{"id":10330,"date":"2013-05-19T10:03:36","date_gmt":"2013-05-19T17:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=10330"},"modified":"2013-05-19T10:03:36","modified_gmt":"2013-05-19T17:03:36","slug":"when-maher-gets-serious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/19\/when-maher-gets-serious\/","title":{"rendered":"When Maher Gets Serious…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bill Maher has a unique way of telling the truth, using side-splitting humor to distract folks from the noticing the discomfort of actually learning something.  When my sides stop shaking, I find I know more than I did before.  However, when this funny man gets serious, it\u2019s worth being particularly attentive to what he has to say.<\/font><\/p>\n

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On Friday night\u2019s edition of \u201cReal Time with Bill Maher,\u201d host Bill Maher and guests filmmaker Michael Moore, commentator S. E. Cupp and New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin discussed the obstructionist Republican Congress and its mission to take down the president by taking down the country. Moore opined that the Republican Party is a \u201csquealing dinosaur\u201d whose time has come<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Maher began the segment by talking about how prices among top health insurers are falling since the implementation of Obamacare<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey did a test and they put, you know, what insurance would cost if you were a 40-year-old, non-smoker and instantly, the two highest priced insurers went down,\u201d Maher said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the heart of Obama,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is the heart of capitalism. I\u2019m wondering why the people who love the free market so much are not for this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd what about trying to repeal it for the 37th time?\u201d he went on. \u201cIs that a wise use of our time and resources? At some point, obstruction becomes, um, I dunno, treason<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

He went on to list how Republicans are blocking the nominations of a new head for the EPA, a chief circuit court judge for the city of Washington, D.C. and dozens of other government posts that are going unfilled because Republicans won\u2019t let any of Obama\u2019s nominees get voted on in Congress.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt some point,\u201d Maher said, \u201cit becomes more about hating him than loving our country.\u201d\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Raw Story<\/a>><\/p>\n

I was also able to find video of this exchange.<\/font><\/p>\n