Keith Olbermann to discuss the Second Surge TONIGHT:

[Clark2008]

From the Countdown newsletter:

Scrambling to send President Bush an emergency war spending bill he will sign, Democratic leaders have decided to drop their insistence on a timeline for withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq. The move - which comes just days after senior Democrats insisted that White House officials should support nonbinding timelines - is a significant concession to the president and his Republican allies on Capitol Hill, who have steadfastly rejected any dates for bringing U.S. troops home. But it reflects the simple mathematics of a closely divided Congress in which Democrats cannot muster veto-proof majorities for any proposal that would compel a pullout. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-warfunds22may22,1,4098105.story?coll=la-news-politics-national&track=crosspromo

The latest on Gonzales.

The Second Surge: The Bush administration is quietly on track to nearly double the number of combat troops in Iraq this year, an analysis of Pentagon deployment orders showed Monday. The little-noticed second surge, designed to reinforce U.S. troops in Iraq, is being executed by sending more combat brigades and extending tours of duty for troops already there. The actions could boost the number of combat soldiers from 52,500 in early January to as many as 98,000 by the end of this year if the Pentagon overlaps arriving and departing combat brigades.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/05/22/MNG7QPV65N1.DTL

Some Iowa Republicans are questioning whether presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani intends to largely skip the state's leadoff caucuses. A sluggish start to campaign organizing and indecision about whether to compete in a high-profile straw poll in August has prompted speculation that Giuliani will pay only cursory attention to Iowa and instead focus on other early election states where his high name recognition would pay off. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18796846/

I hope Keith enjoyed the game last night. :hi:

[NightWatcher]

1. kick

[Clark2008]

2. Thanks.

At least someone is reporting the Second Surge on the TEEVEE.

[NightWatcher]

3. how does he still have a show on tv, esp on MSNBC?

He speaks more truth than anyone on MSM. I'm diggin it while it lasts, because it will end soon, I fear. Especially when bush is annointing himself king. There will be no truthtellers left on MSM.

[Clark2008]

4. One word: RATINGS

If it weren't for him, MSNBC would be lower than Headline News in the ratings pool.

He brings money into the corporate media coffers. That's the ONLY reason he gets away with it.

[Rosemary2205]

7. Yep

That 20-30 minutes they do of gossip every night is so boring that I normally just skip it, but it's a small price to pay for the rest of the show. -- Something's got to "pay the rent" and if the gossipy stuff pulls in the younger crowd for the 1st half too then more power to KO.

[cmd]

5. I hope he pounds the word escalation n/t

[AzDar]

6. George W. Bush will happily throw as many lives and as much money

into Iraq to salvage his 'legacy'( or compensate for his tiny penis, or lack of Daddy's affection, or whatever) as the 'opposition party' will allow.

'Opposition party'...I'm a funny girl.


Edited to add: Preach on it, Brother Keith.

[Clark2008]

8. My husband was bitching about the Democratic Party to the point

of cussing loudly the other day as a result of their failures to BE the "opposition party."

He said we need to vote all of the "fuckers out. None of them except for a couple are worth a damn." Guess we know how he feels.