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By Dan Merica, CNN
WASHINGTON ? Comedian Bill Maher is putting his money where his mouth is.
The comedian and talk show host who has long railed on the weakness of the Republican presidential field announced at a stand up comedy show on Thursday that he would donate $1 million to Priorities USA Action, a pro-Obama Super PAC.
?My surprise tonight is I would like to tonight announce a donation to the Obama Super PAC?which has the very unfortunate tongue-twister name ?Priority (sic) USA Action?,? Maher said. ?I know, it was named by Borat. But tonight I would like to give that PAC one million dollars.?
The concert, which was live streamed on Yahoo!, was held in San Jose, California and was billed by Yahoo! As the first stand-up comedy concert to be streamed live online.
In a tweet after the event, Maher said the announcement was a surprise to the Yahoo! organizers.
?Thank u everybody who?s hit me up after the show, and a great San Jose audience. Obama donation was a surprise to Yahoo too fyi!?
Maher, whose comedy show is called ?CrazyStupidPolitics,? has not been shy about his opinions of the 2012 race and when he spoke with CNN?s Anderson Cooper, he said that other than Ron Paul, the Republican candidates running for president have ?horrible society killing ideas about America.?
?The rest of those people are, of course, selling their souls to the corporate interests who back them,? Maher said. ?They all act like god created the world in January of 2009, and then Barack Obama completely screwed it up.?
When asked in the same interview who he thought was going to win the 2012 electron, Maher quickly tapped the president as the eventual winner.
?My money is still on Mitt Romney,? said Maher when asked who the eventual Republican nominee. ?And I think he?s going to get the nomination, and then I think Obama is going to beat him like a runaway sister wife, yes, I do.?
Maher?s million dollar donation will substantially boost the coffers of the Super PAC which raised only $58,815.83 in January, according to a report filed earlier in the week with the Federal Election Commission.
? CNN?s Matthew Carey contributed to this report.
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Source: http://fox8.com/2012/02/24/bill-maher-puts-1m-behind-pro-obama-super-pac/
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