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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Bill Maher declares himself a ''hero'' over Trump meeting
2025-04-19
And so he is. A minor hero, but it’s the sad truth that in today’s Zeitgeist standing up to the Progressive cancel mob is indeed heroic.
[NYPOST] ''Real Time'' host Bill Maher said Thursday that he should be regarded as a ''hero'' for how he handled the White House meeting with his political foe, President Donald Trump
...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party...
Appearing on the ''2 Angry Men'' podcast, Maher was asked about the public response to his dinner with Trump.

''I'm not pulling punches, either on my show or when I was with him or after,'' Maher told podcast hosts Harvey Levin and Mark Geragos. ''And I'm proud that I was able to go into the White House and say to the President of the United States, look him in the eye and say, 'You're scaring people. You know, it doesn't bother you that you're scaring so many of your own citizens?'''

Maher addressed the backlash he received from the left for his monologue recapping his positive Trump meeting.

''I would say to them, 'As opposed to what?' I had the opportunity to go to the White House and talk to the president and not give up my principles. It seems like nobody noticed that,'' Maher said. ''I didn't go MAGA. I had the opportunity to talk to Donald Trump and say things to him that maybe he never hears,
…according to the psychology boffins, a key difference between the current Left and Right is that those on the left have no concept of what conservatives think whereas those on the right can accurately predict Progressive responses across the issues. So Mr. Maher’s thoughts were likely not news to the president. The opportunity for a pleasant conversation with a convinced liberal and conduit to liberal audience? Clearly the president appreciated that properly…
literally to speak truth to power. I shouldn't take that opportunity?''
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Posted by:Fred

#4  ^TW, manners are heroic in some cases.
Posted by: Super Hose   2025-04-19 18:20  

#3  Maher has always been his own hero.

That said, he must know that simply recognizing any legitimacy of a dissenting viewpoint is a no-no and he went anyways.

I have to wonder if a point of the whisper campaigns is when in the makeup chair, the dresser gives instructions in the guise of conscience streaming, like a movie scene when somebody is giving a straight razor shave and starts a monologue while nipping the person's throat.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2025-04-19 14:15  

#2  When idiots are starting massive food fights, politely passing the casserole to the recipient is a notable action, Super Hose.
Posted by: trailing wife   2025-04-19 14:02  

#1  Maher heroically passed the green bean casserole.
Posted by: Super Hose   2025-04-19 07:25  

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