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   On 2025-11-19 4:30 a.m., Ubiquitous wrote:   
   > Comedian and HBO host Bill Maher said on a recent podcast episode that Rep.   
   > Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) had the potential to be a great presidential   
   > candidate — but only if the self-described Democratic socialist went   
   through   
   > some “deprogramming” first.   
   >   
   Deprogramming? That's an unusual way to spell "lobotomy" but okay....   
      
   > Maher made the comments on his “Club Random” podcast while speaking with   
   > fellow comedian Patton Oswalt, and the two immediately disagreed over how far   
   > was “too far” when it came to the direction of the American political   
   Left.   
   >   
   > WATCH:   
   >   
   > 	NEW: Bill Maher *CLASHES* with Actor Patton Oswalt over whether   
   > 	“DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE TOO FAR LEFT”??   
   >   
   > 	MAHER: “The Left freaked out about a lot of bullsh*t.”   
   >   
   > 	OSWALT: “What did they freak out about?”   
   >   
   > 	MAHER: “Gender, race, parenthood, schools, homelessness, crime,   
   > 	the border,… pic.twitter.com/tT6nRydBgD   
   >   
   > 	— Jason Cohen ???? (@JasonJournoDC) November 17, 2025   
   >   
   > “Remember when [Republicans] found the ‘damning’ video of AOC dancing   
   and   
   > drinking with her friends on the roof in college, and she looks so happy and   
   > beautiful and cool,” Oswalt asked. “Oh, they think it’s ending her   
   career   
   > because they never did this. They were never that comfortable to do this.”   
   >   
   > Maher’s reply was simple: “Yeah, and if she had some deprogramming, she   
   could   
   > be such a fantastic candidate.”   
   >   
   > “What do you mean deprogramming?” Oswalt seemed taken aback.   
   >   
   > “She’s never going to resonate with people outside of the bubble that she   
   > lives in and the very far Left,” Maher explained. He went on to cite a   
   recent   
   > New York Times editorial, adding, “The only way the Democrats will ever win   
   > again …  is to be more moderate.”   
   >   
   > Oswalt disagreed: “If people think she’s too far Left, then that shows   
   > another way this country is broken right now.”   
   >   
   > Maher pushed back, saying that the country wasn’t “broken” — it just   
   wasn’t   
   > as far Left as AOC.   
   >   
   > Oswalt argued that if average Americans were not in line with AOC, that was   
   > because the country as a whole was not as “intelligent” as most people   
   > believed, and argued that the Left had followed science rather than blindly   
   > adhering to policies.   
   >   
   Geez, this Oswalt guy is a complete idiot. It'll be fun to watch him eat   
   his words when Comrade Mamdani starts "fixing" New York and ends up   
   destroying it....   
      
   > Maher was not buying that, however, and said so: “No, they didn’t! …   
   they   
   > think gender bull***t that they went way too far with. That’s not   
   > scientific.”   
   >   
   It's not about science, it's about pandering to the feelings of the   
   mentally ill who fantasize about being what they are not.   
      
   --   
   Rhino   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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