Political comedian Bill Maher said Sunday on CNN that the Republican brand of "American exceptionalism" is based on an unrealistic "fantasy" that's contradicted by facts.
"They live in this fantasy world where it's always 1945, [and] America's always number one," Maher, the host of HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher," said of Republicans.
Maher was referring to a common trend among modern Republican leaders that today involves characterizing the United States as a beacon of good and a nation with unparalleled greatness in world history.
He specifically invoked remarks expressed by former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, and US Senator-elect Marco Rubio of Florida, all of whom regularly tout the issue of American exceptionalism.
But the United States, as Maher pointed out with some help from Zakaria, ranks behind dozens of countries on issues such as broadband internet penetration, infant mortality, literacy and health care, among others.
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