After NOW's Weak Response to 'Dumb [Vagina]' Maher Calls Palin and Bachmann Bimbos
As NewsBusters reported Wednesday, the National Organization for Women's weak response to Bill Maher referring to Sarah Palin as a highly derogatory term for a woman's vagina in no way discouraged the "Real Time" host or the television network he represents from making these sexist attacks.
Proving this point, Maher called Palin and Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) bimbos on Friday's show (video follows with transcript and commentary):
BILL MAHER: Well, you know, a birther could be running for president. Michele Bachmann this week threw her hat into the ring kind of. We think she’s going to be running for president. For those who find Sarah Palin too intellectual.
[Laughter and applause]
MAHER: Michele Bachmann for President. As a comedian, all I have to say is where can I donate to this cause?
[Laughter and applause]
MAHER: I love this, if Bachmann and Palin get in, that’s two bimbos, and then there's Mitt Romney, a millionaire, and Newt Gingrich, a professor. We just need a skipper and a buddy – we’ve got “Gilligan’s Island.”
[Laughter and applause]
So, last week Maher called Palin a "dumb twat," and NOW responded with a statement that didn't mention him, the name of his show, or HBO. As I noted at the time, this certainly wasn't an effective admonishment for it had absolutely no impact on the comedian or the television network he represents.
Obviously, that ended up being the case, for Maher clearly wasn't given any instruction this week to tone down his sexist attacks.
For those not completely familiar with the term, bimbo when directed at a female means "an attractive but stupid young woman, especially one with loose morals."
The women at NOW should be so proud of themselves for in no way discouraging this kind of attack. In fact, one could make the case that by not mentioning Maher or HBO in their statement concerning this matter, he was de facto given their blessing as someone they're not going to admonish for sexism when it's directed at conservative women.
At the very least, it seems that's the way he took it.
As for Bachmann, I guess Maher doesn't know she holds not one but two degrees from different law schools.
This mustn't be "intellectual" enough for him.
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Comments
And this sexist pig is still
Submitted by dscott on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 4:27pm.
And this sexist pig is still on TV, why?
Maher
Submitted by driguana on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 4:28pm.
I generally have a lot of respect for this site but I've had it with reading about Bill Maher. I have never liked him, ever, and like him much less now. Bill Maher is a pussy....period. ...not funny, not intelligent, not worth the space you give him. The best thing to do with idiots like this is to ignore them. Why give him your space? By doing so, you make me want to be here less. Celebrate Palin, not Maher!
Well said...
Submitted by commentkazi on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 4:49pm.
...I've been suckered in to commenting on Maher related posts. No mas. He's trying to be relevant and we are just helping him.
maher
Submitted by serfer62 on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 5:55pm.
I usually skip articles I'm not interested in, such as about this moron, but I wanted to see the responses.
Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer
Submitted by TheHistorian on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 5:56pm.
Just think of it as reading about Krugman in the NYT. NewsBuster's job is to keep us informed about all of the lowlifes out there, and he, Tingles, and Krugman are a trio. You are welcome to push the page down button; in fact, to read the whole article you had to click on the link. Suggest you stifle yourself.
Dennis Prager
Agreed
Submitted by misterbee241 on Mon, 03/28/2011 - 12:13pm.
Yeah, why is this site becoming all Maher all the time?
This is just part of Maher's
Submitted by guein on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 4:34pm.
This is just part of Maher's self-loathing. I doubt whether he really considers either of these women bimbos. If they were, he would be interested in dating them.
As a commedian
Submitted by Dave81 on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 4:33pm.
"As a comedian, all I have to say is where can I donate to this cause?"
Bill Maher nailed it right there. He's a comedian (or tries to be), not a news reporter. While I do find a lot of his jabs at the right offensive and hateful, I could really care less what spews out of his mouth because he's just trying to make people laugh, and as most comedians do, he does it at the expense of others. John Stewart does the same thing. It'd be different it if came from NPR or MSNBC or one of the other media outlets that claims to be reporting unbiased news.
The only thing that really bothers me about him is how many people apparently take him seriously and look to him for political guidance...
bill
Submitted by kinijane on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 4:35pm.
Who watches him and would know what he says? If it wasn't for you guys
giving him space no one would hear him.
"Like twat, bimbo has many other popular meanings"
Submitted by SickofLibs on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 4:37pm.
"Use of this term began in the United States as early as 1919, where it was used as a slang term for an unintelligent or brutish male." (wiki)
Just wait.
Hey Allah-Ak-Maher, hate to
Submitted by Jerry on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 4:44pm.
Hey Allah-Ak-Maher, hate to break it to you, but Gilligan and the Skipper have already shipwrecked the country. They set out in the USS Ronald Reagan and turned it into the Minnow in 2 years.
Honestly, does anyone care
Submitted by Kat Outta the Bag on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 4:52pm.
Honestly, does anyone care what this dumb [small limp penis] thinks?
The only place
Submitted by CSM on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 5:05pm.
The only place I see this jerk mentioned is right here. He only does this crap to get his name out there.
He knows someone will react.
Just leave him alone and he will dry-up and go away.
I hope!
philipjames---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 5:37pm.
Few, if any posters at NB's care much for Bill Maher, but one thing is for sure:
You keep using the "F" word like a kid that just discovered it's shock value, you won't be posting here any longer.
MD
Huh?
Submitted by Rukus on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 7:33pm.
Ok, I admit it... you totally lost me there. He didn't use the F-bomb, or I'm blind. Huh?
Rukus---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 7:38pm.
Looks like the whole post by phillipjames was removed.
It be gone.
MD
Whew!
Submitted by Rukus on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 7:51pm.
I thought was going crazy(er)! Thanks, it makes more sense now.
Gary...
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 7:41pm.
Apparently, the entire post of philipjames was expunged. He dropped the F-bomb....twice in fact. It was such a vile post that it even made the departed Barack_Must_Go/Miss_Me_Yet appear to be a model of civility by comparison.
Jer
Yeah
Submitted by Rukus on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 7:53pm.
Now it makes sense. But how did it get under another member as a reply? Ok, I are confuzed again...
Gary...
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 8:02pm.
Matthew replied directly to phillipjames. A mod must have seen the post and pushed the ultra evaporator button, and there was literally nothing left of Mr. james.
Jer
<p>ultra evaporator button,
Submitted by dscott on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 8:19pm.
<p>ultra evaporator button, and there was literally nothing left of Mr. james. </p>
<p> Excellent description. Have you considered writing a book? </p>
But, but, but...
Submitted by Rukus on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 8:33pm.
Woundn't all the comments under his get ultra-evaporized also? Sorry, I are still confuzed...
This calls for a drink! I knew I had an excuse around here somewhere. : )
The following info is provided on a need-to-know basis, but
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 9:35pm.
that only occurs in Total Thread Annihilation mode, Gary, and NB Central Command doesn't give a flying flip about collateral damage. This was obviously a laser guided surgical strike utilizing some variant of smart bomb technology--which, by the way, has been used almost exclusively since the monumental redesign-related Fiasco of 2010 when five years of archived comments were instantly wiped out by a still unidentified staffer goofing around with the ultra evaporator.
Jer
Jer et al
Submitted by Noel Sheppard on Sun, 03/27/2011 - 1:03am.
Jer et al,
Sounds like a geriatric dietary supplement, doesn't it?
Anyway, the creature formally known as philipjames has indeed been expunged. He's passed on! No more! He has ceased to be! He's expired and gone to meet his maker! He's a stiff! Bereft of life, he
rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed him to the perch he'd be pushing up the daisies! His metabolic processes are now history! He's off the twig! He's kicked the bucket, he's shuffled off his mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-MEMBER!!
I am guilty as charged. It's very rare that I ban anyone, but this was some really vile stuff. No brainer. Made me feel good doing it. Didn't have to shower or wash my hands afterwards. Slam dunk. Good riddens. Hope to not see you on the other side. Adieu. Adios. Ciao. Hasta la vista. See ya but wouldn't wanna be ya!
Catch my drift? ns
You made yourself perfectly clear, Mr. Sheppard...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 03/27/2011 - 1:11am.
and thanks for doing us all a favor by summarily dispatching the lamentable mr. james.
Jer
What the f@#k did I miss
Submitted by RESTLESS 1 on Sun, 03/27/2011 - 1:17am.
AGAIN!!!!
RESTLESS...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 03/27/2011 - 1:38am.
Check PMs.
Jer
Jer
Submitted by Noel Sheppard on Sun, 03/27/2011 - 1:29am.
Jer,
Twas nothing. I quite enjoyed it. :-)
One of our readers emailed me. Strange stuff. Been a member for a long time. Do we have sleeper cells? ns
That may have been me Noel
Submitted by RESTLESS 1 on Sun, 03/27/2011 - 1:55am.
Although I did contact you about a poster about a week or so ago. May have been another idiot, but they are gone too, so all is good.
Whew, sure glad you guys cleared this up
Submitted by Dave. on Sun, 03/27/2011 - 9:46pm.
LOL - I thought I was losing my mind there for a while.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
It's all just a dream Dave,
Submitted by dscott on Sun, 03/27/2011 - 10:21pm.
It's all just a dream Dave, go back to sleep and when you wake up in the morning Obama wouldn't have been President as you nightmarishly imagined... You'll have to face Hillary as President. Pick your poison.
Liberals; when the tough get going
Submitted by TheHistorian on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 5:51pm.
there isn't a liberal around to provide any protection. NOW is irrelevant. A bunch of aging has beens and never wases.
Dennis Prager
Designated spokesman
Submitted by Jerry Mack on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 6:06pm.
Bill Maher is the self designated spokesman for the people that have a real fear of Palin. They love to hear her bashed. He keeps doing it, they keep watching! Now he has added Bachman. Another pretty conservative woman that they FEAR.
I've condemned Maher before, and
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 6:31pm.
I'll condemn him again.
Now who here will express at least a small measure of outrage at Rush for his jokes about Hillary Clinton not being able to get into the Marines or Army because the uniforms wouldn't fit over her big ass and fat ankles....But now that DADT has been repealed maybe she can enlist. Anyone?
Jer
I'll have a go at it , Jer---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 7:01pm.
I have a small measure of outrage for Rush Limbaugh because he actually spoke the name of an ugly leftist harridan named Hillary Clinton in an attempt at humor.
Nothing at all funny about Shrillary the Beast.
Nothing.
Howzat?
MD
About what I expected, md...
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 7:06pm.
Criticize Limbaugh and you'll be forced to make groveling apologies to him tomorrow.
Jer
Au contraire, Jer---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 7:32pm.
Though I have heard the occasional excerpt, I have never listened to Rush Limbaugh's show and don't know him personally.
Regardless, there would be no reason to chastise and then apologize to a man who causes your knickers to get in such a twist; rather he should be applauded.
He apparently is quite handsomely recompensed for giving you libs super wedgies.
Now that is the epitome of humor.
While apologies are sometimes necessary as a measure of being civilized, I see no reason to grovel while doing so.
I leave the "groveling" apology concept in the capable hands of metrosexual liberal males.
MD
Aww
Submitted by kilrod on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 11:11pm.
"I leave the "groveling" apology concept in the capable hands of metrosexual liberal males."
Awww...... To-Shay..........................~~~~~~~>
(grins) kilrod "the Birther"
If an unborn child cannot trust you, why should I,??
At the end of the day, I
Submitted by Smartypants on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 7:31pm.
At the end of the day, I don't consider anything Bill Maher says or does to be evidence of bias in the news media per se. He's a performer trying to get a laugh from his left wing audience; and like most performers today, he's just trying for the shock value. He's not that talented; he's not that witty, so the jokes come across as pretty sophomoric. Next week he'll call Palin a "pooh-pooh head" (if he hasn't already). Comparing him with Rush Limbaugh is laughable. Sure, both are essentially entertainers trying to attract and hold an audience; however, Limbaugh is lightyears ahead of Maher in his approach and abilities. (Perhaps this is why Limbaugh has an audience in the multimillions while Maher basically has his own family and the cast of "Glee" watching him.) Limbaugh is actually funny, uses tongue in cheek humor to a tee and applies cleverly placed absurdities to point out the actual absurdities of liberals and their agendas. In fact, to really understand Limbaugh's approach, one has to listen to him over an extended period of time. He cannot be taken superficially (liberals do just that every day, which is why they will never truly understand the guy, that and the fact that he is right and they are generally wrong). Meanwhile, Maher is holding his puny audience with empty invective and shallow dialog that wouldn't go over the head of a nine year old.
Odd!!!! I listen to Rush 3
Submitted by Callie369 on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 7:32pm.
Odd!!!! I listen to Rush 3 hours every day and haven't heard it the way you tell it! Nowhere near it, in fact. The lefties really like to lie, lie and lie some more.
Well, by all means, Callie...
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 7:35pm.
Please tell us how you heard it.
Jer
She probably hears liberals getting slapped silly---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 7:45pm.
by ol' Rush.
Not too odd that you hear it differently, as that much truth is hard on a lib's ego.
MD
Well that was only her fourth
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 7:56pm.
Well that was only her fourth comment. She's probably exhausted. Maybe in a few weeks she'll return and explain how I lie, lie, lie!
Jer
Uhmm...Your lips are moving?
Submitted by dscott on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 8:34pm.
Uhmm...Your lips are moving?
Oh Jer, you set yourself up and I couldn't resist.
Yes, they are, dscott...
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 10:03pm.
...because I'm eating a ham sandwich. I work up an appetite duking it out with you guys.
Jer
Um...
Submitted by Rukus on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 7:58pm.
1: I don't think the military has pant suit uniforms, and it they did, they wouldn't make them in XXX Bootay/Canckle size.
2: Shrillary in the military? Buwahahahhahahahahahaha!
3: See above
I think the whole story
Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 9:22pm.
I think the whole story Hillary told about trying to get into the Marines was a lie. That was during the Vietnam War and they'd take anybody that could walk, even women. She was ugly as homemade crap but that still didn't disqualify her.
The Army had two sizes of uniforms, too big or too small and the most beautiful shade of olive green. One size was sure to fit her.
rick
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 10:10pm.
The "uniform" angle was Rush's own hilarious embellishment to the story. He had to set up the "big ass" punchline somehow.
Jer
No one needs to---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 10:14pm.
"set up" a punchline about Hillary's big ass, whether speaking anatomically or matrimonially.
MD
That's actually pretty clever, Matthew...
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 10:23pm.
But, conservatives and their selective outrage continue to amaze me. It must be part of their DNA.
Jer
Jer,---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 10:32pm.
I agree that selective outrage exists - on both sides - of that, there is no doubt.
What amazes me is that no liberals will be found admitting to it while being committed to it.
MD
Matthew...I'll admit
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 10:51pm.
there are liberals who appear to have also inherited the selective outrage gene. But if Boehner's penis is worth a blog about Maher's low-brow humor, it seems to me Limbaugh's tasteless joking about Hillary's anatomy should elicit a moderate remonstrance from at least one conservative.
So far, 4+ hours of thundering silence.
Jer
I don't see a valid comparison, Jer---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 11:31pm.
between the Maher filth and the Limbaugh humor, whether speaking generally or about a specific incident.
But then, I am a conservative and don't worship at the feet of either the Clinton's or Obama, nor at the liberal altar.
MD
You wouldn't, Matthew...
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 11:49pm.
As long as you're looking at Limbaugh through those three-inch thick rose colored glasses.
Jer
You are assuming, Jer---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 03/27/2011 - 12:21am.
something that you should not.
I see Rush Limbaugh as a fairly intelligent person who enrages liberals because he exposes their two-faced idiocy.
Nothing more.
Though I admit the humor factor is magnified considerably by your apparent dislike for the man.
MD
It's a very simple issue, Matthew...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 03/27/2011 - 12:51am.
I don't find the type of mockery of a person's physical appearance or anatomy with which Maher targeted John Boehner and Limbaugh targeted Hillary Clinton to be either funny or appropriate--regardless of politics.
With you, however, ideology trumps taste. As long as it's a liberal being skewered, it's acceptable to you. If a conservative is the target, you are outraged.
Jer
But of course, Jer---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 03/27/2011 - 3:02am.
it is perfectly acceptable to rain recriminations on those you disagree with when defending your ideological bent, by attempting to insult their intelligence and talking down at them as though you were standing upon Mount I Have Never Transgressed.
As one whose gaseous liberal emissions stink up a conservative site with regularity, you really are in no position to make a call about ideology trumping taste.
When you do so, that particular emission reeks of hypocrisy, because your entire raison d'etre on NB's appears to be to counter conservative philosophy by picking nits while exclaiming
"They do it, too!"
To then complain about how a conservative reacts is puerile in the extreme.
You may be singularly impressed with the vision you have concocted in your head of yourself as a standup guy who treats fairly with all comers, but to me, your pronouncements sound a tad elitist; but then, you do think like a liberal.
MD
MD, My Hero
Submitted by MrShy on Sun, 03/27/2011 - 3:07am.
NB really needs to install a "Like" button.
(Makes note-to-self, seriously, for when he emails Matthew Sheffield later re: a project... :))
- Spinster Shy
Join Mr. Shy and The 1* Percent
I forgot to mention, rick...
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 11:11pm.
that according to Hillary she was 27 years old at the time which would have put the incident in 1974 or 1975--post Vietnam War.
But, I can't vouch for the accuracy of her story, only the poor taste of Limbaugh's joke.
Jer
If this is the dialogue (and
Submitted by Edhenry on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 7:25pm.
If this is the dialogue (and weak response) of the left
We win.
Maher
Submitted by Callie369 on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 7:28pm.
So its okay to call Maher a dick head!!!!
I think the (marginally) male half of Bill Maher...
Submitted by Dave. on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 7:42pm.
...has the major hots for both Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann.
I'd say the same about Prissy Tingles, too, but thankfully this thread isn't about him. :-)
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
How?
Submitted by Miket53 on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 8:39pm.
How do women, liberal or conservative, control what should be wild outrage over how Maher treats them? Its been asked before but imagine a conservative making such statements about Hillary? This could backfire on Maher and liberals because people are tired of it all. People are not lauging or believeing...just tuning out.
Miket53 http://mtaricani.blogspot.com/
Perky Katie
Submitted by Free Stinker on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 8:57pm.
Katie Couric leaving CBS - h/t Drudge
"Sarah Palin always has the last laugh". --Free Stinker
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
I saw that but I am still not
Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 9:20pm.
I saw that but I am still not going to watch their biased news. They might find someone that is more intelligent than her but they'll still be a lefty.
Deserved Excoriation
Submitted by stratman on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 11:08pm.
Scott Pelley is another teleprompter reader who never graduated from college. He fits in nicely with Brian Williams, Peter Jennings, and Morley Safer.
Ironic how the newser types mock Sarah Palin on accomplishment and knowledge, then turn around and pay homage to authenticated half-literates who couldn't handle Intro to Hygiene at their local community college with a cheat sheet.
NOW is not about equal rights for women
Submitted by Dolphie on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 9:30pm.
NOW is worse than the mindset the founders fought against. NOW wants to force women to act, talk, think, behave a certain way and if women dare deviate they are to be punished.
If one does not think and act the way NOW dictates - then one is penalized and trashed. I consider them as bad as the muslims who beat, maim, kill, incarcerate the women who have been raped.
I am an Independent female small business owner.
NOW would have fought my success - unlike Susan B Anthony and others who would have stood beside me and championed my success/strength of character. Susan B Anthony did not require women to follow in a boxed pattern. Ms Anthony did not expect all women to view all things exactly the same.
NOW should have been all over Maher and should never have thrown politics into the mix. A woman is a woman and NOW is supposed to stand for the rights of ALL women.
Then again - they are sellouts who if they lived in the days when women were not allowed to vote - NOW would have ratted to the authorities on the very women championing women's rights.
Sickening that HBO continues to employ this guy...
Submitted by krendler on Sun, 03/27/2011 - 11:04am.
And Maher is the guy (along with a multitude of other liberals) that's constantly running around accusing others of being "racist", - not for calling Obama derogatory names - but for doing nothing more than opposing Obama's policies?
Liberals are the most sexist, racist people you'll come across in modern America society. They feel they can say whatever the hell they want, as long as the hatred is directed at a conservative.
All that Maher's behavior does
Submitted by katiejane on Sun, 03/27/2011 - 11:09am.
is open the door to sexist/racist attacks by the other side. Why should I object to offensive comments from Rush while the Left excuses the ones from their side? Whar makes racist comments anymore unacceptabel that sexist slurs?
Nasty, sorry little excuse
Submitted by johnsonl on Mon, 03/28/2011 - 7:18am.
for a human being. You can't call him a man, by any stretch of the imagination. He should watch his mouth. These women could beyatch slap him silly.
An Alternative ...
Submitted by RealVet on Mon, 03/28/2011 - 7:28am.
"We just need a skipper and a buddy – we’ve got “Gilligan’s Island.”
My guess is that that would be better than "The Jeffersons". At least on Gilligan's Island, they had leadership, some intelligence, and always a plan - and attractive women.
Hey Little Buddy...
Submitted by misterbee241 on Mon, 03/28/2011 - 12:11pm.
We do have the skipper and Gilligan: Biden and Obama. And yes, we do have Gilligan in charge.
Skipper and Gilligan
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Mon, 03/28/2011 - 12:18pm.
But the chick they have playing Ginger sure is a big gas.