To summarize: Obama says in a private meeting that he's become the symbol for something bigger than himself.

Then Milbank takes someone else's second-hand interpretation of the remark to mean that Obama is being self-aggrandizing, or the opposite of what was intended. When confronted with this, Milbank whines that people are whining about his fraudulent reasoning. Okay then, he gets paid to do this?!

Congratulations, Mary. You posted ahead of DaWuss. Maybe this thread will stay on topic.

We could yank it off ourselves...by saying, everyone takes second-hand remarks out of context, so quit sniveling about it as everyone does it. There's manure everywhere.

I've heard this argument used many a time by people who don't ever want to do anything and won't make the slightest effort to even try.

Finally someone gets called out over the "anonymous source"...

 

 

How come only Milbank gets slammed for calling out the Obamessiah for acting like he's God's Gift to America?

because no one is sure of what obama's actual words were.  as howell says "this one wasn't worth it".   you give up credibility commenting on words that might or might not have been said.

The "Obamessiah" got old really fast. 

When people like Mr. Milbank give you out of context non-quotes you eat it up like candy and think that it supports your false view of Mr. Obama.

 

I agree with the Obamassiah thing and have noticed a new one "Jigobama" which I would never use this is just FYI. And after the "Sturgis" comment I have seen 'Pimp Dad McCain" .....again I will never use it and this is the last time I type it

Perhaps because he was likes a tiger who changed his stripes when he wrote that column. Over the last few months, I've usually found Dana to be pretty even-handed regarding both candidates as well as fair in his assessments, but he crossed a line on July 30 by not checking his and Johnathan's source(s). He then compounded the error by saying those who criticized him were "whiners".

Well, too bad Dana! When we buy the Washington Post, like it or not, we're contributing to his salary, and if he calls us whiners for criticizing something that was proven false by multiple sources, he should apologize, or at the least, correct the record. But NOOO, Dana's ego wouldn't allow him to do that. He even left the Olbermann show "Countdown", rather than admit he made a mistake. 

Many readers of that newspaper will have a difficult time believing much of anything he writes going forward. As for me, I won't waste my time reading his column, nor am I the least bit interested in what he has to say now that he's gone over to CNN.

How come only Milbank gets slammed for calling out the Obamessiah for acting like he's God's Gift to America?

He's not getting slammed. He's getting a promotion and a raise. 

African American running for POTUS: I am NOT the Messiah!

Right wing stooge & weatherman on Murdoch morning cable show: I say you are Lord, and I should know. I've followed a few.

African American running for POTUS: I'm not the Messiah! Will you please listen? I am not the Messiah, do you understand? Honestly!

Blonde air-headed right wing news model : Only the true Messiah denies His divinity.

African American running for POTUS: What? Well, what sort of chance does that give me? All right! I am the Messiah!

Moronic viewers of Murdoch morning cable show who believe everything right wingers tell them: He is! He is the Messiah!

African American running for POTUS: Now, fcuk off!
[silence]

Right wing stooge & weatherman on Murdoch morning cable show: How shall we fcuk off, O Lord?

Sometimes complaining about a statement being out of context is just a way to avoid blame.  But when the full context gives the quote an entirely different meaning then it is the equivalent of a lie.  When you choose to call those who see through your error "whiners" then it is just a sign of your own hubris or you might even call it "presumptuousness". 

Keith Olbermann found Dana Milbank's behavior so offensive that he was banned from appearing on his show until he corrected his behavior. Milbank never did, and instead is now a political commentator for CNN.

I found another thing interesting from the ombudsman's column. She said that she knew who the anonymous source was, and she confirmed that for herself. I thought it was interesting that however that info came to Milbank, that was enough info for her to identify the source. I wonder why that was? Is there a serial email anonymous source in power in the Democratic Party? If so, who is it? Biden, Durbin, Hillary Clinton? Is there someone in the party who's such a serial leaker that they are well-known and assumed to be the source of stories like this? Again, just interesting.

If the source is this well-known and accessible that Howell can figure it out and verify that he was the source, then why didn't Milbank call him to make sure his interpretation was correct when he was told that Senate aides were disputing his assigned meaning? That's the big issue for me - he went after the people criticizing his behavior instead of trying to get the answer! He attacked the messengers because of the message they were trying to get to him.

I might have missed a couple of days of Olbermanns show, but I noted he didn't say much about Milbanks...I wondered what happened to Milbanks or what Olbermann had to say about it.

Olbermann made a brief mention of it a few days after the initial column, trying not to be too critical yet making his point crystal clear.  

 

He mentioned the column and the contextual errors, and said that he and his program refused to have Milbank on until he retracted his statements.  Instead, Milbank resigned from the show, saying that he had accepted an offer from another network.

 

Olbermann wished him the best and simply moved on.  Clearly he was disappointed by the whole episode.

Olbermann explained just what went down after Milbank's infamous piece on Obama in his diary at DailyKos.  You can read it here.  Apparently, Olbermann and Countdown were trying to resolve the matter quietly before saying anything publicly.  Once a conclusion was reached, Olbermann gave a heads up (and more detail) at Daily Kos just prior to airing it on Countdown. 

Don't let the door hit you on the way out Dana

@ ac76 and Linus, thank you very much for the feed back and the link!