STOP BLASTING Keith Olbermann!!!

[Rosco T.]

Methinks he set it up just so he could use the last line :D

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6198935

1:23 a.m. ET
Timber Update:

In the middle of its evaluation of Bush-Kerry II, the Hooey from St. Looey, the Scorer's Table warned Mr. Bush during the course of the thirteenth round that if it proved Mr. Kerry was correct in his assertion that the President derived $84 of income from part-ownership of a timber company, the President would be severely sanctioned.

The Scorer's Table, having taken two hours to let the Blogosphere complete its due diligence (and to permit the scorer to retreat to a corner of the room, don cold compresses, and moan quietly), can now quote the truth from "Factcheck.Org": "President Bush himself would have qualified as a 'small business owner' under the Republican definition, based on his 2001 federal income tax returns. He reported $84 of business income from his part ownership of a timber-growing enterprise." Brooks Jackson's marvelous site noted that the timber interest was listed under "royalties" in his 2002 and 2003 returns, indicating The Texas Thunderbolt still has an interest in said concern. The point awarded to Mr. Bush in the thirteenth round is hereby withdrawn and awarded to Mr. Kerry, for the latter's enterprising hoisting of his opponent on said opponent's own petard.

Mr. Bush is also penalized three points for a truth foul.
Mr. Bush is further penalized two points for getting snarky while in the act of being factually incorrect.
The final points scoring is now adjusted from Kerry 15, Bush 12, to Kerry 16, Bush 6.
The Scorer thus designates the outcome as a Kerry victory outside the margin for statistical error.

The scorer's table reproaches President Bush for not knowing when he has wood.

[Placebo]

1. Keith is the ONLY FAIR GUY ON TV!

People better stop bashing our only hope for some sense of sanity.

[KC21304]

2. FactCheck.org has amended their

comment on the timber affair. When Bush bought into the company, and in 2001 when he reported the $84 business income, the company did not own any timber. It was strictly oil and gas.

Don't know exactly what this does to the argument.

[sundancekid]

3. nothing's changed: smarmysmirk STILL "qualified" as a small business

(even if oil and gas then) in his 2001 tax filing under his absurd definition of small business, AND he STILL currently has an ownership interest in a timber business ("duh, I didn't know I owned a ...")though in 2003 income from the metamorphed company was apparently listed under "royalties" rather than on a schedule C;

BUT, nevermind just smirk/pickles, because the Cheeeeeneys would STILL be considered as part of small business today too, because Mrs. C. lists her speaking fee income on their tax return in 2003 in such a way as to "qualify" for the bushco absurd definition of small business.