Maher on Obama Library: "Couldn't that money be better spent on something else? Who's going to go to this?"

[sheshe2]

snip

BILL MAHER: So you guys were both at the Obama Library? Do we have a picture of the Obama Library? Because it looks like...
[PICTURE]

JONATHAN MARTIN, POLITICO: The Death Star.

MAHER: It looks like something aliens built in Dubai. It cost $850 million? I don't understand why progressives like this. Couldn't that, you know, money be better spent on something else? Who's going to go to this? Why do we need a presidential library? Why does anyone need a presidential library?

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REP. RO KHANNA (D-CA0: At a time, Elon Musk is talking about sending people to Mars. You're telling me that spending up to a billion dollars, one billion dollars commemorating the first and only African American who's ever been president isn't worth it?

More: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maher-on-obama-library-couldn-t-that-money-be-better-spent-on-something-else-who-s-going-to-go-to-this/ar-AA269Yx8

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[Blue Owl]

1. Go play in traffic Bill

[griloco]

22. I fear for traffic!!!

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[the nelm]

40. Very heavy traffic with lots of large trucks...n/t

[Blue Owl]

76. Maybe put a fat blunt doobie in the center lane

[LymphocyteLover]

119. SERIOUSLY! He is insufferable.

[KT2000]

2. Ro Khanna is so good

He did not let Bill's stupid comments pass. He did it as a history lesson for Bill too.

[PatSeg]

81. Though

hopefully he will think twice before going on Maher's show again. That was one of the most obnoxious comments he has made.

I think for Bill it is still sour grapes because he'd donated $1 million to Obama's campaign and couldn't get a sit down interview with him. He is such a petty, little man.

[KT2000]

88. That's the thing about Ro Khanna

He has been on Bill's show many times and FOX too. He gets the message out where people need to hear it.

[themaguffin]

105. and he's a great communicator

[PatSeg]

117. That's good to hear

I don't watch either, so I didn't realize.

[Blues Heron]

3. There will never be a bill Maher library, or even commemorative anything. He will fade away to obscurity

[BadgerMom]

68. At my house he already has.

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. Maher will probably gush over the drumpf presidential library.

[BattleRow]

61. No doubt he would contribute to the Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Library.

[greatauntoftriplets]

80. Probably.

[Abolishinist]

171. Do tell, why do you think he would have done so?

Please substantiate your 'claim' with certifiable evidence.

Thanks in advance!

[BattleRow]

175. Evidently,in the future,I MUST include the sarcasm symbol/smilie

[Abolishinist]

181. Sometimes it's difficult to tell!

And I learned a few things from this. I was going to answer back with this particular smilie but wasn't sure what it was .
So I found it represents 'yowser' or 'wowser'. When I looked it up, the term gained popularity in the 1930s jazz age, notably used as a rhythmic exclamation by bandleader Ben Bernie.

I was in the car earlier today and didn't care for what was on PBS so I switched over to our local jazz station. They were playing Sketches of Spain by Miles Davis, which I absolutely love.

The connection between Miles Davis and bandleader Ben Bernie centers on the 1925 jazz standard "Sweet Georgia Brown," which Bernie co-wrote. Davis utilized the exact chord progression of this song to create a famous jazz "contrafact" called "Dig" (originally recorded in 1951).

A smilie gone full circle.

[agingdem]

5. Maher, that bloviating baboon, is still alive???

[sheshe2]

7. And unfortunately, he is still on the air.🤪🤪

[2MuchNoise]

19. And he's still a dick.

[sheshe2]

29. That too. 🤪

[LetMyPeopleVote]

145. No one pays attention to this asshole

[Pisces]

6. I think Bill is in early stages of dementia. All of the pot he smoked in his early years that were sprayed with DEET

[B.See]

10. That's the excuse afforded everyone

who flips like this. Kanye, Fetterman... I don't buy it. These are just revelations of truer selves.

[rubbersole]

60. Paraquat.

[JBTaurus83]

8. Maher should look into

The cost of all the dump golf trips. I’m sorry I ever watched this worthless piece of shit.

[B.See]

9. He's really become an ASSCLOWN hasn't he?

Fuck Maher.

[mcar]

11. But TSF destroying the WH and Mall is AOk, right?

Fck him.

[tanyev]

12. Like a UFC fight ring? Like a ballroom/bunker?

Like spending trillions on a war that accomplished nothing except unnecessary destruction? Like retrofitting a “free” plane from Qatar that will be given away in a couple years? Like “renovating” buildings that don’t need renovating?

Please, Bill, do enlighten us on how these projects are a much better use of TAXPAYER money.

[Cha]

57. Oh, PEDO's little mouthpiece dare not speak of that...

Thanks for listing just some of the ways PEDO wastes OurTaxpayers $$$$

Presidential libraries are funded by private donations.. So what is fuckhead Maher whining about?

[GP6971]

150. He likes to whine...

[Cha]

152. There is that..

[underpants]

13. 🖕

KHANNA: I don't think most presidents need libraries. I do think that Obama's story is unique. I'm biased. I work for him. But it's a unique story of telling the possibility in this country of someone who had no shot.

You know, when I was in law school, when I interned, they said to me, well, you're Indian American. You're a Hindu faith. Go to the Capitol because you'll never get elected to anything. That's what I heard. And then Barack Obama happened. And he changed the direction of this nation for millions of people.

[ALBliberal]

14. We have tickets for Nov 1 flying in from NM

STFU Maher. A person I used to watch and follow waaayyyy back in the day.

[sheshe2]

16. Lucky you!

[electric_blue68]

27. Very cool! Enjoy! You'll give us a report, yes?

Chicago is the one city I haven't yet visited; but want to. So maybe in 2 - 3 yrs if I can save up - there won't be such a wait. I'd want to go in May some time.

[ALBliberal]

63. Absolutely will report back to my DU peeps!

We love Chicago period. And after recently going to LBJ library in Austin? So so excited.

[electric_blue68]

67. Great! Chicago is the one USA city I've wanted to visit but haven't....

Income issue, but hoping I can somehow save enough to visit in 2-3 yrs.
Various reasons why I want to and now Obama's Library/Center is an extra one.

[orleans]

71. why do you want to go to chgo in may? just wondering n/t

[electric_blue68]

77. I'm thinking maybe later in May. It probably won't be hot yet, and snow chance will be gone....

Chicago is north of NYC; so snow chances might be around later; lake effect etc . The latest snow we ever got was around April 6 about ?12 yrs ago.

So I figure mild-ish Springtime weather which would be lovely.
Obvious climate change and local variables will play a factor ! 👍

[orleans]

83. weather is hit and miss lately. i'm out in the western burbs of the city and we were all getting great summertime

weather & temps (i want to say back in march) and then more snow. hit and miss.
more recently bad storms.

if you stay for a week you're bound to get some good/great days.

[electric_blue68]

110. Always good to hear from who ever lives in a particular city that I'd wsnt to travel to!

In turn; I'm always happy to give advice to people visiting NYC.

I'd monitor the weather closely as I make plans. Obviously it can vary, sometimes l surprisingly. (a bit of weather buff bc I love different cloud formations)

Don't think I could afford a week, but I'd heavily research, get DU Chicagoans latest suggestions etc, to make the best of what I'd stay, probably 3, or 4 days.

[Beringia]

15. Ruh Roh, looking for a fight Bill Maher

[SocialDemocrat61]

17. This Bill Maher?

[niyad]

50. Who is he with in that image?

[DET]

69. Looks like Bari Weiss to me (nt)

[niyad]

87. Thank you.

[SocialDemocrat61]

73. Bari Weiss

who is destroying CBS News. They are good friends.

[niyad]

86. ugghhhh

[orleans]

72. dat you? nt

[MustLoveBeagles]

18. The Buzzkill is at it again

[oasis]

20. Mr.Know-It-All seeks to limit the spread of learning.

[newdeal2]

21. And people on this site still like this idiot

By the way, Bill, the numbers speak for themselves:

General admission tickets to the Obama Presidential Center Museum are currently sold out through the end of November.

They aren't even offering tickets for sale for now because of all the demand.

[paleotn]

26. Maher is such a moron.

Just a little google searching could have come up with the fact you've pointed out and saved him from looking like a total douche on national TV. Then again, a douche has just got to douche I guess.

[sheshe2]

35. Thank you for the info!

And I just read that there is free admission every Tuesday for Chicago residents!

[orleans]

75. i can't even imagine the crowds on tuesdays for the next ... ? six months? two years? idk.

i think it would be a great destination for school fieldtrips

[sheshe2]

82. It would be great for that, orleans.

I am watching a special on MS NOW: Hope Comes Home. A walk through of the gardens and interior, interviews etc. Pete Souza was talking about his time at the WH and showing some of the pictures he shot.

💙

[sheshe2]

36. Thank you for the info!

And I just read that there is free admission every Tuesday for Chicago residents!

[mcar]

66. That is amazing!

Thank you for this.

[perdita9]

23. I donated money to the Obama library

Bill Maher can go @#$% himself.

[paleotn]

24. Maher is a racist fucktard. Or completely tone deaf. Or both.

More Jews for Shitler. What the hell is up with that?

[Happy Hoosier]

25. Bill Maher is a POS.

Smug, arrogant, and quite often pathetically uninformed

[awesomerwb1]

28. Why do so many on here help his ratings?

Why do you watch this guy??

[sheshe2]

39. I haven't watched him in 3 decades.

I just saw the article and his nasty comments. Reading an article about the asshole and pointing out his 'assholiness' does not have anything to do with his ratings.

[dem4decades]

106. Never understood why he gets a mention here, it's ridiculous.

[LymphocyteLover]

120. because he's still considered a lefty commentator... but really he's just a racist ass

[Happy Hoosier]

128. Lefty? By whom?

There is nothing left about Bill Maher.

[dem4decades]

138. The only thing left about Maher is the Democrats that have left him in the dust bin.

[LymphocyteLover]

154. He used to clearly promote Dem policies and bashed Republicans regularly

But it seems like the pandemic messed him up and bought into a lot rightwing BS about Dems suppressing free speech and so forth

[dem4decades]

130. Why? He's an libertarian asshole, looking for oxygen.

Why he gets it here is ridiculous, he should be ignored.

Let's start threads about Jonathan Turley while we're at it.

[LymphocyteLover]

151. he was a vocal Obama supporter back in the day, but soured on Dems big time since then

[marble falls]

30. Reminds me of something ...

?si=QTHe_GmSqH1a6Kzk

[brer cat]

31. He is an asshole. He makes no contribution to our society.

[sheshe2]

47. You got that right, brer.

[hookaleft]

32. Fuck him

Why do people continue to post his show on DU. He is clearly an enemy

[Xavier Breath]

91. His show is effectively a right-wing talking point, so those posts should be reported as such.

[RandySF]

33. Did he ask when Elon bought Twitter?

[Attilatheblond]

34. Notice these clowns whining about the Obama Center leave out the fact that it was NOT tax payer funded?

They sort of set up their critiques like it was tax payer $ as that will feed the maga nut balls' rage.

[underpants]

37. It was privately funded

The Obama Presidential Center and Library, which opened in Chicago in June 2026, was financed by an estimated $850 million raised privately through the Obama Foundation. While building costs were covered by private donors, public tax dollars have funded surrounding infrastructure updates and road reconfigurations.Key funding and financial details include rivate Construction: The museum, library, and campus buildings were financed entirely by private contributions and managed by the Obama Foundation.

Public Infrastructure: State and local taxpayers contributed over $200 million for surrounding infrastructure upgrades, road redesigns, and utility relocations.Endowment &

Maintenance: The Obama Foundation previously discussed a $470 million endowment goal to sustain future operations, which has faced scrutiny as only $1 million has been deposited into the fund so far.

Official Archives: The physical and digital records of his administration are managed by the Barack Obama Presidential Library, an entity of the National Archives and Records Administration


Meet the megadonors who funded the Obama Foundation

https://chicago.suntimes.com/museums-zoos/2026/06/17/meet-the-mega-donors-who-funded-the-obama-foundation

[0rganism]

38. Dear Bill: shut your fucking face uncle fucker

[2na fisherman]

41. All Presidents Seem To Have One

I wonder what kind of tax shelter Maher has set up for his huge salary for being a media know-it-all?
Establishing a library is not a big deal because all modern presidents seem to have a good amount of wealth. And many of them have established such libraries and foundations to channel much of their money into projects and things they support rather than have them frittered away via taxes paying for questionable things supported by that otherwise taxed income. It is a smart business and social responsibility move.

[QueerDuck]

42. Maher is a worthless piece of shit. 💩

[sheshe2]

44. I wholeheartedly agree!

[MIButterfly]

43. STFU Bill Maher

When oh when will this idiot shut his stupid pie hole once and for all. Obama's Presidential Library's cost is a drop in the bucket compared to the billions of OUR money that DJT has pissed away and enriched himself during both of his terms. Why not talk about THAT, Billy Boy?

Among other things, President Obama's center is historic and educational. It's not a vanity project like everything DJT slaps his name on. People will come from all over the country to visit the center. Teachers will be bringing students there on field trips until the end of all time. Hopefully all the things with DJT's name on it will be torn down by the end of this decade.

Stop showing your ignorant ass, Bill Maher. Nobody wants to see it.

[Tree Lady]

45. Ok Bill but first let's talk about the money

For Iran going to war, and buying peace after creating war.

About golf, ballroom, reflecting pool, put name on everything, fight at white house, fixing lawn after, creating tariffs bring up prices, playing with the stock market illegally, etc etc etc

Also they had cost overruns for Obamas library which was supposed to be fully paid by donors. Unlike Trumps crap which our tax dollars are paying for.

[mahina]

46. Turn him off every time you see his mug.

I did, and Iʻm glad.

Hey Bill, what about the 50% increase in our already vastly inflated and bloated military budget up to 1.5 TRILLION dollars? Concerned? No?

"What about..."

GFY Bill. And take that sheepʻs clothing off while at it.

[sheshe2]

48. It's been decades since I watched him.

[Cha]

49. What the Hell is Maher going on about Now? PEDO's

little mouthpiece.

I appreciate Ro Kanna's replies.. This one from your link..

KHANNA: But this is to inspire people. You know, Michelle Obama gave one of the greatest speeches. I'm telling you, don't listen to me. Just listen to her, five minutes. And here's what she said. Racism was hurled at Barack Obama. Insults were hurled at Barack Obama. And he never lost his cool. He never gave in to the temper. And he showed that hope, patience, and aspiration can overcome that.

Fucking Maher: What does that have to do with the building?

[sheshe2]

58. That was an excellent comment and so very true.

Mahalo, Cha.

[Cha]

64. Presidential Libraries are Funded by Private

Donations.

So why is Maher whining about President Obama's library like a little whiny assholes?: Making a Fool of himself on national TV?

[sheshe2]

93. It is what he does best! 🤪

[Cha]

95. Yeah, it's what he does.

This is just the latest in a long, long line of carrying water for the fascist regime.

Thanks for bringing it to our attention. The evidence is piling up nobody messes with our Pres Obama on this board

[hookaleft]

51. he needs to be banned from DU

and all the posts about him need to be alerted on

[sheshe2]

94. So, you are alerting my post?

[hookaleft]

112. no, I didn't alert on your post

but he needs to be banned

[Orrex]

115. LOL Your post clearly wasn't praising Maher's edgy political satire

But his persistent fanbase here @ DU has baffled me for years.

[SocialDemocrat61]

121. Nothing to be baffled about. All TV celebrities have

[Orrex]

125. The baffling part is that he's been a stalwart reichwing mouthpiece for decades

But still his fans cheer him on as if he were insightful or wise.

And they tend to want it both ways: when his writers hand him a zinger, his fans praise him for speaking truth to power, like he's some unique dispenser of wisdom. But the other 99% of the time, when he says something fuckheaded, they say "he's just a comedian, so you can't hold him to academic standards."

I don't know that he should be banned from DU, per se, but he's not fundamentally different from other reichwing propaganda outlets that aren't allowed here.

[SocialDemocrat61]

127. I know

Promotion of a FAUX News show would never be allowed here.

[Callie1979]

163. Why? Alert on something you just dont like? Thats just silly.

There's enough of that nonsense around here already.
It's a news story. Most posts are slamming Maher so join in

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

52. Bill Who?

I'm very sure the money spent on your show....

[RockRaven]

53. That is an evergreen quote to refer to his show...

[niyad]

54. bill's comment reminds me of an old joke about a restaurant. "Nobody

goes there anymore. It's too crowded."

[Grim Chieftain]

55. I absolutely loathe Bill Maher

He is right there with CBS and Faux News in our house - toilet TV.

[lapucelle]

56. I remember reading that Mahr takes pride in the fact that he has collected every issue of Playboy ever published...

...I guess that's his idea of a library.

[sheshe2]

65. ***snort***

[Keepthesoulalive]

59. The great thing about his dumb ass diatribes

Is that he like Joe Rogan is showing you who they really are and we should respond appropriately.

[mwmisses4289]

62. Maher is g-d idiot. How any one thinks this twit is funny is beyond me.

[AllaN01Bear]

70. hem

does lurch groam

[maxrandb]

74. Just another misguided Judas

?si=ho5DcGzfOJ64ZzVL

[JUDAS]
Woman, your fine ointment, brand new and expensive
Could have been saved for the poor
Why has it been wasted? We could have raised maybe
Three hundred silver pieces or more
People who are hungry, people who are starving
Matter more than your feet and hair

[Orangenero]

78. The building is ugly..

Probably nice on the inside, but not worth a billion...

[Celerity]

114. I think it's rather stellar. I prefer the uncommon, the different, the avant-garde over the quotidian and bog standard.

[mountain grammy]

133. Agree

Personally I think it’s magnificent

[Orangenero]

168. I disagree..

N/T

[travelingthrulife]

126. I think it's beautiful.

[Midwestern Democrat]

135. It's a byproduct of the insane amount of money that's now in politics - I don't like the massive increase of money in

politics that's been happening for the last 20 years - I don't think it's been good for the country and I don't think giving campaign strategists/consultants unlimited budgets has led to better campaigns (probably the opposite since they no longer have to be disciplined and discerning about how they spend money and no longer have to make an effort to get free earned media) - but right now I don't see any chance of putting that genie back in the bottle.

[Torchlight]

147. Sounds serious

Good luck

[FascismIsDeath]

174. It will be one of those buildings that eventually everyone can identify.

[maxsolomon]

176. The tower building alone isn't a billion.

It's an entire campus.

https://www.obama.org/visit/faq/

[orleans]

79. when i hear maher's name the words "smarmy little prick" & "smug asshole" come to mind nt

[Marcuse]

84. The Seven Deadly Talk Show Sins of Bill Maher

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https://ejunkieblog.com/2025/04/29/the-seven-deadly-talk-show-sins-of-bill-maher/

1. He talks about things he doesn’t understand

In a rare moment of a talk show guest actually standing up to a talk show host and calling them out on their B.S., Ben Affleck once actually called Maher out on the air for his hatred of Muslims as well as his various insensitive remarks about Islam. This is actually a part of a pattern I noticed with Maher where he will often make fun of anyone and everyone who is different from him in any way, whether it’s religious people or even people who are a different race, gender, class or age than him. And he has done it so freely that it has made him a lot of enemies. These days his main targets seem to be anyone who is young, “woke” and has pronouns in their bios. A group of people who he regularly calls “stupid” (I maintain that Gen Z is by far the most misunderstood and underestimated generation). Other examples of Maher’s tone deaf remarks include comparing the “Me Too” movement to McCarthyism, comparing “woke” culture to Chairman Mao fascism, regularly ridiculing Palestine sympathizers for being “terrorist sympathizers,” and constantly badmouthing Democrats for being too radical even as Republicans become cruel maniacs and spineless Trump sycophants. Bill Maher often thinks anyone who disagrees with him is an idiot, but he might want to put some wooden boards over the glass house he’s living in.

2. He downplays the pandemic
3. He normalizes dangerous people
4. He is selective with his outrage
5. He is a phony
6. He is predictable
7. He is egotistical

[Cha]

107. TY for that synopsis of Maher, Marcuse.

[Martin Eden]

134. 8. He's woefully unprepared to counter the BS of rightwing guests

I finally had enough of Maher several years ago when Steve Bannon was his first guest. Bill had what he thought were "gotcha" questions for Bannon, who spun false narratives so fast you could almost see Bill's head spinning. Unable to contend with all that, Bill just said "OK" and asked his next question -- only to get his ass handed to him by an evil POS clearly much smarter and better prepared.

Maher provides a platform for those assholes, under the guise of free speech and not being afraid to let the other side have their say -- but there's a difference between honest debate and letting lies go unchallenged because you're simply not up to the task.

Bill Maher is a smug prick with a greatly over-inflated opinion of his own wit and wisdom. He is not on the side of truth, decency, and higher values. One of his regular guests, apparently a personal friend, is Ann Coulter. He had her on several times during the Obama presidency, when she was getting rich selling books that advanced the most hateful false narratives.

How can Bill Maher be friends with such a vile creature?

He is not what he purports to be.

[fujiyamasan]

148. I noticed this years ago

This was before he took his more recent rightward turn. Maher had some annoying right wing idiot on and he couldn’t counter anything the guy said. Maher especially gets flustered with numbers.

He’s a smug egotistical ass hole, and he’s not as smart as he thinks he is.

[Yoyoyo77]

167. He and Ann Coulter used to date??? I heard that years ago. Anyone know for sure???

[Martin Eden]

169. No idea, but I wouldn't doubt it. n/t

[Wiz Imp]

85. Maher is pathetic.

It's not the Obama Library, it's the Obama Presidential Center. His Presidential Library is just a small part of the Center. The cost of the library is just a small fraction of the total cost. And besides it being paid for with private donations, it will almost certainly bring significant economic development to the south side of Chicago so it will ultimately help the economy. The "high" cost for this project was definitely worth it and the City of Chicago is significantly better off now because of it.

[Cha]

108. Well said, Wiz Imp.

☮️💙 🌻🕯️🕊️

[spudspud]

89. Just another racist, pseudo-intellectual pretending to be "above the fray." /nt

[Zafira Cherry]

90. about the Qatar airplane and..

the 400M retrofit, the US tax payers paid for that. This airplane "goes with Trump" when he leaves. You know damn well there will be no Trump Library.

Hey Bill "Couldn't that money be better spent on something else"

[Mr. Jinx]

92. It's interesting...

Bill Maher takes an interest in a presidential library only when Barack Obama's name is on it. Once again, Black people- especially when they're successful- aren't allowed to simply exist in the eyes of some people without there being a problem.

People like him really tire me out. I'll applaud when his show is finally canceled.

[nwduke]

96. Go suck an egg Mayer

For a dope who sucked up to trump! There’s so much there for all the people but Mayer is too stupid to understand that!

[themaguffin]

97. damn

[Jbraybarten]

98. There will be countless people going for many years to come

[struggle4progress]

99. "We could give Trump a $3 billion slush fund instead of a $2 billion slush fund! Or we could give ICE

$241 billion instead of $240 billion! Or we could pay Iran $301 billion instead of $300 billion!"

[ShazzieB]

100. Maher is such a schmuck.

He acts like he never heard of a presidential library before. Like Obama just pulled the whole idea out of his ass or something. Is he really not aware that every president since FDR has established a presidential library to preserve his papers as part of the nation's history? Does he think Obama should be the first president in almost 90 years to just skip the whole thing? Really?

The Presidential Library system formally began in 1939, when President Franklin Roosevelt donated his personal and Presidential papers to the Federal Government. At the same time, Roosevelt pledged part of his estate at Hyde Park to the United States, and friends of the President formed a non-profit corporation to raise funds for the construction of the library and museum building.

Roosevelt's decision stemmed from a firm belief that Presidential papers are an important part of the national heritage and should be accessible to the public. He asked the National Archives to take custody of his papers and other historical materials and to administer his library.

Many pre-Herbert Hoover collections of presidential papers now reside in the Library of Congress, while others are split among universities, libraries, historical societies, and private collections. Many materials have been lost or destroyed.

In 1950, Harry S. Truman decided that he, too, would build a presidential library to house his Presidential papers. In 1955, Congress passed the Presidential Libraries Act, establishing a system of federal “presidential archival depositories” across the United States. The Act encouraged other Presidents to donate their historical materials to the government and ensured the preservation of any donated Presidential papers and their availability to the American people. Under this and subsequent acts, more presidential archival depositories have been established, continuing the presidential libraries system.

https://www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries/about/history

Either Maher is really stupid or he just decided to deliberately be a jackass to provoke a reaction, and I don't know which is worse. Either way, he needs to educate himself AND stop acting like a bratty kid saying saying shit just to piss people off. Oh, wait, acting like a bratty kid saying saying shit just to piss people off is pretty much his brand, isn't it? How pathetic is it that a 70 year old man still thinks acting like a 12 year old smartass is funny and cool?

PS. Mr. B and I are FOR SURE going to visit the Barack Obama Presidential Center as soon as we can, and we are looking forward to it! Grow the fuck up already, Maher.

[sheshe2]

103. From what I have read, Maher is a racist.

So, yes...

Does he think Obama should be the first president in almost 90 years to just skip the whole thing? Really?

...because he is black.

Good for you and Mr. B on your plans to visit!

[Cha]

109. Mahalo for that, ShazziB! Very

Informative. ☮️💙🌻🕯️🕊️

[SocialDemocrat61]

101. damn

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[kimbutgar]

102. I do

My husband and I are planning to go to it next year for our wedding anniversary vacation.

Bill, retire you are such a has been!

[sheshe2]

104. Yeah!

Good for you both!

[GenThePerservering]

111. Judging by the reaction here

he's getting what he wants - air time.

[LudwigPastorius]

113. I wonder if Maher is still going to love him some Trump if he pulls some support for Israel.

Bibi's bloodlust is screwing Trump's concept of a memorandum of a plan to end the Iran clusterfuck. The Big Orange Anus will lean on Netanyahu by threatening to pull, or actually pulling, arms and cash support.

Will Bill-o still think his candlelight dinner with Trump was dreamy?

[JustAnotherGen]

116. Fuck him

Seriously. He's anti Black. He should keep his filthy mouth shut.

Now he should do the Trump library - but he won't. Sounds about . . .

[mercuryblues]

118. Well Bill,

Tell me what you do with your 10 million a year income?

[City Lights]

122. He is a toxic dump of a human. nt

[JHB]

123. Bill, keep this level of self-indulgence private. THIS is what no one wants to see.

[SocialDemocrat61]

124. I love how none of the usual

Maher minions ever show up to defend him. Of course, they show up every Friday to promote his show and then on Saturday to say how great it was. This week he attacked Obama, Mayor Mamdani, Kamala Harris and Democrats in general. My guess is that they support those attacks.

[True Dough]

136. A ridiculous notion that people who watch/listen to Maher are on the hook to defend everything he says

Many of us disagree with his stance on various topics. That doesn't mean some of the content isn't stimulating. His guests, a good number of them staunch Dems/progressives make excellent counterpoints.

Nobody forces anyone to watch/listen. You don't like it, fine. Stay away.

But to argue that those who tune in must agree with everything or must advocate for every opinion he holds is sheer poppycock.

[BannonsLiver]

143. So is there ever a breaking point as this asshole moves more and more to the right?

Like what would it take to break the devotion? Wound he have to burn a cross on his show? Where’s the red line? Is there a red line?

[True Dough]

156. Perhaps you should direct that question to the Dem guests who are all too willing to appear on Maher's show

Ro Khanna was on Friday.

James Talarico appeared several weeks ago. Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, Gavin Newsom, Elissa Slotkin, Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff and others have all been on Real Time.

BTW, I'm still a big supporter of become a star member here at the DU.

[BannonsLiver]

158. So there's no bottom. No red line.

I appreciate the candor.

[True Dough]

159. Again,

that would be a question better directed to Dems who find Bill Maher worth their time.

[BannonsLiver]

162. They go on to promote things.

Books, themselves, podcasts, etc. It’s no great mystery to most of us… lol.

But your appeal to a higher power deflection with my question regarding Maher doesn’t really cover the devotion to Maher by Maher fans amid his shift to the “right wing-old man screaming at clouds” motif he’s had for a decade now.

[True Dough]

165. Sure, there may be some promotion. But that's not the only reason.

They go on the show to engage in debate. And that's informative and entertaining to listen to, if one has an open mind. lol.

I'm not "devoted" to Maher. I tune in when he has guests who interest me.

[SocialDemocrat61]

146. Not those who watch

There are many who watch to see a particular guest but will criticize Maher afterwards.

But there are those who go out of their way to promote his show here every Friday and then come back on Saturday to praise the show without a word of criticism for Maher when he attacks democrats.

This is what he said on Friday


Do they support what they support what he said or not? Their silence is complicity.

[BannonsLiver]

142. I assume they're all in agreement with what he says or are trolling.

The one I frequently interact with is obviously no Democrat lol.

[SocialDemocrat61]

149. True

Don’t know how any democrat could agree with this

[EdmondDantes_]

182. I've never watched Maher, but I don't think it's an absurd question to ask if that's a good use of money

The George W Bush presidential library was only $330 million in 2023 dollars. $850 million is a lot more. Most people here bash the tech billionaires for donating a couple of millions to Trump's inauguration fund, but Bezos donated $100 million to this. How many people could have been fed with that money? Sure Bezos wasn't going to donate $100 million to feeding people, but if so many of us don't like the issues inherent in wealth inequality, then there's a question to be asked. Sure Maher isn't asking this in the best of faith, but it seems that if asking the question invites derision, maybe we're putting partisanship over values.

People here are pointing to the center being privately funded, but there was something like $175 million in public sector spending to support it, there's virtually no endowment to support the center so if it doesn't make money there's no backup other than the public. And it's effectively giving a big chunk of an existing public space to a private enterprise.

It's definitely not a traditional presidential library as the Obama presidential library is in Maryland and is under the National Archives.

Local residents have concerns about gentrification, the environmental impact, if being so close to the wealthy Hyde Park is the best place to promote the economic revitalization of the south side of Chicago.

Maybe it's going to be a positive thing for Chicago, but given the cost and uniqueness of the center instead of a traditional presidential library, it's not a certainty. And all that's without getting into the right wing "criticisms" of the building's appearance or it's about Obama's ego.

I get it, it's easier to just rally around the Democratic hero, but there are legitimate questions about choices made. There always are because life is complicated like that.

[SocialDemocrat61]

186. Interesting how Maher, Faux News and others

Never had any issues with the cost of a Presidential Center until a black man built one. “How uppity of him.”

[Abolishinist]

188. How uppiity of him? He was against them over 21 years ago.

CNN Larry King Live - Interview With Bill Maher

Aired November 23, 2004 - 21:00

KING: But what about libraries?

MAHER: But Libraries, you know, I got a million come-ons in the mail to contribute to the library, and I threw them all in the trash. Why do we need to spend $165 million on a presidential library? That is not charity, it's a monument to ego. It is a personality cult. Pavilions built about golf clubs and White house Pets.

KING: You don't like all libraries. All presidential...

MAHER: Well, presidential libraries. You can find that material elsewhere. So much of charity walks along the path of we're doing something good for our fellow man. Giving to your alma mater to me should not be a write-off. I know where a lot of that money that goes to colleges goes. It goes to the entertainment budget, because I get paid a lot of money by colleges and it comes out of the entertainment budget. If you want to give to your college, that's your business. If you want to give to a presidential library. But don't parade it around as something that's noble or something that's educational.

Interesting how Maher, Faux News and others never had any issues with the cost of a Presidential Center until a black man built one. “How uppity of him.”

[SocialDemocrat61]

190. 2004, so that would have been the Clinton library

So he has a problem with libraries built by democrats. Of course, all demagogues and cult leaders hate centers of knowledge and learning.

[milestogo]

129. Bill Maher is an idiot with a TV show.

His opinion isn't worth shit.

[C_U_L8R]

131. No one will be building memorials to Bozo Bill Maher

Dust to dust, MFer.

[FullySupportDems]

132. It's reminding me of blaming the victim of domestic abuse

Like, Hey democrats, if you'd stop being so mean and rude maybe the GOP wouldn't be so.. nuts? As if what they do has ANYTHING to do with what Democrats do. Blaming the victims. Telling the battered wife to stop pissing off her husband. Friggin Maher. He acts like a plant. Ridiculing Obama's library why?

Hey Bill? When was the last time you punched up? Coward.

[HappyH]

137. I would love to go to the Obama Center if I could

It would be great to be in a space where Bill Maher won’t be.

[Initech]

139. Couldn't that $1 billion that Trump stole for that bullshit plane be used for something else?

And couldn’t the $14 million that Trump gave to his convicted felon donor to paint the reflecting pool be used for something else?

Fuck you Bill.

[Norrrm]

140. Who sponsors Maher's show?

Is it Pillow Guy?
Gold companies that steer you to overpriced gold coins?

[Redleg]

141. To Bill Maher, only Democrats can be hypocrits

"Couldn't this money be spent on something more worthy?" is a paraphrase of his point. Maher holds the Dems to a much higher stander than he holds those on the right and is also adapt at the "both sides" game. I think Ro Khanna did a good job.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

144. Who gives a shit about what this idiot thinks?

Maher ceased being funny a long time ago. Why would anyone care about what this asshole/idiot thinks

[B.See]

153. Did I forget to say,

FUCK Maher? (asking for a friend)

[Iggo]

155. Fuck Bill Maher.

That’s all I have to say about that asshole.

[malaise]

157. Did that Ahole ever question the cost of any other

Presidential library?

[BannonsLiver]

160. No. That's because he's a racist.

[malaise]

161. I never watch him

Stopped because of that years ago

[sheshe2]

179. Nope.

The first one was established by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941. Since Roosevelt and Truman, every president has had a library established. 85 years of libraries built by WHITE Presidents and Bill has only taken exception to our first BLACK President.

Bill is a racist POS.

[SocialDemocrat61]

187. Of course not.

But a black man never built a Presidential center before.

[debsy]

164. Eff off, Bill Maher!

[Buddyzbuddy]

166. The best thing you can do, is

ignore him.

[Abolishinist]

170. I'm not sure, but

it doesn't seem that's working out too well.

[Buddyzbuddy]

172. That assh*ole says things to get a reaction.

No reaction, he becomes a non entity. MAGA's are MAGA. He's not changing them. He needs to rebuild an audience. Without that, he's worthless.

That's it. Guests need to stop taking his calls and stop showing up.

[FHRRK1]

173. He is just jumping on the meme (LIE) being pushed on Fox and social media

"Why is everyone worried about the 14 million reflecting pool or 300 billion to Iran when 849 million was spent on the Obama library?"

The MAGAts eat it up! They just need to have a "whatabout." They are more than happy to ignore (and most/some/a few?, of them know) the difference between Govt spending and Private donation spending.

It has been said a million times, ... it is the racism. Give em a fig leaf on any issue or event and they will support a Republican regardless of reality.

[Klarkashton]

177. It's very easy to take a contrarian view of anything

No effort involved, no talent needed.

He figured it out.

[Raftergirl]

178. I've been to the JFK Library and the LBJ Library. Both were fascinating and well worth the visit. Next time I am

in Chicago the BHO Library will be on my must do list.

[gulliver]

180. Maher is wrong but Khanna didn't do his homework

Checked Grok, and the better answer is that it was almost all paid for by private donations, will add greatly to the South Side economy, and has a number of very thoughtful, innovative features.

I thought the look was ridiculous at first, but in the selfie age, I now see it as pretty smart.

[Ritabert]

183. Contrarian pipsqueak says what?

[ExtraGriz]

184. When he dies

I have comfort that no one will remember him.

[Abolishinist]

185. I have no doubt that Ingrid Newkirk will remember him.

And if the animals they've helped save from a life of torture knew, they'd miss him as well.

Pigs and goats, for example, are no longer shot in wound-training tests, along with the barbaric survival training drills in exercises like Cobra Gold where troops killed animals.

Baboon are no longer subject to decades-long experiments at Eastern Virginia Medical School.

And the gruesome spine-crushing rabbit experiments at Sweden's Karolinska Institute are no longer.

Many more.

[SocialDemocrat61]

189. His good friend Bari Weiss might remember him

Especially since he fully supports her efforts to dismantle CBS News.