Those of you who read my July 2nd post knows that the Libby commutation was the final straw in my sincere, perhaps naive, hope that President Bush would rise above politics and bring something -anything- that I consider of value to his Presidency in the second term. I have also laid out where the President has placed his loyalty in spite of vowing to be loyal to the Constitution.

Apparently I’m not the only one who’s reached the end of their patience with the President.

A visibly angry Keith Olbermann, anchor of MSNBC’s Countdown news program, came right out and demanded President Bush and Vice-President Cheney resign after the President’s commutation of the Vice-President’s former Chief of Staff. In a ten minute special commentary on his show, Olbermann used clear and direct language to accuse President Bush of “subverting the Constitution” among a number of other things.

Actually, Olbermann insisted on calling him “Mr. Bush” throughout his commentary. That may seem small, but it’s a damning detail of disrespect for the man who occupies the oval office. Some may say it’s disrespectful to the Office of the President as well but I think his point is clear.

Olbermann also illustrated a parallel between President Bush’s commutation and President Nixon’s firing of the Watergate Special Prosecutor as the defining moment in a failed presidency where they crossed the point of no return and crystallized America against them.

It’s a ten minute video but I strongly urge you to take the time and view it. Whether you agree with him or not, his impassioned argument is worth a listen. The text can be found here.

The only positive aspect of the commutation I can see for the President is that he passed (sort of) the Republican Loyalty Test. The especially sad part is his actions demonstrate that he considered that to be more important.