TIME: Rough draft of Olbermann's "Special Comment" tonight, blasting the Iraq "compromise"?

[DeepModem Mom]

May 23, 2007
Exclusive: Olbermann to Blast Iraq Compromise
Posted by Ana Marie Cox

We have it on good authority that, barring the miraculous, tonight's "Countdown" will feature a "Special Comment" from Olbermann on the Iraq funding deal negotiated yesterday and we've obtained a rough draft of it. Mr. Olbermann is not pleased. As you might, he unloads on Bush:


How shameful it would be to watch an **adult** hold his breath, and threaten to continue to do so, until he turned blue.
But how horrifying it **is**... to watch a **President** hold his breath and threaten to continue to do so until innocent and patriotic Americans in harm's way, are bled **white**.

You **lead** this country, sir?

You claim to defend it?

And yet when faced with the prospect of someone calling you on your stubbornness - **your** stubbornness which has cost thousands of Americans **their**
lives and thousands more **their** limbs - you, Mr. Bush, imply that if the Democrats don't give you the money and give it to you entirely on your terms, the troops in Iraq will be stranded, or forced to serve longer, or todo more with less.

How transcendentally, how historically, pathetic.


But he saves his true vitriol for the Democrats, Congressional leadership and candidates alike, casting the primary contest in stark, dark terms:

Because for the next fourteen months, the Democratic nominating process --indeed the whole of our political discourse until further notice -- has with the stroke of a cursed pen, become about one thing, and one thing alone.
The electorate figured out this **one** thing six months ago.

The President and the Republicans **have** not - doubtless **will** not.

The **people** have been ahead of the media, and ahead of the government, on the subject of Iraq for the last year, or two years, or maybe three.

This... **all** of this... is now about the answer to one briefly-worded
question.

Mr. Bush has failed.

Mr. Warner has failed.

Mr. **Reid** has failed.

So -- who among us **will** stop this war - this War of Lies?


Watch tonight now or on YouTube later, I got a feeling the netroots are gonna like this one.

http://time-blog.com/swampland/2007/05/exclusive_olbermann_to_blast_i.html?xid=rss-swampland

[SharonRB]

1. We need Gore more than ever!

[fooj]

5. He knows what he has to do.

He's an authentic patriot. I love that man.

[Vincardog]

2. Thank KO. It is nice to see someone finally stand up to petty Dim Son

[Bright Eyes]

3. i can't wait to see this [end]

[DeepModem Mom]

6. And it's fascinating to me to see it in "rough draft" form...

thanks to the former "Wonkette," now with TIME.

[Captain Hilts]

4. Wes Clark will stop it! nt

[babylonsister]

7. Our lone voice of truth; thanks, again, Mr. Olbermann!

:patriot:

[DeepModem Mom]

8. Indeed! Hope everyone's alerted to this -- it's always interesting to see KO live...

if anywhere near a TV set!

[Patsy Stone]

9. Here's the MSNBC link

http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/23/201521.aspx