Thank goodness Bill left the wing nuts like Kingston at home tonight and gave us a really good show and not one where I wanted to throw something at the TV. Tavis Smiley took Maher to task for his lack of knowledge about some of the things Martin Luther King had to say about war, and John Cusack seemed to put out a bit more "truthiness" than Maher could handle with his very good interview on just how horrid this Bush administration and its privitization scheme has been for our democracy. The panel also got into a very good discussion on how the media has attacked Rev. Wright, and has given Pat Buchanan a complete pass for the statements he's made on the air and in his op-ed.
I also wanted to give some kudos to Upper West for writing about this show tonight first here and Tavis' comments on MLK: Maher -- Tavis eloquent on MLK and Wright.
Videos below.
Opening segment:
Interview with John Cusack:
Panel discussion Part 1:
Panel discussion Part 2:
Real Time Real Reporter Dan Savage talking to Democratic voters about whether they will support the other candidate if their candidate loses.
Panel discussion Part 3:
Panel discussion Part 4:
And here is New Rules for tonight. I really could have done without the visual of Hillary with the beard.
Diary will be updated later with more.