Another Liberal who Calls Tea Partiers Racist, Proves to be a Racist

Of course this time we are talking about Bill Maher.  Yeah, color me shocked that this professional asshole is a racist.  I mean I admit sometimes he is a funny asshole, but still an asshole.

First mediaite gives us this charming commentary:

But the biggest fireworks came when Maher was asked if there are racist overtones to Obama hate. His answer (“Yes, Larry, it’s extremely racist”) should surprise no one, and his follow-up zing was classic Maher:

“It’s funny, ’cause the teabaggers – the one thing they hate: when you call them racist. The other thing they hate is black people.

And actually they hate massive debt and democratic totalitarianism.  But you wouldn’t understand that.  So, let me explain it in terms you can understand, Bill.  If Obamacare is upheld then the government would have every right to ban the orgies you allegedly* have at the playboy mansion on a regular basis because it would drive up health care costs for the rest of us when you and the playmates catch the clap.

But as for the racist statement, well, you get that via newsbusters, quoting Maher as saying:

Isn't Obama's big problem is that he does everything half-assed? Maybe it's because he's only half black. You know? It's that, if he was a, if this, if he was fully black, I'm telling you, he would be a better president. There's a white man in him holding him back because everything is half-assed. The stimulus was half-assed, healthcare is half-assed, let's talk about Afghanistan.

Ah, but its anti-white racism, so its okay, because...  um, why exactly?

And lest you think his bigotry is confined to white people only, well, he explains what a “real” black president would do, here.  In short, he is upset that Obama doesn’t behave like a negative stereotype of black men.  Which I guess is line with his concern for Obama’s lack of racial purity.

So let’s add Maher to the list of people who assume everyone is a racist because they themselves are racists.

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* Based on admittedly flimsy rumors.  It would be a mistake to credit this comment very much.