# Bill Maher is an ass **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 8, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-is-an-ass/217787 "2003-12-08T23:30:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-is-an-ass/217787/1 "2003-12-08T23:30:47Z")
Hillary Clinton is, IMO, a congenital liar with authoritarian political ideals and lousy personality. But [this](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/143672p-127160c.html) is just low. Resolved: Bill Maher is an asshole of epic proportions. Opposed: Hey, he’s just doing what Letterman and Leno do, what’s the diff? And anybody else think the headline is intentional? ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-is-an-ass/217787/2 "2003-12-08T23:46:37Z")
Sky: Blue. Water: Wet. Bears: Shit in woods. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-is-an-ass/217787/3 "2003-12-08T23:50:23Z")
I think it’s sweet that you’re so concerned about Hillary’s feelings. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-is-an-ass/217787/4 "2003-12-08T23:53:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Slacker \* > \*\*Sky: Blue. > Water: Wet. > Bears: Shit in woods. \*\* Damn **Slacker**! How biased can you be?! Did you purposely bring up the secular equations and omit- Pope:Catholic And I guess its just a coincidence that you ignored Frog:Bumps his ass when he hops ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-is-an-ass/217787/5 "2003-12-08T23:58:14Z")
> [@](#): > > “Maher began bringing up ‘Bill Clinton’s [bleep] jobs’ - with Hillary sitting right there in front of him eating her chicken,” says a witness. "It was just cruel. Hee. ---
**Author:** ![\_possum\_stalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b77776/32.png) [@\_possum\_stalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_possum_stalker)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-is-an-ass/217787/6 "2003-12-09T00:08:18Z")
You should be pitting whoever booked Bil Maher. Whatja think he was gunna do, juggle? ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-is-an-ass/217787/7 "2003-12-09T00:59:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BubbaDog \* > \*\*Damn **Slacker**! > How biased can you be?! > > Did you purposely bring up the secular equations and omit- > > Pope:Catholic > > And I guess its just a coincidence that you ignored > > Frog:Bumps his ass when he hops \*\* lol! I’ll never mention that frog, you frenchie bastard! Now where’d I put those freedom fries I was eating… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-is-an-ass/217787/8 "2003-12-09T01:08:12Z")
Anyone who dates a chick like Maher is dating right now gets my nod of apporval. Wish I had a link, but I just saw it on some entertainment news blurb last week. Maybe it was after this event! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-is-an-ass/217787/9 "2003-12-09T02:40:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Maher also took a shot at Cousteau - sniping: “That must feel great, getting a one-quarter standing ovation.” Cousteau walked out of the building shortly afterward. I don’t get it. Haj ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-is-an-ass/217787/10 "2003-12-09T02:51:55Z")
…and you’re now figuring this out? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Age\_Quod\_Agis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@Age\_Quod\_Agis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Age_Quod_Agis)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-is-an-ass/217787/11 "2003-12-09T03:02:23Z")
> [@](#): > > _hajario:_ > I don’t get it. It’s probably a reference to the fact that Cousteau produced a film called “Freedom in Depth” for the Handicapped Scuba Association. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-is-an-ass/217787/12 "2003-12-09T03:03:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hajario \* > \*\*I don’t get it. > \*\* My guess is that Cousteau was announced as present or otherwise and got a relatively mediocre reception. Maher observed this in his own tacky way. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-is-an-ass/217787/13 "2003-12-09T03:06:42Z")
…or it could well be the much more clever (if blatantly insulting _per_ Maher) reference that **Age Quod Agis** poses… ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-is-an-ass/217787/14 "2003-12-09T03:07:05Z")
Dammit…you have to get to these “Bill Maher is an ass” threads early to get your “In other news, water is wet” jabs in first… ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-is-an-ass/217787/15 "2003-12-09T03:30:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jayjay \* > \*\*Dammit…you have to get to these “Bill Maher is an ass” threads early to get your “In other news, water is wet” jabs in first… \*\* Hey I’ve been waiting to get one for 3 years. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-is-an-ass/217787/16 "2003-12-09T03:32:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jayjay \* > \*\*Dammit…you have to get to these “Bill Maher is an ass” threads early to get your “In other news, water is wet” jabs in first… \*\* Wet, eh? Must have been raining.