Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Keith Olbermann is my new hero.

For a while there Jon Stewart was #1 on my modern american heroes list. But in recent months he's backed off the bleeding edge & taken it VERY safely.

Rising out of the muck is our new hero. Keith Olbermann. Shirking the conventional wisdom that days of memorium are not days for dissent, he steps up to the plate & knocks one out of the park.

FINALLY, someone has the balls to say what no one else in the media is saying. Progressive such as myself have their voices heard on primetime television.

Here's the commentary that left me slack jawed & in disbelief that someone finally said what i feel:



Who knows the firestorm that this has caused at MSNBC though. They didn't hesitate to fire Donahue when he made cases against the war in Iraq. One can only wonder how long Keith Olbermann will be there.

Here's another clip blasting Donald Rumsfeld. Not quite as scathing, but still just as meaningful: