Objectivity is for cowards...
Keith Olbermann on Bush, Cheney: "Which is the ventriloquist and which is the dummy is now irrelevant."
As cable news talking heads go, Olbermann's always been one of the more interesting ones, but in a time where the Daily Show typically offers the most incisive news coverage on TV, his "Special Comment" here is a refreshingly impassioned but level-headed statement that is as much a call for Bush and Cheney to resign as it is a "wake the fuck up, people" call to Americans of all political persuasions, including the apolitical.
Objective journalism is easy, something the right-wing figured out a long time ago, and these days it's the coward's path. Most politicians walk a similarly safe cowardly path, so it will be interesting to see if Clinton, Obama or whomever step up to the plate and drive Olbermann's point home.
Frankly, my money's on Bloomberg if/when he decides to jump in the race.
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Once more, with feeling:
Frankly, my money's on Bloomberg if/when he decides to jump in the race
I need someone to explain Bloomberg to me. On paper, I can't see any reason not to like him, but I can't get a sense of the man. Help a non-NewYorker out!
I don't agree with every single thing he stands for, but I appreciate that he is rarely wishy-washy about his beliefs, playing the political game when he has to, but almost always with a clear endgame in mind. I'd say he's a pragmatic progressive, with a bit of a dictatorial streak at times, but he has the kind of spine you want to see in a leader. His bulldog-like approach to fixing the NYC education system is probably the biggest thing I've liked personally -- still a work in progress, for sure, but only his most partisan critics would deny he's made a huge difference there -- and his pragmatic approach to dealing with unions, businesses and "special interests" in a post-9/11 world has gained my respect over the years.
Partnered with the right VP candidate, ideally a relative unknown with some credible foreign policy credentials and no significant Iraq baggage attached, he could make a serious run, especially if Giuliani and Clinton end up the being the main nominees.