BILL MAHER AND THE WINGNUTS

The radio gasbags and others have tried to defend Fats Limbaugh by pointing out the terrible things Bill Maher has said about Sarah Palin.   This is a favorite tactic they use when someone they think is on their side does something inexcusable.  A variant used during the Iraq War when American troops did something inexcusable was to point out that Al Qaida fighters are horrible.  In both cases, the justification is something like "But Mikey did it too!" and is at the same moral level of a young child.

One thing I didn't hear or read from the wingers is that Bill Maher has defended Fats.