ENOUGH SAID
Posted on 05/21/2012 2:50:36 PM PDT by Kaslin
Maher's brand of bile is more overt than the preferred approach of his fellow media lefties, but subtlety was never Bill's modus operandi. Via Twitter:
RT @billmaher: Why even listen to
#MittRomney on foreign policy? His entire FP experience is 2 yrs trying to brow-beat Frenchmen into joining his cult
Quick reactions:
(1) Some liberals are already saying that because Maher is a militant, aggressive atheist, he views all religions as cults. Has he called Barack Obama's Trinity United Church of Christ a "cult"? I can't seem to recall that particular smear for some reason.
(2) David Axelrod said just yesterday that Mitt Romney's Mormonism is "off the table" for the fall campaign. Will he encourage Obama's SuperPAC to return Maher's $1 million donation?
(3) But wait, you protest, the Obama campaign can't legally control the behavior and decisions of its Super PAC. True. Over to you, Bill Burton -- director of Obama's SuperPAC:
Priorities USA, a super-PAC that supports President Obama, won't touch on Mitt Romney's Mormonism in its attacks, the group's head told The Hill Monday morning. "We are ruling that out," Priorities USA senior strategist Bill Burton said. "I don't even see the point in engaging in this conversation too much. ... The campaign said they wouldn't engage on it. I haven't heard of any Democrat who has said that should be touched."
Now that he has clearly established that bigotry and religious fear-mongering have no place in the 2012 campaign, will Burton stamp "return to sender" on Maher's massive check? If not, I don't want to hear one single peep from Obamaworld about Mitt Romney's lack of "moral leadership" in the realm of today's escalating politics of repudiation.
(4) Bill Maher is an insufferable hater who's been slamming Mormonism (and other faiths) for years. He explicitly called Mitt Romney's church "a cult" last month:
Yeah, don't expect Billy B. to mail back that seven-figure check any time soon. This is who Bill Maher is, and Team Obama knew it when they accepted his cash. And by the way, Maher is dead wrong that Romney "only" donated to his church. He's also given hefty sums to cancer and MS research organizations, charities for our troops, and children's groups. And Romney's contributions to the Mormon church weren't just to help indigent Mormons, they were to help facilitate the church's philanthropic and humanitarian work around the world -- or as Maher would characterize it, "brow-beating poor people into benefiting from his cult."
UPDATE - No comment from Team Obama: "The Obama campaign did not respond to an e-mail from BuzzFeed asking whether they would repudiate Maher's remarks."
UPDATE II - Apparently the Obama campaign has offered a tepid rebuke without mentioning Maher by name. They did not comment on the status of his large donation.
ENOUGH SAID
Islam is a cult and the muticultural liberals insist that we must be tolerant of the conquering warlord’s intolerant death cult.
Has Maher ever attacked Islam as a cult?
I think the FLDS could easily be called a cult. As a whole I don’t know, but I don’t think it should be called Christianity.
Any religion could be considered a cult based on who is observing.
Bump
I wonder of swill-for-brains has ever consulted Harry Reid on the legitimacy of Mormonism?
did he ever buy Coco that house he promised her ?
( like George Soros promises women who spread for him )
Liberalism is a cult of mental illness.
Bill MAher is trying to say somethign so stupid Obama will be forced to give his $$$million back
I am surprised a no-talent hack like MAher has a million to donate to anyone.
I think he is smart enough to know he would be an UNEMPLOYED no-talent hack if he were not sporting the liberal line.
Why is HBO getting away with this? Boycott them now- any freeper here have HBO?
Mormonism is a cult! It was man-made by a fortune seeking, child molesting, unfaithful, con-man, grifter who had as many as 43 separate wives, some of them at the same time and some as young as 13; and over 10,000,000 people have been sucked in since then.
But to hear it from that mishapen-headed goofus Maher has got to hurt. Maher is disgusting. I’d rather be led by a Mormon (even if it is Romnesty) than this stupid and very ugly non-funny comedian.
Maher should have a face to face with Harry Reid.
He agrees with Harry on just about everything.
Mitt Romney actually, truly believes, and teaches, that he will become an actual God, and be worshiped as a deity.
Christians no longer think that is cultish?
RE: Why is HBO getting away with this? Boycott them now- any freeper here have HBO?
We got rid of HBO after seeing how much they suck up to maher.
“Mormonism is a cult! It was man-made by a fortune seeking, child molesting, unfaithful, con-man, grifter who had as many as 43 separate wives, some of them at the same time and some as young as 13; and over 10,000,000 people have been sucked in since then.”
And there we thought Maher was a reprobate! Maybe you and Maher should go on the road together. “The Happy Bigots With Mush Between Their Ears” Pot, Meet Kettle going down the Yellow Brick Road of Religious Bigotry.
I have been boycotting HBO since the 70s
Catholicism is not a cult
Too bad he doesn’t understand why it is a cult.
Pray for America
Wow! How very libtard of you to smear me. All I did was to define Mormonism exactly as it is defined. Pardon me, but everything I said about St. Joseph Smith, Jr., is correct.
I think you need to develop a keen interest in the truth. I accept your apology.
Yeah...so is “black liberation theology”
Your point???
I value the sanctity of my immortal soul too much to have ever watched anything that maher was on.
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