Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Why are TV hosts interested in what Sanders has to say? [View all]PatrickforO
(14,952 posts)kind of 'sacred cow,' above criticism. That is just wrong, because when the party is doing stupid stuff, I for one will not hesitate to speak up, as I did against the DNC in 2016.
That said, Maher is now a Democrat, but has definite libertarian tendencies.
As to his support of Dole back in 1990, I'm mystified. I did not know that. Not ready to disown Maher about it though, as I was a Reagan Republican forty years ago, and then woke up about 38 years ago and became a Democrat. Haven't looked back since. But you cannot castigate someone for a decision they made forty years ago. Forty years is a long time.
In addition, if you say that we should disown Maher for something he did four decades ago, the we open our candidate up to a bunch of baseless criticism. In the case of both Biden and Maher, I'd say neither have done anything that will cause me to disown them, though I guarantee you I'll be watching Biden on Social Security based on his 1999 vote against the Social Security Lockbox. But I'm not disowning him now because of that, and that won't keep me from donating to his campaign and from volunteering for his campaign.
He wants to 'put the soul back in America' and that's a pretty darned good vision.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden