Keith Olberman's Star is Rising..

Crossposted From The Huffington Post

Keith Olbermann, Talkin' Tough During Contract Negotiations With MSNBC

LAT | NYT | Posted Monday November 27, 2006 at 02:23 PM

The LAT is the latest to come out with a glowing profile of MSNBC' s Keith Olbermann, whose ratings have been a-climbing in recent months, contributing to and along with those of his network. Matea Gold's article hits on the Olbermann "Special Comments" excoriating the Bush administration, how his leftward tack resonated with viewers who felt unrepresented, and his gleeful attacks on Bill O'Reilly, saying that his gloves have "come off."

She notes something new, too — Olbermann, up 21% in the ratings since this time last year, is also up for contract renewal, and is in the process of negotiations with the network. The gloves seem to be somewhat off with respect to that development, as expressed in this comment:
"It is, to some degree, a perfect setup," he said of his relationship with the network. "They leave me alone, I leave them alone, and I deliver what they need, both in terms of journalism and the money end of it, the ratings."

Translation: The show is mine, the success is mine, and I can take it anywhere.     MORE STORY

 

The Bush Library

   It looks like the Bush Crime Family is making plans for his presidential library to the tune of $500 BILLION dollars! He wants it built at SMU in Dallas, TX.

    I wonder if he'll put up any of the illegal executive orders that he has signed over the past six years?  What about the minutes from Cheney's meeting with the oil executives when  they were plotting our energy policies?    What I'd really like to know is how big his "My pet goat" section will be!

   The legacy-polishing centerpiece is an institute, which several Bush insiders called the Institute for Democracy. Patterned after Stanford University's Hoover Institution, Bush's institute will hire conservative scholars and "give them money to write papers and books favorable to the President's policies," one Bush insider said.

BY THOMAS M. DeFRANK
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF

The half-billion target is double what Bush raised for his 2004 reelection and dwarfs the funding of other presidential libraries. But Bush partisans are determined to have a massive pile of endowment cash to spread the gospel of a presidency that for now gets poor marks from many scholars and a majority of Americans.      The article