Watch Matt Welch Tonight on HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher

Tune in live at 10 p.m. ET

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Tonight live at 10 p.m. ET I will be joining HBO's politics-and-comedy program Real Time With Bill Maher, along with co-panelists Sally Kohn of the Washington Post and Michael Hayden, former director of the CIA and NSA. Also appearing will be journalist Jon Meacham and Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs. I am guessing the subject of Rudy Giuliani will come up.

As the image to the right indicates, you can submit questions for the Overtime segment, so please do!

Comments

[Rufus The Monocled]

Bill Maher is extremely frustrating.

Tell him Rufus says that, Matt.

[Elias Fakaname]

Matt will largely go along to get along. As usual. Probably not wanting to upset that Sally Kohn creature.

[Palin's Buttplug]

Real Time is the only political show worth watching. No commercials, no censorship, bullshit gets challenged, no political correctness.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

When I'm flipping through HBO channels, my digital cable takes a second to lock into the new station. I play a game where when I land on Bill Maher's show, I see if I can flip it before I hear the word "Trump". Takes ~5-1 seconds for the new station to lock in. You'd be amazed how many times I lose.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

~.5 seconds.

[Palin's Buttplug]

The show is about politics. Unfortunately Trump is to politics what AIDS was to the gay community back in the 80s/90s.

[MarkLastname]

Whereas Obama was the sweet, warm nector of love in your mouth, eh?

[Elias Fakaname]

Maher is a pathetic hack who sucks his HBO master's cocks so sweet that they call him 'sugar'.

[Palin's Buttplug]

Your preoccupation with cock-sucking is somewhat Larry Craigish.

Do you have a wide stance too?

[Elias Fakaname]

You just want me to come plow your ass like the procession of your mom's boyfriends did when you were growing into the vile piece of shit you are now.

Sorry, not into dudes, and if I were it certainly wouldn't be to some sad little bitch, such as yourself.

Now don't you and Tony have some Drano to drink?

[Scarecrow Repair & Chippering]

Says the butt plug.

[Elias Fakaname]

PB, I suspect you bitterly jerk off to Real Time, amd your 8x10 glossy of Trump.

[MarkLastname]

There is no political show worth watching. Maher is a garden variety leftist who says the n word and doesn't like Islam; not enough to justify liking him remotely.

[Elias Fakaname]

Amd all he does is obsess about Trump every week. His panel is a big circle jerk of the far left for the most part. Occasionally inciting a 'good one' like Matt, who has 'his mind right' asa token non communist.

[Palin's Buttplug]

Matt, you're filling the "conservative" chair. That sucks for you.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Karl Marx would fill in the "conservative chair" in the current environment.

[Palin's Buttplug]

What happened to conservatism? Did Trump suffocate it with his giant ass cheeks?

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Nothing, I suspect conservatism is pretty much what it's always been.

What's going on is a reordering of the political spectrum. It's now more about elites vs. non-elites. People suspicious of technocrats (ie, "elites") are now Hitler.

[Palin's Buttplug]

Who is more elite than a reality TV star who cut taxes for wealthy people?

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

By "wealthy reality tv star", you're referring to Bill Maher?

[Palin's Buttplug]

Bill Maher is not making shitty law.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Bill Maher is not making shitty law.

Neither is the president. Congress might be. Unless he took a play out of Obama's playbook and pen-and-phoned that shit like a BAWSS!

[MarkLastname]

Cutting taxes offends your 'libertarian' sensibilities?

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Sorry, direct link to relevant video.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Is that a comedy show or is that just round table discussion?

[Elias Fakaname]

What a bunch of subversives. Talk about poster children for McCarthyism.

[Zebra Jr.]

Fuck man the country club Republican elites are in power. Give me a fucking break about some distrust of elites.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Someone hasn't been paying much attention to global politics.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Brendan O'Neill may be helpful for this discussion.

[Scarecrow Repair & Chippering]

Interesting definition of "elite". Thanks for the link.

[Crusty Juggler]

So the men from Caddyshack are in power? Is that a bad thing?

Hm?

[Tony]

Where do the conservative Christians who approve of adulterous fucking of porn stars fit in?

[Crusty Juggler]

With your mom.

[Tony]

My mom wouldn't touch a Christianist with your vagina.

[Elias Fakaname]

Above pedophiles like you Tony.

[Tony]

I don't know where you think you're going with this. I go by Milford School rules, children should be neither seen nor heard. Which as you well know is not possible if you're fucking them.

[MarkLastname]

You seem to have trouble deciding whether Trump is a hedonistic lecherdiscracibg the high dignity of the office with his libertinism, or the guy who's going to make Handmaid's tale a reality?

[Elias Fakaname]

To be fair, the 2916 election was much like an 80's comedy film. The slobs versus the snobs. With Trump as Al Czervik, and Hillary as Judge Smails.

[BestUsedCarSales]

I'm still amazed that Bill Maher continues to be one of the most respected political comedians of our age, without ever making a joke.

[Palin's Buttplug]

You probably never watch his show. I bet you thought the dreadful "Red Eye" was funny. Yet even Fox News planted that shit in the 3am time slot.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Actually, comedians between each other respect Bill Maher, and even admit that he's a very bright person, but inside the biz, many consider his standup to be awful.

[Palin's Buttplug]

His traveling standup is monotonous. I just like his show.

[Elias Fakaname]

Of course you do PB, it's masturbation material for traitors like you.

[Tony]

I take my mother to see him when he's in town, and it's always a good show.

[Crusty Juggler]

lol

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

I take your mother to see Doug Stanhope when he's in town.

[Tony]

I don't know who that is but he sounds way less rich than Bill Maher.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Totally agree, Tony. Wealth is the only meaningful comparison of individuals.

[Elias Fakaname]

Tony, are you referring to Maher's finances, or the flavor of his cock in your mouth?

[Tony]

Tastes like heresy!

[BestUsedCarSales]

Bill Maher is just not a funny comedian. You can tell when he does stuff he writes, like New Rules. I will not make any comment on his politics or intelligence. I am only saying he is not a funny comedian.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Exactly. Jon Stewart got a lot of heat around here for his politics, but he was incredibly quick and witty comedian.

[BestUsedCarSales]

And the Daily Show I think drained a lot of his value. I never cared for him on it, though I liked the extended news team.

[Crusty Juggler]

I miss Even Stevphen.

[Chipper Morning Baculum]

I like Stewart. I agree he has a quick wit and has great joke delivery. What I like about him most, though, is that he never radiates the insufferable and totally undeserved smugness of Bill Maher, who I can't stand. But overall, I like comedians that go out of their way to be nonpolitical, like Brian Regan, or really filthy ones, like Bob Schimmel.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

A few nights ago I heard Bill Maher cheating people for their lowbrow reading habits. The smugness is strong with him.

[Elias Fakaname]

Maher does not write New Rules. Most of his shit is written for him. It is also largely progressive fan fiction. Not based in reality in any way.

[StackOfCoins]

He makes fun of the the devout and conservatives; really that's all you need to be the darling of postmodern hipster douchebags.

[Palin's Buttplug]

So did Mencken.

[MarkLastname]

But Mencken was funny and intelligent.

[Elias Fakaname]

He is a slavish bitch to his HBO masters. They're all a bunch of Marxist traitors.

[SIV]

Maher makes jokes. He's not afraid to make one at the expense of the home team either. He escapes awfulness by being funnier and less PC than his younger political "comedy" cohorts. This is the state of our world. An animal rights anti-gun vegetarian who gave Hillary Clinton a million dollars is less extreme than the mainstream of his profession.

[Crusty Juggler]

SIV's right?

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

OT: Half-witted gamers wanted the government involved in the gaming business.

Their cries were heard.

The existence of a "loot box" in a video game now carries a potential prison sentence of up to 10 years.

[StackOfCoins]

Seeing as this is Belgium and not the USA I say: good. Loot boxes are cancer.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Funny how the free market responded and EA took a 60% sales hit, but now we need to put people in prison for something the consumer has 100% control over.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Belgium expressed a particular concern about the impact loot boxes have on young people. "It is often children who come into contact with such systems and we cannot allow that," Geens warned.

Man, suck a dick Belgium.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

It'd be nice if they'd suck a stick of TNT. And it's getting a disturbing amount of Net Neutrality-style support stateside.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Fuck, I remember the 80s when the young liberals of the time RAILED against ANY regulation of the entertainment complex. Warning labels and the like were held in high distrust. I'm shocked at the number of young people chiding the ESRB for not policing its own industry. The number of "what happens happens when you foist lootboxes on young people" comments in response to this EU thing kind of scared the fuck out of me.

[Crusty Juggler]

Shorter Paul.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

I never liked The Replacements, so I don't want to listen to the song. So shorter paul: I don't get it.

[Crusty Juggler]

I never liked The Replacements,

Shorter-er Paul

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

H?sker du? Whatever, grandpa Moses.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Every night Paul's rocking it at experimental noise jazz shows down in Columbia City.

[Mezzanine]

Don't forget the half-witted gamers that are filing lawsuits against Valve because they bet CSGO items on a third party site and lost. Link here

"Plaintiff purchased CS:GO from Defendant, purchased numerous Skins, gambled them and lost money, and knew that he could cash out the value of the Skins for real money prior to losing them while gambling."

Obviously that is Valves fault and not the idiot betting them.

[Wizard with a Woodchipper]

"Watch Matt Welch Tonight on HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher."

Pass.

[Zebra Jr.]

the bong.

[Crusty Juggler]

the Dutchie

[Elias Fakaname]

It will be sad to watch Matt sit there and grin stupidly and go along with every bit of Maher's TDS fictional bullshit, while Sally Kohn shows off the size of her cock amd how she wears the pants on the panel. In between her mindlessly spouting Media Matters talking points. As she is a mindless Marxist cunt.

Even sadder is the fact that Matt is fairly bright and could own that panel and out Maher in his place. But he won't. That's the kind of token 'porch nigger' (metaphorically speaking) Maher has on. As opposed to someone who won't take his shit.

[gormadoc]

Remember when Reason reported on California wanting to prosecute people for 'economic crimes'? Well Venezuela took over the largest private bank based on 'currency crimes'.

Thanks, socialists!

[Palin's Buttplug]

I recall when the Bush administration took over the eight largest US banks via a mandatory preferred stock purchase back in 2008.

Socialism reeks.

[Elias Fakaname]

So? It isn't any better when republicans do it. In fact it's worse. I expect that kind of evil shit from your kind PB. Becasuse you're commie scum, and that's what you soulless trash love. Republicans are supposed to be better.

[MarkLastname]

So, you opposed financial sector socialism when Bush does it, but support it when Obama's does it? TARP is terrible but Obama's bailouts were just good Keynesianism?

You're just a lefty partisan hack, you know that right?

[Crusty Juggler]

New Rule: Every discussion of Bill Maher should include a reference to the 1991 film Pizza Man.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

How dare you.

[Crusty Juggler]

New Rule: from this point on (Paul) shall be known as Elmo Bunn.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

If Welch's lucky streak holds, they'll sit him next to some VERY attractive DNC operative.

[Crusty Juggler]

Sally Kohn certainly qualifies.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

*right click/save as*

[Crusty Juggler]

*High Five*

[Eidde]

To get that memory out of your mind, here is Jessica Alba in a skimpy bathing suit.

[Tony]

Bill Maher is y'all's inroad to progressivism. Currently he's totally preoccupied with the PC police of the left, even at times bitching at his own audience for its perceived oversensitivity. All you guys really care about is not having to care about other people's problems, right? The fact that you insist that the rest of us give a fuck about yours above all else is simply something you'll have to work through.

Matt, is there some way you could (politely) get Stephanie Ruhle to pronounce your name right? It's not a hard name. You are one of the whitest people ever.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

with the PC police of the left, even at times bitching at his own audience for its perceived oversensitivity.

That's because they've started booing him when he asks his guests to get over Bernie being ganked by the DNC. That's how unpopular Hillary is.

[Tony]

So unpopular that antigovernment rightwingers and socialists have joined hands to cry sad eagle tears for Bernie, apparently. Did you know he was cheated out of 10 million primary votes by "meddling"?

[MarkLastname]

I'm quite glad Bernie lost; but you guys should stop wringing now your hands about the 'democratic process' or promoting a majoritarian concept of morality if you're going to dump it yourselves the moment a popular lunatic shows up to the contest.

[Tony]

But just because this chaps my ass I must insist: Hillary was the only person in that saga to win the most votes of American, so "unpopular" is incorrect in a literal sense.

[Elias Fakaname]

I thought your ass was chapped by your assless chaps at one of your freak show pride parades.

[Tony]

It's a cliche I know, but all chaps are assless.

[Warren]

No. Chaps are only assless when they are worn sans trousers.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Getting votes has nothing to do with how well you were liked or considered trustworthy.

And, no Bernie was not cheated out of 10,000 votes in the primary through meddling. I do enjoy how quickly Democrats pivoted on the whole election fraud thing though. That was the fastest pivot I think I've ever seen in modern politics.

[Tony]

Oh my god if you want me to believe that you are a principled person and not a tribal monkey then stop whining on behalf of the socialist. That shit is pure conspiracy theory dreamed up by people who want free college (and Russians). We've gone on too long for you to become strange bedfellows with them just because your mean math teacher ran for president.

And while it's kind of fun witnessing the current explosive shitshow, I'm only reacting to facts, and that's quite enough of a bad trip without me needing to make stuff up.

[Eidde]

"And, no Bernie was not cheated out of 10,000 votes in the primary through meddling."

[Tony]

I swear to god I come here to escape Bernie butthurt. We can't even find common ground against the actual socialist?

[Eidde]

What is the nature of your objection to socialism?

It's the atheism, isn't it?

[Tony]

I object to utopianism of any flavor. Doesn't really matter what they want, because they're not going to get it.

[MarkLastname]

He said that Bernie *wasn't* cheated out of 10,00 votes; learn to read before having a stroke.

[Eidde]

Aside from June 22, 1941.

[Crusty Juggler]

y'all's

lol

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

He's slumming it in the comments. Go easy.

[MarkLastname]

God forbid anyone in your camp should break ranks and realize how retarded it is to blow a gasket over some teenager's Chinese themed prom dress.

[Elias Fakaname]

Yep. The same people that don't believe in private property believe you can own a culture.

[Crusty Juggler]

OT: America is getting great...again

[BestUsedCarSales]

Well, if The Rock is going to win in 2020, then someone needs to pave the way in local elections.

[SIV]

We have an ideologically detached scholar on who predicts a wave election will result in the KKK, William Randolph Hearst, Joe McCarthy, Nixon and Hitler being impeached and removed under the constitutional rule of law.

Matt Welch is gonna have to up his #NeverTrump game.

[SIV]

Lol! Welch just said he's not a Democrat.

[SIV]

Welch says we have institutional breaks which halted Trump from busting all the potsmokers. I gotta admit, he's holding his own with the dyke and the DeepStater. Matt should've worn his pussy hat.

[SIV]

"Only Trump wants a constitutional crisis"

[Tony]

Matt looks hawt on TV tonight. Nice haircut!

[Harvard]

Maher is little more than Rachel Madow with the real dick she wishes she had. Welch should be proud, the party invites should pour in.

[SIV]

The panel was #resistance left, right and establishment. Matt was riding the "right" or NeverTrumper chair. The spook chief was the deep state establishment and Sally was reppin' the left.

[Eidde]

This is a "what shall we do about Trump?" panel.

[SIV]

Matt is the moderate whom doesn't favor impeachment. He prefers electing an open borders, centrally planned-trade Democrat in 2020.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Welch only goes on the show for the HBO amenities, which makes him a bit of a whore.

[Elias Fakaname]

Which is why. Where will keep having him on. If anyone comes in and crushes him and his commie panel I can guarantee no future invite.