Wolf Blitzer Makes a Fool of Bill Maher for Complaining About CNN Airing Tea Party's SOTU Response
NewsBusters for years has chronicled the staggering idiocy of comedian Bill Maher.
On Tuesday's "Situation Room," we got a hand from Wolf Blitzer when he marvelously countered Maher's complaint that CNN's decision to air Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's (R-Minn.) Tea Party response to the President's State of the Union address was depriving Democrats of equal time (video follows with transcript and commentary):
WOLF BLITZER, HOST: What's unusual tonight also, not only that they're going to be sitting next to each other -- they've got dates -- is that there will be the president's State of the Union address.
The official Republican response from Republican Congressman Paul Ryan, a rising star in the GOP of Wisconsin, the chairman of the budget committee. And then another response from Republican Congressman -- woman Michele Bachmann, who's representing the Tea Party Express. We'll carry all of that live here on CNN. I don't know about the other networks, but we'll let -- we'll let all of those speeches breath.
What do you think about the decision by the Tea Party to go ahead and have their own response?
BILL MAHER: Well, I understand why they would. Who wouldn't want to? I don't understand the decision by CNN to air it. Why are you giving two -- why are you giving air time to basically two Republican responses? I mean, the Tea Party is the Republican Party. It's just a rebranding.
The Republican Party realized a couple of years ago they were very unpopular with the American public, possibly because all of their ideas had been miserable failures over the last 10, 20, 30 years. So they rebranded as the Tea Party.
Why don't you give equal time to the Democratic response, and then have Representative Anthony Weiner, who's from the more progressive wing of the Democratic Party, why doesn't he get some -- some air time?
BLITZER: Well, I'm sure -- I'm sure he'll get plenty of opportunities. We'd love to have him in THE SITUATION ROOM. He can -- he can respond.
I will point out, the president will speak, probably, for an hour. Paul Ryan will speak maybe for 10 or 15 minutes. And Michele Bachmann's speech will be very short. So in terms of the amount of time that the response will be is nothing compared to what the president of the United States will deliver in making his message, as it should be, since he is, after all, the president of the United States. And this is the State of the Union address, although we will be getting some responses.
Of course, Blitzer was correct. Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) ended up speaking for 10:40 while Bachmann spoke for 6:36 giving them a combined total - one I doubt Maher can calculate - of 17:16.
Over the years I've covered Maher's ignorance of just about everything, I quite imagine he can't determine that with the President speaking for 61 minutes, this means he got almost four times the air time as the combined Republican response.
It really staggers the mind that this man has an hour once a week to share his uneducated opinions with the country on national television, and we sincerely thank Blitzer for helping us prove this point.
For those interested, here are some other recent examples of Maher's ignorance:
- Bill Maher: ObamaCare Individual Mandate Same As Having to Buy Car Insurance
- Mark Levin Rips Bill Maher for Saying Founding Fathers Would Have Hated Tea Partiers
- Bill Maher: 'Because We Don't Have Government Healthcare, That's One Reason Why a Crazy Person Gets a Gun'
- Bill Maher Heckled by 'Tonight Show' Crowd for Saying Conservatives Want to Kill People They Disagree With
- George Clooney Exposes Bill Maher’s Ignorant Hatred For Conservatives
- Andrew Breitbart Nails Bill Maher: You're Not a Libertarian, You're a Socialist
- Fareed Zakaria Exposes Bill Maher's Complete Ignorance of Politics
- Bill Maher Says 'F--k You' To Guests Disagreeing With His Religious Views
- George Will Smacks Down Bill Maher On This Week: Brazil Doesn't Use Oil?
- Bill Maher Strikes Back at George Will Armed With Falsehoods and Bill Clinton
(H/T Matt Schneider)
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Comments
Did anybody cover Nancy Pelosi's response to the Republican one?
Submitted by TheHistorian on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:07am.
I heard she was going to do so, but never heard it. Did anybody?
Dennis Prager
I saw her on with Greta last night
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:26am.
Sounding as clueless and partisain as ever.
She was damn scary. I saw her
Submitted by WarEagle66 on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 6:05pm.
She was damn scary. I saw her and her head was shaking as she spoke. It was creepy.
Plus she made NO SENSE and Greta let her get away with it.
At the end of the day, Maher is Hugh Hefner...
Submitted by Mike Bratton on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:10am.
...without the grotto.
--Mike
Mike
Submitted by Burnside on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:33am.
Maher wishes he was Hefner! He's just his gimp though.
Maher
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:54am.
like a clam, is a filter for the grotto. (apologies to anyone still having breakfast)
Maher isn't even William Hung Without the Talent
Submitted by donabernathy on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 1:06pm.
Maher wishes he had this much talent
roflmao
How did that idiom go again.
Submitted by DumbCanuck on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:15am.
Something like "It is better to keep your mouth shut and let people believe you're an idiot, rather than open it and remove all doubt."
Advice Mr. Maher should seriously consider taking... for his own sake.
"There... Are... Four... Lights!"
And in The Bible too . . .
Submitted by Free Stinker on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 12:06pm.
And in The Bible too . . . Pro 17:28 Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise; When he closes his lips, he is considered prudent./// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
did you see?
Submitted by ripper58 on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:13am.
the stupid look on BM's face at the end of that clip? Stoopid is as Stoopid does!! What a dolt this weasle is
So, Maher wants the Democrats
Submitted by Bruzilla on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:17am.
So, Maher wants the Democrats to put someone out to respond to the SOTU address from a Democrat President? Wouldn't this show there's a different Democrat view of the SOTU between the Congress and the President? That wouldn't be very smart.
Bruz, off topic, but ...
Submitted by IgnatzJFahrquar on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 1:10pm.
Love the quote in your sig line ... Heck, the Grail is a great source for a multitude of quotes.
And to further what Dennis the Peasant said ... "I mean, if I went around sayin' I was an empereror just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me they'd put me away!
Great movie
Submitted by ant on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 10:39pm.
"I am your King!"
"Well, I didn't vote for ya."
Maher is exposed as an idiot, yet again
Submitted by KC Mulville on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:27am.
What gets me is that they call the Tea Party "angry." What else does this fool have, except anger?
What the..........
Submitted by BBallleaper on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:29am.
heck is this dork wearing?????? My eyes aren't what they used to be but I'd swear this idiot is morphing into Hugh Hefner! Open collar, some disgusting necklace. Looks like he's either been cruising gay bars or his mother dressed him as a joke! Seriously, just time-warp this stooge's face side-by-side with Hefner. Talk about to perverts-in-a-pod!
If anybody's old enough to remember the animated
Submitted by ProudAmerican58 on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 4:28pm.
version of Mel Brooks' "2000 Year old Man" -- that's exactly what he's beginning to look like to me.
Obama talked 4x more?
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:34am.
Sounds exactly like the Health Care Kabuki Summit last year.
Big fat surprise. I think I'll let my tagline address dumb Bill Maher:
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Maher drops Wieners name
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:38am.
As if he is respected. Figures one typical libterd liar would lean on other one. Ol donkey face is as predictable as ever
Figures
Submitted by stratman on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 3:05pm.
Sounds like Maher loves Weiner.
Heck, why not make the SOTU
Submitted by ant on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:42am.
Heck, why not make the SOTU 17 hours longer and pass around a feather or something so every one gets a turn. Dufus! It is interesting Mahrer brings up Weiner, both people I'd like to smack in the face for their condescending smirks.
"Are you threatening me?"
Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 12:17pm.
-The Great Cornholio
Thank Goodness for CNN
Submitted by SimJim on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:52am.
I can't believe I'm saying it, but CNN decision to air Bachmann's response was valuable to me. I did a Google search on Bachmann, SOTU and was directed to a site called Tea Party Express .org supposedly for a live feed of her response. What I got instead was a bunch of leftists defending Obama policy at White House .gov. I felt like some devious was happening to the Bachmann feed.
As for Maher, did he not realize he was being giving air time on CNN to spout his leftist crap? Was there a clock on him to see if he was getting more time than should be allotted for morons to speak?
Did ABC show Bachmann's
Submitted by talkradio55 on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 3:11pm.
Did ABC show Bachmann's response? I ask because I saw it streamed on the ABC news website and do not have a television.
Let's be fair here
Submitted by okiehawk44 on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 12:18pm.
A. Bill Maher is an atheist. Jared Loughner is an atheist.
B. Bill Maher's mother is Jewish. Jared Loughner's mother is Jewish.
C. Bill Maher is Jared Loughner.
They are both insane -- Logic 101.
Brothers
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 12:21pm.
At least
Old expression still applies
Submitted by Bobbygn on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 12:21pm.
" MAKE SURE YOUR BRAIN IS ENGAGED BEFORE PUTTING YOUR MOUTH INTO GEAR."
Maher has never heard that expresssion or is too dumb to understand it. The guy is nothing but a little troll and deserves no air time.
Bill Maher truly is an enigma
Submitted by WarEagle01 on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 12:20pm.
He realy contributes nothing to public discourse other than nastiness and profanity (oh, and his mullet). He says stupid things like this all the time. Remember his nonsensical comment about Brazilian oil which was immediately debunked by George Will? And then he's always talking violence. Hoping this or that conservative dies while complaining about violent rhetoric on the Right. He's a drug-addled, mullet-coifed loser. I just can't fathom why anyone would be interested in his opinion.
Hey! WarEagle....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 12:27pm.
Why don't you quit beating around the bush and give us your opinion? ;->
He's a tough guy
Submitted by MacWell on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 4:56pm.
Or so he thinks. I doubt that he'd fight cancer. All of these little trolls are the same, they talk a good fight, but when push comes to shove, they run like the little girly men that they are.The whole response to the
Submitted by eaglewingz08 on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 12:22pm.
The whole response to the SOTU, was a democrap liberal ploy that started during the Reagan years to try to put some liberal hacks on air immediately after a Reagan speech to try to deflate it and/or push their democrap talking points. It is the political equivalent of heckling whether the President is democrap or republican.
Maher made a good point.
Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 12:24pm.
"...all of their [Republicans] ideas had been miserable failures over the last 10, 20, 30 years."
Maher is right from the "being an effective and efficient government" aspect. All their ideas were progressive, more entitlement, bigger government (read, "Democrat-lite").
And, that's why the TEA Party came into existence, Bill. To get the Republican Party back to conservative, Constitutional, smaller government principles.
Wolf Blitzer Makes a Fool of Bill Maher
Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 12:30pm.
No, he didn't. God did.
Both are fools
Submitted by RightRealDeal on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 12:30pm.
Two fools which is the bigger?
You need a scale
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 1:12pm.
To measure it
WHY?
Submitted by racer148 on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 12:53pm.
Does networks like CNN that Bill Mahr is anything but a bomb thrower? Just like most liberals he just gives the same talking points everytime.
Doesn't Bill Maher look like
Submitted by marpel on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 1:18pm.
Doesn't Bill Maher look like a talking cadaver? He's uglier than a stump and what comes out of his mouth is even uglier than that mug of his. I think Hef is better looking because he's in La La land now, and he's harmless.
The democratic response was the President's SOTUS...Hello????
"Deep within my heart lies a memory. A song of ol' San Antone..."
Blitzer Makes a Fool of Bill Maher
Submitted by Conservator on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 1:25pm.
It's not hard to do when you're dealing with vile hateful ignorant cussing fool - but, bravo for Wolf !
Response to #19 Let's be fair here
Submitted by Dotcoman on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 1:33pm.
Logic 101.
Yeah, Logic, if you are an Annenburg Challenge student.
Good job okiehawk44
Bill Maher is the female version of Roseanne Barr
Submitted by Dotcoman on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 1:47pm.
albeit, the more anorexic, even less funny, weight watchers version.
Seriously, what has this cheap Barr clone ever said, that Barr and her ilk haven't already said?
He's also sort of a lot like Bathtub boy Olbermann in that he doesn't actually have any origional material. Bathtub boy just scowered sites like DU and Kos for his positions and issues to take a stand on. MSMBC would have been better served by just going out and buying a Jap robot and letting Kos kiddies program what it says. Same net result, just without having to pay another BDS sufferer like bathtub boy an over inflated pay check.
Bachman's speech
Submitted by shooter on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 2:15pm.
Bachman's speech was embarrassing. From the no eye contact to historical flubs, it was a disaster for her and the TEA party, which makes me sad.
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"An armed society is a polite society" -- Robert A. Heinlein
The "no eye contact" thing
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 2:33pm.
They apparently had some kind of odd feed....if you saw it somewhat from the side.
She was looking directly into the webcast camera....and a different camera was the one given to the networks to broadcast.
Now kindly cite the "historical flubs".
Because I think she did a great job of RINO herding, which is what needs to continue to happen to keep these old guard republicans in leadership positions on their toes.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
I agree Blonde
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 2:46pm.
She was great, laid out the problems an the agenda to correct them. All in less the 7 minutes.
~
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 2:56pm.
New, improved NB strikes again.
~J
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 2:56pm.
This guy is a Matthews fan, apparently. Check out this piece debunking Matthews claim about Bachmann being wrong.
RINO herding,
Submitted by Samshile on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 3:14pm.
That is great! i am borrowing that. "RINO herding".
To the other snarkey comment about Michelle: I come here to get away from DemoSnarks. If you have some critque put something of value into it.
Feel free to use RINO herding to your heart's content
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 3:26pm.
We have a couple of master RINO wranglers, Bachman, Palin, Jim DeMint, and joining them will be Allen West (who has already called out Eric Cantor for a lazy legislative agenda of only 110 working days, Hooyah Colonel!) and Marco Rubio.
I just posted a link on another thread to Ronald Reagan's speeches, here...but I think I'm going to print off his Innaugural Speech, and head to Allen West's Town Hall Meeting tomorrow night, and ask him to read it (at least the first part).
I would like to see the RINO wranglers continue to quote Reagan, non-stop, to the new Republican leadership when they revert back to their squishy RINO ways.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
And who can forget the movie
Submitted by Soldat44 on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 2:23pm.
And who can forget the movie classic...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NZUEof8J6w
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
Why was Maher even on the show
Submitted by Tjexcite on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 2:50pm.
It is not like he is a master in the fine art of Political history. He is not a pundit. Was he on for the color commentary because if he is a joke not ones that he tells. They would have got a more enlightenment opinion if they asked a tree stump
Really pitiful and creepy
Submitted by JLin on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 4:38pm.
The guy looks like a 65 year old porn star.
Maher?
Submitted by MacWell on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 5:05pm.
I saw one portion of his show when some guy was heckling him. Well, Bill jumped up and started to run up the aisle, ranting all the way like he was going to throw the guy out himself. Of course he had a couple of bouncers in front of him, so he wasn't going to get hurt. The guy would've wiped the floor with him.10..15..20 Years? LOL! Wow.
Submitted by TCinAZ on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 6:48pm.
10..(15)..20..30 Years? LOL! Wow. Maher really Is Funny! I mean, was "Bob" too busy looking to score his Next supporting role in another smash hit like DC Cab to catch Perot's 92' run for the Presidency? Or too busy to witness the GOP's trouncing of his Stalinist pals back in 95'? Because if he wasn't, then somebody should remind Hollywood's resident Proggie lawn jockey, that Pablo's finest is a one Hell of drug. But yeah, I know, the only dope that he's Ever done, is the devil weed, and he's knocked back "some" of Hagar's 151 too. Sure. uh-huh. And I've got a Bunny Mansion somewherez out there to sell ya' if you believe That.Maher
Submitted by Scott Trent on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 6:53pm.
Bill Maher is a complete idiot. And a Communist no doubt. He just wants attention... Nothing new there.
bill maher ??
Submitted by john t on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 6:59pm.
what does maher bring to the discussion. i have seen him once on a sunday morning network show and he completely embarrassed himself as he said brazil got themselved off oil in the 60s. he was chanllenged and had no response. he is not funny. what is his deal?