Keith Gives Hillary The "Special" Treatment
We are used to them now. The ten minute long impassioned rants, straight into the camera, punctuated only by a few camera turns. "Special comments" by MSNBC's Keith Olbermann came into being in 2006, and he has said his bosses let him keep doing them because they seem to draw ratings, even though they are dripping with pointed (and sometimes poetic) criticism of our nation's most powerful leaders.
These special comments are almost always directed at Republican leaders -- President George Bush is Olbermann's favorite target. But tonight, Olbermann takes on a Democrat -- Hillary Clinton and her campaign. He says he's not endorsing Barack Obama, but instead, so outraged by Clinton's handling of surrogate Geraldine Ferraro's racially-tinged comments that "events insist" he give them the "special" treatment.
If you missed it, here's Olbermann, pulling no punches:
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