bill maher jumps at the chance.'s million-dollar man moved to his latest target; that being, ann romney. here is him clarifying what hillary rosen meant when she said that ann romney never worked a day in her life. >> the language here was perhaps inartful, or perhaps america is a society that lives to find stupid non-consequencial meaningless controversies and that is the new one. but what she meant to say i think is that ann romney never got her fat [bleep [bleep] out of the house to work. no one is denying being a mother is a tough job. i remember, i was a handful. okay. but there is a big difference between being a mother and that tough job and getting your [bleep] out the door at 7:00 a.m. when it's cold, having to deal with the boss. being in a workplace. or even if you are unhappy you can't show it for eight hours. that is kind of a different kind of tough thing. >> well, the thing is -- >> sean: considering president obama famously proclaimed in 2008 the media should lay off his wife. i'm sure this is the ca

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it was a huge favor to me from bill maher and as you might expect, he was great. could talk to him all night. we sort of sneaked some cameras into the event. it was definitely not designed to be tv. the facility was not designed for that. but we thought we would try to capture some of this on tape in case it turned out well, in case you might want to see it. it turned out to be a great event and we put together some of it. again, it was a challenge to shoot it. the footage was more raw than what you might be used to seeing on tv. here it is. here's that night with bill maher to give you an idea of what is happening after the show all week long and why i have been so hyper lately. >> the really bad thing you did was the iran contract because that took it to a whole new level and i still remember that speech he gave where he said -- i can't remember the words, but it basically was, what i was thinking in my heart wasn't what my brain was telling me or do you remember -- you know the line i'm talking about? it was his famous line about, my head told me one thing, my

bill maher is the number one donor.ll maher said friday on his hbo show that got the attention of one former member of the obama administration. >> what she meant to say, i think, is ann romney has never gotten her [bleep] out of the house to work. no one is denying being a mother is a tough job. i remember i was a handful. there is a big difference between being a mother in that tough job and betting your [bleep] out the door at 7:00 a.m. when it's cold, having to deal with the boss, being in a workplace or even if you are unhappy you can't show it for 8 hours. that's a different kind of tough thing. megyn: joining me now the vice president of family pac federal. sandy, this is a subject of discussion on some of the weekend sunday shows and they talked about bill maher in particular. george stephanopoulos raising the question whether this is a problem for the president. this guy and his incendiary remarks and he's a major donor to president obama's reelection campaign. does the president need to disavow the guy? >> if

bill maher, that face lost a 1 million republican votes.e initials are b.m. >> eric: it's a billion dollar campaign for obama what is $1 million -- is it about the million dollars or he doesn't want to tick off the far left liberal -- -- listen, the bigger issue -- >> bob: the issue is should bill maher be associated with the campaign? no. romney won't release name of his bundlers. and a contributor was a buddy of his at bain capital. that doesn't bother me me. >> kimberly: a friend of his gave him money? >> bob: no. they tried to hide it. bill maher puts democrats on the defensive. >> dana: i have a thought, which is last week, within the hour of hillary rosen make comments, they had distanced themselveses frothemselveses fry rosen. president obama delivered a final blow with a comment, it was ill advised statement made by a person on tv. as if he doesn't know her. then bill maher hasn't done any favors. >> eric: a billion dollar campaign. can't be million bucks. >> kimberly: why doesn't he do something about it? why did he hold on that th

bill maher. despite his vile comments about conservative women and targeting children of republicans the president is standing by his million dollar man and refuses to denounce maher's contribution to the pro-obama super-pac. forget hope and change. this campaign is about putting money over principle. with more on the p.r. crisis and facing re-election of team obama is former clinton advisor dick morris. it seems to me, this is a simple issue. the president, you know, he has got fundraiser problems, bundleers have access, solyndra money, green energy money. now he has bill maher and spike lee and this case. you know, it seems to me somebody ought to say hey, get this off the table. give him the money back and move on. can't give -- >> he can't give spike lee's money back because his goal is provoke a racial confrontation. that's why he intervened in this. stop for a second, you say the president's goal is to -- >> sean: spark racial confrontation? >> i don't mean in the street of florida. i misst

this also goes into the narrative not returning bill maher's money. moral outrage a double standard in terms of liberals have except when conservative women are attack. >> that's okay. last form of approved and authorized misogeny and you can be attacked if you are liberal woman. >> sean: give me a comparable example. sarah palin or michele bachmann? >> look what people said about nancy pelosi nancy pelosi. >> and as far as many people going after advertisers. >> i wouldn't say that is appropriate either at all. >> if you don't, if you think that you are being insulted, if you think someone is homophobic or racist. >> sean: wait for a second. >> turn off the tv. >> sean: bill maher gave a any will yon dollars to president obama and called governor palin the "c" word, the "t" word and abimbo. attacked her children. >> i don't think it's appropriate. >> sean: but the president didn't call her. called sandra fluke. >> i'm not defending the president. >> sean: i'm seeing the democrats are hypocrites. they are outraged when it's a liberal. >> it's not even

bill maher. another controversy. this one is interesting. eck is next as the factor continues all across the u.s.a. and all around the world. >> bill: back of the book segment tonight. reality check. bill maher explaining what cnn pundit hillary rosen really meant. >> what she meant to say, i think. was that ann romney has never gotten her ass out of the house to work. no one is denying that being a mother is a tough job. i remember i was a handful. [ laughter ] okay. but, you know, there is a big difference between being a mother in that tough job and getting your ass out the door at 7:00 a.m. when it's cold, having to deal with the boss, being in a work place, or even if you are unhappy you can't show it for eight hours. >> bill: the truth is no matter how you spin ms. rosen's comments, the damage is done. ann romney looks like a hero. the more the left tries to deny that the worse the situation gets. so now, the white house is telling its people to surrender. >> i wonder if the president has a continuing problem with bill maher? you know y

bill maher. another controversy. this one is interesting. factor continues all across the u.s.a. and all around the world. we've got to protect the environment. the economists make some good points. we need safer energy. [announcer:] who's right? they all are. visit powerincooperation.com. >> bill: back of the book segment tonight. reality check. bill maher explaining what cnn pundit hillary rosen really meant. >> what she meant to say, i think. was that ann romney has never gotten her ass out of the house to work. no one is denying that being a mother is a tough job. i remember i was a handful. [ laughter ] okay. but, you know, there is a big difference between being a mother in that tough job and getting your ass out the door at 7:00 a.m. when it's cold, having to deal with the boss, being in a work place, or even if you are unhappy you can't show it for eight hours. >> bill: the truth is no matter how you spin ms. rosen's comments, the damage is done. ann romney looks like a hero. the more the left tries to deny that the worse the situati

immediately, whatever bill maher says next about any republican.d nugent, these republicans will just -- there's not a word from any of them saying, hey, i think we should just, you know, send back his endorsement and say no, thanks, ted nugent, we don't want you on the team. >> the bigger point is why take your pander bucket and beg for his endorsement in the first place when he was already on the record saying extraordinarily egregious things. and then to come back with a tepid statement at best for a cull for civility? when someone is threatening to shoot the president of the united states? that is downright farcical. i think that romney is suffering from something else. one of my twitter followers called it liaritis. this guy just can't get it straight. >> yeah, the absurd fake civility of romney. david and goldie, thank you very much for jning me tonight. >> thanks for having us. >>> coming up, jon stewart takes us on a tour of the wars waged by fox news. he shows us that fox believes there is a war on christmas and a war on conservative women

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david axelrod in earlier situations comments made by bill maher, i'm not going on your show. backing away. >> i mean that's what they did with hilary rosen. you know, they said, we're instantly out there disassociated themselves from her. what maher did and what rosen did, they're just talking on television sometimes you say things -- we have all done it. but the fact is, it plays into an image of the democrats as this out of touch with regular people and elitists. >> to pick up on what cokie said, i think these discussions about bill maher and ann romney and hilary rosen, our politics are failing to deal with the deep-seeded problems, how do you send your kids to college, how do you not get evicted from your homes? people are looking at us right right now, saying they're not connecting to my problems in my life. let's get with it. don't let it dominate a media cycle in the ways -- again, things move so quickly. there's no domination. let real issues dominate the media. >> the thing about women at home and women out of the home, it gets people going. >> link it to the real liv

i wonder if the president has a continuing problem with bill maher. saw his comments that he made on friday night. he contributed millions of dollars. biggest single contributor to the super pac? do you think the president will have to cut ties? >> i listen to those comments and my grandmother's voice came to my head, i thought about the phrase, home training, the language, problematic, the campaign and the president has said, look, civility matters. the way we talk to each other matters. they'll have to make a decision. david axelrod in earlier situations, when comments have been made by bill maher, i'm not going on your show. i'm backing away. i'm distancing myself. >> i mean that's what they did with hilary rosen. you know, they said, we're instantly out there dits associating themselves from her. what maher did and what rosen did, they're just talking on television sometimes you say things -- we have all done it. but the fact is, it plays into an image of the democrats as this out of touch with regular people and elitists. >> to pick up on what co

bill maher. >> bill clinton. >> greg: if you're progressive you can get away with saying certain thingsause you fit the agenda. their agenda. you can make disparaging remarks about women. i'll say this about n.o.w. so their credit they came out about ed schultz. they're not all ideological all the time. >> bob: oink, oink, oink. >> andrea: in the california races we saw n.o.w. chiming in, calling -- who was it? carly fiorina? they were calling the women, the same names. it was, it's really, to me it's very, very bizarre. to think that rush limbaugh, really, everybody, rush limbaugh is the biggest threat to women? they need to spend time doing a fundraising drive to pay for their own birth control. there you go. >> eric: move on but interesting they, the organization actually backed hillary rosen comments rather than -- >> greg: yeah. they said she lacked, the head said she lacked life experiences. that is misogynistic. this is am with's group that is condemning stay-at-home mom saying when you lack life experiences they are saying you are less than human. >> bob: that statement was enti

the sandra fluke call raises questions about million dollars for bill maher. you go back.e is more hypocrisy of the president. here is what the president said in his case the wife michelle and candidates, it's low class. >> the g.o.p. should not be nominee. they can say whatever about me and my track record. if they think they are going to try to make michelle an issue in this campaign they should be careful. that i find unacceptable. the notion that you start attacking my wife or my family. michelle is the most honest, best person i know. she is one of the most caring people i know. she loves this country. for them to try to distort or to place snippets or remarks that is unflattering to her i think is low class. i think most of the american people would think that, as well. whoever is in charge of the g.o.p. needs to think long and hard about the kind of campaign they want to run and i think that is through for everybody, democratic or republican. >> we're trusting the american voters are ready to talk about the issues and not talking about the things that have nothing t

megyn: it's not so much about bill maher as a comedian on hbo.eople can buy that product or reject it if they want to. it's a question whether this campaign needs to give back that million dollars, that he's the biggest donor to that superpac being run by bill burton, the biggest donor. and you had melody barnes a former white house adviser on abc's sunday show this weekend saying that -- listen to what she said. >> i listened to those comments, and my grandmother's voice came in my head, i thought about the phrase home training, the language, the sentiment are problematic, and the campaign and the president has said, look the civility, it mountainses the way we talk to each other matters, and they will have to make a decision. i saw a day that axelrod in earlier situations when comments about been made by bill maher said i'm not going to go on your show, i'm distancing myself. megyn: he called sarah palin the c word not to mention the dump t word. he referred to our military strategy as cowardly. he doubles down on the comments by hilary rosen t

bill maher can say whatever he wants. he's a comedian. his show is on hbo. enough said.ion for the gop. just show nasty, sexist quotes from bill maher and say this is the mind set of many in the democratic party. but the gop is just not that smart. and is this the last one we have here? okay. last one. controversial comments by donors are not necessarily untruthful. we have donated to political campaigns and wo

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bill maher can say whatever he wants. he's a comedian. his show is on hbo. enough said.uggestion for the gop. just show nasty, sexist quotes from bill maher and say this is the mind set of many in the democratic party. but the gop is just not that smart. and is this the last one we have here? okay. last one. controversial comments by donors are not necessarily untruthful. we have donated to political campaigns and you wouldn't want to know that -- i read that one already. i knew it sounded familiar. anyway, please keep the conversation going. facebook.com/carolcnn. lots of comments there. facebook.com/carolcnn. thanks as always for your comments. "cnn newsroom" continues right "cnn newsroom" continues right now with kyra phillips. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hello, everyone. i'm kyra phillips. it's 11:00 on the east coast. 8:00 out west. a big hour ahead. let's get straight to the new

. >> like bill maher. >> the minute that -- you can't put the two of them in the same category. >> yous to the broader larger picture of the left. this is typical of the obama administration. >> the obama was the first to denounce the comments. first to come out. obama, axelrod. they thought within 30 second never seen anybody -- >> she is the democrats' ted nugget only more butch. >> he says what beckel says every night. i don't care what he says. i don't want to silence liberals february they're friends of yours. >> iif the president lectures us on sandra fluke, doesn't he need to return bill maher's money? >> they aren't speaking on behalf of the obama administration. >> took a million dollars -- >> there are a lot of people that support obama. there is a guy that things clingon should be the national language. >> that is not good enough. that is a -- >> weak. >> gave million dollars to the super pack. >> they are liberals. >> they are supporting president obama in november. president obama said he wanted to be the great uniter to come out and say look, the attack on women left and

you didn't have obama going around looking for the endorsement of bill maher.nd george shultz. >> last week, it was the conservatives. now the libs, the lefties have had their chance this week. we will have you back. eric, maria, thank you. have a good evening, all right. >> thank you, don. >> all right. >>> after the break, we'll try to get to the bottom of why the tv show "the bachelor" is not very fond of black people. yes, we are going there. pr resso sap lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. (female announcer) most life insurance companies look at you and just see a policy. at aviva, we do things differently. we're bringing humanity back to life insurance. that's why only aviva rewards you with savings for getting a check-up. it's our wellness for life program, with online access to mayo clinic. see the difference at avivausa