Plus, he [Maher]'s said some truly vile shit in his day. Shit that wasn't a joke (and I'm not talking about his 9-11 hijacker comments...which I agree with.)
And starting in '08, he went from calling it as he sees it to becoming Obama's top bitch. That was disappointing. Clearly he's a Liberal who'd support Democrats, but he really turned it on for Obama. Obama, a guy who had never really done anything could instantly also do no wrong.