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According to one MSNBC insider, "there were strong indications that the timing wasn't coincidental. (It was) right," but not for the first time. After leaving ESPN in 1997, a network official said "He didn't burn the bridges here; he napalmed them." This time, ideology, not contentiousness, made the difference, but neither side is saying.
Earlier articles criticized his less than pure progressive credentials, accessed through the following links:
At issue was unabashedly supporting Obama/Democrat policies, including:
-- imperial wars without end;
-- anti-labor opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), and agenda to destroy, not create, jobs when they're most needed;
-- a "Race to the Top" scheme to destroy public education;
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