Olbermann's Special Comment on Rudy

I just found video of Keith Olbermann taking Giuliani's head off in response to the mayor's comments yesterday. (I've written at length about those comments in the post immediately below this one, so I won't repeat myself here.) Major kudos to Crooks and Liars for getting this footage up so quickly tonight. C&L is always on top of things, and along with HuffPo, is my favorite liberal site on the Internet.

I can't say it enough - I'm grateful for voices like Olbermann's. There are far too few of them in the media, but progressives and liberals are slowly but surely gaining precious ground.

As for Olbermann's Special Comment above, I really can't add anything to what he says in any sage way, but I found one particular passage interesting, and it's the first time I'm hearing it in this very young presidential campaign:

This is not the mere politicizing of Iraq, nor the vague mumbled epithets about Democratic "softness" from a delusional vice president.

This is casualties on a partisan basis — of the naked assertion that Mr. Giuliani's party knows all and will save those who have voted for it — and to hell with everybody else.

And that he, with no foreign policy experience whatsoever, is somehow the messiah-of-the-moment.

[...]

Which party held the presidency on Sept. 11, 2001, Mr. Giuliani?

Which party held the mayoralty of New York on that date, Mr. Giuliani?

Which party assured New Yorkers that the air was safe and the remains of the dead recovered and not being used to fill potholes, Mr. Giuliani?

Which party wanted what the terrorists wanted — the postponement of elections — and to whose personal advantage would that have redounded, Mr. Giuliani?

Which mayor of New York was elected eight months after the first attack on the World Trade Center, yet did not emphasize counter-terror in the same city for the next eight years, Mr. Giuliani? [Emphasis Mine]

It still amazes me, after almost six years, that President Bush, and now, Rudy Giuliani get NO heat for 9-11 happening on their watch. I freely admit there's plenty of blame to go around, Democrats included, but what about Rudy's planning (or lack thereof) in the wake of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing?

And for those of you who think that link of inquiry is unfair, scroll down and read what Giuliani said yesterday (or watch the video above, again). If he's going to cavort around the country, arrogantly claiming that he can keep the country safer than any other presidential candidate, his record as mayor of New York is going to come under a whole lot closer scrutiny, and rightfully so.

In the end, I think Giuliani will have desperately overplayed his hand, if he hasn't already.