Olbermann Transcript: "Mr. Bush, you do not own this country!"

[kpete]

Olbermann: Special comment about ‘sacrifice’
BBC reports Bush will reveal troop surge plan in sacrifice-themed speech
SPECIAL COMMENT
By Keith Olbermann
Anchor, 'Countdown'
MSNBC

For the Americans who will die because of you, it will be as permanent as it gets.


If in your presence an individual tried to sacrifice an American serviceman or woman, would you intervene?

Would you at least protest?

What if he had already sacrificed 3,003 of them?

What if he had already sacrificed 3,003 of them — and was then to announce his intention to sacrifice hundreds, maybe thousands, more?

This is where we stand tonight with the BBC report of President Bush’s “new Iraq strategy,” and his impending speech to the nation, which, according to a quoted senior American official, will be about troop increases and “sacrifice.”

The president has delayed, dawdled and deferred for the month since the release of the Iraq Study Group.

He has seemingly heard out everybody, and listened to none of them.

If the BBC is right — and we can only pray it is not — he has settled on the only solution all the true experts agree cannot possibly work: more American personnel in Iraq, not as trainers for Iraqi troops, but as part of some flabby plan for “sacrifice.”

Sacrifice!

Read the whole transcript at:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16442767 /

[Lars39]

1. Thanks,kpete!

Absolutely scorching.

[malaise]

2. I'm watching

That line was absolutely spot on.

[spanone]

3. Keith is on Fire tonight!

[MN ChimpH8R]

4. Incredible piece

Keith is a national treasure and the only person in Corporate Media to tell the truth.

This is simply stunning.

[karlrschneider]

9. And yet here we see ~20+ percent of "Americans" who still support this bag of shit.

Who knew mental illness was so rampant in our nation?

[karlrschneider]

5. "Mister Bush" --- and "sir": Powerful and too true words.

"you and you alone...sir...so you can say YOU did not lose in Iraq."

Every American should be required to see this.

[Im with Rosey]

21. "Sir"

It was almost as though he couldn't possibly say the word with more disgust. I thought the times he said sir were almost as powerful as the broader statement.

[karlrschneider]

29. I often said it in much the same way to various Generals & Colonels

when I was in the USAF. Inflection is everything but it isn't something they can actually bust you for.
Happily it's one of those words that can convey respect or disgust but on paper there's no distinction.

[beltanefauve]

66. I've done the same

while waiting tables! Nothing like a well-placed, "Sir" or "Maa'm"!

[Aviation Pro]

103. Inflect the word "sir" to sound like "suh"....

...and you end up with the correct Vietnamese pronouncation for, you guessed it, monkey.

[BattyDem]

35. He was almost snarling it!

He took a word that is supposed to convey respect and made it convey nothing but disdain. Brilliant!

[TahitiNut]

46. It's spelled "C-U-R" when said that way.

At least that's how I spelled it in the Army.

[badgerpup]

65. C-U-R...you read my mind.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cur

Cur refers to a dog, usually of mixed ancestry. In common usage, the term is often derogatory; fighting dogs that regress to growling rather than maintain calm are referred to as 'curs'.

T'ain't a complimentary phrase, that's for darn sure.
Go Keith!

[oldtime dfl_er]

31. Brilliant

And it really set me on fire.

http://www.cafepress.com/scarebaby/2332375

[butch1227]

76. AWESOME, TOO............!!!!!!!!!!!!

KEITH FOR PRESIDENT..............!!!!!!!!!!!!! ER............ AT LEAST, VICE-PRESIDENT.....!!!!!!!!!!!

[Clark2008]

73. What's funny is that Freepers will assume he's being disrespectful.

But the AP Stylebook, the "bible" of reporting, says that on second reference, "Mr. Bush," is perfectly acceptable after he's first been called "president."

Go Keith!

[Beaverhausen]

6. K&R

needs one more vote. I get to watch this later. Can't wait.

[jaxx]

7. KO kicked ass

Did you listen, Mr. Bush? You should have.

[Peggy Day]

8. Was that great or what?

He hit all the right spots-boy I bet they hate him now. Thank you Mr Olbermann

[malaise]

22. He dismembered Bush and McCain

Mr. Bush, you do not own this country!
First we sent Americans to their deaths for your lie, Mr. Bush.

Now we are sending them to their deaths for your ego...
John McCain may still hear the applause of small crowds — he has somehow inured himself to the hypocrisy, and the tragedy, of a man who considers himself the ultimate realist, courting the votes of those who support the government telling visitors to the Grand Canyon that it was caused by the Great Flood.

That Mr. McCain is selling himself off to the irrational right, parcel by parcel, like some great landowner facing bankruptcy, seems to be obvious to everybody but himself.

Or, maybe it is obvious to him and he simply no longer cares.
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Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Adios McCain.

Time for Bush to be sacrificed - IMfuggingPEACH

[Peggy Day]

56. He did also give it to McCain too, huh? nt

[malaise]

78. He sure did

<snip>
John McCain may still hear the applause of small crowds — he has somehow inured himself to the hypocrisy, and the tragedy, of a man who considers himself the ultimate realist, courting the votes of those who support the government telling visitors to the Grand Canyon that it was caused by the Great Flood.

That Mr. McCain is selling himself off to the irrational right, parcel by parcel, like some great landowner facing bankruptcy, seems to be obvious to everybody but himself.

[ClayZ]

10. Whoooooot! K and R for KO

[jazzjunkysue]

11. K&R. n/t.

[peacetalksforall]

12. My dream - a tv network with Keith and others like him who will

speak up and speak with spirit for us. His words were fabulous. He said it all with passion. This is what is needed.

[dogindia]

13. K&R

[uppityperson]

14. thanks, have to wait to watch later on internets.

[Gregorian]

15. Oh My God! He just said it all.

This is about planned obsolescence of ordinances.


He went on and on hitting every single point possible. Never in my life have I ever heard anything more scathing than this, tonight.


Absolutely the most damning criticism ever.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. KO was magnificent.

"Sacrifice, Mr. Bush? No, sir, this is not “sacrifice.” This has now become “human sacrifice.”"

[bdamomma]

17. WE OWN THIS COUNTRY, NOT THIS FRAT BOY

Geez, I am pissed, this next murderous act must be stopped now, even the troops do not want escalation. Sickening absolutely sickening, he just wants more death and destruction, we have our worst nightmare living in the WH.

[Bobbie Jo]

18. I'll have to catch the re-run later...but thanks for the preview!

Rock On KO!

[dave_p]

19. Silly me

Memory just seems not to be working right now... can someone remind me what sacrifices Mr Bush himself has made over the years? It's plain slipped my mind, darn it.

[ProfessorGAC]

74. Here's The List!

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Have i cleared that up for ya?
The Professor

[MiniMe]

20. Wow, what a forceful commentary

Could he have made his Mr Bush any more sarcastic? Great commentary.

[babylonsister]

kpete, you RAWK!!

KO is awesome!

[bklyncowgirl]

23. Thank you Keith.

[flyarm]

24. i am crying..how long have we waited for those words????????

god bless you Kieth!!!!!!!

God bless you and our soldiers , Keith!!


incredible..we must all take this video and send it to every person we know!!

i mean blast it everywhere!!


thank you Keith...you are a wonderful Patriot!!
fly

[mzteris]

25. tell 'em, Keith!!

First we sent Americans to their deaths for your lie, Mr. Bush.

Now we are sending them to their deaths for your ego.

[brer cat]

42. Truer words were never spoken (or written).

Which makes it much sadder for the military and their families.

KO is a man of courage and passion that we desperately need these days.

[lyonn]

47. That was a wicked one!!! But sadly true....

What I wonder is, do only Dems watch his program? Since many of us don't/can't watch Fox maybe repubs dash past Keith to hear O'Reily?

Hopefully some can't resist hearing what the enemy is saying and end up learning something.

[gordianot]

26. Olbermann expresses real anger. His greatest commentary.

Even Scarborough (ass-hat) is grim in his follow up.

[cui bono]

27. Then there is the argument that

to take any steps toward reducing troop numbers would show weakness to the enemy in Iraq, or to the terrorists around the world.

This simplistic logic ignores the inescapable fact that we have indeed already showed weakness to the enemy, and to the terrorists.

We have shown them that we will let our own people be killed for no good reason.

We have now shown them that we will continue to do so.

We have shown them our stupidity.

Mr. Bush, your judgment about Iraq — and now about “sacrifice” — is at variance with your people’s, to the point of delusion.


RIGHT ON!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

28. Keith had me in tears again. Tears of sorrow for what has passed and what will come

to pass, and tears of admiration for Keith, his passion and his speaking truth to power. He holds Murrow up as one of the biggest heroes of our lifetime..Keith, Murrow cannot hold a candle to you. Keep safe.

[fooj]

69. Yes. Stay safe.

I thought the very same thing this evening.

He called EVERYONE out tonight. I love that man. He's an AUTHENTIC patriot.

Happy New Year!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

71. Happy New Year to you too dear fooj!!!!

[crappyjazz]

30. Priceless

"Because if you sell the Army a thousand Humvees, you can’t sell them any more until the first thousand have been destroyed."

Nails it

[babylonsister]

63. That quote stood out for me, too. WOW! Nails the whole war profiteering

argument in a few words.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

32. He Was On One Hell Of A Fuckin Roll Tonight Wasn't He?

I can't think of anyone who rants better than he does.

[DeepModem Mom]

33. ON FIRE! Thank you, Keith! nt

[Major Hogwash]

34. It's time to take the gloves off - we're in charge now.

Not Bush.
Not Cheney.
Not Rumsfeld.
Not Frist.
Not Hastert.
Not the GOP.
Not the media.

We are - Democrats.

And we did it without firing a shot.

[1monster]

95. And without stealing an election!

[WiseButAngrySara]

36. Thanks Kpete! That was speedy! ....n/t

[nashville_brook]

37. devastating

[Imagevision]

105. It appears impeachment is the only way to stop this maniac in the white house

[PuraVidaDreamin]

38. "And to the democrats, you proceed at your own peril as well!"

-snip-And to the Democrats now yoked to the helm of this sinking ship, you proceed at your own peril, as well.-snip-


-snip-Yet you Democrats must assume that even if you take the most obvious of courses, and cut off funding for the war, Mr. Bush will ignore you as long as possible, or will find the money elsewhere, or will spend the money meant to protect the troops, and re-purpose it to keep as many troops there as long as he can keep them there.-snip-

NOT ONE MORE DOLLAR
NOT ONE MORE LIFE!

[Jacklyn75]

41. I LOVED that he said this to the Dems! I hope they listen! n/t

[mike_c]

39. OMG, that was amazing....

I'm speechless. That was awesome!

[lonestarnot]

40. Pulling all my fucking hair!

[madmunchie]

43. I love this guy!

His comments, as usual, are brilliant!

[Im with Rosey]

44. Okay, now I have thought about the finer points

not just the delivery. Once again KO has so eloquently said what so many wish they had the voice for, myself included in that group. I especially love the throw down of McCain, not only did he address sir, he laid it out on McCain, too. Someone correct me if I am wrong, was that the first time we have seen graphic photos being used on tv? I thought that was extremely poignant to see what we have not been allowed to see while he was bringing it.

[durtee librul]

48. Will this be on you tube anytime soon?

[Im with Rosey]

51. I don't know about utube

It will be on Crooks and Liars, most of KO's Special Comments hit C&R quickly. I haven't checked yet.

[annabanana]

83. here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu5DGIZ5iyE

[AbbyR]

92. Thanks so much for posting this

I don't have a television, for the time being, and really wanted to see the commentary. Wonderful job!

[renate]

93. thank you!

[oasis]

45. POWERFUL.k&r

[ronnykmarshall]

49. That sound I just heard in LA ..

Is Stephanie Miller sewing her wedding dress.

[dweller]

50. lol !

dp

[Disturbed]

Will Keith call for the Impeachment of Busholini?

I am waiting for that!

[mnhtnbb]

52. KO lets Bush have it! K&R

[Bitwit1234]

53. Is he going to sacrifice

his two daughters. That should be the first sacrifice. Instead of them running naked thru hotel halls, maybe they could run fully clothed chasing the so called enemy.

[Beaverhausen]

54. My favorite part- I want this on a bumpersticker

First we sent Americans to their deaths for your lie, Mr. Bush.

Now we are sending them to their deaths for your ego.


Keith

[G_Leo_Criley]

55. k & r and thanks!

Thanks KPete!

KO is awesomeness itself.

Thanks be for Keith. Will watch this when it repeats at midnight.



glc

[Peggy Day]

57. Can't wait to watch it again. I didn't see the start of it

wish it was on youtube.

[Im with Rosey]

58. CrookandLiars.com

It is up with transcript. It is worth the read.

[Peggy Day]

60. Thanks to Toledo Liberal (I have family there) youtube replay is on DU

DU main page right side in two parts. Thank you TL. Isn't the internet great?

[sammythecat]

59. Just finished reading it.

That was just f'great! I'm saving that. So eloquent, so true. God, that was great!

on edit: I just wish everyone in the country could be FORCED to hear that!
Sometimes I feel like a Nazi, sometime I don't.

[MrSlayer]

61. He keeps getting better and better. But will anyone hear this?

These words need to be trumpeted from all corners of the country. As long as all the major news networks continue to treat this clown as if he's legitimate we'll never get anywhere. Bush is clearly insane and incapable of holding his position but they will continue to legitimize him and act as if this shit is normal. He simply must be removed from power by any means necessary or we all lose and lose big time.

[rodeodance]

62. Bush and his cabinet should be forced to view this!

[NastyRiffraff]

64. KO = KNOCKOUT punch!

This was one of his best Special Comments, and that's saying a lot.

Thank God for this man.

[Cheap_Trick]

67. the first two soldiers

in his "sacrifice" had goddamn well better be his own children. You want sacrifice you fucking snapperhead? You first.

[orleans]

68. this was brilliant! thanks to olbermann n/t

[democrank]

70. Powerful words

and an even more powerful delivery. It gave me chills.

[Ganja Ninja]

72. KO was really getting worked up on that one.

You can tell he wants to grab Bush and ring his neck with his bare hands.

Hey Keith! The line forms behind me.

[Vinca]

75. This was the best special comment yet. I'm afraid if the show

hadn't ended, Keith would have sobbed on air. Moving.

[opihimoimoi]

77. Bush is a Bully...Keith is right, Bush does what he wants, when it pleases him, and no one

is gonna stop him.

These are signs of a BULLY GONE WILD...

[connecticut yankee]

79. Sacrifice?

Fine. Let it start with him. Send the twins and George P.

[disndat]

94. ditto

Let Bush sacrifice firat. Send Jenna and Barbara.

[HeeBGBz]

80. Has anyone uploaded it?

I missed it and would love to see it.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

81. The video is on C & L. I worked late last night and missed it.

Wow, wow and wow.

I'm emailing this to the politically apathetic people I know...and, of course, to those who are as passionately angry as I am.

MKJ

[annabanana]

82. Here is the YouTube link!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu5DGIZ5iyE

rate it up!

[HeeBGBz]

106. Thanks! n/t

[DUBYASCREWEDUS]

84. I wish

he would have thrown the Bushie Twins into the mix. That would have been priceless.

[pdxmom]

85. My son doesn't own a TV and hadn't ever heard one of Keith's

commentary's, but was over last night when this one came on. I, of course, shut everyone up so I could listen.

My son was enthralled! He kept saying "Is he going to get in trouble saying that?" and "I can't believe they are letting him say that." I asked him if he disagreed with anything Keith said, and he said no, but he was just amazed to hear someone on TV say those things. Said that he was surprised the administration lets him stay on TV.

Now, the boy is only 21 and only just becoming politically aware, but I was amazed that he had, somehow, come to believe that this type of harsh criticism on the public airwaves was somehow not allowed in this country. I told him that we needed more in the media to step forward, speak their minds and show that the emperor has no clothes.

He was going to go home last night and check out all of Keith's other commentaries.

[thereismore]

90. My 11-year old son said "Can bush stop him from saying this?" -

and I said, "No, the guy who owns MSNBC is Keith's boss, not bush". That seemed to calm him down. He was worried for KO.

[annabanana]

99. It is astounding to hear this even if you watch TV

for non-political reasons.. How much more astonishing it must be for someone who doesn't! It just shows you how rare and valuable a bird our KO is.

[sinkingfeeling]

86. When the Chimp announces this, we, as a country, should just say 'No'. Walk out of

the schools, factories, offices, universities, churches, and homes...into the streets, on strike, until we shut down the country!

[malaise]

88. That's the correct approach n/t

[dogday]

87. Olbermann

The Edward R. Murrow of our time....

[azmouse]

89. Nobody says what needs to be said the way KO does!

Olbermann in '08!

[Old Smokey]

91. excellent

[Wanet]

96. "Sacrifice" is a religious concept

Bush is trying to link his senseless plans with Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Isaac, and Jesus' willingness to sacrifice himself on the cross. They are very careful how they choose their words. -- Wanet

[Lars39]

100. Good catch!

So many of bush's speeches have been laced with code words for the fundies.

[semillama]

97. My favorite quote

"it's like a damned game of Colorforms, isn't it?"

SOTU address should be interesting this year, with all those new Democrats staring back at him...

[ninkasi]

98. Thanks yet again, kpete

For your posts. Keith is absolutely brilliant, isn't he? I'd love to see Bill Moyers return to t.v., too. We need more people brave enought to speak the truth. As far as sacrifice, that's an insult coming from Bush. Neither he nor his cronies have had to sacrifice anything, and have even been given tax breaks so that their war profiteering is even greater.

[RiverStone]

101. Olbermann eloquently and perfecty...

...called Shrub to the carpet for his lies, arrogance, and delusional thinking around the Iraq fiasco.

This is a must hear/read piece.

Damn - I'm so grateful Keith speaks the truth for so many of us - with wisdom, compassion, and anger.

He rocks!

[MasonJar]

102. I saw the speech last night; it was deadcenter for the crimes Bush

has perpetrated with his sophomoric ideas and his pulverized morals. Keith is the man.

[seesdifferent]

104. Michelle Malkin will prove him wrong: heads for Iraq

she is going to prove that things are not that bad in Iraq. How 2006.
http://seesdifferent.wordpress.com/2007/01/03/new-fact-...