Concluding his Real Time show on Friday, HBO comedian Bill Maher called on President Barack Obama to go on an "apology tour" around the world to "drive Republicans nuts" and, presumably if Donald Trump loses the presidential election, to send a message that America is "back on our meds."
On one of his most anti-America rants, Maher asserted that America "did some bad s***" in its history and has "acted like a nasty drunk" toward other countries. Maher listed Iraq among the list of countries the U.S. should apologize to as he called it "our eternal drunken booty call" which the U.S. invaded because "We were pretty badly hooked on oil at the time, and it made us do some crazy things."
As he reached the end of his "New Rules" segment, the HBO host used his final "New Rule" to launch into the anti-America commentary:
New Rule: Since President Obama is constantly being accused of going on an "apology tour," he should just go on one. For two reasons: It will drive Republicans nuts, especially if he wears the turban. And, more importantly, to a world that has been trembling over the prospect of us electing Donald Trump, it would be a great way to send the message: "America: We're back on our meds."
After comparing the end of President Obama's second term to being in high school in his last few months, Maher brought up negative aspects of America's history:
And then, as your final act, go on that apology world tour. Why not? Our government has already apologized internally for Indian genocide, to victims of Japanese internment and the Tuskegee experiments, and, of course for the slave trade -- that horrible period when it was legal to trade a black man for another black man without a first-round draft choice.
Soon came his likening of America to a "nasty drunk" as the far-left comedian continued:
A dozen Presidents were slaveholders. And Thomas Jefferson wasn't just holding them. Oh, America did some bad s****. For much of our history, America acted like a nasty drunk, it's true. And now we should do what AA tells recovering drunks they should do: Make a list of people you hurt, and go around and apologize to them because drunks get drunk and do drunk-ass things.
He then asserted that the U.S. should apologize to Vietnam, Mexico and Iraq:
But going around and apologizing does help, so isn't it time America was at least as enlightened as Earl? Remember "My Name Is Earl"? Well, my name is Sam, and first on my apology list is Vietnam. Sorry, Vietnam. America wanted to fight communism in the '60s, but fighting it over here might have made a mess, so we used your country. Sorry.
And sorry, Mexico, for taking half your country just because we could. And a big sorry to Iraq -- our eternal drunken booty call. (pause for audience applause) When we invaded, you knew it wasn't really you we were mad at. We were pretty badly hooked on oil at the time, and it made us do some crazy things. Sorry.
He then brought up several countries where the U.S. had supported authoritarian governments that were seen as allies against communism:
And sorry to all the countries where we toppled the government and installed some stooge -- Guatemala, the Congo, Iran, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Chile -- not to mention all the places where we supported dictators because, well, we were afraid of our own feelings. And Stalin.
I wish there was some way we could make it up to you. Is there someone we could bomb? No, no, no, no, what am I saying? Bombing, that's the old us.
Referring Trump as symbolic of America's "inner ***hole" in its "dying gasp," Maher rejoiced at the election of a "thoughtful black President" as he concluded:
Look, Trump's campaign, that's the last, dying gasp of the old America -- America's inner ***hole, the macho screaming man-baby. But we're not that guy anymore. We elected a thoughtful black President, and now a woman. We've come a long way.
And if you don't believe me, just remember this. LBJ used to s*** with the door open. Obama has to go outside just to smoke.
