# Re-Posted Bill Maher makes a good point. LINK **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 16, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-posted-bill-maher-makes-a-good-point-link/1010332 "2024-11-16T21:30:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-posted-bill-maher-makes-a-good-point-link/1010332/101 "2024-11-17T20:01:56Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Clicking a link or reading what I wrote is really not that difficult, You linked to a pay-walled article so I only read what you wrote, and what you wrote did not support your argument. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-posted-bill-maher-makes-a-good-point-link/1010332/102 "2024-11-17T20:07:32Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > You linked to a pay-walled article Such things pose a minor inconvenience to those of my generation, but in hindsight I do recognize that this is a more significant barrier to some. > [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > what you wrote did not support your argument. When someone keeps asking for evidence for something that’s so obvious (backlash from Democrats is the only reason anyone outside of his home state knows this guy’s name) or easily googled it makes me doubt their sincerity, but I wasn’t considering the paywall as a real barrier, which is my bad ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-posted-bill-maher-makes-a-good-point-link/1010332/103 "2024-11-17T20:08:59Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > backlash from Democrats is the only reason anyone outside of his home state knows this guy’s name He ran for president in 2020. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-posted-bill-maher-makes-a-good-point-link/1010332/104 "2024-11-17T20:22:51Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > He ran for president in 2020 I know, but as the article you couldn’t get to pointed out: > [@](#): > > The congressman has repeatedly played the role of party agitator: He unseated an incumbent Democrat a decade ago, tried to topple Representative Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, from the House speakership and mounted a quixotic run for president in 2019, **which arguably gained less attention than his recent comments.** Emphasis mine. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-posted-bill-maher-makes-a-good-point-link/1010332/105 "2024-11-17T20:32:51Z")
MODERATORS–please close this Thread. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-posted-bill-maher-makes-a-good-point-link/1010332/106 "2024-11-17T21:11:32Z")
Sure, it has wandered off topic anyway. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-posted-bill-maher-makes-a-good-point-link/1010332/107 "2024-11-17T21:11:36Z")
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