Bill Maher: New Rules 2

Here’s the second of Bill Maher’s “New Rules” segments that I haven’t posted. The YouTube caption is “New Rule: Before they can take on Donald Trump, Democrats have to decide which wing of their own party is best to lead them out of the wilderness.” Well, the segment doesn’t even really tackle that question. It only says that Democrats have to be less “judgey” if they want to start winning elections.

The theme is who should be the face of the “New” Democratic party, but starts by recounting an episode of the t.v. show “Love is Blind,” which apparently is in its last season (“season 8”) and yet I’ve been completely unaware of it. The bride, Sarah, leaves her fiancée Ben at the altar because he had no strong political opinions, much less strong progressive ones.

His moral for our party: “If the standards on the Left are going to be this high, and politics is going to be this much of a cock-block, we’re never going to win elections or have any more babies. This inclination from certain liberals to always and immediately excommunicate instead of communicate is what makes them so unlikeable.”  He does dwell on the rigor women’s standards rather than men’s, but I don’t know whether they differ. (By the way, I’m a tad under 5’8″ so I guess I’m unacceptable.)  Nor do I know whether Republicans would spurn a potential paramour because they aren’t 100% down the line with Trump. All in all, this is a pretty mediocre episode of Maher, though it may appeal to those who have watched “Love is Blind.” Personally, I’d prefer more lessons for Democrats and less summary of television plots.

The guests include journalist Kara Swisher and a man I don’t recognize (readers?).