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Like Rush has said, they (include Stewart) are political pundits until they get in trouble, then they hide behind "but I'm a only comedian."
I'll say it again. Bill Maher works for HBO. HBO has no advertising so ratings don't matter. HBO gets its money by having people subscribe to HBO. HBO gets people to subscribe to HBO by touting its award winning shows. Once you subscribe to HBO, HBO doesn't care what you watch/don't watch on HBO. There is no money gotten by what shows/movies have big or small audiences. The awards are voted on by Hollywood. All Bill Maher has to do is get awards by pleasing Hollywood so HBO can tout its Award Winning Shows to get subscribers. He doesn't have to get more viewers. He can be anything he wants to be as long as Hollywood keeps nominating and voting for his show. Once you or I subscribe to HBO, HBO doesn't care if you watch movies or its shows or you don't hardly watch HBO at all.
That's why Maher should be evaluated differently. As long as Hollywood likes him, no one else matters.
More than Hollywood likes him. It is almost impossible to get a ticket to one of this road shows. They sell out in about 24 hours.
Rush Limbaugh has been a key note speaker at Conservative party events. I think his influence is finally fading but for years he was THE leading voice of the Republican party.
Maher falls under a category of "another lefty political comedian" to be enjoyed on the side... a 'weekly show' rather than a 'daily.' [correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm not aware of Maher ever participating directly in Dem party events]
My point is, Republicans own Limbaugh and vice versa... now is a great time for them to abandon him and his hate and lies. Mitt Romney's ever-so-gentle rebuke of Rush's Fluke attacks reveals how indebted Repubs are to the man.
Maher is just another source of amusement and opinion for Democrats. President Obama and other ranking Dems do not quote him, they just carry on and work hard at what's best for the country.
Like Rush has said, they (include Stewart) are political pundits until they get in trouble, then they hide behind "but I'm a only comedian."
I'll say it again. Bill Maher works for HBO. HBO has no advertising so ratings don't matter. HBO gets its money by having people subscribe to HBO. HBO gets people to subscribe to HBO by touting its award winning shows. Once you subscribe to HBO, HBO doesn't care what you watch/don't watch on HBO. There is no money gotten by what shows/movies have big or small audiences. The awards are voted on by Hollywood. All Bill Maher has to do is get awards by pleasing Hollywood so HBO can tout its Award Winning Shows to get subscribers. He doesn't have to get more viewers. He can be anything he wants to be as long as Hollywood keeps nominating and voting for his show. Once you or I subscribe to HBO, HBO doesn't care if you watch movies or its shows or you don't hardly watch HBO at all.
That's why Maher should be evaluated differently. As long as Hollywood likes him, no one else matters.
So HBO doesn't care about ratings? People only watch HBO because of the awards they win? This is all a liberal hollywood conspiracy? Since most people will not pay for a service they don't use, HBO does want viewers and they want to keep those viewers.
I have read that he is described as a "political satirist" and I believe that is apt. He creates satire out of political goings on. Not really a comdian and not a political pundit either.
He sure laughs at himself plenty of times. He thinks he is a comedian.
I don't agree with everything Mahr says. He's an Athiest. I'm not. He's often vulgur, I'm not so inclined. He does have a great natural instinct to ferret-out the con men, political phoney's, the grifters and scam artists. He also allows opposing viewpoints. On balance, I learn from watching hsi show .. as I learn from watching others. I blend the various perspectives. Not Rush, though. He's a Pig. A racist. Someone who should be run from town on a rail. With tar and feathers.
I have thought the same about Maher as you do about Rush for a very long time.
He's either a comedian doing political comedy, or a pundit doing comedy. What difference does it make, Are we arguing semantics here?
What I am getting is the way the media and his supporters give him a pass when he calls women, like Palin, c_-ts and so forth.
I think that my link tells us something about the woman Rush called a nasty name that hasn't been brought out up to now. More of the free pass to libs and getting all over non-libs.
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