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Bill Maher Goes After Glenn Beck and His ‘Gullible Honey Boo Boo,’ ‘Rube’ Audience

Feb. 2, 2013 2:13pm Madeleine Morgenstern

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Bill Maher on Friday took aim at Glenn Beck as a “con man” preaching a “patented brand of apocalyptic race-baiting” to a subscription-based audience — from Maher’s own perch on subscription-based network HBO.

It started when Maher said liberals need to stop “gloating” about Sarah Palin’s recent departure from Fox News — even though it was a “wonderful, hilarious coincidence” that it just came after Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal implored fellow Republicans to “stop being the stupid party.”

“It makes me think of this guy,” Maher said, flashing a photo of Beck. “Did he curl up into a ball and weep like a baby? Of course he did. This is Glenn Beck we’re talking about.”

Maher continued that Beck then “saw an open window, the Internet. Who needs Fox News when he can take his patented brand of apocalyptic race-baiting directly to the fans, who now pay $9.95 to hear Glenn. Cheaper than a case of their favorite wine.”

Maher evidently missed that access to TheBlaze.com is free of charge, as is Beck’s radio show, which pulls in an average of 10 million listeners a week. Subscription-based TheBlaze TV is also available in millions of homes on DISH Network.

“That $9.95 really adds up,” Maher continued. “Last year, Glenn Beck made $80 million, placing him 11th on the Forbes list of the highest-paid celebrities, Elton John, who sang at the wedding of someone else on the list, Rush Limbaugh.”

Beck did indeed make $80 million — a combination of radio, book, and touring profits, not solely BlazeTV subscriptions. Maher then opined about how Beck and Limbaugh are a big part of what’s wrong with the Republican Party.

“Con men like Rush and Beck are one reason the Republicans are in such dire straits today,” he said. “They don’t care about winning elections, they care about separating rubes from their money. They’ve discovered there’s a fortune to be made by keeping a small portion of America under the illusion that they are always under attack from Mexicans or ACORN or Planned Parenthood or gays or takers, global warming hoaxers, it doesn’t matter.”

Knocking TheBlaze TV’s “only” 300,000 subscribers — but not mentioning TheBlaze.com’s 10 million unique visitors last month or its 90 million page views according to Google Analytics — Maher continued that Beck and Limbaugh “don’t want a majority.”

“They don’t want a majority, they want a mailing list — a list of gullible Honey Boo Boos out there who think there’s a war on Christmas or that these socialist policies of our Kenyan president have been so disastrous that the end of the world is coming,” Maher said.

Watch the clip below, via Mediaite:

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Comments (391)

Chancellor
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 2:01am
Wonder how many bodyguards trenchmouth walks around with?

Wonder how many of them would actually go out of they’re way to keep him from getting a good old fashioned arsekicking?

Bet the numbers are not the same……

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idontknow3
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 1:00am
Bill Maher going after Glenn Beck is like a mosquito looking to sink an aircraft carrier by punching holes in its’ side using her little proboscis. It ain’t gonna’ happen.

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dbrockjohnson
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 12:16am
Even if I liked this clown, he sucks as a comedian. I would love to see what he says when he meets his maker who he also trashes. It will be a very bad day for this punk.

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Maxim Crux
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 12:08am
I am delighted that they can use each other to make millions and millions off of each other while the rest of us suffer the ever growing tyranny of tax and hardship.

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truemedia
Posted on February 2, 2013 at 11:21pm
don;t you have to pay for HBO ie Maher show? Palin and Beck both left not fired…typical progressive dribble. Oh schemes separating libs for their cash…Obamacare, Unions, Climate change and on and on!

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joarivera
Posted on February 2, 2013 at 11:09pm
Maher is just jealous because Beck makes more money.

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- FIREANDBRIMSTONE
  Posted on February 2, 2013 at 11:13pm
  Beck makes his money by tricking old uneducated people that the world is going to end everyday and that every minority is out to get them.
  
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- wowjustwow
  Posted on February 3, 2013 at 12:08am
  Maher jealous of Beck. Now THAT is funny. You really ought to broaden your horizons. I would guess that there would be no amount of money that would entice Maher to want to be Beck!!!
  
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N37BU6
Posted on February 2, 2013 at 11:03pm
As soon as he said the word “Kenyan” he discredited himself 100%.

Good job, Bill. The facts shoot you down in flames.

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Ohello
Posted on February 2, 2013 at 11:02pm
Bill Maher is Anthony Weiner with Vaseline in his ****. Despicable human beings both of them.

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FIREANDBRIMSTONE
Posted on February 2, 2013 at 10:59pm
Whats sad is that there are so many fools under Becks spell of fire and brimstone. It really is a pitifil way to live ones life.

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Quixotic-911
Posted on February 2, 2013 at 10:54pm
I don’t like Bill he is arrogant,smug, condescending,disdaining and neurotically bitter. It seems his only talent is for telling us how stupid everyone else is.

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amb
Posted on February 2, 2013 at 10:37pm
Bill Maher is slowly morphing into a proboscis monkey.

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davidwjohnson
Posted on February 2, 2013 at 10:32pm
I’d rather you call me a fool than to ask me “who are you?”

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FIREANDBRIMSTONE
Posted on February 2, 2013 at 10:31pm
“Con men like Rush and Beck are one reason the Republicans are in such dire straits today,” he said. “They don’t care about winning elections, they care about separating rubes from their money. They’ve discovered there’s a fortune to be made by keeping a small portion of America under the illusion that they are always under attack from Mexicans or ACORN or Planned Parenthood or gays or takers, global warming hoaxers, it doesn’t matter.”

WELL SAID MR MAHER!!!! And very true about Becks disciples that constantly spew racist hate speech on this site.

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- katzkiner
  Posted on February 3, 2013 at 1:27am
  Your so right, like kill Whitey, kill white babies, kill Romney, kill Republicans, kill the NRA. Did I leave anyone out? Yeah, but you get thé point.
  
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hunter1riley
Posted on February 2, 2013 at 10:30pm
I feel sorry for Maher. I can’t imagine the effort it takes to be so mean spirited and vile. Sadly this is where we are in America. Used to be people had class. Minded their own business. Not today. People like Maher have their stumps that they can use to get attention and of course what he’s really after, ratings. Perhaps he was simply jealous of Piers grabbing all the attention ankle-biting the right.

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- wowjustwow
  Posted on February 2, 2013 at 10:37pm
  He is a brilliant comedian. He is an intellectual. Maybe you just don’t get it.
  
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- BlazingPatriot
  Posted on February 2, 2013 at 10:50pm
  Billy is simply living up to his name, which if were spelled correctly (reversed) is Reham.
  
  http://dictionary.onepakistan.com.pk/urdu-english-meaning.php?ue=%D8%A8%DB%92%20%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%85
  
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- wowjustwow
  Posted on February 2, 2013 at 10:59pm
  Reham is not a word.
  
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FIREANDBRIMSTONE
Posted on February 2, 2013 at 10:20pm
LOL!…I love Maher! He always says it how it always is unlike the extreme right wing news people.

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RestoreCapitalism
Posted on February 2, 2013 at 10:19pm
His picture is in the dictionary next to the word schmuck.

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BlazingPatriot
Posted on February 2, 2013 at 10:09pm
Bill Maher ~ Nothing more than a mediocre satirist-comedian who predominantly influences the following groups:

- Susceptible college kids
- 20-something potheads
- 30-something burnouts
- Bitter / over-the-hill losers.

We should pity the man.

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Comcast3
Posted on February 2, 2013 at 10:06pm
Would not be surprised at all if Bill Maher and Ed Shultz cuddle backstage in the green room and give each other, tummy raspberries. Giggle giggle…nuzzle, nuzzle. HAHAHA

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2gregory5
Posted on February 2, 2013 at 9:51pm
Friends,
This is a good thing… Don’t you see, Mr. Maher is following orders. The left is getting VERY frustrated at Glenn Beck’s success. Believe me, you will begin to see a lot more of this slam tactic. Beck and his audience are blowing their minds! They notice trends and they feel the momentum slipping away. Seriously, embrace moments like this. Keep it up Billy.

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- wowjustwow
  Posted on February 2, 2013 at 10:21pm
  Ooooohhh…scary. Actually Glen laughs at you guys. Nobody is worried about Glenn’s success…you guys are his cash cow. Silly gold scams and boxes of “survival” food. Feeling foolish yet?
  
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wowjustwow
Posted on February 2, 2013 at 9:42pm
Maher points out (but of course that’s been edited for the blaze) that Glenn admits that he doesn’t buy into what is said on his site.

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- 2gregory5
  Posted on February 3, 2013 at 6:27am
  I hit a nerve. Simmer down now.
  
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Jake Dog2
Posted on February 2, 2013 at 9:42pm
Bill Maher is like a Don Rickles on liberal steroids

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KEELHAULUM
Posted on February 2, 2013 at 9:13pm
BBBbwwwAAAaaaahahhahahahaha I couldn’t care less what this A Hole thinks.
Didn’t even read the article. Good night everybody!

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- FIREANDBRIMSTONE
  Posted on February 2, 2013 at 10:33pm
  The fact that you clicked on the article says that you do care. Denial is a mother isnt it?
  
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davidkachel
Posted on February 2, 2013 at 9:12pm
Glenn,
Please stop being quite so much into fairness. I already know what these leftist morons have to say. The MSM pukes it up at me every day. I follow you so that I can AVOID hearing their drivel. Please don’t subject me to it here.

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spirited
Posted on February 2, 2013 at 9:05pm
Does Maher write Obama’ speeches?

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Dano9375
Posted on February 2, 2013 at 8:45pm
Maher is an idiot and a far-left loon. If he had any guts at all he would talk about all of Glenn’s predictions and how accurate they have been. And then if he had half of brain, he’d realize how much of an ass he has been. I personally dropped HBO because I couldn’t stand the thought of paying money to a company the endorses, supports, pays, etc Maher himself. If he isn’t evil, he is definitely one of the most horrible people on cable.

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