In The Tank

Keith Olbermann's first story last night was on Jon Stewart's joke at the Oscars about Barack Obama's middle name.

You may be surprised to learn that Mr. Olbermann did not find it amusing and compared Jon Stewart to Ann Coulter.

On Friday night his top story was on the photos of Senator Obama wearing African dress and he blamed Senator Clinton's camp for putting it in circulation. He said that Senator Clinton was giving the Republicans ammunition against Senator Obama for the general election. (I'm paraphrasing) First, Senator Obama has not sewn up the nomination, second, Senator Clinton has denied involvement and finally, why is it WRONG for Senator Clinton to fight for the nomination.

The parlor game of trashing Senator Clinton is fun! But say anything bad about Obama and you're hurting the party. Senator Clinton is supposed to make way for history. What? Isn't it just as historic to have a woman be president?


Mr. Olbermann also critized Saturday Night Live for their sketch on the press being "in the tank" for Obama. His comment was, "even the most pro-labor people would have regretted the settlement of the writers' strike."

I'm sorry to say that I have finally removed Countdown from my Tivo.