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Did McCain Let the Draft ‘Cat’ Out of the ‘Bag’, Too?
Did the presumptive GOP nominee have another ‘Freudian slip’ on the campaign trail? Earlier today in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Arizona senator John McCain held one of his campaign ‘tow...
Congratulations, Rachel!
Maddow has come a long way from her initial Air America ‘gig’ on their short-lived ‘Unfiltered’ program just four years ago I was away from a computer for the latter part of th...
‘Countdown’: ‘Special Comment’ on McCain’s Attacks Against NBC
Keith actually felt embarrassed to have to tell a 72-year old man to ‘grow up’ On last night’s ‘Countdown’ program, host Keith Olbermann ended a 6-week ‘droughtR...
Cheney and the Habbush ‘Fig Leaf’
We now learn that a letter supposedly signed by the former Iraqi intelligence chief was created at the behest of a vice president hellbent on linking Saddam Hussein with al Qaeda Author Ron Suskind re...
‘Sliming Season’ Has Officially Begun
This limited-run campaign ad shows to what depths the McCain campaign will go to smear their opponent in the upcoming general election One of the unfortunate facts of life when you live in a ’s...
Wes Clark Should’ve Known Better
Perhaps the general needs to reread Sun Tzu’s The Art of War With the Democrat’s contentious primary season a slowly receding memory, we are now in the awkward phase of bringing together t...
‘Countdown’: ‘Special Comment’ on Obama’s FISA Opportunity
Perhaps Keith shared too much information with his public plea to Senator Obama last night On last night’s ‘Countdown’ program, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann conducted one of his ...
A ‘Unifying’ Moment
Ladies and gentlemen…the money shot! After 17 months of campaigning (and much behind-the scenes financial and convention appearance wrangling since the final primaries three weeks ago), the Demo...
The Passing of George Carlin (1937-2008)
‘Rufus’ (Carlin) has permanently returned to San Dimas in the year 2688 George Carlin, the world-renowned stand-up comic who skyrocketed to fame in the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970...
‘Countdown’: McCain and $4 a Gallon Gas
In a ‘Countdown’ special report last night, Keith Olbermann ties John McCain to the now infamous 2000 ‘Enron Loophole’ It appears that MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann is not just...
‘Countdown’: ‘Special Comment’ on McCain’s “Not Too Important” Remark
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain has another ’senior moment’ during a recent interview with Matt Lauer It seems that we cannot go more than a couple of days without ...
Bush Impeachment Resolution Introduced into Congress
Although his own bid was thwarted, Dennis Kucinich understands what is appropriate for a president and what are impeachable offenses It took nearly five hours to read all 35 articles but Cleveland US ...
It’s Official: They Lied Us into War
The US Senate today confirmed what a lot of us already knew–the administration’s public statements on Iraq had no backing by intelligence data It took nearly four years to complete but the Senate ...
‘Countdown’: Dunkin’ Donuts and “Jihadi Chic”
Only an uncultured person–or a xenophobic lunatic–would think that Ms. Ray’s scarf resembled a Palestinian keffiyeh In another embarrassing episode in America’s continuing ide...
Scott McClellan’s Very, Very Busy Day
Scott McClellan was interviewed over four of the five segments of Keith Olbermann’s ‘Countdown’ program last night If you watched any news programming yesterday, you would’ve c...
‘Countdown’: ‘Special Comment’ on RFK ‘Assassination’ Remark
This could be the final straw in a long string of gaffes by the Clinton campaign Yesterday, during a press event hosted by the editorial board of a South Dakota newspaper, Democratic presidential cand...
More Turbulance from McCain’s Spiritual ‘Back Seater’
Perhaps it is time for ‘Maverick’ McCain to find himself another spiritual ‘Goose’ Unless you have just been rescued from a deserted island or been recently thawed from a prolo...
‘Countdown’: A ‘Special Comment’ Postscript
Last week’s ‘Special Comment’ got so misconstrued by right wingers that Keith Olbermann had to issuen an ‘addendum’ last night to set the record straight Last Wednesday, ...
‘Countdown’: Special Comment on Bush’s Politico Interview
Fearmongering and personal ’sacrifice’ came up in the president’s interview yesterday with online participants After a two-month respite (his last one concerned Geraldine FerraroR...
‘Countdown’: An Interview with Mort Sahl
Keith had the pleasure of mixing it up with the legendary satirist Mort Sahl On tonight’s edition of ‘Countdown’, comedian and pioneer political satirist Mort Sahl joined Keith Olber...
‘Bushed’: Some Republicans Have Never Heard of Sun Tzu
In tonight’s edition of ‘Bushed’, Keith Olbermann provides evidence that there are still some folks who really don’t know anything about the ‘enemies’ we have chose...
Did McCain Lets the Oil ‘Cat’ out of the ‘Bag’?
Another campaign ‘gaffe’ for John McCain–could this one be considered ‘Freudian’? On Friday, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate John McCain had another of ...
Happy ‘Mission Accomplished’ Day
President Bush theatrically announced the end of ‘major combat operations’ in Iraq five years ago today It is hard to imagine that five years have actually passed since our nation’s ...
‘Countdown’: Fact-Checking the Bush Recession
Bush’s latest bashing of Congress appears to be ‘factually challenged’ On last night’s edition of ‘Countdown’, Keith Olbermann dissected President Bush’s Whit...
‘Countdown’: Questions for George Stephanopoulos
In the fallout from this past week’s Democratic debate, it was noted that ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos received some ‘coaching’ from conservative radio and television host S...
‘Bushed’: Outcome–Stay in Iraq
Heads, we lose…tails, we lose. And ‘Win We Win, Lose We Win-Gate’…the Pentagon’s interior think tank, the National Defense University, has issued its report on the war i...
‘Bushed’: After You, Madam Secretary
In last night’s segment about the headlines breaking in the administration‘s 50 running scandal - “Bushed”, Keith Olbermann asks Condoleezza Rice if she’ll set the example for Foreig...
Olbermann #6 in Television News Power Rankings
Keith Olbermann has emerged as MSNBC’s biggest audience draw TV Week, a website that dedicates itself to keeping tabs on all things concerning television, entertainment and the media, recently ...
‘Countdown’: Bush Administration Worse than Watergate?
On Friday evening’s edition of ‘Countdown’, Keith Olbermann and his guest, former Nixon White House counsel John Dean, discuss the House of Representative’s highly unusual act ...
Countdown: No End in Sight in Iraq?
On this evening’s edition of ‘Countdown’, Keith Olbermann provided a ‘fact check’ on President Bush’s statement earlier today on the ’situation on the ground&...