Bill Maher Calls Rush Limbaugh a ‘Racist & a Misogynist’ & Rallies Progressives to Challenge Obama
Comedian Bill Maher is elated in the wake of the 2012 presidential election. On Tuesday evening, he joined Eliot Spitzer, former New York governor and host of Current’s “Viewpoint,” to discuss President Barack Obama’s re-election win, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s future and his advice for progressives. He also had some tough words for radio host Rush Limbaugh.
“It was a pleasure to watch,” Maher said about Obama’s victory last week.
It didn’t take long for the discussion to turn to the Republican Party and its failure to carry Mitt Romney to the finish line. But the electoral loss wasn’t the only issue discussed. Spitzer noted the GOP’s purportedly wrong-headed views on other subjects like climate change and stressed the importance of ushering in a “reality check” for conservatives.
“How do we shake both the Karl Roves of the world and the people who still listen to Fox out of the reality on those other substantive areas where there isn’t an election-day reality check?,” Spitzer asked Maher.
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“I don’t know. If losing an election this badly doesn’t do it, I don’t know what will,” the comedian responded.
Surprisingly, not all of the comments uttered about Republicans were negative. Despite noting that he doesn’t agree with Christie’s political ideology, the comedian had favorable words for the governor, calling him a “hopeful beacon for the Republican party.”
Two other moments, though, stood out in the interview — one during which Maher seemingly called young people (a key cohort supporting Democrats) uninformed and another in which he dubbed Limbaugh a racist.
“This generation especially — they may not be well-informed — I think we’re still going to have a lot of low-information voters, but they are kind of savvy about media,” Maher told Spitzer.
As far as the changes that the Republican Party allegedly needs to make, appealing to Hispanics was discussed. On this front, the HBO host had some controversial and unfavorable words for Limbaugh, among other conservative commentators. Here’s what he had to say:
“Racial stuff — that’s going to be harder for [the Republicans]. I saw right after the election a number of them — Rush Limbaugh I saw lamenting the passing of the white demographic. He basically was saying, ‘Well what do you expect me to be? I’m a racist and a misogynist. You don’t expect me to give that up. What happened to the days, people, when you could speak crap about blacks and latinos and gays and they wouldn’t hold it against you at the polls? Gee, what are we coming to.’”
The comments about Limbaugh and misogyny were particularly interesting, considering Spitzer’s own prostitution scandal — one that cost him his political career.
Maher went on to encourage progressives to hold Obama’s “feet to the fire.” While targeting conservatives has been the strategy to date, the comedian claims it is now important to liberals to get Obama to listen to the issues that are important to them.
Watch Maher’s interview with Spitzer, below:
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mersey
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:57amYou’ve got to love a progressive hypocrite like Maher. The same exact things he accuses Rush of being, the dolt does the same things to Republican women and Republican blacks. I can see why he appeals to the useful idiots and morons.
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orangetom1999
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:15amA “Reality Check”
I wonder what school these people like Bill Maher went to to become educated in such nonsense.
Bill Maher is a comedian…not a leader or politician. The best he can do is a mouth piece..through comedy. This is not leadership.
That alone is a “Reality Check” and so many do not get it.
One of the problems facing this nation is that we are putting so many people in positions of influence…Republican or Democrat both who have little real life experience ..in work or leadership both.
And some of you think a comedian is just such an leader for which to hook to their star. I don’t think so. People have become so removed from reality that they are thinking and voting with their emotions…not reality or experience. An now they want the easy way out at someone else’s expense and someone elses RISK. A free ride.
Whenever I see someone like this using the standard mantra of “Racism, Misogyny , Homophobia…I automatically think to myself..”Here we go again..the Usual Suspects with the same olde mantras to set the hook in overly emotional non thinkers for votes and support.
With all the real problems to come facing this nation ..the very best these people can do is such cheap emotional social stigmas?? This is not leadership..it is instead predatory on peoples gullibility and emotions.
It is creating bad guys in the minds of unthinking people…good cop, bad cop.
What is is not is leadership. For it is not uniting people but dividi
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orangetom1999
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:32amComedy …and good cop/bad cop is not leadership..but it is altered states. Altered states in which many find deceptive comfort because they no longer know reality from non reality.
This is in like manner to which this administration and their shills in entertainment promote the Taxing of the Rich. They admit that taking from the Rich will only run the government for a short time. When that short time is up…then to whom will government seek to fleece??
What government and their entertainment shills backed by the news media are offering is a non solution to a erroneous view they have created …good cop/ bad cop.
And unthinking people hooked on entertainment/amusement thinking will go along with it until it turnes on them and it is to late.
A comedian is not a leader nor leadership material. People seem no longer to know the difference.
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00100111
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:38pmLOL, Bill Maher is calling someone a racist and misogynist?
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miamisammy
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 12:38pmSOMEONE tell Bill Maher (complete IDIOT) that Rush’s right hand man and call screener is
A BLACK MAN.
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progressiveslayer
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:55amI take great pleasure in knowing that Maher will be consumed,literally by the parasites he loves so much.Not much longer Bill and your ‘people’ will be coming for you,parasites gotta eat to.
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eyestoseeearstohear
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:52amBill ” Big Nose” Maher….YOUR REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY isn’t working…YOU ARE and always
have been a RACIST & MISOGYNIST- and that HYPOCRITE, LIAR SPITZER is a PERVERTED IDIOT…and with THAT in mind…what does that make Obama?
Those who STILL USE good & common sense …are ABSOLUTELY RIGHT in your accurate
assessment of Obama. He IS all of the above PLUS evil, wicked and wrong…and that is right
up Maher’s alley.
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chicago76
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:52amMaher is a clown. He should have tassels with bells on his head and a multicolored jump-suit. In fact, after looking at his funny face, he should also wear clown makeup.
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SocialistSlayer
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:58amI believe he already does ! We need to make a list of these idiots so when the Revolution starts they will be the first to go !
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noslave
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:48amnow if everybody took up a collection to dispose of the trash wherever it appears??eventually the sun will shine on america again??just a thought??
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RIGS
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:48amMAHER IS A PANTY WEARING PUNK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SPITZER was thinking that if maher was wearing panties he get a freebee instead of paying for it,
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80mesh
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:47amthe lefties are the “NEW RICH”
look at all the stuff they own
Congratulations to the Democrats and Young People! You now own it and you can’t blame Bush.
The next terrorist attack you own it.
Can’t get a job after graduation, you own it.
Sky rocketing energy prices due to Obama’s EPA shutting down the energy producing states, you own it.
A nuclear Iran, you own it.
Bowing to the Soviet Union, you own it.
Another severe recession, you own it.
A volatile border with Mexico, you own it.
Trouble getting good health care, you own it.
Higher health insurance costs and health care costs, you own it.
No budget, you own it.
Our allies mistrust, you own it.
Another trillion of debt, you own it.
More Benghazi situations, you own it.
No one willing to join the military, you own it.
Trouble getting a loan to buy a home, you own it.
More dependency on food stamps, you
own it.
Trouble finding good employment, you own it.
Several part time jobs instead of a good job, you own it.
A World Government, you own it.
The UN governing the United States instead of ourselves, you own it.
A Senate that will not bring any legislation to the table even if it is “Dead on Arrival”, you own it.
China controlling our world trade trampling all over us, you own it.
Loss of our freedoms as we have known it in the past, you own it.
A dictatorship instead of a democracy that follows the Constitution, you own it.
Less take home pay and higher living
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momrules
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:03am80MESH………..Yes, they do own it but they will NEVER admit that they do. They will whine and complain as they suffer but they will continue to blame old white men, conservatives, racism, Republicans, the Tea party, Christians and George Bush.
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The Giver
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:33amThey will blame the House of Representatives on anything that goes wrong. If the House agrees with passing stuff or refuses to pass stuff… It won’t matter. Either way they will be blamed. It’s the Socialist way. Still it’s good we got the House again. This forces O to make executive orders that can be cancelled by the next president.
Castro blames the US for ALL the problems in Cuba. None of their problems are due to Socialist/Communist policies! They did the class warfare and promised to get the rich so all could be equal. All are equal now. They all wait for their ration of cheese and electricity.
We can’t make the government a god, turn God away and expect good results.
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Anna Fallaxis
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:47amWho cares what this foul-mouthed abomination says? He will be in the same retirement home with the repulsive Cher, Madonna, and all the other vile Leftists when the rest of us secede. I say we give them California, saw it off at the border and give it a shove. These evil bums are so without virtue or decency, they aren’t fit to clean Rushie’s golf cleats.
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searcher619
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:50amThere won’t be any secessions. These petitions are just sending a message. There is no legal (constitutional) way for a state to leave the union. If the people of a state are serious about leaving they will have to spill some blood to do it.
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MBA
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:47amRush’s IQ 1 Trillion; maher iq -10.
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Government_Goodies
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:40amIn other news, a dog barked…
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SquidVetOhio
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:37amName 2 people who cares what this dolt thinks. He’s on Elliot Spitzers’ program which only his mother watches. Quit giving this waste of oxygen any time.
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brother_ed
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:39am@SQUID
I agree, except that most of the Left/Progressives I know get their news & world view from him.
You and I know him as ‘Comedian Bill Maher’ – others believe him to be Walter Cronkite.
Happy belated Veteran’s Day to you, btw.
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chucksue351
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:34ammillionaries don’t creat jobs, what, oh i quess poor people create jobs when they spend the food stamp money they get, or they get a obamaphony i mean obama phone, these people don’t get it at all in a free market capitalism system which is slowly going away in this country rich people invest to produce a product to sell and make a profit, in their economy the government produces what no one wants but since it is the only game in town the consumer has no choice (soviet model) i wish these clowns could go to cuba today and try to live their lifestyles that they enjoy there
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EveF.Destruction
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:32amCalling Sarah Palin a C*** and wanting to send Elisabeth Hasselbeck to Egypt to be raped is not misogynistic, right Bill?
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progressiveslayer
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:32am“This generation especially — they may not be well-informed — I think we’re still going to have a lot of low-information voters, HAHAHAHAHA That’s the understatement of the century you stupid SOB.
Limbaugh a racist? I’m sure you have proof of this charge right silly Billy? Where is your proof you brain dead simpleton? Maher likes Christie huh? well hell you might as well put a ‘D’ behind your name there Christie.
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barber2
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:32amAm so sick of the hypocrisy of these Far Lefties who have now declared that hatred for the ” rich” and the ” whites” and the “conservatives” is perfectly fine . They are no better than Hitler’s SS who targeted Jews as “rich” and ” religiously” different. Hatred is hatred. It is wrong. It is destructive to a society. And it should be noted and condemned. Why is it considered hate speech to target poor, black, females, or gays but perfectly fine to target rich, white, male, conservatives ? The Democrats and their Character Assassination Squad members , especially those like Maher in the media, are despicable purveyors of civil disorder .
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Pantloadian
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:33amBABAR . . . Well, you’re four years into this whine, and you got four more years to go. You make Sean Hannity look like a college graduate. Keep up the good work. It’s amazingly effective.
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ares338
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:31amWhy do we give these people so much credence? Maher is in entertainment period and not very good at it. Want to talk about hate speech…just listen to him. This country is probably doomed if this is Americans get their news.
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Stoic one
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:51amNaw.. they get their news from John Stewart; some one who is actually funny
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let us prey
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:31amWhat a sad and pathetic human.
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biohazard23
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:55amThat’s being rather generous, wouldn’t you say? I mean, he IS sad and pathetic, but as far as him being anything remotely human…. He’s too vile to be classified as such.
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NHwinter
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:30amBill is calling Rush a misogynist, really, is that a joke from the premire misogynist Bill of all time!!!!!
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rfycom
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:30amIf you have not learned that these people you listen to. Beck, Hannity, and Rush, view you as customers and have lead you down a stupid path, then there is no hope for your or the GOP party. At least with Bill, we people who laugh at his funny lines know to him we are nothing more than a customer.
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Stoic one
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:41amCalling Sarah Palin a C*UNT is funny?
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chicago76
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:03amBoth Rush and Glenn respect their audiences and they respect the opposition. Bill respects no one. That says it all right there. Also, by showing Bills face on this website you are giving him a far larger audience than he might have otherwise.
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The Giver
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:48amRFYCOM, buckle up because the wrong path that the whole country as been lead on by progressives on the right and the left is not straight ahead but a free fall. As you are free falling, maybe FEMA will come and rescue you… But don’t hold your breath. Wake up dude or dudette.
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Lovehammered
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:29amBill Maher is calling Rush Limbaugh a misogynist! Seriously? HA! Look who’s calling the kettle black! Whoops! Was that racist? What an idiot!
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Balpit
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 6:40pmBill Maher is more like a chamberpot…
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AllLost
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:28amYou can’t fix arrogant stupid any more than you can fix stupid.
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Stoic one
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:28amLet’s see….Bill called Sarah Palin a “C*NT” just because he does not like her.
Rush talks about Sandra Fluke’s STATED BEFORE CONGRESS sexual appetite.
Now who is the misogynist ?
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streetrodder
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:25amWho thinks Mahar is a comedian? Comedians are funny, he’s an idiot
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barber2
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:35amAnyone who thinks that smears and hate are funny, must think Maher is a comedic genius. His hilarious ( wink, wink ) ” routine” sounds like something one might have seen in a club in Germany in the 1930s. Future SS members would have been rolling in the aisles. Hate STINKS.
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Bluefish49
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:21amWhy are we still talking about this pervert….I recommend the Blaze “not” give him another minute of their time…..who’s with me?
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RightUnite
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:32amMe….
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progressiveslayer
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:34amI’m in, stop covering the simpleton.
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:36amAgreed.
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338lapua
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:47amCount me in. Actually, “Current TV” is such an outlier it seems almost irresponsible to report anything they have on. Does the Blaze report on inflammatory rhetoric from local public access cable programs?
This network reaches 18,000 people in prime time. From their Canadian basement, Wayne and Garth reached more people.
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Capt_Gregg
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:09amNO! Know your enemy. When it comes to things like politics and war, ignorance is NOT bliss. I gave up cable years ago, but still use the internet to keep up with what the left is saying, and the resulting anger at their stupidity serves to strengthen my resolve to fight them.
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jessieH
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:11amWith you, all the way. What a foulmouth pig he is.
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PorkPIG
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 8:21amI cancelled my HBO , because of this guy .
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Pantloadian
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:36amBut wait, HBO is still in business. I’m shocked that your chicken sandwich statement didn’t crush them.
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The_Bronze
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 5:08pmI won’t put money in their pockets, either. And, just because it was mentioned I’m going to pick up Chick-fil-a for dinner, too.
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