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Bill Maher Jokes About Boy Scouts Having Oral Sex

By Noel Sheppard | February 09, 2013 | 18:00

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There apparently is no limit to Bill Maher's depravity.

On HBO's Real Time Friday, the host during his opening monologue made a joke about Boy Scouts having oral sex (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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Newsweek's Tina Brown: 'Obama'd Be Impeached By Now For Drones If He Was Bush'

By Noel Sheppard | February 09, 2013 | 09:49

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Newsweek/Daily Beast editor Tina Brown said something Friday night that should wake up the Left and their media minions.

Appearing on HBO's Real Time, Brown said during the online Overtime segment, "He'd [Obama] be impeached by now for drones if he was W. Bush" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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WikiLeaks Assange: 'You Can Be Killed By Someone in White House for Completely Arbitrary Reasons'

By Noel Sheppard | February 09, 2013 | 01:30

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"You can be killed by someone in the White House, President on down, for completely arbitrary reasons."

So said WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher Friday.

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WikiLeaks Julian Assange to Appear on HBO's 'Real Time With Bill Maher' Friday

By Noel Sheppard | February 08, 2013 | 17:11

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is scheduled to be one of Bill Maher's guests on HBO's Real Time Friday.

The folks at Monsters and Critics said it best about this matter in their preview of the upcoming program:

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Donald Trump Issues Statement Regarding $5 Million Lawsuit Against Bill Maher

By Noel Sheppard | February 04, 2013 | 16:47

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As NewsBusters reported Monday, Donald Trump is suing HBO's Bill Maher for the $5 million the comedian offered to the real estate mogul if he proved that he wasn't the product of his mother having sex with an orangutan.

With the suit having been filed in California court hours ago, NewsBusters has obtained a statement from Trump via his EVP and Special Counsel:

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Did Bill Maher Steal Jokes From Jay Leno and Jon Stewart?

By Noel Sheppard | February 02, 2013 | 10:52

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Bill Maher made a couple of jokes on HBO's Real Time Friday that sounded eerily similar to things NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno and Comedy Central's Jon Stewart said earlier in the week.

Here are the relevant clips (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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Mayor Booker: 'Legal Gun Buyers Aren't Causing Murders in Newark and Chicago and Other Places'

By Noel Sheppard | February 02, 2013 | 10:06

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Newark Mayor Cory Booker made a statement on HBO's Real Time Friday that should please gun rights advocates across the fruited plain.

Despite being for stronger gun laws, Booker said, "Legal gun buyers are not causing murders in Newark and Chicago and other places" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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Maher Shockingly Blasts 'Takers': 'We Have 23.5% Dirt Bags In America'

By Noel Sheppard | January 26, 2013 | 15:06

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Stop the presses! Stop the presses! Bill Maher on Friday actually said something well-reasoned and intelligent that conservatives - including members of the Tea Party - might agree with.

"We have 23.5 percent dirt bags in America," the HBO Real Time host surprisingly said. "It just seems like there’s less people pulling the wagon and more people in the wagon, and at some point the wagon is going to break" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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Maher Tells Pelosi ‘You Really Should Be Speaker Because Democrats Got More House Votes’

By Noel Sheppard | January 26, 2013 | 13:41

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As NewsBusters readers know, one of my great pleasures is pointing out the staggering stupidity of Bill Maher.

My hero came through once again on HBO’s Real Time Friday telling Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), “You really actually should be the Speaker because Democrats got a million more House votes” (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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Maher: 'I Would Pay to Watch Rick Perry Defend Himself Against a School Shooter with Prayer'

By Brad Wilmouth | January 19, 2013 | 15:31

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During the monologue of Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, host Maher joked about wanting to see Texas Governor Rick Perry trying to defend himself from a killer using prayer, as he excoriated the Republican governor for suggesting that more religion could help reduce violent tendencies in people.

As he brought up the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, and opposition to the left's proposed new gun laws, Maher went after the Texas governor:

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Maher: ‘What’s Happening in Israel Is What Would Happen in America if Tea Party Took Over’

By Noel Sheppard | January 19, 2013 | 10:46

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Bill Maher came back from his long winter vacation Friday to predictably say stupid things on HBO's Real Time that only a liberal would utter or appreciate.

One such was telling Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal, “What's happening in Israel is kind of what would happen in America if the Tea Party took over” (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

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Martin Bashir: Maybe Donald Trump ‘Really Is the Son of a Big, Fat, Hairy Ape'

By Noel Sheppard | January 08, 2013 | 18:07

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As NewsBusters reported Tuesday, Bill Maher on NBC’s Tonight Show offered Donald Trump $5 million to prove that he wasn’t “the spawn of his mother having sex with an orangutan.”

Later in the day, MSNBC’s Martin Bashir actually echoed Maher’s contention challenging Trump to come out and disprove it (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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Maher Offers Trump $5 Million To Prove He Isn't 'Spawn of His Mother Having Sex With An Orangutan'

By Noel Sheppard | January 08, 2013 | 11:17

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Bill Maher on Monday offered $5 Million to the charity of Donald Trump’s choosing if the billionaire could prove that he wasn’t “the spawn of his mother having sex with an orangutan.”

Such happened on NBC’s Tonight Show which clearly was in on the gag (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

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Michael Moore: 'By Watching Fox News You Have De-evolved'

By Noel Sheppard | November 17, 2012 | 13:34

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Schlockumentarian Michael Moore on Friday took an ironic shot at the Fox News Channel.

Appearing on HBO's Real Time, the perilously liberal propagandist said, "By watching Fox News you have de-evolved" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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Bill Maher Tells Sean Hannity To Commit Suicide

By Noel Sheppard | November 17, 2012 | 12:02

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UPDATE AT END OF POST: Hannity responds.

Bill Maher on Friday told Fox News’s Sean Hannity to commit suicide.

This occurred on HBO’s Real Time as the host discussed the Florida man who allegedly killed himself last week as a result of Barack Obama’s re-election (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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Samuel L. Jackson Tells S.E. Cupp ‘You Don’t Want To F—k With Dick Cheney’

By Noel Sheppard | November 10, 2012 | 16:24

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A war broke out on the set of HBO’s Real Time Friday when MSNBC’s sole conservative commentator S.E. Cupp had the nerve to say that Barack Obama’s foreign policy was no different than former President George W. Bush’s.

In the midst of the shouting, actor Samuel L. Jackson said to Cupp, “You don’t want to f—k with Dick Cheney" (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

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More Maher Ignorance: Richard Mourdock Lost To 'Elizabeth Warren Up In Massachusetts'

By Noel Sheppard | November 10, 2012 | 14:09

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As NewsBusters readers know, one of my favorite things to do on Saturday is expose the stunning ignorance of HBO's Bill Maher.

The Real Time host didn't let me down Friday actually saying during his prepared opening monologue that Indiana's Richard Mourdock lost his senate bid Tuesday to - wait for it! - "Elizabeth Warren up in Massachusetts" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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S.E. Cupp Makes a Fool Out of Andrew Sullivan on HBO's Real Time

By Noel Sheppard | November 10, 2012 | 12:14

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For the second time in less than two weeks, Andrew Sullivan's ignorance was revealed on national television.

Following George Will and PBS's Gwen Ifill on ABC's This Week last month, MSNBC's sole conservative commentator S.E. Cupp assisted Sullivan with looking like a total moron on HBO's Real Time Friday (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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Maher: Republicans Reacted to Obama Win Like They 'Found Out Their Wife Is F--king a Black Guy'

By Noel Sheppard | November 10, 2012 | 10:45

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Last week Bill Maher warned Mitt Romney supporters, "Black people know who you are and they will come after you."

On HBO's Real Time Friday, the host said that Republicans reacted to Obama's victory Tuesday like they "just found out that their wife is f--king a black guy" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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Maher: 'Who Cares What Somebody In Obama Administration Wrote Down and Predicted?'

By Noel Sheppard | November 03, 2012 | 10:29

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The ignorance and blind sycophancy of Bill Maher knows no bounds.

On HBO's Real Time Friday, the man who proudly gave a million dollars to Barack Obama's Super PAC said on national television, "Who cares what somebody in his administration wrote down on a piece of paper and predicted?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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Bill Maher Warns Romney Supporters: 'Black People Know Who You Are and They Will Come After You'

By Noel Sheppard | November 03, 2012 | 00:03

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Bill Maher on HBO's Real Time Friday might have said one of the most disgraceful things uttered during the 2012 campaign season.

"If you're thinking about voting for Mitt Romney, I would like to make this one plea: black people know who you are and they will come after you" (video follows with commentary):

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Staggering Ignorance From Bill Maher: 'We Spend 42% of Our Total Budget on Defense'

By Noel Sheppard | October 27, 2012 | 09:07

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As NewsBusters readers know, one of my guilty pleasures is pointing out the staggering ignorance of Bill Maher.

The object of my disaffection certainly didn't let me down Friday evening when on HBO's Real Time he actually told Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) that we spend 42 percent of our total budget on defense (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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Coulter Smacks Down Affleck and Maher: 'This Is Getting More Boring Than Charlie Rose'

By Noel Sheppard | October 13, 2012 | 12:29

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Not surprisingly, Bill Maher and guest Ben Affleck took some cheap shots at former President George W. Bush during the Overtime installment of Friday's Real Time on HBO.

Smacking them down was conservative author Ann Coulter who deliciously said, "This is getting more boring than Charlie Rose (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

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Coulter Tells Maher 'You're Watching MSNBC and I Would Not Trust Them to Give You the Truth'

By Noel Sheppard | October 13, 2012 | 00:31

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Conservative author Ann Coulter made minced meat out of Bill Maher Friday.

As HBO's Real Time host spewed Democrat talking point after Democrat talking point, Coulter told him, "You're watching MSNBC, and I would not trust them to give you the truth" (video follows with transcript and absolutely no need for additional commentary):

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Bill Maher: 'John Sununu Is a Racist Fat F--k'

By Noel Sheppard | October 08, 2012 | 18:15

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It's becoming incredibly clear since Barack Obama's horrible performance in last week's debate that his fans in the media are more and more desperate.

On Sunday, HBO's Bill Maher said to his followers on Twitter, "John Sununu is a racist fat f--k" (serious vulgarity warning):

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Frank Luntz Finds the 1% – In Maher’s Audience Where One Person Supports Romney

By Brent Baker | October 06, 2012 | 11:02

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A revelatory humorous moment on Friday night’s Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO: A single member of his studio audience supports Mitt Romney. How’d he get in?

When Republican political consultant Frank Luntz predicted Barack Obama would win re-election, loud applause broke out from those in the studio at CBS Television City in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles. “How many of you out there support Mitt Romney?” A single person clapping could be heard, prompting Luntz to quip: “That’s the sound of one percent.”

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Rapper Ice T Tells Obama 'No Weed Before the Next Debate, Homie'

By Noel Sheppard | October 06, 2012 | 10:52

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Actor and musician Ice T was apparently also displeased with Barack Obama's debate performance Wednesday.

Commenting on Twitter Friday, Ice T wrote, "Message to the President: 'No weed before the next debate homie.'"

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Maher on Debate: 'It Looks Like Obama Took My Million and Spent it All on Weed'

By Noel Sheppard | October 06, 2012 | 10:27

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Just how awful was President Obama during Wednesday's debate with Mitt Romney?

One of his financial supporters, HBO's Bill Maher, said Friday, "It looks like he took my million and spent it all on weed" (video follows with transcript and commentary, vulgarity warning):

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Bill Maher: 'Obama Looks Like He DOES Need a Teleprompter'

By Noel Sheppard | October 04, 2012 | 00:57

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How poorly did Barack Obama do in Wednesday's debate?

So poorly that Bill Maher, one of his benefactors, tweeted, "i can't believe i'm saying this, but Obama looks like he DOES need a teleprompter":

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Coulter: Maher and MSNBC's O'Donnell 'Think They’re Freedom Riders' Because They 'Date Black Gals'

By Noel Sheppard | September 25, 2012 | 11:14

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In the just published excerpt of Ann Coulter's new book Mugged: Racial Demagoguery From the Seventies to Obama, the conservative author noted the racial double standards of MSNBC commentators such as Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow.

Appearing on Fox News's Fox & Friends Tuesday, Coulter expanded her criticism to Lawrence O'Donnell and HBO's Bill Maher (video follows with transcript):

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