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- chadillak, on 06/14/2008, -7/+189my staunch republican father was walking through the room when this came on TV. He froze in his steps and watched the whole thing. After it was over he said "Woah" and walked out of the room.
- mbot565, on 06/13/2008, -24/+201Keith nailed it out of the park, AGAIN!!! Thank you Keith for being a lonely voice out there echoing what a lot of us are thinking.
Sen. McCain wanted context, well sir...Keith just served you your context. - blackjack75, on 06/14/2008, -8/+130To be fair it was the first time he saw you not watching cartoon network.
- davidrools, on 06/13/2008, -17/+137I like Countdown but often I think of Keith's "Special Comments" more as "Angry Rants," but last night's was a little different. He seemed less angry at McCain and more sorrowful for our troops.
Edit: after watching again today he pretty much says exactly that: "thoughts offered more in sorrow than in anger" in the beginning.
Also WTF is up with the lighting? - Persian5Life, on 06/14/2008, -11/+89wow at least one journalist is doing his job right.
- WomenObama, on 06/13/2008, -13/+89Keith did a brilliant job last night on his "Special Comments". It was to the point, based on facts and factual information. Well done Keith, you are a true Journalist.
- tehsilentcircus, on 06/14/2008, -2/+66I'm surprised this man can get through special comment without going crazy and screaming obscenities; I surely couldn't. You can tell this man has heart and soul regarding his special comments, and NO ONE in the media has that now a days; and it sickens me no one can tell it like it is anymore.
A vote for McCain is a vote for the further idiocracy of this country; and, YES, that is the way it is. - TheWorm, on 06/14/2008, -11/+61Olbermann is the most dramatic television personality I've ever watched, but he surely gets the point across. Towards the end I half expected him to breath fire.
Here's a youtube link if you're like me and sick of huffington post spam on the front page: http://youtube.com/watch?v=vHcu1-3zteQ - crowbar77, on 06/14/2008, -10/+53I don't understand when McCain talks about staying 100 years in iraq and tries to justify it by mentioning places like Japan, that no one brings up Saudi Arabia. You know the place where Bin Laden and the 911 hijackers came from. The same place that it's citizens share much of the same culture as iraq.
- zephyear, on 06/14/2008, -9/+48"I disagree with the political ideology promoted by this site and therefore it is spam!"
- bsmang, on 06/14/2008, -1/+32What's with these (apparent) conservatives labeling articulation and intelligence as "liberal"?
- yivkX360, on 06/14/2008, -5/+36If only everyone watched his special comments...
- vinod1978, on 06/14/2008, -4/+34It's rare, but when he's not pandering to southern baptists, or to pissed off Clinton supporters, and is unprepared for an interview the truth comes out. There is no way veterans can vote for a man that does not care about his fellow soldier.
This is from the INTERVIEW WITH U.S. POW McCAIN in Havana Feb. 6, 1970
"He showed himself to be intellectually alert during the interview. From a morale point
of view he is not in traumatic shock. He is neither dejected nor depressed. He was
able to be sarcastic, and even humorous indicative of psychic equilibrium. From the
moral and ideological point of view he showed us he is an insensitive individual
without human depth, who does not show the slightest concern, who does not appear to
have thought about the criminal acts he committed against a population from the almost
absolute impunity of his airplane, and that nevertheless those people saved his life,
fed him, and looked after his health, and he is now healthy and strong. I believe
that he bombed densely populated places for sport. I noted he was hardened, that
he spoke of banal things as if he were at a cocktail party."
Take it for what it's worth.
You can read it in full here : http://cryptome.org/cia-mccain-pow/cia-mccain-pow. ...
--www.bigredmat.com - YogiWanKenobi, on 06/14/2008, -1/+29Is your dad's name Neo?
- jbrand45, on 06/14/2008, -6/+34It pleases me greatly to see "influential" media personalities standing up for what the common Americans have been thinking for a long time now.
Straight talk your way out of that one, Bush Jr. - whitecranberry, on 06/14/2008, -7/+32Olbermann just tore that old wrinkled ***** a new one. sweet!
- mwmccullough, on 06/14/2008, -0/+25Was it a "Whoa" of disbelief or disgust? Because, context and all.
P.s. It's okay, I still watch Cartoon Network, too. - catcher6250, on 06/14/2008, -5/+30haha
- flipdoubt, on 06/14/2008, -4/+27I just can't wait for the debates. Obama is gonna OWN McCain!
- PeTeRZz, on 06/14/2008, -21/+42Olbermann is the man.
- elitedw, on 06/14/2008, -16/+35Olbermann is my hero. He cannot be kept silent!
- Mejari, on 06/14/2008, -2/+20"Keith Olberman Pleasantly Discusses Something With A Friend!"
I'd watch that. - Persian5Life, on 06/14/2008, -2/+19yes i noticed that to, at the end it almost appeared as he was about to burst in to tears i sure was a bit emotional.
- giskard88, on 06/14/2008, -2/+18your argument presumes that the longterm success or failure of iraq is dependent on the presence of US troop in the near term. We could probably go on with the status quo for quite a long time, but ultimately we have the iraqi government on life support. the only way the problem will be solved is to make it clear to iraq and it's neighbours that the US is on it's way out and that they need to come to an accord. The iraqis will do so because very few of the true leadership, like the awakening councils and the Mahdi army, want a costly bloodbath that may splinter the country, and the neighbours will be willing to take a seat at the table because no-one wants a failed state on their border.
When it comes down to it, foreign troops may be stopping the country from bleeding out, but they are also part of the problem, proping up a series of unworkable and artificial power structures that are perpetuating the violence. - Vonauda, on 06/14/2008, -1/+17"Keith Olbermann calmly explains the concepts of journalism to Oreilly attack producers."
It could happen... - Tanishh, on 06/14/2008, -0/+15The fact that McCain has served in war and his son has served in war only makes it worse that he seems to really not give much of a damn about the troops.
- JCizle, on 06/14/2008, -1/+15Fear of the unknown?
- catcher6250, on 06/14/2008, -2/+16His regular show is calm and funny but his special comments are the part of his show that he cares deeply about.
- 1337chic, on 06/14/2008, -0/+13He does often rant and rave, BUT look around us. Why isn't anyone else screaming and yelling about the loss of habeas corpus (yay supreme court recently) or all the other VERY VERY scary ***** going on. It is only raving lunacy if what you are talking about isn't worth yelling and screaming about. Olbermann is only trying to get people to wake up and realize what is happening around us.
- toeMas, on 06/14/2008, -1/+13I agree that cheep shots are not necessary but Olbermann's other remark about McCain not knowing the difference between sunni and shiite or iran training al qaeda is a shoot that everyone should take at McCain. Do we really need another president that has no idea who is fighting who?
- Vonauda, on 06/14/2008, -1/+12I thought he was about to burst into tears too. I also noticed that at one point, the camera angle allowed you to see the teleprompter in th glass behind him. Do you think this was an accident or does this always happen?
- catcher6250, on 06/14/2008, -0/+11Buried, too much blatant ignorance...
- DigitAl56K, on 06/14/2008, -2/+12"nailed it out of the park" ? :)
- vinod1978, on 06/14/2008, -5/+15Maybe it's because the Saudi's have a close relationship with the Bush Dynasty:
FACT: $1.4 billion in contracts and investments from Saudi Arabia to companies in which the Bushes and their friends have had key roles.
FACT: Saudi money bailed out Harken Energy when George W. Bush was on its board of directors.
FACT: Bush, Sr. and James Baker traveled to Saudi Arabia repeatedly for the Carlyle Group to woo Saudi investors and win contracts.
We need Obama who does not have any of these conflict of interests. He's as squeaky clean as a presidential candidate can possibly be. - musicbear, on 06/14/2008, -0/+10And?
- pitdog, on 06/14/2008, -13/+22Keith is the man etc, but why he is always "blasting", "tearing a new one" and "slamming"? Will we ever see a headline with Keith just saying something? He is able to speak normally, isn't he?
- yivkX360, on 06/14/2008, -7/+15Oreilly uses his voice, olbermann uses evidence and rational thinking.
- zephyear, on 06/14/2008, -3/+11the difference is huffington post doesn't claim to be "balanced", it's a liberal site and it doesn't say otherwise, while fox tries to paint itself as neutral when in reality it's heavily republican biased
- sr59899, on 06/14/2008, -11/+19Keith is great
- vinod1978, on 06/14/2008, -2/+9Yes, because Russert was doing what he loved. Working on Meet the Press, and he found some happiness in that? I still don't get the negative implication...
- TheNeptune, on 06/14/2008, -0/+7It's not that Obama is going to immediately get everyone out of Iraq... but he realizes it needs to be done, and it needs to be done sooner than later and should be treated as a priority. Obama isn't a miracle man --- but I can firmly place my trust in him that he will work hard for the best of the troops, and he highly values our troops' service to our country.
McCain? It's not important to him and as Olbermann displayed for us tonight, he's shown a pattern of disrespect for our troops' well being and best interest while they're serving in a pointless war. - ozydingo, on 06/14/2008, -1/+8Also, I don't consider Fox News "spam." Extreme, loony, with a not-so-subtle agenda, sure. Doesn't make it spam. Unless I'm too old and am missing a new definition of spam.
- Netwatcher, on 06/14/2008, -2/+8Silly tumatakuru,
The loser doesn't get to decide the VP, the winner does. - Polly, on 06/14/2008, -3/+9I expected him to breathe fire throughout the entire thing until the end, then it sounded like he was getting legitimately choked up reading off the names and their families' response to whether it mattered.
- Dabaum, on 06/14/2008, -2/+8Enlighten me.
- vinod1978, on 06/14/2008, -0/+6New Rule: Diggers can NOT smoke the pipe while commenting. All those in favor?
- DTJunkie07, on 06/14/2008, -2/+8I agree mostly with what you claimed in your comment but when I watch Keith Olbermann I see a man who is sick of the ***** that is being fed to the American people and is doing something about it. And while you might have a point in your assessment of Keith's motives you cant deny that what he is saying is anything but spot on.
- bronowiczj, on 06/14/2008, -1/+7"Ron isn't that much different than Barry" ... someone is living in a dream world.....
- Kannebas, on 06/14/2008, -2/+8Yeah, remember when he went off on Clinton for the "assasination" statement and Ferraro for the "lucky to be a black man" statement. Always bitching about Republicans...
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