I make a point to regularly disagree with Keith Olbermann on any number of issues. I also am frequently dismayed by his occasional lapses into personal invective and special pleading. That being said, this commentary represents truth-telling at its finest. Whether one shares his ideological commitments or not, the fact that he eschews the fawning election year tendency to conceal and obscure is to be celebrated. One of the surest litmus tests of truth in public discourse is the instance of its being spoken against partisan self-interest.
I imagine that this is what Jeremiah might have sounded like at court in the face of false prophets prognosticating sweetness and light.
It’s good to see that the Jeremiad still remains a potent literary form within American political discourse.
I must say that after experiencing a number of “I miss Bill” moments over the past seven years, the current Clinton campaign has disabused me of all such nostalgia.
By the way, have you read Sacvan Bercovitch’s American Jeremiad?
I’m sorry, did you provide a link to this piece? Perhaps my PDA’s web browser isn’t reading your post’s html.