Real Time with Bill Maher thread

[AlCzervik]

Jeff Gannon tonight.

[brettdale]

1. Please ask hard questions

Im betting the whole thing will be treated as a joke though.

[Bok_Tukalo]

4. Probably because it is a joke

<poe>

[Catherine Vincent]

2. Can someone give us folks with no HBO a play by play?

Thanks.

[Catherine Vincent]

12. Excuse my idiocy, DUers. I had a Bush moment.

Real time is play by play. LOL!

[Cleita]

3. Just started. Silly commercial for diet supplement that

helps you gain weight.

[AlCzervik]

7. Maybe it's me but i don't usually find his opening monologues that funny

[sabra]

5. Walked out holding prince Abdullahs hand :-0

[Cleita]

6. "Saudi princes have plenty of lubrication and

when they are done, there is always a towel handy."

Ewww, Bill!

[sabra]

8. Dissing *

Maher on *: Nice education lecture from the guy who can't speak

[sabra]

9. Moved on to Arnold

- Don't blame me I voted for Gary Coleman

[Cleita]

10. Speaking of rock formations, Arnold S.

His approval ratings have gone down to Grey Davis's.

[Cush]

11. On Gov Ahhnold: Don't blame me, I voted for Gary Coleman

[Cush]

13. Chuck Schumer up first

[AlCzervik]

14. Shumer up on the flat screen

[sabra]

15. Jeff Gannon will be towards the end of the show

He's going to make us wait!

[AlCzervik]

16. no kidding, he wants to keep his audience from going away

after the interview.

[sabra]

18. no doubt, they prolly have one of their highest volume of viewers tonight

to see JJ...

[sonicx]

17. Who is Farai Chideya?

Is she a liberal?

[AlCzervik]

19. well after looking at her web site i'd say liberal

http://www.faraichideya.com/

[lala_rawraw]

115. She is the editor of

http://www.popandpolitics.com/

[lala_rawraw]

113. She is stunning, brilliant, and loud...

The perfect person to take on that macho-go-go dancer in Maher.

[sabra]

20. Schumer: "We are winning on Social Security and judges"

[AlCzervik]

21. Bill made a good point about nailing Bush for Homeland security

and the fact Bush isn't doing anything with it, Shumer agrees, talking judges and ss now. "The public is on our side" Don't blow the lead Chuck, please.

[AlCzervik]

22. Michael Steele on the panel, i think i'm gonna hork.

[sabra]

24. already tried to check Maher on tax cuts for the rich

sorry it won't work here Michael.

[kansasblue]

23. I predict !

He will say when pressed: ' Well Bill there's a lot of misinformation about me out there' and ' For legal reason I can't go into that right now' and if Bill can't get around that then this will be just another lame assed interview where he get to say what he wants and answers nothing.

[sonicx]

25. Michael Steele is an ass.

fuck him.

[AlCzervik]

26. medicare gets cut but rich get tax cuts

"Well we have defecits that need to be dealth with" so you cut fucking medicare? This guy is a supreme douche.

[AlCzervik]

27. Martin Short "I voted for John Kerry"

[Blue Belle]

126. And WHY is that we have deficits now Michael??

Could it be that it's because of the ass clown that's been at the helm for the past 5 years??

Don't lecture me on being fiscally conservative...

[LynneSin]

82. Michael Steele will be an unemployeed ass in 2 years

His Governor is absolutely horrible and Maryland is regretting voting him in

[KharmaTrain]

123. We See Those Stupid Commercials

Featuring "Governor Bob"...telling the guy to play golf "by order of the governor". My wife saw that commercial and mentioned...first, women play golf as well as men, and second, what a sexist piece of shit this guy is. Sorry, even if it is a Blue State, no Maryland vacation while this bastard's on the payroll.

[Cleita]

28. Martin Short voted for Kerry.

[AlCzervik]

30. Holy shit, this crowd hates him Steele!

[sonicx]

29. goddamn you Michael Steele

shut the fuck up!

[antonialee839]

32. He's an ahole

"big time"

[NVMojo]

121. ...a rich fuck pulling the "race" card. Give me a break, asshole!!!

[sabra]

31. Wow, this is the most lively show so far this season

and we are just 20 minutes in... Can't wait for Gannon!

[sabra]

34. Maher: on * "what a Peckerwood"

said he LOL over the press conference...

[antonialee839]

37. If you weren't busy crying

you were definitely busy laughing.

[Sydnie]

42. I definately should not try to drink anything

while watching THIS episode. Peckerwood started it and Martin Short with the "Sammy Davis JR" reference were both dead on. I nearly choked to death laughing!

[Cleita]

33. Are loudmouths Republican standard issue?

Is it because they have nothing to say but lies that they have to shout about nothing all the time all over the place? That Puke idiot Steele can't keep his mouth shut!

[sabra]

35. Maher on *: "he's the guess who just won't leave"

[AlCzervik]

39. that was hilarious, "You've had pot roast and now he's getting drunk"

"And talking about gay marriage and stem cells"

[sabra]

43. Steele, doesn't agree with the involvement with Schaivo case

[sabra]

49. this show has been very amusing thus far

crossing fingers on JJ i-view!

[AlCzervik]

54. yes, very surprised, Martin Short, whoda thunk?

what a feisty little fellow he is, i love him!

[minkyboodle]

36. ughhh this NOVA resident hates steele

fucking steele... I hope Kweisi Mfume eats him alive in the Senate race....

[zapp]

38. Maher: they can rally their Jesus Freaks

[Bluebear]

40. "Come election time they push the fear buttons & rally the Jesus freaks"

[derby378]

41. "He is YOUR President"

I'm getting rather tired of Repugs using this bully-phrase on Dems.

It reminds me of a "bad-guy" wrestler we used to have in the Dallas circuit named Gino Hernandez, who always declared "I AM YOUR CHAMPION!" to the spectators whether he won or lost a match. That's what these Repugs remind me of.

BTW, Gino Hernandez died of a cocaine overdose. Does a similar fate await a certain failed oilman turned accidental right-wing patriarch??

[zapp]

45. My Reply: I respect the office he occupies....

Yet, The man himself is not presidential material.

[johnfunk]

44. Steele has me horkulated too...

... but I'm glad he recognizes that Schiavo was a fiasco -- and glad he took a cheap swipe at LA that'll bite him in the azz.

[AlCzervik]

47. he's a bit of a condescending prick

[Bleacher Creature]

55. Just a bit??

He's my Lt. Governor -- at least until next year. :)

Until then :beer::beer::beer:

[zapp]

46. Martin Short disses southern religious freeks.....

[Cleita]

48. Snake handlers in particular. Said they weren't

particularly bright.

[zapp]

50. And Mormon's magic underpants....never heard of those...

[minkyboodle]

they are called garments

and they are real.... and honestly magic underpants is a pretty fair description of them

[derby378]

107. Garments of the Holy Priesthood

They're like long-johns - white cotton long underwear with symbols sewn into them that some claim were borrowed from Freemasonry.

[NMDemDist2]

52. we need to introduce them to Plaid Adder

:rofl:

[Sydnie]

51. If you believe in Magic Underpants, you're not that bright!

I LOVE that! I want a tshirt that says that!

[Bluebear]

58. And right away Steele makes fun of latte drinkers

"Yes Bill, we know you're upscale and drink lattes"....So how can the latte drinkers versus the snake handlers ever be solved? It can't and won't.

[minkyboodle]

53. damn that maher he stole my phrase

I describe LDS garments as "magic underpants" I want my credit on HBO now! (those who want to flame I was raised in an LDS fam so bring it on as they say).

[zapp]

57. Who is that with FZ?

[minkyboodle]

65. Vaclav Havel

when Zappa was almost an "Special
Ambassador to the West on Trade, Culture and Tourism" before ol Jim Baker put the Kabash on that.

[zapp]

71. tyvm.....the eastern bloc often credits fz on the opening of the wall

[Cush]

56. "Oil makes me horny"

[Cush]

59. here's Gannon

[sabra]

60. He just ripped * apart

parody on the holding hands bit with Abdullah

[zapp]

61. There's a bald freekoboy

[sabra]

62. Gannone time!

[antonialee839]

63. He sure is full of himself

[antonialee839]

67. Male Escort time

[sabra]

64. Checking him on softball questions

[AlCzervik]

70. "Some liberals didn't like my question" ok, it's the liberals fault

[zapp]

66. Maher: Your reputation is a guy who was in the news room who people..

can't figure out why he was there..

[sabra]

68. Gannon: "look I am a journalist"

here we go Maher is setting him up... I hope.

[Catherine Vincent]

77. Gannon will give this look at Maher:

[minkyboodle]

69. holy shit

gannon blaming it on the "liberals"

[LynneSin]

He's not looking at the camera at all

Hell, I felt like Chuck Schumer was talk to me where as there is some bug floating on the ceiling that I believe Jeff is speaking to instead of the camera

[Blue Belle]

127. It looked to me like Jeff Gannon..

was reading que cards the entire time... he was very stiff and wooden (insert joke here) on camera and it felt like he was reading his answers to the audience.

[LynneSin]

133. He probably rehearsed what he was going to say

since let's face it, we all had a good idea about what Maher was going to ask him: All the visits to the White House, why there are times he didn't check in/out, being a gay prostitute, etc.

He probably wrote up the answers beforehand to every scenario and then tried reciting them from memory.

It's obvious why no major news organization has scooped up this guy yet

[antonialee839]

74. BS time

[Cush]

72. "What were you doing at the White House?"

[zapp]

73. Maher busting his ass!!! on the FOIA Secret Service requests

[zapp]

76. Yeah right....He was just hanging out as a reporter

[lala_rawraw]

114. Reading from what article? See what I mean?

Indie press is being buried by both the left and right.

[minkyboodle]

75. damn way to go maher

he hit him with the FOIA stats

[antonialee839]

79. LOL

Military stud

[minkyboodle]

78. LOL

militarystud.com yes!!!!

[Cush]

80. look at his eye movements...he's lying

big time

[sabra]

81. Maher is drilling him BIGTIME!

[antonialee839]

86. Yeah, he was attending tball games.

[Cleita]

83. Gannon praises the Minutemen on the border.

Idiot.

[AlCzervik]

84. said "Bush should get behind them" hehe

[zapp]

85. This guy has had his 15 minutes....now its time for the infamy....

[zapp]

87. "let's get down to why there are black republicans"

[zapp]

88. The gay issue is why the blacks went republican?

[Bluebear]

91. "What some blacks have in common with Republicans is homophobia"

[K8-EEE]

89. Oooh! I'm Watching This On The Rerun, Can't Wait!

Reruns 11 pm L.A. time I think....I had to check in with DU because if he was too easy on him it would make me puke, this guy is SUCH a slimy FreepWhore, BLECH!

[zapp]

90. It was tough, though Bill was respectful

[LynneSin]

92. Respectful but he brought up the prostitution & hotmilitarystud.com

:D

[AlCzervik]

94. Watching Steele get his ass kicked by the panel, Bill and the audience is

worth it. the Gannon thing was ok, but the Steele beating was awesome!

[minkyboodle]

95. yet maher basically apologizes to him at the end of the show

and prostrates for the close minded asshole for appearing on his panel...

[AlCzervik]

96. too late and you know he's insincere about the "sorry"

[minkyboodle]

99. maybe

but honestly I'm tired of Maher apologizing for what he is and what his audience feels in an effort to be fair and balanced. I happen to know for a fact it was a large issue in the series being renewed this year and honestly, maher trying to attract conservative viewers is about as futile as it gets.

[NVMojo]

122. who cares. We can't script what everyone says. That's a * thing.

It was a great show and Bill Maher still speaks out more like we need then most.

[cybildisobedience]

125. I agree with Minky

There is like one show, seriously, on the entire universe of programs and cable stations, where true progressive opinions are allowed to break through the din, and Maher has to APOLOGIZE for it?
And admonish the audience to not respond to it?
The audience bursts into applause because it can't actually believe it's hearing the truth, and then they are scolded by Bill Maher?
Look, I know he's trying to hold onto his lucrative gig, but knock the Miss Manners crap the f.. off --- can't applaude? can't express too many liberal opinions or the sole conservative guest will feel overwhelmed?
That asshole didn't look too overwhelmed to me. In fact, he dominated the conversation with his nonsensical GOP talking points, like "Who's really rich?" or "why do you demean the South?"

[minkyboodle]

93. judeao christian values.... bullshit

when is someone going to call these pigs on that canned ham line.
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050221&s=allen

[zapp]

97. New Rule: Republicans need Anger Management

[Floogeldy]

98. What is the fucking deal about Gannon visiting the white house?

And he is a former employee of an escort service?

Hellooooooo?

[derby378]

100. The Democrat "with the biggest balls is named 'Teresa'"

ROFLMAO!

[minkyboodle]

101. I have to say

that was a "good'un"

[NVMojo]

120. It is TRUE!!!

[sabra]

102. IMO, best show this season!

[Catherine Vincent]

103. Don't rub it in for those that haven't seen it yet.

hmmph!:-)

[sabra]

110. clip here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3572400

[minkyboodle]

104. it was a good one IMO

maybe the best.. Maher only talked about Shrub's "far-sightedness" briefly and no Friedman to promote myopic views on the middle east.. shit who am I kidding it was the best bar none :)

[Bombero1956]

105. I have to agree

with the constant apologies to Repugs and conservatives.

New rule, stop apologizing to Republicans for being in the minority on your show, it's only because they're in the minority on the important issues in this country. LA is hardly a hot bed of conservatism.

[anarchy1999]

116. We have to agree and many times we don't like his "show". Tonight was

different. We found his rant at the very end to be very good.

[tallahasseedem]

106. Good show tonight.

I wasn't going to watch, but I was pleasantly surprised.

[staticstopper]

108. I'm in the east..

What time will it be repeated here...My friends got HBO, I've got to tell her to watch it and TVO it for me!!!

Is 11pm CA = 2am OH?

[tallahasseedem]

109. 1:00 A.M. !!!

[NightOwwl]

111. Maher shows more respect for his hypothetical "conservative" audience...

than his live "liberal" audience.

He's actually telling them to shut up whenever they laugh at or applaud a joke or comment that might be construed as having a liberal slant. How insulting...I would be pissed if I were in the audience.

Way to sabotage your own show, Bill. Sheesh...what a killjoy.

Edited to add: Jeff Gannon was so out of his league...I felt a twinge of sympathy for him.

[K8-EEE]

112. I've Been In That Audience A Lot, I Understand Why He Hushed Them

It makes the person he's interviewing clam up and/or get defensive when they hear that -- if the audience stays quiet he is more likely to blab, if he blabs, he's more likely to SPILL!

I get kind of pissed when the audience reacts so loudly in a negative way that the person stops their BSing to answer it, it kind of changes the subject when they were already hanging themeselves, ya know?

Jesus that guy is another Armstrong Williams -- I wonder how much Shrub is paying him to spout all that total bull!!!

[anarchy1999]

117. I agree, Maher told the audience to be quiet so that he could get Jeff to

talk. I thought he handled it very well and impressively I might add. Maybe I'm too arrogant, I don't know?

At least he kept Jeff talking! And that was fun!

[NightOwwl]

119. Good point.

It was fun, wasn't it!

[NightOwwl]

118. That makes sense.

Your explanation has me seeing his actions in a different perspective. It must be fun to see the show live. Do you go often because you live in/near L.A?

[K8-EEE]

131. Yes, Highly Recommended Taping!

They are very nice about how they do the tickets. You just call the week of and they put your name on a list, all you have to do is show up on time (like 6:30 which is kind of hard for my husband since he gets off work around then.) It takes about an hour to get the audience seated then they have a warm up guy and once the show starts, boom, it's really fast, no stops, like watching it at home.

Once Wes Clark was on the panel & he came out to chat and shake hands....seemed like a super nice guy. Seeing Ann Coulter up close is scary -- she's SO skinny and kind of shakey, keeps her hands sort of hidden all the time and disappears as soon as they camera is off.

I have to hand it to that crew because they have no commercial breaks and no room for error on that show!

[Blue Belle]

130. It was almost painful...

to watch Jeff Gannon. He was out of his league... and it was a little sad.

Yet he still blindly follows a the party line and is loyal to those who have quite literally screwed him over. He is a great example of the GOP faithful... "we will blindly support you as you destroy and make a mockery of us".

This world is so bizarre...

[nashville_brook]

132. can't agree with you more

i stopped watching it earlier this year and cancelled cable. it'd disrespectful, the way he treats he audience.

[orpupilofnature57]

124. Bill maher is Progressive and thats alright for a comedian, not for a

operating political party, Bill can shh liberals, Dem's cant

[BlueStateBlue]

128. Does anyone know when HBO reruns Real Time?

I'm in NY metro area, and I know I've seen Real Time rerun either on Saturday or Sunday. I missed Friday night's show, and it sounds like I really need to see this one! Thanks in advance.

[realFedUp]

129. usually repeats tonight...I've seen it on Thursdays also

at a much earlier time on HBO2