New #Mets partner @billmaher has a message for fans: twitvid.com/3TOYJ
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New York Mets (@Mets) June 03, 2012Mets new partner @billmaher poses with Josh Thole. http://t.co/A5GoGrV5—
New York Mets (@Mets) June 03, 2012
Serial woman-bashing comedian Pig Maher is now a minority stakeholder in the New York Mets. The baseball team made the announcement and posted a video from Maher on Twitter Sunday night. Reaction was fast and furious:
@Mets @billmaher For the first time since 1968 I will not be buying any Mets tix or merch. You have no idea how many fans you've alienated.—
Daniel O'Connor (@DanOVegas) June 03, 2012
@Mets I know you're desperate for cash, but @billmaher? Weren't there non-dirtbag potential investors?—
Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) June 04, 2012
Because I needed another reason to dislike the #Mets: "Bill Maher Buys Minority Stake in New York Mets"
mediaite.com/online/from-ou…—
Peggy Lallis (@PeggyLallis) June 04, 2012
@rushlimbaugh Bill Maher quietly buys into NY Mets … Limbaugh forced out of his deal to buy stake in NFL team … hmmm—
Chuck Der Manouel (@OfficialChuckD) June 04, 2012
Why can Bill Maher buy into a team and Rush Limbaugh Can't? #Mets #BS—
(@BiasedGirl) June 04, 2012
I'm so ashamed to me a @Mets fan right now after that tweet supporting Bill Maher. Man is a pig to all woman!—
Nicholas Pearl (@Mr_Wonderful13) June 03, 2012
@Mets Don't ever present Bill Maher ever again!!! That man is a sexiest pig against women and it's disgusting you would let him speak for us—
Nicholas Pearl (@Mr_Wonderful13) June 03, 2012
@JTTheBrick How can a sexist pig like Maher be able to buy part of a team but Rush Limbaugh can't? As of now, I hate the Mets. Period.—
(@an800lbgorilla) June 04, 2012
As a Mets fan I'm outraged that mysoginist pig Bill Maher is a new minority partner of the team!—
John Conrad (@JohnnyBKK67) June 03, 2012
My new team to hate. Misogynist Metros! Bill Maher buys minority share of New York Mets – MLB msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/No-j… via @FoxSports—
Alissa (@SBSportsDiva) June 04, 2012
NY Mets find a way to make their ownership even less appealing. es.pn/K8sbSj #NotFunny #misogynist—
Ken Goldberg (@NEOCAST) June 04, 2012
More details via the NYTimes:
“I think it’s a great investment,” Maher, the host of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” said before the Mets’ game against the St. Louis Cardinals. “I just thought it would be a great place, especially after I’ve seen some of the ways money can disappear in recent years. I had my money in Lehman Brothers in 2008.”
According to a sale document presented to potential investors, the limited partners can get their investment back in six years with 3 percent compound interest.
Maher, 56, whose libertarianism and atheistic views are elements of his comedy, would not say whether he had bought a full $20 million share or chipped in with others to buy one.
Whatever the size of his investment, he is the most celebrated person — at least the only one with a TV show — known to have become a new partner in the team with the Wilpon family, who raised $240 million from selling pieces of the team.
“Libertarianism?”
Typical NY Times… "Maher, 56, whose libertarianism and atheistic views are elements of his comedy,…" LIBERTARIANISM?????!?!? wtf?—
Kurtis (@kurtbradwill) June 04, 2012
But we digress.
Guess the Wilpon family’s all good with the Mets embracing the Left’s ugliest mascot for misogyny. Flashback via ShePAC:
The New York @Mets ought to be ashamed for "partnering" with misogynist Bill Maher. twitchy.com/2012/06/04/new… #tcot #teaparty #yankees—
Kyle Raccio (@kyleraccio) June 04, 2012
It's thoroughly fantastic that @billmaher now has a financial stake in the Mets. I love being able to consolidate my hatred.—
Harry (@Tark31) June 04, 2012
Bill Maher is now part owner of the Mets? One more reason to root against the Mets.—
DrizzyDave (Dante P) (@Schraderbrau88) June 04, 2012
