From worst to first. Here’s Olbermann from yesterday on David Frum:

OLBERMANN: Though Mr. Gingrich obviously did not mention Limbaugh by name, it should be noted that, thus far, Gingrich has not issued an kind of apology, though Boss Limbaugh did respond. More on that presently. But a former Bush speech writer, David Frum, has called Limbaugh out by name. In an upcoming “Newsweek” cover story, entitled, “Why Rush is Wrong,” after describing on the one side President Obama‘s appealing demeanor, quote, “and for the leader of the Republicans, a man who is aggressive and bombastic, cutting and sarcastic, who dismisses the concerned citizens in network focus groups as, quote, losers. Do the rest of us understand what we are doing to ourselves by accepting this leadership? Rush is to the Republicanism of the 2000s what Jesse Jackson was to the Democratic party in the 1980s. He plays an important role in our coalition. Of course, he and his supporters have to be treated with respect. But he cannot be allowed to be the public face of the enterprise.”
While the progressive Democratic group Americans United for Change put up another TV ad tying Boss Limbaugh to the Republicans, Michael Steele, GOP chair, continues to spin into the drain, telling the “New York Times,” quote, “I‘m trying to move an elephant that has become mired in its own muck.” With that happy image in mind, let‘s turn to the editor of “Huffington Post,” Arianna Huffington. Thanks for your time, Arianna.
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON, “THE HUFFINGTON POST”: Thank you, Keith.
OLBERMANN: Since Mr. Gingrich is ostensibly one who might run for president, let‘s take him first. Is he positioning himself as a cooler, nicer, more rational Republican, as an antidote to Boss Limbaugh? And by extension, you know, the next de facto leader of the GOP?
HUFFINGTON: Gingrich understands, Keith, that there is a real void at the top of the Republican party, and there are, in fact, kind of two sections in the Republican party; those who are groveling at Rush Limbaugh, who basically don‘t dare say anything with which he might disagree, or take it back as soon as they say it, and the rest of them who realize, like Gingrich does, like David Frum does, that if the GOP continues to follow Rush Limbaugh, they are going to be out of power.
This is the valley of death. There is nothing there for them. These are the two sections of the party. Unfortunately, Gingrich‘s ideas are not exactly new. He wants to eliminate the capital gains tax, the estate tax and reduce corporate taxes to 12.5 percent. These are the same kind of ideas that got us to the brink of disaster where we are at the moment.

And here he is from October.

The bronze, David Frum again of the “National Review,” blogging today under this headline: “Ketih [SIC] Olbermann,” he writes of me. That’s right, “Ketih [SIC].” Quote, called me “naively idiotic or idiotically naive.” Then he said “McCain and Palin set the table for these outbursts with their attacks and then committed the sin of omission by not truly quelling them. Sort of like standing outside the Reichstag holding a gas can and calmly suggesting that someone might want to call the fire department.”
Quote, “The Reichstag fire. What an excellent riposte to the half dozen lunatics who have said foolish/offensive things at McCain-Palin rallies. Have the most partisan Democratic broadcaster in the country call John McCain a Nazi!”
Yes. I never said that. I mean, you could check the tape or the transcript or Google it or something. I never referred to the Reichstag, never called McCain a Nazi. I mean, never came close.
Oddly, though, that whole quote is online. It was posted by a blogger at 236.com named Ian Gurvis (ph). But Frum decided to claim I had said it on TV. Mr. Frum coined the term “axis of evil.” And as if more evidence was necessary, this slight error-elephant, mouse-underscores the whole Iraq thing: invade first, ask questions second.
Ironically, what I did say about Mr. Frum last night was to call him a liar. And ten hours later, he lied about me.