“Maher is not a comedien.”
I think he sees himself as having evolved in the Darwinian sense of the word. I think all of liberalism tries to assist in that process and they want to see and believe the results in their own lifetimes, which is why Hollywood and the left-leaning media are so heavily relied upon.
The only remarkable distinction revealed from his youth was that he allegedly remains the only guy ever to graduate his public alma mater who regularly got the snot thumped out of him by the cheerleaders.
Billy wasn't like the other boys...
;^)