Keith Olbermann is working overtime to have people believe that WaPo’s Dana Milbank, a longtime contributor to his MSNBC program, was forced off the network as a result of pressure from Olbermann over a piece Milbank wrote last week satirizing Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential presumptions.

Not so, says Milbank. “I started contract talks with CNN on July 7,” Milbank told Big Head DC this afternoon. “It has nothing to do with last week’s column. I like Keith, and I’m sorry he’s angry about my departure.”

Milbank began appearing on CNN last night on Campbell Brown’s program — the network’s competitor to Olbermann.

“Keith, working ever harder to court his liberal fan base, obviously wants people to believe he was directly involved in Dana’s exit,” a cable TV honcho not affiliated with CNN or MSNBC told BHDC. “The truth is simply that Dana got a much better offer. And Olbermann decided to spin it his way.”

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Dana Milbank wrote a column last week regarding the turnout at the 18th annual U.S. Capitol Bible Reading Marathon, indicating that it was practically nonexistent. Jeff Gannon, a spokesman for the event’s host, the International Bible Reading Association, tells Big Head DC today that Milbank was flat out lying:

1.  Milbank was at the Bible Marathon. He asked me where everyone was. I told him, “It’s not that kind of event. The chairs were set up for the National Day of Prayer event that would follow the conclusion of the Marathon. The Bible Marathon is for the benefit of the participants and not meant to attract an audience although sometimes people sit to listen. Over 750 readers participated over 90 the continuous hours of the five-day event, including members of Congress. That is a great success.”

2.  Milbank wrote something he knew was untrue. That’s worse than “inaccurate.” Where I grew up, we call it “lying”.

3.  Milbank was a regular on Olbermann at the height of Gannongate. He is a liberal partisan who harbors anti-Christian animus.

The Washington Post was irresponsible to print the column. Milbank and the Washington Post would never have mocked a Muslim event.

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“Obama, Clinton do the TV two-step” by CNN’s Dana Bash.

“Cheney and Pelosi Do the Two-Party Two-Step” by WaPo’s Dana Milbank.

Have the two Danas finally become one, deciding to file the same stories with names changed for different news bureaus?

Have they grown tired of political dance metaphors? 

Are they boinking?

You know where to send your anonymous tips.

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Sketch, defined via Urban Dictionary:

1. a particular situation or activity that is somewhat not normal, out of the ordinary.
2. a party that is to happen in the future but there are rumors of the cops already knowing about it.

i don’t wanna go if it’s gonna be sketch.

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