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Olbermann to Prez: Stop Scapegoating, Start Fighting

Posted Jul 20, 07 11:12 AM CDT in Politics,  US 

(Newser) – A war of words over the Iraq war that erupted this week nominally involves only a Pentagon underling and Hillary Clinton, but MSNBC's Keith Olbermann finds a message for President Bush in the back-and-forth. Accusing the administration of scapegoating both the senator and antiwar citizens, he calls for Bush to "go to Baghdad now" and fight the war himself.

A letter from a Defense Department official suggesting Clinton "reinforces enemy propaganda" by raising the issue of troop withdrawal set the "Countdown" anchor off.  He blasts the "utter, blinkered idiocy" of staying the course in a war launched by an administration with a “jump-off-a-bridge-and-hope-you-can-fly” attitude. Addressing Bush directly, he adds: "You have guaranteed yourself tonight not honor, but infamy."

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Democratic Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY speaks before a meeting of the National Association of Counties at the Richmond convention Center in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, July 17, 2007....   (Associated Press)
Keith Olbermann of MSNBC poses at the Ronald Reagan Library on Thursday, May 3, 2007 in Simi Valley, Calif., where he was host for MSNBC's coverage of the first debate among Republican presidential candidates...   (Associated Press)
President Bush speaks about his budget plans in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, July 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)   (Associated Press)
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