Watch Bill Maher: ‘Democrats are the new Republicans.’

Posted by Philip Dru on 6/20/09 • Categorized as Tyranny/Police State

In his weekly monologue, New Rules, Bill Maher weighs in on everything from Iran to Twitter, but his primary target Friday night was the Democratic party, which he says has become the new Republicans.

Explaining that each time President Obama tries to take on a progressive cause, "There’s a major political party standing in his way. The Democrats," Maher continues that the solution is not a third political party. "We don’t need a third party. We have a center right party, and a crazy party. Democrats have moved to the right, and the right has moved into a mental hospital," Maher laments.

Maher scoffs at the notion that Obama is a socialist, and adds "He’s not even a liberal."

Hammering in his point, Maher asks, "Shouldn’t there be one party that unambiguously supports cutting military spending

? Straight up in favor of gun control, gay marriage, higher taxes on the rich, universal healthcare, legalizing pot, and steep, direct taxing of polluters?"

"These aren’t radical ideas," Maher stresses, "The majority of Americans are either already for them, or would be if they were properly argued and defended; and what we need is an actual progressive party to represent the millions of Americans who aren’t being served by the Democrats."

"Because bottom line," he concludes "Democrats are the new Republicans."

If Maher had finished by declaring his candidacy for public office, by the sound of the applause in response to his monologue, he would have left the studio Friday evening with an audience full of supporters.

The following YouTube video is Bill Maher’s New Rules, from HBO’s Bill Maher Show, originally aired on Fri., June 19, 2009:

–Diane Sweet

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| Friday, June 19, 2009

 

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