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All ye liberal lies and media bias, come no further.
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann says he'll stop talking about Rush Limbaugh for 30 days on one condition: That Limbaugh not talk about himself for a month.
It's the latest fun media feud. It started earlier this week when Limbaugh said MSNBC was building its ratings by constantly criticizing him. He challenged MSNBC to a 30-day "Rush withdrawal."
Olbermann responded Wednesday night by saying it appeared MSNBC's criticisms had finally struck bone. Limbaugh, he said, "has suddenly gone all Greta Garbo on us."
He said Limbaugh has no right to control who comments about him. But he said he'll stop talking about Limbaugh provided Limbaugh stop talking about himself.
Limbaugh responded by saying Olbermann's statement was incoherent.
Republicans are styling President Barack Obama’s fundraising trip next week to Las Vegas as a desperate measure to save the bacon of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who has precipitously fallen in the polls, according to a report by The Hill.
While Democrats emphasize that the presidential trip has been planned for a long time and is not related to any perceived imminent danger of Reid, D-Nev., losing his seat, the numbers game indicates otherwise.
The latest poll by the Las Vegas Review-Journal contains little good news for the veteran politician.
The Review-Journal noted further that Reid’s approval ratings at home have been subpar for years -- particularly since he ascended to Democratic leader in 2004 and to majority leader in 2006.
What’s more, hopes that things might take an uptick with the departure of President George W. Bush have not come to fruition. The Review-Journal described the poll as indicating voters bullish on Obama -- even as they are unhappy with Reid.
Much ado about nothing argue Reid loyalists, who point to the fact that the leader has already raised more than $5 million this quarter – after raising $2.2 million in the first quarter, according to The Hill.
Meanwhile, a Reid spokesman said they expect next week’s fundraiser to add “at least $1 million.”
“Don’t be tempted to Daschle-ize Reid,” one Democratic official told The Hill. “Nevada 2010 is not South Dakota 2004: George Bush not is at the head of the ticket, Barack Obama won Nevada by double digits and Reid has kept a very watchful eye on his own state.”
But others smell blood in the water.
Brian Walsh, spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee was quick to lambaste the forthcoming Obama-Reid love-fest.
“Unfortunately for the majority leader, one night of rubbing elbows with President Obama and celebrity elites at a glitzy fundraiser is not going to mask a long voting record that’s increasingly out of step with Nevada,” Walsh said.
Walsh added that the big event, featuring such luminaries as Bette Midler and Sheryl Crow, “actually plays into Sen. Reid’s biggest problem facing reelection, which is the well-deserved feeling among his constituents that he consistently places Washington and special interests above the views and values of Nevadans.”
All pundit sparing aside, there’s still a very bright lining in the clouds for Reid – he still has no opponent in the race.
Of ALL the Dems that could be in danger of losing their seat in the senate (other than perhaps Nancy Pelosi) PLEASE let this be the end of this guy's career. For the good of everything...well for the good of everything!
America had tried to accommodate Islamic terrorists before. In 1797 a treaty was made with the Islamic leadership of Tripoli that stated that “the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion.” Of course, this was false, but to appease the Barbary pirates and their Muslim protectors, the statement was put in the treaty. Did it work? No! Did the Muslim pirates in Tripoli stop kidnapping Christians from ships that sailed near the coast of northern Africa? No! They saw the accommodation as an act of weakness. Americans were willing to give up their faith—the very thing that created America and gave her moral strength—for peace. By 1805, America had learned its lesson: Compromise would always fail.
Apparently not.
Did you get that? Three people were waterboarded. Three! Libs, get a grip, get a life, get a clue!
That is all.