The Commander-in-Chief Threshold Test - by Keith Olbermann

[kpete]

The Commander-in-Chief Threshold Test
by Keith Olbermann
Sun Mar 30, 2008 at 12:10:41 PM PDT

Well, it's not a Special Comment, and with one possible exception, I don't think it's particularly nasty towards one side more than the other in the current Democratic Endlessness.

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So tonight when the show celebrates its 5th Anniversary with our special on NBC, we will be laying on the network folks, four minutes' worth of our exclusive "discovery" of the actual "Commander-In-Chief Threshold Test," the existence of which was revealed by Senator Clinton and Mr. Wolfson earlier in the month.

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So you know what's coming: we have a video package illustrating the
seventeen questions on the test.

QUESTION NINE: How often should the commander-in-chief joke about nuclear holocaust?
Ronald Reagan: "I've introduced legislation to outlaw Russia. We begin bombing in five minutes."
Let me repeat Question Nine: How often should the commander-in-chief joke about nuclear holocaust?
John McCain: "The Beach Boys Song? Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran."

We have everybody in here from LBJ to Bob Dole, seen everywhere from inside tanks, to inside (then outside) the stage at the incredibly dangerous pancake-flipping contest.



QUESTION SIXTEEN: Explain the fallacious reports of any interaction between secular groups amid the 90% Shia population of Iran, and the violent groups of extremists in 35% Sunni Iraq identifying themselves as Al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia?
And no help from other students.
John McCain answers.
Senator Leiberman corrects him.
I said no help.

And not to give it all away, but just one more.



QUESTION SEVENTEEN, the Commander-in-Chief Field Danger Assessment.
Watch this videotape carefully.
Is this a dangerous situation on the front-lines somewhere requiring the Commander-in-Chief to run to his or her vehicle, or is this a meet-and-greet photo-op at an airport?
Bonus points: Is that a little girl with a poem, or a sniper.
A very short sniper.
With a poem.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/30/145243/636/932/487230

[Hope Monger 2009]

1. ...

[panader0]

2. I will be watching. Thanks for reminding me.

[mitchtv]

3. I wonder if KO will get his audience back

after taking sides in the primary. I used to love it and watch it faithfully, nightly, Now, not so much, I try to tune in for worst persons, however.

[ShaneGR]

4. I think he'll do just fine in the long run... I like his outspoken comments.... even when they're

over the top.

[mitchtv]

5. Good luck

I can hardly watch anymore.he is entitled to trash HRC in fact he does a great job. good enough to insult long term Democrats.yeah yeah I know Saint Obama can do no wrong and is all truthful. Good luck to him too. I never want to be in the position of defending Hillary, and wouldn't have voted for her if Obama wasn't the only alternative

[samsingh]

6. good for Keith