Thursday, April 8, 2010

Olbermann on Obama's assassination program

Olbermann on Obama's assassination program: "Here again, we see one of the principal and longest-lasting effect of the Obama presidency: to put a pretty, eloquent, progressive face on what (until quite recently) were considered by a large segment of the citizenry to be tyrannical right-wing extremism (e.g., indefinite detention, military commissions, an endless and always-expanding 'War on Terror,' immunity for war criminals, rampant corporatism -- and now unchecked presidential assassinations of Americans), and thus to transform what were once bitter, partisan controversies into harmonious, bipartisan consensus:"

(Via Salon: Glenn Greenwald.)