2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBill Maher to Bernie Sanders. "I want to help your campaign... see you get the nomination"
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)I like his show , but seldom laugh hard. That bit was darn funny.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Interesting.
marlakay
(11,465 posts)I thought from way he talked for months he was pro Hillary. Something must have changed. Will have to watch show.
djean111
(14,255 posts)that "million dollar check" thing he sometimes does for a candidate.
http://www.hbo.com/real-time-with-bill-maher/episodes/13/360-episode/article.html
GRANHOLM: [overlapping] Are you serious?! Dont tease me like that.
MAHER: [overlapping]worth of advice. Sorry, I
That was funny. And I think Maher is just sitting back and watching at this point.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)oasis
(49,383 posts)However, he made it quite clear, the label of "socialist" would greatly hinder his chances of success in the general election.
NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)campaign killer as Clinton supporters would like us to believe it is. Was a time, yes, but that time has come and gone for the most part.
oasis
(49,383 posts)his concerns. What you believe the American public perception of socialism to be is not supported by the data he presented.
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)prematurely -- or was it?
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)Quite the admission there. He also endorsed and supported John Kerry for President and every other Democratic nominee since before he was famous. Were you against all of those nominees too?
NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)Not.
JRLeft
(7,010 posts)DanTex
(20,709 posts)Did the evil overlords forgot to cc Bill Maher? How could this possibly have happened?!?
TheBlackAdder
(28,194 posts).
No matter who the nominee is, elect a Democrat--Go out and Vote for Bernie or Hillary!
The bigger objective is to retain a Democrat in the White House!
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Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)She might start another war to prove she isn't (even though she wouldn't be fighting it)!
in_cog_ni_to
(41,600 posts)Go Bernie!
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restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)of the "47% who would never vote for a socialist", most of them are going to vote R anyway so those votes are not being lost to the socialist moniker., they are gone to any dem. and of the indies, many like bernie's ideas and can learn what the term really means
so scare tactic is not only repugnant, it is ineffective and untrue.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)Maher was asking questions which voters are asking about socialism. I think people need to know what democratic socialism America has already e.g. Social security, Medicare etc. and what it stills needs for a fairer society. Trump of course is branding Bernie as a commie who gives away everything. Bernie needs to push what new items can be paid for such as single payer (which he did in this video) however he needs to get that message out. People need to be told that it is the 1% who need to contribute in taxes and the big corps who tax dodge. People don't like corporation dodging taxes. Low, middle income workers will be told by lying Republicans that they will have to pay 90% tax.