Tell Us Something We Don't Know

Keith Olbermann has a segment on his show in which he calls out the "worst persons in the world." Good old John Gard made it to the list recently. From All Politics, the JSOnline political blog:

On the show, Olbermann said the Gard campaign had been caught earlier this summer distributing flyers that said Cuba was drilling for oil in the Florida Straits. Olbermann said Gard stopped making the claim when advised that was "horse hockey" but has recently come out with an ad saying Cuba was poised to drill for oil off their shores. Olbermann dismissed that claim, saying Cuba had entered into lease agreements with foreign countries to explore for oil on land.

Here's what is actually happening. No one is drilling off the coast of Cuba. But the communist island has entered into exploration contracts with companies in Norway, Malaysia and Spain to drill for oil off its shores. Norway is expected to begin exploratory drilling in 2009.

While Olbermann thought Gard was bad, he called Gen. David Petraeus, the commanding general in Iraq, "worser" and radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh the "worst."

Nothing we didn't know, but it's nice to hear others confirm it.