Finally! Keith Olbermann is supposed to be covering Cindy!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

From his newsletter

A determined mother of a fallen U.S. soldier who has pledged to hold a roadside peace protest near President Bush's ranch until he talks to her said Sunday that she met with the president shortly after her son died. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8851911/

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Excellent!

[eleny]

2. I just got that email, too!

Didn't it make you want to jump up and down with joy? Finally!!!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

15. A reminder kick! n/t

[Bumblebee]

3. Hope it's not pulled out at the last moment! Here's AP story

just in:

In Crawford, Bush Addresses Protesters and Defends War Effort


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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: August 11, 2005

Filed at 1:42 p.m. ET

CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) -- President Bush said Thursday he understands and respects the views of anti-war advocates like a California mother camped outside his Texas ranch to mourn her soldier son fallen in Iraq, but said it would be a mistake to bring U.S. troops home now.

''I understand the anguish that some feel about the death that takes place,'' Bush said.

''I also have heard the voices of those saying: Pull out now,'' he said. ''And I've thought about their cry and their sincere desire to reduce the loss of life by pulling our troops out. I just strongly disagree.''

Immediate withdrawal ''would send a terrible signal to the enemy.''

Cindy Sheehan has been camped along a road near Bush's ranch since Saturday, asking to talk to Bush about her son Casey and vowing to remain until his Texas vacation ends later this month. Casey was killed five days after he arrived in Iraq last year. He was 24.

''I sympathize with Mrs. Sheehan,'' Bush said. ''She feels strongly about her position, and she has every right in the world to say what she believes. This is America. She has a right to her position, and I thought long and hard about her position. I've heard her position from others, which is: Get out of Iraq now. And it would be a mistake for the security of this country and the ability to lay the foundations for peace in the long run if we were to do so.''

By Thursday, about 50 people had joined Sheehan's cause, pitching tents in muddy, shallow ditches and hanging anti-war banners; two dozen others have sent flowers. Her name was among the most popular search topics Wednesday on Internet blogs.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

6. But you notice the article doesn't interview Cindy or others,

so we are left here with the shrub's words with no rebuttal.

Thanks for posting and yes I hope he doesn't bail out.

[Bumblebee]

7. Right -- but they did make it THE angle of this particular

piece so it keeps her central in the news. It's obviously not perfect.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

12. Yes! What ever keeps her in the news is great! n/t

[fooj]

11. Bottom line...

Still hasn't addressed what noble cause her son died for. Right?

Peace.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

13. No, and if this wasn't so deadly serious, it was almost comical

how Bush was trying to talk about it. He is so frigging transparent.

Peace and hi!

[fighttheevilempire]

9. "it would send a terrible message to the enemy..."

to pull out our troops, and I agree. the only thing is that I think its a great thing to send a terrible message to the enemy. The enemy is you, George W. Bush.

[OhioChick]

4. Finally...............

I'll be watching.

[City Lights]

5. My fingers are crossed.

Hopefully Kaplan won't pull the plug on this.

Go Keith!

[Bumblebee]

8. Maybe we should send Kaplan some of the fire ants :)

[City Lights]

10. LOL!

Paging Will Pitt... ;-)

[MidnightWind]

16. That's the best idea I've heard all day.

Let's send Kaplan a care package straight from Crawford!

[Horse with no Name]

14. Hot Diggety Damn!

I was hoping Keef wouldn't let us down.
However, I am wondering if they can put him on Comedy Central back to back with Jon after the MSNBC whores fire him for daring to step outside the corporate lines.