{"id":1291,"date":"2009-06-20T23:48:47","date_gmt":"2009-06-21T07:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/20\/bill-maher-the-democrats-are-the-new-republicans\/"},"modified":"2017-05-29T12:17:19","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T20:17:19","slug":"bill-maher-the-democrats-are-the-new-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/1291\/bill-maher-the-democrats-are-the-new-republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher: “The Democrats Are the New Republicans”"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

June 21, 2009<\/p>\n

Talk show host Bill Maher pulled no punches Friday labeling the Democratic Party “the new Republicans.”<\/p>\n

Maher, known for his outspoken commentary and for being a fearless defender of Progressive values, said the Democratic Party in the last thirty years has moved to the center right, morphing into a party for “hedge fund managers, credit card companies, banks, defense contractors, big agriculture and the pharmaceutical lobby.”<\/p>\n

“And they sit across the aisle from a small group of religious lunatics, flat Earthers and civil war reenactors who mostly communicate by AM radio and call themselves the Republicans,” Maher added.<\/p>\n

Not stopping there, Maher said those who accuse President Obama of being a socialist should realize that Obama’s “not even a liberal.”<\/p>\n

“Shouldn’t there be one party that unambiguously supports cutting the military budget, a party that is straight up in favor of gun control, gay marriage, higher taxes on the rich, universal health care, legalizing pot and steep direct taxing of polluters?” Maher asked.<\/p>\n

These aren’t “radical ideas,” Maher said, policies that most Americans already support or would support if they were properly argued and defended.<\/p>\n

“What we need is an actual Progressive party to represent the millions of Americans who aren’t being served by the Democrats. Because, bottom line, Democrats are the new Republicans.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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