Another of Keith's Special Comments -- tonight on Countdown

[Patsy Stone]

Last night Keith had this to say...

"You heard, of course, of the President's remarks this week that, quoting him, 'If you listen closely to some of the leaders of the Democratic Party, it sounds like they think the best way to protect the American people is, wait until we're attacked again.'
It's an extraordinary statement, and an outrageous one...
Which again calls into question the honesty -- even the collective emotional health -- of Mr. Bush's Administration."

Don't miss Keith's Special Comment tonight.

Preview to follow.

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The House Ethics Committee opened an investigation Thursday into the unfolding scandal over Rep. Mark Foley's come-ons to congressional pages and accusations even by some Republicans that House speaker Dennis Hastert failed to protect the teens. The committee, evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, sat in closed session to take up a matter that imperils Hastert's leadership and has stirred extraordinary GOP infighting with midterm elections barely a month away. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15137796 /

Hastert expected to speak about it today.
In an interview with the Tribune on Wednesday night, Hastert said he had no thoughts of resigning and he blamed ABC News and Democratic operatives for the mushrooming scandal that threatens his tenure as speaker and Republicans' hold on power in the House. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0610050132...

If this is the strategy Hastert is planning, he might be wise to re-think it.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew into Baghdad on Thursday for a surprise visit to press Iraqi leaders to resolve their differences and ease raging sectarian violence that has killed thousands. Rice, whose last visit to Baghdad in April was credited with pressuring Iraqi leaders to form the national unity coalition under Maliki, is likely to discuss its progress - or lack of it - in curbing violence by rival Sunni and Shiite groups in Baghdad that is killing hundreds of people a week. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11942057 /

Horse-drawn buggies clip-clopped past roadblocks Thursday morning as Amish families gathered to bury four of the five young girls gunned down inside their tiny rural schoolhouse. All roads leading into the village of Nickel Mines, where a milk truck driver took 10 girls hostage and opened fire, were blocked off for the funerals. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15134838 /

Beaming people in Star Trek fashion is still in the realms of science fiction, but physicists in Denmark have teleported information from light to matter - bringing quantum communication and computing closer to reality. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20527963...

That's some of what we're planning for tonight's show.


-- Carey Fox

[Rose Siding]

1. That WAS an outrageous thing for bush to say

I'm glad KO's taking him to task over it.

[Patsy Stone]

3. Personally

I can't wait. :hi:

[longship]

2. KO kick

:kick:

[Patsy Stone]

4. Sneak preview now posted.

Tonight's special comment on lying

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15146500/

Tune in to 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' tonight at 8 p.m. ET

Updated: 1 hour, 54 minutes ago

This week, President Bush said, "If you listen closely to some of the leaders of the Democratic Party, it sounds like they think the best way to protect the American people is, wait until we're attacked again."

Tonight, Keith Olbermann asks the President:

Why has the ferocity of your venom against the Democrats, now exceeded the ferocity of your venom against the terrorists?

Why have you chosen to go down in history as the President who made things up?

In less than one month you have gone from a flawed call to unity, to this clarion call to hatred of Americans, by Americans.

If this is not simply the most shameless example of the rhetoric of political hackery, then it would have to be the cry of a leader crumbling under the weight of his own lies.

Tune in to MSNBC at 8 p.m. and midnight ET to see Olbermann's full comment.