Bill Maher is truly on a roll

I've been a critic of Bill Maher on a few occasions, but this is most definitely not one of them.

He seems to be gaining steam as his show's new season rolls on, and his diatribe last night against President Bush is as spot on as I've heard in Bush's second term, and probably during his entire presidency.

There's really not a whole lot more I can add to Maher's words here - just roll the footage, laugh, and ponder, because Maher slammed this one out of the park.

And for those of you who think that he's a bit vulgar, he is. I'm vulgar, too, at times, so the guy resonates. Anyone who can be vulgar in a funny way, and slam home a political point like he so succinctly does here is damn fine by me.

I particularly like two things about this clip:

1. He questions not only the president's judgment, but also his patriotism. Bravo. And for those of you who think that's outrageous, go back and watch this video clip again, and listen to Maher's words about what these people did to Valerie Plame. And they did it because she's married to Joseph C. Wilson IV, who dared to stand up and say "No!" to the administration's well-documented bogus claims about the Niger "sale" of yellowcake to Iraq.

2. His quote about Mark Twain: "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."

I love how Maher finishes up, too: Hillary Clinton should run for president in 2008 with the slogan "Restoring honor and integrity to the Oval Office." That's the exact slogan that Bush used when running for president in 2000. Anyone think he's succeeded?

"Hey, at least there isn't SEX going on in the Oval Office anymore!" all the Clinton haters love to say.

Hogwash - Bush, Dick and Rove conjure up ways to sodomize their opponents each and every day. Okay, not every day - sometimes they spend the weekend in Camp David.

Keep 'em straight, Maher. You have no bigger fan right now than me.