New Rule: Bill Maher Should Look in the Mirror
January 17, 2022
Earlier this month, on his HBO show, Bill Maher lectured Democrats: “You’re alienating a whole lot of people, particularly whites without a college degree,” he said, because “you come across as the ‘Cares-About-Everybody-But-Me Party.’” He asked, rhetorically, “Why is the party that supports so many issues that benefit the middle class still considered out of touch by 62 percent of Americans?” Then he answered himself: “In plain English, nobody likes a snob … Your micro-aggression culture doesn’t play in the Rust Belt.”
At 65, Maher is in his fourth decade hosting a political comedy show, and he’s probably never been taken more seriously. Chris Cuomo gave Maher the whole hour of his prime-time CNN show, Larry King style, to tee off on wokeism. TheDaily Beast columnist Matt Lewis (and my co-host on the Bloggingheads.tv show The DMZ) dubbed the host of Real Time with Bill Maher “the most powerful voice critiquing the excesses of the progressive left and defending liberal democracy.
