The Competition

Two guests appeared on a recent episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher” on HBO: Donna Brazile, former head of the Democratic National Committee, and Anthony Scaramucci, “The Mooch,” the disgraced former Trump administration communications director who got fired for vulgar comments to a journalist.

Who would you expect to come off better on the show?

The result may be a microcosm of the state of both parties.

Brazile came on first and delivered some comments peppered with gratuitous swearing.

Scaramucci walked out (as Brazile waved her hand in front of her nose) and said he “swears a lot but I d...