Keith Olbermann began the second part of his interview with Barack Obama with a tale of two conservatives: “One guy who makes about $40,000 a year said, ‘Ask him why he’s going to raise my taxes.’ Another guy makes about a million dollars a year, said, ‘Ask him why he’s going to raise my taxes.’ “

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