March 7, 2026

"Adam Schiff falls right into Bill Maher’s trap..."

And earlier in last night's show:

65 comments:

Wilbur said...

It's fair to suggest that enticing Adam Schiff into looking foolish is like shooting fish in a barrel.

The applause from the studio audience is best described as grudgingly given.

The line about the Trump dance was funny.

rehajm said...

It’s not like Schiff is going anywhere. He can say whatever he likes and you’ll still get him as a side order with any Democrat vote in…

Rustygrommet said...

There should be an IQ test for anyone running for congress.

tommyesq said...

Hate hate hate Schiff, but i thought he handled that well. Certainly didn't 'fall into Maher's trap."

Breezy said...

One could argue Obama sought Congressional approval for Syria knowing he wouldn’t get it so that he could save face wrt his red line threat. Russia bailed him out, conveniently.

Breezy said...

He did not seek approval when he invaded Libya.

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

Funny clip of Schiff. Of course the greasy grifter immediately slithered away from the substance of Obama’s statement, because it was the famous year-long bombing of Libya that Obama was defending. Schiff pretends (or purposefully lies) by linking the statement to Syria, the infamous “don’t cross that red line” episode where Obama typically chickened out after talking tough and didn’t go after Assad.

How embarrassing! Nobody believes it was Schiff talking Obama out of it. The president failed to do what he said. The old quote from Pelosi was truer.

rehajm said...

There should be an IQ test for anyone running for congress

…are you talking a minimum standard a or maximum? The latter is dumber but more pliable…

Kevin said...

Obama lost America’s credibility when he failed to back up his red line.

Trump is in the middle of restoring it.

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

I see him in the trap agreeing that the statement is too vague. He would never willingly criticize Saint Obama. That’s why he switches from the subject of Obama’s comment, Libya, to shifty Schiff to the Syria endeavor, making Obama’s comment seem reasonable in context.

Right after he said it was too vague. Flippity flop.

Lawnerd said...

Schiff has the most punchable face ever.

Iman said...

Good for Maher and his sane take.

Christopher B said...

This caught Schiff not because he is stupid but because he thought he was on friendly ground, and he wasn't looking for this kind of a stunt by Maher.

rehajm said...

We’ll see- if we don’t another peep about ICE roundups, deportation numbers, Somali-style fraud we’ll know that was part of a deal, too…

Wince said...

Once a pencil-neck geek, always a pencil-neck geek.

Deep State Reformer said...

Politics aside i believe Maher has the personality quirk of lking to offend people. Few public figures can pull that off and still be successful though musician Frank Zappa and comedian Mort Sahl come to mind. He'll gank anybody, political friend or foe alike.

Joe Bar said...

I have this queued up for listening today. JFC. Schiff AND Lemon?!.

I hate the overkill on audience applause that is endemic to that show.

Curious George said...

“Iranians all over the world are doing the Trump dance. Have you seen that? The whole world is j*rking off two guys at once now. It’s amazing.”

"Wilbur said...
The line about the Trump dance was funny."

It reminds me of the episode of Silicon Valley where the boys of Pied Piper compute the number of guys that could be jerked off if you did it by two cocks in each hand.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

For some reason Adam Schiff reminds me of a cross between John Lithgow and that guy who played Duck Phillips in Mad Men although maybe a little less effeminate than the former and maybe a little less contemptible than the latter.

Iman said...

Cunning Stunt Pulled on Running C**t…

or

Shitty Shifty Schiff Stiffed

Iman said...

“Schiff has the most punchable face ever.”

With Ro Khanna a not-too-distant second.

Robert Cook said...

"There should be an IQ test for anyone running for congress."

What about for anyone running for POTUS? That would have prevented Trump any possible chance of running for any elective position, even head of the local Rotary Club, much less higher office!

Not an oldster. said...

Oh, they've found another god to worshp at meadehouse... a queer pothead jew. Love to see meade ripping bonghits before he bar mitzvahs.... lol buddy. You got this man. Imma mail you a kippa to welcome you to the tribe

Not an oldster. said...

It's cute you waste time watching men like this in wartime...

Annie's wett today. War juices her.

narciso said...

Like that guy that played the weasely president in 24

Shouting Thomas said...

“What about for anyone running for POTUS? That would have prevented Trump any possible chance of running for any elective position, even head of the local Rotary Club, much less higher office!”

Whether you agree or not with Trump’s politics, he is quite obviously one of the top five presidents in U.S. history in terms of political strategy and rhetorical persuasion. He’s a genius.

Shouting Thomas said...

By the way, let’s look at Trump in terms of tech: All the top VC capitalists and CEOs of major tech have now lined up behind Trump, particularly for his support of AI development and the necessary infrastructure to support AI. Diamandis, Andreessen, Pichai, Musk, all the great nerds of AI now support Trump.

Curious George said...

"Robert Cook said...
"There should be an IQ test for anyone running for congress."

What about for anyone running for POTUS? That would have prevented Trump any possible chance of running for any elective position, even head of the local Rotary Club, much less higher office!"

Not if the test was "smarter than Biden"

RCOCEAN II said...

Of course Bill maher supports our attacking Iran, he's Jewish, and he was in favor the terror bombing of Gaza. I'd call him a neo-con, except he's more like a neo-lib.

And that's to be expected. HBO would'nt give him a show otherwise. If you don't reflect the view of the Top HBO execs, you're out.

finally, Good grief he just get uglier and weirder looking. He cant even look good in suit. Its like a frail body of a 14 y/o boy with a giant 60 y/o man's head on top.

RCOCEAN II said...

As for Schiff, he's the biggest liar in Congress, so naturally the D's love him and made him their spokesman. No matter how clownish and corrupt the R's are, the D's always seem to top them.

Randomizer said...

Adam Schiff is a loathsome politician, but he handled the question competently. Schiff's answer was a more substantive version of, "Yeah, I didn't like when Obama did it." That's reasonable.

Big picture, Bill Maher is right and the Democrats will look bad for knee jerk opposition.

The mullahs in Iran have been trouble for 40 years, surrounding countries agree and China and Russia are staying out of it.

So far, it's been a great war. Americans like a righteous beat down. Iran has a swarm of cheap drones, we have expensive missiles, and laser confusers and cheap drones. Iran has those little swift boats to overwhelm our big ships, but we have A-10's that go brrrrrrt.

In a month, Iran could end up as a shit show, but top levels of mullah management are dead and their military and ability to rebuild their military, are gone. Those are tangible results.

We are used to military shit shows that are years long, accomplish nothing, and leave us looking weak. Iran is not going to hurt Trump's brand.

Aggie said...

Schiff showing how he has survived in Congress, by being more slippery than he appears. Maher could have done a more complete job of setting the hook by leading him with a few more lines, making him commit to thinking it was Trump he was speaking of.

Schiff slipped the hook by changing the subject to Syria, so he could think of a way to exit the situation. He's a politician. It's a given that he lies for a living.

Enigma said...

Beyond a pencil-neck geek, Schiff will become dictionary examples for "Snake" and "Psychopath" and "Corrupt."

From 2001 to 2015, Schiff was a Blue-Dog Democrat. You know, a part of the conservative left like Joe Manchin. You can't get from there to here with any semblance of honesty.

Peachypeachy said...

Communist have common cause with Islamic supremacy

Peachypeachy said...

I only wish we could line every male Islamic authoritarian male Islamic supremacist up for miles and slice their live heads off . Or burn them in cages. Eye for an eye .

imTay said...

Maher has always been a propaganda tool, the name of his show is the opposite of what it is, and what it is is politically correct, at all times.

Amazing how evil Iran became when it took back the oil we had stolen in 1953 by overthrowing their first democratically elected prime minister and installing our puppet.

Is anything Iran has done worse than when, in 1980, we gave Saddam the precursors to chemical weapons, which he used to kill thousands of Iranians at a go.

Epstein was involved in this, BTW.

imTay said...

It’s probably to late, there is no turning back now from Trump’s four day little adventure, so go ahead and enjoy all of the killing, but remember that the Epstein class would prefer a much smaller world population.

Little Excursion™️ said...

We know that Iran has a nuclear bomb, because Witkoff said two weeks ago that they were a week away. According to Netanyahu’s record -- Iran’s had nukes since the 90s.

How restrained Iran must be for a hostile nation.

What the vast majority of people do not understand is that Iran only has to turtle up taking heavy fire while continuing to fire their missiles and drones at the ME infrastructure.

Oil and Gas shipments from ME countries have cratered.

The US domestic producers cannot adjust their production over the next month. Will take longer as they had to tool down due to the low oil prices over the last year.

Gas in the US is now hitting $3.30 and Diesel $4.30, and Oil is just hitting $100/barrel. Keep in mind the US has mid-term elections coming up this year in November.

Gas going over $4 is existential for Trump and his backers. They will be crushed by the electorate when that happens.

And Iran knows this. Their strategy has been exemplary vs the lack of preparation from the US side who are just reacting to events which makes it clear to everyone in the world that there was no plan here.

Achilles said...

Robert Cook said...

"There should be an IQ test for anyone running for congress."

What about for anyone running for POTUS? That would have prevented Trump any possible chance of running for any elective position, even head of the local Rotary Club, much less higher office!

It is fun to watch a retard like Cook pretend he is within 40 IQ of Trump.

Little Excursion™️ said...

If you thought tariffs were a bad tax on Americans, I have some news for you about war in the Middle East.. How long till Trump lifts sanctions on Russian oil? Who is the real winner here.

Achilles said...

Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas said...

And Iran knows this. Their strategy has been exemplary vs the lack of preparation from the US side who are just reacting to events which makes it clear to everyone in the world that there was no plan here.


It is amazing just how utterly fucking stupid this person is willing to look.

Achilles said...

Canada has a government program for stupid people like the lefties posting here.

Robert Cook is just too stupid to realize Canada's program is aimed at people like him.

Little Excursion™️ said...

Hey--what’s a few more billion.

The United States has spent EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS fighting and policing in the Middle East. Thousands of our Great Soldiers have died or been badly wounded. Millions of people have died on the other side. GOING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE..... ~ Donald J Trump 2019

john mosby said...

imTay: "the Epstein class would prefer a much smaller world population."

Yes, and the Epstein class are overwhelmingly Clinton Democrats, New Labourites, and other lefty globalists. Who had no problem prolonging the threat from Iran with phony antiproliferation deals.

So defeating the mullahs defeats the Epstein class. Double bubble! CC, JSM

Jaq said...

Trump blessed in the Oval Office

The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall crush the heads over many countries. —Psalm 110

This is why the blood lust of Christian Zionists will not be sated with the murder of a few Iranian schoolgirls. No, we have to line up their rulers and chop their heads off, in order to fulfill the prophecy and bring back Jesus.

Jupiter said...

I will forgo the pleasure of watching Schiff fall into Maher's trap in order to avoid the displeasure of watching Schiff. He is loathsome.

Peachypeachy said...

Fu leftists . Gas was sky high under crook joe

Peachypeachy said...

Ah the school girls lie. Iran did that.

Peachypeachy said...

Leftists and rightwing jew haters love them some Islamic theocracy.

Skeptical Voter said...

One thing is sure about the Schiffstirrer. Lil Adam is not nearly as smart as he thinks he is.

Peachypeachy said...

Since when do dedicated leftists and Jew hating rightists give a crap about women and girls in Islamic women torturing / women subjugating Islamic male backwards rape hell holes?

Dr Weevil said...

Why are Jaq and imTay commenting on the same post? They’ve admitted to being the same person! And now Special Envoy blah blah blah is saying the same things in the same style. Will Tim in Vermont join them to make a quartet? Someone needs professional help, and I don’t think it’s me.

bagoh20 said...

This thread has developed into a cat box. The pussies must have been holding it in overnight.

narciso said...

Crossing the streams

Little Excursion™️ said...

Kuwait Cuts Oil Production as Fallout From Iran Conflict Intensifies ~ WSJ

Shutting an oil well isn’t like turning off a faucet. It’s a huge engineering risk, difficult to reverse — and an indicator the Kuwaitis don’t see choke points improving anytime soon.

narciso said...

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/03/the-week-in-pictures-ayatollahed-you-so-edition.php

Peachypeachy said...

Are any of you dimbasses paying attention to the fact that non-theocratic people of Iran are celebrating?
Lake a dork: but oil!

Peachypeachy said...

Kak-bot: but oil!… I’m on my phone

Peachypeachy said...

Come for the pussy. Stay for the cat turds

narciso said...

I like it better the other way

Rabel said...

I have to think that a lot of the left is thrilled that Trump has finally taken out the Mad Mullahs. Unlike Maher, they just won't acknowledge it because it's Trump doing it.

Rabel said...

"Adam Schiff is a loathsome politician, but he handled the question competently."

Did you not notice the switch from Libya to Syria?

Competently dishonest maybe.

Jim at said...

We've reached the point where spammers bring more to the thread than certain commenters ...

Aggie said...

"...Shutting an oil well isn’t like turning off a faucet. It’s a huge engineering risk, difficult to reverse...."

Petroleum Engineer, drilling and production, 40 years of practical field experience putting together deals, designing, budgeting, contracting, then drilling & completing all kinds of oil and gas wells, onshore, offshore, jungle, arctic - on the rig and off. You're just about completely wrong, especially where it concerns middle eastern oil production. And where you aren't wrong, it's by accident.

Original Mike said...

"You're just about completely wrong, especially where it concerns middle eastern oil production."

Wait…, Rich doesn't know jack?
But, he's been in the room, man!

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