Olbermann on the fake Kerry controversy, part 1 and part 2.

I would comment on the substance of the story itself, but frankly, after this anything I could add would be redundant and anti-climactic.

What I will say is this: Olbermann’s assaults on the duplicity and arrogance of this administration are nothing short of shocking, aren’t they? I mean, we watch them and our jaws hang open at the boldness, the insight, and the willingness to by god tell the truth. The combination of information, detail, analysis and vehemence is stunning because it’s so unlike anything else out there.

But when you think about it, the shocking thing about Keith Olbermann’s neo-Ed Murrow act is that…it’s shocking. It really shouldn’t be. In a country that has gone the way we have in the past few years, newscasts like these ought to be the rule, not the exception. In a culture with a free press and a target-rich environment of corruption, lying, ignorance and unprecedented hypocrisy, you shouldn’t be able to swing a dead cat without hitting precisely this kind of journalism.

A lot of people have allowed that democracy is in trouble here, although there is dramatic disagreement as to why. One thing seems clear enough, though. As long as a journalist like Keith Olbermann strikes us as unusual, unique, anomalous, we are, in fact, in trouble. When we get to the point where this kind of integrity and courage seem routine to us, then maybe we can breathe a little easier.

Big day on Tuesday, folks…

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