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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 09:19 PM
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Olbermann-Transcript-SPECIAL COMMENT: You, sir, have become the president who cried wolf.
Edited on Thu Jan-11-07 09:22 PM by kpete
Bush's legacy: The president who cried wolf
Olbermann: Bush's strategy fails because it depends on his credibility

SPECIAL COMMENT
By Keith Olbermann
Anchor, 'Countdown'
MSNBC

..............

The plan fails militarily.

The plan fails symbolically.

The plan fails politically.

Most importantly, perhaps, Mr. Bush, the plan fails because it still depends on your credibility.

You speak of mistakes and of the responsibility “resting” with you.

But you do not admit to making those mistakes.

And you offer us nothing to justify this clenched fist toward Iran and Syria.

In fact, when you briefed news correspondents off-the-record before the speech, they were told, once again, “if you knew what we knew … if you saw what we saw … ”

“If you knew what we knew” was how we got into this morass in Iraq in the first place.

The problem arose when it turned out that the question wasn’t whether we knew what you knew, but whether you knew what you knew.

You, sir, have become the president who cried wolf.

Read the transcript at:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16583889/
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 09:20 PM
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1. Beautiful. Just beautiful.
:cry:
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 09:25 PM
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2. I'mpleasantly surprised MSNBC is letting Keith say all he says.
Few people have gone as far as Keith has. He's saying exactly what we have been saying for a long time, but it's never been on National TV!

Thank you Keith, and thanks to MSNBC.
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williesgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 09:26 PM
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3. K&R - can't wait for video - missed it tonight
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Lochloosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 10:10 AM
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17. Video up on Crooks and Liars
Edited on Fri Jan-12-07 10:20 AM by Lochloosa
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POAS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 09:26 PM
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4. Good closing lines---
This becomes your legacy, sir: How many of those you addressed last night as your “fellow citizens” you just sent to their deaths.

And for what, Mr. Bush?

So the next president has to pull the survivors out of Iraq instead of you?
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Greylyn58 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 09:27 PM
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5. Another incredible Commentary from Keith
The man is so awesome. He just gets better and better. He speaks the truth about everything I've been feeling since this monster took office.

God Bless him. With every commentary, he only confirms why I've been and continue to remain such a devoted fan after all these years.







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Gloria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 09:27 PM
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6. That rundown of all the things Bush has said, but screwed up on was
brilliant and should be a TEXTBOOK for Democrats.
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Berry Cool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 09:32 PM
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8. Perhaps one of them should read it into the Congressional Record.
Just a thought.
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brer cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 10:21 PM
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12. It's a great thought. Who would do it?
we need to think that out and send the message.
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Gloria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 12:13 AM
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14. Wexler????
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druidity33 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 07:31 PM
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25. Kucinich... nt
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madeline_con Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 09:30 PM
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7. AWESOME....
:yourock: :applause:
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RedEarth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 10:03 PM
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9. Olbermann was powerful tonight........ it was outstanding
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 10:05 PM
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10. That was the defining comment...
Wasn't it?
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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 10:14 PM
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11. K&R
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Gregorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 10:30 PM
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13. Every single Bush war mantra.
Every point that could be made. Keith kicked Bush smack in the balls.

Absolutely dead on.
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 08:41 AM
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15. Oceana has always been at war with Eastasia
amazing.
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ReadTomPaine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 07:55 PM
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26. I was quite happy he said this. KO singlehandedly brought me back to cable news a while back..
and he remains the reason I still bother.
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PRETZEL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 09:03 AM
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16. I usually don't get to see his special comments live
last nite was the exception and was it ever worth it. This should be broadcast by NBC on its prime time schedule because this showed exactly, using Bush's own words, just how damned screwed up this administration has become and their complete and utter contempt for reality.

His sign off told more of his outright anger than any words could have ever explained.
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Beetwasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 10:19 AM
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18. The Best
Simply the best. Thanks Keith.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 11:11 AM
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19. Bush has become what most of us already knew...a FRAUD...a FAKE...OVER HIS HEAD....INEPT....
Edited on Fri Jan-12-07 11:13 AM by opihimoimoi
The BARFLY who was placed in the realm of Leadership has demonstrably confirmed his Failure with this one last chance speech....

He has failed us, himself, the GOP, and America....and he now knows this...hence his demeanor during the speech....

Scared shitless his library will not reflect a Great Legacy...but rather a Dismal One,....he grasps for straws....

He is Drowning in his Sea of Lies.....and...dispite the Denial Factor most Bullies harbor....it has become obvious to him....he is going down as a piss poor President....dispised by too many, rejected by tons of peeps, and destroyed by self inflicted actions..his Bullyesque mannerisms

Over the past few weeks, Keith has done what we thought was nearly impossible...to out the Dude....

Come, we go celebrate his OUTING of DUFUSNESS for ALL the WORLD TO SEE

I buy the first round of drinks...

:toast:
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donkeyotay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 01:11 PM
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20. This is what struck me:
Edited on Fri Jan-12-07 01:24 PM by donkeyotay
And you offer us nothing to justify this clenched fist toward Iran and Syria.

In fact, when you briefed news correspondents off-the-record before the speech, they were told, once again, “if you knew what we knew … if you saw what we saw … ”

“If you knew what we knew” was how we got into this morass in Iraq in the first place.

The problem arose when it turned out that the question wasn’t whether we knew what you knew, but whether you knew what you knew.


There was a thread here a few days back about Ledeen getting word to the president about the Iranians captured in Iraq. The story was that Ledeen claimed that one of them had "the wiring diagram" to Iraq's insurgency, that the Iranians were supporting the Shia and Sunni insurgencies, etc. THIS IS WHERE THE "IF YOU KNEW WHAT WE KNEW" CAME FROM, AND IT'S THE SAME PLACE AS THE WHAT HE KNEW ABOUT IRAQ CAME FROM.

Google "wiring diagram Iran" and you'll see the rightwingosphere is all abuzz with the latest on why we HAVE to attack Iran.


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IWantAChange Donating Member (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 02:01 PM
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21. donkeyotay - Googled it - wow, the wingnuts are salivating to attack Iran
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 02:07 PM
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22. Why are you such a hit-and-run poster???
:P
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 02:08 PM
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23. My favorite: "This is madness!"
He nailed it with those three words!
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 02:20 PM
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24. When I watch KO give his special comments, I am glued to his every word.
"The President who cried wolf." :toast:
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