Umm, yes. It is what you voted for. Did you vote for him based on his credentials or something?

FTFA: not a rerun of 'Law & Order'

"episode of CSI:wherever" would have been funnier, IMO.

If you voted for him, and you don't want to see him on tv, then you're an idiot.

-You don't have to watch him, because we have something in the 21st century called cable television.

-I don't think he has been on television any more frequently than Bush was, and even if he was, he has a shiatload more problems to deal with than Bush did anyway.

So in short, Bill Maher should shove a cock in it.

And you may ask yourself
Who is that in the White House?
And you may ask yourself
Where'd candidate Obama go?
And you may ask yourself
Am I right? ...am I wrong?
And you may tell yourself
My god!...what have I done?

You voted for a guy who is as vapid as a TV newsanchor. What did you expect?

I always get Bill Maher and Craig Watson (from Body Double) confused. It is good to know that I am not the only one.

"TV stars are too worried bout being popular and too concerned about being renewed."

This. The American people elected you because they were fed up with Bush and the Republicans, and wanted a change for the better. So shut down Guantanamo already, get us the fark out of Iraq, stop supporting DOMA and DADT, and stop trying to compromise with Republicans on every farking thing when your party controls Congress.

dj_bigbird: You voted for a guy who is as vapid as a TV newsanchor. What did you expect?

and he has the wrong letter next to his name... oh wait, that's the main problem to begin with.


Can you give us a teleprompter joke also if you have time ? C'mon, you know you desperately want to.

smooshie: "TV stars are too worried bout being popular and too concerned about being renewed."

This. The American people elected you because they were fed up with Bush and the Republicans, and wanted a change for the better. So shut down Guantanamo already, get us the fark out of Iraq, stop supporting DOMA and DADT, and stop trying to compromise with Republicans on every farking thing when your party controls Congress.

He tried to shut down Gitmo. The problem is that members of his own party are hiding behind NIMBY when it comes to taking detainees for the supermax prisons. It was if our representatives think the prisoners are warlocks or something...

He does need to get his ass in gear on DOMA and DADT. Like Clinton before him, he talked a big game but hasn't come through.

Gitmo is just bullshiat from the Congress. There was a GOP rep arguing the other day that Gitmo needed to remain open because we needed some place to hold detainees if they were found innocent. Congressional Dems apparently thought this made sense.

Er...unlike his invisible predecessor, Obama frequently speaks directly to reporters and people/organizations, and not surprisingly, this is caught on camera and broadcast. I don't see the problem, Bill...I like you, but this is just you being a douche.

lionel mandrake...
"Er...unlike his invisible predecessor, Obama frequently speaks directly to reporters and people/organizations, and not surprisingly, this is caught on camera and broadcast. I don't see the problem, Bill...I like think you're a hypocrtical pussy, but this is just you being a douche."

-ftfm

Grote-Man: He tried to shut down Gitmo. The problem is that members of his own party are hiding behind NIMBY when it comes to taking detainees for the supermax prisons. It was if our representatives think the prisoners are warlocks or something...

We should totally let Barack Obama expand executive power so he can get around congress. Hey, wait a minute...

Bill's wrong on this. Obama isn't on TV that much. I'd actually prefer him to do pressers much more often.

TeddyRooseveltsMustache: I don't think he has been on television any more frequently than Bush was, and even if he was, he has a shiatload more problems to deal with than Bush did anyway.

Really? You really believe that?

I think a lot of people are missing Bill's point here.

He's not just mad that Obama's not on television. He's mad that Obama is on television but has nothing to say. He's upset because Obama has done next to nothing with the office so far, yet is holding press conferences every day.

I'm sure if it was Bill's show he was appearing on, he'd be singing a different tune as well.

twobux: Umm, yes. It is what you voted for. Did you vote for him based on his credentials or something?

well yeah... didn't he build a park in Chicago?

twobux: Did you vote for him based on his credentials or something?

I did.

tin_man: TeddyRooseveltsMustache: I don't think he has been on television any more frequently than Bush was, and even if he was, he has a shiatload more problems to deal with than Bush did anyway.

Really? You really believe that?

Then perhaps you could tell us what was on Dubya's plate in June of 2001.

tin_man: TeddyRooseveltsMustache: I don't think he has been on television any more frequently than Bush was, and even if he was, he has a shiatload more problems to deal with than Bush did anyway.

Really? You really believe that?

Most of Bush's problems were self created but there were a lot more fires to put out in 2001-2004.

Ace Frehley's Ghost: Then perhaps you could tell us what was on Dubya's plate in June of 2001.

Planning the invasion of Iraq?

WhoIsWillo: Ace Frehley's Ghost: Then perhaps you could tell us what was on Dubya's plate in June of 2001.

Planning the invasion of Iraq?

9/11 hadn't even happened yet, why would anyone be planning to attack Ira... oh.

twobux: Did you vote for him based on his credentials or something?

That and I had a feeling his appointments would be, let's just go with less insane, than if McCain/Palin was elected.

Ace Frehley's Ghost: tin_man: TeddyRooseveltsMustache: I don't think he has been on television any more frequently than Bush was, and even if he was, he has a shiatload more problems to deal with than Bush did anyway.

Really? You really believe that?

Then perhaps you could tell us what was on Dubya's plate in June of 2001.

Every president inherits the problems that the last administration hadn't conquered. I also find it telling that the assumption is that he created all of his own problems in 9 months.

Your post specifically is telling because it assumes that the world loved us, that the economy wasn't in a downward spiral due to the tech bubble bursting, and that there were no homeless, uninsured, or otherwise disenfranchised people until Bush was sworn in in January of '01. That wasn't the case, but keep on believing.

Let's not get crazy here. We all know bush inherited an unholy nightmare with the country on the verge on complete downfall... and we know that he also turned things around in a way that only a divine being possibly could. I think what we're saying here is that Obama is facing so many messes because of all of his own horrible mistakes and mismanagement. The man has been the worst nightmare the country has ever faced, and obviously he's in over his head.

Mordant: We all know bush inherited an unholy nightmare with the country on the verge on complete downfall... and we know that he also turned things around in a way that only a divine being possibly could

That's not at all what I said, and you look stupid to suggest so.

Nabb1: And you may ask yourself
Who is that in the White House?
And you may ask yourself
Where'd candidate Obama go?
And you may ask yourself
Am I right? ...am I wrong?
And you may tell yourself
My god!...what have I done?

Lol.

"He's on TV too much!" is now "My god! What have I done?" territory?

I usually agree with Maher, but I think he's wrong here. He gets on TV because he's photogenic and his family is photogenic and it's easy for the 24 hour news channels to talk about whatever the hell the Obama's are doing right now than to do some actual journalism.

There are plenty of things you could easily criticize Obama about, but this? This is silly.

Obama would have to do a LOT worse to make me even consider that I was wrong to vote for him. I mean, I might not vote for him again, but McCain/Palin, Cynthia McKinney, Bob Barr, or Obama? He's gonna have to sink pretty low for me to think I should have voted for someone else.

tin_man: Mordant: We all know bush inherited an unholy nightmare with the country on the verge on complete downfall... and we know that he also turned things around in a way that only a divine being possibly could

That's not at all what I said, and you look stupid to suggest so.

Ya,actually it's exactly what you said.

smooshie: "TV stars are too worried bout being popular and too concerned about being renewed."

This. The American people elected you because they were fed up with Bush and the Republicans, and wanted a change for the better. So shut down Guantanamo already, get us the fark out of Iraq, stop supporting DOMA and DADT, and stop trying to compromise with Republicans on every farking thing when your party controls Congress.

Except that moving too quick and too brashly is exactly what the Republicans did in 2003 and 2004 when they controlled the Hill, and now we're seeing everything they did so quickly without building support for crumbling under a new administration. Much better to move slowly, build consensus, compromise a bit, and get lasting policies out of the deal, than eight years of reprieve from idiocy only to rush back into it like we did with Reagan/Bush/Clinton.

tin_man: Mordant: We all know bush inherited an unholy nightmare with the country on the verge on complete downfall... and we know that he also turned things around in a way that only a divine being possibly could

That's not at all what I said, and you look stupid to suggest so.

It's not what you said, it's what I said. And now that this is on the main page we can sit back and watch the brain trust on Fark line up to agree with it.

The knock on Bill Clinton was the "permanent campaign". In Obama's case, it's actually true. Looking good and talking is pretty much all he's ever been good for, so naturally that's what you're going to get.

The Dog Ate The Constitution: Ya,actually it's exactly what you said.

No, that's not at all what I said.

jjorsett: The knock on Bill Clinton was the "permanent campaign". In Obama's case, it's actually true. Looking good and talking is pretty much all he's ever been good for, so naturally that's what you're going to get.

You have a crush on Obama.

DamnYankees: Bill's wrong on this. Obama isn't on TV that much. I'd actually prefer him to do pressers much more often.

I'd rather he bring the troops home from Iraq, reinstate Habeas Corpus and Quo Warranto, review the Patriot Act and the Military Commissions Act. You know. The shiat he said he would do.

Then, he can have a glorious presser and I'll tune in and happily sing his praises.

jjorsett: The knock on Bill Clinton was the "permanent campaign". In Obama's case, it's actually true. Looking good and talking is pretty much all he's ever been good for, so naturally that's what you're going to get.

LOL!!Teleprompter!!!WTF!!!!

WhoIsWillo: I think a lot of people are missing Bill's point here.

He's not just mad that Obama's not on television. He's mad that Obama is on television but has nothing to say. He's upset because Obama has done next to nothing with the office so far, yet is holding press conferences every day.


...excuse me? The reason he's on camera all the time is that he allows himself to be media-accessible. As a result, the state of the media today (wherein journalists are of a quality the National Enquirer would've rejected a decade ago) means that they're reporting on his every single move and trying to kick up controversy where there is none.

Seriously, Bill Maher is bashing Obama because someone else is bashing him for putting mustard on his hamburger. That's all this is boiled down to.

wow maher...as someone who had ron paul on his show several times and has some very libertarian ideas, a vote for obama is such a sell-out move! my respect for him has gone way down. good day sir

Ace Frehley's Ghost: Then perhaps you could tell us what was on Dubya's plate in June of 2001.

sending $125 million to the Taliban, trying to open up the southern border to more migrants and making sekrit deals with the oil companies.

IlGreven: Seriously, Bill Maher is bashing Obama because someone else is bashing him for putting mustard on his hamburger. That's all this is boiled down to.

I can't even log in to Fark without seeing a wall of submissions about Obama, you're going to tell me that's not Obama's fault ?

Try again, Opostle.

HAHA!

Friggin FOOLS!

You should have read the package description more closely.

So what? I've never voted for movie actor to be president. Or any republican for that matter.

The man never accomplished ANYTHING more than getting admired.

Obama = Manchurian Candidate....you liberals have doomed us all

"Sir, this is NORAD. Stop ordering burgers from the red phone."

LOL

Folks, we are not exactly out of the woods yet. The markets need reassurance.

You can accuse Obama of doing too much (the bailout) or not enough (the bailout) -- but either way, if 'overexposure' is on your list of complaints, you are officially a partisan hack.

When Obama says "WHARGARBL!" people listen!

How does Obama look in a v-neck sweater?

Maybe he could give folksy Fireside Chats to America over the radio apparatus.

Beats the Hell out of sickly saccharine Shirley Temple wannabees, dance marathons, fakey gameshows, ranting right wing loons ... hey, wait a minute!

Based on that tirade, Maher is a libertarian like I'm a ballerina.

As much as I love Bill Maher's earnestness, intelligence and wit, he's very often on the wrong side of debate.

So sue him!