One of the great things about the election of Barack Obama is how it terminated the relevance of Bill Maher. Remember Maher? He was that “edgy” guy who crowned himself the King of all things politically incorrect. At times he could be really funny – but the more he fixated on easy targets, the less “incorrect” he became. His shtick is now little more than a smirk in a suit, a walking catalogue of jokes that could have been written by the most brain dead of Huffpo commenters.
So now that the Republicans are out of power – who’s Bill going after now? In his column in the Los Angeles Times … it`s the Republicans who aren’t in power.
And this shows what happens when your recent career has been little more than one easy Bush joke after another: when the target of that joke is gone – what’s left?
Oh yeah, a teabagging joke.
As most Americans know, those jokes were already beaten into the ground a week ago by the drones at MSNBC. Someone should tell Maher. Or better, his joke writers. I believe Maher suffers from “phantom joke” pain – the target is gone, but the longing is still there to hit it.
Look, there’s no question that the Republican Party is in a stage of rebuilding, which requires a combination of looking forward and backward. Judging from Maher’s column though, he’s the one stuck in the past – chasing punch lines that – without the cushion of his moronic studio audience – land with a revealing thud.
It’s time to move on, Bill. Find someone new. Try Craigslist.