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Keith Olbermann is the only reason I’m sad we don’t subscribe to cable TV at our house. Last night’s commentary on Rumsfeld’s upping-the-ante speech on the morality and intelligence of those of us who don’t support the war was stunning:

That about which Mr. Rumsfeld is confused is simply this: This is a Democracy. Still. Sometimes just barely. And as such, all voices count - not just his. Had he or his president perhaps proven any of their prior claims of omniscience - about Osama Bin Laden’s plans five years ago - about Saddam Hussein’s weapons four years ago - about Hurricane Katrina’s impact one year ago - we all might be able to swallow hard, and accept their omniscience as a bearable, even useful recipe, of fact, plus ego.

But, to date, this government has proved little besides its own arrogance, and its own hubris.

Watching this on my laptop (thrice) in an airport terminal I wanted to stand up and shout “YEAH!”…except that I would have been dragged off somewhere and would probably have missed my flight.

Thanks for crooksandliars.com for the transcript.