Olbermann recaps the last 8 years

Olbermann speaks out on Prop. 8

Incredibly powerful Special Comment from Keith Olbermann on Monday night. Lots of people, not just Keith, were in tears over it.

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More discussion in my diary on DailyKos. There were also some useful ideas in the comments on what we as Bruin Democrats could do to help combat the anti-gay bigots in California.

What was Lowry doing?

From all the reactions to the VP debate, the most... um... interesting... one may have come from the National Review's Rich Lowry.

A very wise TV executive once told me that the key to TV is projecting through the screen. It's one of the keys to the success of, say, a Bill O'Reilly, who comes through the screen and grabs you by the throat. Palin too projects through the screen like crazy. I'm sure I'm not the only male in America who, when Palin dropped her first wink, sat up a little straighter on the couch and said, "Hey, I think she just winked at me." And her smile. By the end, when she clearly knew she was doing well, it was so sparkling it was almost mesmerizing. It sent little starbursts through the screen and ricocheting around the living rooms of America. This is a quality that can't be learned; it's either something you have or you don't, and man, she's got it.

As James Wolcott wrote, "Good thing Palin didn't blow a kiss at the camera or Lowry might have fucking fainted. I'm not a licensed psychotherapist but when you think the people on TV are addressing you personally and directly it's often a sign of incipient dementia."

Keith Olbermann went a different route, in a Worst Person in the World segment that is not meant for tender ears. Watch at your own risk.



Needless to say, I think it should be obvious now why Palin did better among men than women.


And now for something completely random, a train analogy.

Which states count?

Keith Olbermann went through the Clinton argument on Monday.

Keith Olbermann's Special Comment on Hillary and Ferraro

Keith Olbermann delivered an extremely powerful and emotional Special Comment yesterday, about the race-baiting remarks of Geraldine Ferraro and the Clinton campaign's blase reaction to it all, especially given that Hillary was so adamant in that last debate that Obama reject AND denounce Louis Farrakhan's endorsement of Obama, when Farrakhan in no way worked on his campaign, while Ferraro was on Hillary's finance committee. And Ferraro seems to have a history of saying things like this.



Oh, and Ferraro has found herself an ally in... Bill O'Reilly. *hurl*

Olbermann on Mukasey and waterboarding

A must-see, again. Keith speaks for true Americans.

And Dianne Feinstein needs to retire. She's now one of the "torture Dems" by allowing this to happen.

How to respond to an O'Reilly ambush

Keith Olbermann provides comedy gold on what to do in case you're accosted by a Bill O'Reilly minion with a video camera trying to ambush you.



Priceless. Just keep in mind these three words.

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