Maher -- OK, but praising Powell????

Obviously, Maher's show tonight was vastly superior to the Kingston/Frum atrocity.  Adam Goldberg was neurotically entertaining; Jeremy Scahill was a non-smirking, serious version of Matt Taibi, who effectively called Scarborough on his bullshit, and Farai Chediya was quite good, when she was finally able to shout down Scarborough.

But a low point came, when Maher asked "Whom would you ideally like answering the phone at 3:00 am? and Scar said Colin Powell, and proceeded to launch into a ridiculous paean to Powell that speculated that he would not have gone to war in Iraq and would have followed the "Powell Doctrine" if he had.  Sadly, no one disagreed! (Maher even agreed.)

Powell perverted his legitimacy by making the false case for war, and not speaking out until he left office.  He's as great a villain as the rest.  To see him skate was disgusting.