Olbermann: Bush and Cheney should resign. Now!
Wow, this is one hell of a zinger. He is, as they say, angry as hell and not going to take it any more. The particular catalyst is the commuting of Scooter Libby’s sentence, which Olbermann considers
the fixed ballgame and the rigged casino and the pre-arranged lottery all rolled into one—and it stinks.
The connections he draws to Nixon, and especially the firing of Cox, are potentially quite powerful. I have no sense, however, of how well they will resonate with the undecided middle, which is where the battle clearly lies.
I love the ending, and the idea that even Our Fearless Leader might manage “that iota of patriotism”:
We of this time—and our leaders in Congress, of both parties—must now live up to those standards which echo through our history: Pressure, negotiate, impeach—get you, Mr. Bush, and Mr. Cheney, two men who are now perilous to our Democracy, away from its helm.
For you, Mr. Bush, and for Mr. Cheney, there is a lesser task. You need merely achieve a very low threshold indeed. Display just that iota of patriotism which Richard Nixon showed, on August 9th, 1974.
Resign.
And give us someone—anyone—about whom all of us might yet be able to quote John Wayne, and say, “I didn’t vote for him, but he’s my president, and I hope he does a good job.�
The full text of his remarks are on the MSNBC web site. Thanks to my wonderful (and righteously angry) mother for the tip.
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