George Clooney Exposes Bill Maher’s Ignorant Hatred For Conservatives
By Noel Sheppard | October 23, 2010 | 01:53
George Clooney on Friday exposed Bill Maher's ignorant hatred for conservatives.
During a discussion with the actor, director, and activist on HBO's "Real Time," Maher pathetically said, " I don't think conservatives are bad people. I think they have a hard time being empathetic to people who are not like them at all."
Clooney's answer will not only surprise you, but also visibly stopped Maher in his tracks (video follows with transcript and commentary):
BILL MAHER, HOST: So, you know, we have Rob Reiner on this time, and I've hit one of his big issues is gay marriage. He's not gay that we know. This is a big issue with you so that you're not Sudanese.
GEORGE CLOONEY: No.
MAHER: I think this is a big difference between liberals and conservatives. You know, I don't think conservatives are bad people. I think they have a hard time being empathetic to people who are not like them at all.
CLOONEY: Okay, now wait. I’ll tell you why, hang on a minute though. I'll tell you why that's not necessarily true. Because this movement, the Sudanese movement, Darfur, the north-south agreement were really truly embraced by the Right even more so than the Left.
MAHER: Like I say, conservatives are empathetic.
CLOONEY: They really were. I mean, Sam Brownback and I did press conferences together, and you know, when I talked to the senator, I said listen, we don't agree on a whole lot of stuff, but we both agree on this one. And I found that over the years on this particular issue specifically, and a lot of the African countries, that you can get a lot of conservative help. I just met with Senator Dick Lugar who’s the, you know, the leading, ranking member of foreign relations. So, the trick for us is, you know, at a time that’s most politicized, I mean, more than I think since Lincoln, we have to, this is one area that we actually have an opportunity to force feed this. You know, Senator Lugar, I talked to Senator Kerry yesterday. He's now in Khartoum which is the capital of where Omar Bashir is. He’s going there to meet with them, and then going to the south. We're really trying to get everybody involved as much as possible. And they want to do it. All these guys. Believe me, the, the it's a very big issue on the right as well.
Indeed. The reality is Bill Maher is a blithering idiot.
Week after week, he sticks his THC-laden foot in his mouth, and as long as there isn't someone on the set to recognize it, his equally brain-dead audience will eat it up.
Consider that just four weeks ago, Andrew Breitbart exposed Maher for being a phony Libertarian.
But what''s been most interesting of late is that even liberals are beginning to call Maher out for his hypocritical positions.
On October 9, Maher found himself on the wrong side of a religious discussion wherein the liberal Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times and the equally liberal Joshua Green of the Atlantic disagreed with him. In the end, Maher said "Oh f--k you all" and moved to another segment.
Now, exactly two weeks later, the extremely liberal Clooney corrected him about conservative views of the Sudan.
Add it all up, and Bill Maher really is just a comedian with a limited grasp of the facts.
But don't tell that to his sycophant devotees.
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He also engages
Submitted by Vonu on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 2:24am.
in racist "humor" , pretending, of course, to be channeling conservatives.
Really?
Submitted by cjk on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 2:25am.
Just another case of a liberal being mugged by reality; breaking out of their never ending high schooler click a little.
Unfortunately it looks like Clooney needs quite a bit more mugging. Maybe some kidnappings and ass beatings.
Billy, Billy, Bill
Submitted by Obatimized on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 2:25am.
When you speak out of your ass, it's still a fart.
Remember, Obama's brother still lives in a hut.
Add Clooney to the list
Submitted by KC Mulville on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 2:32am.
On another thread not too long ago, I argued that we have to draw the distinction between the person and their political views. Of course, let's not kid each other, there are a lot of liberals who are jerks as well. The MSNBC crowd practices a sneering brand of liberalism that disgusts me. But there are plenty of liberals who you can respect, even if you disagree with them.
It's a platitude, but most of us live it every day. We all have plenty of family, co-workers, friends, etc., who are liberal. We have a few scribblers on this website who are liberal, and who might be interesting people despite that. I really don't think the world is as polarized as the news media make us out to be.
Celebrities make easy talking points. Elton John is a strong advocate for gay marriage, and I'm certainly not. But I read Rush Limbaugh's account of his recent wedding, and it turns out that Elton John was a class act. I respect that. For me, Alan Alda is that kind of liberal. I respect the guy, even if I don't agree with his politics. A friend sent me a news story about Denzel Washington showing up at a veterans hospital and donating a ton of cash. He didn't do it for celebrity, he did it quietly. You have to admire that.
So the contrast between Clooney and Bill Maher is striking. Both are liberals, but look at the difference! Maher is a hater, and his professed views are despicable. Clooney is a liberal, but I respect the work he's done for Africa, as well as Haiti. I admire Clooney. I have no use for Maher.
Elton John is a strong
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 3:17am.
Elton John is a strong advocate for gay marriage,
Actually, he's not. In 2008, Elton said
"I don’t want to be married. I’m very happy with a civil partnership. If gay people want to get married, or get together, they should have a civil partnership.
The word ’marriage,’ I think, puts a lot of people off." "You get the same equal rights that we do when we have a civil partnership. Heterosexual people get married. We can have civil partnerships."
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
And quite honestly
Submitted by Boudin on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 2:06pm.
If the Gays had not let the dimwits force all the votes concerning Gay marriage, they would have civil partnerships by now in 90% of the States. I have had this very conversation with many Gay folks who were suggesting it was the Rights fault they cant have an equivalent relationship
I have no use for Maher
Submitted by motherbelt on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 7:28am.
I have no use for Maher either. The others you mentioned, are actors first and engage in politics for their own personal reasons.
Maher, on the other hand, uses politics as the base for his "comedy" act. His whole schtik is making fun of conservatives and the Catholic Church, as far as I can tell.
Re Clooney: He annoys the hell out of me with some of his political antics, but I still like him as an actor. I even like Susan Sarandon as an actor, while I disagree hugely with her politics.L
Liberals, OTOH, had the vapors about Elton.
Maher is a confused person
Submitted by OxyCon on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 2:35am.
He's definately an anti-Christian bigot...yet, Christians happen to be the most empathetic and charitable people. And it just so happens that most conservatives in Ameria are Christian.
Oxy -- and you know, if Bilge
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 3:36am.
Oxy -- and you know, if Bilge Maher is going to start claiming "you peope" are not empathetic" to others...
it would help if Bilge had any empathy in his heart for conservatives, Christians and anyone else who isn't a socialist zealot, like him
But he only has hatred for others with whom he disagrees.
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
empathy for others
Submitted by Prince of Peeps on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 1:15pm.
That's a liberal for you. "Do as I say, not as I do."
He's not confused; he's just hateful
Submitted by motherbelt on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 6:46am.
He knows Christians are very charitable; he just doesn't care.
He ignore facts that don't fit the narrative he wants to push.
True
Submitted by Galvanic on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 2:56pm.
And as we learned a few days ago, that narrative has something to do with white penises conquering people and being resentful of Obama because he's black, or some such nonsense.
It's ironic that he and Reiner talked about the Tea partiers hating people, when hate is really all Maher ever advocates.
I'd take issue with the
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 2:37am.
I'd take issue with the statement that Donkeyface is a 'comedian'..........since he seems a lot more angry and vitriolic than he seem funny. The fact that an ultra-lib like Cloo-less could school Maher only serves to prove that ol' Donkeyface is even stupider than he looks........and that's really saying something!!!!
And, the whole Sudan problem is between the Christains and the Moooooooooooslems!!! We KNOW that Maher hates Christians............where does he stand on the Mooooooooslem issue???
From all of the left wing
Submitted by Francisco on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 5:06am.
From all of the left wing comedians, Bill Maher has been the most outspoken against the "religion of peace". Many of his comedic skits (both in standup and TV) are based around borderline conservative positions on the matter:
- The comparison between christian and muslim extremists is invalid (with muslims being on a class apart)
- Western culture is not parallel to muslim culture, but better
- Their cultural oppressiveness towards women is shameful
- Their anti-free speech violent reactions to perceived cultural offenses is unacceptable in a modern society
So i think your broad stroke there slipped a bit...
Maybe so, but if you take
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 11:28am.
Maybe so, but if you take those points that you highlighted, and compare them to the way Donkeyface talks in those particular areas,,,,,,,,,,,there are a lot of similiarities;
Of course he likes our western culture better......he can say whatever he wants, take as many drugs as he wants, hang around with as many naked women as he wants, and still live to tell about it...............
you say it like it's a bad
Submitted by Francisco on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 11:47am.
you say it like it's a bad thing :)
Not at all.............I'm a
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 2:16pm.
Not at all.............I'm a 'live and let live' kind of guy.....but phonies like Maher and countless others just love to bash our country, our culture, our traits, our principles, our anything and everything.....while enjoying the freedom and opportunity to do what they do.
And.......how far do you think a guy like Donkeyface, with his opinions and his lifestyle, would get in the Moooooooslem world???
President Bush
Submitted by Texndoc on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 2:54am.
President Bush I thought I read was responsible for more financial aid being sent to Africa for AIDS than any previous President. Maher's idiocy is only eclipsed by his audience's - you can't tell me he doesn't have staff to "start" the applause.
Texndoc
Submitted by Denny Crane on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 5:51am.
That may be correct
This was interesting too
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We Are The 53%
"Week after week, he sticks
Submitted by g55rumpy on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 4:23am.
"Week after week, he sticks his THC-laden foot in his mouth" PLEASE! it was the brown acid
sometimes i think that Maher
Submitted by Captain Evilstomper on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 6:46am.
sometimes i think that Maher only says things that will ensure he gets lots of granola-hippie-girl 'tang. 'cause otherwise he makes no sense, he thinks he's a libertarian, until Breitbart proves that he isn't, and then he tries to be an educated liberal, until clooney proves he knows nothing. i think Maher should think more and talk less. (i don't think that's going to happen though.
"Bill Maher really is just a comedian...
Submitted by Red Jeep on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 6:58am.
... with a limited grasp of the facts."
could also insert:
Joy Behar really is just a comedian with a limited grasp of the facts.
George Lopez really is just a comedian with a limited grasp of the facts.
etc.
And, of course
Submitted by 26CX on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 7:24am.
Obama is really just a community organizer with a limited grasp of the facts.
The real story...
Submitted by ChrisNH on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 7:32am.
...is that Leftist media hate for conservatives isn't going to do a bit of good on November 2. It hasn't done any good. Put Katie Couric, Ed Schultz, Keith Olbermann, Bill Maher, Matt Lauer, Charlie Gibson, Rachel Maddow and all the rest in a room so they can yell and nod in agreement. Because they're having absolutely NO effect outside their so-called sphere of influence...which is basically each other.
still have hope
Submitted by spepper on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 7:35am.
I still have hope for Clooney, that even though he's been breathing the rarified (very thin) air of Hollywood for far too long as it is, that there's still just enough oxygen in there to spark a brain cell or 2 so that he can actually realize what the case is, in Darfur, or the southern areas of Sudan, in which the Christian population is being oppressed by the northern (Muslim) Islamofascists.......I appreciate the work that Clooney et al does, to help people in "somewhat less than developed" areas in times of trouble, but he MUST start calling it like it is, as Howard Cosell used to say: this is state-sponsored religious oppression, by the ones who control the government there in Khartoum, against the "other" religion of the citizens of the Darfur/southern region-- once Kerry also realizes this during his visit, I fear that he will simply go something like "nothing to see here-- move along, move along"
Maher...
Submitted by adamsmith on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 7:50am.
Levi Johnston was a guest and what Maher said about Bristol Palin was, no lie, the ugliest thing he has ever said. I'm a Libertarian who's big on the First Amendment, but what he said should have had him fired. If Muslims were in control, he would have had his head cut off for talking about a woman that way. Watch the episode if you can in the rerun. I've never had a man turn my stomach like that before. This guy is a classless POS. And he's getting worse.....He's an eight year old with an HBO show....
And yet, even to this day, Chelsea is almost entirely
Submitted by lsudolemite on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 11:21am.
off-limits to MSM commentary (and by extension, the Hollywood establishment), even while she was in the middle of stumping for her mother on the 2008 campaign trail.
I'm not buying it!!
Submitted by ripper58 on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 8:53am.
Clooooney has motives for putting little billy in his place, he knows damn well that Libs love their money and are not a charitable bunch!! He has to make nicey nicey with the conservative crowd to keep his pet project going! It's like that "40 cents a day" commercial with BONO, if that man was sincere he would give up half his wealth and save a boat load of people,instead he pulls on the conservative/right heart strings to get his money!!!
B-14
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 9:55am.
Bingo!
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
Libs like Maher exploit Darfur when it serves their purpose
Submitted by metaphorsbwithu on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 12:20pm.
As a rule, the only time liberals bring up issues like Darfur is before elections, as they did the oppression of Tibet. Then, when they can actually do something about it, they fold their tents and revert to form.
Everyone knows the genocide is primarily waged against Christians and black Muslims by Arab Muslims but the left cannot even acknowledge this fact ... instead using this decades-old horror to bash Bush, Republicans, and global warming.
Gutless people they are and partisan toads too.
Give Clooney credit for at least trying to bring sanity to dealing with the issue and helping these people.
Go George Clooney (Just Don't Be Clownin' Our A**es)
Submitted by rammingspeed on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 4:22pm.
I'm just throwing this out there, but maybe Clooney's world travels and his real involvement with the truth is opening his eyes. At least somewhat. When the h would he have ever said anything positive about the right? And now, based on always overwhelmingly persusasive personal experience, perhaps he's absorbing the whole story, and maturing. (And I don't mean maturing in the condescending way. All of us are always maturing about something, til the day we die.)
Anyway, he came across as scholarly and reality based, and willing to give credit where credit is due. He made Maher look like the witless tool that he has become.
I hope I'm right about George Clooney, I want to see him in movies again - if he makes good, non-politically speachifying ones!
Principled Views
Submitted by therese on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 6:31pm.
This is also an example of pricipled views. George shows that his "cause" is not for show, but he feels it. And as such, he is appreciative of the support he sees for something he deeply believes in.
It is much like the support for Juan Williams we saw from conservatives. I cannot stand Juan Williams at all, but I was shocked..actually horrified that he was fired for exercising free speech. It wasn't even that Williams expressed a view I agreed with (if you listen to the entire argument he made in context) but that we all saw a glimpse of state run media.
Hopefully, with any luck, state run media NPR will be gone, and maybe so will Bill Maher.
Not quite.
Submitted by Beukeboom on Sun, 10/24/2010 - 2:45am.
"Add it all up, and Bill Maher really is just a comedian with a limited grasp of the facts."
Maher's no comedian.
And facts matters not to him when he feels he can smear a conservative.