Maher's brilliant recap on the '08 campaign

On Friday night, Bill Maher's final show before the '08 election was a very good one. For me, the highlight of the entire show (as is often the case) was his New Rules, which, as usual, was a good mix of political opinion and humor. However, his last Rule was a spot-on assessment of the entire '08 election.

From the stupid, deranged girl carving a "B" in her face to flag pins to all of the lies spread about Obama, it's been one, long, remarkable soap opera. We don't have much longer to wait until the end of this episode, and as much as I love the political season, I'm happy the next episode will be four years from now. And I'm even happier that Bush will be out of office in under 80 days. It can't get here soon enough.