?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 )

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 )

Bill Maher on the Politics of Fear

Staff / Truthdig Oct 29, 2007 The "Real Time" host makes the case for prioritizing our fear: "What's really scary this Halloween is that the same group of idea-free losers who won the last presidential election could win the next one by making us afraid of the wrong things, which is why this Halloween, I'm going as something truly horrifying: a melting polar ice cap." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bill Maher vs. ‘9/11 Truthers’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 22, 2007 The "Real Time" host became so frustrated with a couple of "9/11 Truthers" who infiltrated his audience Friday that he left the stage to personally oversee their expulsion. The fracas was so entertaining that HBO aired the entire incident on the West Coast feed, which could have easily been edited. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bill Maher on Phony Patriotism

Staff / Truthdig Oct 15, 2007 The "Real Time" host agrees with Barack Obama that wearing an American flag pin is but a token of patriotism that probably doesn't amount to much: "Show me a man wearing an American flag pin in his lapel, and I'll show you an a--hole." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bill Maher vs. Rep. Rahm Emanuel

Staff / Truthdig Oct 1, 2007 The "Real Time" host asks one of the Democratic Party's shining stars the question that seems to be on everyone's mind: If you hate the war so much, why are you paying for it? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bill Maher: ‘We’re Not the Crazy Ones’

Staff / Truthdig Sep 24, 2007 The "Real Time" host argues that it's about time for the growing "rationalist" minority to challenge the ubiquity of religion in politics. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hagel Calls Bush’s Use of Petraeus Dishonest

Staff / Truthdig Sep 17, 2007 Retiring Sen. Chuck Hagel tells Bill Maher why the president's exploitation of Gen. Petraeus is "not only a dirty trick, but it's dishonest, it's hypocritical, it's dangerous and irresponsible. The fact is, this is not Petraeus' policy, it's Bush's policy." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bill Maher on Bush’s Missionary Zeal

Staff / Truthdig Sep 9, 2007 The "Real Time" host compares the arrogance of missionaries to that of the president, who claims certainty as a virtue: "And the message you hear from Bush apologists these days is, 'Oh, sure, short-term Bush may have f--ked everything up, but he's thinking long-term -- hundred years into the future.' Well, thank you George W. Nostradamus, America's first science-fiction president." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )