Bill Maher Begs for a Recession to get rid of Donald Trump

trixare4kids · Jun 9, 2018

HBO’s “Real Time” host Bill Maher admitted that he hopes the American economy will crash so that President Donald Trump will be voted out of office.

Maher, along with his panel, discussed the success of the Trump administration’s growing economy, but remained skeptical about how long the prosperity will last.

“I feel like the bottom has to fall out at some point, and by the way, I’m hoping for it because I think one way you get rid of Trump is a crashing economy,” Maher said during the June 8 show. “So please, bring on the recession. Sorry if that hurts people but it’s either root for a recession, or you lose your democracy.”

And here I thought rich liberals were for the working people, many who would be hurt a lot by Maher's wishful thinking..... I guess Maher who wishes for a recession, forgot where he came from, a working class family.

He is just too stupid for words.

Even CNN published a condemnation of Mayer by saying:

This is wrong on so many levels. It's despicable for Maher, who is wealthy enough to have donated $1 million in 2012 to a super PAC, to root for an economic downturn in exchange for political gain.
If our nation were to hit a recession again, millions of Americans who are not well-off like Maher would horribly suffer, as unemployment would climb and families would struggle to put food on the table.

https://www.cnn.com/profiles/dean-obeidallah

calamity · Jun 9, 2018

trixare4kids said:
Bill Maher Begs for a Recession to get rid of Donald Trump

And here I thought rich liberals were for the working people, many who would be hurt a lot by Maher's wishful thinking..... I guess Maher who wishes for a recession, forgot where he came from, a working class family.

He is just too stupid for words.

See, that what happens when you listen to people like Sean Hannity. You start believing what comedians say is real.

chuckiechan · Jun 9, 2018

trixare4kids said:
Bill Maher Begs for a Recession to get rid of Donald Trump

And here I thought rich liberals were for the working people, many who would be hurt a lot by Maher's wishful thinking..... I guess Maher who wishes for a recession, forgot where he came from, a working class family.

He is just too stupid for words.

Even CNN published a condemnation of Mayer by saying:

https://www.cnn.com/profiles/dean-obeidallah

I actually think it’s satire. He was dating Ann Coulter for awhile.

But.... dinner dates were problematic... LOL

trixare4kids · Jun 9, 2018

calamity said:
See, that what happens when you listen to people like Sean Hannity. You start believing what comedians say is real.

Are you saying Newsweek and CNN, two of my sources above, are rooted in right-wing punditry?

Got anything else to say about the thread?

Mycroft · Jun 9, 2018

Mahar has lots of money. He doesn't care.

TurtleDude · Jun 9, 2018

chuckiechan said:
I actually think it’s satire. He was dating Ann Coulter for awhile.

But.... dinner dates were problematic... LOL

she used to play him like a trout on his politically incorrect. I used to watch that show constantly and she was on several times. the last time I recall seeing er she showed up in a change of costume-long pants rather than her normal minis. Bill look crestfallen and said "no skirt" and she gave him a cutting little smile-sort of like a upper crust heiress would give the gardener if he tried a clumsy pass at her. It was hilarious

trixare4kids · Jun 9, 2018

chuckiechan said:
I actually think it’s satire. He was dating Ann Coulter for awhile.

But.... dinner dates were problematic... LOL

Oh. ... OH...lolz
Seriously, I wish it were satire. He's getting smoked for his comments.

calamity · Jun 9, 2018

TurtleDude said:
she used to play him like a trout on his politically incorrect. I used to watch that show constantly and she was on several times. the last time I recall seeing er she showed up in a change of costume-long pants rather than her normal minis. Bill look crestfallen and said "no skirt" and she gave him a cutting little smile-sort of like a upper crust heiress would give the gardener if he tried a clumsy pass at her. It was hilarious

I saw that video. It's pretty good.

trixare4kids · Jun 9, 2018

Mycroft said:
Mahar has lots of money. He doesn't care.

I guess his snobby ass forgot all about the 2007-2012 recession where tens of millions of people lost their jobs.
"let them eat cake"

devildavid · Jun 9, 2018

trixare4kids said:
Oh. ... OH...lolz
Seriously, I wish it were satire. He's getting smoked for his comments.

He has it all wrong. If he thinks Donald Trump can destroy our democracy he doesn't really have faith in our democracy to begin with. You want democracy, don't re-elect Trump and have a good economy. It can be done because we have such a democracy.

CriticalThought · Jun 10, 2018

trixare4kids said:
Bill Maher Begs for a Recession to get rid of Donald Trump

And here I thought rich liberals were for the working people, many who would be hurt a lot by Maher's wishful thinking..... I guess Maher who wishes for a recession, forgot where he came from, a working class family.

He is just too stupid for words.

Even CNN published a condemnation of Mayer by saying:

https://www.cnn.com/profiles/dean-obeidallah

I guess that makes him as eloquent as Roseanne.

Amelia · Jun 10, 2018

From 2007:

Mr. Trump said he is poised to invest in depressed property as the downturn moves through individual cities. "People have been talking about the end of the cycle for 12 years, and I'm excited if it is," he said. "I've always made more money in bad markets than in good markets."

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/rep...rkets-in-cities-like-toronto/article17993211/

Maher is admitting to wishing for a recession because he believes it is for the ultimate good of the nation. It's not good, but it's not Trump level of bad.

Trump was getting excited about large numbers of people suffering because it would help him buy a golden toilet.

NeverTrump · Jun 10, 2018

trixare4kids said:
Bill Maher Begs for a Recession to get rid of Donald Trump

And here I thought rich liberals were for the working people, many who would be hurt a lot by Maher's wishful thinking..... I guess Maher who wishes for a recession, forgot where he came from, a working class family.

He is just too stupid for words.

Even CNN published a condemnation of Mayer by saying:

https://www.cnn.com/profiles/dean-obeidallah

All together now... "It was a joke!"

NeverTrump · Jun 10, 2018

trixare4kids said:
He's getting smoked for his comments.

In the same show he said liberals were losing and he thanks them for putting him on their "to be fired for saying insulting things," lists. I really don't think he cares.

NeverTrump · Jun 10, 2018

calamity said:
See, that what happens when you listen to people like Sean Hannity. You start believing what comedians say is real.

Maher is about as Moderate as they come these days. And that's saying something. The guy strikes both sides pretty hard.

Kushinator · Jun 10, 2018

Amelia said:
From 2007:

Mr. Trump said he is poised to invest in depressed property as the downturn moves through individual cities. "People have been talking about the end of the cycle for 12 years, and I'm excited if it is," he said. "I've always made more money in bad markets than in good markets."

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/rep...rkets-in-cities-like-toronto/article17993211/

Maher is admitting to wishing for a recession because he believes it is for the ultimate good of the nation. It's not good, but it's not Trump level of bad.

Trump was getting excited about large numbers of people suffering because it would help him buy a golden toilet.

I get it... he's telling a joke. He is making a point about how people would rather go into recession than have Trump as President. It's purely partisan, just like the folks who talked down employment and job numbers (while cherry picking GDP growth time frames) during the Obama administration, only to cheer less than or equal results.

Not Bright Bart · Jun 10, 2018

trixare4kids said:
Bill Maher Begs for a Recession to get rid of Donald Trump

And here I thought rich liberals were for the working people, many who would be hurt a lot by Maher's wishful thinking.....

Some people would call it an investment opportunity: "I sort of hope that happens because then people like me would go in and buy," Trump

Atomic Kid · Jun 10, 2018

trixare4kids said:
I guess his snobby ass forgot all about the 2007-2012 recession where tens of millions of people lost their jobs.
"let them eat cake"

Yeah, and who caused that to happen? Give you a hint. Pretty much same people who are going to cause it to happen again.

Not Bright Bart · Jun 10, 2018

trixare4kids said:
Bill Maher Begs for a Recession to get rid of Donald Trump

And here I thought rich liberals were for the working people, many who would be hurt a lot by Maher's wishful thinking.....

Some people would say it is an investment opportunity. "I sort of hope that happens because then people like me would go in and buy," Trump

Utility Man · Jun 10, 2018

trixare4kids said:
Bill Maher Begs for a Recession to get rid of Donald Trump

And here I thought rich liberals were for the working people, many who would be hurt a lot by Maher's wishful thinking..... I guess Maher who wishes for a recession, forgot where he came from, a working class family.

He is just too stupid for words.

Even CNN published a condemnation of Mayer by saying:

https://www.cnn.com/profiles/dean-obeidallah

Trump begged people to march in the streets, fight like hell and revolt......

:elephantf:usflag2:

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Phys251 · Jun 10, 2018

trixare4kids said:
Bill Maher Begs for a Recession to get rid of Donald Trump

And here I thought rich liberals were for the working people, many who would be hurt a lot by Maher's wishful thinking..... I guess Maher who wishes for a recession, forgot where he came from, a working class family.

He is just too stupid for words.

Even CNN published a condemnation of Mayer by saying:

https://www.cnn.com/profiles/dean-obeidallah

Meh, I prefer to let conservative talking heads against America. They're good at that.

Xelor · Jun 10, 2018

I feel like the bottom has to fall out at some point, and by the way, I’m hoping for it because I think one way you get rid of Trump is a crashing economy. “So please, bring on the recession. Sorry if that hurts people but it’s either root for a recession, or you lose your democracy.
-- Bill Maher

There's no denying that Maher presented a false dichotomy. The thing is this: Maher is a comedian and the remark was sardonically delivered. I acknowledge that in writing, it doesn't appear that way, but upon seeing/hearing Maher make it, one cannot help but "catch" the sarcastic/sardonic tenor of his comment.

From the rubric article:

Arguably [Trump's] biggest political accomplishment to date, Trump’s economy saw record low unemployment numbers last month.

[*=1]Trump's "biggest political accomplishment to date" was getting elected.
[*=1]Asserting that a POTUS, any POTUS, plays(-ed) a seminal role in unemployment rates is overly generous.
[*=1]Regardless of who deserves credit for the continued decrease in unemployment rates, it's is far too early to remark upon the impact thereof as being an accomplishment.
[*=1]Unemployment rates have hit "record lows" month after month for the past eight years. While others may, I'm certainly not going to give a POTUS accomplishment credit for doing nothing to materially screw up a coincident indicator trend that was well underway long before his/her assumption of the Office of the POTUS.

So, can one oversimplify the role and germanity of the unemployment rate vis-a-vis a POTUS' impact? Well, yes, of course, one can; people, most notably partisans, can and routinely do so as to advance some political point. Perspicacious observers (audience members) at all points along the political spectrum, however, know better than to put any stock in conclusions/inferences based on illogical pruning (or it's antipode).

JMaximus · Jun 10, 2018

Xelor said:
There's no denying that Maher presented a false dichotomy. The thing is this: Maher is a comedian and the remark was sardonically delivered. I acknowledge that in writing, it doesn't appear that way, but upon seeing/hearing Maher make it, one cannot help but "catch" the sarcastic/sardonic tenor of his comment.

There's nothing in his tone to suggest he is anything less than serious.

Mason66 · Jun 10, 2018

calamity said:
See, that what happens when you listen to people like Sean Hannity. You start believing what comedians say is real.

Sometimes people take what comedians say seriously.

Example: Roseanne

Mason66 · Jun 10, 2018

Amelia said:
From 2007:

Mr. Trump said he is poised to invest in depressed property as the downturn moves through individual cities. "People have been talking about the end of the cycle for 12 years, and I'm excited if it is," he said. "I've always made more money in bad markets than in good markets."

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/rep...rkets-in-cities-like-toronto/article17993211/

Maher is admitting to wishing for a recession because he believes it is for the ultimate good of the nation. It's not good, but it's not Trump level of bad.

Trump was getting excited about large numbers of people suffering because it would help him buy a golden toilet.

Where did Trump say anything about suffering in his comment?

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