Keith Olbermann is kind of awesome.

Responding to John McCain’s remark that a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq is “not too important,” the MSNBC commentator called the GOP nominee’s perception of the war “a figment of his imagination.”

He proceeded to dissect the so-called context John McCain says his Iraq statements - both past and present - are always being taken out of!

He can be an extremist at times, but in this “Special Comment,” Olbermann simply let an assortment of John McCain quotes on Iraq to do the talking.

A mission where success would be fairly easy, he said. An overwhelming victory in a short period of time. Americans cheered as liberators!

The list of lies, false promises, misconceptions and absurd policy positions straight from Sen. McCain’s mouth goes on and on and on.

Here’s some “context” for you …

Follow the jump for Part II of Keith Olbermann’s scathing June 12 “Special Comment” on John McCain’s Iraq war policies and statements …

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Considering the bias Keith Olbermann has shown toward Barack Obama throughout the Democratic Primary - which we mean as a compliment, Donkey Dish strongly encourages reader bias! - it’s not surprising that he was salivating at the chance to attack Hillary Clinton for her misguided reference last week, during which she invoked the Robert Kennedy assassination of 1968.

And attack her he did!

During a Special Commentary on his MSNBC program, Olbermann laid into Senator Clinton. He was irate and passionate, but he was also reasonable, acknowledging that there’s no way Mrs. Clinton actually wished physical harm on Obama.

Still, that’s no excuse for a presidential candidate - in this America, Olbermann emphasizes - to use such rhetoric. Let us know what you think of this clip:

This morning, the New York Post reported that Keith Olbermann’s 24-year-old girlfriend Katy Tur had just landed a news-anchor job on CW11.

This despite minimal journalism qualifications, which is putting it mildly.

How did Katy Tur the daughter of legendary Los Angeles helicopter reporter Bob Tur land such a lofty job at such a tender age?

The Post reported that Katy Tur had gotten the position “allegedly with [Keith Olbermann's] help.”

But as it turns out, Katy Tur hasn’t landed a news anchor job at all.

The New York Observer caught up with a CW11 spokesperson Jessica Bellucci this morning. According to Bellucci, Tur joined the station several weeks ago as a “freelance reporter,” working on general assignment.

“She got the job on her own merit,” said Bellucci.