Bill Maher: The Decider

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Bill Maher: The Decider is Bill Maher's eighth HBO stand-up comedy special. It was filmed on 21 July 2007 at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston, Massachusetts. [1]

Maher talks about various social and political topics, such as the Iraq War, lobbying, sexuality, prescription drugs and religion. The title parodies one of the nicknames of then-U.S. president George W. Bush, and his politics and administration are a main topic of the special.

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