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Bill Maher Doesn‘t Buy Maddow’s Account of Olbermann’s Departure
- Posted on January 22, 2011 at 12:59am by
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“Stop organizing life around the people who don’t get the joke.”
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Comments (152)
asybot12
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 2:01amTanks brought back many memories Class!
Report Post »Polish_Sensation
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:52amBill Maher is a libertarian guy’s, leave him alone, he’s one of us…………..BWAHAHAHA
Report Post »GeeWhiz
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:56amBill Maher was great at the start of that show on HBO because he was a libertarian and actually was politically incorrect at the time. He did take a very hard left turn in recent years and his humour went from biting to nasty. Nasty doesn’t equal witty, it’s just nasty. Anyone can say ‘********’ or the f word. Whoopee. We all know what he’s going to say before he says it. As a result, he went from entertaining to so what?
MSNBC made a major mistake with Olbermann. They wanted his liberal ‘commentary’ show but they also tried to use him as a hard news anchor and that was a terminally critical error. You can’t have it both ways. Once someone has gone to a hard partisan corner, to put them in a position where they’re supposed to come off as neutral, defies reality. No one will take that seriously, and the ratings show it.
I don‘t care that he’s gone one way or another. To see him leave is amusing but meaningless to me. MSNBC lost all credibility so long ago that I care not what they do with their line up.
Report Post »sandyn
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:44amWe will get the story eventually. Obviously Comcast gave this merger a lot of thought to be ready to readjust before the ink was even dry! If there is a new set of rules for the MSNBC game my thought is that Lawrence O‘Donnell would be more of a problem than Keith who understands that without his pulpit it doesn’t matter what he says.
Report Post »redneck hickabilly
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:38ammaher is next – hbo is losing millions of customers because of his leftist stance
Report Post »its just a matter of time when the moderates take over hbo
Jack Torrance
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:49amMuch like MTV(Music TV) HBO has lost what their bread and butter which was, MOVIES!! Haven’t subscribed since early 08. Repeat after repeat of Hollywood garbage. There were some good original series but rife with dialogue that, yes, did make me laugh(sick sense of humor), but other stuff that was a bridge too far.
Report Post »ellietoo
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:34amOh! I get it! It’s a joke when a liberal calls someone from the right foul names and hurls personal insults at them. Oh! I get it now. It’s just a joke to call the president of the United States a Nazi! But when someone on the right points out the facts about an issue it is hate speech. I think I get the “rules” of this debate now.
Report Post »Jack Torrance
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:31amArrogance has it’s place for a while. Like most people in entertainment it swallows them whole and Maher is a perfect example of someone who’s head is about to be consumed. I feel said for that famished entity, not a lot there to satiate the hunger.
Report Post »Alphonso
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:25amWhat a smug, superior, smarmy, little man he is.
Report Post »vtconsv
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:24amAdd your comments
Report Post »vtconsv
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:22amI wonder if he will get it when HBO gets tired of losing to a cable news channel his time slot and they come to show him the door !
Report Post »nawma
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 12:36pmAn answer to our prayers.
Report Post »New-American-Saviors
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:20amNEW RULES: Don’t take Maher seriously. Just watch and hopefully he’ll tell a decent joke every
Report Post »30 minutes or so. I only watch because you must KNOW your enemy.
Contrarian51
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:33amIt’s been a long time since he was funny. I used to look forward to catching his act but now all he does is pander to ultra-left haters, so the F*#@ “insert any conservative’s name here” line always works for that crowd. I’m sure this will prove to be be as timeless as Jimmie J.J. Walker’s “Dynomite!”
Report Post »Anne G
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 4:49amI tried……………….just can’t stand it! Never again.
Report Post »dhert
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:18am“That’s always bulls-” said by Maher in there. He doesn’t buy that it was mutual and all signs point to Comcast coming in and cutting out the show with the best ratings. Won’t be long before the whole network is gone at this pace.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:56amI certainly hope so, as a civic duty by Comcast!
Report Post »dhert
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:13amI find it highly ironic that they axed the show with the highest ratings. Next up: the entire MSNBC channel
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:12amActually, there are three shmucks that we could do without. Why are Bill Maher and Rachel Maddow still on the air?
I object to the use of the F word by Mayer!
Report Post »Jack Torrance
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:22amNo… F word suits Maher well. Last bastion of a loose cannon and first rate brainwashed moron.
Report Post »Carl1
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 11:22amI say F… Maher and the madcow he rode in on.
Report Post »Wayner
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:11amWhat can I add? I despise that ******* Maher and that guy Maddow…. As a matter of fact if it wasn‘t for the Blaze I wouldn’t know any of them….. There‘s too many good comedy shows I can DVR and still catch O’ Reilly and Hannity
Report Post »egosumverum
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:11amI have to say that I think HBO has really missed the boat here. I mean, c’mon, the animation is terrible. If you’re going to put cartoons on television, I’d like to see more effort. Jeez.
Report Post »RexfordCS
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:11amSo I think they were admitting MSNBC is a joke?
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:08amWhat a progressive panel that was. Racheal Maddow could be next. The ratings at MSNBC aren’t very good. FOX just kicks their butt and it makes them whine and squeal as they spin their lies. As for keith’s departure, he’ll pop up somewhere else. Maybe he will end up with maher, like Ed McMahon was to Johnny Carson , only without the witt or humor.
Report Post »Fina Biscotti
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:42amWherever it will be, it will be a losing proposition……as the Far Left has egg on their faces…..and the next stop for olberman…to support the Far Left…. is going to take some seriously vulgar amount of cash….bc Olberman will put a seriously vulgar price on his Hatred.
Report Post »Contrarian51
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:08amSeems like Ralph Macchio couldn’t look Maher in the eye when she claimed to know so very little about it. I‘d say she might be next but I saw that Lawrence O’Donnell is being given Olbermann’s time slot which strikes me as rating suicide.
Kind of hurts to see Stephen Moore going on Maher’s show.
Report Post »leahasevedo
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:42amContrarian51
Report Post »Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:08am
Seems like Ralph Macchio couldn’t look Maher in the eye when she claimed to know so very little about it.
lol! come on now ralph macchio is much more lady like than madcow
TRUTHSEEKINGAL
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 2:24amI held my nose, closed one eye and grabbed a barf bag,because I had to replay clip. Twice. Thought I was having an allergic reaction to to the anti-emetic required to view Ralph and Mayhem..Why replay clip ? That couldn’t have been mild mannered Steven Moore from FNC, could it. But sadly it was, Maybe he went on to show genuine “good hair”. If you hadn,t mentioned it 51, I would have been sure of my hallucination.. But Steven always wheres those glow in the dark ties!
Report Post »Echad
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:08amIt’s Maddow and Maher that are a joke! A very poor joke at that.
Report Post »UPSETVET
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 7:22amM&M’s as a chocolate treat are great, but Maddow & Maher as television personalities leave a very bad and sour taste in my mouth. Narcissism is Maher’s best quality. His ego has gone to his head and he has to try to put all others down in order to prop himself up.
Report Post »Maddow isn’t a name filed by most Americans in their Rolidex. Women like her are a dime a dozen that come and go without any fanfare. An original thought is something she doesn’t have and her 15 minutes of fame is basking in the light of jerks like Maher. M, M & O won’t be missed, by anyone !
keepinupwithjones
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:08amHopefully these two will be off the air next.
Report Post »MayberryBoy
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:07amThat Maddow dude will be the next to go….
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:10amCute,your comment not Madcow.
Report Post »DisillusionedDaily
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:51pmMr. Olberman is done as a news analyst. I hope he gets nominated to be Obama’s press relations man. He would have two years to piss off everyone in DC and would assure the demise of Obama’s presidency. (Sigh! Then I woke up!)
Report Post »egosumverum
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:06amI have to tell you Bill Maher has some great hair!
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:57amThe best money can buy.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:58amEither that or you have bad eyesight. — Made me lose my thought!
Oh– Maybe the CEO of Comcast is a TEA Partier. Wouldn’t that be rich?!! OMG!
Report Post »Seagal45
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:04amMaher is another one I would like to hear less from. Whadda maroon.
Report Post »RedWhiteAndTrue
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:12amAmen! What a sorry human being he is! Complete waste of humanity!
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:17amI don’t hear these loons ’till they’re posted in here :( :( :(
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:04amFellow travelers. Who’s next? Maddow?
Report Post »Down2TheC
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:32amOh yeah… she’s gone. Just a matter of how long.
Report Post »wildbluyonder11
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 7:44am@walkwithme1966, Is now really the time to be making fun of Keith like that? Oh, you weren’t being sarcastic? In that case, get help. Olbermann is just an insufferable jerk that seems to think, like Bill Mahr, that he is better than everyone else and knows it all. In the words of Rachel Maddow (after President Bush’s last day), GOOD RIDDANCE!
Report Post »paulamadden
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:02amSigh….Bill Maher…classy as usual.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:08amHe says he doesn’t buy it.To bad , no one was selling it. Some times it’s hard to see your ideas crumble before your lying eyes.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:10amSo when progressives are vile .. it is a “joke” … when a conservative just speaks the truth it is a lack of civility? Double standard continues…..
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:20amLower than low, no class at all. Not at all surprised.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:39amMaher doesn’t believe in anyone but himself.
Report Post »KbJockey
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 2:00amWhy is it that narcissistic know it alls like Bill Maher, instead of knowing it all are so incredibly clueless.
Report Post »Mister President
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 5:32amThe biggest joke of all is Bill Maher.
Bill doesn’t get that, though.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:05amAfter receiving $14M to leave, of course he’s going to leave graciously.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:05amYer out, Maher! All you lousy Liberal Marxist’s are out of here!! Pack your bags and get out of our country you worthless commie!! We declare you to no longer an American!! Get out!!
Report Post »912828Buckeye
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:25amA true “Popinjay”
Report Post »Okieflyover
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 10:15amDoes anyone care?
Report Post »natstew
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 10:48amBill Mahr classy? surely you jest!
Report Post »BoiseBaked
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 11:04amBill who? Rachel who?
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 11:14amF .. THAT… lol , What a joke literally….
Report Post »stephenb.net
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 12:26pm@ BEEJ13: Bravo! You nailed it!
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:19pmthere is no double standard.. see people set the standard and while the left loses listeners and viewers they haven’t figured out the joke is THEM.. except WE are lowering our standards by giving them more face time.. I have no problem with listening to both sides an issue I do have one with listening to those who don’t even know what the issues are..
Report Post »nptden
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 7:56pm‘F..k Maher, Why does he hang out with old men like Larry King and Hugh Heffner?…Mentors? Lovers?
Report Post »mikelivi
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:11amWhy does Bill Maher live in this country? He hates it and thinks we are all stupid. What a classless piece of garbage! Deport his goofy ass!!!!!!!
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