Comedian Bill Maher used Russian President Vladimir Putin’s press schedule to mock former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s “hide-and-seek” press strategy.
The HBO “Real Time” host said on his official website Wednesday that Mr. Putin recently gave a marathon interview with an Italian paper.
“Maybe it helps to be a sociopath, but the guy regularly does three-hour-plus press conferences in front of a hostile press — contrast that with Hillary Clinton’s game of hide-and seek,” Mr. Maher said.
The sentiment of the comedian’s blog post echoes The New York Times’ Amy Chozick, who announced a series in May that would address Mrs. Clinton’s avoidance of the press.
“Since she declared her candidacy on April 12, Hillary Rodham Clinton has answered just seven questions from reporters. This is the first installment of a regular First Draft feature in which The Times will publish questions we would have asked Mrs. Clinton had we had the opportunity,” the paper reported May 6.
Mr. Maher told Maureen Dowd for her May 30 op-ed “Hooray for Hillarywood?” that he will vote for Mrs. Clinton, but he will not donate $1 million to her campaign as he did for President Obama.
• Douglas Ernst can be reached at dernst@washingtontimes.com.
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