When Bill Maher is a guest on the Tonight Show, I expect him to spew his bitter drivel.
His appearance on Tuesday, however, was really offensive, not just hateful and ill-informed as usual.
Of course, Leno's monologue always deals with the topical issues of the day, which includes politics; but the point of the show is entertainment, not politics.
I wasn't bugged because Maher was making political jokes that ran counter to my views. It was that what he was saying wasn't funny--at all. Leno allowed Maher to engage in a Bush administration bash session.
Maher indirectly took swipes at Bush by mercilessly attacking Karl Rove. Maher insisted that all CIA jobs are sensitive. In other words, he believes that the identity of an employee with a desk job has the same status as a covert agent in the field. That is just plain false and just plain stupid of him to say.
Maher said, "This guy definitely outed her and he should go to jail." There was a smattering of very weak applause.
Referring to John Roberts, he said that when they look that clean cut they are "freaks."
Maher said Roberts looks moderate only because Bush has moved the goal posts so far to the right.
Then, things took a very ugly, uncomfortable turn.
Maher was illustrating his belief that all Bush appointees are extremely conservative.
He went off on Dr. W. David Hager, a prominent obstetrician-gynecologist and a Bush appointee to the Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs in the FDA.
Maher proceeded to discuss Hager's divorce, noting that Hager's wife claimed he anally raped her. The discussion spiraled out of control from that point.
Is this what passes for entertainment? Maher wasn't funny. He was offensive.
Frankly, I'm surprised the segment aired. The show is taped. It's not like it was a live broadcast. The anal sex stuff could have, no, SHOULD have been edited out.
I hope NBC will think twice before allowing Maher to be a guest again.
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