No, Bill Maher. NO! Oprah for president

[question everything]

I don't admire her. She has never been in my living room - except when she wept in Grant Park when Obama won.

And, no, electing one celebrity does not mean that this is the way to go from now on.

No! No! No!

(I am sure Rhiannon12866 will post the New Rules soon..)

[Lheurch]

1. Yeah, no thanks

She helped popularize trash TV and promoted pseudoscience.

[stopbush]

4. She also doesn't believe atheists can't possibly not believe in her made-up god.

Fuck her.

[ProudLib72]

2. She might give everyone in her audience a new car

And her audience would the U.S.

[canetoad]

8. I'd watch her bleeding heart, support-fest

For a new car.

[stopbush]

3. Maher has already given up. Grasping at straws.

He had a whole line of attack ready tonight to say that Ds attacking each other was a sure way to lose...and then the expert guest he had on told him that the data didn’t support that claim at all. Said it only matters if the incumbent party is infighting. Ergo, the Ds should fight away.

Once that opening guest was off camera, Maher returned to his talking point with the panel.

[Hortensis]

20. Maher's a typical scorpion type. Knows what he should be,

sounds like he wants to be, but can't and won't control his basic nature. Especially when his poisonous persona is what has made him wealthy and famous. So all our candidates are discards... Umhm. Not exactly a surprise.

[stopbush]

21. While we're talking about grasping at straws - the zodiac?

Seriously?

[BigmanPigman]

5. Here is New Rules...

Here is the whole thing but I won't post it since it always gets deleted.

Overtime...

[question everything]

7. Thanks. Still depressing

[BeyondGeography]

6. Only TV stars for President from now on by his logic

It was lame and not even slightly funny.

[Skittles]

9. NO NO NO NO NO

absolutely NOT

[LuvNewcastle]

10. I think I'd rather elect Ricki Lake, if we're going to

elect a talk show host.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. You Know He's A Comic, Right?

That was a bit, not a serious political proposal.

[Rhiannon12866]

12. I took it was a joke, nothing else makes sense.

I think he was making fun of the uninformed out there who would vote for a celebrity that they think they "know," rather than an experienced candidate whose polices they support. And we know how he feels about Trump.


New Rule: Oprah 2020

In his editorial New Rule, Bill argues that there's only person who can OWN Trump in 2020.

[question everything]

16. Was not sure. I think that are many - probably as many as voted for Trump

who would love to see her in the White House.

And... lest we forget she raised the possibility of Obama running well before others.

[appalachiablue]

13. Oprah & Marianne W. oof

[Vinca]

14. At this point I'd not only vote for Oprah, I'd vote for her boyfriend Steadman.

Hell, I'd vote for Charlie Manson's ghost to get rid of Trump.

[Honeycombe8]

15. You know that was a joke, right?

But he was using her as an example of what it would take for a slam dunk win. He was right. Oprah WOULD win over Trump.

But it was a joke. Oprah is not a politician and doesn't want to run for office...ever. Any kind of office.

[question everything]

17. Was not sure. I think that many thought that Trump was a joke

he did considered running before 2015 so one never knows.

Yes, Trump is still a joke but so far he and his supporters are the ones laughing.

These days I do not dismiss anything..

[Honeycombe8]

19. It's not like Trump in that it's not Oprah running for office.

It's a political satirist using her has an example for a comedic bit. But it's sort of true. But she's not running, doesn't want to run, has no interest in running, and has said so more than once.

Maher was pointing out how to beat one celebrity is for another more popular celebrity to run. That would be Oprah, one of the most influential, popular celebrities in the country.

[maxsolomon]

18. It was an extended joke.

Oprah has zero interest in the job.

Maher is a comic. An actual comic, not an imagined one, like President Asshole.

[hunter]

22. Better than Trump.

There are literally millions of people who would be better than Trump.