Barack Obama Bill Maher Gives $1 Milliion to Obama Super PAC

[Liberty_Mike]

Bill Maher donated $1 million to an Obama Super PAC last night. I find it very odd, since Maher has criticized a lot of Obama's policies the past few years, saying he has extended many of Bush's policies. It looks like Maher has just been playing his progressive audience since Obama got elected, and is now coming out as the true schill for Obama he is.

WASHINGTON -- Stephen Colbert may not support the idea of super PACs, but fellow political satirist Bill Maher is buying into the system -- literally.

During a performance of his comedy special "CrazyStupidPolitics" Thursday night, Maher announced a gift of $1 million to Priorities USA Action, an Obama-supporting super PAC. While he mocked the group's clunky name, saying it was "named by Borat," his publicist said that Maher was deadly serious about the donation and believed a second term for Obama was “worth a million dollars."

Continued - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/24/bill-maher-super-pac-obama-_n_1299250.html?ref=politics

 

[bluesc]

I thought he was opposed to the idea of superPACs? I guess he only disagrees with rich people donating unlimited funds unless he is the rich person donating.

 

[unknown]

I was really surprised to see this.

Really thought he was coming around to the good doctor.

 

[Liberty_Mike]

I thought he was opposed to the idea of superPACs? I guess he only disagrees with rich people donating unlimited funds unless he is the rich person donating.

Funny, isn't it? Maher always criticized Super PACs, yet when it comes down to the guy he supports, Super PACs seem to be ok! What a crock Maher is. I have to admit I definitely like his comedy, the guy does a good job mixing politics with stand up, but in the end he is nothing more than another Obama-bot.

 

[tttppp]

Bill Maher donated $1 million to an Obama Super PAC last night. I find it very odd, since Maher has criticized a lot of Obama's policies the past few years, saying he has extended many of Bush's policies. It looks like Maher has just been playing his progressive audience since Obama got elected, and is now coming out as the true schill for Obama he is.

WASHINGTON -- Stephen Colbert may not support the idea of super PACs, but fellow political satirist Bill Maher is buying into the system -- literally.

During a performance of his comedy special "CrazyStupidPolitics" Thursday night, Maher announced a gift of $1 million to Priorities USA Action, an Obama-supporting super PAC. While he mocked the group's clunky name, saying it was "named by Borat," his publicist said that Maher was deadly serious about the donation and believed a second term for Obama was “worth a million dollars."

Continued - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/24/bill-maher-super-pac-obama-_n_1299250.html?ref=politics

He's always done a great job of criticizing the republicans but gives the democrats a free pass. Its no surprise he's supporting Obama.

 

[trey4sports]

I find it interesting that Maher has that kind of money to throw around. Bill isn't that successful.

 

[Tina]

I was really surprised to see this.

Really thought he was coming around to the good doctor.

I think his problem with Ron is his Israel stance. He made an issue of it once on air. He had Benjamin Netanyahu on one time and was sucking up to him so much, it was sickening.

 

[Tina]

I find it interesting that Maher has that kind of money to throw around. Bill isn't that successful.

He's pretty successful, actually.

 

[Voluntary Man]

Is Maher still pretending to be a "libertarian"?

 

[bluesc]

Is Maher still pretending to be a "libertarian"?

Isn't Glenn Beck?

I've gotta say, Glenn Beck is much closer to a libertarian than Maher is.

 

[DerailingDaTrain]

In the end I've always know that Bill Maher is a Democrat and he seems to be buying into the belief (like other Dems) that Obama will do everything he promised to "in his second term".

 

[Perry]

He's a Christian hater.

 

[DerailingDaTrain]

^ With the way most "Christians" act I don't blame him for that. But donating to Obama's re-election campaign is the last straw for me after he criticized him for everything he didn't do that he promised he would. I just can't watch his show anymore.

 

[Voluntary Man]

Isn't Glenn Beck?

I've gotta say, Glenn Beck is much closer to a libertarian than Maher is.

Don't know. I don't really pay much attention to either of them.

 

[anaconda]

Great. Bill Maher supports undeclared wars, the patriot act, indefinite detention, illegal wire taps, and the sustained rip off of the middle class.

 

[Perry]

^ With the way most "Christians" act I don't blame him for that. But donating to Obama's re-election campaign is the last straw for me after he criticized him for everything he didn't do that he promised he would. I just can't watch his show anymore.

So you don't blame him...but you blame him. Ok. BTW your comment about most Christians is ignorant. It should have said most "people".

 

[Voluntary Man]

^ With the way most "Christians" act I don't blame him for [hating them].

You could say the same about most groups.

 

[dannno]

I'm pretty sure this is all about the insane Christians who want to make birth control illegal....

So retarded.. It's like they WANT Obama to be elected a second term.

 

[Kade]

Isn't Glenn Beck?

I've gotta say, Glenn Beck is much closer to a libertarian than Maher is.

Under what definition? Push the civil libertarians right out of the mix, honestly this stuff is getting to me enough that I'm about inches from just giving up already... Glenn Beck... GLENN - FREAKING - GOLDFOIL - BECK I'm beside myself with something and I can't quite be certain if it is bile or sheer rage.

No, I will dare to stand defiantly, again, and claim without fear that a theocratic or reconstructionist "libertarian" is not a libertarian.

and to which, I don't follow good advice, do I? Bend it like BECKham.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. ~ Thomas Paine

 

[pauliticalfan]

This was at his stand up show that I watched online last night. He ripped all the GOP candidates hard core...except Ron Paul. He actually gave Ron Paul major props on foreign policy and the crowd went wild. I didn't make a thread here about it because it was right before his $1 million dollar donation to Obama, and we don't want that associated with us.