PBS NewsHour isn’t normally an interview stop for comedians, but Bill Maher made an appearance on Tuesday night to promote his new book, a collection of his TV monologues. Overall, it honored Maher’s HBO career in much the same way as Robert Costa on CBS.
Host Geoff Bennett proclaimed Maher has “positioned himself as the ultimate truth-teller, who takes equal pleasure in punching at the left.” Oh no! Then came a clip of Maher: It’s not my fault the party of FDR and JFK is turning into the party of LOL and WTF.”
The most notable part came when Bennett complained to Maher: “What do you think accounts for the durability of Donald Trump as a political figure? By any objective or rational standard, the challenges facing him, the scandals, the criminal trials — all of that should be disqualifying. And yet he’s competitive!“
BILL MAHER : Competitive? He’s…
