Bill Maher Quotes
Money does not always win elections. Usually it does however.
Bill Maher, Political Humorist, Interview, CNN, March 3, 2012
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His father ran for Congress, and he wrote and produced a political film—The Ides of March—about which he was being interviewed.
Furgeson's opponent, Judge Felix Robertson, had strong support from the Ku Klux Klan.
The “old man” was their father, Joseph P. Kennedy who was a very wealthy businessman, but an unsavory figure. He had made much of his money in bootlegging and smuggling, and although married, carried on notorious affairs with movie stars. When he had the opportunity to serve the country in a critical post, he supported Hitler and the Fascists and fought to keep America from assisting England in WWII. President Roosevelt fired him, and President Harry Truman literally came to blows with Kennedy. JFK wanted his father’s money, but didn’t want him anywhere near the campaign. Most people who voted for Kennedy, had no idea that his father was on the Fascist side in WWII. Ironically, JFK was a hero who fought against the fascists and his older brother was killed in Europe on a secret mission against Germany. The elder Kennedy accused President Roosevelt of ‘murdering” his son in a useless war.
Brat, a college professor, had never run for any political office before. His opponent, Eric Cantor, outspent him by a ratio of nearly 25 to 1. Cantor spent more on steak dinners than Brat spent in total for his whole campaign.
William Maher is an American comedian, political commentator, and television host. He is known for the HBO political talk show Real Time with Bill Maher (2003–present) and the similar late-night show called Politically Incorrect (1993–2002), originally on Comedy Central and later on ABC.
