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 Olbermann to Bush: ‘You Do Not Own This Country’Posted on Jan 3, 2007
During another of his notable special comments, Keith Olbermann took Bush to the woodshed over reports that the president plans to sell a troop escalation in Iraq as a “sacrifice.”
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By Bukko in Australia, June 18, 2007 at 3:02 pm #
Oh please Dominic, don’t hurt us! We are so frightened of your awesome power! I take back everything I said!!!!!
Report thisBy Skruff, June 18, 2007 at 9:10 am #
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78862 by Dominic on 6/17 at 9:50 pm
“Prepare to be imprisoned sometime in the very- fucking- near future.
I hope you all enjoyed your little jokes and digs at the expense of your rightful government”
Ok I was wrong… The Nazis ARE comming!
Report thisBy Dominic, June 18, 2007 at 1:50 am #
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Olbermann will be hauled in on charges of giving aid and comfort to the enemy,malicious mischief,failure to support the troops during wartime,and of course subversive and willfull attacks on the soveriegn government of these United States.
Report thisthe man is a leftist mouthpiece and a public traitor.
As are all of you that agree with him.
Prepare to be imprisoned sometime in the very- fucking- near future.
I hope you all enjoyed your little jokes and digs at the expense of your rightful government,because it’s really going to cost you everything;including your liberty and possibly even your citizenship.
Chew on that for a while ,you ungrateful bastards.
By Rod Lutz, February 5, 2007 at 6:00 pm #
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There is a conspiracy going on and the American do not know of it! My address is 9959 wild rd se if you do not like Bush you will want to know this!! This is my phone 1-403-225-0208 I will not talk on the phone about this!!!!!
Report thisCalgary Alberta Canada
By William, January 31, 2007 at 2:36 pm #
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Chucky you should seriously find your way out of your sleep and you obviously do not have children. The farce that has become Iraq has become a matter of pride for Mr. Bush. The government that has put in place is beginning to abandon ship and is trying to utilize the US ground troops to protect themselves. I for one am tired of seeing my family and friends loose love ones for a country who does not care about standing up for themselves but just wants to be baby sat I mean protected and continues to maintain a two faced attitude when it comes to there future. By that I mean as long as we are there and are the front line for there protection they stand for the American way but the moment they turn there back we are the bustards who have come to destroy there country. I feel no petty for any people who are not willing to stand up for themselves. Its time they begin the process of self support and take charge of there own, they have made it abundantly clear that they have the money through their oil assets to manage themselves its time to get off their ass and stop asking for unused Olympic swimming pools and facilities and start in on bettering their country and stop killing our children to protect their fear of standing up for themselves. I say these words not in defiance or in favor of anyone, but because this war has become nothing more than a joke in the eyes of the world even our allies are having second thoughts of their support. What are we really to do but speak out our opinion and let the White house know where we stand
Report thisBy glad, January 10, 2007 at 10:43 pm #
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and your comment isn’t cheezy, right chucky?
yech
Report thisBy Charles II, January 10, 2007 at 7:21 pm #
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I think olberman is cheezy
he says what I am suppose to want to hear but our state run media sucks so much I don’t even want to hear him say it.
I think he’s a decoy—or a token liberal. I think he’s on the air so that the majority of it’s country won’t completely STOP WATCHING tv news because at least someone says a twinkie version of what they want to hear.
It’s pathetic. He’s like Jesus. Keep the faith! Olberman is ranting because of Gdub’s sins.
Boo hooo hoo.
Shut the fuck up Keith Olberman!
He. doesn’t. even. vote. y’ALL!
Report thisBy Tonto, January 7, 2007 at 7:52 pm #
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Part of the strategy for the extra troops in Iraq that Bush can not reveal publicly has to do with his growing anticipation of a nuclear showdown with Iran or N. Korea, etc. within the next 2 years or so. He’s been conferring with Pat Robertson on this.
Report thisBy robert puglia, January 7, 2007 at 2:52 pm #
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to any sober observer and (i’m guessing) to many drunken observers george bush is a cipher, a very bad and barely believable joke. he is boorish and loutlike. he is a smear, he is a stain, he is a desecration of the senses and sensibilities. he is a war criminal. he is a sociopath. he is an asshole. to most of us these traits do not commend him as much of a desirable character but i think it is time to turn our energy and attention to the coterie of miscreants- and their machine- which make it, him possible. while i agree with olbermann completely (as what’s to disagree with?) he might as well sit railing at a television set. i’m not sure what good it does, all of the preachy and stentorian disapproval however justified. somehow a scarcely functional idiot has become the face of a powerful and powerfully destructive presence in the world. olbermann and every man should train his, their energies and offended sensiblities upon a goal of never letting this happen again. pretending that a new congress can or will affect real change is a vain and silly hope. subscribing to the premise which asserts there are only two parties from which to choose is evidence of an evil hoax having been perpetrated effectively and long since. it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish this ruinously expensive, criminal, murderous regime and to institute new government. at considerable inconvenience i do not shop at walmart. i let my credit rating be wrongly besmerched rather than give in to the extortion of my telephone service provider. rail at the evil which manipulates the monkey puppet rather than the puppet. do not, in your daily life and practices permit this machine to continue running you over. demand accountability rather than denounce malfeasance. pay no attention to the men behind the curtain and i will send you my congratulations from beyond these borders and soon.
Report thisBy Lefty, January 6, 2007 at 10:55 pm #
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No Jim, You’re an IDIOT.
G.W. Bush is a yellow bellied, sap sucking, draft dodging, hypocritical coward, just like the rest of his cabinet, administration, and most of the GOP fascist panzies, who voted to send other peoples children to die in a fraudulent, fascist war.
Go Jim! Go to Iraq! Go now! GO NOW!
Report thisBy Bert, January 6, 2007 at 3:20 pm #
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I don’t know anymore. I’ve read and read and read about this whole entire mess, I think I’d like to see a national fuel conservation initiative, even give it one of those cool official-sounding acronyms, NFCI, and get everybody to ‘take it down a dime’ in traffic and on the freeway.
The war’s for oil, plain and simple, if there was no oil, there’d be no shooting. Why? No money to be made, hence no violent competition for control of the resources. So, you undercut the oil business by massively reducing consumption, and get the troops out of Iraq, the ‘war’ such as it was is over, winning the peace will likely take some domestic changes in our country. I read that something like 300 billion has been spent on Iraq,
maybe it helped, maybe it didn’t, at any rate, the war was 3 years ago. We lost our 3,000th soldier not too long ago, I didn’t get the name, but they should sponsor a bill to get our soldiers out of that country in his or her name, and just get the job done. If Bush decides he wants to ‘surge’, then let the voters ‘surge’ to the poll booths across the country and decide on impeachment.
I think public accountability has been long-absent in Washington, and Iraq is going to return the concept to the national spotlight.
There’s already a website for this, it’s called http://www.impeachbush.org. Almost a million people have put their names on that list in support of the motion, that leaves only 299 million more to go.
Report thisMajority rule, consent of the governed, we, the People, so forth and so on…
By Louise Page, January 6, 2007 at 12:37 pm #
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Thank you Keith!
How wonderful it is to watch and listen to someone who’s not only angry about the absence of sane leadership we see in our White House but, unlike the rest of us, has the courage to go LIVE in a VERY PUBLIC WAY to let everybody know!
Your courage inspires. Now we see other commentators on other “news” outlets speaking out! Perhaps not with the power you so clearly exhibit, but it’s a beginning.
What will it take for all of us self-styled “commentators” to get off our keyboards and go “live” with our outrage?
You of course offer no excuse, because you don’t need one. The COURAGE OF YOUR CONVICTION speaks loudly to all!
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Louise Page
Report thisBy Keyser Soze, January 5, 2007 at 10:10 pm #
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#45443 - Jim’s comment on Olbermann.
All conservatives seem to have the same broken record to say about Olbermann. “He’s an idiot”... “He’s Crazy”... “No one’s watching him”... That ship, friend, has sailed. Olbermann has the top rated show on MSNBC. The network beats CNN in prime-time and total viewers often. The network was the only one to post gains from last year. Get a new record, this one is a little used.
Try actually doing some research and point out where exactly Olbermann is wrong here, then, we might listen to you. Have fun.
Keyser Soze
Report thisBy Skruff, January 5, 2007 at 9:02 pm #
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Jim, you would make a better case if you didn’t lie.
You said:
“....Clinton did for 8 years with Interns(underaged)”
I didn’t vote for Clinton, and I believe him to be a traiorous scumbag (Mostly for NAFTA and MFN for china)
BUT
Nobody was underaged… That was Mark Foley (R) Fla.
Report thisBy Brushfinch, January 5, 2007 at 6:21 pm #
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Thank you Keith olberman…and a reminder to all Americans. Bush may think he owns this country…wrong..we do. He is our employee as we pay his salary. Let’s keep reminding him by being alert, and active..by flooding the Whitehouse with e mails..he may not personally read them, but he sure has people counting the plusses and minuses…Same goes for the Congress…
Report thisBy August West, January 5, 2007 at 5:12 pm #
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RE: Comment #45619
You’re right. My bad. Dee Dee Dee.
Report thisBy Magnus, January 5, 2007 at 1:01 pm #
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I have one question of Americans. Why do you fellows not take your constitution, democracy and your rights seriously? I mean by what logic do you elect movie stars, comedians, perverts, crooks, liars, mad men, cheats, murderers to public office? These clowns are the worst that your country has to offer. What is the criterion for selection? That they have had at least 1 appearance in any Hollywood movie or if nothing else, as long as they are enthusiastically willing to take Americas pants down and let the Israeli lobby hump it while it keeps smiling through gritted teeth? The few individuals who do have the integrity to speak the truth, your media, members the US Congress and the Senate drown their hopeless voices with a barrage of negative publicity mixed with lies, innuendos, insults and false accusations - worst overnight they are linked to Al-Quieda. Look at the case of ex-Congresswoman, Cynthia McKinney. For speaking the truth your media and the US government literally mauled her and with the help of AIPC and the JDL, bankrolled and campaigned to elected a previously unknown attorney, because she toed the pro-Israeli line and of course she was black - which in their minds would pacify the African-Americans. Hey as long as the person elected is black who cares what she stands for? I think African-Americans are not as stupid and gullible as they are made out to be by the media and the Republicans and I am hoping that in general Americans too can see where their mindless pro-Israel stance is leading them. Though I know overnight America will not turn a new leaf and do something dramatic like vote in Dennis Kucinich, but I truly wonder, where are the blue blooded Americans of the past to whom the US constitution and the democracy and freedoms it offers are a question of honour, life and death? I hear many of these souls are now members of the US armed forces. But how do they wake up each day knowing that what their forefathers lived and died for has been hijacked, raped, mutilated and mauled beyond recognition by a party of insane apes under the control of an un-Godly foreign entity that controls every meaningful institution in the US? Doesnt their blood stir? Or is it they are alive but really dead, as their conscience and pride died and was buried a long time ago?
Report thisBy George S Semsel, January 5, 2007 at 11:55 am #
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Experience suggests that despite increasing criticisms of the U.S. leadership, nothing will change. Bush does own the country. Ask any Democrat. The leadership doesn’t care about articulations such as Olbermann’s.
Report thisBy rabblerowzer, January 5, 2007 at 11:10 am #
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If Democrats cut funding for the war, they will fall into a trap set by the Rabid Right to forever accuse them of betraying our troops and losing the war in Iraq. Just as hippies and liberals are still blamed for losing the war in Viet Nam. Of course, that is irrational, but rationality has nothing to do with Republican ideology. They see irrationality as the key to manipulating human nature. Fear and hate mongering and pandering to our dark-side is a more reliable tactic for winning elections than appeals for reason, compassion, justice, tolerance and truth.
The Rabid Right has twisted Christian Values inside out, up side down and ass backwards: greed is good, might makes right, wars of aggression spread freedom and democracy, the poor are to blame for their own plight; racism, intolerance, selfishness, greed and hate are traditional American values. They dont frame it in those words, but thats the way it is.
Many Americans have been brainwashed into a sports-fan winner take all militaristic mentality where winning is more important than how you play the game. Never mind that how we play the game defines us both individually and as a nation. Millions of Americans are employed by, vested in and profiting from the Military Industrial Complexs never ending war. And so far they havent suffered any sacrifice. No deaths in the family, no tax increases to pay for the war, no worries . . . Life is good.
Are Americans ready for a strong dose of rationality? I dont think so. Like alcoholics we will probably have to hit rock bottom before we see the light.
Report thisBy gladrob, January 5, 2007 at 3:53 am #
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Geez Jim, I’m amazed.
Is George W. Bush really your hero?
Do you really think he has more guts than most Americans can think of having?
I mean, come on Jim, really, you can’t possibly be THAT fucking thick. I know that’s rude, but WTF has this guy EVER done that has been good or correct or successful? Except pave the way for the TRUE TRAITORS to our country…the war profiteers. Oh well, I refuse to accept that ANYONE could be actually stupid enough to believe what you just wrote, so i choose to think you are getting paid to write idiotic things on progressive websites.
Report thisBy Kwagmyre, January 5, 2007 at 1:14 am #
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Posted by Jim #45443:
“George Bush has more guts than most Americans could even think of having.”
Fine. Then maybe he should get a surgeon to cut them out and hand them over to his brother Marvin who had a colostomy years ago.
Report thisBy stonefruit, January 5, 2007 at 12:14 am #
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If Amerikkka is ever to become America and finally live up to its own cherished delusions about being a “beacon of freedom, democracy and ecconomic opportunity” and if Amerikkka is ever to regain any moral standing in the world whatsoever, it will have to start by impeaching the Unitary Decider (the Chimp-in-Chief) and sending him, Darth Cheney and a few dozen other neocon scumbags straight to the Hague for crimes against humanity.
However, it’s never going to happen and Amerikkkans will just sit on their fat asses until the economy finally implodes (soon) and the middle class gets pushed right off the cliff they teeter so precariously on now.
Report thisBy patricia kuc, January 4, 2007 at 11:15 pm #
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I don’t have MSNBC, but I applaud anyone with the courage to speak out against this corrupt government,
Report thisIf you all want a large dose of truth get your cable companies to carry Free Speach TV and Link TV
By Skruff, January 4, 2007 at 8:43 pm #
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Comment #45424 by HeadlessHessian on 1/03 at 6:45 pm says:
“Skruff..you are almost right. No we are not an ignorant nation….. Those that voted for Bush and have now changed their minds are not stupid.”
Allow me to explain. In education “ignorant” is unknowing. “Stupid” (seldom used anymore) is an inability to learn.
When I said we are an “ignorant” nation, I was referring to the majority of US citizens and their “off-shore knowledge”
A couple of years ago, there was a poll done at several Ivy League Universities. Fully 75 percent of graduate students could not name three Canadian Provinces. 62% couldn’t identify even one Central American head of state. 42% didn’t know that Cuba is in the Caribbean, or that The Dominican Republic and Haiti share an island.
Worse than that 23% of these (best and brightest??) couldnt name the country which shares our common southern border, and of these 12% Tijuana as a separate country.
So stands my case for ignorance.
Report thisBy Youffraita, January 4, 2007 at 8:27 pm #
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Re: comment #45553
You’re absolutely right. But be careful with your Spanish: huevos means eggs. I think you meant cojones (balls).
Report thisBy Bukko in Australia, January 4, 2007 at 7:48 pm #
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Skruff, you ask where all the Nazis went? I still see some occasionally way down here!
Had a Polish patient in his early 80s the other day who had been forced to work on a farm in Germany during the war. He remembered fondly how well they fed him, and was wistful about how the farmer’s two sons were forced to join the SS because they were over 1.8 meters tall. He still considers the Germans to be good people, casually used the word “niggers” in conversation when he asked me about America, and talked about how “Jewish money” had so much influence in the U.S.
Bringing me back to your point about apathetic citizens, I wonder: in the future will there be people who recall the Bush years as times when America was strong, when it could invade other nations at will, when the gasoline was cheap and the dollar was worth something more than a “poo ticket”? (Aussie slang for arse-wiper.) Because when the U.S. collapses into a heap of rubble from what these bastards have done, the present circumstances will look good indeed. Yes, I can see a Mexican reminiscing in his hospital bed in northen Canada in 2065, looking back to the good ol’ days when there were tomato fields where there’s now sand dunes in the San Joaquin Valley, and the migrant labor bosses gave them water and Porta-potties…
Report thisBy EJ, January 4, 2007 at 7:30 pm #
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MSNBC used to have another guy with balls - Phil Donahue. During the run up to the invasion of Iraq, he was the only guy on TV asking any tough questions. They caved to GE pressure and cancelled his show.
Report thisBy jim, January 4, 2007 at 4:23 pm #
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If you defend Bush then get your ass over to Iraq. Make the “sacrifice” for some young kid that doesn’t want to go.
Report thisYou are right Kieth, Bush is a liar.
Come on you Bush defenders, you could at least drive truck in Iraq. Oh wait you have no guts, just bullshit.
By August West, January 4, 2007 at 4:03 pm #
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Re: Comment #45443 by jim “Olbermann is an IDIOT with no BALLS. He doesnt have clue what this world is about. He tninks sitting on your ass like Clinton did for 8 years with Interns(underaged) is the best thing to do. George Bush has more guts than most Americans could even think of having.”
KO has way mas huevos than The Decider. He is risking his job at MSGOP, has been sent a fake anthrax package by a rightwingnut which strongly suggests his safety is at risk, and has been willing to talk truth to power. The Decider? He only dodged the draft by leapfrogging over more qualified candidates to get a politically-connected appointment to guard Texas’ airspace during the Vietnam War untili he lost his flight status by refusing to take a physicial that would also have involved a drug test, and then walked away from the remainder of his service, only to get a pass. Since none of his family members are in the service, he did not risk his own safety or that of his children to launch a war of choice and now apparently wants to escalate the conflict with more troops in the short-term that will have no long-term effect because Iraq is not a homogenous society but a collection of competing factions sewn into a “nation” by western powers. No, The Decider doesn’t have the intestinal fortitude to admit that he made a mistake and to listen to those who want to help find a way out. Before the war started there were weapons inspectors on the ground in Iraq that he pulled out because they weren’t finding WMD’s and he didn’t want the ultimate finding of the inspectors to be that there were no WMD’s. Why do you think the justification for the war has morphed so many times in the last four years?
Also, get your facts right. Clinton only got BJ’s from one intern who was over eighteen years old. (As if it matters that you RWN’s think that playing the Clinton card does anything but trivialize your argument.)
Report thisBy LTJ, January 4, 2007 at 12:50 pm #
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RE: #45361 by Luke on 1/03 at 1:35 pm:
“I too applaud Mr. Olbermann….<snip>...he has such a huge following, all 10 of them.”
OK, perhaps ‘Luke’ can explain how a mere 10 more viewers could catapult MSNBC so far up in the latest TV ratings?, with MSNBC bypassing and leaving Bush-worshipping FoxNews and CNN in the dust??
Those 10 additional Olbermann fans must be “weighted” quite heavily in the stats computation!
Report thisBy GDAEman, January 4, 2007 at 8:36 am #
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Why has MSNBC only recently allowed someone like Olbermann to have a voice? It’s because the plutocracy is loosing confidence in Bush’s ability to maintain the status quo. If Olbermann started talking seriously about the growing wealth gap, unregulated hedge funds, the banking system, issues of class, he’d be gone. He, like the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group, are carefully managed tools of A Discredited American Political Elite.
Report thisBy D37, January 4, 2007 at 5:25 am #
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Anyone hear how americans are now considered third rate citizens in Bolivia and need a visa? Way to go America, thanks Mr. Bush! Suddenly, we’ve become the scum of the world.
Report thisBy biggaloe, January 4, 2007 at 3:55 am #
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One has to wonder how much longer KO will be allowed to continue on MSNBC. The other corporate dominated
main stream media are bound to pressure MSNBC to get rid of him.
Fascism is not tolerant of independent voices, especially those that oppose the power structure
the elites hold over the masses.
We have reached a state where the people are afraid of their government, and the government is afraid of it’s people. And under such a state, “security” will trump liberty, and order will prevail over rights.
Report thisBy Mark Carter, January 4, 2007 at 3:29 am #
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Olbermann is to be commended as being a true patriot by having the balls to say what others won’t about the current administration.
Report thisMany have already posted articles of impeachment and a list of impeachable crimes.
I consider http://www.whatreallyhappened.com one of the best sources of this information. Also Pelosi’s Phone, Fax & Snailmail are listed so the newly elected democrats get on the ball because IMHO The sovereign people of the US have had it with B/S. Note to democratic electee’s; you weren’t so much elected in as the republicans were elected out. Get cracking on representing your country and not lobbyist’s and other scum or you will also be fired.
By jim, January 4, 2007 at 12:58 am #
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Olbermann is an IDIOT with no BALLS. He doesn’t have clue what this world is about. He tninks sitting on your ass like Clinton did for 8 years with Interns(underaged) is the best thing to do. George Bush has more guts than most Americans could even think of having. Go George show them that US Americans are tough and will fight for our freedom. Unlike babys like Olbermann. It’s good that he is on a station that no one is watching. Ha Ha LOL
Report thisBy Eyes Wide Open, January 4, 2007 at 12:01 am #
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Ever since Bush and company started this senseless war in Iraq I have been wondering why the press was either acting as cheerleader (e.g. Fox News) or simply passed on what the White House said without comment. Where was the 21st century Walter Cronkite who was willing to say publicly what so many of us were thinking but had no forum in which to speak?
Late last night I got my answer as I witnessed Mr. Olbermann’s comments.
Report thisBy HeadlessHessian, January 3, 2007 at 11:45 pm #
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Wow!!! double Wow! He hit the Bush…errr nail on the head!
Skruff..you are almost right. No we are not an ignorant nation. There were many of us then (almost 50%) that voted for the opposition. Those that voted for Bush and have now changed their minds are not stupid. They have recognized Bush for what he is, a liar, a monster. They now see that they were ‘fear mongered’ lied to and manipulated. The election in 00 was stolen, most folks agree with that. In 06..many saw their error and changed their minds, thank goodness!!!!
Its is those that still support him that we need to seriously worry about. Those that claim that Bush was God sent!!! Imagine a God sending a murdered to be the most powerful head of a very powerful nation…. Those are the maniacs we need to worry about. Those that constantly try to legislate divisiveness and split us a people.
It is the deal that the republicans made with the president that got us into this disaster (and I also blame kiss ass democrats for their yes votes). Republicans and Bush made a deal, we will let you do what you want and you don’t veto any of our spending legislation. Think about it!
Skruff..your dad was right about the Nazis..their main quote was ‘we did not know’. Bullshit! They did know..all those films of people being beaten and dragged out in the streets. Its just like all the Republicans now are abandoning the Bush ship. They knew, they all knew.
Anyhow Olbermann hit the nail on the head.
Headless
Report thisBy Luke, January 3, 2007 at 11:00 pm #
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I love watching the way Keith Olberman can freely rail against this corrupt administration. It totally puts the lie the leftist idea that privately-owned media will never oppose the establishment. No, any private, for profit media is necessarily subservient to its viewers from whom they must elicit viewership in order to attract advertisers. Any “censorship” on behalf of a production or network is done purely to please the sensibilities of the viewing demographic. In the case of Countdown, it is a fairly sophisticated and progressive show, and thus its viewers are likely to welcome strong opinion against the establishment. You won’t find anything like this on PBS/NPR, which has to fund itself through government handouts and private goodwill, rather than the mutual benefit of advertisers and consumers.
Report thisBy Jess(t) Me, January 3, 2007 at 9:16 pm #
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I agree with Skruff.
The fact of the matter is that the people as a whole still hold him up.
Perhaps it’s because We don’t see a better option.
Perhaps it’s from fear.
Perhaps it’s from the erosion of ethics and deteriorated hope of expecting anything better for ourselves.
Perhaps it’s from the lack of faith of being heard over the propoganda to even make a dent of difference.
The invasion and the conseuqences of our ‘big stick’ politics in Iraq were obviously not concoted with the goal of minimizing casualties in mind. By continuing our old school American bully policy, we’ve turned Iraq into a box of quicksand and blurred the lines of terrorism itself.
Our bloodthirsty need for immediate retaliation for 9/11 has cost us even more lives over the fear of ‘something’ more terrible. Fear is a child’s excuse to do something brash, and yet we were children. Regardless, we can’t change the past, we can only find a better way to address our present and plan for the future.
Our smartest minds are supposed to be in our government - helping to keep us from predicaments like the Katrina and Iraq aftermath. See a trend??? We have a history of hitting hard with our best show right off the bat and then fumbling after the best course of action far too late in the game. We tend to win.. but only from overwhelming and scary power the media has on shifting our focus and training our short attention spans on the other frogs jumping into other pots of boiling water.
Things need to change.
Report thisBy GPatriot, January 3, 2007 at 8:39 pm #
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Actually what needs to be done..is the people need to arrest Bush and all his minions and Hang them. Are there really any true patriots in America? I am not sure, because people really do not seem to want to sacrifice their lives for freedom and liberty. It appears we need some sort of leader like JFK,MLK, RFK and protect them big time and let them led us to DC to take over. Olbermann is a true Hero and Patriot. Why? because he speaks out when others don’t. Me? I just waiting for the revolution to start and have our day watching the Hangings of all the Criminals in DC. They are so much more dangerous than any person in Federal Prison today though.
Report thisBy moe, January 3, 2007 at 8:09 pm #
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Keith is trying to say what any normal person would say after you see years of incompetence from an idiot of a president.
These same thoughts go through my mind everytime the idiot president appears on tv/radio. What makes the idiot think he is still relevant? Can’t anyone in the inner circle just say, “Mr Idiot, you no longer matter, the nation has no respect for you. They all want you gone so that normal, thoughtfull and competent people can begin the huge task of rebuilding the nations you have abused and destroyed. Just say you need to go back to the ranch and cut weeds.
Keith, thanks for taking a stand for all of us.
Report thisBy walking man, January 3, 2007 at 8:03 pm #
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Yes, Bush is a disaster, a delusional man who got us into an illegal war based on lies and is totally ignoring the one problem that no one can afford to ignore: global warming.
But it’s our fault, too. Enough of us voted for him so that he could get “elected” twice. If we weren’t so damned gullible neither “election” would have even been close.
As long as it looked like we were “winning” the “war” we didn’t mind going to war. Rah-rah-rah, hiss-boom-bah! Go, team go! But when things weren’t looking good we changed our minds.
Why couldn’t we have just said “no” the first time around?
Report thisBy William, January 3, 2007 at 8:03 pm #
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I fear for Olbermann’s safety. He has the testicles to espouse the truth and I admire him for it. However, the Bushites have demonstrated they will stop at nothing to quell descent or even disagreement with thier regime’s ideology. They don’t debate differences they set out to destroy people. I would not put it past the wingnuts to “X” him out. Seriously…
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By Grebo, January 3, 2007 at 7:37 pm #
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Thak you Olbermann.
Report thisHow did that scumbag piece-of-sh!t ever get re-elected?! It is truly mind-boggling.
By Skruff, January 3, 2007 at 6:53 pm #
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We’re an ignorant nation.
This is compounded by our failure to see reality.
People continually blame “Bush” as if he did this dirty deed in Iraq by himself.
Slightly less than half the voting population (after the crookery) told Bush in 2004 “We’ll hold your coat” Bush told the country this was a “mandate” not only on Iraq, but on reform of social security, his so called “faith based social programs”, and his ultra right-wing-xtian view of these united states.
We (the people) let him go about his business undeterred. Then in 2006 “The people” stripped him of his Republican support. Tired of war, and seeing (finally) another policy failure, the people said they wanted change.
I hear the newly elected Democrats hedging on;
withdrawal in Iraq
revisions of the “patriot Act” (sic)
reenstatement of ethics legislation, and\
looking into crimes which might have been committed.
I’m sorry, but I don’t see Bush as the primary problem.
My father tells me that when he entered Germany in 1944, there was not a Nazi to be found. All the Germans said; “They went that-a-way.”
Report thisBy Luke, January 3, 2007 at 6:35 pm #
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I too applaud Mr. Olbermann, for he continues to show that ignorance still reigns supreme in the media, no wonder he has such a huge following, all 10 of them.
Report thisBy val, January 3, 2007 at 6:30 pm #
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Keith Olbermann is a brave journalist to point out that Bush
Report thisis proceeding on Bush’s own agenda::: which is clearly to have
American bases in the middle east, and control of the oil in Iraq
forever. Bush doesn’t care what people think; most sociopaths do not. Bush and his friends in the Carlyle Group have profited
immensely; and all these evil men , Cheney, Rumsfeld, etc are
the appointees of Ford, who pardoned Nixon to AVOID
investigation of Watergate and the coverup of the assassination of President Kennedy. Remember Ford was on the Warren Commission with its absurd explanation of the ‘magic bullet’ .
By Pablo Corazon, January 3, 2007 at 6:16 pm #
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Olbermann and Mozart are both born on January 27th. Aquarians ! Who else could see it and say it so easily as our beautiful Aquarius people in the Age of Aquarius?
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (Virgo;) said, that: “Architecture is but Frozen music” and here’s Olbermann creating a freeze-dried second to show the world that the frozen vibratory frequencies of Bush’s sick-song are just that: “SICK” ! Bush is now the absolute Number one Terrorist On the Planet (now that he’s killed Saddam;) and… The Worst Person In The World !! ;
Poor baby. You know Saddam comes into all Bush’s dreams each night. Who’d want that Karma? Physical karma’s not so bad but mental karma you can never get rid of. Bush is going “Mad” and it’s all Saddam’s fault for tormenting his dreams. Don’t cha’ jes love it ?? Great, times !!
When are they going to learn ? A true leader only has lead other’s to help Feed, Shelter and Clothe Humankind on this teeny little blue marble spirilling and spinning (not even, half-way) through the Milkey Way and none of this would be going on.
Report thisBy cynthia in paris, January 3, 2007 at 5:58 pm #
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Amazing that he said it, amazing that it changes nothing.I agree with all that has been said here. I too applaud Olbermann and don’t understand why Americans aren’t taking to the streets to stop this insanity (is his time slot opposite “The Simpsons”?).Maybe when everyone knows someone who knows someone who has been killed/maimed In Iraq the light will go on.
Report thisBy vet240, January 3, 2007 at 5:28 pm #
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I have been watching Keith Olbermann for a couple of years now. He is a courageous American. MSNBC needs to continue supporting him in his endeavor to tell the truth to the American people. Truth is essential to freedom. Without truth and openess from our elected officials there can be no “America”. Bush has demonstrated time and time again he understands control cannot be achieved where honest open government exists. Someone needs to examine Bush for drug and alcohol related Dementia.
Report thisBy DennisD, January 3, 2007 at 5:25 pm #
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It’s refreshing to hear someone say what the vast majority of people are thinking. The only other voice of reason out there I can think of is Lou Dobbs. I thought the most important purpose of a free press to inform the public. Too bad Keith is relegated to MSNBC and not doing national network news. We need a constant drumbeat of his political comments to get through to our apathetic populace waiting for the next Britney Spears update.
Report thisBy Philip Dennany, January 3, 2007 at 5:25 pm #
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Hopefully speaker Pelosi take Olberman’s advice, but I don’t count on it. She has to think first of her Israeli family.
Report thisBy Rodney Matthews, January 3, 2007 at 4:53 pm #
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Time and time again Keith Oberman has become the voice of the american media. He has the courage to speak the truth while other allow Bush to continue lie and decieve. Keith Oberman is an American hero. He epitomizes the right of dissent that this nation was founded upon. His special comments not only speaks the truth,they call the Bush adminstration on the numerous lies and deceptions that led this nation to this unnescessary,immoral,unethical war. He also exposes the Bush Adminstrations exploition of 9-11 for political purposes. I never knew a wonderful sports reporter had such interlect and courage to expose,inform,and educate the average Americans to the dangerous and disasterous policies of the Bush adminstration. Continue to speak Keith,America is listening!
Report thisBy SteelMagnolia, January 3, 2007 at 3:47 pm #
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Olbermann is a modern-day Murrow with the stones to tell the truth. Just wish his colleagues had the stuff of which he is made. His intellect, integrity and courage is unmatched in the swamp that is the corporate media.
Report thisBy Gonnuts, January 3, 2007 at 3:43 pm #
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bush reminds me of the knight in Monty Python’s “Search for the Holy Grail” who keeps getting his limbs cut off but still wants to fight.
Oops, there goes an arm. (No WMD)
Opps, there goes another arm. (No connection to 9/11 or alQuede)
Oops, there goes a leg. (Stopping the civil war)
Oops, there goes the other leg. (the BS government he installed)
So there’s bush’s torso now screaming to “bring it on” as the rest of the sane world rides away.
Report thisBy David, January 3, 2007 at 3:38 pm #
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This man is a hero. That is a word that has all but lost its meaning in this society, but as defined, “a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities”, I believe him to be the only major network anchor who is speaking unmittigated truth to power with the passion, intesity, and urgency that this grave situation requires. ANGER, FRUSTRATION & OUTRAGE! What the hell is wrong with people in this country? Its as if the economic controls have at last zapped the last bit ferocity and “give a shit” from our bloated, lazy, apathetic countrymen! Or maybe it is the social controls? The corporated media has failed us miserably and have given this administration a pass on every single misstep and trepidation they perpetrated on this nation. Except for Olberman. Thanks Keith for making me (and others I’m sure) feel less alone in our disbelief of this mind-bogglingly disasterous presidency.
Report thisBy Magnus, January 3, 2007 at 3:36 pm #
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Olbermann is singularly the only journalist with any testicular fortitude. Compare Olbermann’s candid and honest statements to the utter rot spewed by the dial-a-porn addict Bill O’Rielly or that Israeli-arse-kissing pot-bellied-drunken-pig Glen Beck or that racist construction worker now-bullshit-artist, Sean Hannity. What a contrast. Any way Olbermann could or would stand for office? He would win hands down.
Report thisBy Torvo, January 3, 2007 at 3:25 pm #
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Let Mr. Bush make his sacrifice—as soon as his daughters enlist.
Report thisBy Truth, January 3, 2007 at 2:15 pm #
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Elements in our own Gov’t deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen! Watch “Loose Change” free on the web for overwhelming proof!
Report thisBy Matthew M, January 3, 2007 at 2:11 pm #
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It is time to assemble a list of crimes, suitably detailed to be submitted to a War Crimes Tribunal. In the meantime, we might consider indulging in a bit of fantasy, restrained in our actions by a determination not to sink to their level, but to seek real justice and honor in the way we bring these criminal to accountability. To whit: Bush & Company may be held indefinitely subject to juridical proceedings specified in the ‘Patriot Act’ and in the ‘Military Commissions’ Act: secret (or no)charges, secret prisons, including the use of ‘creative’ restraints and the use of ‘novelty’ persuasion techniques, as outlined in the new Pentagon training manuals. To recall a tiresome adage: “What’s good for the goose is also good for the gander”.
Report thisBy Aedamis D Antram, January 3, 2007 at 1:49 pm #
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I totally agree with Keith Olbermann. We need to withdraw all our troops, there is no question about it. we will never win in Iraq. Whoever wants to increase the number of troops, including all the memebers of the Congress and the White House, they need to send their family members to the front line.
Report thisBy Chris Rose, January 3, 2007 at 1:04 pm #
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I applaud Mr. Olbermann for his courageous stand. If only he could display the same level of courage in demanding a new investigation into the truth of the events which occurred on September 11, 2001.
Report thisBy Kyle Bates, January 3, 2007 at 1:04 pm #
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I do believe Bush and his gang of double-dealing lowlife scumbags are trying to enlive the old proverb: “You kill one man, they call you a murderer, you kill one million, they call you a conqueror”
They are still about 300,000 short of a million, so they obviously just want to accelerate the slaughter by sending in some freshly brainwashed and lobotomized troops.
For them it’s just a matter of status within their kook-lux-jesuzionist brotherhood. The more carnage, the higher they climb.
Report thisBy Tom, January 3, 2007 at 12:41 pm #
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Every year our President must receive a “physical” exam. I feel that the mental health of a person with that level of authority should be evaluated periodically as well.
From every action he has taken so far leads me to believe this exam is overdue.
We as concerned citizens should demand this. If we don’t, we are part and parcel to the unending killing and maiming of innocent people in Iraq.
Mr. Bush should study history, especially the revolutionary war. The British were the invaders on Americal soil, and yes, we were the terrorists.
Report thisWe all know how that ended.
By Boggs, January 3, 2007 at 10:56 am #
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I applaud Olbermann, he takes his public stage seriously and uses it often to try to open the eyes of the sleeping americans who are allowing the the neo-con corporate fascism to take over our government, much the way that was once predicted by Karl Marx.
Report thisI watch Olbermann nightly and think that everyone should.