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| Bill Maher New Rules |
Bill Maher had two comedy segments
on his show, the mid-show segment and New Rules at the end of the show. He took aim at Republicans and fired
away. It was like shooting fish in a
barrel.
New Rules pointed out that so many
Republicans were running for their party’s nomination for president that Republicans
should just tell us who ISN’T running. The clown car is revving up and ready to
roll around the track.
Right now they are all vying to
catch the favor of one of the Republican billionaire sugar daddies. Last time
around some candidates stayed in the race way past the time for them to leave
because the backing of one billionaire kept them in.
So Maher decided to help out by compiling “The Billionaire’s Buying Guide” so the Mr. Moneybags” of the party could make their choice. Here is the segment.
Joanie Ernst is not running for
president, at least not yet. She just won her election for Senator (R, IA). The
Republicans evidently think she is a rising star. They gave her the opportunity
to do the official Republican response.
(This did not deter four other Republicans from stepping up to the mic
to give their very own response. There is no discipline in the Republican party
these days.)
Ernst gave a robotic delivery and, unlike Obama, she
didn’t talk policy. She spent most of the time talking about herself. She told
a pointless story about having to wear bread bags on her feet as a child when
it rained. It might have been a good story if it was told to show how she
overcame the shame of poverty, but every kid in her school wore bread bags on
their feet. Maybe it was a fashion statement.
Too bad for her, but fun for us.
Maher did a bit about Ernst being a country singer who had a album called Bread
Bags on My Feet.” The he did parody song
titles. Watch it here.
The 2016 Republican presidential
nomination is starting so early. I think there will plenty more for Maher to
spoof.
Red my full review and recap of episode 340, titled Crazy. .
Red my full review and recap of episode 340, titled Crazy. .
Bill Maher’s Guests for January 23, 2015
Howard Dean:
doctor, former governor of Vermont, former chairman of the DNC, co-founder of
Democracy for America,” author of Howard
Dean's Prescription for Real Healthcare Reform
James Fallows: journalist, national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly (“The Tragedy of
the American Military”). He has written several books. His most recent book is China
Airborne: The Test of China’s Future. He also wrote Blinded
into Bagdad: America’s War into Iraq
Bill Burr: comedian,
podcaster, actor. He has a DvD: Bill
Burr: Let it Go. His movies include
Walk
of Shame and Black or White
Nia-Malika Henderson:
political reporter for The Washington
Post (The Fix)
Bret Stephens: columnist,
journalist for the Wall Street Journal, Pulitzer Prize winner, author of America in Retreat: The New Isolationism and
the Coming Global Disorder
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