'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' for Wednesday Feb. 9

Host: Keith Olbermann

Scheduled Topics/Guests:

DUBIOUS WHITE HOUSE REPORTER JEFF GANNON STEPS DOWN: Dana Milbank, Washington Post

WILL A LARGER GOVERNMENT AND BIGGER DEFICIT ANGER SOME CONSERVATIVES?: John Harwood, Wall Street Journal political editor

ANOTHER FEMALE TEACHER CAUGHT WITH A MALE STUDENT - ARE TEACHER SEX CRIMES A SIGN OF THE TIMES?: Jayne Weintraub, criminal defense attorney

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OLBYWATCH GUIDE: Bob Cox is going to take a look at Keith's lead story of the day - the Jeff Gannon matter so I am going to let him take that and focus on my theme of the day!

First up: Good 'Ol Olby refers to Karl Rove as "the man long dentified as Bush's Brain". I'd like to ask: Identified by whom? I am fairly sure this was the title of an anti-Bush book published in 2003. So, does that constitute 'long identified' or has Olby let some of his (non) partisanship slip? I report. You decide! And speaking of reporting and deciding, what a great way to 'olbyconverge' right into the good stuff!

Last night, my esteemed colleague Mr. Krasner said: "Keith is suffering from Al Franken Syndrome, a malady that afflicks desperate hosts of low-rated programs, prompting them to pick fights with their more talented and popular competition, thinking that the latter will take the bait, and the subsequent artificially created controversy will produce a buzz in the media and higher ratings for them (the aforementioned afflicted)."

Now, I wonder what competition Mr. Krasner could be speaking of? Hmmmm. Well, I kept hearing the word 'loofah' thrown around. Yea, but that's just a common object, not referring to anyone, right?

Well, Olby had a nice little piece about a new Law and Order show which he chose to compare to Bill O'Reilly. The law and Order show follows a 'big television figure and author' who is hit with a sexual harassment suit. Ok. With you so far. But here's the shot at O'Reilly that I consider 'out of bounds' even by Olby's standards. He ends the piece by pointing out that the fictional author is shot dead while signing books.

Here's where Olby takes about a 4 minute break from O'Reilly pot shots to discuss the latest female teacher accused of having sex with a minor student. Good discussion, but fast, because this is more imporatant.

Olby plugs his next 'Bloggermann' titled "Punt, Bill, Punt". Can someone, anyone, please beg him to read Olbermann watch or check out the clip from Fox and Friends. He has been completely discredited on this and refuses to relent.

The show ends with something that I can only describe as a Howard Dean/Al Gore breakdown. Our friend Johnny Dollar is working on getting the video because words will never give you a true appreciation of exactly what happened. With the entire background covered with a still picture of O'Reilly sitting at his desk on 'The factor', Olby lost it. When I say Lost it, I mean lost it! It went a little something like this:

Starring at the still image of O'Reilly, Olby began screaming: Beam me up, Beam me up, Beam me up Now! Please beam me up! He has a loofah! Please, please, beam me up."

I may be the newest contributor here, but I have never seen Keith have a complete mental breakdown of this magnitude. I think Mr. Krasner's observation last night re: "Franken Syndrome" holds a lot of merit, however, look what Franken syndrome did for Al Gore and Howard Dean. I think this could be the beginning of the end of Olby's sanity, and I cannot wait for each of you to see this video. You're reactions will be priceless!

BTW: Special thanks to J$ for allowing me to plagiarize a wonderful line he emailed me... Can you guess which one it is?