Forbidden love

Keith reads the Sanford e-mails

Put the kids to bed and plug in the headphones: Keith Olbermann reads the love notes between South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and his Argentine lover.

Calm down, Liz

Who are you calling 'Liz?'

An unnamed executive assistant for McBee Strategic Consulting found herself on the receiving end of an unbridled digital tongue lashing for being a little too familiar with Elizabeth Becton, executive assistant and office manager for Rep. Jim McDermott.

Keith around the Web
Keith Olbermann's Daily Kos blog
Baseball nerd: Keith's MLB blog
Puppet Theater!

John Ensign Puppet Theater

The Countdown Players use their finely crafted puppets to reenact the passion and drama of the dissolution of Senator John Ensign's affair with Cynthia Hampton.

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Oddball
Shaffer smacks himself in the face

  July 10: On Thursday’s Late Show with David Letterman, somewhere between the Bruno Top Ten List and an interview with Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, Paul Shaffer smacked himself in the face.

Act like a winner

Obama, get tough!

HBO's Bill Maher expresses his frustration with President Barack Obama looking for compromise and consensus with uncooperative Republicans instead of asserting his will as the popular leader he is.

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