viewership.
I think Maher is right.
Submitted by ThisnThat on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 3:53pm.
People are stupid. The fact he still has a show proves that.
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“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
Yep, people are stupid...
Submitted by Mary Louise Turner on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 4:04pm.
Maher is right. People are stupid...look at the millions of sheeple who put "Ears" in office and continue voting for Spend-o-crats!
Sorry, Bill
Submitted by StarAZ on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 3:58pm.
We're too stupid to see how stupid we are. And too broke to get HBO anymore...hmmm, wasn't your guy going to keep unemployment to 8%...
Who are the ignorant voters?
Submitted by Tomh on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 4:02pm.
I would hazard a guess that the Tea Party members would significantly outperform Obama voters in the Jay Leno Man-On-The-Street interviews. These are the interviews that ask how many branches of government there are, etc. etc.
A statistical analysis of this sort would humiliate and embarrass (if that were possible) Mr Maher.
So am I sugga*
Submitted by cajun2 on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 4:05pm.
This unlikely spokesperson clearly speaks my mind.
I will be posting this on every site I visit until TUES. I am tired of being insulted as stupid, ignorant or racist. Join me folks and do the same
.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJxmpTMGhU0
"After expressing his
Submitted by ckc1227 on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 4:11pm.
"After expressing his disappointment in the Obama administration for not agreeing to abide by the will of California voters should Proposition 19 pass and decriminalize marijuana"
Hmmm....I wonder if he was equally disappointed when Obama ignored the will of Arizona voters, and when a judge ignored the will of California voters on the issue of gay marriage?
Let me see your papers
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 4:12pm.
Remember how when Bush was running, the left demanded, DEMANDED, to see his college transcripts? After all, THAT would prove he was a dolt. Oops, they were wrong. And now they are wrong again.
I always look at what kind of
Submitted by ricklail on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 4:18pm.
I always look at what kind of ratings they have. Sort of hard to follow Lopez because TBS is broadcast local around Atlanta and on cable.
I do know that WWE Smackdown and Say Yes to the Dress beats Maher out. His viewers look to ba about 1 million. Better than any show on MESNBC or CNN but less than most shows on Fox News. If my figureas are right that is about. .026% of Americans.
Bill Maher?
Submitted by jfhdsiu on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 4:18pm.
Bill Maher? Bill Maher? It doesn't ring a bell! Unless he's that guy that looks kinda like Jim Belushi. Now HIM I know. Funny guy...........Sort of.
I'll tell you something,
Submitted by TerryWest on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 4:24pm.
I'll tell you something, although according to Mr Maher I'm just a dumb American voter with little clue re the issues that effect my life, what seems back woods to me is having a comedian doing stand up politics on behalf of my country's leaders.At least he is honest
Submitted by octavioj on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 4:27pm.
Many liberals would prefer the kind of rule Maher advocates but he is the only honest one to come out and say that people are stupid and should not vote. By the way, I could not disagree more. The US electorate, particularly with voluntary vote, is one of the most enlightened I have seen in my travels.
Maher is Latin for....
Submitted by Yeti on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 4:29pm.
Maher is Latin for, "Dog Pecker Gnat".
Latin
Submitted by GW on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 10:07am.
So what declension is that?
Wow Maher
Submitted by Vonu on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 4:30pm.
Save some of that for the Teabaggee Rally and Million Mouth March.
Didn't he already use that "joke"?
Submitted by Phryj1 on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 4:52pm.
I remember he said the same exact thing, "drag the...into the next century." right after Obamacare passed. Unbearable elitist leftist arrogance aside, he's recycling his remarks now. He's unfunny AND unoriginal.
His idea of progress is statist socialism. That's ignorant. Socialism is unworkable and statism is both backwards and incompatible with a free society. Bill Maher is stupid. He's an arrogant, hateful, condescending, elitist FAILED COMEDIAN who found himself an equally stupid peanut gallery to agree with every idiotic thing he says. If his bosses at HBO weren't unabashed supporters of the left-wing, Maher wouldn't even have a show. I find it unbelievable that people actually pay their own money to be force fed Maher's hate-filled brand of propaganda.
Progressives seem to be completely averse to facts and logic. Apparently, reality has a conservative bias.
Maher has an avocado for a brain
Submitted by metaphorsbwithu on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 4:49pm.
All this disdain for the intelligence of the American people from a man largely responsible for Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death?
http://bit.ly/9Y1QfS
http://bit.ly/booEdR
And what is it with the little white scarf?
Bill is worthless piece of S**T
Submitted by xfiler93 on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 4:58pm.
Another libturd saying how smart they are compared to the American public. He and Joy Behar should get together. Slime and scum fit well together.
Isn't that redundant?
Submitted by CO2Maker on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 9:34pm.
Is there a worthwhile piece of sh*t on any cabal network?
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I am insulted. My dog is not
Submitted by Free Thinker on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 4:59pm.
I am insulted. My dog is not stupid. In fact I would argue that he is smarter than Bill Maher and Joy Behar put together.
It is nice to have idiots like Maher as the spokesman for the political left.
My cat, w/one bad eye
Submitted by FastEd on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 5:03pm.
can see better then billy - but what seems the most alarming, is how dumb the elctorate has gotten in the past 2 years! Remember how smart they were just 24 moths ago?? Must be something in that polutted air and water that was supposed to be made clean once the demolibs got in power.
"We the People . . " Hey, congress - I'm one of the people - start listening!
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
Yeah, guys..........that was
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 12:06am.
Yeah, guys..........that was my first impression too!!! Don't go around insulting dogs (or cats)!!! I've had quite a few dogs in my life, and everyone of them was smarter and had more sense than Donkeyface - oh, I don't want to insult donkeys here.......just Maher!!!
And every cat that I've ever had (except one) was much more aware of reality than this meager little twerp...............
Bill Maher
Submitted by Phryj1 on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 5:05pm.
On top of being narcissistic, hateful, and wrong all the time, he's so whiny, too. Here he's whining about the Obama admin not supporting the effort to decriminalize pot in CA.
Is he actually surprised? Or does he refuse to accept that Obama and the rest of the radical left only care about more power for themselves and having more control over the American people. Kind of funny in that it's the very same "the people are too dumb to make decisions for themselves" attitude that Maher espouses that also makes it so Maher can't legally smoke pot. See, dummy! Statism is bad!
Progressives seem to be completely averse to facts and logic. Apparently, reality has a conservative bias.
He might be a little
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 12:07am.
He might be a little irritated about not getting child molestation legalized also...............
Democrats leading to the next century
Submitted by Jackrv on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 5:36pm.
Every democrat I've seen are pushing programs that lead us back to the 19th or even 18th century.
They certainly aren't leading us into the next one.
Jack
You talk about stupid? How
Submitted by Martin2717 on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 5:52pm.
You talk about stupid? How about that audience of Lopez's?
Maher, must be talking about
Submitted by ForeverOnTheRight on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 5:56pm.
Maher, must be talking about liberals, when he said the the electorate was stupid. Liberals seem to be all about emotions and what seems right, forget the facts, logic and history!
When you're insane...
Submitted by stage9 on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 6:01pm.
It’s hard to tell what the end goal of HBO “Real Time” host Bill Maher’s is with his constant barrage of elitist shots at the American public.
...there is no "end goal". He's lucky if in a few years he doesn't find himself in a straight jacket demanding that you call him "Mr President". At that point the only thing he'll have to look forward to are reruns of Matlock as his asylum nurse wipes drool from his mouth.
If you're sane, you get a real job, if your INsane, you become a an actor or a comedian. If you're an insane liberal, you get your own show on HBO.
"If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will be megalomania or erotomania, the drive for power or the drive for pleasure, the clenched fist or the phallus, Hitler or Hugh Hefner." — Malcolm Muggeridge
Maher and News Busters
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 6:00pm.
I know Maher is a dolt, but he's not really mainstream media. I never hear word one about Maher except on this website. Maybe it's some sort of symbiotic relationship. How much is he paying NB for the publicity?
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
Actually, I do know a couple
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 12:11am.
Actually, I do know a couple people who watch Maher and buy his books........so he's got some kind of minimalistic following. I can't figure out how HBO keeps him, unless they're making enough money on some other programming.
And I REALLY can't figure out why any conservative or serious politician or figure from 'our side' of the aisle would EVER go on his show.............it'd be like wading into a cesspool.........you're NOT going to get out of there clean!!!
Oh really?
Submitted by P. Aaron on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 6:32pm.
I suppose that's why Maher is banished to the confines of cable TV hell know as an HBO loss leader.
I'm confused, I thought
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 6:51pm.
I'm confused, I thought Republicans were the rich elite? Now we're hillbillies? I wish they could get their stories straight so I could buy the appropriate clothes. As long as I get to keep my guns and my religion.
I'm with you Rad*
Submitted by cajun2 on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 8:29pm.
And its not just you and me that is confused.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll9-jEtEiiI
You know Obama is in trouble
Submitted by brerol on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 7:59pm.
You know Obama is in trouble when the only few idiots buying into Obamas view the public are dolts for voting against him are Bill Maher and Joy Behner.
He's just about two years
Submitted by mattm on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 8:06pm.
He's just about two years late with that one...
But seriously, I don't totally disagree that the public is woefully uninformed. If that weren't true, there wouldn't be so many libs in power.
But the question is, why is this so? The answer is, the schools and the media.
So Billy:
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 10:31pm.
You feel like your not an a-hole if you insult others?
Were you abused as a child?
Very...
Submitted by saintknowitall on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 10:39pm.
.... typical. Just the liberal elitist being displayed in all of its glory. This grandiose thinking (that liberals have all the answers) is a psychological illness.
Does ....
Submitted by saintknowitall on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 10:41pm.
..... he not know most of America looks at him and says "what an idiot"? Kinda ironic.
tantrum 2.0
Submitted by ZuccoZoid on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 12:15am.
Bill, we're not stupid, we're just having a temper tantrum. We simply don't understand the glory of liberalism. Like spiking taxes during a recession. Taking over private industries. Feeding off giant bankers like Goldman Sachs and then pretending to chastise them publicly. Or allowing Black Panther radicals to block voting areas and have your black atty general call the rest of us racial cowards. Or allow unlimited 3rd world illegal immigration so you can build a permanent underclass dependent on your glorious all knowing state.
Just keep insulting us until you win us over...
Awl, is Mr. Behar forced to
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 1:57am.
Awl, is Mr. Behar forced to use his show to brag about his intelligence because it isn't self-evident? Poor guy. He just doesn't get any respect! Oh well, at least everyone loves it when he puts on his curly orange wig and gabs with the other intellectuals on The View.
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Chris Matthews: The Joy Behar of MSNBC.
Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.
"Stupid" is electing an
Submitted by RealVet on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 8:40am.
"Stupid" is electing an unqualified African socialist with no experience, no work ethic, no intelligence, and no common sense to the White House.
"Excessively stupid" is dedicating your already failed career to defending the racist jerk.
stupid huh?
Submitted by rdwing on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 1:54pm.
Does he not understand when he talks that way about democrats that he is also talking about himself. He sure insn't from the right or a moderate now is he? Another totaly angrey far left liberial. Why do they all hate the world so much? Were they abused or something?
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