youtube.com — Some have called Keith Olberman the new Edward R. Murrow of our times. Here, Keith asks the pertinent question "Is it EVER unacceptable to think in this country?" And continues on to compare the actions of the Bush presidency to the words of a previous holder of that title: Thomas Jefferson.
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neszisOct 2, 2006
@pardonmedougSince when, of all the political articles that have come up, have you seen a pro-Bush article EVER make it to the front page? And you say the right wingers have a conspiracy?
aaroncamposOct 2, 2006
Great post @john2kx. Of course it's not unacceptable to think in America. It is, however, not as popular as flying off into hyperbole or hysteria as it takes more time and effort.
phonespiderOct 2, 2006
He could get away with anything now and anyone who tries to speak up would just be seen as another nutty moveon.org type. But personally I find the politics of the "Bush is always wrong" amusing. Bush is hated so much by the Dem base that even agreeing with him on one issue makes you as a pariah (Lieberman vs Lamont). Democrat candidates can't even take a clear position on anything just in case the president may agree with them at some point before the election.
andrew1193Oct 2, 2006
"Erm, isn't that what Reagan was doing in Nicaragua?"No."The U.S. paid for and trained anti-democratic guerillas who tortured and killed civilians in an attempt to undermine a democratically elected government."Except you can't have a democratically elected government when the opposition is violently suppressed.
memitimOct 3, 2006
One more quick look at the quote:"It?s unacceptable to think that there?s any kind of comparison between the behavior of the United States of America and the action of Islamic extremists..."I dunno. Seemed pretty clearly stated actually. He believes that it is unacceptable for anyone to compare the actions of the United States with the actions of Islamic extremists. Not really a whole lot of room for interpretation.So if I were to, just as a quick example, consider how a group of fanatics used four planes as weapons in an attempt to undermine the American government, killing many innocent civilians in the process, and then compared that in some way to the United States government sending a couple hundred thousand troops over to topple the Iraqi government, killing many innocent civilians in the process, then my thoughts would be "unacceptable" in the eyes of George Bush.I suppose I will just have to learn to live with being "unacceptable."
infoproOct 3, 2006
Actually, the quote is closer to Teddy Roosevelt's. A well-known Republican, of course.
an0nym0usOct 3, 2006
Remember, remember, the 5th of November!
Closed AccountOct 4, 2006
Douche.