olbermann's 8 years in 8 minutes (bush legacy)

[democrat0986]

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[Suji to Seoul]

1. 1st. Just Amazing!

[beac]

46. Don't forget to DIGG this up, folks! (link inside)

http://digg.com/political_opinion/Keith_Olbermann_8_years_in_8_minutes

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. He had to talk fast for 8 minutes to get it all in

I think there are 128 points of criminality.

Good stuff ...... Keith.

[Career Prole]

18. No kidding! The Rap Sheet Rap.

It was a thing of beauty and devastatingly precise. :thumbsup:

[beac]

39. Thank goodness for YouTube b/c I had to scroll back several times just to catch up, so

many and various are the crimes of Bush.

And the little turd will just tap dance off to Dallas whining about how he'll be a beloved president someday, "just like Lincoln."

[mmm413]

3. Concise and oh so true!

[lostnotforgotten]

4. And Yet 22% of the American Population Thanks Bush Is A Savior!

eom

[Yukari Yakumo]

36. Sound about right...

If you count the filthy rich, the ignorant, and the bigoted.

(Fundies are almost exclusively included in the latter two.)

[tilsammans]

5. A KO by KO!

Spot on, Keith!

:yourock:

[glinda]

6. It was an amazing piece. Should run it every time the Repubs cause trouble!

Keith.. you are my island of sanity.

[navarth]

dupe delete

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[navarth]

7. yes I saw it. powerful, powerful

can't wait for that special comment Monday...

[snappyturtle]

30. I saw this last night but I didn't record it so thank you for posting!

K&R Definitely bookmarking this!

Edit: I don't know why this posted here because I hit reply on the OP!??? Sorry.

[mzmolly]

8. And there it is....

*sigh*

Thankfully, the man is about to be "history".

[truedelphi]

9. This gives me CHILLS. n/t

[OwnedByFerrets]

10. It was so very amazing to watch and listen to

[sasquatch]

11. Wow, that about sums it up

:wow:

[Stuart G]

12. OUTSTANDING -- K & R must see nt

[freeradicalm]

13. K&R This needs to have more viewers than bush's fucking farewell.

Good job, Kieth, you were one of the first with the balls to speak out when it wasnt so common. :kick:

[DerekJ]

14. That was not even the half of it. I can think of a few more myself. n/t

[lebkuchen]

15. I HOPE our new ambassadors will speak the language of the country they're assigned

unlike Bush's ambassadors, who communicated instantly to the rest of the world, "We don't care what you think. We're doing it our way, and so are you."

I also HOPE to see accountability in the WH. So far we've seen two impeachments and a pardon of a president who committed crimes that were harmful to our country. Those crimes have gotten worse. Reagan's crimes were worse than Nixon's, and Bush's crimes were worse than all of those prior combined.

If the buck stops with Obama, Obama had better ensure that it also stops with his predecessor, whose disaster Obama is inheriting. What's fair is fair. Why not apply the rule of law to everyone in the WH for a change?

[NM Independent]

16. An outstanding compilation...

that just scratches the surface of what we KNOW about. Who knows what future revelations may be?

I'm thankful for Keith to have been around to get us through this. I can't help but think that if he hadn't kept on his hard path, that others may not have started to speak up.

[givemebackmycountry]

17. I just watched this on my DVR and I was thinking only one word throughout...

Devastating.
Simply, devastating.

This prick belongs UNDER the fucking jail.

[Hekate]

19. Never forget. Never forgive.

An incredible performance by Keith.

Hekate

[DUlover2909]

20. Wow. Olberman fuggin pwns all.

Talented ass m-fer. I wish I could force feed that entire commentary to every dimwitted freeper, fundie, idiot ass repukelican in America.

[tclambert]

21. So, he's saying Bush could have done a better job?

Actually, no. I think those of us who paid attention to Bush's record before he entered the White House see the same pattern repeated. He screws up everything he puts his hand to. After 9/11, when Giuliani was saying, "Thank God George Bush is President," I was thinking, "Oh no, he's gonna screw this up, too."

Bush's biggest failures were from inaction. Katrina? He fiddled while New Orleans drowned. (Okay, maybe he was pretending to play a guitar at that photo op.) Iraq? Failed to plan for what happens after the second week. Terrorism prior to 9/11? No retaliation for the USS Cole, no get tough speeches on terrorism, no high-level meetings on terrorism, goes on vacation for a month, doesn't pay attention to nor question intelligence briefings on terrorism, doesn't respond with anything close to strength when a Chinese fighter harrasses and crashes into an American spy plane in international airspace. 9/11 itself? Sits on his smarts for seven minutes (419 seconds longer than any other President would have). Financial markets? Wouldn't regulate, and wouldn't enforce existing regulations.

And a host of other serious problems were just ignored for eight years.

[Enthusiast]

22. When looked at in its entirety

the thought that no one will be held accountable for this is nauseating. Not prosecuting Bush will actually result in more damage than Bush himself has done. Laws must mean something in this country. Allowing these criminal to go unpunished reinforces every criminal inclination. We must "look back" to "look forward", otherwise this country is done.

[tridim]

31. I don't think anyone could have done a WORSE job than Bush and Cheney.

I predicted disaster in 1999, but I really had no idea how bad it would get.

[onlyadream]

23. Thank God it's O-V-E-R!!!

And let's NEVER EVER EVER do this again!!!

What were the American people THINKING voting this guy in TWICE???? I know the election was stolen - but if it wasn't so close, then they couldn't have fudged (and screwed with it) to ultimately have it go to the Supreme Court. Why the heck was it so close? And then with Kerry - I was sure the people would have woken up by then... so freaking sad. What a horrible 8 years. :cry:

[pasto76]

27. the silver lining

is that those elections, as far as I know, are the only two elections in our history that are legitimately contended. One of the things I hope the Obama administration will do is ban electronic voting machines, or have a federal agency manufacture, program, distribute and guard the machines.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

Thank you

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Thank you - thank you :hi: :kick:

[WyoHiker]

24. Is Personal Accountability Dead?

Did it ever exist in the first place?

[Phred42]

25. KO NAILS another one! - looking forward to his Special Comment Monday

:toast:

[DrZeeLit]

26. I ended up in tears. Keith's eloquence combined with utter devastation.

I sobbed my heart out for my nation.
And I would like to lock all the "republican" members of my family in a room and force them to watch this.

Truly -- the most powerful 8 minutes in television.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

44. me too.

It's awful hard to act civil

[DrZeeLit]

59. I suppose I might add a p.s. The tears were so surprisingly spontaneous that

I was caught off=guard and really began to sob.

I had been watching and mesmerized by Keith's strong litany of Bush offenses.
And I was getting more and more angry.

Then, it was as if a dam broke. All I could think of was.... WE'RE FREE! We lived through this horrible mess and ... WE'RE FREE.

I know it seems silly now, but it felt so good and so bad at the same time.
I was overcome with a sense of sadness at the utter waste of the last eight years.
I saw where I was when it started and how angry I was about the election and then Enron kaboom ruins energy prices in California.
And then I was about to move to Vermont, and I was still in CA when I heard Jim Jeffords call out Bush and change party affiliation. I was happy to be moving to a state where people speak their minds with civility.
I gave up television, found DU, and actually became much more involved than I ever had been in my whole life as a Californian... and I'd always thought myself "involved."

And waves of life and death and birth and all that have transpired. And the horrors that have been perpetrated by these people who were supposed to SERVE.

Well, we lived through it. Most. But all those tombstones began to swim in front of my eyes.
I still post the numbers of Americans dead and wounded in Iraq, plus the number of Iraqi civilians -- on an 8x10 paper taped to my rear window.
I'm not taking it down unti we leave Iraq.

Still, I cried because I am relieved that's it's over and I'm ready and willing to help put us right.

So, to amend my sobbing note.... sad and happy... angry and joyful.....ready to HOPE and HELP

[pleah]

28. K&R This was the very best summation of the

bushit legacy. IMO

This immediately went on my favorites list.

Thank you.

[duhneece]

51. Mine, too nt

[pleah]

55. :)

:)

[jeff30997]

29. Wow! Machine-gun Keith !

But he forgot something important: German Chancellor Angela Merkel's back-rub which symbolize all

the embarrassments that the U.S suffered because of that idiot IMHO.

[Patchuli]

32. Wow!! He can work the words!

Tell me? Did I miss a word about all the children that were Left Behind?

[kimmylavin]

33. Well said!

Wonderful, as always.
And Tuesday can't come fast enough!

One thing, though.
I tried a quick google, and apparently can't come up with the right combination of search terms.
As I'm already running late for work, could someone please explain the Rumsfeld firing thing?
Thanks!

[Bette Noir]

34. Olbermann is a god.

[Mad_Dem_X]

35. I am crying furious tears

My head is just spinning...

FUCK THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, FOR WHAT THEY DID TO THIS COUNTRY! DAMN THEM ALL TO HELL! :grr: :nuke:

[quidam56]

37. BUSHED ! Third World Appalachia, USA

Kept America safe from terrorism ??? http://www.wisecountyissues.com Appalachian is being bombed, blasted and bulldozed right into Third World America. Hannity's America sure ain't My America.

[patrice]

38. Perfect.

[beac]

40. Wish I could rec this 1000 times! n/t

[Time for change]

41. I hope that 200 million Americans see this

... in slow motion.

[ihavenobias]

42. K & R

[LaPera]

43. Show this to any republican who still thinks Bush was OK that Bush just made a couple of mistakes!

Delusional people truly need to see this...Only eight minutes long but makes it's point about Bush extremely well.

[DissedByBush]

45. Discretionary spending up 31%

Bush pissed off everyone. Libertarians and small-government conservatives hated him for that spending.

I do not think we will be the only ones cheering that he is out of office.

[Number23]

47. Lord have mercy. Obama truly has no where else to go, but UP...

[RoccoR5955]

48. K & R. Bushco, Inc. belongs in JAIL UNTIL THEY ROT!

No two ways about it. These bass turds belong in the slammer for the rest of time!

[MasonJar]

49. Thank you, Keith. You have been one of the few voices of sanity.

[RavensChick]

50. K & R!!!!!!!!

I can watch this dozens of times and not get bored. Keith sums it all up in a nutshell of 8 minutes. Yes, hope is what we have left, but my brothers & sisters of DU, let's remember one thing--Bush started this mess, but guess what? Obama will (YES, HE WILL) end it! I can't wait for the swearing in!!! Keith should certainly get the Medal of Freedom for telling the truth and not backing down for a second!!!!

:kick:

:yourock:

[lib2DaBone]

52. Wow..Keith is a voice in the Wilderness.....what a great piece..

..8 long years of Bush torture and criminal abuse. And still the public is quiet?

[machI]

53. K&R

[20score]

54. Great! K&R.

[yawk09]

56. k&r

[DutchLiberal]

57. Too bad you only get impeached when you receive a blowjob.

[DutchLiberal]

58. Does anybody know where to find a transcript (if there is one)?