Legal Commentary

Greenwald's Response To Olbermann

By Big Tent Democrat

Read the whole thing, but here is the key excerpt, it seems to me:

Olbermman then denies that he was justifying Obama's support for the FISA bill but then goes on to do exactly that:

Seriously, there is little in the polls to suggest McCain has anything to run with other than terror . . . . So why hand them a brick to hit him with -- Obama Voted Against FISA -- if voting Aye enhances his chances of getting himself his own Attorney General to prosecute FISA.

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How can Olbermann accuse me of distorting his commentary and deny that he's rationalizing Obama's support for the bill and then write the above -- which does nothing but justify Obama's support for the bill? That's exactly the mentality I was criticizing yesterday -- that Obama should be excused for supporting this assault on core Constitutional liberties and the rule of law because doing so is necessary to avoid appearing Weak on Terrorism. That's the behavior which Obama has repeatedly vowed to reject, and it's that precise mentality that has to be extinguished, not perpetrated.

Glenn asks how Olbermann can do this. Here is my simple answer to that simple question - Olbermann is Obama's O'Reilly. Time to say it Glenn.

One last point - it is delusional to believe that an Obama Administration is going to criminally prosecute anybody regarding warrantless wiretapping and Greenwald does himself a disservice by treating this as a real argument. John Dean's argument is absurd. Greenwald should have said so.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on June 27, 2008 (boomark / email).