Bill Maher has always seemed to be one of the more respectable public liberals. He’s definitely not in the same class as the harpies on The View or any CNN anchor.

He doesn’t misrepresent his interviewees. He’s seems to lie and spin much less than his counterparts, though he will certainly try and deflect at times rather than lose, but that’s not necessarily wrong in the moment. He can give well reasoned positions, disagree with them or not. He allows disagreement, and he has taken on some very challenging interviews before.

I’m positive he’s given some really bad takes over the years, but I’m positive we all have, too. He did make a lot of good points during the Bush era that a lot of us would likely be more amenable to, now.

The red shoes photo and his production company are separately disturbing, but he used a colon, here, and details matter. I wouldn’t put it outside the realm of possibilities for him to be a Judas goat, double agent, or to have flipped, but who knows?