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On Thursday night's Hour of Spin, Keith Olbermann was desperate to find some way to make the air assault in Iraq a negative. He settled on the question of whether the President specifically authorized it or not, took Scott McClellan's response (it was authorized by the commanders in the field), and then tried to conflate that into a "Bush didn't even know about it until after it happened" meme. McClellan said no such thing, but that didn't stop Olby from propounding his theory to Time's Michael Duffy:
Does it still politically make the President look less than informed when the Press Secretary has to sort of tap dance around this question, did the President know about this in advance?
To summarize Duffy's answer: No. Then Krazy Keith went on to the new national defense strategy, asking a few sarcastic questions about WMD and the like. Dan Goure, an MSNBC analyst, opined about Operation Swarmer. As is often the case when KO is forced to use an in-house expert rather than one of his ideological cronies, the analysis was fact-based and informative. But that didn't stop KO from trying, with another of his patented run-on leading questions:
Harkening back here to my previous conversation with Michael Duffy, do you find it at all unusual for the military commanders in the field, on an operation of this size, of this impact, perhaps of this symbolic importance, to be acting, in essence, if not independently of the White House, then kind of, to the White House, outside the White House's periphery of vision?
To summarize Goure's answer: No. On to the #4 story, DC scandals. In The Great Leak Case, reporters have been subpoenaed by the Libby defense team. This was deemed a Big Development, yet a minute later, Olby is telling the discredited David Shuster that the subpoenas are no big surprise. But it led the #4 story! Don't try to figure that out. It's that canny Olbermann news judgment again. Shuster went on to talk about how "funny" a Jack Abramoff email was (he was asking friends to serve as character witnesses), while both Shuster and Olby had a good laugh at Katherine Harris and her Senate race. Shuster ingratiated himself by saying that ballots in Florida "are counted a little differently".
Keith introduced "oddball" with a reference to the classic Peter Sellers character, Inspector Clouseau. Or as KO pronounced it, Inspector Clew-Joe. With the #3 story, Countdown became Entertainment Tonight, with a feature on tv shows that kill off characters, and a report on some FCC fines that gave Olby a chance to take a cheap shot at Brent Bozell. The theme continued with the #2 slot, enhanced with the added benefit of a free plug for the NBC show "Deal or No Deal", which conveniently will air tomorrow night. Lots of clips from the show, an explanation of the rules, and Countdown "experts" who say things like "people do not like to lose". This is the kind of intellectual reporting that keeps the erudite throngs who flock to Countdown every night coming back in droves.
After the usual dose of celebrity news, and a "worst persons" segment that dealt with squirrels and dogs, we were treated to Mo Rocca talking about evil twins and rugs (not the one Keith wears, however). What, Michael Musto wasn't available? Once again, Olby cited "the conservative magazine Insight" (the same report that he has been flogging night after night), and brought up fraud-indictee Claude Allen, taking care to note that he was a protege of Clarence Thomas. As is usually the case when Rocca appears, Krazy Keith used that same odd-sounding forced laughter (even The Laughing Stagehand can't bring himself to chuckle at Rocca's shtick). Is it actually possible that Mo makes one long for the insightful, witty repartee of Michael Musto?
And that's The Hour of Spin for this, the 29th day of the Keith Olbermann CoverUp.
Keith Olbermann is an intellectual midget.
He's a usless idiot.
He's one of the most biased people on TV.
He's the poster child on why abortion is legal!
I often ask myself why I need Olbywatch. After all, Countdown is horrible, the host is worse, and "the clever response, the cynical and brilliant response is to just ignore" Keith.
It all comes down to believing that justice and this world are compatible. In a just world, people like Olbermann live alone in roach-infested single-room-occupancy hotels drinking heavily and incoherently muttering about what has been done to them. Obviously, they do not get TV shows. Some might point out that Keith does mutter to himself and cower under his desk, but that is not enough.
When someone so worthless and untalented as Keith gets his own bully pulpit to spread propaganda and misery, it is a slap in the face to all honest, hard-working, normal people. Do you like being slapped in the face? NO? Then join Olbermannwatch and make a difference so that your children will never know of Olbermann!
KFK, that was great!
Your intellect is like mine, of a very high caliber!
It's a shame we have this little Gnats like Trekkie, Arizona, Swash and nonfactor here even attempting to to test our superior minds as opposed to their peanut brains!
Olby and his minions should leave the planet and found a colony of ignorant peasant jack asses!
Keith Olbermann and George Clooney are George Soros's bisexual aids infested lovers!
Arianna Huffington is Soros's personal hooker!
Keith Olbermann is a very sick man!
He hides under tables and doesn't speak directly to his staff.
He's been fired from every job and despised by his ex bosses.
he should just go move to Cuba and do telecasts for his Idol Castro.
He'll be 1st in line for the Che Guevera movie.
He's just a loser!
Everyone notice the Olbymaniacs aren't around!
that's because I"ve exposed their intellectual Inferiority.
Trekkie and losers, where are you.
I guess this is too much for your peon brains to handle!
There is nothing to excuse tonight's show.As I said before, I'm a liberal but can't stand Olberman.You almost but not quite felt sorry for the egomaniac when he couldn't get anyone to agree that the offensive was anything but a damn decent military decision. He sounded like a wolf howling at the moon.MSNBC would be better sereved by tossing in the gargabe,
Good Observation Eddie Kay!
You almost but not quite felt sorry for the egomaniac when he couldn't get anyone to agree that the offensive was anything but a damn decent military decision.
Except it's really got some problems (they just weren't addressed by Keith). First, the Iraqi troops being used on the ground are mostly Shi'ite. Samarra is primarily Sunni controlled, which means the possibility of more ethnic strife. Second, the new military mobilization comes in the middle of Arba'in (a Muslim holy week marked by pilgrimages to Karbala), which just makes the likelihood of another round of Shi'ite-Sunni violence that much greater. Many Shi'ites have stopped listening to the clerics' calls for patience. At that point, there is serious cause for concern (remember what happened in Lebanon).
Also, I find it very odd that in a war where journalists have been embedded throughout the entire conflict that this operation had only military cameramen filming...
I note that you skipped over the re-affirmation of the Bush Doctrine of pre-emptive war. From the WaPo:
"Preemption is and always will be a potentially useful tool, but it's not something you want to trot out and throw in everybody's face," said Harlan Ullman, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "To have a strategy on preemption and make it central is a huge error."
Of course with our military stretched razor-thin and Iraq still a long hard slog, pre-emption at the moment is mere fantasy.
Katherine Harris is a Godsend to the Democrats. She's the (to date, only) Republican challenger, but she's so far out of the race if she even gets to November Nelson will win in a rout. 20 points down and he strategy is to spend, spend, spend?
"I'm convinced her campaign is mortally wounded," said Jim Kane, a pollster for the nonpartisan Florida Voter. Harris is running against a popular opponent who appeals to independent voters in Florida while Harris is a "very polarizing figure," he said. (via Orlando Sentinel)
The FCC stuff - Without a Trace airs at 10pm on Thursday nights. That's not exactly a prime "kiddie" timeslot. If you make television safe for 5-year-old to watch, then only 5-year-olds will watch.
And Gaius? Repeating the same pedantic insults does not show strong intellect. It shows an inability to be creative.
I used to think that the "Olby regulars" (the guest pundits that appear and reappear on his show) was by Keith's design and preference.
But it occurred to me recently that there must be very few pundits that are willing to appear on MSNBC, given its low ratings. Why else would the hosts of the prime time lineup invite each other to appear on each other's shows? Why would anyone want watch Chis Mathews opine on the scarborough show, when they just heard his opinion 3 hours earlier?
it's pathetic.
Trekkie once again you squirm from an Intellectual challenge!
the fact is Keith Olbermann is deranged and Intellectually incompetant like you.
Let's have a discussion.
Oops I forgot It's like taking to an ant!
Trekkie and all you Islamic Fascist loving commies, I'm back.
I was on vacation.
I was in Spain visiting the land we liberated from the Moors.
it was cool to visit mosques that were converted to Churches.
I also went to the Escorial and saw the paintings of Spains, great victory over the Islamo-Fascists, Lepanto!
The greatest thing we did was kicked those Turban heads out!
I can't wait till we do that here!
Trekkie you know alot about Islam, are you Muslim?
If you are, Mohhamed was a child molester!
Wow J, that's harsh!
I mean you really hit trekkie where it hurts.
I think you're deranged myself and definately intellectually evil, but hey keep hitting at Trekkie and those clowns.
Trekkie, knocked out again!
Wow J, that's harsh!
I mean you really hit trekkie where it hurts.
I think you're deranged myself and definately intellectually evil, but hey keep hitting at Trekkie and those clowns.
Trekkie, knocked out again!
Trekkie is a loser like Olbermann!
Gaius and Roboto, you all must be newbies, but I explained to Mr. Spock the genocidal tendencies of Islam.
he refuses to answer any of my facts and backs out all the time.
he condemns the Cristian Right but condones Islamo-Fascism.
He's a hypocrite.
Like these Marxist in this country.
It's alright though the Turban heads will catch theirs one day!
JDogg, I think you're a bit extreme, but I respect you more than Trekkie.
Atleast you put a though into what you say.
Trekkie is an intellectual peopn with the mnind of a peanut.
All those marxists (I like that term) are ignorant stupid jerks!
they are mentally retarded with inferior thought processes.
At least you have some intellectual capability however Deranged it is!
I respect you at least unlike the Olbermann Soros worshipers!
I happen to be agnostic, for the record. My parents are Methodist.
Any other questions about my personal faith will be answered with "None of your damn business."
And I notice that while your busy calling me a "loser" and an "intellectual peon", nobody actually addressed the substantive elements of my post...
Of course no one addressed the elements of your post. No one on here is anywhere near smart enough to read more than 3 sentences without taking a time out to consult a dictionary or burn a cross. Blogs like these are pure garbage, attracting garbage. Go check out the liberal blogs and count how many people say things like turban heads and Islamic Fascists and other such racist crap. Funny cause all the fascists seem to be hanging out right here. Any moderates that come to this site should turn away now cause it's filled with the worst extremist racist Nazi scumbags out there and all they do is lie lie lie.
Well American Nightmare pretty much hit the nail on the head but I'll give the 'intellectual giants' here a chance to explain this vote to me:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/16/port-security-funding/
So much for being tough on your nation's security.
I'm sure Cecilia will pull something out of KFK's ass.
I lament the disgraceful state of affairs here. The most objectionable posts are the ones devoid of facts and full of declarative statements. "Gaius Baltar" is a liberal posing as Olbermann's opposition for the sole purpose of assaulting sensibilities, as is "Curious George". Posts by people like "Mr. Roboto" are also absurd attempts by the Olbermann crowd to politicize the blog and marginalize it. J$, are some of these IP addresses identical on these posters / posers? For more info on "Gaius": http://www.gateworld.net/galactica/characters/baltar.shtml
How pathetic are these people?
If at first the libs can't stifle debate, they turn the blog into a sewer that absolutely must be filtered, then claim sensorship. In the end, all they do is lower discourse to their level wherever they go. Regardless . . .
"Szin" sights a bill by his hero, Politician of the People Sabo, that was shot down in congress. However, he does not point out this:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060316/ap_on_go_co/house_rollcall_ports_security
The 377-38 roll call Wednesday by which the House voted to express its opposition to a Dubai-based company operating U.S. port terminals.
A "yes" vote is a vote to strip from a bill language that would block DP World from running or managing terminals at U.S. ports.
Voting "yes" were 8 Democrats, 30 Republicans and no Independents.
Voting "no" were 182 Democrats, 194 Republicans and 1 Independent.
Sabo was one of the Democrats voting yes! I wonder what the real story is there, Szin? Is my research faulty? I am actually seriously asking you.
As for the "Sabo Ammendment," here is the AP's take on it:
In a 224-192 procedural vote, the Republican-controlled House thwarted Democrats from offering two amendments to a $91 billion measure for wars and hurricane recovery. Democrats also planned to push for more port security money while criticizing Republicans on the issue.
Republicans dismissed the criticism, arguing that they have increased port security money over the last few years beyond what the Bush administration has requested.
"What you saw was as much money as we could spend without just throwing money at the problem, hoping something good would happen," said House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, suggesting that's the Democrats' approach.
You won't solve port security through amendments to big bills. And I doubt Sabo is the man to put these bills together. Whenever libs try to play the "domestic security" card, they lose. You should know that by now Szin. Liberals don't take National Security seriously enough, and all the spinning in the world won't change that.
sensorship! oy!
Nice post, KFK. Although we have missed the real point of that post by Szin, and in that he has suceeded.
This is the Olbermann Watch. Not Congress watch, or as Szin would like, insult those who disagree with him. The real point was to spin the discussion (just like KO) and change the subject to something other than Olby's obvious bias, spin and misinformation.
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IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR OLBERMANNWATCH READERS
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Trekkie, Szin and company,
I ask you to speak out against the people sabotaging the site. Look at the nature and timing of the posts by the following:
Gaius Baltar
Mr. Roboto
Curious George
JDogg66
The timing of the posts is too close, they sound alike, and these posters are all unable to write in paragraph form! How amazingly odd! Just look at this string of posts:
Posted by: Gaius Baltar at March 16, 2006 11:28 PM
Posted by: Mr. Roboto at March 16, 2006 11:31 PM
Posted by: Curious George at March 16, 2006 11:36 PM
Posted by: Gaius Baltar at March 16, 2006 11:42 PM
Posted by: Gaius Baltar at March 17, 2006 01:21 AM
Posted by: JDogg66 at March 17, 2006 01:27 AM
Posted by: Gaius baltar at March 17, 2006 01:31 AM
Posted by: Mr. Roboto at March 17, 2006 01:35 AM
Posted by: JDogg66 at March 17, 2006 01:39 AM
Posted by: Gaius Baltar at March 17, 2006 01:43 AM
Liberals who try to sabotage sites do not do your cause any favors, and they certainly don't help Olberman. Although I disagree with Trekkie on just about everything, I believe he operates in good faith. Trek, what is your take on this?
As for the genius behind these posts, why don't you come clean and tell us who you really are and what you really think?
"But it occurred to me recently that there must be very few pundits that are willing to appear on MSNBC, given its low ratings. Why else would the hosts of the prime time lineup invite each other to appear on each other's shows?"
Eventually, Olby will get around to pissing-off everyone. Then he will be left with "television personalty" Moe Rocca, and the creepy-queer Village Idiot Michael Musto as regulars... ooops that already happened.
"Three" people resonding to posts at 1:30 AM in 4 minute intervals regurgitating the same crap will eventually give you away. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so pathetic. Good catch KFK.
In light of this, let me repeat something already said. Trekkie, while I have occasionally poked fun at you name, I respect your position because I believe it is an honest and sincere opinion.
Liberals who try to sabotage sites do not do your cause any favors, and they certainly don't help Olberman. Although I disagree with Trekkie on just about everything, I believe he operates in good faith. Trek, what is your take on this?
If these people are attempting to sabotage the site, then I must agree with you. This is why some sites have a "trolling" policy - there are just some people who do not wish to make substantive contributions. They would rather just sit and throw feces at their target of choice and call it "debate". It helps neither side and only retrenches both.
I operate on the "Jim Rome" principle: have a take and don't suck. And you already know my views on posting under a "sockpuppet" (refresher: I don't like it).
KFK, I have nothing to do with JDogg, Curious George and Mr. Roboto.
The very fact they would use those moronic names would tell you they are deranged individuals.
I even condemned JDogg's fascistic thought process.
But I enjoyed seeing him go at Trekkie like a frieght truck going at at Deer!
KFK, I complimented your intellectual ability and hold you in the up most regard.
I just happened to have been online when they were on it.
That's it nothing more.
My agaenda is to expose the inferiorty of the Leftist minds of Nathan, Trekkie, Swah and Non.
Once again Trekkie, you're whole reasoning is illogical.
The left is illogical!
Too late pal -- you've been caught
Bush is at 32% in the polls
While 38% of Americans believe the U.S gov is in contact with space creatures. Kinda makes ya wonder who those 32% really are.
Bush is at 32% in the polls
While 38% of Americans believe the U.S gov is in contact with space creatures. Kinda makes ya wonder who those 32% really are.
This is a comically bad blog. It took me a while to figure out if it was a joke or not. Whoever runs this has far too much time on his hands and far too little information. You're too caught up in your own blinkered ideology to read anything outside your narrow purview. Keep in mind that the people you're echoing either (a) have only high-school educations like Hannity or (b) are financially invested in shaping the "truth" toward their own interests. Why on earth are you buying into it? I just hope you're enjoying the view, with your head so far up your ass.
No need to respond to this - I won't be back.
that is why I watch them
Nice post, except Hannity went to college at NYU
Olbermann's the smartest guy on the three networks, and Bill O'Reilly's one of the dumbest. Of course, compared to Sean Hannity, a true retard, he's a genius, but he's still very much a partially informed, unthinking dimwit.
Olbermann's no great intellectual, but he's smart, witty, compared to those donkeys on Fox, he's a lifesaver. Oh, and Hannity the donkey went to NYU, but dropped out, so he still technically has only a high-school education. A single paragraph of one of his books should convince you that he's really, really dumb--he has the intelligence and awareness of a construction worker. Sorry to slam construction workers that way, but most of them aren't too bright. The conservative cause is hurt by this guy; his brainless construction-worker mentality is making them looking very, very dumb.
OK, Jack let's take an inventory of the creative insults you offer up for the Fox hosts (does this include Alan Colmes by the way, Jack, or is he exempted solely because he is a lib?):"dumb, retard, partially informed, dimwit, donkey, brainless". Boy, I bet your intellectual might was really challenged to come up with all those insults in the space of seven sentences. Ok, if Krazy Keith is so smart and the Fox hosts are so dumb, how come KK can't figure out a way to keep from getting his ass kicked day after day and week after week in the ratings? Oh, I get it. . . KK is so smart his mighty intellectual prowess is beyond the ability of the vast unwashed viewing public to appreciate. Well, I got news. I (and most viewers, as demonstrated by the ratings) don't care how many or how few sheepskins Hannity or anybody else has hanging on their wall. We care about who makes sense when they talk and can they back up what they say. KK fails on both counts. KK is a loon as this site has demonstrated over and over again (or have you forgotten KK's rants about how the GOP stole the Presidential election in Ohio? Huh?) Further, KK WILL NEVER ALLOW ANYONE WITH A DISSENTING VIEWPOINT TO CHALLENGE HIM!!! Is that someone who wins your respect as the "smartest" man? How hard is to sound smart when all you bring on your show is a collection of ass kissers and boot lickers? Just once, let him bring on someone like Bill Bennett, Newt Gingrich or someone of that caliber to challenge him. The hosts on Fox aren't afraid to bring on highly intelligent guests to challenge them, but KK won't do it. KK may have a good memory for sports trivia, but he is out of his depth with politics and current events and he would get chewed up if he had the cajones to invite someone on who would challenge him.