Bill Maher: ‘If Democrats Can’t Pass Health Care, They’re NBC – A Joke’

Real Time with Bill Maher is not just an entertaining television program, but also a pretty good barometer of the cultural zeitgeist. This weekend saw a good example of that, when host Bill Maher lead a discussion on Health Care reform, filibusters, and the challenges facing the Democratic party (particularly their brand.) In a remarkably pithy way, Maher claimed that if the democrats can’t “get this through, right now, then they’re NBC. They’re a joke.” It’s hard to say who should be more offended by the quip: the DNC or NBC, or both?

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