As a way of showing our appreciation to Keith Olbermann for taking Donald Rumsfeld to the much-deserved woodshed, earlier today we posted a link to his book The Worst Person in the World: And 202 Strong Contenders on Amazon and asked people to buy it. It subsequently moved from #19,000 on the sales ranking list to #99 #60 #25 #2. Thanks so much to everyone who helped to push it up there.
From us to you, Keith. Our way of saying thanks.
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Keith!
Olbermann!
The Constitution!
OLBERMANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keith!
This weekend freewaybloggers will be putting up “impeach” signs across the country.
http://freewayblogger.blogspot…..t-3rd.html
cardboard, paint and the ability to use it, that’s all it takes.
Jane:
It’s Olbermann. With two “N”s.
The founding fathers– smart and devoted and sometimes confused! but
Driven!!!
I did my share !
Dan Patrick!
Kinda nice to see what the blogosphere can do, eh?
Jane, are you going to invite Keith to the Book Salon for some more Firedog love and encouragement?
neurophius @ 6
When you’re running a blog with new posts every 30 minutes, who has time to check spelling?
This is one of those times I wish I had a TV or video viewing capability on the computer (it’s a work computer, so I can’t download new programs). I have sent the commentary around my email network.
I’ll buy the book too!
In other news, Bill Nelson now has a 43 point lead over Katherine Harris. Does any other D have it so easy in his/her Senate race?
Andy
“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.
- Harry S. Truman
neurophius @
6
fixed! thanks! (look at the book cover!)
AAbshier @ 13
Kathy’s not worried acc. to her Hardballs segment with Nora…
m’kay?
bw, bw, bwahahahahhaha!
Three of Keith’s guests tonight mentioned his principled speech from last night, when they were on…Barbara Boxer, Rocky Anderson, adn John Dean.
It’s a very, very big deal. It will embolden the
terroristsDemocrats through the election, and beyond. We’re bringin’ you DOWN Chimpy!Mr. Olbermann is the shiznit to be sure. If only he’d lose the celebrity gossip BS the show would be golden.
Olbermann’s book is now up to #48.
Line forming over here to have his babies.
Me first.
It’s the celestial drops, I tell you!
She used to be my Congresscritter. Now I have a colorless but reliable Democrat, Jerry Costello. I’ll definitely take Costello.
Oh (and to stay semi-on topic) Katy made “Worst Person in the World” on KO’s show a time or two. Anyone have vidcaps?
Andy
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Citizen Hamsher:
Keith is great and I’m gunna get the book but have you heard any rumblings from the Fitz compound…anything at all bein’ speculated? We surely could use an October surprise from Fitz hopfully before the big one falls on Tehan.
KEEP THE FAITH AND STRAP IT UP THEY’RE GUNNA MAKE US WORK FOR THIS ONE!!!
Hey gang — if you haven’t tried the Spotlight function, this is a GREAT article to send around. Olberman is getting an enormous amount of pushback from the wingnut-o-sphere at the moment. Getting his back on this, and making sure the media outlets know that we have his back, would be a great thing to do for him.
So, if you have a few moments, please take some time and Spotlight this post to some journalists that you think should know about it. Thanks!
egregious @
19
Well, I, uh, ordered his book…
Update…
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #48 in Books ; )
Olbermann is doing some major heavy-duty lifting. Bench pressing Rove, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice and the rest. All at once! Just the thought gives me a hernia. Also makes me aware I ought to be doing more. Much more.
I wonder what the sales will be 24 hours from now? FireDogLake is showing some serious influence over consumer buying I wonder how you compare to a major newspaper in terms of influence? Also you should probably raise your ad rates. By the way what does FireDogLake mean if anything? just curious oh! and your all great!
Wow, I can’t believe it went up that fast!
I did my part.
How much does FDL receive for each book sold via this site?
cleter #69 last thread:
Sorry, I was called to dinner and it was my turn to wash dishes. How’s ol’ Huck?
I would like to take a moment to address the concept of appeasement.
Donald Rumsfeld, please take note.
Appeasement is what happened on September 8th, 1974…When Gerald Ford, Nixon’s hand-picked successor pardoned Nixon for any and all offences committed by him during his term of office, and gave him sole possession of the physical evidence against him.
Appeasement is what happened December 24, 1992…when George H.W. Bush pardoned Casper Weinberger and others in advance of their trial for their Iran-Contra activities, calling them ‘patriots’ (who incidentally commited treason by selling arms to a rogue state, breaking a congressional amendment specifically enacted to forbid such hanky-panky in the process) and bemoaning the ‘criminalization of policy differences’.
Appeasement is spending over $40 million and 5 years to wind up investigating an extramarital blowjob, as a sop to faux moralists who engaged freely in their own private peccadilloes away from such intense scrutiny.
Appeasement is enacting and rushing back to sign into existence a federal law that would force a feeding tube down a brain-dead person’s gullet as a stratagem to energize purblind religious voters.
Appeasement is giving tax cuts to the wealthy and tax breaks to large multinational companies at the expense of the expanding poor and shrinking middle class…Forcing America’s fighting men and women to use inadequate equipment and sacrifice their families’ well-being so that a war fought on behalf of petroleum companies using them as proxies can be prosecuted…Doing away with rights, freedoms, and legal oversight so that a unitary executive theory of dubious provenance, unsustainable outside of such optimum conditions can thrive like a malignant weed.
Appeasement is not legitimate questioning of authority.
And it is not insisting that global realities trump narrowly ideological pipe dreams created over 30 years ago in an earlier corruption of the American political process.
But some will have plenty of time to ponder these contrasts.
International war crimes trials do have a habit of dragging on somewhat.
Guess what everyone I know is getting for festivus this year? (My order is in.)
How do you check the sales ranking of a book on Amazon? I can’t find it on their Web site.
Alal-Scooter @
28
Festivus…for the rest of us? *G*
Some righteous indignation on another subject from Mr. Wolcott for those so inclined:
http://jameswolcott.com/archiv….._shots.php
Won’t take but a minute.
poputonian @ 29
Festivus? I’ll get the pole out of the crawlspace…
I’m giving everyone free books from Focus on the Family’s website. I’ll keep the KO book for myself! hehe
(Did I say free books from FOF website? Why yes I did! Go drain their coffers if you are bored. No, I’m not really giving the books away though. The pages may end up in the litter box though ;)).
neurophius @ 6
Sorry, I should have added: I commend you for giving Keith the recognition he deserves. His piece last night was incredible.
Keith is the bomb, it started for me, when Keith took B.OReilly to task for his Malmedy rant. B.OReilly did not just do it once but he twice, with the same person. Gen Wesley Clark.
Olbermann would definitely win the feats of strength, and the airing of grievances is gonna take a while…
I’ve just placed my order, after reading this post.
It was an amazing segment last night. I belive that Mr. Murrow would be proud.
Simon,
Fresno, CA
darkblack — excellent points.
Simon @ 40
I did too. Fresno, eh? McLane HS graduate here ; )
cleter @ 31
Its done!
Hi Jane.
Couple things I noticed tonite and thought of you.
1) Boxer called for Rumsfelds resignation because he said we question “at our nations peril” – her words! (Olbermann 8/31)
2) O’Donnell mentioned very emphatically that they have been having the hardest time getting Dems to appear on camera to rebut the administration’s pr blitz. (Hardball 8/31)
Both had me shaking my head and hoping you’d highlight the hypocrisy (1) and ineptitude (2)
Olberman, I Thank You! The man deserves a medal!
He has shown more concern for the US than the Republicans ever have.
I waited for an eternity for the quick time clip to load at C & L just so I could watch someone – anyone, rip Rumsfield apart peice by fucking peice.
The Three Stooges, Bush Cheney and Rumsfield are without doubt the worst thing that has happened to America in recent times (not withstanding 911) Those 3 fools could have prepared New Orl. for Katrina and minimised the damage but they just sat back and let it happen.
The man is an absolute disgrace to the United States of America and should be tried and Jailed for his actions.
Surcam @ 18
You mean the stories his “producers are forcing him to cover?”
Urban Pirate @ 44
I’m glad to see firedogs using Nora O’Donnell instead of her contest winning moniker when she’s doing decent work.
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Wess: And the Democrats’ 3 Stooges: Pelosi, Reid and Schumer.
KEEP THE FAITH, LOOKS LIKE WE HAFTA DO IT OURSELVES!!
Don’t forget to ‘tag’ the book at Amazon… ; )
Customers tagged this product with
First tag: firedoglake (Cozumel on Aug 31, 2006)
Last tag: firedoglake
Maybe O’Donnell should ask the bloggers to appear?
Bush made the statement that the terr’ists are all united in a common goal. Well, yeah, and bank robbers aren’t?
As for his self-touted strategery…Nixon had a secret plan, too, for the 1972 election. Iraq/ME ain’t WW2…it’s Vietnam all over again.
Twisted Martini @ 35
The “Airing of Grievances” with the Neo cons would go on for hours and lest we forget the “The Feats of Strength’ see how good Cheney is with someone who WILL fight back!
I’m all excited now! … Festivus is only a few months away!
We ARE the people.
.
I just bought Keith’s book.
Newt Gingrich, who was bemoaning “partisan politics” just a few weeks ago is now using geography to divide America, like the true small minded assclown he is.
A douchebag says what?
Gingrich on Pelosi.
“The prospect of her bringing San Francisco values and a whole attitude on foreign policy that is, I think, an attitude of weakness and appeasement and surrender, I think, would be a disaster for the country,”
-GSD
Remember how outraged this set was at the use of the word LIE?
The sun cannot set on these neo-fascists soon enough.
Urban Pirate @
44
Someone give Nora O’D Rocky Anderson’s phone number. He’s in the book. SLC. Utah. Mayor. Not shy.
Soon the Republicans will be but a by-product of a Democratic rout. We’re ready to rumble.
I got one.
And since it’s payday and I had my card out, I ordered this beautiful weapon for my arsenal.
Just wanted to add that in addition to supporting Keith with my order for this book, I also sent my emails of support to MSNBC, et al, for his piece on last night’s show.
Several popular progressive blogs posted five email addresses for this and I cc’d my supportive comments too all of them.
I would encourage you to do the same, if you’ve not already.
Simon
Fresno, CA
al-Scooter @ 34
This Melanie Phillips creature that Wolcott quotes seems to be spouting the same talking points as our delusional Rumsfeld.
She spews: “[M]uch of the most incendiary media coverage of this war seems to have been either staged or fabricated. The big question is why the western media would perpetrate such institutionalised mendacity…………………….
http://www.jameswolcott.com/
“What bothers me the most is how clever the enemy is,” he continued, launching an extensive broadside at Islamic extremist groups which he said are trying to undermine Western support for the war on terror.
“They are actively manipulating the media in this country” by, for example, falsely blaming U.S. troops for civilian deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan, he said….
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..79_pf.html
Talking points anyone?
Amazon not only supports FDL, it supports the economy of North Dakota via its customer service center in Grand Forks, a corporation that came into ND after the disastrous 1997 flooding…back in the day when FEMA and America functioned very well, thank you.
If you’re not inclined to buy KO’s book, do, please, put it on the request list of your local library. Can’t stress enough that these folks do a lot of networking. And this is just the kind of book that would appeal to the people who protested turning over people’s reading records with no regard for legalities.
Or you can order an extra copy and donate it to your library…. small stones.
T-rex at 57 that link does not show any actual product, at least when I tried it.
op99 @ 48
She has been great this week. Maybe an email drive?
I cringed when I heard her use the “democrats are all over the place” line. Was ready to throw my shoe. :)
Then she followed up with “why have we been having such a hard time getting Dems to come on and rebut”, and I redirected my anger towards those spineless dipshits we prop up each day cause theyre our best hope. (for now)
Quick Arts & Entertainment question for DaLakers:
I bought ‘All the President’s Men’ on impulse when I went to get ‘Good Night and Good Luck’ tonite.
In the comments on the back it mentions Bob Woodward. Ewwwwwwwww!
Can I watch this movie and still post here in good faith? Is it a good movie? Does Robert Redford approve of what Woody is doing these days?
Did any of y’all hear the FDL shout out on the Majority Report? The thread earlier today “Karl Rove’s Desperate Measures” was the base of Mr. Seder’s whole opening spiel – with attribution, of course.
the book is in the mail.
o/t – the october surprise ain’t that surprising to anyone awake, but it sure might get hairy with nukes involved. iran. great post at greenwalds regarding thus.
http://www.glenngreenwald.blogspot.com
Gingrich. It is a mark of how snookered and desperate the Republicans are that Gingrich is taken seriously. If there is a man rating less respect than Bush, it has to be Newt.
Trex; is that link to nowhere a kind of virtual performance art piece? I’m guessing “This is not a pen” ?
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TRex:
Could you do somethin’ with our new “Burns and Allen” tanight. I gotta work and I’m gunna need some serious snark ta get thru the shift.
KEEP THE FAITH AND PASS THE AMMUNITION!!
Anderson Cooper reported that Iraqi deaths are down from July to August.
But American deaths increased.
Is that what Rumsfeld calls “progress”?
Or is it “turning the corner”?
Sometimes I get confused.
Mr. Bush “Some people say” that you are behaving like a dictator and a fascist?
What say you, dink face?
By the way, how is that lovefest with Muammar El Ghaddaffi going for you. You know, the guy who took power 37 years ago? The guy who was allowed to stay in power and who was never threatened? Why didn’t the Ghadaffi strategy work on Iran?
You know the crazy terrorist who blew up a plane full of innocent holiday vacationers. You know, the guy who you and Rummy appeased in order to have a smiley faced Arab leader in your corner.
Wacky Ghaddaffi
-GSD
TRex @
57
Now try it.
So, I heard highlights of Rummy’s speach while I was far from home. For a thousand miles, I listened to my satelite radio and stewed about this bastard. When I got home, I was loaded for bear, (none of this canned quail shit) and proceeded to release a scorched earth diatribe about Secretary “Throwing Bull” Dumsfeld.
While looking for material, I came across Olbermann’s “burning bush” analysis.
I felt like the Indian on the Mesa sending smoke signals, looking over at the mushroom cloud from the nuclear test.
“Damn, I wish I had said that.”
The poor helpless Bush administration just doesn’t have the ability to muster the propaganda resources that Al Qaeda can.
-GSD
T-Rex that worked, but it seems like kind of a puny thing for a 60′ therapod to use.
but dang it, I want a Thank You Keith Page!
I loved that Colbert thang that was up after his White House Correspondents Dinner remarks–loved it like a brother.
TRex @
71
http://thefishingguys.com/prod…..cts_id=242
petedownunder @ 74
Read the fine print. That pen is named after a volcano.
I thought therapods typed.
Scarecrow – I saw that, but its a dormant volcano, big but qiet. T-Rex is also big, but fortunately, far from quiet.
OT Mary (our Mary) are you reading? I have an idea about your laptop problem.
don’t get too excited about old Amazon. Its ranking system is very odd and quirky and apt to be reflecting a reality that might not match the Rest of the World.
But heck, I’m off to buy the book anyway.
TRex @ 57
For some reason, I thought this weapon woud be better for you.
egregious @ 19
Didnt you just say that about Tom Swan in an earlier thread? WHat a Harlot!!
Theropods have quills! Who gnu?
OFG
Link doesn’t work
Urban Pirate @ 83
That was the “nearly-platonic crush” line for Tom Swan. The bearing babies line I am in is for Stephen Colbert, and I can’t speak for egregious.
Very nice, Trex. If you go flying off on another trip any time soon, remember to leave it at home so it doesn’t get confiscated.
http://accordionguy.blogware.c…..78876.html
The pen is mightier than the sword. And I may be 60 feet tall, but my forelimbs are very delicate.
TRex
It should be good for signing autographs
Late Nite coming up soon!
And then a very special Late Late Nite post from my brother.
To see the page with rankings, you have to go to (click thru from FDL link) http://www.amazon.com/Worst-Pe…..32?ie=UTF8
As of now:
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #42 in Books
astralplame @ 87
Hah. What a bunch of sluts.
We need more video of Lara whats-her-name from Iraq. I would cash in my “but honey, is was **** (insert hot famous person), you HAVE to understand” card for her. Yum-mee.
Tonight we were talking about the sheer bravery of guys like Olbermann and Colbert in this age of intimidation and my son says “mom this is scary” I say what? He says “the government.”
This is America. In which a country kid recognizes his own government as fascist and is afraid.
egregious — the number of fetuses in Tehran is 150,000 ! population is 12million and birthrate is 17 per 1000 produces 200,000 births/year so 9 months of prebirths is 150,000 ! That’d be an awful lot of fetuses for Atomic-Abortionist Bush to deal with in one fell swoop!
PATRICK!
petedownunder @ 75
Must… not… make… obvious… joke… must… not…
KO is at 42
HopeSpringsATurtle @ 98
Just bought mine.
TRex- wow! FDL has been pushing the boundaries of late- LATE NITE, and another LATE LATE NITE!
Urban Pirate – Rather than sluttishness, I would consider it educated biological consumerism.
AAbshier @ 13
Lamont would over Schlesinger – if not for whiney joe. Got to see Lamont speak this evening at an event in Greenwich announcing DFA support of Diane Farrell. He was terrific! Very dynamic. Diane is great too.
I hope Olbermann will have Lamont on his show sometime soon
Valley Girl @ 91
Scooped by ValleyGirl…drat!
TRex @ 90
That’s very titillating.
Hope- I am not MommyBrain!!! But I loves you anyway. MB is a different kinda CA VG.
We might also want to contact MSNBC and tell them what a great job KO is doing. Full details in this Kos Diary.
Urban Pirate @ 92
Logan?
I fixed it…what can I say? my secret is out. I’m illiterate.
neurophius @ 79
Therapods have been typecast as snarkaholics, but we’re working to change that image.
Bravo al-Scooter 707
Hope- but I do think that MB is from CA, and does live in some valley or other.
op99 @ 107
Yes! I normally don’t get horny talking politics/regional strife, but…
GSD @
54
As opposed, no doubt, to the homespun virtues of fidelity, ethics and adherence to principles of good governance that Gingrich so embodies.
;>)
Urban Pirate @
92
Yeah, Lara’s hot. She’s smart, too. Did you see her kick Laura Ingraham’s ass? Ingraham said she’d been in Iraq for 8 days and Lara just laughed and said “Eight days!” and ripped her a new one. It was great.
New thread, TRex is up.
“…San Francisco values…”
As opposed to Oaklander values?
Urban Pirate @ 111
‘S’okay – much better than BobbyG who has the hots for MoDo.
Riesz Fischer @ 113
Oh yes. I have, um, “watched” that many times. Now THAT’s moonbat porn.
The next president of France?
Maybe Bush can discuss Camus with her. Et les trois Shakespeares?
http://touchesexy.blogs.com/to…..oyal_.html
KO book has moved up to 38th…
Yes, what OldCoastie said. I just ordered my copy of Olbermann’s book, and noticed that it’s number 38 on the sales list. Hooray!
I hope Bush is reading Henry IV, cause he needs to learn, like Prince Hal, what it means to grow up and think seriously about governing. As a first step on the road to a new maturity, he could banish the idiot Don Rumsfeld from the Cabinet:
If to be old and merry be a sin, then many an old host that I know is damned….No, my good lord: banish Peto, banish Bardolph, banish Poins; but for sweet Jack Falstaff, kind Jack Falstaff, true Jack Falstaff, valiant Jack Falstaff, and therefore more valiant being, as his is, old Jack Falstaff, banish not him thy Harry’s company, banish not him thy Harry’s company. Banish plump Jack, and banish all the world!
–King Henry the Fourth, Part I (II, iv)
Banish Donald!
I just checked on Olbermann’s book and it’s up to #25. Not bad for a book that doesn’t exist yet.
Yep, rank 25. Glad to see Olbermann getting a little boost after his speech.
As of 11:51 PM Pacific Time it is #19, and the highest rated book that isn’t actually out yet.
GO KEITH!!
As of 8:18 Central time, the book was up to #19. Must be that copy I pre-ordered!
As for Dems not appearing on Hardball, yeah, part of it could be because they’re spineless and disorganized. But it could also be because “why bother”. Hardball’s audience isn’t exactly going to be friendly to any Dem and their message will most likely be lost or ignored. I watched Tweety’s treatment of Dr Dean and yeah, it’s no surprise why Dems feel they have better outlets for their messages. And Nora can spout Rethug talking points with the best of em so let her whine.
Keith’s message needs to be adopted by the Dems. It is not going to happen without pressure from below. What follows is a note sent to Congressman Martin Meehan (D-MA) after a losing debate with Marsha Blackburn (R-TN):
Dear Congressman Meehan,
I saw you opposite Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn last night on the PBS Newshour. While I fully agree with you, and believe you presented the superior factual argument, I was distressed at how the Congresswoman controlled the ideological terms of the debate, in unmistakably McCarthyite tones that replicated those of Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld and served to define you as part of the problem. What follows is a post mortem on the exchange, on which I am being perfectly blunt for the greater good. I hope you will excuse me for not mincing words.
Here is one of her opening remarks about you after you laid out facts that no reasonable person would dispute:
“Well, I think that he is misunderstanding many of the things that are there, and maybe he chooses to do so, but I do disagree with that.”
You let that one slip by. Also this one:
“You know, it’s more like the Cold War. We knew when we started fighting … that, yes, indeed, there would be some that were going to disagree with that. That is always going to happen.”
This is the “stab in the back” theme that resonates so well. Commentators have written about it in the US. Now it is being heard in Israel in the wake of the Lebanon disaster. It calls for a sharp comeback. All you said in response, however, was that “only” 5 to 7 percent of the combatants in Iraq are foreign terrorists. Only? Had only 7 percent of the Viet Cong been Soviet troops, would that have been reason not to fight them there, to call Vietnam a civil war?
You completely missed the depth and power of the false rhetoric that was flung in your face. It put you in the category of “fellow travelers” who saw Stalin as a revolutionary reformer and Communism as a system that would ameliorate over time.
Then there was this shot across the bow, when Jim Lehrer threw the Congresswoman a grapefruit to hit out of the park, asking her whether the Democrats’ debating points were legitimate to bring up. She handled it quite effectively, a sort of kinder, gentler version of the “are you now or have you ever been …” question:
“You know, I think, Jim, that it is a debate that is going to be had, regardless of whether we would call it ‘legitimate’ or not or ‘appropriate’ or not. There are people who are always going to be against fighting for freedom, always is going to happen.
“You know, when I talk to my parents and individuals that lived through World War II, you hear some of the same rhetoric that they endured during that time.
“But one of the things I think that is very important to look at and to understand, when you have Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants saying the centerpiece of the war on terror is in Iraq, that is the battle that is at the forefront right now, then we know it would be foolish of us to leave and to let them take that battlefront. It would be a foolish move for us to do that.”
Never mind that two-thirds of the public now question the war in Iraq and that the Republicans get this support (if they don’t simply make it up) within their echo chamber. The message was simple: There are always those who are morally and intellectually confused or out-and-out traitors. There were communists in the State Department in the ’50’s, Nazi sympathizers and America firsters in the ’30’s. And now there is Congressman Meehan.
This was the Rumsfeld speech all over again. Where were you when your chance came to stand up and call out this outrage? Nowhere. All you did was repeat: It’s a civil war, it’s undermining our counterterrorism efforts. We should be smart.
Smart? Shades of Michael Dukakis! Had you put on a tank helmet you would have rounded out the analogy.
And, at the end, a last grapefruit for the Congresswoman from Jim Lehrer: Is this man to your right undermining the fight against terrorism? What about all he is saying? The effective response:
“I don’t think it is helpful when we have statements like that. I honestly do not. Our men and women need to know that we are there and that we are supportive of them and we are supportive of these efforts.
“The Iraqi legislators — you know, when you talk to Iraqi legislators, they are not trying to divide that country along sectarian lines, with Sunni, with Shia, with Kurds, with the Chaldean Christians.”
Whoops! There goes your factual claim. All those legislators. All those purple fingers! One could almost see democracy on the march saying, “Stay the course! Please don’t abandon us!”
She got the last word in: no civil war. And she threw in Christians. Lots of votes there! And it painted you as a secular liberal, ready to throw the Christians to the lions. Don’t you know that this is a Christian nation to their thinking? That this is a Crusade?
I was sitting there watching this transpire and wishing you had made a CD of Keith Olbermann’s blast at Rummy, pushed the “repeat” button, and gone to bed playing the recording under your pillow as you went to sleep the night before.
The courage is there — Nancy Pelosi showed it against that Bushovic Nora O’Donnell. What you all need to do is SAY it! Over and over, in forums like these. You are being swiftboated, defined as soft on terror! This is not all that new.
And please, PLEASE link this scam to the assault on our Constitution. On the USA PATRIOT Act, you MUST ask the public to reflect on that fact that an administration that was unconcerned about a terror risk pre-9/11 was somehow able to roll out a draft act within days of the event, even as the NSA were going over the warnings of a terror threat that Clinton had left behind and Richard Clarke had been trying to put under their noses.
What this shows is that the events of 9/11 were used as a pretext for an assault on the Constitution that had always been in the Republicans’ plans. People can put such fact together … if they are put before them. Already people think — mistaken, I believe — that 9/11 was staged by the Republicans. How much easier to say it was exploited and that it ties to the NSA wiretaps and that all of this is being implemented because of a supine Congress that needs to change hands.
And where is the protest about the upcoming ABC false narrative on the Clinton version of GWOT? A demand for equal time? Anything to head off another electoral disaster?
I do hope you will read this and learn from it. I would be happy to know that it has sunk in, either in what I hear from Democrats or through the courtesy of a reply.
We are all trying to find our voices, but if your party does not get ahead of the game and find its own, I see a fall disaster ahead of us.
Respectfully,
Count an another copy: I bought mine as soon as I have read the transcript of its great speech…
Way to go Keith… America needs more people like you!
As of 9:20 EDT (Saturday morning), it’s #6!
And one of the best parts . . . if you look at the copyright page:
(C) 2006, Olbermann Broadcasting Empire.
Gotta love the snark! :)