Bill Maher is a talentless hack. Bill Maher is not a comedian. He's a narcissist. And he thinks he's funny. But he's not funny at all. And that's why he's a complete waste of space.
00:06:14.000So, my question to you, before we move on, we'll also be talking about Salman Rushdie being attacked, the Mennonites, and more outrage over the left, and this is war, right?
00:06:24.000They're saying this rhetoric is what's leading to violence against the FBI.
00:06:28.000Got a whole hit list, sorry, montage, hit list, figuratively, of the left saying far more egregious things, actually calling people to violence.
00:06:35.000So my question to you is, who, which of the leftist talk show hosts can you stomach most?
00:07:12.000And the fastest man on his feet, the quickest wit in the West, him and I are on tour this fall in Phoenix, September 16th at the Arizona Federal Theater, then Houston, September 17th.
00:07:22.000Two shows that weekend at the Financial Center, Sugar Land, and then Charleston, West Virginia, where nothing is there.
00:07:26.000So if you're 100 or 200 miles away, drive in October 8th at the Coliseum.
00:07:46.000So, first off, Salman Rushdie, as you all know, was attacked, but there's some more information that, you know, you may not have necessarily heard from the media, but I don't really think you needed to, because I think you can guess who's behind this.
00:07:58.000I warn you, there's obviously some disturbing footage.
00:08:00.000Friday, he was stabbed in the neck during a lecture in New York.
00:08:02.000In case you've missed it, here's a clip.
00:08:28.000I don't know how he was allowed to get that close to the stage, and that's also why, when we do our shows, we have very specific protocols with security, the kind of stage we use, the distance from the stage, and a lot of people with the guns, so... He was interviewed, the guy that they caught, I didn't realize that.
00:09:05.000According to the European and Middle Eastern intelligence officials, they said that Mattar had been in direct contact with members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on social media.
00:09:15.000And that's, just so you know, a branch of the Iranian military founded by the Ayatollah Khamenei.
00:09:20.000So Iran said this has nothing to do with the Iranian government and then proceeded to blame Salman Rushdie and his fans are like, really it was his fault because he shouldn't have said that.
00:09:28.000We didn't do anything but shouldn't have said any of those things that we don't like.
00:10:50.000Well, in CNN and MSNBC, they could not get there fast enough to say, this is probably more evidence of white supremacy in the United States and we have to catch this killer.
00:10:58.000Muslim shops were actually closing down.
00:11:00.000Everybody was like, oh my gosh, there's a mad white gunman on the loose.
00:11:03.000And they're just like, oh, it's one of ours.
00:11:24.000This last week we've seen a Muslim attempt to murder a writer for his opinions on Islam, Salman Rushdie, a plot from one of that same People's Front Liberation of Iranian No Bikinis, whatever it is.
00:11:35.000Murder the former National Security Advisor, but you know, plot for it.
00:11:38.000A Muslim arrested for murdering other Muslims.
00:12:41.000In case this gets removed, we never know.
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00:14:13.000Ollie Vitale, we need to get to the story.
00:14:14.000In Ollie Vitale's new tell-all book about Elizabeth Warren, and you can comment below if you think she's the most just inherently unlikable, not the one you dislike personally, but the most inherently unlikable of all the people who run for office, there's a book from Ollie Vitale I'll just put that on the watch list.
00:14:32.000Lamented the misogyny of the Democratic Party.
00:14:35.000This is actually a quote where Elizabeth Warren said, everyone comes up to me and says, I would vote for you if you had a penis.
00:17:19.000Maybe it's funny to you, Mother Effer.
00:17:20.000No, she does what Donald Trump does, where he says, you know, everyone always tells me, I would never say this, they say, you're the best looking man.
00:18:23.000How is it extremist to say, eh, people who are acting completely outside of the law with no real oversight because they are the law, they're judge dreading this, you know what, we need to hold them accountable.
00:19:01.000So Bill Maher led it with this talking point that did come from Media Matters and was disseminated through CNN, MSNBC, Huffington Post, then CNN again four days late because Brian Stelter had to get on the action and he only has one slot per week.
00:19:12.000Bill Maher decided to, uh, take a jab, and, you know, look, it's all in good fun, but, uh, I'd prefer if it were funny, and his audience didn't really think so either.
00:19:21.000Here he is discussing, uh, this show in a tweet.
00:19:24.000Now, all across the right-wing media, it's war!
00:19:27.000They're literally using this word, civil war, war.
00:19:32.000There's a right-wing podcaster, I think the name is Stephen Crowder, said, sleep well, tomorrow is war.
00:20:46.000And you hear political war, war in the middle class.
00:20:48.000It's something that's been used for a very long time.
00:20:50.000However, the left tries to do the sleight of hand, and they try and make it seem as though Republicans, conservatives, you are constantly calling for actual wars.
00:21:00.000And if you don't believe me, Believe your lion eyes and ears.
00:23:27.000Outside of it being not funny, I was pissed because I was just like, I looked down and I'm like, he basically just gave you a hard time for everybody other than him and Democrats and Libs knowing what you meant.
00:23:36.000Everybody knew that that wasn't an actual call for war, and he's like, we woke up the next morning and there's no war, and I'm like, yeah, we weren't calling for violence.
00:23:44.000Because you would have been really mad if there was actual violence.
00:23:46.000Most of the operators on our... And by the way, that show... A writer just got paid to just slap it together, let's be honest, guys.
00:23:52.000He's like, slap my name on there, like Ben Affleck with Good Will Hunting.
00:23:55.000So, not to mention, you see that the war rhetoric, where they say that the Republicans, conservatives have been declaring war on women for 30 years.
00:24:01.000I mean, I was still playing with my Teddy Ruxpin, so that couldn't have been me.
00:24:04.000But now they're saying that I'm the one who's declaring war and you're the one declaring war.
00:25:07.000I want to tell you, Gorsuch, I want to tell you, Kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price.
00:25:17.000You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about.
00:25:26.000Ah, so even there she sort of tacitly acknowledged the conservatives want to destroy what they stand for, yes, largely communism, but then said you cannot be civil.
00:25:33.000And of course we had Kamala Harris saying they shouldn't stop, they should continue to riot.
00:25:36.000This is so funny, this is the first time there's been this kind of call to violence against our men, our men in blue.
00:25:43.000First off, you're the FBI, you're not our men in blue, okay?
00:25:45.000Conservatives have supported their local law enforcement.
00:25:48.000They have a problem with federal overreach.
00:25:50.000It's entirely consistent with the concept of federalism.
00:25:52.000We believe in states' rights before federal rights, especially when there's no oversight.
00:25:55.000And by the way, this isn't unprecedented.
00:25:58.000For more proof, check out The Summer of Love and $4 billion in damages and thousands of arrests and casualties.
00:26:13.000People were harassed in diners and then, of course, when they doxxed the Supreme Court justices, people were protesting at their houses violently.
00:27:06.000So let's get to Bill Maher here, and I'd love for you to comment below, because I see a lot of people on the right saying, hey, he's turning toward the right.
00:27:13.000Maybe on some issues, and I want to be clear, a lot of people, it's a cop-out.
00:27:17.000When people say, I didn't leave the left, the left left me.
00:27:21.000This is the same party as it's been really since, it can certainly go back to Carter to today.
00:27:26.000Maybe JFK might be different because JFK would be considered a moderate Republican today.
00:27:30.000The Republicans have actually just become a little more moderate and the left has maybe gone more left, but the truth is the Democratic Party has consistently been remarkably left and certainly Since 2009, certainly since Barack Obama.
00:27:42.000So people now peeling off like the Bill Mahers of the world?
00:27:45.000No, actually this is the monster that you created and I really think they need to sleep in the bed that they made.
00:27:51.000I'm not going to bring anyone over to our side who's just trying to go to where the money is because their ratings are in the crapper.
00:28:06.000It's kind of it's fine I don't really think that he thinks we're trying to take anyone to war I think his writers and producers give it in to him and he's phoning it in But this little prick just goes where the money is And his hot takes aren't even necessarily edgy.
00:28:20.000I think we have a montage of him throughout the years.
00:28:47.000And I would never say that all Republicans are racist, but if you are a racist, and you're looking for a political party, this is the obvious choice.
00:29:26.000everyone stand for the flag if you've colluded with a foreign government
00:29:29.000Do some very very Russian policy push that flag represents?
00:29:34.000Finally, new rule, the party of Reagan has to explain how it has become the party of Putin.
00:29:42.000While real time was on our break last month, the infamous p-tape was finally found.
00:29:48.000It's a high-definition video of a press conference in Helsinki, and it's irrefutable evidence of a Russian ho, and his name is Donald Trump.
00:29:58.000So here's the thing, I like it when people sort of, if they are now awakened, not woke, but awakened, but where's the flash of genius?
00:30:04.000He went for years on tyrants, accusing everyone, all of you, anyone who voted Republican, not just conservatives, of being racist.
00:30:11.000And then he even used the leftist tactic of, isn't denying racism in and of itself?
00:30:38.000We had all of this stuff, and then now he only, once the ratings are not doing nearly as well, and I think especially when he noticed he's tried to go off on his own, which we'll get to in a second with his podcast, decided he was against those views.
00:36:07.000We do as much as we—no one expects Jimmy Kimmel to change the laws in the country immediately.
00:36:11.000No one expects that of Jimmy Fallon or even Trevor Noah.
00:36:14.000But being able to call Republicans to the mat—not to mention, by the way, all of the pending lawsuits with Big Tech, which you're well aware of and I can't discuss in full.
00:36:22.000Hey, you know, Bill Maher, how many of those have you waged against the establishment?
00:36:27.000Are you working along with HBO, who half the time copy—they might copyright this video so that it gets removed, just like Stephen Colbert, so they can eliminate criticism of Bill Maher, who has a tough time, you know, tough time filling filling seats in theaters and has a tough time getting
00:36:40.000people to listen to his podcast when it's not on HBO.
00:36:42.000I understand why he'd want to hang on to his slice of the pie there.
00:36:46.000And also, which clip do we have coming up? Which clip is this? I'm trying to remember.
00:37:03.000Appropriating sounds like an unforgivable sin until you remember that's what acting is.
00:37:09.000That's why acting jobs are called roles.
00:37:11.000And isn't the best acting always about making us feel our common humanity beyond separate identities?
00:37:18.000Why don't we just go by merit and let the best actor win?
00:37:22.000You know, it's so funny that he mentions this, because, and I have to talk with half-Asian Bill about single-party, dual-party, because his booker may have been in New York or California, where, you know, they're not free, but they reached out to me.
00:37:33.000Was it 2017 that Beauty and the Beast did the remake?
00:38:18.000I said, what I did find funny is I saw Beauty and the Beast, a live-action one the other day, and I think it was yesterday, and I do find it funny that Oscar So White is trending when Mary J. Blige played an armoire slash queen in whiteface in 1740s slavery France.
00:38:32.000So, you know, maybe they came out even on that one?
00:38:34.000She goes, oh, so you want to talk about Disney?
00:38:37.000I said, no, I'm talking about the woke brigade cancel culture over the Oscars, and they don't acknowledge that it goes both ways.
00:38:44.000A dollar short and a day late for Bill Maher.
00:38:47.000Same views now, and by the way, of course, I was never on the program.
00:38:51.000I mean, honestly, I think that you and Bill could have a very interesting discussion.
00:38:55.000He's never had Dennis Miller on, he's never had Norm Macdonald on, he's never had Nick DiPaolo on, he's never had Bill Burr on, he's never had Patrice on, Geraldo.
00:39:00.000He did have Joe Rogan on once, and chastised him for fear factor, because Bill Maher was offended at it.
00:39:27.000Even his own, you've talked about this, I know you've found him funny in the past.
00:39:30.000I have, I found a lot of politically, I'm not, yeah, I don't want to lie about it, like I found, there's a lot of politically correct and funny, I found some of his specials funny.
00:39:40.000I texted you, I remember, I think we were in, where were we?
00:39:43.000We were in Colorado Springs, and I was watching, I remember my hotel, and I was like, you have to tune into HBO and watch the new special, Adulting.
00:40:20.000Listen, I'm making... It doesn't matter.
00:40:21.000You may not find him funny, but he's a comedian.
00:40:23.000No, I didn't realize that that was how he came up.
00:40:25.000Right now he's styling himself as a political commentator who does a quick little stand-up right before his show and then goes and talks to people.
00:40:37.000You just said in a nice way exactly what Norm said where he said, yeah, you know, you have guys, I'm not like a political guy, you know, and you have, you know, like Bill Maher on there with, you know, what's the name of the guy who won the Nobel, the Pulitzer, Will Oh gosh, Will, what's his name?
00:40:51.000I'm trying to remember, the conservative commentator.
00:40:53.000Sitting there, Bill Maher talking with, you know, talking with, like, Thomas Sowell, you know?
00:42:13.000He's like Kurt Cobain, you know, minus the talent, in that he's mad at his audience for wanting him to play something that he doesn't want to play anymore.
00:42:27.000So here's the thing, and I'd like for you to comment below.
00:42:29.000I think that you always have to beware charlatans in your midst.
00:42:32.000And by the way, they also come in the shape of people who claim to be Republicans.
00:42:35.000That's why we've waged our war just as much against conservatives, against Republicans, as we have against liberals.
00:42:39.000Bill Maher right now, I see a lot of people who share some segments from this show and not aware of the exact segment before that where he was supporting the raid On Donald Trump.
00:42:50.000And then when he tries to do his own podcast, which is really just him getting high with semi-interesting guests and then some really interesting guests, it falls flat on its face.
00:48:37.000All of those things help with the algorithm.
00:48:39.000You know, the main issue here is you don't have to acknowledge that someone is funny, but you can acknowledge that it's a joke.
00:48:44.000And I can kind of acknowledge that with Bill Maher, that a lot of what he says is meant to be funny, but he's just so thin-skinned, and he's so remarkably inconsistent, and this is a guy who... Look, let me just tell you one thing.
00:48:55.000There have been, of course, multiple offers for me to do something similar.
00:48:59.000If we wanted to leave this and go to network television, that's why I recommend... I ask, or don't, that you sign up, lightoffcreditor.com.
00:49:05.000We do less than 1% of advertising throughout this show, compared to about 10 or 15% with other shows.
00:52:14.000But here's the thing, there's a difference between acknowledging that someone is funny or talented and bringing them and welcoming them in amongst your ranks.
00:52:20.000I think you need to be prudent about that because we've seen too many times people do that and then just like a bull in a china shop, and not in a good way, just cause a bunch of damage.
00:52:28.000There's a difference between people you respect and you can hold at a respectful distance versus people who you allow to put on your team jersey.
00:52:35.000And I just want to be clear about this.
00:52:37.000Look, all references are available at ladderwithcreditor.com.
00:52:39.000You can watch the montages, you can watch the original clips that we've posted here today.
00:52:44.000Just look at the timeline and my main question is always this, whether it's Bill Maher...
00:52:48.000Whether it's anyone from one of these, you know, YouTube shows that became more conservative, anyone who says, oh, I've changed.
00:52:54.000You know, you can look at a guy like Strzok, and he explains why.
00:52:58.000You can look at a guy like Rubin, okay, and he explains why.
00:53:00.000You can look at someone like a Kerry Lake, who was always a Republican but was a Democrat for about four years, and explained why.
00:53:06.000But there needs to be a flash of genius moment.
00:53:49.000What was the moment where you said, oh my gosh, I'm going to be consumed by the monster that I created?
00:53:53.000And by the way, Bill Maher did create this monster.
00:53:55.000This is a guy who was on a campaign to portray all Conservative voters, all Republicans, all Tea Partiers, all people who oppose Barack Obama as racists, as fundamentalists, as extremists.
00:54:08.000And this is a guy who pushed and was complicit with the Russia collusion hoax from the beginning and now tries to distance himself from it.
00:54:15.000And I can also tell you behind the scenes that his bookers were pushing the guests to discuss that hard.
00:54:18.000That's why I was unceremoniously not invited on the show.
00:54:22.000Could also be that, you know, I just sucked in the interview process.
00:54:47.000If you were a former liberal, you can comment below when your flash of genius was, or any really fundamental life-altering decision I'd love to read about.
00:54:54.000But I know a lot of you used to be liberals before you were on the show.
00:54:56.000We have a lot of Bernie supporters who kind of came over after a while.
00:54:59.000So I'm curious to see that, and I would just love, that's the one thing I would like to see from Bill Maher before we decide to call off the dogs.
00:55:06.000And by call off the dogs, I mean just show the clips to you so that you can judge them For yourself as to whether they're funny or not.