salon.com — On January 31 of this year, Keith Olbermann donned his most serious face & most indignant voice tone to rail against Bush for supporting telecom immunity & FISA revisions. Last night, Olbermann invited Newsweek's Alter onto his show to discuss Obama's support for the FISA & telecom amnesty bill. There wasn't a word of rational criticism of the bill
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Closed AccountJun 27, 2008
Forget Olbermann. The issue here is Obama supporters in general. Is this a Cult of Personality in the making? This is Greenwald's point. It is PRECISELY because Obama is so charismatic that we should be even MORE wary. We should not become apologists for Obama when he does the same thing that we would repudiate had Bush done it. So when Obama supports a FISA bill that tramples on the 4th Amendment, ESPECIALLY as it applies to electronic communications, we should be outspoken in our criticism.FTA:"The real danger is that those who defend Obama the Candidate no matter what he does are likely to defend Obama the President no matter what he does... Those who spent the last five years mauling Bush for "shredding the Constitution" and approving of lawbreaking -- only to then praise Obama for supporting a bill that endorses and protects all of that -- are displaying exactly the type of blind reverence that is more dangerous than any one political leader could ever be."This is not an issue of the Left or the Right. This is a fundamental issue that affects all Americans. The issue is whether we will continue to live in a Democracy that protects our inalienable rights and freedoms, or live in constant fear under a Fascist dictatorship that strips us of our rights and imprisons anyone that voices any criticism.
jkapJun 27, 2008
Time to wake up from the mass-hypnosis of the fraudulent left-right paradigm of the War Party, O-bomb-a koolaid snorters. Support the Campaign for Liberty for real change or come to love Big Brother like Winston Smith did in 1984.<a class="user" href="http://www.campaignforliberty.com/">http://www.campaignforliberty.com/</a>
Closed AccountJun 27, 2008
Olbermann is a shill. A disinfo agent. to divide Americans and then start feeding them poison after they trust him. He will say all the right things and then slowly shift Americans to the left and then start feeding them communism.Anti-war, Pro-Life, and Pro-Gun. The Only position that makes sensejoin Ron Paul's campaign for Liberty and lets work together to clean house<a class="user" href="http://www.campaignforliberty.com">http://www.campaignforliberty.com</a>
jkapJun 27, 2008
Sign the petition to remove Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House for the purpose of pursuing impeachment of the Bush cabal.<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/politics/Online_Petition_to_Remove_Pelosi_as_Speaker_of_the_House">http://digg.com/politics/Online_Petition_to_Remove ...</a>
davidhallstromJun 28, 2008
I can't say much as I never watch Keith Olbermann.
slayerabJun 28, 2008
Olbermann=Bill O'reilly on the left
transcendsmasJul 9, 2008
I disagree with this article. Read all of Senator Obama's comments about FISA with an open mind. Bush will push through the right wings version of FISA if the compromise version is not approved. However, Senator Chris Dodd is working to revoke the telecoms immunity portion and Senator Obama has stated he will support him. Politics is a complex business and before we judge we must become Politically Astute. I like Keith Olbermann, but I do not depend on MSM to make political decisions for me. The internet is available "Research for yourself."