I gotta be honest here and say that while Maher says some funny things I am not a fan. He seems too pompous and self-aggrandizing. Arrogant is probably the word.
Full-of -himself maybe?
The beauty of Buckly is he never raised his voice or cut-off a geust; he just demolished them with his wit and erudition.( did I spell that right?) And he picked real intellects to challenge; not the straw men they use nowadays. I never agreed with him but couldn't get enough of him on TV.I pine for the old days of Joe Pine and Allan Burke. This goes back to the 60's. Allan Burke sat in one of those hanging egg chairs and he had a goatee. Pine actually punched a guest once for disagreeing with him.
Ah; the good old days; when men were men and sheep were nervous.