My Comments
Keith Olbermann has my undying gratitude and respect for being for several weeks virtually the only mainstream news guy to report seriously on the voting irregularities in Ohio and elsewhere in the 2004 election. Everybody else -- including NPR -- disparaged those who demanded an investigation as whiny internet conspiracy nuts. For the second time in a row the U.S. Presidential election had very possibly been hijacked, and except for Olbermann the news media couldn't care less. Lately Olbermann has been more or less the only guy on TV expressing sufficient outrage at the assault on the Constitution and essential civil liberties by the Bush Administration, Congress and now Newt Gingrich. Call him melodramatic or self-important; I'm just glad somebody realizes this is an issue worth thundering about. A lot of people thought Sam Adams and Patrick Henry were insufferable egotists too, but they got the job done. (I personally look forward to the day, perhaps not so far away, when I can drink Keith Olbermann beer.)
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Keith Olbermann has my undying gratitude and respect for being for several weeks virtually the only mainstream news guy to report seriously on the voting irregularities in Ohio and elsewhere in the 2004 election. Everybody else -- including NPR -- disparaged those who demanded an investigation as whiny internet conspiracy nuts. For the second time in a row the U.S. Presidential election had very possibly been hijacked, and except for Olbermann the news media couldn't care less. Lately Olbermann has been more or less the only guy on TV expressing sufficient outrage at the assault on the Constitution and essential civil liberties by the Bush Administration, Congress and now Newt Gingrich. Call him melodramatic or self-important; I'm just glad somebody realizes this is an issue worth thundering about. A lot of people thought Sam Adams and Patrick Henry were insufferable egotists too, but they got the job done. (I personally look forward to the day, perhaps not so far away, when I can drink Keith Olbermann beer.)