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"In exchange for giving tax cuts for the rich which the nation cannot afford," and they don't deserve. "In exchange for this searing and transcendent capitulation, the President got just 13 months of extended benefits for those unemployed less than 100 weeks. And he got nothing, absolutely nothing for" the millions unemployed longer, "the 99ers."
Yet Obama is "celebrating....Mr. President, for these meager crumbs, you have given up costly, insulting, divisive tax cuts for the rich, and you have given in to Republican blackmail, which will be followed by more Republican blackmail....This is only the beginning of the reckoning. This is only the first sip of a bitter cup (without) a supreme recovery of moral health and political vigor (to) rise....and take our stand for what is right."
It was a rare Olbermann moment, bashing Obama like Bush, but apparently his new bosses thought sometimes was too much, tolerating little to the left of Fox.
Not according to New York Times writers Bill Carter and Brian Stelter, however, headlining their January 23 article, "Olbermann Split Came After Years of Tension," saying:
No matter his "track record of attacking his superiors and making early exits, (news) of his abrupt departure (came) as a shock to his many fans, some of whom accused Comcast" of sacking him.
TV insiders, however, "are astonished that (MSNBC's) highest-rated host....would be ushered out the door with no fanfare, no promoted farewell show, and only a perfunctory thanks for his efforts." Calling the decision "not a termination but a 'negotiated separation,' (it followed) years of behind-the-scenes tension, conflicts and near terminations," besides being unabashedly pro-Democrat.
Now he's gone, leaving left-of-center hosts Rachael Maddow, Ed Schultz and Lawrence O'Donnell, filling his vacated time slot. Key, however, is NBC's power shift right, likely portending two choices for remaining hosts - softened rhetoric or new employment, but expect new corporate bosses to offer little, if any.
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