Keith Olbermann reverses himself (sort of) and expresses some mild criticism of Obama’s position on FISA (sort of) in a “Special Comment“

On Wednesday Olbermann completed a pair of truly jaw-dropping contradictory broadcasts on the issue of FISA, telecom immunity, and of course, Obama’s support for same. Glenn Greenwald called him on it in his column Thursday and kicked off a left field food fight in the process.

That’s right. They actually did this. In fact, here’s the video…

Two things…
First, there are various definitions of “Baby Mama”, but they all basically boil down to a single, unmarried mom. Urban Dictionary has the definition as “the mother of your child(ren), whom you did not marry and with whom you are not currently involved.” So [...]

Good catch from Hot Air…

While I still think it was hacky for McCain to raise money off of Hamas’ “endorsement” of Obama, it’s clear his 2006 statements square with his current stance.
What’s also clear is that James Rubin was clearly mischaracterizing McCain’s statement and likes to play fast and loose with the facts. I mean, [...]

Politico reports there’s progress on the “partisan hack” front…
John McCain’s campaign asked a prominent Republican consultant, Craig Shirley, to leave his official campaign role Thursday after a Politico inquiry about Shirley’s dual role consulting for the campaign and for an independent “527″ group opposing the Democratic presidential candidates. The campaign also released a new conflict [...]

Bush apparently doesn’t know.
Neither does Lieberman.
And tonight Chris Matthews ran into one of these well studied right-wing radio hosts and asked him if he knew the difference.
Watch the results…

Moving on…

I wouldn’t just post a clip of O’Reilly acting like, well, O’Reilly, but when Stephen Colbert gets his hooks into him…

By the way, does anybody really take O’Reilly seriously anymore? Because between his bogus “no spin” position, that sexual harassment payout and stuff that demonstrates he’s been always been a loud mouthed hack, my guess [...]

Yep, it’s goal post moving time.
She took the opportunity in tonight’s victory speech to rewrite the rules and claim specifically that 2,209 was the new number of delegates needed to win the nomination.
She also claimed Obama agreed with her. I’ll let you parse that however you want.
Listen folks, you don’t get to mile 199 [...]

In an article about how Obama’s campaign plans to address attacks in the fall, I find this…
Team Obama has been a model of tight, highly efficient organization, certainly in contrast to most presidential campaigns. The few tensions that have emerged have been between those who want to stick to the high ground and those who [...]

Some additional background, this guy claims he’s just creating a document that might help Dems get in front of what Karl Rove could be thinking, but come on folks…how stupid does he think we are?
From Huffington Post:
A high-ranking labor supporter of Hillary Clinton is distributing to union leaders and to Democratic strategists a document detailing [...]

Just desserts for a job incompetently done. And yet another sign that the Bush administration’s partisan-charged handling of the Justice Department was highly unpopular in even the most conservative legal circles.
From NY Times:
Alberto R. Gonzales, like many others recently unemployed, has discovered how difficult it can be to find a new job. Mr. Gonzales, the [...]

She called Hillary a “big f**king whore” live, and Air America suspended her. So instead of apologizing, she quit.
Folks, this was a liberal hack of the highest degree. At one time she even joked about assassinating Bush…she was literally that bad.
Now, I did listen to Air America when it first launched, and Al Franken [...]

After 6 days of hovering right at 49, and having Hill fluctuate between a 3 to 5 deficit, Obama opens up a big lead today.

Gallup has more…
Obama had a particularly strong showing in Sunday’s interviewing, and it will remain to be seen if he is able to enlarge and sustain a margin of victory [...]

No longer Chief Strategist…and all because of his ties to the Colombian government. Who would have thought that this of all things would have sunk him.
From ABC:
Sources said that the Clintons were angry to learn about Penn’s work, especially because they had been told that Penn had recused himself from controversial clients and would restrict [...]

Why?
Well, first off, you have to read this post where she mocks people who were trying to have one hour of no energy consumption around the world.
In response, she proposed the following…

Cranking up your thermostats.
Returning your CFLs.
Protesting PETA’s animal cruelty and animal rights/environmental terrorism.
Purchasing a carbon debit package.
Informing your local public school teacher of Al [...]

They say what the Pentagon wants them to say?

Think he was supposed to say that?
Me thinks not…

Or…shorter Hannity: Passports? But, but, but I want to show more video of that crazy black preacher!!!
Do note how Newt Gingrich doesn’t take the bait AT ALL. Good for him.
UPDATE:
Well, the video doesn’t seem to want to embed in some browsers, so here’s the link.

Image credit - ripped from Yikes!
Friday on the MSNBC show Countdown Obama Infomercial with Keith Olbermann, Keith apparently had to scramble back into the studio for a “Breaking News” story - An interview with Barack Obama responding to widespread coverage of Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s inflammatory sermons. The interview video is linked here.
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Well, more Penn Spin™ today, and this is by far the most telling yet. Because it betrays Clinton’s strategy…attack Obama so much that he can’t get out of the primary season. Not that it’ll work, but that’s what they’re trying to do.
Here’s Penn’s statement in context…
Mark Penn made the comment during a conference call in [...]

Did anybody hear the latest Penn Spin™? You know, the memes from Clinton spinmeister Mark Penn that are so obviously intellectually dishonest you actually get dizzy from listening to them?
Well, here’s the latest gem about Hillary’s wins last Tuesday…
“We broke his momentum completely.”
Oh…losing my equilibrium…need to hold onto something…wait, there’s the truth…if I can just [...]