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BannonsLiver

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4. Sadly he's lost his fastball

Fri Aug 14, 2020, 11:11 PM

Aug 2020

I’ve seen him live multiple times going back to 1998 and maintain an HBO subscription largely for the purpose of watching his show.

There are a lot of things that I don’t like, such as his constant embrace of the Dems is disarray narrative and the near constant refrain of how did we get here with Biden as the nominee.

He’s also often wrong, especially when talking about polling. There seems to be a near constant failure from whoever does the research to use fresh polling or to correctly frame that polling. Tonight he said Hillary was out performing Biden at this time in 2016. That’s not true, and has been covered on 538 and Harry Enten on CNN and many others extensively.

The segment with Cowherd was embarrassing. After 5 months it’s pretty clear that Bill just doesn’t understand this virus.

I’ll keep watching mostly because of the guests. But it’s not the same show anymore and Bill’s not the same guy. He’s morphed into my dad.

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Bill Maher is a fucking idiot. Spewing that the young don't have a problem with the virus. What [View all] still_one Aug 2020 OP

He's going to regret that uponit7771 Aug 2020 #1

He's been getting worse for quite awhile PatSeg Aug 2020 #2

and I don't know what he was trying to say when he said people who had slaves were a product of still_one Aug 2020 #5

I wonder if the quarantine is getting to him PatSeg Aug 2020 #13

Actually, that's an interesting possibility still_one Aug 2020 #24

He's lost it. He's gotten to be like Kanye West in that he says things for attention and... brush Aug 2020 #23

Attention getting is right. I think he jumped the shark tonight still_one Aug 2020 #25

Yes. He'll probably walk it back quietly next week as his show starts. brush Aug 2020 #28

He's always had alt-right (or alt-left) elements to his worldview, remember Coulter radius777 Aug 2020 #35

Well for a very long time PatSeg Aug 2020 #38

I love Maher, but that interview was not his finest moment. Music Man Aug 2020 #3

You love him? Maru Kitteh Aug 2020 #32

Yes, he's a great comedian and a Democrat at heart. Music Man Aug 2020 #39

Sadly he's lost his fastball BannonsLiver Aug 2020 #4

Mayor Pete, Yang, and Bottoms were great still_one Aug 2020 #6

She was great BannonsLiver Aug 2020 #7

Absolutely. Mayor Bottoms is always excellent still_one Aug 2020 #8

BTW BannonsLiver Aug 2020 #17

We are on the same page still_one Aug 2020 #21

If he had paid attention he would know how Cha Aug 2020 #10

"Someone more..." BannonsLiver Aug 2020 #16

The People voted for Joe Biden.. Democracy VS Cha Aug 2020 #20

Hasn't he read the reports of all the kids who are Cha Aug 2020 #9

It was crazy talk Cha. I though I was watching trump's new doctor, Atlas, who is spewing the still_one Aug 2020 #11

That's really too bad & dangerously disappointing. Cha Aug 2020 #14

It is very disappointing for sure, Cha BannonsLiver Aug 2020 #18

I stopped watching when he came back from last break. NCDem47 Aug 2020 #12

He had Colon Cowturd from Fox Sports on probably. Elwood P Dowd Aug 2020 #15

That's it. It was anti-science blathering still_one Aug 2020 #22

Yeah, his grasp of science is often flawed to weak misanthrope Aug 2020 #19

It sure is flawed still_one Aug 2020 #26

I didn't always agree with him but always respected his intellect MustLoveBeagles Aug 2020 #27

I imagine there will be a youtube excerpt of it soon enough where you can judge for yourself still_one Aug 2020 #29

I'll keep an eye out for it MustLoveBeagles Aug 2020 #30

When it comes to anything medical, he really should keep his mouth closed. Behind the Aegis Aug 2020 #31

BTA we agree 100% on the medical advice, and your description of his "product of our times" final still_one Aug 2020 #33

Thanks for the warning. I had considered watching tonight's episode ecstatic Aug 2020 #34

The guests he had on were excellent except for the fox sports guest at the end, who is another still_one Aug 2020 #36

Maher makes most of his money doing stand up Trumpocalypse Aug 2020 #37