Bill Maher on Donald Trump

[$tevie]

Serious conversation. Excellent analysis.

http://mindy-fischer-writer.com/2016/10/...iew-video/

[$tevie]

MAHER: I know but the media has to understand that, again, fair and balanced. They got that in their head, which they think means, well, I say this to this guy and I said exactly in the other guy. But if one person is saying that the earth doesn't revolve around the sun, you know, the answer is not to give that person equal weight with that. And also -- I mean, come on, the media is rooting for a close race. It's better for them.

I mean, Hillary is way up now but I don't think that's what the media wants. And they're going to take these nothing e-mails that are in the Wikipedia leaks -- I mean, the WikiLeaks, and they're going to find something in there and they're going to dwell on it, and people out there who don't know much about anything in politics are going to go, it's a wash, you know. That;s it.

Well, you know, he did the 8,000 horrific things, but what about the e-mails? You know, the e-mails, big nothing burger. The Clinton foundation, nothing there. God forbid, they get caught helping people overcome diseases as supposed to Trump's charity which, you know, was basically a slush fund that benefited one orphan, Trump. And people think all these things are a push. The media has to take some responsibility for that.

MAHER: I don't find her to be this mystery to people. I mean, she's been out there for this long. Looks, she is certainly shell-shocked from 30 years of being attacked. I don't think there's anyone who's ever been more scrutinized, over-scrutinized. I always say she's like a black driver in a white neighborhood and the police are the Republicans. They keep pulling her over and they keep having to let her go.

So, obviously, she's guarded. Maybe she's that way from the beginning, from her upbringing, but she's -- I can't blame her. And, I mean, we're starting to read all the e-mails. There's nothing in there.

You know, they reveal what she is, a government nerd who never stops working. The kind of person who knows details, who believes government can do good, and I just think that's exactly who she is. She's someone who wants to roll up her sleeves and make a problem better, like Bill Clinton said at the convention. I don't think there's much more to it than that. I don't see -- I certainly don't see a scary person. She's a centrist.

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I usually can't stand to watch more than a minute or two of him, but this was great - thanks

[pdq]

Well put.

[AllGold]

(tu)

I wonder why Fox News won't interview Maher. miley12:

[bfd]

There is really no one on Fox News who could match his wit. Stoned or straight.

[RgrF]

He's less witty than he is thought out. He's done this for decades and learned a lot from his predecessors like George Carlin, if you don't know George Carlin you've led a stupid life.