Olbermann Rips Palin: From Birther to Climate Change Denier
"Having given her sleight of hand stamp of approval to the birthers, Sarah Palin is now moving on to an almost equally popular far right mythology, climate change denial."So began MSNBC's Keith Olbermann in his number one story on Wednesday's "Countdown.""Getting her facts wrong and misrepresenting her record as governor of Alaska, again, not enough for Palin`s latest foray into opinion piece,…
Lawrence O'Donnell: Joe Wilson Needs a Breathalyzer Test
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell on Friday said Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) -- he of "You lied" fame -- should be required to take a breathalyzer test before he goes into Congressional sessions where the President is speaking.Such occurred as O'Donnell was filling in for Keith Olbermann on "Countdown," and discussing with the Nation's Chris Hayes how poorly Wilson represents a GOP that "used to be an image…
Rare Candor for Maddow Show: Democrats 'Outhustled' on ObamaCare Prote
Email message from Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation, to Chris Hayes, the magazine's Washington editor, anonymously forwarded to NewsBusters -- From: Hurricane KTo: Hayes, C. Re: Maddow show -- WTF?CC: Rahm Emanual, Robert Gibbs, Keith Olbermann Chris,Things seemed to go well with your last Maddow facetime until you derailed narrative with lapse into independent thought.