Truth and Consequences: Special Comments on the Bush Administration's War on American Values | 
| Author: Keith Olbermann
Publisher: Random House
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 9264
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
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Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 140006676X
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.931
EAN: 9781400066766
ASIN: 140006676X
Publication Date: December 26, 2007
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Short, sharp, and oftentimes shocking, Keith Olbermann’s “Special Comments” have made his nightly MSNBC program, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, must-see viewing–and the fastest-growing news show on cable TV. In these segments, Olbermann calls out the perpetrators of mismanagement, brutality, cronyism, and the appalling lack of accountability at the highest levels of the Bush administration. In so doing, Olbermann goes where most of the mainstream media fear to tread–and his rapidly expanding audience eagerly follows.
In Truth and Consequences, Olbermann collects the best of his Special Comments, presented here with additional observations and other new material. Whether taking to task the likes of Vice President Dick Cheney and (the thankfully former) Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who compare critics of the Iraq War to Nazi appeasers, or giving his impassioned perspective on why torture is un-American and what it really means to support our troops, or grilling timid lawmakers who fail to rein in presidential overreach and abuses of executive power, Olbermann’s devastatingly blunt (and at times wickedly funny) commentary cuts to the core of the duplicity and cynicism of a government that has lost the ability to distinguish between leading our great nation and ruling it.
Naturally, Keith Olbermann’s candor and razor-sharp polemic have earned him many detractors and enemies. His antagonists in the media, such as Bill O’Reilly, have mocked him and accused him of rank intolerance. Yes, Keith Olbermann is intolerant–of hypocrisy, demagoguery, fear-mongering, and especially the equation of dissent with treason. In Truth and Consequences, he fights to reclaim for himself and all Americans the dignity of speaking one’s mind and acting on one’s conscience.
Praise for Keith Olbermann
“A truth-telling, Bush-bashing accidental liberal hero.”
–New York
“The most honest man in news . . . Olbermann clearly relishes his feuds and doesn’t seem to worry much about sparking new ones.”
–Rolling Stone
“Part Jon Stewart (the funny), Dennis Miller (the erudite and biting sub-references), [and] H. L. Mencken (the skewering of power and stupidity in equal doses) as well as crusading journalist . . . Olbermann has emerged as a kind of force of nature.”
–San Francisco Chronicle
“Intelligent, well-read, forceful and incisive.”
–Rocky Mountain News
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 Nothing new July 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Nothing new.
Journalism with two faces.
Intelligent? Yes!
Necessary? No
Importance? So so.
 Don't Bother June 11, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Talk about a spin zone. I mistakenly bought this book thinking it would be a revelation in facts, evidence, and a political "calling out", if you will, about the unjust administration currently in office. Well, now I'm half way through this book and I've yet to see any of that. So far, all I've gotten is a name-calling, Republican bashing, logically stinted pack of emotionally charged opinions. I like Keith Olbermann. I always have; which is why I bought this book on the blind faith that I was going to get factual, credible, READ-able material. Outside of his use of unnecessary obfuscation, it reads at about the academic level of a third grade temper tantrum. Disappointing to say the least.
I've got about another day and a half of reading this version of "Politics for the Politically Challenged or: Why Anyone Who Doesn't Agree With Me is Stupid", then I'm off to read the next book on my bookshelf, "What Happened" by Scott McClellan.
I hope that won't be nearly as disappointing as this.
 You will learn nothing by reading this book. June 10, 2008
6 out of 15 found this review helpful
Prior to purchasing this book, I had been a long time Olbermann viewer.
20 pages into this book, a light went off and I realized what a self-righteous whiny one-sided loon the guy really is. This book is as it now seems obvious it would have been - a diatribe of negativity, all about things you've heard before (probably even in language you've heard before).
It's almost like Olbermann applied for a job with the Bush administration and didn't get it - then directed his life at the slight he perceives himself to have gotten.
20 pages in one other thing is clear - Olbermann was a sports anchor. He still has the same depth of knowledge of politics and world affairs and imports his encyclopedic memory of sports information accordingly.
You can spend your money better.... by buying toilet paper and giving it to a homeless guy.
You can spend your time better.... by teaching your dog to speak Farsi.
 Do we need Keith? June 2, 2008
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
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YES! I haven't seen anything like Keith since British MP George Galloway gave Congress the tongue-lashing it so desperately needed. He knows how to combine important political commentary with entertainment and preach beyond the choir.
Wake Up Call June 1, 2008
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
As always, keith has a way of opening our eyes to reality. It is really disturbing to read how many lies we overlook day after day. The honest and humorous way he writes(speaks) makes the book not only informative but entertaining. If you enjoy political satire you will love this book. FYI: Have a dictionary handy.
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