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Bill Maher: Obama Is ‘Too White’ for Liberals But Fights Like He‘s ’Black’

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Never one to mince words, comedian Bill Maher told Politico that President Barack Obama is “too white” for many liberals and progressives. Lately for the left, the issue of race is one that is seemingly interjected at every opportunity.

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“In many ways — especially for progressives — [Obama] is too white for them. He plays golf, he’s too cozy with bankers. But when it comes to knowing how to fight, he’s black,” Maher said, referring to the fierceness of the Obama campaign.

And before you go calling HBO and demanding an apology for the offensive remarks, you should know the “Real Time” host won’t be issuing one.

“You’re not going to find me apologizing,” Maher told Politico. “I have been doing this for so long and, having gone through so many tribulations, including the firing, I’m inoculated. I’ve been through this. You cannot scare me anymore. I’m playing with the house money, and I’m not going to apologize.”

Politico has more from their exclusive with Maher:

The host of HBO”s “Real Time,” which returns from its summer hiatus tonight, has found himself, his comedy and his opinions in the spotlight more than ever before, thanks, in part, to having inserted himself into the political process in a major way. In February, Maher contributed $1 million to Priorities USA Action, a super PAC supportive of President Barack Obama’s reelection. As a result, he’s been billed as a campaign operative of sorts, and, accordingly, the White House has even had to field questions about Maher and the appropriateness of some of his remarks.

About Paul Ryan, Maher says: “He’s not an intellectual. They said the same thing about Newt Gingrich. Somehow Newt Gingrich and Paul Ryan — these giant intellectuals — somehow they had the same great idea: Give more money to the rich people. What’s his big idea? Rich people should stop paying taxes and poor people should start looking for food in the woods. Can you name one area where he and Sarah Palin disagree on anything? So how come he’s this giant intellectual? The Ryan budget is a budget in the way that my doodle on a cocktail napkin is a blueprint for NASA.”

Maher says he finds the increased scrutiny that he’s now facing rather humorous.

“Part of it is that anytime somebody on the right says something that garners controversy, they want to have a false equivalency,” said Maher. “So I’m an easy guy to trot out. It’s never equivalent, of course. But that’s the game they play.”

Maher also explained that he doesn’t hesitate to say things that he knows will be leading on conservative news sites the next day.

“It certainly doesn’t hurt me,” said Maher. “I know that Fox News is obsessed. Sean Hannity is obsessed. I should get a f**king restraining order, he’s practically stalking me. I pull fewer punches and therefore they have more fodder to work with. I think it’s a symbiotic relationship.”

Still, Maher is certainly a free speech guy. He thinks people should be able to say whatever they want without the threat of a boycott — especially on Twitter.

“Can we stop declaring tweets to be proclamations of law?” said Maher. “They’re f**king brain farts. They’re half-baked thoughts.”

“If you don’t like something, move on. It’s not the end of the world if your feelings are bruised for two seconds. Change the channel.”

Read the entire Maher interview at Politico.

Comments (72)

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  • Albear
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:26pm

    Sorry, Bill. Obama fights like the snotty rich guy in “Some Kind of Wonderful.” Tells his buddies to take Eric Stoltz out back and kick the bleep out of him. Doesn’t want to get dirty himself. After all, he has his fancy favored guests, like ACORN, SEIU and CAIR, to take care of.

    And how’s that scene end? Eric looks him in the eye: “You’re Over.”

    Day by day it’s getting clearer and clearer: America’s looking President Obama and his campaign of division and administration of destruction straight in the face and saying, “You’re Over.”

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  • Git-R-Done
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:15pm

    And Bill Maher hypocritically condemns conservatives for being racists.

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  • kenboy
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:00pm

    Would be willing to go back to prison for just 10 seconds with this idiot.

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  • oh_yeah
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:58pm

    hey bill, no matter who wins, you are out a million. laugh that off. now that i think about it, if romney wins, you may recoup some $ in the future.

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    • pissantno.10
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 10:36pm

      mabey not he may have screwed him self in to poverty. lot of dumb actors have done themselves in with there smart mouths.

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  • Clings2Religion
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:58pm

    Can anyone find any socially redeemable value in this guy?

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  • BHOHG2G
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:53pm

    People that listen to BM are the same ones that stood and watched while the school bully picked on someone… and cheered him on so they wouldn’t be next.

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:09pm

      This little twit has a nose to big to be on TV, and a mouth
      like a cess pool…so what’s your point, bill ??? I can’t
      believe HBO hasn‘t DUMPED yo’ sorry AZZ.. What kind
      of people listen to his SMUT ??

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  • NDPINDNT
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:48pm

    Maher is such a chump, I can’t understand why anyone listens to him.

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  • deltaecho
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:48pm

    Bill, you just didn’t get enough hugs from Dad.

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  • NOT A CRAZY
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:43pm

    Bill Maher, an abortion that lived.

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  • golfputter1
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:40pm

    This is the guy who says the left is the bastion of everything good and moral.

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  • tothepoint
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:32pm

    God love Maher – He is so uneducated irrelevant.

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  • afellowpatriot
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:28pm

    Some kind of racist code Maher is using??? :)

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  • blackfeather
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:27pm

    shut your pie hole bill.

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:10pm

    obama fights like he’s a sissy, a bully and a coward.

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  • justasurvivor
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:08pm

    Maybe you leftists could put on a blindfold and start thinking about the policies and facts and quit looking at color COLOR C O L O R of skin for a change.

    You’re all, apparently, a bunch of bullies on the school yard. You need expelled. I’ll do my part on November 6.

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  • Larry E
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:08pm

    Maher is sure the typical liberal intellectual. He’s about as capable of making a point or saying anything that actually makes sense as my dog does. Fortunately my dog is much better looking, has better manners, and doesn’t stink.

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  • IMCHRISTIAN
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:03pm

    Maher might look white but will take God to see if his soul is black.

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  • inexiletill2012
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:00pm

    and the difference between “black” people and other people fighting is what ?
    Again…..and again……its the LEFT who use RACE as a weapon

    WHEN is all of America going to see this !

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    • Wango
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:32pm

      Liberals can talk about race because we understand race. Conservatives can‘t because they don’t. It’s like watching Romney riding b!tch on a jet ski behind his wife. Not quite right.

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    • NOT A CRAZY
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:39pm

      Wacko, you are always riding b1tch. I forget, what prison are you in again?

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    • NOT A CRAZY
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:41pm

      Wanker Wango Wacko…I do remember seeing you dangling from one of my dog‘s testicle’s the other day so I guess you don‘t alway’s ride b!tch. Your celly did tell me that is the way you like it though.

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    • inblack
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:53pm

      @WANGO

      Liberals can talk about race because they are racists.
      Liberals are hypocrites that project their own failing on others.
      Racists, astro-turf, lies, hate, voter fraud, unhinged – these are the charges from the left, but the left almost exclusively uses these tactics. And why not – the ends justify the means.
      Watch the new black panthers and the union thugs do whatever it takes, watch the liberal old lady spit on people, watch the obama supports try to block free speech, watch the MSNBC reporters use racist code words – “Angry radical tea party members”, “small town people clinging to their guns and religion” – code words.

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    • NOT A CRAZY
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 8:25pm

      Hey Wango Wanker Wacko answer this one question for me: Why is it that you all ignore the facts? Why do you ignore the fact the B.O. increased war by sending troops to Afghanistan? Why do you ignore the fact that B.O. is getting American’s killed in Afghanistan right now? Why do you ignore the fact that not only did B.O. extend the Patriot Act, but he actually increased the civil rights violations in it? Why do you ignore the fact that B.O. increased Bush’s executive order that allowed Interpol to spy on Americans, and in fact, B.O.‘s executive order now allows Interpol cops to arrest American’s without a search warrant on American soil? You are the same idiots that jumped up and down every single time Bush moved or talked and yet NOW YOU ARE SILENT. You are hypocrites to the extreme. You disgust me. It is time that America vomit’s you commies out.

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  • PhineasJWhoopee
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 5:59pm

    If you have to take a Bill,
    Don’t forget to wipe your Maher.

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  • Rational Man
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 5:59pm

    Bill Maher: Obama Is ‘Too White’ for Liberals But Fights Like He‘s ’Black’

    What the heck does that even mean?

    Is that some kind of racist brain f a r t or what?

    What a nut!!

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  • olddog
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 5:42pm

    It wasn’t long ago that Maher was dating Anne Coulter. I bet they sat around and planned out the outrageous comments they were to make to see could could best the other. Both are paid well for being disgusting.. If you gave them enough money both would change outlooks in a second..
    My Point, let them keep talking, We’re not listening..

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  • skipmontesjr
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 5:31pm

    So the excuses are already beginning as to why Obama won’t win the election?…Nice spin…His skin color hasn’t changed since his birth Bill….Perhaps it isn‘t his skin color but in fact just how thin his skin is people don’t like Bill…

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 5:46pm

      The Leftists are now beginning to try and manage the damage that will result from Obamas defeat for their fanatical, radical cause. Based on the fanatism and frantic panic induced mania are going into, I have to wonder if narcissism is infectious or something for those of a liberal bent.

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  • watersRpeople
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 5:28pm

    If Bill Maher said something I’m sure people are taking it seriously. Obama is hardly trailing behind Mitt Romney in the polls. Then I was wondering why he was considering replacing Joe Biden with Hillary Clinton if he’s not trailing by much. It seems like maybe if he was trailing by 10 points or more, then he may think about replacing Joe Biden. Was it merely pretend to have us think he was desperate?

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  • TRONINTHEMORNING
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 5:25pm

    I think it’s marvelous that B.M. is utilizing his free speech. It certainly educates people as to how upside down his lefty folks are. Keep it up, Billy! You’re not funny but you sure let us all know what losers liberals are.

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 5:45pm

      Bill Maher is a big piece of you know what. He isn’t even funny, just hateful, sarcastic, has NO class at all, and people actually listen to this? Oh, well, I always say, let God take care of him.
      Or some idiot who‘s offended enough and just ’ain’t gonna put up with it no mo bo………….

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  • rfycom
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 5:24pm

    money money money.

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