My letter to Keith Olbermann [View All]

[zulchzulu]

OK, it's a bit of a walkback from my earlier assessments this week. I'll take my lumps for being a bit over the top, which Keith is known to do sometimes as well.

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Hello Keith,

I'm fairly certain you pay a visit to Democratic Underground (www.democraticunderground.com) every now and then. Cool site... lots of political dialogue of all flavors, you know the drill.

That said, I was disappointed in your interview with Bill Maher where you both seemed to think that Obama's performance with the five months he's been President was something we should all be concerned about. It was as though he has done nothing and could care less about being a decent President.

Maher had this little thing in his head about how Obama should be more like Bush. You agreed. I could think of no worse role model to look to as a personal template of leadership than a AWOL chickenhawk who used the Fear Card (and the Idiot Card) as well as forfeited his power to Dick Cheney. Color me odd, but The Project For A New American Century was the "President" for nearly all of the Bush administration.

So I went off on Democratic Underground (DU) about how you were a stooge and such. I sure felt good, but I still continued to watch your show this week anyway. In my view, you drove into the weeds on Obama's support for the LGBT community as well this week, albeit were not as into the weeds as with Maher.

I realized you are best when exposing the Republicans and the GOP Media Echo Chamber, where the stuff practically writes itself. Yes, Obama needs to called out when he steers off course and Democrats certainly need a spanking every now and then. You do that.

One thing I'd ask you to do is perhaps balance out what Obama does wrong with a segment about what good he has done. Maybe call it "Obama's Promises Kept" or "Obama Woot"...

Keep it coming.

Best,
XXXX

OK. I doubt he'll read it, but thought all y'all might wanna know.