Bill Maher, Andrew Breitbart, And Seth MacFarlane Bond Over Trashing Democrats

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by Frances Martel | 6:06 pm, September 25th, 2010

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When it was announced earlier in the week, a round table on Real Time with Bill Maher involving Andrew Breitbart and Seth MacFarlane sounded like a guaranteed shoutfest, with Amy Holmes of the Talk Radio Network caught in the crossfire. For anyone who eagerly popped the popcorn thinking Bill Maher was going to make it a bad night for his right-wing guests, it was a disappointing event: the discussion was amicable, civil, and shockingly ended in agreement.

The Maher that showed up to this debate– about health care reform, and, later, the failure to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell– was more concerned with pointing out his outrage against President Obama and the Democrats than making any repetitive points about conservatives, with which he clearly does not agree. He refused to understand why Democrats did not campaign on health care reform, to which Holmes and Breitbart retorted extensively that Obamacare is wildly unpopular despite, as Holmes put it, the fact that “they talked about it endlessly.” Between the two of them the phrase “shoved down our throats” came up frequently and, yes MacFarlane was snickering about that in the background. After about the fourth of fifth time used, Maher contested that the time frame in which it was passed makes the throat-shoving theory impossible: “if I had something in my throat for a year, I’d be gay by now.”

Maher continued to blame the Democrats for not being able to adequately prove that their system was better, and here there was a rare moment of visceral disagreement– from Breitbart, who refused to leave the Republicans behind. “[Republicans] are now suffering because of the Tea Party… They’re not even close to what the Tea Party wants out there,” he argued– or, at least, not any closer than the Democrats are. Breitbart also challenged Maher on his supposed libertarianism: “You’re officially not a libertarian anymore, right?… you admit that you have a more European socialist tendency?”

MacFarlane, meanwhile, bided his time until the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell debate, where he accused Congress of being “20 years behind everyone else” and noted the inherent contradiction in fighting in Iraq alongside openly gay armies without objecting, but maintaining the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. As an olive branch to social conservatives, he suggested an invasion of Iran– “but it has to be all gay guys.”

The chemistry seems to have even lasted after the cameras went out, too! Judging from Twitter, where Breitbart noted that MacFarlane spent a lengthy amount of time talking to his son and MacFarlane seemed excited to get “drunk with Andrew Breitfart,” this seems to be the beginning of a lovely bromance (tweets, for posterity, below).

Last night’s discussion via HBO below:

Amy Holmes, Andrew Breitbart, Bill Maher, don't ask don't tell, HBO, ObamaCare, Real Time, Seth MacFarlane

http://www.facebook.com/people/Matt-Herrick/100000969560328 Matt Herrick

They also apparently bonded over drinks after the show, at least that’s what Seth tweeted.
felixw

Add Bill Maher to the growing list of leftwingers attacking the Democrat party. And if you think the internal fighting is bad now, just wait until after Nov.2.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Matt-Herrick/100000969560328 Matt Herrick

HEY! I posted the tweet comment before you added it to the story! Bad enough I get no credit, but now I look like I didn’t read it.
Big_F-ing_Deal

This just goes to show that no matter how divided this country becomes a lying asshole can still get along with a comic genius. Bravo!!
Big_F-ing_Deal

felixw said:
Add Bill Maher to the growing list of leftwingers attacking the Democrat party. And if you think the internal fighting is bad now, just wait until after Nov.2.

All your posts consist of three themes….

1 -The Lamestream media sucks and is to blame for everything.

2 – That is why Fox is number 1

3 – Wait until November.

LMFAO!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Thorkil-Kowalski-Vrge/566276352 Thorkil Kowalski Værge

The reason that it is moral not to force insurance companies to insure sick kids is that you cannot be charitable with other people’s money. You can only be charitable with your own money.
Bill Mahwer

Maher was a true libertarian years ago and he had a better show. Many times he agreed with the conservative point of view.

Since his hate of Bush developed he turned into a true leftoid who would crawl over broken glass to put down any close to being conservative.

Would be great to see him go back to the old version.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Thorkil-Kowalski-Vrge/566276352 Thorkil Kowalski Værge

Thorkil Kowalski Værge said:
The reason that it is moral not to force insurance companies to insure sick kids is that you cannot be charitable with other people’s money. You can only be charitable with your own money.

Weird that Andrew Breitbart or Amy Holmes couldn’t answer that question.

Nice that Bill Maher dared to present a conservative who was not a white male though. Ie, not “an angry old white male”.
right-is-wrong

Big_F-ing_Deal said:
All your posts consist of three themes….

1 -The Lamestream media sucks and is to blame for everything.

2 – That is why Fox is number 1

3 – Wait until November.

LMFAO!

LMFAO!
Papinian

Busted

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmmGOgVhreo&feature=player_embedded#!
Cancon1

I saw Maher on Murder she Wrote years ago!, He was better then although Angela Landsbury apparently also called him out for being a bad actor even then. Why exactly is he famous again?
Scott_in_MI

I used to watch Maher every night when he pretended to be Politically Incorrect on Com. Cen. Since then, he moved out to L.A. and doesn’t want his liberal friends to ostracise him, so became a far-leftwing Hollywood liberal. He’s a big phoney like Huffington (who used to pretend to be a conservative)…both will change their “beliefs” according to the direction the dollar points.
writer

This just goes to show that no matter how divided this country becomes a lying asshole can still get along with a comic genius. Bravo!!

BFD is referring to the way Maher gets along with Seth.
betweentwoevils

If Andrew and Seth can be civil to each other, why can’t the posters on this blog?
notsofast

Maher: ” Maybe if you bragged about what you did (HCR), it would poll well.

Bill, when ya are in a hole, stop digging.

I love Maher’s hypocrisy: Amy Holmes says a majority of people want to repeal the HC bill. Maher: “That doesn’t mean it’s right.”

Maher: “75% of people are in favor of DADT.”

But Bill, 72% of people were against the mosque in NYC!
timzank

Cancon1 said:
Why exactly is he famous again?

For laying around drugged & drunk in the grotto at the playboy mansion pretty much.
writer

They always make sure to place Maher on his back so he doesn’t drown.
timzank

writer said:
They always make sure to place Maher on his back so he doesn’t drown.

Pretty hard for snakes to drown….heh
Azarkhan

Big_F-ing_Deal said:
a lying asshole can still get along with a comic genius.

Yes, it looked like Bill Maher got along very well with Seth MacFarlane.
Not Your Typical New Yorker

Maher admitted that he’s not libertarian rather he says he’s a socialist, like the rest of you libbie pukes here…
Sean68

“two right wing guests”

How far out on the left do you have to be to consider Amy Holmes right wing. She’s a moderate conservative. If you consider yourself a real journalist, Frances, you should ask yourself as you write these things whether you’re being honest with the language.
Big Eddie

10/28/2010 ….http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwvazMc5EfE&feature=related …Think about it .
betweentwoevils

Big Eddie said:
10/28/2010 ….http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwvazMc5EfE&feature=related …Think about it .

Another nice and related song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFCekeoSTwg&feature=related
Big Eddie

betweentwoevils said:
Another nice and related song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFCekeoSTwg&feature=related

Excellent . Thank you . …http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXasKlTsjf8&feature=related
shootfromthehip

It would be nice if you jackal like Republicans gave Bill a little credit for booking two Republican guests instead of just calling him a “far-leftwing Hollywood liberal” and worse.

He doesn’t have to book repubs, it is his show, but he does and he engages in spirited debates that are unlike anything else on TV.
no-touchy-touchy

Big Eddie said:
10/28/2010 ….http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwvazMc5EfE&feature=related …Think about it .

betweentwoevils said:
Another nice and related song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFCekeoSTwg&feature=related

Big Eddie said:
Excellent . Thank you . …http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXasKlTsjf8&feature=related

Dueling tubes
hanoisteve

Not Your Typical New Yorker said:
Maher admitted that he’s not libertarian rather he says he’s a socialist, like the rest of you libbie pukes here…

I for socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor. i must be a republican.
Rogue-Comic

shootfromthehip said:
It would be nice if you jackal like Republicans gave Bill a little credit for booking two Republican guests instead of just calling him a “far-leftwing Hollywood liberal” and worse.

He doesn’t have to book repubs, it is his show, but he does and he engages in spirited debates that are unlike anything else on TV.

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Mr B

I don’t understand this reaction.

When Obama was asked a question, by Joe the plumber, he gave a Socialist answer. People went crazy and attacked Joe the Plumber,

AB points out that Maher is not a Libertarian. Maher responds kindly about Socialism. People go crazy and attack Andrew Breitbart. Why are Socialists getting mad when someone points out support of Socialism?
Mr.Papshmer

MacFarlane .. “noted the inherent contradiction in fighting in Iraq alongside openly gay armies..”

Not true. Also, rather than pointing out that other nations have no problem with gays in their armies, has anyone pointed out that there are reasons that America’s army is the finest in history? I wouldn’t want them to achieve mediocrity by relaxing their standards of discipline like other nations have.
Mr.Papshmer

shootfromthehip said:
It would be nice if you jackal like Republicans gave Bill a little credit for booking two Republican guests instead of just calling him a “far-leftwing Hollywood liberal” and worse.

He doesn’t have to book repubs, it is his show, but he does and he engages in spirited debates that are unlike anything else on TV.

It’s like the event of the year when a conservative actually appears somewhere other than Fox News. I wonder how many proggs turned the channel because they couldn’t handle it.
Azarkhan

“the inherent contradiction in fighting in Iraq alongside openly gay armies”

So either there are entire armies in Iraq composed only of gay men or women or there is an inherent contradiction in that sentence.
Some_Dude

It was nice seeing Sagan’s widow, though this format does not suit a scientific discussion – too short, rushed, interrupted, et cetera. It was entertaining though.

MacFarlane was more subdued than usual, Breitbart uttered predictably audacious untruths and distortions, and Amy Holmes was her usual self. If there was an episode in recent memory worth skipping, this would rank up there.
notsofast

shootfromthehip said:
t would be nice if you jackal like Republicans gave Bill a little credit for booking two Republican guests instead of just calling him a “far-leftwing Hollywood liberal” and worse.

Yes, this was quite different from Maher’s normal shows which feature uncivil discussions and libs spewing hate.
Not Your Typical New Yorker

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Why can’t you leave your theories and social experiments for something else, like ruining society right here at home?

Leave the military alone, it’s what keeps us free.
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NORBIT

Choose your sides:

Hillary or Obama in 2012?
Calvin

shootfromthehip said:
It would be nice if you jackal like Republicans gave Bill a little credit for booking two Republican guests instead of just calling him a “far-leftwing Hollywood liberal” and worse. He doesn’t have to book repubs, it is his show, but he does and he engages in spirited debates that are unlike anything else on TV.

LEAVE BILL ALONE!
dcmediasux

Im not a huge family Guy guy – but I think Seth MacFarlane in person seems to be the nicest fellow and funnier than hell…maybe ill try family Guy again…

and norbit – I (and 18 million other actual Dems) choose Hillary

after we lose the Congress hopefully Obama – for the good of the Party – will do the right thing and pull a LBJ…
dcmediasux

felixw writes:

“And if you think the internal fighting is bad now, just wait until after Nov.2….”

you betcha!

wait till you see the fight over who will be Minority Leader!

When Hoyer beats Pelosi for the job you will see that there is no other real option than that – for the good of the Party – Obama pulls a LBJ and announces hes gonna be a one termer and not run again.

Its either that or President palin or pence…

Hillary 2012 will become inevitable at that time…

Sorry Obots!
writer

meetlove, we need more specifics. Would the black women look like Lenora Crichlow?
right-is-wrong

dcmediasux said:
and norbit – I (and 18 million other actual Dems) choose Hillary

Man if you are getting paid to to this, you had better get your resume done because you suck at it.
I watched someone figure you out the other day.

dcmediasux said:
i know this shit matters to me – but to me – i just enjoy stickin my finger in yo eye!

you nimrods actually think these comment sites matter – which is so friggin DELUSIONAL!

i come her to annoy richards like you – dont you get it – thats the point!

god – you people are so truly deeply lost in your fantasies about yourselves -

HILLARYOUS!

dcmediasux said:
oops see what i mean – i never look before i hit send -

I MEANT

i know this shit matters to YOU – but to me – i just enjoy stickin my finger in yo eye!

Now you got Norbit doing the Hillary “schtick” but Norbit is supposed to be the guy who talks about November elections with every other word in caps and a bunch of exclamation points thrown in.

Oops, better cover with dcmediasux – Oops already screwed that one up!
http://twitter.com/pewestlake Paul Westlake

dcmediasux said:
Im not a huge family Guy guy – but I think Seth MacFarlane in person seems to be the nicest fellow and funnier than hell…maybe ill try family Guy again…

and norbit – I (and 18 million other actual Dems) choose Hillary

after we lose the Congress hopefully Obama – for the good of the Party – will do the right thing and pull a LBJ…

dcmediasux said:
felixw writes:

“And if you think the internal fighting is bad now, just wait until after Nov.2….”

you betcha!

wait till you see the fight over who will be Minority Leader!

When Hoyer beats Pelosi for the job you will see that there is no other real option than that – for the good of the Party – Obama pulls a LBJ and announces hes gonna be a one termer and not run again.

Its either that or President palin or pence…

Hillary 2012 will become inevitable at that time…

Sorry Obots!

Another horse-race diatribe from the Republican Fraud. Divide and conquer, straight out of the reactionary bigot’s handbook.
http://twitter.com/pewestlake Paul Westlake

right-is-wrong said:
dcmediasux said:
and norbit – I (and 18 million other actual Dems) choose Hillary

Man if you are getting paid to to this, you had better get your resume done because you suck at it.
I watched someone figure you out the other day.

dcmediasux said:
i know this shit matters to me – but to me – i just enjoy stickin my finger in yo eye!

you nimrods actually think these comment sites matter – which is so friggin DELUSIONAL!

i come her to annoy richards like you – dont you get it – thats the point!

god – you people are so truly deeply lost in your fantasies about yourselves -

HILLARYOUS!

dcmediasux said:
oops see what i mean – i never look before i hit send -

I MEANT

i know this shit matters to YOU – but to me – i just enjoy stickin my finger in yo eye!

Now you got Norbit doing the Hillary “schtick” but Norbit is supposed to be the guy who talks about November elections with every other word in caps and a bunch of exclamation points thrown in.

Oops, better cover with dcmediasux – Oops already screwed that one up!

ROFL!
felixw

Big_F-ing_Deal said:
All your posts consist of three themes….

1 -The Lamestream media sucks and is to blame for everything.

2 – That is why Fox is number 1

3 – Wait until November.

LMFAO!

What a fool you are. None of those three points were in my comment. You need to go back to remedial reading. And if it’s as bad as your writing skills, you are in bad, bad, bad, bad shape.
http://twitter.com/pewestlake Paul Westlake

felixw said:
What a fool you are. None of those three points were in my comment. You need to go back to remedial reading. And if it’s as bad as your writing skills, you are in bad, bad, bad, bad shape.

Well, item 3 actually WAS in your comment, and items 1 and 2 were very likely implied. ;-)
dcmediasux

ohmypersonalstalkerpaulwestlake starts with the im a paid repub stuff again!

oh these net nerd word warrior obots are frigging hilarious!

i even posted a link to my anti obama diaries from back during the primaries – but this wannabe journalist loser loon thinks that this must be part of a long term multi year conspiracy to what?

keep him from having any effect on the dialogue?

lord – what is it with these daily kos trained dumasses – why is it that they actually believe that the fights in these kind of sites comment sections have ANY effect on anything but their own seriously disturbed egos?

i come to these sites SIMPLY to aggravate and piss off these kind of clowns – to spit in their eyes and drive them nuts!

its fun and ohhhh so easy to do! theyve got nothing else in their lives (when hes not blogging here or tweeting. my personal stalker wrote me that he “trains “VJs” for the european market”…Im sure that keeps him very, very busy huh?

(oh and personal stalker – the idea that you believe that charlie Cook is a “pollster” shows you dont squat about actual politics…i mean nada. I suggest you find another hobby/obsession)

WHAT A TOTAL LOSER ! (if you dont believe me just look at his new picture of him wearing a “press pass”!? :) and he even has one of those “cool” cloth necklace holder thingees to show what a “pro” he is!

f-ing hillaryous!

oh and ..

1 -The media DOES suck

2 – Wait until November.

its gonna be such fun !
http://www.facebook.com/people/Chuck-Steele/1147844375 Chuck Steele

It pleases me that you recognised the RoyalKingRichard meaning Mr Westlake and are passing it on.
Good eye.
felixw

Paul Westlake said:
Well, item 3 actually WAS in your comment, and items 1 and 2 were very likely implied. ;-)

Paul, my comment was about in-fighting on the left. You really are twisting words, my friend….
felixw

Paul Westlake said:
Well, item 3 actually WAS in your comment, and items 1 and 2 were very likely implied. ;-)

Glad to see you join up with BFD. You will certainly learn a lot from that fount of wisdom.
writer

dcmedia, as paul would say, you are a reactionary. By reactionary, he means anyone who disagrees with him.
right-is-wrong

dcmediasux said:
ohmypersonalstalkerpaulwestlake starts with the im a paid repub stuff again!

oh these net nerd word warrior obots are frigging hilarious!

i even posted a link to my anti obama diaries from back during the primaries – but this wannabe journalist loser loon thinks that this must be part of a long term multi year conspiracy to what?

keep him from having any effect on the dialogue?

lord – what is it with these daily kos trained dumasses – why is it that they actually believe that the fights in these kind of sites comment sections have ANY effect on anything but their own seriously disturbed egos?

i come to these sites SIMPLY to aggravate and piss off these kind of clowns – to spit in their eyes and drive them nuts!

its fun and ohhhh so easy to do! theyve got nothing else in their lives (when hes not blogging here or tweeting. my personal stalker wrote me that he “trains “VJs” for the european market”…Im sure that keeps him very, very busy huh?

(oh and personal stalker – the idea that you believe that charlie Cook is a “pollster” shows you dont squat about actual politics…i mean nada. I suggest you find another hobby/obsession)

WHAT A TOTAL LOSER ! (if you dont believe me just look at his new picture of him wearing a “press pass”!? :) and he even has one of those “cool” cloth necklace holder thingees to show what a “pro” he is!

f-ing hillaryous!

oh and ..

1 -The media DOES suck

2 – Wait until November.

its gonna be such fun !

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
dcmediasux

OH LOOK AT RIGHTISWRONG –

SEEMS IVE GOT ANOTHER KOSACK OBSESSING ON ME!

YAY!

what a fun way to while away time during a boring football game!

and lookee the deepthinker uses the some cliche net nerd putdowns as my personalstalkerpaulwestlake!

He Z’d me! (for those who have never beed to daily kos or those with lives – thats supposed to mean that what i wrote was unimportant)

my, my how i really hate word warrior obotic net nerd speak

thats because it sure jumps the shark and makes me throw up a lil in my mouth…

PIE!

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http://twitter.com/pewestlake Paul Westlake

felixw said:
Paul, my comment was about in-fighting on the left. You really are twisting words, my friend….

Dude, I was only half serious. Take a joke. ;-)
http://twitter.com/pewestlake Paul Westlake

writer said:
By reactionary, he means anyone who disagrees with him.

No, anyone who supports Angle, Scott, Paul, O’Donnell, etc. Support liberals, get called a liberal, support reactionaries, get called a reactionary. That’s kinda how it works. ;-)
dcmediasux

hey writer – i dont know if youve seen this but – mypersonalstalkerpaulwestlake actually believes that since no actual dem could ever be against obama that im actually a republican pretending to be a dem in order to (as he wrote) be a ‘saboteur”…

can you believe that kinda of paranoiac self justifying lunacy?

i even sent him a link to a series of anti obama pieces i wrote at myDD during the primaries – but i guess this loon believes in REALLY COMPLICATED multi year conspiracies huh?

i guess all my campaigning over many years for various dems and the gazillions of pro dem radio shows i produced were all a set up preparing for me to emerge one day as a repub racist bigot on the day that a AA president got into the WH.

thats deep mole stuff – I MUST be VERY good huh?
dcmediasux

by the way i support ALL the dems running against Angle, Scott, Paul and O’Donnell.

On Oct 1st I will be moving to the delaware beaches to help get the vote out for my old friend Chris Coons.

—–

You see this is part of my long term Evil plan to bring down the democratic party…

that and posting here in the comment section of Mediaite!

Brahahahahaha!…
right-is-wrong

dcmediasux said:
by the way i support ALL the dems running against Angle, Scott, Paul and O’Donnell.

On Oct 1st I will be moving to the delaware beaches to help get the vote out for my old friend Chris Coons.

—–

You see this is part of my long term Evil plan to bring down the democratic party…

that and posting here in the comment section of Mediaite!

Brahahahahaha!…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8E_zMLCRNg
Ncurtains

Rich people are all the same. Neither Bill Maher nor Seth Macfarlane has any actual feelings, passions or opinions about anything. They are entertainers, rich white entertainers who put on a tv performance then laugh at everyone in the “green room” after the show. MacFarlane pontificates on science, which he knows nothing about, trying to seem smart, then hangs out with Limbaugh and Breitbart and other racist cretins. He’s an idiot.
writer

meetlove, I’ve sent Lenora my phone number but she hasn’t called back yet. What’s the hold up?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Ronald-Reagan/1577954085 Ronald Reagan

Bill Maher is about to get his socialist ass handed to him by a bunch of “teabagging” idiots

http://conservativeblogscentral.blogspot.com/2010/09/bill-maher-calling-you-stupid.html
backlink

by the way i support ALL the dems running against Angle, Scott, Paul and O’Donnell.

On Oct 1st I will be moving to the delaware beaches to help get the vote out for my old friend Chris Coons.

—–

You see this is part of my long term Evil plan to bring down the democratic party…

that and posting here in the comment section of Mediaite!

Brahahahahaha!…

acne cares
http://www.facebook.com/people/Lawrence-Carroll/100000873995618 Lawrence Carroll

Andrew Breitbart: “I’m not that moral to begin with.”

That is one thing that I think everyone must agree with Breitbart on.