Former MSNBC pundit Keith Olbermann said Friday that recent political developments have caused him to regret years of attacks on former President George W. Bush.
Mr. Olbermann made the remarks during a sharp exchange with Meghan McCain on ABC’s “The View.” The author of “Trump is F-ing Crazy: (This is Not a Joke)” apologized for past rhetoric that he said unfairly demonized the 43rd president of the United States and Arizona Sen. John McCain.
“In retrospect, based on what we’ve seen in the past two years in this country, I owe [Mr. McCain] an apology. I probably owe George W. Bush an apology,” the former “Countdown” host said. “And I would happily take a third term of George W. Bush rather than this. That’s how serious I think it is. … I don’t think the guy is stable, and he said to me he was a liberal Democrat the last time I talked to him in the flesh — Trump. So, I don’t care if that’s true.”
Mr. Olbermann issued the mea culpa after Ms. McCain criticized him for his behavior on social media, specifically a tweet in which he said President Trump has “done more damage to America than Bin Laden [and] ISIS combined.”
Why do you separate yourself from the terrorists, Dondi? You and your family have done more damage to America than Bin Laden + ISIS combined https://t.co/TaKeIP6RFt
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 2, 2017
“I’m so tired of this kind of this kind of rhetoric,” Ms. McCain said. “I’m tired of it on the right as well. I’m exhausted with it.”
• Douglas Ernst can be reached at dernst@washingtontimes.com.
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