Philip Bump: Good day to be someone who recently argued that the contested convention commentary is often driven by self-importance.

Good day to be someone who recently argued that the contested convention commentary is often driven by self-importance.

Huge gift for Biden that he and his team can now be like, oh, so you agree with Bill Maher?

I have wondered for decades but especially now: who are the people who watch, let alone take guidance from, Bill Maher? Have you ever met one in the wild?

I should also clarify that I’m a (relatively) old person so can’t say it’s just generational.

My in-laws still watch him, if you want a point of anecdata. (MSNBC-viewing, ex-hippie boomers)

I mean, back during the Bush admin when he was a more-or-less standard-issue California liberaltarian, sure…my assumption is that his current base is the same inertia-driven folks who keep Beetle Bailey and The Lockhorns running in whatever newspapers remain.

70 year old parents who used to agree with Phil Ochs, but now more identify as “liberal” as Phil Ochs described it. I died a bit when my dad said he thinks he aligns more politically with Bill Maher than with anyone else.

See but I’m a nearly 70 year old parent as are my friends, and I don’t know a single person who even realizes he’s still on the air!

My 45 yo sister watches and likes him, which I found inexplicable. She’s much less plugged in to politics than me as well which is concerning.

Me. I am an atheist as Maher is

Think about all the actually interesting and important op-eds the NYT rejects every day so it has the room to print this.

I have to believe this was massaged through by the pro-Biden Times faction. Wheels within wheels.

One of my strongest beliefs is that you could reskin the original Dune boardgame to be about the NYT and the factions would more or less all line up.

This I want to hear

I'm kidding about the specifics—I don't really know whether Pamela Paul correctly maps onto Umman Kudu or whatnot—but I do genuinely think that genre of Wehrle-esque complex asymmetric boardgame is the most effective and honest kind of of Kremlinology that understanding the NYT arguably requires.

Goes without saying (it is well known), Maher is an idiot. "RFK Jr. repeats debunked vaccine claims in interview with Bill Maher" www.salon.com/2024/04/27/r...

RFK Jr. repeats debunked vaccine claims in interview with Bill Maherwww.salon.com “I’m not anti-vaccine,” the independent candidate told Maher. “I’m called that because it’s a way of silencing me.”

Musk is a scammer Nazi and was never a genius. "Bill Maher Drools All Over Elon Musk in Softball Sitdown, calls him a “genius”" www.reddit.com/r/DecodingTh...

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The Nate Silver kiss of death should have been enough. Bill Maher agreeing is almost like bouncing the rubble at this point.

Yeah, the more I see who is calling for Biden to step aside, the happier I am I told friends we needed to keep our heads and not panic. Confirms my instinct. Only one or two I admire, who will make me think again...

We’ve gone full horseshoe. Pod save bros and Bill Maher are now in full alignment

Yeah, I was rooting for an open convention before I saw this. Now I'm wondering.

that people like Bill Maher might get an outsized role in selection is honestly one of the better arguments against it, tbqh

what this nation truly needs in this time of crisis it's a leader to be determined by old comedians mad that young people are not laughing at his jokes anymore

Et tu, Cosby?

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I just said the same. Maher is not a guy with sharp political acumen. Lots of confidence, no expertise.

Maher is a conceited dipshit who always thinks he’s the smartest person in the room.

"Everything's coming up Mahrhouse!"

He's the Bill Ackman of comedy

Feels like this should bring things to a close now. We’re all done here

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*Ghost written by Matt Tiabbi

The only thing more insufferable than the ny times is bill maher writing for them. Why does anyone care about his opinion on anything.

I know we haven't done this for more years than I care to count, but could we try, I don't know, NOT caring about Bill Maher's opinion on anything?

It’s way past time for the Biden campaign to go to open war with The NY Times

SCOTUS is about to give Biden immunity for drone strikes on US soil, I’m just sayin

Opinion: Why I Will Become The Joker

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The silver lining is that Bill Maher is the highest tier person they could find to write this opinion.

Bill spends an inordinate amount of his day sniffing his own poop.

I guess they ran out of regular columnists to all say the same thing so they turn to this self-important ignoramus.

US media media is broken and littered with self important ass holes. @chrislhayes.bsky.social @cnn.com @nytimes.com

Why’s the guy from House II: The Second Story get a NYT opinion slot?

Short article! [hed] Bill Maher: Why I Want an Open Convention [body] I’m a Republican. [fin]

Christ, if you ever needed convincing that this is a BAD idea...

To be fair, he IS something of an expert on self-importance.

"I want" "I want" "I want" is all I hear from these people. WE *VOTED*. In a primary. Throwing away millions of votes isn't how one "saves democracy".

Bill Maher has become nothing but a whiner. He al as o an a$%hole.

The answer of course is that he loathes Democrats and wants them to lose.

God I hate the fucking nyt

Maher isn’t going to vote for a Democrat anyway.

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