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BEN SAYS: I’m not a fan of throwing out the race card all the time just because liberals throw it out all the time.

I like Herman Cain. I’d like to see him win the GOP nomination and then the Presidency. I did not like the Stewart riff. But I did not think it was racist.

Low, vulgar, not especially funny, yes. But I saw nothing racist here.

Come on Jon, you can do better than this.

It appears that Ed Schultz might be the real racist.

Jon Stewart takes time out from his usual bashing to FOX News to do some hilarious mockery of CNN.

“We get so caught up watching Fox News and everything we forget to check in on the 24 hour news network that started it all — the most trusted name in news, CNN; the gold standard. What have they been up to lately?”

Here’s what Stewart found. You’ll have to wade through a lot of Stewart’s liberal junk before you get to his CNN bit. But it’s hilarious when you get there:

DEADLINE: An MSNBC insider told this to Deadline today about Keith Olbermann’s departure Friday:

“This was all Keith’s choice. He has several times over the years said that he wants out of his contract. He never meant it until this year. He started lawyers negotiating twice this year. He stopped them in the spring. Then, about a month ago with the guidance of his new ICM team and a new LA manager (who were making zero $ on his current deal), he once again said he wanted to leave and this time they negotiated the full package.

“Because of all the false threats in the past, it was impossible for the network to know if he was really going to sign the final document yesterday. That’s why promos for his show were still running after he quit on the air. The network couldn’t really believe it or act on it until he said it on TV. They couldn’t tell the promo people to pull Keith’s show out of the cycle until they were sure. His staff learned he was quitting when they heard him say it on TV.

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BEN SAYS: I suspect Olbermann was quietly pushed out. Olbermann’s brand of angry leftist was too much even for lefty Jon Stewart.

Here’s Jon Stewart’s great piece on the excesses of Olbermann . . .