Love the tie Louie!! Thanks for drawing attention to mental illness. It's very brave and helps others. Thank you Bill for speaking truth to power. It's high-time others do too!
Bill does okay most of the time. This was not one of his great nights. He didn't call out Rivera. His defense of Ingraham was absolute bullsh!t: SHE is in the arena and "fair game." His support for moving the embassy to Jerusalem was flippant and poorly reasoned.
Yeah, ain't it a shame when someone speaks with sound logic and makes Maher look like the scumbag anti Trumper he really is? His psychological markers screamed out when Geraldo took him to task over his anti Trump bullshit.
+CanadianGuy eH 1. 2 idiots now , nice, now you can dock: 2. No one complained? Wrong - theoutline.com/post/2214/obama-s-support-for-daca-could-backfire 3. You must've not watched the show, they talked about how it's actually counterproductive according to the Republicans to move the military right now, it's obviously a distraction tactic, but see point #1
I’m sick of this talking point of “liberals and Democrats never say anything nice about Trump,” or they’ll “never give him credit for any of the good stuff that he does.” He has to earn that praise. He must do good things first in order for us to give him credit. The problem with that demonizing view of liberals and Democrats is that it fails to recognize that was is “good” or “praise-worthy” are often very subjective distinctions. For example, I do not support Trump’s decision to declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel. I think that was a bad move on his part for a myriad of reasons. Yet Trump and Maher think it was a good one; should I give Trump credit for making a decision I disagree with? No. That’s asinine. You want me to just say nice things about Trump or praise him for what he does? No. My standards are higher than that, and so should everyone else’s. It also doesn’t help that he tries to take credit for every good thing that happens, whether it’s his credit to take or not, and yet when something bad happens it’s always someone else’s fault... usually Clinton, Obama, or the Democrats, but never him. Never. Never ever. ...At least not in his mind.
He's an ignorant, crude, vindictive pig. The only way he'll ever earn my praise is if he gets on tv and grovels and begs for forgiveness for all the cruelty he has directed at others.
Is it odd that the only two things he agreed with Trump on have the best chances of leading to WW3? The only two things I ever agreed with him on are firing his entire cabinet and not replacing them with even shittier people.
Dotard has EARNED the criticism leveled at him. And about his porn stars: they show he's shit at negotiations, can't strike an airtight deal, and pays WAY TOO F*CKING MUCH for what he gets.
+LordKhabal I agree. I'm not going to say nice things about Trump just for the sake of saying nice things. That's not how that works. He needs to _earn_ praise. I am not just going to give it to him. He needs to stop acting like a baby. Also, I find it absolutely stunning that someone from Fox has the audacity to complain about the negative press Trump gets. Excuse me? For 8 years, Fox ran nothing but negative coverage on Obama, and plenty of it was simply manufactured out of thin air. He wore a tan suit; he saluted with a coffee cup in his hand; he had some Marines hold an umbrella over him and a foreign dignitary. Wtf. Furthermore, Trump does things on a daily basis that deserve rebuke. If a news organization just reports the bare facts of what Trump does, it comes across as negative press because most of what he does is just so stupid. He acts like a clown every goddamn day, there's just no way around that fact. Even Ann Coulter, who wrote a book praising Trump during the election, has arrived at the conclusion that Trump is too moronic even for her. At least one person from Fox, Juan Williams, has had the decency to apologize for all of the stupidity that the right-wing media had engaged in during the Obama presidency. thehill.com/opinion/juan-williams/325859-juan-williams-if-obama-had-acted-like-trump
LordKhabal - You’ve just said you haven’t seen anything or observed any good that Trump has done. I can’t imagine admitting such a lack of knowledge of current affairs, public policy, foreign policy, etc.
I have ADHD, which is a neurological/psychiatric disorder, and I’m not rolling around in my own feces. Seeking mental health care should not be shameful and misrepresented.
And just want to mention that I’m a productive and educated adult and I shouldn’t have any of my rights taken away, because I know people like myself who wouldn’t harm anyone, and perfectly normal people who do harm to society.
But that's the point, you're productive. There are other people who aren't. An "autistic" child who is drooling, banging their head on the table and screaming all day shouldn't be in a regular classroom just so his parents feel he won't be left out. A child like that needs to be in a special program because they will never be neurotypical and can't function in neurotypical society. I've been on both sides as a student in a classroom with kids like that and a teacher's assistant with kids like that. It's not fair to either side. The disabled child doesn't get the real support they need and the other children can't get things done because they're constantly walking on eggshells.
Spiral Breeze I agree with that. In those cases it makes sense to cater to a person’s specific needs. I’m just saying that for most people it’s not like that, and different disorders have different outcomes.
Geraldo's entire segment sounded like he was publicly interviewing for a job in the white house. This man went from being a crusader for justice to being just another sell out.
Why are liberals like you so dumb and evil? Just because somebody thinks different doesn’t mean they’re bad. Geraldo is a weak person. But you hate him because he wants to see the good in trump. Not vilify trump as hitler Godzilla Satan!
I know that no one will pay attention to this, but I'll write it anyway. Before the end of WWI, France and Great Britain (expecting to win) formed a secret agreement to carve up the land controlled by the Ottoman Empire after it was defeated (which it was). Both countries arbitrarily divided up this section of the world. When it came to forming Iraq, they were told that peace between the Sunnis and the Shites, who occupied these territories, would never happen, but they ignored all this and formed the country anyway. (And, did the same with other countries in that region). That agreement between France and Great Britain, called the Sykes-Picot Agreement, was the beginning of what we call the lack of "peace in the Middle East". All problems in the Middle East stem from this which is western Europe sticking their nose into what is not their business and without them paying any attention to any facts about the people of the Middle East. And, it's continued since then with the US as the "lead". Despite all the "intelligence" available, the US listens to none of it. Yet, WE are the ones who continue to cause the lack of peace in the Middle East. (We INVADED Iraq based on completely faked evidence because we wanted their OIL. And, yet, we wonder why the people of the Middle East hate us? Why they fear us?_/ People in the US need to stop thinking that criticising our government is somehow wrong. We have made incredibly horrible mistakes that have cost thousands, millions of lives. This whole "My country, right or wrong" mentality is outrageous. We need to DEMAND that our country behave with decency instead of keep making excuses for its behavior. But, we won't. We've been brainwashed to believe "We're the GREATEST and we can do no wrong". And, we now rank about 56 out of about 193 countries in this world in terms of having an "educated" populous which is exactly what so many of our politicians want. A nation of ignorant people who can do nothing but parrot what they hear the loudest, most obnoxious, most "humanity-hating" politicians and media (hello, fox news!) want.
arx754... spot on in details, and the image that formed in my mind as I absorbed the details in your commentary is that of the 1% doing everything possible to multiply their bankrolls by manipulating people and borders. Everyone thinks about the 1% as "local" to their country, but these folks use world markets to manage their bankrolls. They play "good country/bad country" while the 99% pawns remain broke & poor... and in some cases, without their country of origin if the game being played revolves around their borders. In many cases, people are being flushed from their country of birth seeking refuge, that is no coincidence.
Have you ever paid attention to when politicians and politically motivated ’reporters’ use the word ”folks” and when they use ”people”? As a person living in Finland (which is in Europe) I get unfiltered information and news, so we’ve noticed that this one thing has been a thing since Palin as possible VP. Also, ”flip-flopping” seem’s to be a product of Bush vs Kerry -elections.
Yeah they constantly switch between names depending on the subject. Sometimes they call an 18 year old a young man/male(in cases of crime), and if they want to ridicule them, they just call them kids, as with the gun march. Pivoting is nothing new to politics though, but America sure rubs off on Europe the wrong way. We've tried hard to get rid of the Hitler-isms, but hate will always find a way to show itself. With America leading the way and lowering the bar.
I noticed that, like many Trump apologists, Geraldo said he wishes Trump wouldn't tweet like he does. WTF! What Trump tweets is what is in his mind and heart. He has said so himself many times. You can't say you support Trump's policies, but not his tweets. That's not a luxury a Trump supporter is entitled to. All the hate, all the venom, all the crazed nonsense of his tweets is who he is. It's what he believes. Anything rational he might occasionally or accidentally say or do does not mitigate the reality of the early morning tweet storms. This is now what the GOP
If he were on the opposing side, Eliot Spitzer would have been forgiven and returned to power years ago. He was one of the most fierce defenders of democracy we had. He is intelligent, well informed and fearlessly fought Wall Street & corporate corruption. Everyone makes mistakes in their lives but that doesn't mean that they should automatically we given a life sentence with no possibility of parole or rehabilitation.
I can support Geraldo on his attitude to people with learning and mental health disabilities. Unfortunately conservatives generally do not support these people.
Poor Geraldo trying to help but really just patronizing and demeaning anyone with Learning Disabilities and getting his facts wrong. The reality is there IS a connection between crime and LD, with the vast majority of violent criminals meeting criteria for a learning or intellectual disability. There are also lovely, kind people with LD. They are just PEOPLE!
I'm one of you truest fans Bill Maher ..but the HBO show tonight where you protested against boycotting turned you against your fans your panel and the message you most often deliver...You are influenced by your wallet this time......boycotting cost you money when it happens to you..... but for the rest of us it is our only way to show our disgust. Thanks for all the great shows and keep going we need you!
When will Republicans realize that "Ohh but so and so did it!" isn't a valid argument, it doesn't matter if someone else did something wrong, that doesn't make it alright.
Autisic people are not "Mentally retarded" 'Heraldo. In fact most of them funcion at an average cognitive level. Also- No one uses that word anymore to describe the Intellectually desabled. What he did exposing those places was a great job. The last time he was a real journalist I think.
All autistic people are intellectually disabled, but only some of them are mentally retarded. He used the word to explain that he was only talking about severe autistic people not all of them.
There is a lot of conflation between the concept of free speech and the First Amendment. The First Amendment only restricts the government from limiting speech. In a free Society, we should promote free speech, but certainly individuals and groups have the right to boycott. It's not a matter of rights at this point, it's a matter of tactics.
New respect for Louie Anderson - hiding his smarts under a bush. And as for Geraldo and religion being the main problem in the Middle East - alongside religion are tribal territorial disputes over artificial borders drawn by the west (Churchill), money, unrestrained political power grabs, murder, thuggery, hatred and poverty.
You already are Ill! You can’t listen to opposing opinions without getting hurt? You shouldn’t be able to drive, vote nor procreate, then. GROW UP! Stop acting like a weak minded child.
Mr Strange thanks for your kind reply. To be clear ,I listen and consider all opinions with little or no physical affect. How driving voting or fucking relates to my reaction to Geraldo I don't know. Your excited and angry reply complete with ignorance and insults only strengthens my disdain for shills like Geraldo and supporters like you.
I've been tweeting since Feb 2017 that the Dems would take House and Senate in DC and many state legislature, local and gubernatorial races. It will happen.I also said Trump will be gone by 2nd anniversary. Pence, too. And that we wouldn't be stuck with Ryan either.
He also didn’t answer the last question, or well, I guess second to the last-instead of answering Bill’s question, he deflects by going on and on about Willowbrook, which was his big story 45 years ago. Yeah, okay, we know it was terrible, answer the question. Then Bill nails him on Trump mocking the disabled reporter. I think Geraldo was very uncomfortable because he knows he’s sold out.
Obama did not make the decision to withdraw from Iraq. The Bush administration could not get Iraq to agree to the SOFA for supporting our troops there so we HAD to leave. Obama's administration could not renegotiate it in time to maintain a presence there.
Max Boot knows that if he always opposes withdrawing our troops from anywhere, he can never be wrong about any occupation or invasion (you can't really be right or wrong until it's over, and it can't really be over until we take our troops out)
He doesn't belong in polite Society. A bloodthirsty warmonger and an imperialist as well. People like him with his elitist mentality that the US should run the world really disgust me
Yes, and both the U.S. and Iraq negotiated and agreed to the removal process in 2008. The Status of Forces Agreement committed the U.S. to the complete removal of U.S. forces by the end of 2011. So the whole thing was set in motion before Obama even took office, and the only options Obama had were (1) renegotiate the SOFA (he tried and failed, the Iraqis wanted the U.S. out), (2) comply with the agreed upon terms, or (3) violate the agreement, which essentially would commit the U.S. to an indefinite occupation of Iraq, and would make any further negotiations pretty impossible, since they would know we could just break our promises whenever we felt like it.
Thank you alexc773. Mr Boot just gave us a great example of how historians and most news reporters can divide us by leaving out pertinent information. And as for breaking promises, I think Trump has done the damage.
Still get a kick out those that always think: America knows best, (like father knows best). The arrogance is genuinely stunning, but the lack of self awareness is mind boggling. It never seems to dawn on these educated fools, that no matter how much they "study" a culture, they don't know WTF they are doing. Yet I still keep hearing "well, we just didn't interfere in the RIGHT way." That's the lesson unlearned from Vietnam. And millions continue to suffer and die for it.
(7:41) "...China was gaming the system." But, there are so many people that say free-markets ARE a game to play. If the system is a game, you can't blame someone for "gaming the system" and winning at it. Which is it? Is it a game or not? You can't play, if it's not a game . And, you can't win if you don't play. Who sets the rules in a free-market anyway? Come on, either roll the dice or change the "game".
I'm autistic and mostly blind, which makes me developmentally disabled. I think Geraldo has a pretty stereotypical view of people like me. First, I'm not that gentle. Second, all I've ever needed is a RIDE and for people not to assume that I'm "mentally retarded", which has been difficult to get all my life.
There is no rules saying the banks can't loan to people who have enough secured income (key word "secure", nothing is secure today) to pay off their loan at a fixed rate, variable rates were for people that could cover the risk, not pushed on college graduate first time buyers or poor people, as it was when "America was Great" before Bush. Bank regulation is fine that way Obama left it.
New theory: Maybe this is all controlled chaos and every policy move needs to be investigated to discover which companies and lobbies benefit. Maybe we are all missing the back door deals occurring. Will explore further!
I am suggesting a challenge to all Americans to;1) Let's pick a date in the near future e.g. June 11, 2018, and choose to not turn on all forms of technology that provides what they call "news". 2) Let us proclaim to the social news media that we are not willing to listen to their "news" on Donald. 3) Let us proclaim to all elected politicians that we are thirsting to hear their opposition to Donald and his style of governing. 4) Let us proclaim to one another, that we can seek, and find, common ground. 5) Let us proclaim our intellectual, behavioral goal of unifying as a country. A country that was established within a written code of amendments designed to serve "We The People".
I really liked how Geraldo Rivera differentiated between the mentally ill and the developmentally disabled. A lot of people think bipolar and schizophrenia are in the same category as Down syndrome and autism.
Note to Max Boots: Trump making fun of Oprah and Alec Baldwin is so bad? It seems inconsequential. He is no longer a TV star and then they were equals. Trump having a good relationship with Putin is weird? They are both world leaders. Don't we want peace amongst enemies? Now, suddenly, getting out of Syria is a bad thing? Its what the American people want and for once, someone is hearing their wishes and acting.
Max Boot @ 2:34. You cannot: Wake a person who is pretending to be asleep; Learn from mistakes that were intentional; Win a war on terrorism when war is your most profitable product; Convince people outside of the U.S. that "We" are trying to help. EVERYONE on this panel is a Centralist, supporting the system that keeps them warm, fed and wealthy and keeps all outsiders blow to bits. - Resist ! -
Love the tie Louie!! Thanks for drawing attention to mental illness. It's very brave and helps others. Thank you Bill for speaking truth to power. It's high-time others do too!
Bill does okay most of the time. This was not one of his great nights. He didn't call out Rivera. His defense of Ingraham was absolute bullsh!t: SHE is in the arena and "fair game." His support for moving the embassy to Jerusalem was flippant and poorly reasoned.
Wow! Geraldo showed his head to be almost as empty as Capone's Vault.
Yeah, ain't it a shame when someone speaks with sound logic and makes Maher look like the scumbag anti Trumper he really is? His psychological markers screamed out when Geraldo took him to task over his anti Trump bullshit.
Rotten Raoul's Rants notice how nobody agrees with you lol
+CanadianGuy eH
1. 2 idiots now , nice, now you can dock:
2. No one complained? Wrong - theoutline.com/post/2214/obama-s-support-for-daca-could-backfire
3. You must've not watched the show, they talked about how it's actually counterproductive according to the Republicans to move the military right now, it's obviously a distraction tactic, but see point #1
CanadianGuy eH Aww look the two trumpers found each other!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💋
me too
Geraldo: "but.. but.. Trump was *nice* to _me_ " lol
"...he only came in my mouth a little."
That was the same line Ben Carson used to justify selling his soul.
We are lucky to have Heather McGhee, someone super smart and passionate who generally uses the force of her ideas not her persona to be persuasive.
When was that?
Sorry wrong person ... was responding to Geraldo as ever being a real journalist.
I’m sick of this talking point of “liberals and Democrats never say anything nice about Trump,” or they’ll “never give him credit for any of the good stuff that he does.”
He has to earn that praise. He must do good things first in order for us to give him credit.
The problem with that demonizing view of liberals and Democrats is that it fails to recognize that was is “good” or “praise-worthy” are often very subjective distinctions.
For example, I do not support Trump’s decision to declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel. I think that was a bad move on his part for a myriad of reasons. Yet Trump and Maher think it was a good one; should I give Trump credit for making a decision I disagree with? No. That’s asinine.
You want me to just say nice things about Trump or praise him for what he does? No. My standards are higher than that, and so should everyone else’s.
It also doesn’t help that he tries to take credit for every good thing that happens, whether it’s his credit to take or not, and yet when something bad happens it’s always someone else’s fault... usually Clinton, Obama, or the Democrats, but never him. Never. Never ever.
...At least not in his mind.
He's an ignorant, crude, vindictive pig.
The only way he'll ever earn my praise is if he gets on tv and grovels and begs for forgiveness for all the cruelty he has directed at others.
Is it odd that the only two things he agreed with Trump on have the best chances of leading to WW3? The only two things I ever agreed with him on are firing his entire cabinet and not replacing them with even shittier people.
Dotard has EARNED the criticism leveled at him.
And about his porn stars: they show he's shit at negotiations, can't strike an airtight deal, and pays WAY TOO F*CKING MUCH for what he gets.
+LordKhabal I agree. I'm not going to say nice things about Trump just for the sake of saying nice things. That's not how that works. He needs to _earn_ praise. I am not just going to give it to him. He needs to stop acting like a baby.
Also, I find it absolutely stunning that someone from Fox has the audacity to complain about the negative press Trump gets. Excuse me? For 8 years, Fox ran nothing but negative coverage on Obama, and plenty of it was simply manufactured out of thin air. He wore a tan suit; he saluted with a coffee cup in his hand; he had some Marines hold an umbrella over him and a foreign dignitary. Wtf.
Furthermore, Trump does things on a daily basis that deserve rebuke. If a news organization just reports the bare facts of what Trump does, it comes across as negative press because most of what he does is just so stupid. He acts like a clown every goddamn day, there's just no way around that fact. Even Ann Coulter, who wrote a book praising Trump during the election, has arrived at the conclusion that Trump is too moronic even for her.
At least one person from Fox, Juan Williams, has had the decency to apologize for all of the stupidity that the right-wing media had engaged in during the Obama presidency. thehill.com/opinion/juan-williams/325859-juan-williams-if-obama-had-acted-like-trump
LordKhabal - You’ve just said you haven’t seen anything or observed any good that Trump has done. I can’t imagine admitting such a lack of knowledge of current affairs, public policy, foreign policy, etc.
Please have Heather McGhee on more often. She is one of my favorite panelists.
Agreed! She knows what she's talking about and how to get to the point.
Gelrado is not a journalist ...he is a sensationalist
miguelito lee - a provocateur.
he's stuck in a neverending loop of self-unaware self-aggrandizement.
miguelito lee Yes
I don't know what Bill was thinking.
Literally? Please check your dictionary to know what that word means.
I have ADHD, which is a neurological/psychiatric disorder, and I’m not rolling around in my own feces. Seeking mental health care should not be shameful and misrepresented.
And just want to mention that I’m a productive and educated adult and I shouldn’t have any of my rights taken away, because I know people like myself who wouldn’t harm anyone, and perfectly normal people who do harm to society.
But that's the point, you're productive. There are other people who aren't. An "autistic" child who is drooling, banging their head on the table and screaming all day shouldn't be in a regular classroom just so his parents feel he won't be left out. A child like that needs to be in a special program because they will never be neurotypical and can't function in neurotypical society. I've been on both sides as a student in a classroom with kids like that and a teacher's assistant with kids like that. It's not fair to either side. The disabled child doesn't get the real support they need and the other children can't get things done because they're constantly walking on eggshells.
Spiral Breeze I agree with that. In those cases it makes sense to cater to a person’s specific needs. I’m just saying that for most people it’s not like that, and different disorders have different outcomes.
Geraldo's entire segment sounded like he was publicly interviewing for a job in the white house. This man went from being a crusader for justice to being just another sell out.
Why are liberals like you so dumb and evil? Just because somebody thinks different doesn’t mean they’re bad. Geraldo is a weak person. But you hate him because he wants to see the good in trump. Not vilify trump as hitler Godzilla Satan!
Mr Strange dumb and evil? Lol fail Conservative loser
the only sellouts are the traitors to our country like you and your ilk..
Big time. I guess he just doesn't care about the Hispanic community, Dreamers, etc.
Rotten Raoul's Rants Your pathetic! Your the traitor here Trump boy!
The Sen fr Hawaii Sen Schatz has information that is valuable to each individual like our personal information...I support that 100% ❤❤
Perfect point made by Heather right at the end! 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
I know that no one will pay attention to this, but I'll write it anyway. Before the end of WWI, France and Great Britain (expecting to win) formed a secret agreement to carve up the land controlled by the Ottoman Empire after it was defeated (which it was). Both countries arbitrarily divided up this section of the world. When it came to forming Iraq, they were told that peace between the Sunnis and the Shites, who occupied these territories, would never happen, but they ignored all this and formed the country anyway. (And, did the same with other countries in that region).
That agreement between France and Great Britain, called the Sykes-Picot Agreement, was the beginning of what we call the lack of "peace in the Middle East". All problems in the Middle East stem from this which is western Europe sticking their nose into what is not their business and without them paying any attention to any facts about the people of the Middle East.
And, it's continued since then with the US as the "lead". Despite all the "intelligence" available, the US listens to none of it. Yet, WE are the ones who continue to cause the lack of peace in the Middle East. (We INVADED Iraq based on completely faked evidence because we wanted their OIL. And, yet, we wonder why the people of the Middle East hate us? Why they fear us?_/
People in the US need to stop thinking that criticising our government is somehow wrong. We have made incredibly horrible mistakes that have cost thousands, millions of lives. This whole "My country, right or wrong" mentality is outrageous. We need to DEMAND that our country behave with decency instead of keep making excuses for its behavior. But, we won't. We've been brainwashed to believe "We're the GREATEST and we can do no wrong". And, we now rank about 56 out of about 193 countries in this world in terms of having an "educated" populous which is exactly what so many of our politicians want. A nation of ignorant people who can do nothing but parrot what they hear the loudest, most obnoxious, most "humanity-hating" politicians and media (hello, fox news!) want.
arx754 I read it
France and Great Britain, not France and Germany. But you make a good point, nonetheless...
arx754 oh trust me. Pleeeenty of us criticize our government lol
Interesting history lesson btw
arx754... spot on in details, and the image that formed in my mind as I absorbed the details in your commentary is that of the 1% doing everything possible to multiply their bankrolls by manipulating people and borders. Everyone thinks about the 1% as "local" to their country, but these folks use world markets to manage their bankrolls. They play "good country/bad country" while the 99% pawns remain broke & poor... and in some cases, without their country of origin if the game being played revolves around their borders. In many cases, people are being flushed from their country of birth seeking refuge, that is no coincidence.
well said
Yes, our aim Victory. Victory - the boys stay together, no going back.
Thanks Bill, for your 'new rules' bit about the undervaluation of teachers on the show. I appreciate it.
Do we want the President to succeed when he does bad things?
Geraldo used to be legit... Sad
T-1 never
In NY we knew he was a sellout cabron from day 1.
When?..
Yeah, so sad especially when he tells the truth regarding Maher lies..sob.
You do know how he got famous right?
Geraldo looks like one of those dudes who try to sell you magic potions at a side show ally.
THIS EPISODE OF SEASON 6 EPISODE 10 was one of the best and this over time was one of the best in a LONG LONG TIME
comedy mixed with politics.. brilliant
Have you ever paid attention to when politicians and politically motivated ’reporters’ use the word ”folks” and when they use ”people”?
As a person living in Finland (which is in Europe) I get unfiltered information and news, so we’ve noticed that this one thing has been a thing since Palin as possible VP.
Also, ”flip-flopping” seem’s to be a product of Bush vs Kerry -elections.
Yeah they constantly switch between names depending on the subject. Sometimes they call an 18 year old a young man/male(in cases of crime), and if they want to ridicule them, they just call them kids, as with the gun march.
Pivoting is nothing new to politics though, but America sure rubs off on Europe the wrong way. We've tried hard to get rid of the Hitler-isms, but hate will always find a way to show itself. With America leading the way and lowering the bar.
Max Boot is brilliant!
I noticed that, like many Trump apologists, Geraldo said he wishes Trump wouldn't tweet like he does. WTF! What Trump tweets is what is in his mind and heart. He has said so himself many times. You can't say you support Trump's policies, but not his tweets. That's not a luxury a Trump supporter is entitled to. All the hate, all the venom, all the crazed nonsense of his tweets is who he is. It's what he believes. Anything rational he might occasionally or accidentally say or do does not mitigate the reality of the early morning tweet storms. This is now what the GOP
If he were on the opposing side, Eliot Spitzer would have been forgiven and returned to power years ago. He was one of the most fierce defenders of democracy we had. He is intelligent, well informed and fearlessly fought Wall Street & corporate corruption. Everyone makes mistakes in their lives but that doesn't mean that they should automatically we given a life sentence with no possibility of parole or rehabilitation.
“south beach”... louie anderson is awesome!
We SUCK at both Nation Building and Peacekeeping after hostilities. Many attempts- No Successes
Help me understand the mindset that makes Geraldo come and complain about how the opposition treats the President. There are no words.
Louie Anderson! Love that guy!
I can support Geraldo on his attitude to people with learning and mental health disabilities. Unfortunately conservatives generally do not support these people.
Louie Anderson Forever !!!
I agree with Geraldo.
Donny isn't mentally ill, he's developmentally disabled.
Instead of bailing on with Geraldo, I really wish they had discussed the topic that Heather McGhee was talking about.
I'MMA GERRARIO! I'MMA GONNA WINNNNN.
Poor Geraldo trying to help but really just patronizing and demeaning anyone with Learning Disabilities and getting his facts wrong. The reality is there IS a connection between crime and LD, with the vast majority of violent criminals meeting criteria for a learning or intellectual disability. There are also lovely, kind people with LD. They are just PEOPLE!
His whole point is "please don't build new mental hospitals, they are evil, and I can't let Trump lose his entire base to them".
I'm one of you truest fans Bill Maher ..but the HBO show tonight where you protested against boycotting turned you against your fans your panel and the message you most often deliver...You are influenced by your wallet this time......boycotting cost you money when it happens to you..... but for the rest of us it is our only way to show our disgust.
Thanks for all the great shows and keep going we need you!
Ditto.
max boot, total bad ass name lol
Are we tired of winning yet?
That last statement about the parties is more about greed & stupidity than parties because we have both on each side...SMDH
I hate that saying. If the president is putting in policy that is harmful to you, then you don't succeed when he succeeds.
Geraldo is a good guy-glad we was on Maher’s show-gave a diverse perspective to what sometimes feels like groupthink.
When I heard Geraldo...I thought about Greg Giraldo-.-
"Religions will not save you".
Bill, you've lost it. If you can't handle a simple debate with the likes of Geraldo, perhaps it's time to smash your glass bong.
yeah, he lost touch a bit didn't he? maybe bong is leaking...idk...
The withdrawal timing from Iraq was established by Bush policy that Obama followed thru on.
When will Republicans realize that "Ohh but so and so did it!" isn't a valid argument, it doesn't matter if someone else did something wrong, that doesn't make it alright.
Autisic people are not "Mentally retarded" 'Heraldo. In fact most of them funcion at an average cognitive level.
Also- No one uses that word anymore to describe the Intellectually desabled.
What he did exposing those places was a great job. The last time he was a real journalist I think.
Tiza123m the word 'retarded' fits it's purpose and is a perfectly valid word to use
All autistic people are intellectually disabled, but only some of them are mentally retarded. He used the word to explain that he was only talking about severe autistic people not all of them.
Ted Nugent can make an appearance on the show and justify not repealing and replacing the 2nd amendment.
There is a lot of conflation between the concept of free speech and the First Amendment. The First Amendment only restricts the government from limiting speech. In a free Society, we should promote free speech, but certainly individuals and groups have the right to boycott. It's not a matter of rights at this point, it's a matter of tactics.
So that's why Mr. Rivera works at FOX News.
New respect for Louie Anderson - hiding his smarts under a bush. And as for Geraldo and religion being the main problem in the Middle East - alongside religion are tribal territorial disputes over artificial borders drawn by the west (Churchill), money, unrestrained political power grabs, murder, thuggery, hatred and poverty.
Sorry RealTime could only watch up until Geraldo started spewing. Makes me physically ill.
damncows i literally felt ill
Fast forward....
You already are Ill! You can’t listen to opposing opinions without getting hurt? You shouldn’t be able to drive, vote nor procreate, then. GROW UP! Stop acting like a weak minded child.
You are ill! Liberalism is bad.
Mr Strange
thanks for your kind reply. To be clear ,I listen and consider all opinions with little or no physical affect. How driving voting or fucking relates to my reaction to Geraldo I don't know. Your excited and angry reply complete with ignorance and insults only strengthens my disdain for shills like Geraldo and supporters like you.
I thought Louie Anderson was dead. How old is this piece?
I've been tweeting since Feb 2017 that the Dems would take House and Senate in DC and many state legislature, local and gubernatorial races. It will happen.I also said Trump will be gone by 2nd anniversary. Pence, too. And that we wouldn't be stuck with Ryan either.
WHAT? Louie is still alive!!!!!!??????
Am I misunderstanding Geraldo or did he totally not answer the first question?
+Kategari if you noticed it then you understand Geraldo perfectly
He also didn’t answer the last question, or well, I guess second to the last-instead of answering Bill’s question, he deflects by going on and on about Willowbrook, which was his big story 45 years ago. Yeah, okay, we know it was terrible, answer the question. Then Bill nails him on Trump mocking the disabled reporter. I think Geraldo was very uncomfortable because he knows he’s sold out.
Obama did not make the decision to withdraw from Iraq. The Bush administration could not get Iraq to agree to the SOFA for supporting our troops there so we HAD to leave. Obama's administration could not renegotiate it in time to maintain a presence there.
How many US Presidents have really understood the Middle East. How many American Politicians understand it.
Yeah Gerardo. When the President succeeds (in passing massive tax cuts for the rich), we all succeed!
Keep the troops in?
We will see.
Geraldo... NO! When trump succeeds WE All fail! DF!
Max Boot knows that if he always opposes withdrawing our troops from anywhere, he can never be wrong about any occupation or invasion (you can't really be right or wrong until it's over, and it can't really be over until we take our troops out)
He doesn't belong in polite Society. A bloodthirsty warmonger and an imperialist as well. People like him with his elitist mentality that the US should run the world really disgust me
What happens now? I work on my work.
Things that look like guns?
bananas??
Geraldo looks like a ventriloquist's puppet with that stupid mustache and permanent goofy smile
4:00 Just curious - didn't Bush promise that we'd pull the troops out and didn't Iraq tell us to get out? They thought they didn't need us.
30stmFantasy yes Bush signed that order in 2008. Do not forget, Iraq wanted the US to leave.
Max Boot, historian, left out these two facts and no one called him out on it. Weird.
It was more like Iran through the Iraqi government that wanted the US to leave, the Maliki government was iran's puppet.
Yes, and both the U.S. and Iraq negotiated and agreed to the removal process in 2008. The Status of Forces Agreement committed the U.S. to the complete removal of U.S. forces by the end of 2011. So the whole thing was set in motion before Obama even took office, and the only options Obama had were (1) renegotiate the SOFA (he tried and failed, the Iraqis wanted the U.S. out), (2) comply with the agreed upon terms, or (3) violate the agreement, which essentially would commit the U.S. to an indefinite occupation of Iraq, and would make any further negotiations pretty impossible, since they would know we could just break our promises whenever we felt like it.
Thank you alexc773. Mr Boot just gave us a great example of how historians and most news reporters can divide us by leaving out pertinent information. And as for breaking promises, I think Trump has done the damage.
"War is welfare for Defense Contractors" Bill Maher
Just let Spitzer talk Jesus
Still get a kick out those that always think: America knows best, (like father knows best). The arrogance is genuinely stunning, but the lack of self awareness is mind boggling. It never seems to dawn on these educated fools, that no matter how much they "study" a culture, they don't know WTF they are doing. Yet I still keep hearing "well, we just didn't interfere in the RIGHT way." That's the lesson unlearned from Vietnam. And millions continue to suffer and die for it.
You had me until the "happy he moved the capital to Jerusalem" comment #freepalestine #vivapalestine
#FuckPalestine #LongLiveIsrael
Jerusalem is the capital of Israel
(7:41) "...China was gaming the system." But, there are so many people that say free-markets ARE a game to play. If the system is a game, you can't blame someone for "gaming the system" and winning at it. Which is it? Is it a game or not? You can't play, if it's not a game . And, you can't win if you don't play. Who sets the rules in a free-market anyway? Come on, either roll the dice or change the "game".
Who is Trump replacing Geraldo with? Lord, what a sad sycophant.
Max Boot...? Wow, some people have all the cool names.
I'm autistic and mostly blind, which makes me developmentally disabled. I think Geraldo has a pretty stereotypical view of people like me. First, I'm not that gentle. Second, all I've ever needed is a RIDE and for people not to assume that I'm "mentally retarded", which has been difficult to get all my life.
Thanks Real Time with Bill Maher.☺ Bill: "We did it again!" Thank goodness for Contractual Obligation, amirite? Sure like to see Joe Rogan on here?😁
Geraldo used to be a journalist not he is an apologist.
Trump is above something...
His doctor's claim that he only weighs 239.
Are u waiting for someone catching the fox back to you ? Right ? Or ..
Can we start censoring Trump supporters? It's always disturbing
Hope you got a warrant ???? I don't think so ! You got big big big problems !
05:05
"religion rules in the middle east" and unfortunately in much of the US.
Yugoslavia is a good example that multi-culture doesn´t work...
There is no rules saying the banks can't loan to people who have enough secured income (key word "secure", nothing is secure today) to pay off their loan at a fixed rate, variable rates were for people that could cover the risk, not pushed on college graduate first time buyers or poor people, as it was when "America was Great" before Bush. Bank regulation is fine that way Obama left it.
ah for Fox's sake
Geraldo has sold out!
New theory: Maybe this is all controlled chaos and every policy move needs to be investigated to discover which companies and lobbies benefit. Maybe we are all missing the back door deals occurring. Will explore further!
Gelrado a sycophant.
Too many guests! Three would be ideal - one lefty, one righty, one celeb. Then maybe Bill could manage to control the panel.
redlightmax The two person panels usually do seem to be better than the three person panels.
I am suggesting a challenge to all Americans to;1) Let's pick a date in the near future e.g. June 11, 2018, and choose to not turn on all forms of technology that provides what they call "news". 2) Let us proclaim to the social news media that we are not willing to listen to their "news" on Donald. 3) Let us proclaim to all elected politicians that we are thirsting to hear their opposition to Donald and his style of governing. 4) Let us proclaim to one another, that we can seek, and find, common ground. 5) Let us proclaim our intellectual, behavioral goal of unifying as a country. A country that was established within a written code of amendments designed to serve "We The People".
Is it this box has two foxes ...or one fox one dead kid or two dead kids or ....?
Syria is a secular state, not a religious one. Oh, and Iran. Wait! Iran *was* secular until we made a regime change.
Hard to believe this Geraldo is the same one who said Trayvon Martin's hoodie was as much responsible for his death as the fucker who killed him.
I really liked how Geraldo Rivera differentiated between the mentally ill and the developmentally disabled. A lot of people think bipolar and schizophrenia are in the same category as Down syndrome and autism.
Whoa does Geraldo ever age? Guy still has hair and im bald..... I remember his show in the 80s as a kid.....
Note to Max Boots: Trump making fun of Oprah and Alec Baldwin is so bad? It seems inconsequential. He is no longer a TV star and then they were equals. Trump having a good relationship with Putin is weird? They are both world leaders. Don't we want peace amongst enemies? Now, suddenly, getting out of Syria is a bad thing? Its what the American people want and for once, someone is hearing their wishes and acting.
Z has up until your next show to announce the break up. That is next Friday whether you are back on or not.
How come Heather didnt get a chance to speak? She is 10X more articulate then the rest of them.
1087cameron wrong
state your case
Bc Louie wont shut his annoying trap.
Somebody tell Gelrado this n***a got some ambition
Max Boot @ 2:34. You cannot: Wake a person who is pretending to be asleep; Learn from mistakes that were intentional; Win a war on terrorism when war is your most profitable product; Convince people outside of the U.S. that "We" are trying to help. EVERYONE on this panel is a Centralist, supporting the system that keeps them warm, fed and wealthy and keeps all outsiders blow to bits. - Resist ! -
at 2.25 Louie Anderson is all of us sharing that awkward moment :)
At first glance, I thought that black chick was Little Richard.
Hey Bill,can i give an advice of quitting drugs like alcohol,weed and pots.