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October 11, 2007 at 19:47:50     Permalink Keith Olbermann: a Democrat Party Gatekeeper Diary Entry by Mark Anderson (about the author)

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Is Keith Olbermann the counter-weight to Bill O'Reilly? I think not. Here is why.

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I had noticed after another Republican debate several months ago that Keith Olbermann took part in concealing the fact that Congressman Ron Paul participated in the debate.  This time, he did it again.

Notice how Keith Olbermann says: "All EIGHT contenders."  Yet, if you pause it when it pans over all of the candidates, you would be able to count NINE candidates.  Keith Olbermann makes it appear that ALL of the Republican candidates were supporting the unitary executive approach to government, BUT IT WAS RON PAUL WHO MADE THE POINT DURING THE DEBATE THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS NO CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO START WARS!

While I have enjoyed a lot of what Keith Olbermann has said on his program, it is the things like this that make me believe his purpose might be to misdirect opposition into faux solutions.  In other words, he will gain credibility by making a correct diagnosis, but then he will lead them to the wrong cure.

 

Mark served for four years on active duty in the Marine Corps infantry, and was a candidate for a municipal office in 2002. Mark has helped raise awareness of military and veterans' issues, by establishing more...)
 

 

 
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