Maher to Guest Defending Islam in Wake of Boston Bombings: 'That's Lib

April 20th, 2013 1:32 PM
Bill Maher on HBO's Real Time Friday made a statement that will make the Right cheer as the left predictably cringes. After his guest Brian Levin - the director of the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino - said of the Boston bombings and how it relates to radical Islam, "We have hypocrites across faiths, Jewish, Christian who say they're…

Bill Maher Jokes About John McCain and Lindsey Graham Being Gay Lovers

April 20th, 2013 1:21 AM
Bill Maher on Friday proved once again that when it comes to insulting Republicans, there's no floor to his indecency. During the New Rules segment of HBO's Real Time, the host joked about Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) being gay lovers (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Bill Maher: 'The Role Model for Every President Should be Jimmy Carter

April 13th, 2013 2:16 PM
Bill Maher has said a lot of REALLY dumb things throughout his career, but this howler uttered with a straight face on HBO's Real Time Friday might possibly be his stupidest. "Do you know who the role model for every president should be? Jimmy Carter" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Bill Maher: ‘The Second Amendment Is Bulls—t

April 13th, 2013 12:43 PM
HBO's Bill Maher made a statement Friday that should deeply concern all Americans. During the panel discussion segment of his Real Time program, he said to loud applause from the audience, "The Second Amendment is bulls—t!" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Maher: ‘Everything in the Weekly Standard Is a Lie Told to an Idiot

April 13th, 2013 12:04 PM
As NewsBusters readers are well aware, Bill Maher is not someone that should be casting aspersions on other people’s intellects. Despite this, the host of HBO’s Real Time Friday said of the conservative magazine the Weekly Standard, “Everything in it is a lie told to an idiot” (video follows with commentary):

Bill Maher: Paul Ryan’s Mother Considered Aborting Him

April 13th, 2013 11:22 AM
Bill Maher proved once again Friday night that there’s no floor to his indecency. During the opening monologue of HBO’s Real Time, the host actually joked that Paul Ryan’s mother considered aborting him (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

Bill Maher: Dr. Carson Is 'The Great Black Hope of the GOP

April 12th, 2013 1:10 AM
There comes a point when one has to wonder if Bill Maher is willing to say anything, no matter how disgusting or controversial, to attract viewers to his HBO program. On Thursday, Maher published a piece wherein he stated, and I quote, "It turns out that Ben Carson is as stupid as every other conservative hero...Remember, this is the Great Black Hope of the GOP."

Bill Maher Compares Senator Mitch McConnell to Newtown Mass Murderer A

April 6th, 2013 12:23 PM
There clearly is no floor to how low Bill Maher will go to attack conservatives. On HBO’s Real Time Friday, the host actually compared Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to Newtown, Connecticut, mass murderer Adam Lanza (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

Maher: Bloomberg's Nanny State 'Makes Me Want to Join the Tea Party an

April 3rd, 2013 10:40 AM
HBO's Bill Maher is clearly getting tired of liberals. On ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live Tuesday, he said of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's nanny statism, "That makes me want to join the Tea Party and marry Ann Coulter" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Catholic League Asks Time Warner CEO to 'Have a Serious Talk' With Bil

March 28th, 2013 10:25 AM
The Catholic League has clearly had enough of Bill Maher's regular anti-religious tirades on HBO's Real Time. On Tuesday, League president Bill Donohue sent a letter to Time Warner CEO Glenn Britt saying, "The time has come for someone in a position of responsibility to sit down and have a serious talk with this man":

Maher Calls Americans 'Morons' Moments Before Blaming Senate Weapons B

March 23rd, 2013 11:37 AM
NewsBusters readers know that one of my guilty pleasures is demonstrating virtually every Saturday how intellectually challenged the high and mighty Bill Maher is. On HBO's Real Time Friday, the host perfectly demonstrated this himself by blaming gerrymandering for the Senate's failure to implement an assault weapons ban moments after he called Americans "morons" and "complete idiots" that "…

Lawrence O'Donnell 'Desperately Misses' Show Business, Still 'Doesn't

March 20th, 2013 9:50 AM
In a recent interview with Salon, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell candidly revealed just how much he dislikes his current job as the host of MSNBC's prime-time commentary show The Last Word. In fact, the former actor who just so happens to have a cameo in the new movie Olympus Has Fallen as a news anchor admitted that he still has no idea what he's doing. O'Donnell had recurring roles in the past…

Limbaugh Rips Maher: 'It's Amazing the Things Liberals Do Not Know

March 19th, 2013 6:06 PM
As NewsBusters previously reported, HBO's Bill Maher said Friday that liberals could lose him because of the combined federal and state income taxes he now pays as a California resident. Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh had some fun with this Tuesday saying, "It's amazing the things liberals do not know" (transcript follows with commentary):

Lily Tomlin Slams HBO's 'Girls' As 'Too Sexually Focused

March 19th, 2013 9:59 AM
America's media are almost universally in love with the sexually-charged HBO series Girls. Not feminist actress Lily Tomlin who told Vanity Fair Monday, "I think it’s too sexually focused. I think it should have a little more range."