Bill Maher Calls Republicans 'A Deadly Enemy

October 2nd, 2010 10:25 AM
After telling his audience that his job isn't to "carry water for this or any administration," Bill Maher on Friday closed his show with a campaign speech begging viewers to support Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections. "When it comes to voting, when we only have two choices, you got to grow up and realize there's a big difference between a disappointing friend and a deadly enemy," said…

Breitbart Disputes Maher Tying Obama Hitler Images to Right Wing, Reco

October 1st, 2010 3:43 AM
Appearing as a guest on Friday’s Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart argued against Maher after the Real Time host linked conservative protesters to images of President Obama with a Hitler moustache, and went on to recount his own observations of left-wing protesters depicting conservatives with Hitler moustaches. This portion of show could be seen on the Web…

O'Reilly Smacks Down Maher for Claiming Anti-Obama Sentiment is Racist

September 29th, 2010 11:39 PM
Bill O'Reilly on Wednesday smacked down Bill Maher when the comedian blamed Barack Obama's bad poll numbers on racism.In the first part of his much-anticipated interview with the "Real Time" host, O'Reilly asked Maher's opinion on why the public seems to have soured on the President. After blaming Obama's woes on everyone but Obama himself, Maher said, "Of course a lot of it is racially..."Maher…

David Gregory Plays Jon Stewart Clip on Meet the Press to Bash Boehner

September 26th, 2010 6:31 PM
September 2010 might go down in history as the month America's comedians took over the Democrat Party.From upcoming political rallies by Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to the latter testifying before Congress and the media waiting breathlessly for Bill Maher to release another video of Delaware Republican senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell, our world has surely taken a giant step towards…

Andrew Breitbart Nails Bill Maher: You're Not a Libertarian, You're a

September 25th, 2010 1:21 AM
Andrew Breitbart on Friday exposed Bill Maher for not being the Libertarian he claims to be, but a socialist instead.When push came to shove, a seemingly embarrassed Maher didn't protest.In the middle of a heated discussion on HBO's "Real Time" about healthcare reform legislation passed earlier this year, Maher vehemently defended the program.This led Breitbart to smartly observe, "So you're…

Maher Guest MacFarlane Declares He’d Have Sex w/ Christine O’Donne

September 25th, 2010 12:34 AM
Appearing as a guest on Friday’s Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane made a crack about his willingness to have sex with Delaware Republican Senate nominee Christine O’Donnell after host Maher showed a clip of O’Donnell from a Politically Incorrect episode from 1998. After a clip of the GOP candidate in which denied believing in the theory of evolution, MacFarlane…

Maher Praises Pat Tillman Brother Richard’s Rip Against Religion fro

September 24th, 2010 11:12 PM
As the actor Richard Tillman – brother of former Army Ranger and former NFL player Pat Tillman – appeared as a guest on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday promoting the film "The Tillman Story" about his brother’s death in Afghanistan, host Maher played a clip from Pat Tillman’s funeral in which Richard Tillman mocked the religious references made at the funeral by speakers Maria Shriver…

Obama’s Palace Guards: Desperate Maher, Colbert, Jon Stewart Go All

September 19th, 2010 11:02 AM
Remember when American comedians went after the powerful in an effort to bring them down to earth with the sharp satire of accountability? Today, they appear to only protect the powerful. Well, unless the powerful aren't liberal enough. As things stand now you have the likes of David Letterman and Louis C.K. savaging Sarah Palin's family, SNL terrified to rip Obama with any real zeal, cartoonists…

AP Bashes Christine O'Donnell With Bill Maher's 'Witchcraft' Video Cli

September 19th, 2010 10:42 AM
The Associated Press is using a video clip that Bill Maher showed on HBO's "Real Time" Friday to bash Delaware Republican senatorial nominee Christine O'Donnell.Here's the headline:Bill Maher Digs Up O'Donnell 'Witchcraft' Clip Inside the piece, things got even dicier:

Michael Moore: Ground Zero McDonald's Killed More People Than 9/11 Hij

September 18th, 2010 11:14 AM
Schlockumentary film producer Michael Moore on Friday said the McDonald's that's two blocks from Ground Zero killed more people than the nineteen hijackers involved in the 9/11 attacks.Chatting with Bill Maher on HBO's "Real Time," Moore also accused Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin of being America's Taliban."We should start calling them Cleric Gingrich and Mullah Taliban Palin," said Moore."…

Bill Maher: Obama Would Be A Better President 'If He Was Fully Black

September 18th, 2010 12:19 AM
Bill Maher on Friday said Barack Obama's problem is "he's only half black." He'd be a better president "if he was fully black."In the season premiere of HBO's "Real Time," while chatting with former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich, the host said, "Isn't Obama's big problem is that he does everything half-assed? Maybe it's because he's only half black."Maher continued, "If he was fully black…

NewsBusters 5th Anniversary: A Look Back at Some of Our Top Posts of O

August 23rd, 2010 10:18 AM

Bill Maher Goes Out with Another Conspiracy: ‘We Need a War All the

June 14th, 2010 9:10 AM
Catching up from Friday night, on the last Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO until September, Maher insisted “I’m not trying to be a conspiracy theorist,” but then proceeded to assert the Defense Department “uses more oil than anywhere else to kill people in the Middle East to get fuel to fight wars,” so “I do think there’s something -- just the way the pharmaceutical companies sometimes come up…

Maher: Media 'Way Too Stupid' to Understand Israel/Palestine Conflict

June 12th, 2010 12:29 PM
It wasn't us who said this. Instead, it's one of their own - an outspoken openly liberal talk show with a cynical view of the mainstream media. On the June 11 Web portion of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" called "Overtime," Newsweek editor Jon Meacham offered the argument there is not a pro-Israel bias in the media, which is often alleged. "The idea that there is a pro-Israeli bias in the…