Maher was right about one thing: Lame "sexism" claims loses votes for Democrats, as Warren and her media supporters refused to learn

I’m no fan of Bill Maher, who believes his sarcastic comments are a substitute for substance—as he has proved time and again with his one-on-one interviews, such as recent ones with Megyn Kelly and Steve Bannon, which were absolutely shameful in his failure to expose their various far-right hypocrisies. Maher has also talked about “white guilt,” which he doesn’t like to feel and thinks is “unfair” to white people; funny how that one failed to make the twitter pages. Last night, he was off again, this time concerning Chris Matthews’ “retirement”: “You know, I just, guys are married for a million years, they want to flirt for two seconds. He said to somebody, Laura Bassett, four years ago, she’s in makeup, he said, ‘Why haven’t I fallen in love with you yet?’ Yes, it is creepy. She said, ‘I was afraid to name him at the time out of fear of retaliation. I’m not afraid anymore.’ Thank you, Rosa Parks. I mean, Jesus fucking Christ! I guess my question is: Do you wonder how Democrats lose?” A woman present at his roundtable, Caitlin Flanagan, wondered “How fragile can one woman be?”

Bassett was right on the case, responding on her twitter page: “Hey @billmaher how’s this for fragile: Fuck you.” Damn, that’s real mature, thoughtful thinking of you, Bassett; you actually get paid by GQ magazine for that kind of stuff? Why haven’t you been suspended yet? Anyways, she added to her junior high juvenilia by asserting that “People are really outraged that a rich as hell 74-yr-old man had to retire after being called out for 20 years of objectifying women in the workplace? This is not about me, and if your inclination is to attack me, consider putting that energy into therapy or anger management.” Where did this "anger management" case get the “20 years” from? From Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker, who described Matthews as a good friend and admitted that they exchanged harmless, unabashed “flirtations” for 20 years. Bassett also asks why we should feel sorry for a “rich as hell” man who “had to retire.” And she has the gall to act like nobody has any right to question her own real motivations? 

I left a response of my own, noting that “It really says a lot about a person who throws out the ‘f-word.’ LB certainly has ‘issues’ that go beyond gender-victim self-obsession--like she didn't like Matthews' interviews with Clinton and Warren? And Sanders had nothing to complain about? Hypocrite.” I checked out Bassett’s GQ writings and yes, she is an unabashed, fanatical supporter of Elizabeth Warren—you know, the person who “destroyed” Mike Bloomberg with an endless rant about his alleged “sexism” during the Nevada debate? You know, that was a double-edged sword; she already had the gender card voters, and what she needed to do was court minority  voters—something she was too arrogant to do because she felt all she needed  to do was impress equally conceited (and white) cable news hosts. 

Gender politics may be a “winner” in the short game, but as Hillary Clinton has refused to learn, playing the gender card is a loser in the long game. Bassett, like many in the media—you know, like the New York Times, which endorsed not one but two female candidates who are no longer in the race—somehow believed that a flawed candidate whose off-putting habit of condescending lecturing, persistent lying and refusal to “woo” minority voters could still be “saved” by hysterical attacks on the “others,” and by “overwhelming” skeptics with overblown claims about “authenticity.”  Warren’s credibility was always a question, and those like Bassett and the anti-Sanders bedwetters at MSNBC are also losers because they “bet” big on Warren, and they lost big. Did Bassett come out with her lame attack against Matthews because she was angry that in her opinion he “hurt” Warren’s chances on Super Tuesday with his questioning her about her proven record of making false claims? Hell yes. Who wants to vote for a candidate they can’t trust? And why trust any political commentator who can’t face the truth about their “favorite”? 

There is nothing “brave” about making lame accusations in an atmosphere where the gender-sensitive media will gobble it up like candy; as one female tweeter said, this isn’t about being a “feminist”—it is about being a “child.” Those people who tweeted “go-girl” support for Bassett are obviously as blinded to how blowing up a slight comment meant to be a compliment into a wildfire of “sexism” can elicit a sarcastic response—not just against the “accuser,” but the candidate it was supposed to “help.” Voters have their own personal agendas, and because Warren used so much of her flame-throwing on the "sexism" issue--most of her claims proven falsehoods--her campaign went-up in flames as well.