I expected more out of R. G......I'm damn tired of Republicans whoring the sanctity of 911 to invoke advancement of their particular agenda du jour. It's like Pat Tillman times 3000+. For God's sake and ours, freakin' enough already.

You go Keith O., your program was excellent tonight. You put down Rudolph like no other can. I only wish I could be half as good as you when I have to argue with republican neocons. Keep up the good fight.

Bravo, Keith! Thank you for that special comment. It seems that outside of NYC, the rest of the nation has been "fooled" into the greatness of Giuliani. Hopefully your words will resonate through out this country. And yes, you were spot on when saying Giuliani is speaking the language of Bin Laden. Peace

Thank you for your commentary regarding R G's political statements. I am so tired of feeling stupid and unpatriotic for being a Democrat. It is not just people in the public eye but people I talk to everyday. This war is a crime and should end.

Excellent show tonight, Keith! You came back armed for bear!! Fantastic from beginning to end, and topped off by a Special Comment that gave what-for to Rudy just like he needs it to be given to him. From Gonzogate to Billo slapdown to Laura "No One Is Suffering More Than We Are" and George "I've Got Rhythm" Bush to Racist Rush and all the other scalawags as the subpoenas come raining down...this one was one for the ages. Looking forward to tomorrow night and the Democratic debate coverage. Welcome back!

Bravo, Keith, bravo! You spoke for me tonight. Giuiliani deserved every word you raised against him and his despicable attempt to use of the politics of fear. Thank you, thank you.

Mr. Oberman - you are our hero - we are so sick and tired of listening to the Bush/Cheney/Rudy/Liberman/McCain BS. Thank you for expressing the views of more than 85% of the American People. Keep up this very important work you do for us. You are a savior for Cable News. We have been Keith Oberman fans since we lived in LA in the early 90's.

Keith, Bravo on another powerful special comment. Once again everyone in my home was silent and glued to our television as you spoke. Thank you for being the voice of so many.

Good job!!!! All these fears tactics used to intimidate the American people into voting one way or giving up their rights are over the edge. Do they really think we are that gullible? Keep it up, we need people like you who are not afraid to speak the truth.

Hi Keith, Your comments tonight were so over the top right on as always!! Holding their feet to the fire every night!! I love your show and your mind!!! We need a voice and your's tops my list!! A rationale voice to combat an "irrationale"...nah...that doesn't begin to describe what you give me each night....Thanks again!!

Kudos to you, Keith. You have become the voice of reason during this frightening time of fear. I have been watching you your entire career, and look forward hearing your views each and every night. I was impressed with your ability to draw forward the spirit of Murrow, even before the "good night and good luck" signoff. Please keep up the fight, and maintain the excellent work that you do.

The Ministry of Fear called. They said the only thing they feared was Keith. Not to impugn your heritage, far from it Mr. Olbermann, but after that brutal trouncing you just gave Rudy I suspect your family has a wolverine in the woodpile somewhere. I mean that in the best way possible. Get 'em, killer! Any of you who are still afraid (looking in the direction of Nevada) should research the nature of fear (biological/psychological/philosophical) and its application as a social engineering tool (history/jurisprudence). If you really want to arm yourself against political manipulations might I suggest researching the nature of persuasion and persuasive language. There are plenty of books on the subject. It will change the way you view politics, media and religion forever. Fear is a terrible thing, but it is a reaction, and as a reaction, it is all in your mind. While you cannot always control the external trigger that initiates the reaction, you can control your own reactions if you are aware of them. Minyamoto Mushashi, author of The Book of Five Rings, will teach you that lesson. He was a famed samurai duelist, a man who knew something about fear. The best way to assist yourself is to arm yourself against those who would make you fear. Make their job harder. Their weapons are words. Disarm them. Even the playing field and enjoy an additional benefit from living with less fear: an enhanced sense of well being and a less distorted world view. Say no to fear, say no to manipulation. Come over from the Dark Side. Free your minds.

What else do they (the republicans) have to run on? Nothing. So they have to fall back on the only thing they know, scare tactics. On the other hand, the Dems better start talking about what their agenda is going to be as well instead of basing their campaign on the "we need new leadership" theme. Of course we need new leadership. That's a given. What we want to know from any candidate is where they take us from here, and what do they specifically have in mind as far as future progressive policies that will leave behind the old and meet the challenges of tomorrow like health care, finding solutions to get off the addiction to oil, saving our natural resources, securing our borders as they should be, the illegal alien delimma, taxation without representation, street gangs, homeless Americans, social security, improved education, energy development, improving our emergency responses to natural and man-made catastrophes, gay marriage, gun control, yes - terrorism here and world-wide, a foreign policy that leads by example, campaign finance reform, simplication of the tax system, protecting people's retirement plans, balancing the budget, strengthening the military, predjudice, drug addiction, on and on and on. Not generalized rhetoric as elect us because if you elect the other party you are asking for more Americans to die from terrorism, or elect us because we need new leadership in this country. Unfortunately, I am afraid this will be 99% of what we hear.

Whenever I hear these reich wing fascists make these claims I start ranting at the TV. Tonight, Mr. Olbermann was doing my ranting for me. Will someone please wake me up when September [11] ends.

I am a democrat.I didn't like the comment Giuliani made about "if any republican is elected president...".I admire the man cuz he was once mayor.What gives him the audacity to think that{he}republicans can run a better presidency?His comment borderlines on stereotype racial-ism.If I did vote republican,he wouldn't be getting my vote in '08.

This is one reason why I don't vote or vote by party.

Who'se he trying to impress,Don Imus?

Concerning the comments made by Mr. Giuliani “If any Republican is elected president — and I think obviously I would be best at this — we will remain on offense and will anticipate what (the terrorists) will do and try to stop them before they do it.” Question after two attacks on the World Trade Building before 9/11... where was his offense to prevent the further acts against the World Trade Building and other structures in New York; where was his plan (counterterrorism plan) if the terrorist had succeeded ... Meaning he (Giuliani) had two occasions to prepare the city/military to react to any future attacks by terrorist within the air space and ground of New York. The Republican Party had proposed to turn over the Department of Homeland Security to Bernard Kerik.... did the former Mayor of New York make an attempt to “...hide Kerik’s organized crime allegations...” something to make me wonder ...I for one do-not understand why Giuliani would threaten Americans with the claim... that the election of any Democrat would mean the country would be “back ... on defense,” Mr. Giuliani continued: “But the question is how long will it take and how many casualties will we have. If, we are on defense, we will have more losses and it will go on longer.” Mr. Giuliani wants the public to forget that that the now President George Bush was after a Dictator and his soldiers found this bad man dictator and we are still in the Dictator’s neighborhood. Giuliani comments were not warning, but harassment — that is “substituted for the political discourse”. Olbermann your face reflected your disgust with ignorant mongers ...and I thank you! And I agree with you...I saw the sweat on your face and felt you meant your response... We do however need to send most of our political representatives to repeat 20th Century American History - for most of them are damning us to repeat our shameful past. Oh before I forget Giuliani (just in case he is reading this blog)keep your voice directed to what makes sense for sir there are not too many people that are willing to let you pull the wool over there eyes...

Typical of Republicans. They think they are always right, and that if you don't agree with them it is because you are not a patriot. They criticize the Dems for politicizing the Iraqi war, but then they have using 9/11 as a political tool for years. And let's not forget that before 9/11 R.G. and his policies were not very popular with New Yorkers.

I'm sorry, but Rudy Guiliani is a complete idiot for saying what he did. The unmitigated GALL that the party that has screwed this country up almost as bad politically as Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover did economically is allowing candidates that are spewing the line that their party can protect our country better than the other is unbelievable. I'm not the only one who expected more from Rudy here. I mean, come on. What's the last thing the Republican Party ACTUALLY did that ended up DETERRING terrorism? 1) "Operation: Ignore," the days of the Bush Administration before 9-11, : allowed the 9-11 attacks to occur by ignoring the intelligence gathered by the CIA, the FBI, and most of the rest of our country's domestic intelligence agencies. 2) The subsequent War in Afghanistan: Pissed off the Muslims and de-throned the Taliban, who, despite turning a blind eye to the prescence of people like Osama bin Laden in their country, were really NOT terrorists themselves. Note that we also failed our primary objective, which was the capture and probable summary execution of the elusive Al-Qaeda leader. 3) The War in Iraq: Ostensibly to remove a State-sponsor of terrorism. One small problem: Saddam never did anything of the kind. He didn't NEED to support terrorists, he was a big enough bastard for his whole country. The result: MORE terrorists. We went into Iraq to get RID of the terrorists, but somebody apparently misread a memo and set up a terrorist CREATION factory instead of a terrorist REMOVAL facility. So really, Mr. Guiliani has no business declaring that he, the man whose only possible foreign policy experience comes from driving by the U.N., will be the best person to safeguard the United States and her citizens from further terrorist attacks. If the Guiliani policy would be anything like the current "Terrorist Prevention Policies" of the Bush "Administration," we would end up with scenarios like those in this season of 24 - suicide bombers on our buses, suitcase nukes going off in our cities, and an Administration all too happy to round up all those who could possibly be offenders and throw them in internment camps. I'll admit that none of the current candidates are perfect in this area, but then again, nobody can really accurately predict when and where a terrorist is going to attack. They're like weather, deadly at times and pretty much always annoying. The question we must ask ourselves before voting is: "Which candidate is going to do the LEAST to further encourage terrorism?" And unless Mr. Guiliani either becomes omnipotent or changes his mind before then, he is CERTAINLY not that candidate.

Obviously this something we'll never know, but what the hell would the GOP (notice I didn't say Republicans, as I know not all republicans are as ignorant as those serving in office), would stand for? Seriously. Would the outrage from we the public have come four years ago instead now? (For the record, I've been against this deadly folly ever since I saw Colin Powell and his stupid power point presentation to the UN Security Counsel. Since when did we, the country all about satellite pictures, need to use power point?) Anyway, what would they have to go with? What makes me sick is that Guilliani, if going with the fact that they have a non NY native Clinton serving as their senator, is pretty much insulting a large majority of the people in his own state. Cute! BTW, I'm watching Countdown now. I could watch it at 1800 PST, but that's chow time in this house. Must wait until the kiddos are in bed.

It seems quite self serving that the only comments posted are those that are pro-democrat or pro-Oberman. If one truely reviews the history of both attacks on New York they would see the ground work, training and insertion into the US was done under the Clinton White House and the Madame Albright Department of State. The truth is that neither party has a complete and fully developed plan to protect a free society. While there is constant division and partisan politics in both the executive and legislative branch we are bound to repeat the history of isloationism politics that allowed these acts in the first place. There are only three times in the history of this country we have been highly successful in war time. The revolutionary war, wwII and the cold war. During all of those times the US was focused upon defeating the enemy not on self indulgence and isolationism.

Gotta love objective news anchors. You liberals are nuts. I mean our dope of a president planned and carried out an attack on the WTC and was able to implement a cover up to fool the entire country. He concocted a war that almost everyone supported at the time it started just to make rich people richer. Wish I had haliburton stock. Good thing the Dems to control of congress because now they can investigate the white house to take attention away from the fact that nothing they promised us will be accomplished even though they are the majority. Fact is they don't have the spine to really fight for what they want. They wont end the war, they wont get universal health care, they wont get rid of bush's tax cuts. They're to busy with investigating crazy conspiracies. If a dem is elected pres (allah help me) I hope its Joe Biden, at least he has some sense. Sometimes.

Thank you, Keith, for saying what so many of us feel. You are my hero. Like much of the rest of the country, I was also fooled by Mr. Guiliani into thinking he saved New York. Thank you for setting me straight. It seems obvious Mr. Oreilly is always criticizing you because he is afraid of you. Good work.

Thank You Keith!!!!!!!! You just voiced what all of us are feeling and thinking (remember this coming from myself a 10 year registered Republican) IM SO FED UP WITH MY REPUBLICAN PARTY AND GEORGE W BUSH AND ALBERTO GONZALEZ (the LIAR) Please use your position to spread this truth Thank You For this Segment :)

God Bless You,Keith....Your show is a breath of fresh air ...but,don;t you feel you are a voice in the wilderness? We,your faithful followers,agree with all you say but perhaps it is too late for our country. This administration has been surrounded by secrecy and scandal,the likes of which have not been seen since Nixon and in the 20's Teapot Dome. It has run roughshod over the VERY Constitution it has sworn to uphold.....Thank you for all your efforts .;..I PRAY they are not in vain and PLEASE keep up the good work.

Guiliani is part of the Repbulican politico machine gearing up for 2008. Yesterday, Cheney's calls Dems defeatists and failures in the war on terror. This was an hour or so after Bush says Dems are hurting the troops with their war funding bill that calls for a withdrawal timeline. Fox Noise and guests are already repeating the phrase "Angry Left" over and over. It's their old game -- trying to define Dems. Well, except for that loyal 33% who approve of Bush, nobody is buying that ----! Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice...and, well, I'd be Bush wouldn't I?

Thanks KO, we needed that. keep bringing up the fact that rudy was pretty much despised on September 10th. America's mayor. ewwwwww. he wont play in peoria anyway. too many wives, and well,the stone conservatives surely dont care for eye-talians. but he does have the makings of a great fascist. go home rudy.

JO from Mich, if you are a lib you've been fooled for the last 40 years. The libs have been in control a whole lot longer than the Conservatives. Under the libs nothing was accomplished. We fought poverty and the poor got poorer. Liberalism has never worked and will never work. WHY DO YOU THINK LIB CANDIDATES SOUND MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN THE CONSERVATIVES during the campaigns. They cannot be elected nationally being a lib. SO, please tell the 8 libs to tell us the truth in what they believe and see where it gets them.

Thanks ,Keith for the great Commentary Last night.I also hope you find my email thanking you and Countdown in the millions you get.Mine will be the one with a lot of errors.:) Now to Rudy in the Sky with Diamonds. Rudy this Country does not need you or the Republican Party to tell you to be afraid of anything except the pathetic leadership it it has given us over the past 6 years.We do not need you or your part to tell us who to be afraid of,because frankly we don't take any shit off of anyone or any country when it comes down to it.So Karl,Alfredo,Dick,and all you other honest little Republican Fear Mongers you got something to be afraid of.Deep throat is out there somewhere,and the karma mamma is knockin,with subpoenas and the bad boys and girl door.Rudy the damage your President Administration has done to our Country is unforgivable,I was going to be mean and include the party,what the hell I will include, Mitch McConnell and old Bush butt kiss Lyndsey Graham. See the Armed forces do not belong to any party stupid.And that 420 billion deficit war we've been fighting for your strong defense with multiple tours.Lets shore up the money to pay for it(the Iraq Civil War) first buy taxing the big corporations you all have been giving tax breaks all along too to take care of the 420 bil for the war we have nothing to show for except for death destruction,excuses,and lies.Yea we will all be safer with you at the helm.Go back to playing stick ball in NY allies and watching the game.Leave the real deal for the Major Leagues.Drop out now.I am so tired of you all suing that 9/11 back drop.It happened on your watch Mr Defense.There were some warnings prior.Don't give me that Clinton crap Larry form Charleston,go over to the Naval Yard and see how a ships command is changed when a new caption comes on board.The things that went on before are over.Stooge One sat there puzzled while we were under attack for about 7 minutes.I don't want to rehash it anymore Scott,NV. As far as Defense yea Rudy we are real weak listen to Congressman Rangal who wants to bring back the draft,sound weak?Boy would I love to see Paris,Britney,The Twins,and some of these Self Centered brats in hands of some DI from Paris Island.And no,absolutely no deferments for college,you can go like the rest of the kids when you get back.Yea we are week on Defense Rudy.Your part has about managed to destroy the Armed Forces and Bankrupt the Country the Process.We need more of that.Murtha wants money for a fleet of new Subs more your weak Defense for the new threats on the horizon stupid.Take your Fear Trash else ware Rudy.Your buddies are all going to jail or being impeached anyway probably.Go home.

Steve-MI: On some points you are not far off. Our elected officials, both sides of the aisle, spend too much time trying to out manuver one another, investigate one another, watching their backs and particpating in damage control beyond the normal give and take of a democratic process. Little is then accomplished. What is most disheartening is the playground arguments and back-biting that both sides are guilty of. And yes, both sides use scare tactics. Sometimes I wonder where we get these elected officials. They may initially sound like grown adults when running for office, but once elected they become little children whining and arguing in that sandbox called Washington. Another disheartening thing is that it seems the more senior members of our governement (who should know better) appear to do the most may whining and arguing. If anyone has heard of the Abilene paradox this may explain some of this behavior. With power and decision making comes accoutability. Our elected officials love power and to be in positions to make decisions. But none like the accountability that comes with the power and decision-making. Most likely prior to a televised announcement by a group of republican or democratic senators/congresspersons they hold a meeting. And the meeting goes something like this...no, you say it.... no, you talk......no, you get up there.......no, not me, you do it.....are you nuts, I'm not going to say it.....not me, it was your idea, and so on. And that is why you see a lot of group announcements. If what they have decided fails they can always say "I was just there but it was not really my idea". Or, "it was a group decision but now that I have thought more about it I personally disagree with the decision".

If we elect Republicans that black churches will burn, no fear mongering there. If we elect Republicans the elderly will be eating dog food, no fear moongering there. It only means one thing - you idiots believe it ! Keep listening to Keithie - More News Hole form the Ass Hole

Keith, i have never done this before...after hearing your speech last night, I stood up and applauded. Now thats an Anchorman!!!!!! Thank you.

Bobby, CA: Could not agree with you more man, especially on the draft. But one thing. I'll pass on Paris, Brittney and the Twins going into the military to protect this country. Maybe we could just assign them as PLOs (permanent latrine orderlies).

I see Gen. Petraeus said the war may get worse before it gets better. Didn't we hear that some years ago?

My viewership of Countdown has always been sporadic. I find the format disjointed and hard to follow. Still, last night's display of outrage by Mr. Olberman speaks to the heart of the problems facing this country today. Never have I seen a political party so weak and unable to stand on its own principles that its members would resort to threatening the elctorate with death should they exercise their constitutional right to vote against them. It is reminiscent of Edward R. Murrow's resolute efforts to expose another such unscrupulous hack so many decades ago. Though I'd hoped the tag line would have changed in the interim ;). Keep up the outstanding work Keith, I will be watching intently.

Far be it from me but wasn't the worst terrorist attack in this nations history committed under the republican controlled legislative and executive branches of government? And in the executive branch did not the two most powerful me; Bush and Cheney; didn't they 'cut and run' from going to the vietnam war and defending this country? And Bush is always talking about listening to the general's on the ground but didn't he remove all most of thos general's who disagred with him until he found one who would do his biddng regardless of the circumstances on the ground in Iraq? The point is that Bush, Cheney, and others like them including McCain see things from such a farsighted dimension that their minds have crossed the fine line between reality and fantasy; that is, they are suffering from the same mental disease, bushheimers disease.

Anthony, Las Vegas: " It seems quite self serving that the only comments posted are those that are pro-democrat or pro-Oberman" Well, those aren't the only comments posted. If you will take a look at the fellow from NV, not to mention Larry and Lee, you will see that they are far from pro-Democrat and pro-Olbermann. C A in Alabama isn't proDemocrat or Republican-he's anti idiocy in our government. That being said, given that is a blog site for: Countdown with Keith Olbermann, it would stand to reason that a lot of us would be pro Olbermann and/or Democrat-what did you expect exactly? I do agree with you that neither party has a plan to protect our supposed still free society. We'll never know if the attacks could have been prevented-it's doubtful they could have-these particular hijackers weren't open to negotiation, and there wasn't going to be any landing in some other country. Airlines and their personnel weren't trained to deal with those kind of hijackers. I imagine that if the passengers/crew of the three planes that crashed into WTC and the Pentagon knew as much as those on Flight 93, there would not have been as many casualties on the ground. I don't believe GWB had anything to do with 9/11-no conspiracy theorist here-he isn't that smart anyway. Not to mention Americans in general just can't keep their mouthes shut. There would be NO WAY that a secret like that could be kept this long. Keeping all of this mind, it doesn't change the fact that what Guilliani said is insulting, disgusting, and incredibly ignorant. I think he jumped on that particular fear mongering band wagon a bit too late. He needs to go more with the 'fight them there so we don't have to fight them here' bandwagon.

Larry - Charleston, I like to think of myself as an independent thinker. I look at individuals, not just tow the party line that many of the 33% Bush-approvers do. There was a time (long ago, now) that I thought John McCain was a decent candidate. Another thing I don't do is throw everybody in one category like "libs." Most people are liberal on some issues and conservative on others. Saying that ANY Dem elected will mean terrorists will attack is not only irresponsible, it's ludicrous. Also, I guess you are referring to LBJ's war on poverty -- and that should serve to show that "wars" on a condition or a tactic is a misnomer at best. Do you think that 40 years from now we will have wiped out terrorism, or crime, or drugs, or poverty? These are lofty goals worth pursuing, but we as a nation must decide at what cost. BTW -- if you follow national elections, ALL the viable candidates move to the CENTER during their campaigns. Finally, I'd like to add that during my lifetime, before GWB, I have seen the last 5 presidents do some good things and some bad things. But with GWB --- I got nothing!

Hello countdown. A news item that might be interesting to you - see the site in this link - a college setting up an online "rogue's gallery" in the wake of the VTech shootings. Fear, fear, fear indeed.

If we are doing so well to win the war in Iraq why doesn't the White House release the KIA ratio. What are they afraid of by not releasing the numbers.

Hey Earl , you better eleborate on that KIA ratio. Most people on this site will be looking at that little Korean automobile ! Not everyone has Pammie's IQ

Earl - Il: Because they can't separate or determine the difference between the insurgents/terrorists and the general Iraqi public. How would they know how many insurgenst/terrorists they have killed unless there was a way to distinguish friend from foe. Can't be done. Like in Nam, wipe out a village, all ages and sexes, radio in 30 vc killed and it was tallied with the total enemy KIA numbers reported on the news the next day. Was it not one of the personal body guards of the recently killed Iraqi government offical who exploded the bomb in the cafeteria/lunch room of the government building (in the green zone). Now how do you report the death of the body guard who blew himself up. On Monday he was a friend guarding a Sunni offical. On Tuesday he was obviously an enemy. I suppose it would depend on which day you reported his death. On Monday he would have been listed as a friendly who was killed. On Tuesday after the bombing he would be listed as an enemy killed. Go figure.

Bless you, bless you, bless you, (re: today's Wednesday, 4/25/07 on Rudy Guiliani's Linclon day speech), now, can you please pass your commentary on to one of the democratic candidates for them to make (maybe Obama) and have them read it. Why aren't any of the candidates saying that, they should be. If you won't do that would you please consider running for President instead. Maybe you against Fred Thompson. Thanks you so much for all you do, Sally Meglathery

Wonderful as always Keith. Even though I do not live in NYC, I do know of RGs doing's in NYC. I also know his failures. I hope he isn't the candidate for the GOP nomintation. I sure don't want him securing America the way he secured New York Before 9-11 and lying about conditions afterwards. It would be more of the same in my book.

Hi I'm a 36 year retired Air Force M/Sgt I talk to some families that have sons who are now oversea fighting this blotched up war and they tell me that join the navy and Air Force but now that we are short of men and women to fight they are given 4 months of training and sent to fight with Army and Mariners as riflemen. lCould you check this out and let me know because I think this is the terrible because I never herd of such a thing in my 21 years of service. Thank for your time great program keep their to the FIRE.

I would like tis quesion pu on to both thDem & Rep Debates, "If your elected President in the next election, and G W Bush is Impeached at any time, will you as President Pardon him?

Keith, your facts are soooooo misleading, you need to have your very own "miss statements & blunders" segment call you on the 22 inaccurate facts in you special comment of 1/31/2008. You may be able to pull the wool over your demo audience, but any well read citizen sees thru your Bull

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