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And not a moment too soon. I had hoped against hope that from amidst all the mud-slinging and no-point/no-counterpoint ad hominem bullshit that has passed for political commentary over the past few years, someone with passion, intelligence and, yes, anger - righteous anger - would eventually stand up and point directly at the problem. Olbermann finally started to do it and when it worked, surprise, surprise, everyone fell back in stunned silence first, then began trying to dissect this strange creature who had emerged from the box and continues operate outside it. Is he doing it for the ratings? Who gives a good god damn? He is doing it! He is calling a spade a spade, calling the President a fool, calling O'Reilly's lame and overused bluffs, and it had to work, because the facts always do if honorable men will only speak them.
Why, in the name of all that's good and decent, has no one stepped forward to speak for American instead of its various parts til Obermann? When will we get past the "us and them" mentality that has been so successfully used to divide this utterly remarkable nation? Maybe we have begun.
Give the guy a raise. Let him be whatever he is. But for god's sake listen to him! Sanity has broken out in the least likely place. Give him air!!
