Bill Maher comes all the way up to Alaska to call Sarah Palin: “the least qualified candidate for office since Caligula nominated his horse.”

Courtesy of the Fairbanks Newsminer:  

Maher, the liberal host of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” and creator of the movie “Religulous,” came deep into what many consider enemy territory to perform at the Blue Loon. Maher told the audience Friday that many of his liberal friends seemed taken aback to learn he was performing in Alaska. 

“It’s not Syria,” Maher said. 

Indeed, Maher had nothing to worry about. The Interior’s liberal community came out in force for the performance, selling out preferred seating and leaving standing-room only. 

Maher didn’t wait long to shoot his first volley at former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, receiving raucous applause from the crowd. 

“No,” Maher responded, “ I didn’t come here to make fun of Sarah Palin.” 

That answer from Maher caused the closest response of the night to displeasure from the audience — bringing on substantial good-natured booing from the crowd of several hundred. 

“Well, maybe I did,” he conceded. 

Maher kept the Palin references low, which no doubt took a great portion of his willpower. Palin’s name came up perhaps a half dozen times throughout Maher’s two-hour set. 

He did at one point, however, mock Palin’s national political campaign at length, calling her “the least qualified candidate for office since Caligula nominated his horse.”

Standing room only? In Alaska? For one of Palin's most hated enemies?

Well so much for people saying that this is Palin country.

I actually doubt at this point that she could draw a big enough crowd to fill a school bus. much less leave standing room only at any venue in the state. 

Well stay tuned folks, if the last few weeks have been any indication, Palin will simply HAVE to respond to this on Facebook in the next day or two.

Well, unless she is intimidated by Bill Maher that is.