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In reply to the discussion: Here are 7 possible replacements for Jon Stewart [View all]Orrex
(63,203 posts)57. Disagreement is fine--different tastes, etc.
For my money, Maher is the broken calendar who's right once every few years, but you have to wade through so much garbage in the meantime that he's simply not worth it. And he's not all that funny either, or at least not consistently.
I know that DU holds him in high esteem, but I've seldom found him to be more than a bitter, self-important contrarian. For that matter, his dubious embrace of anti-vaccination bullshit is enough to turn me off to him altogether.
But YMMV.
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Lots of good possibilities out there, but will need someone with a solid core
bigbrother05
Feb 2015
#27
Wish there was someone who was new.....a new face, a new point of delivery....
a kennedy
Feb 2015
#39
LEE CAMP. Real talent & political but not utilized enough; 1 hr. format maybe not good for him.
appalachiablue
Feb 2015
#45
Why would Maher take a huge step down to basic cable, give up the artistic and verbal freedom of
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2015
#46
You guys are assuming that Comedy Central wants to see another left leaning political host.
Calista241
Feb 2015
#48