Bill Maher’s Election Recap

Staff / Truthdig Nov 3, 2008 The "Real Time" host has the highlights from the last two years of the "best election ever." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Palin Gets De-Witched

Staff / Truthdig Oct 5, 2008 It's no secret that Bill Maher is suspicious of organized religion (or any other variety of religion, for that matter), but something about Sarah Palin's videotaped encounter with witch-wary Pastor Thomas Muthee of the Wasilla Assembly of God Church gets Maher especially wound up in this clip from his Oct. 3 show. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Naomi Klein: Palin = ‘Bush in Drag’

Staff / Truthdig Sep 21, 2008 Here's a sound bite for the ages: "The Shock Doctrine" author Naomi Klein was one of the panelists on the Sept. 19 episode of "Real Time With Bill Maher," and when the conversation inevitably turned to Sarah Palin, Klein pronounced the GOP VP nominee to be "basically Bush in drag." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bill Maher Defends Elitism

Staff / Truthdig Apr 21, 2008 The "Real Time" host offers his own unique take on the bitterness fiasco: "If you think the Democrats are going to take away your Bible, you're an idiot. If you think they're going to take away your gun, you're an armed idiot. And if you think they're going to take away your gun and give it to a Mexican to kill your god, you're Bill O'Reilly." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bill Maher vs. the Pope

Staff / Truthdig Apr 14, 2008 The "Real Time" host uses the recent raid on a polygamist compound to point a finger at the Vatican, which he calls "the Bear Sterns of organized pedophilia -- too big to fail." This wasn't one of Maher's more applauded closing numbers, but it's not one you should miss. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Maher to Democrats: ?Chill Out?

Staff / Truthdig Apr 7, 2008 From TSA's mood music to Obama's bowling blunder, Bill Maher takes on the issues of the week, including the growing concern over the Democrats' heated primary battle: "If voting can destroy the Democratic Party, then the party isn't very democratic." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

?A Little Fit? in the Polls

Staff / Truthdig Mar 31, 2008 A couple of recent polls have indicated that Clinton and Obama supporters would be so devastated by their candidate's loss they would throw their support to McCain. Bill Maher asked Dan Savage to investigate the claim, and Savage concluded that voters were "having a little fit now, because they're not going to have that little fit in November." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bill Maher vs. Terry McAuliffe

Staff / Truthdig Mar 10, 2008 Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe joined Bill Maher on Friday for what turned into a surprisingly tough satellite interview, which ended prematurely due to technical difficulties -- and perhaps because of a crack about Bill Clinton and Puerto Rico. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bill Maher on Smear Tactics

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2008 In this edition of "New Rules," the "Real Time" host takes on Alberto Gonzales, Mexican cruises and conservative slurs: "To honor the life of William F. Buckley, conservatives have to take the high road against Barack Obama." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Return of ‘New Rules’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2008 Bill Maher's writers are back and so is his biting commentary on the political and cultural issues of the week. In this clip, the "Real Time" host tackles the decline of the handshake, Bush's war addiction, the fighting Romneys, McCain's zombie army and why it isn't amazing that the Democrats have suddenly discovered diversity. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Down to the Wire

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2008 Super Tuesday, when 22 states and American Samoa could decide the Democratic nominee, is one day away and no one knows what is going to happen. A new CBS News/New York Times poll shows Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton dead even nationally. Clinton led by as many as 15 points a month ago. But it's the biggest prize of the contest, California, where only a week ago Clinton led by 17 points, that has everyone guessing. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Maher Calls for a Middle-Class Uprising

Staff / Truthdig Nov 5, 2007 The "Real Time" host takes aim at the über-rich, as well as the disadvantaged who vote against their own economic self-interests, because "In America it's not the haves and have nots, it's the haves and been hads." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )