Another racist liberal gets a pass. Should Bill Maher be fired?

Obama wasn't even born in the U.S.!!!!!

Who is Bill Maher?

Bill Maher isn't a liberal.

the libs wont stand up to that racist obama and demand civil rights for whites in palestine. wtf ?

...Look it is the same person posting 5 times in a row.

Weak assed failure at rabble rousing.

Get a job or go to school, or go out for a freaking run.

Bill Maher seems to be confusing black people for thugs. Someone should let him know they aren't the same thing.

Make that six!

should the descendants of tesla have civil rights in their own homeland of serbia ? or should we allow obama to deny them their rights ?

Umm I take it you want to fire every comedian?There is also a very fine line between comedy and just being insulting (and porn and art :)). Imus was just insulting to most people. Some percentage find Bill funny

Real Black President wrote:

Don Imus off-the-cuff remark, "boy those are some nappy headed ho's"

-or-

Bill Maher's joke, scripted and rehearsed, "I thought when we elected a black president, we were going to get a black president. You know, this [BP oil spill] is where I want a real black president. I want him in a meeting with the BP CEOs, you know, where he lifts up his shirt, where you can see the gun in his pants. That's -- (in black man voice) 'we've got a motherfu**ing problem here?' Shoot somebody in the foot."

Which one deserves to be fired?

no and imus shouldnt have been fired either. people shouldn't fire COMEDIANS for doing COMEDY

When you step over the line in your job you become a liability to the organization and have every right to be fired. Imus stepped over the line and was costing MSNBC lots of money in advertising so he got canned. Maher on the other hand plays to a different demographic on HBO, the line for him to cross is much further away.

Real Black President wrote:

Don Imus off-the-cuff remark, "boy those are some nappy headed ho's"

-or-

Bill Maher's joke, scripted and rehearsed, "I thought when we elected a black president, we were going to get a black president. You know, this [BP oil spill] is where I want a real black president. I want him in a meeting with the BP CEOs, you know, where he lifts up his shirt, where you can see the gun in his pants. That's -- (in black man voice) 'we've got a motherfu**ing problem here?' Shoot somebody in the foot."

Which one deserves to be fired?

Imus. US presidents are fair game for lampooning. Chevy Chase made a fool out of Ford for being clumsy based on a single accident the President had, when the fact of the matter was that Ford was actually a fairly gifted athlete in football and even had a hole in one in golf. Maher's joke was fair game and clever. He was actually making fun of the President's controlled and somewhat wonkish demeanor.

Imus called a bunch of African American college girls "nappy headed hos". Not funny at all. And the context was that the Tennessee players were "cute" and the Rutgers girls were ghetto by contrast.

It is not possible for a liberal to be racist.

asdfasfasfds wrote:

Some percentage find Bill funny

That percentage is somewhere in the neighborhood of 0%.

He wasn't my favorite but given that he was on the air for almost a decade, a decent chunk of people enjoyed him. And to he was then done in by making some comments that crossed the line of what people considered decent (something like calling soldiers cowards for firing cruise missles).

SEXCguy wrote:

asdfasfasfds wrote:

Some percentage find Bill funny

That percentage is somewhere in the neighborhood of 0%.

He did get fired for remarks like that when he had a big sign hanging over his head saying 'Politically Incorrect". Then he got a show on friday nights on HBO.

Precious Roy wrote:

And the context was that the Tennessee players were "cute" and the Rutgers girls were ghetto by contrast.

Which was completely true.

Why shouldn't a network fire someone who's costing them money? Maher clearly isn't costing HBO money or he wouldn't have a show.

Only a raving lunatic liberal wouldn't be able to see or admit that the media litmus test differs for the left and right.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100602/ap_on_el_se/us_colorado_senate