1/20/16

Keeping Up on Politics with Bill Maher

Last week saw the return of Bill Maher's Real Time on HBO after a short hiatus for the holidays.  He immediately jumped on the latest republican presidential debate with this comparison of Trump to Cruz:

It is impossible to know who to root for.  It's like a car salesman versus a car thief.  It's Putin bombing ISIS.  It's like Sharknado if the shark fought the tornado. 

No one can do political zingers like Maher. He will not suffer idiots, nor will he stand for weak jabs at neighboring New York City as shown in this video of his discussion with his guests.

Maher ended the show by asking his audience to encourage President Obama to be a guest on Real Time before he leaves office. He sees this as his 60th birthday gift and the right thing to do since the president has appeared on many other talk shows. 

Here is the text of the White House petition:  

Herewith, on the occasion of Bill Maher’s 60th birthday, we the people, especially viewers of Real Time with Bill Maher, respectfully request that President Obama appear on Real Time and thereby honor that particular audience (and their support for him), as he has so honored the viewers of so many other TV shows and media outlets; or if not, to please, respectfully, tell us why.

You can find his petition here.  While he only needs 100,000 signatures, as of this morning he already has more than 250,000. 

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