[Mick]

Ugh.  Bill Maher is a ****.

I agree with Teejers.  No one should be hoping for misery just to get one’s preferred candidate elected. If you don’t like who is in power, find a better candidate than the guy in power and do the work to get them elected.

BC

Controversy sells clicks and attracts eyeballs. Maher more than anyone knows how to get a headline. Given some of his other interesting statements in the past, I would not use him as a stand-in for Everyman Democrat.

I got the sense that Maher was deadly serious about that statement.  It sounds over the top to a normal human being, but we have to actually care about things like inflation, unemployment rates, doctor bills, repair bills, etc.  Maher's worth around $100 million, so he doesn't need to care about us morlocks.

[Mick]

Ugh.  Bill Maher is a ****.

I agree with Teejers.  No one should be hoping for misery just to get one’s preferred candidate elected. If you don’t like who is in power, find a better candidate than the guy in power and do the work to get them elected.

BC

Controversy sells clicks and attracts eyeballs. Maher more than anyone knows how to get a headline. Given some of his other interesting statements in the past, I would not use him as a stand-in for Everyman Democrat.

I got the sense that Maher was deadly serious about that statement.  It sounds over the top to a normal human being, but we have to actually care about things like inflation, unemployment rates, doctor bills, repair bills, etc.  Maher's worth around $100 million, so he doesn't need to care about us morlocks.