If you were first astonished at the outlines of President Obama’s tax cut compromise with GOP leaders on Monday and then angry yesterday when Obama called liberals “sanctimonious” for suggesting that he compromised too soon, you weren’t alone. MSNBC hosts Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann came out last night with guns blazing, and spared few shots.First up was Olbermann, with a “Special Comment” that lasted more than ten minutes in which he suggested liberals should primary the president, and so much more. Accusing the President of betraying the people who elected him and “selling out” his principles, Olbermann compared the Obama to British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, adding:
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