NeilYYZ From Canada, joined Jan 2006, 2647 posts, RR: 5 Reply 2, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 2 days ago) and read 258 times:
Well, congratulations to his speech writers for giving him so many analogies that it almost made me want to be sick. When Olbermann asks, "who has left this hole in the ground?" he points to Bush, now, call me crazy, but wasn't it the terrorists that did that. Looping back to the disputed election was also a very nice touch, as was questioning his credentials as a President. Now as much as it may pain you to hear this Olbermann, you elected him, twice. I fail to see how someone lacking the credentials to be president of the most powerful country in the world, gets elected at all, let alone for two terms. And how exactly was the President supposed to make the buildings re-appear? There is red tape and bureaucracy all over the place, they will be rebuilt, but with the attacks 5 years ago, cleanup taking a year, designs and approvals, it's hard to fathom how they could have possibly been built by now. Olbermann likes using big words that impress some people, and perhaps make him sound very credible. But blaming the Bush for the "hole in the ground" is illogical, he can't just cut the red tape and say, here's the plan, build them. Personally, I thought that the piece was crap, too full of fluff, not enough substance, there's only so many way's that you can say "it's Bush's fault," without coming out and saying it, or sounding very repetitive.
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UH60FtRucker From Afghanistan, joined Mar 2005, 2880 posts, RR: 67 Reply 3, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 2 days ago) and read 258 times:
Damn... and he was a pretty good reporter over at ESPN. The guy is a freakin' wealth of knowledge when it comes to baseball. (my favorite sport.)
What I found most annoying about that video was the fact that all it was, was an 8 minute preaching session.
Look, I think we all - both supporters and detractors of the president - can at least agree that of all the nights (not to mention all of the places!) to launch a scathing attack on the president, Keith's timing was horribly off.
It's no secret how he feels about PRESIDENT Bush (calling him "Mr Bush" was an intentional subtle insult), and everything he said in that video has previously been echoed on past shows.
So why now? Why say this on a day of solemn remembrance? Sept 11, 2006 was about remembering those who tragically died... not about how angry we are over Iraq, or how much we hate the President. It's not about you, Keith. And it's not about the President. It's about those who died.
Why not just step back a remember that Sept 11, 2001 was a day where there was something more to life than politics... we were all Americans.
Leave the bitterness and hatred for another day... leave this one day for their memory...
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