Bill Maher for Governor of California?

There are several memes going around featuring trendy Californians expressing their disgust for our current government (which I think is a real thing—so much so that if Kamala runs for governor she just might repeat Richard Nixon’s famous 1962 faceplant), in which the punchline is: “Next time I’ll vote for a different Democrat!”

Sadly there’s a lot to this, owing to the feebleness of the Republican Party in California these days. But here’s a wacky idea—and hear me out.

Bill Maher is a socialist, a demented Trump-hater, etc. He’s made it clear he will never abandon the Democratic Party or vote for a Republican. But he hates wokery, and he’s also finally figured out that California Democrats are incompetent, that taxpayers don’t get much value for their taxes. Take in this rant about the fires (which comes with a minimum of language warnings):

And so the thought occurs: Bill Maher should run for governor. He’d attract a lot of Republican votes with this message (quick—name the credible GOP candidates for governor in CA right now?*), and I suspect a lot of disaffected Democrats, too. C’mon Bill—step up. After all these terrific smackdowns of your leftist friends, it is time to put up, or shut up. And once he got into office, he’d quickly discover that fiscal realities would make his parlor socialism an extravagance that even Hollywood liberals can’t take.

C’mon people: If we can rally to RFK Jr. in Trump’s cabinet, we can do this!

* I can think of maybe one Republican who could make a strong race for governor next year, but I’ll bet none of our readers have heard of this person, and I don’t think this person is interested in running. But I welcome nominations.

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