Looks AI generated and fake AF. |
Yes, correct, Captain Obvious I was fine with him before, and now he’s dead to me. Amazing how you were able to figure that out based on me saying pretty much the same thing in my post. Wow, you’re like a genius.
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Why? What’s so hard to believe? And no, not AI. https://www.c-span.org/video/?8997-1/democratic-response-drug-policy-address |
| Maher's been a smarmy a-hole for years, playing the boTHsiDes game. |
As long as we have presidential candidates as weak as Trump and Biden, the "both sides" game is the only game in town. The people on TV aren't to blame for our political debacle. |
NP. You can’t even understand a sardonic insult when it smacks you in the head. This is embarrassing for you. |
You sound smart. |
Lyndon Johnson. |
Yes, Lyndon Johnson didn't run in '68 because he acknowledged his 40% approval rating, accepted the wishes of the American people, and chose to step away like the patriotic American he was. It would be great if Trump and Biden would listen to the people and do the same thing but their greed for power is stronger than their love for country. |
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I think what people don’t realize is that in a world where Joe Rogan is getting more popular and powerful by the day, comedians like Maher will rise, and comedians like Stewart will fall. It doesn’t help Stewart that he is coming off increasingly strident and unwilling to poke whatsoever at sacred shibboleths of the left (the Stewart of old would never have been so muted). So, Maher is essentially moving into the role that Stewart used to occupy but doesn’t any more, as Americans in general move away from extremism on both sides.
Joe Rogan is popular because he comes across as likeable and not insane, and not in the pocket of an individual political party. Maher is popular for the same reason. Stewart gained fame and popularity for that reason, but his recent run is so blindly partisan that it looks like he won’t be able to continue that course. |
| He's a COMEDIAN. Who cares what he says about anyone or anything. |
And he is funny 95% of the time. We need more Bill Mahers |
Seriously. We need people willing to poke fun. |
Lyndon Johnson had a primary opponent in New Hampshire who almost beat him. Biden does not. |
Yikes. This is why the liberal arts matter.
You must not understand the role of political and sociopolitical satire going back to, in its more modern form, the Middle Ages. And the case can be made for far before that. |