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Friday, June 27, 2008 12:00 AM

Keith Olbermann's reply and Obama's secret plan to protect the rule of law

The MSNBC star denies he was justifying Obama's support for the FISA bill; in the course of denying it, he proceeds to do exactly that.

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  • Saturday, June 28, 2008 12:00 AM

    Appeal to authority

    Isn't Olbermann on thin ice by basing his argument on the Appeal to Authority fallacy? Especially when that legal authority (John Dean) was disbarred?

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