Re: Treasury Secretary Meets with Little-Watched Comedian

I'm no olbermann fan but how could anybody be surprised.  I would have been shocked if he hadn't donated.  

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On Nov 5, 2010, at 1:19 PM, "Peter T. Chattaway" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, 5 Nov 2010, Peter T. Chattaway wrote:
>> On Fri, 5 Nov 2010, Karl D. Swenson wrote:
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>> > But he is also one of the only voices really going after the left, > particularly the left wing media shills for being…um…shills.
>> 
>> Heh.  Last night I watched the Olbermann clip in which he takes issue with the "false equivalence" that Stewart made between Fox and MSNBC. :)
> 
> Oh, hey, and speaking of the devil...:
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> http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/44734.html
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> Keith Olbermann suspended after donating to Dems
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> By SIMMI AUJLA | 11/5/10 6:00 AM EDT
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> MSNBC host Keith Olbermann has been suspended indefinitely without pay after POLITICO reported that he made three campaign contributions to Democratic candidates.
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> MSNBC President Phil Griffin said in a statement Friday: "I became aware of Keith's political contributions late last night. Mindful of NBC News policy and standards, I have suspended him indefinitely without pay."
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> Olbermann made campaign contributions to two Arizona members of Congress and failed Kentucky Senate candidate Jack Conway ahead of Tuesday's election.
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> Olbermann, who acknowledged the contributions in a statement to POLITICO, made the maximum legal donations of $2,400 apiece to Conway and to Arizona Reps. Raul Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffords. He donated to the Arizona pair on Oct. 28 -- the same day that Grijalva appeared as a guest on Olbermann's "Countdown" show. . . .
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