Olbermann Watch - MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN

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October 24, 2006

COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN - OCTOBER 24, 2006

"COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN" (8:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M. ET)

Host: Keith Olbermann

Topics/Guests:

IS AN IRAQ "TIMELINE" THE GOP'S OCTOBER SURPRISE?: Howard Fineman, Newsweek senior Washington correspondent and political columnist and MSNBC political analyst; Marine Sgt. Liam Madden, served in Iraq and wants the U.S. out
BALANCE OF POWER: David Shuster, "Hardball" correspondent
TOMKAT HAS A WEDDING DATE: Michael Musto, The Village Voice

Krazy Keith bellowed Tuesday night's opening spiel: more on "stay the course", one of the "serving marines" who wants to leave Iraq, Hastert and the "Republican page sex scandal", "increased Democratic chances for the Senate", and, of course, Cruise News!

Kicking off The Hour of Spin proper by calling Iraq a "civil war", Olby barked casualty statistics, recounted some administration statements, and then dragged in the shape-shifting pundit himsel. KO asked if all this talk about a timeline is "a change in name only". Hmm. Here's a stumper: will Fineman agree with Olby, or disagree? Let's see: "it's no real change in policy, it's just a change in tone". Monkeymann siezed on that:

Do they not also to some degree abandon the central election year message from the White House...

Howie didn't even wait for Mr Humility to finish: he was nodding "yes" as the question was being asked! That's a good Countdown Crony. As we have documented time and again, whatever move the White House makes has to be painted as a bad move, so Olby dutifully suggested that this change in tone leaves Republicans who had been loyal "out to sea". On OlbyPlanet it doesn't matter what George Bush does, because it's heads Dems win, tails GOPs lose. Just to put the finishing touch on it, the "timeline" spoken of by the administration now "misses the forest for the trees", according to The Great and Powerful Olb. As he spoke, Fineman was nodding. Perfect!

After great thanksing Howie, Monkeymann moved on to the next item on his party's agenda. "Dozens" of active duty servicemen plan to ask Congress to withdraw troops and end the war. Cue Madden, as Olbermann swooned about the "risky" move he is making. Edward R Olbermann used a leading question to prompt Madden to take a shot at Tony Snow. Then--since Madden had said nothing substantive beyond he supports his fellow marines and opposes the war--KO remembered that he had a political agenda to promote. He suggested to Madden that it's the next Congress (i.e., when the Dems take over) that will "get something done", and the soldier rushed to agree.

But to be fair, Olbermann did state that tomorrow he would bring on one of the majority of active service personnel who support the Iraq action to present the other side of the story.

Yeah, right. The day that happens is the day water runs uphill. They don't call it The Hour of Spin for nothing.

The #4 story was the "Republican page sex scandal". You know, like the "Democrat intern sex scandal". What, you don't remember Olbermann ever calling it that? Perhaps it's because he never did. Edward R Olbermann's objective report began with suggesting that Dennis Hastert's explanations are "borderline delusional", but left the details of the Speaker's appearance before the ethics committee to a taped report by Chip Reid. Yes, Olby thanked the tape when it concluded.

After another tease for a "Democratic surge" in the Senate races and an inspiring, uplifting segment of "oddball", the #3 story took on the contests for the upper house. In a shocking, incredible development, the infamous, deplorable Keith Olbermann actually uttered the phrase:

Bob Menendez under investigation in New Jersey...

Note that Olbermann Watch has been browbeating Krazy Keith for weeks on this very subject, and now he has been humiliated into acknowledging the rectitude of our just criticisms. Chalk it up as another victory for truth and justice. But that won't last long. Just seconds later there was another mention of Rick "Man on Dog" Santorum. Perhaps this is why David Kuo--of the infamous Kuo Quotes--who was Olby's hero for three days in a row ain't gonna set foot on OlbyPlanet. He is one of Santorum's strongest supporters.

Then KO rattled off poll numbers, and to interpret them, he called on the least reliable, most discredited pseudo-journalist in the Countdown armamentarium: David Shuster. First they tackled DeWine and Santorum (both appear to be in trouble); we thought Rick might be in trouble, but then Slippery Shuster declared that, barring some unexpected development, "Santorum will lose". Hmm. Rove indicted. Hastert out in a week. And now Santorum will lose. They must have been popping the champagne corks at Rick's headquarters when they heard Slippery's report. Conrad Burns makes "stupid" remarks. In Virginia, Shuster hastened to bring up the "n-word" claims about Allen (but did not detail any of the allegations against Webb) and talked about how if "more" comes out that could mean trouble. Neither he nor Olbermoronn mentioned that Allen is leading in every current poll. Corker vs Ford: KO ludicrously claimed an RNC ad "hits on racial fears" and hoped it would "give Ford a boost". Slippery piled on, claiming the comedic spot was trying to tell people Ford was engaged in "interracial" dating! To complete the spin, Olby added:

We'll see if somebody backlashes, as we suggest, against it, that, may--, perhaps that, uh, we're not giving Tennessee enough credit.

This was incoherent enough to leave any rational carbon-based unit mystified over its meaning, but our experience with OlbyLogic leads us to conclude the import was supposed to be: vote for Ford or you are a racist.

The #2 story was about identifying remains at 9/11. More have been found. Those inept, incompetent city planners! If only they had followed Herr Olbermann's advice and built that building years ago, there would have been none of this bother of finding more remains and notifying survivors. The bones could have remained safely buried under tons of Olby-inspired concrete. This news was the excuse to rerun an old KO report on forensics at the 9/11 site. Heather Mills and Paul McCartney followed, then Anna Nicole Smith, Kevin Federline, Brittney Spears. Pride of Place (the #1 story) was Cruise News! with the creepy Michael Musto. Keith "Man on Fan" Olbermann lied that his producers were "forcing" him to cover the story, but we know better. Encouraged by Krazy Keith's forced laughter, Musto yammered about shoe lifts, rotten eggs, and Suri. The talk was all TomKat; there was nothing about the rumored-to-be-rocky KOKat.

In the Media Matters Minute, Olby went after a gubernatorial candidate in Nevada (R). "Fat Ass" Olbermann knew it wasn't enough to fill the "Republican" slot in this "nonpartisan" segment; he also had to smear someone at Fox. So he launched another attack on Bill O'Reilly. What eeevil thing did Mr Bill do this time? He disagreed with a Harvard professor and said that the Taliban was not likely to take control of Afghanistan. The discredited sports guy has become so desperate that he attacks O'Reilly for opining that the US won't lose the war in Afghanistan. The logic of this indicates that Edward R Olbermann believes that such an opinion is bad, evil, and wrong. Therefore, according to KO, the only good opinion is the one that states America will lose. Why does Keith Olbermann hate US troops? Why does Keith Olbermann hate America?

Dogs that did not bark: Edward R Olbermann's determination to minimize terrorists threats, no matter where they may be, showed once more tonight. An AP photographer, kidnapped in Gaza, today was set free. And there was not one word of it on The Hour of Spin. The Dow Jones again found the market hitting historic highs today. Why is it that this is news everywhere except on OlbyPlanet? And with the World Series heating up, isn't it about time "Fat Ass" Olbermann did the right thing and apologize for his repellent smear of Albert Pujols and Chris Mihlfield, which he lifted from a discredited and retracted blog entry? Or is expecting Krazy Keith to act in even a nominally responsible fashion asking too much?

Amazon has already discounted ~~Olbermann's book~~ the book that bears Olbermann's name by almost 50%, and yet, despite the attempt to juice sales with another "special" comment, it has sunk to #195, while Mr Bill's "Culture Warrior" strides along at #15. At Barnes & Noble, the OlbyTome has submerged to an embarrassing #1,918, while O'Reilly's best-seller has risen to #19. Monday is usually KO's most-viewed night (undoubtedly why the latest "special" comment was scheduled as it was), but the Nielsens found Countdown still mired in third place both among total viewers and in Keith's coveted, all-important, critical, beloved, key "demo".

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121 Comments

By Bill O'lielly on October 24, 2006 8:23 PM

Hour of Spin... shit,, has this website switched to Oreillywatch.com ?

By cee on October 24, 2006 8:44 PM

Wonderful! A discussion about a partisan armed forces....our nation's future looks bright!

I like how Senator Graham sees it. (From AP)

"Sen. Lindsey Graham, a former reserve judge for the Air Force, said vocal complaints by active-duty members represented a 'disturbing trend' that threatened to erode the cohesiveness of the military.

"'We've had a long tradition making sure the military doesn't engage in political debate,' said Graham, R-S.C. 'We don't need a Democratic Army and a Republican Army,' he added."

Nice. Will Keith discuss this with the brain trust?

By Anonymous on October 24, 2006 9:00 PM

Looks like I was correct in my prediction that O'Reilly would be nominated again for the 'Worst Person' segment today. I wonder if Groucho has to meet some type of quota for bashing O'Reilly every week.

By Fred Flintstone on October 24, 2006 9:03 PM

LOL

this site is a joke.
Olbermann has real fortitude, thank God for Olbermann!

By Anonymous on October 24, 2006 9:10 PM

Oh great. A cartoon character endorses a caricature. Sounds like an Olbyloon.

By brandon on October 24, 2006 9:16 PM

and that my friends is pretty much the definition of an Olbyloon!

By JohnE on October 24, 2006 9:16 PM

Yes, Fred Flintstone, Olberdork looks like he's been fortified.

Yaba daba doo.

By Anonymous on October 24, 2006 9:23 PM

olby had his favorite fag-toad on tonight! olby had BillO as one of the worst persons in the world AGAIN tonight.
olby bashed Bush tonight
olby bashed republicans tonight
olby tried pimped for the dimmocrats tonight
olby pimped fpr the code pinko anti war moonbats and once again olby showed what an a--hole he is tonight.
good boy olby!

By Anonymous on October 24, 2006 9:24 PM

olby had his favorite fag-toad on tonight! olby had BillO as one of the worst persons in the world AGAIN tonight.
olby bashed Bush tonight
olby bashed republicans tonight
olby tried pimped for the dimmocrats tonight
olby pimped for the code pinko anti war moonbats and once again olby showed what an a--hole he is tonight.
good boy olby!

By Anonymous on October 24, 2006 9:25 PM

olby had his favorite fag-toad on tonight! olby had BillO as one of the worst persons in the world AGAIN tonight.
olby bashed Bush tonight
olby bashed republicans tonight
olby tried pimped for the dimmocrats tonight
olby pimped for the code pinko anti war moonbats and once again olby showed what an a--hole he is tonight.
good boy olby!

By Al CIADA on October 24, 2006 9:43 PM

You stupid people. Olbermann is the only great journalist America has right now. He is telling the truth to fight against this fledgling dictatorship.

When you're all under the boot heel of the Federal Reserve (a private banking institution) and their puppet regime, you'll look back in your stupidity and wonder where your freedoms went. Fools.

By JohnE on October 24, 2006 9:50 PM

And, so we should look to Olbermann to save us?

By Olbermann is NO Journalist! on October 24, 2006 9:52 PM

Journalist? Hardly. Anyone seen him set foot out of the studio to cover the war in Iraq? No. Anyone seen him go cover the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina? No again. He stayed in NJ. The only fields he "reports" from are baseball fields. He's NO Journalist. He refuses to have anyone on his show who doesn't parrot his opinion and doesn't break news stories, he simply doesn't know how unless they're sports-related. sorry but your the fool here if you think that what he does is journalism.

By Anonymous on October 24, 2006 9:53 PM

Johnny Dollar said:

"In the Media Matters Minute, Olby went after a gubernatorial candidate in Nevada (R)."

Yeah, he did, because that candidate (Rep. Jim Gibbons) is being accused of ASSAULTING a woman. If he didn't do that, he exercised extremely BAD judgment by trying to help an intoxicated woman drive herself home (and he should know better since he's on the Congressional Stop DUI Caucus).

Here - listen to her 911 calls and read the police reports and judge for yourself:

http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=5562308&nav=168Y

By Anonymous on October 24, 2006 9:58 PM

Olby, look what could happen if you mess with an intoxicated woman who is 30 years younger.

By Mike on October 24, 2006 10:05 PM

Why can't you guys running this site accept Olbermann's right to his ideas, and, our rights to listen to his ideas if we want to? He is no worse than Hannity and a number of others on the right...he's just left of center. Whats the problem?

Listen, I can't get in my car and turn on my AM radio without hearing Limbaugh, Hannity, Savage, and a host of other right wingers rant, and rant, and rant, and on cable TV, you have an entire network pushing right wing ideas 24 hours a day. Why do you people have such a problem with someone doing it on the left?

After listening to right wing talking points all day long, I happen enjoy taking a little refuge in a show like this, that I will readily admit, is not exactly "fair and balanced". But then, neither is Fox. The Bush administration has ample opportunity to use free air time to push it's views on us, and believe me, they take advantage of it...day in and day out, using the same mainstream media you guys just love to call "Liberal".

Why don't you just give it a rest????

I personally dream of the day when Bill Maher comes back to free cable. Then you'll have to make a whole new web site for that one.

By Anonymous on October 24, 2006 10:06 PM

Free cable?

By Anonymous on October 24, 2006 10:08 PM

Do you get free cable through your tin-foil hat?

By Mike on October 24, 2006 10:09 PM

I guess I should have just said cable. Maher is on HBO, not regular cable.

By mlong on October 24, 2006 10:13 PM

Ford must be in more trouble than I though if both Chrissy Matthews and KO need to try to warp that GOP ad into some sort Racist attack..thats really trying to play voters for fools..but thats the party line and Crissy and KO are just following their marching orders from the DNC....also I see KO didn't say anything about Harold Ford Sr. calling someone a "cracker".

Now in Maryland Michael Steele the GOP candidate who happens to be black has been victim of some really dirty and racist tactics by the Dems...

Chuck Schumer's DSCC staffers illegally obtained Michael Steele's Social Security number and credit records.(of course Schumer opposes listening in to Terrorist phone calls or intercept their bank records because it in fridges on their privacy rights..but it's ok to do it to a Black Republican).

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD)said that Steele work "slavishly" for the GOP.

At a press conference,Dem protesters threw Oreo cookies at Steele.

and his opponent Cardin had to fire a staffer after he referred to Steele as an "Oreo."

Now have either Chrissy or KO condemned these tactics?

By codas on October 24, 2006 10:16 PM

The Bush administration has ample opportunity to use free air time to push it's views on us, and believe me, they take advantage of it...day in and day out, using the same mainstream media you guys just love to call "Liberal".

Why don't you just give it a rest????
Posted by: Mike at October 24, 2006 10:05 PM

By mike on October 24, 2006 10:19 PM

By Ohio Mike on October 24, 2006 10:22 PM

In reference to the Steele/Cardin race, isn't it ironic that in addition to Olby not making any mention whatsoever about the deplorable attacks against Mr. Steele, that he also chose to completely ignore that Senate race altogether when he discussed the current key races this evening on Countdown...in spite of the fact that the most recent published poll on that race on realclearpolitics.com shows it as being a dead heat.

Of course, how can you work that one in, when you have to spend more time on the "Man on Dog" double digit deficit instead?

By Olby is NO Journalist on October 24, 2006 10:25 PM

Olby is entitled to his opinion, becuase like a--holes, everyone has them and it's clear he's an a--hole with lots of opinions. But the problem is that he's presenting his opinions as fact when they are anything but.

By KfK on October 24, 2006 10:27 PM

Keith Olbermann + Katy Turd = FatKat

Nice summary. Olby is getting ready for the playoffs -- by that I mean the elections. He'll have his Democrat penants and extra special chants all ready, appropriately enough, by Halloween.

We shouldn't forget, however, that Olby is "non-partisan" because he neglects his civic duty and doesn't bother to vote.

By mlong on October 24, 2006 10:29 PM

Nothing will ever top what the right wing pulled with "Swift Boat". Yes, the all time classic in gutter politics, compliments of the right. This is one of the reasons many of us, including Olby, are so damned angry at the Republicans.
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Yes because hearing the truth about Kerry was the one thing the left couldn't stand.

They want it all mike. It's a control thing. Keith reminds them that there are other people who don't share their world view. That drives them nuts. Hannity and Limbaugh are so much more arrogant and ignorant than Keith so it's not an issue about truth in the media or personality. It's just about control. Control the media, control other countries, control judges, control control control.
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The left overwhelmly controls the news media NBC,ABC,CNN,PBS,MNBC,CNBC,BBC,TIME,Newsweek,New York Times,LA Times,NPR,Air America..(do I need to go on?)...so KO is not a stand out all the MSM thinks and acts like him.

By codas on October 24, 2006 10:36 PM

The left overwhelmly controls the news media NBC,ABC,CNN,PBS,MNBC,CNBC,BBC,TIME,Newsweek,New York Times,LA Times,NPR,Air America..(do I need to go on?)...so KO is not a stand out all the MSM thinks and acts like him.

Posted by: mlong at October 24, 2006 10:29 PM

Like I said, you want it all. Anything less than total agreement is considered "the left". If anyone says anything other than what Limbaugh or Fox news has designated as truth it is liberal bias. The right wing has the whitehouse, the senate, and the congress, Fox news is their press secretary. You have been sold a "I am a victim" mentality in order to win your vote and keep in power people whose only goal is power and money.

By Mike on October 24, 2006 10:39 PM

You guys love to talk about whiners, but I've listened to you people the right whine about the "liberal media" all my life, and, for the most part, you are wrong, and have always been wrong on this point. When you are that far to the extreme right, everything else looks left to you...it's just that simple.

As for Kerry, Swift Boat was nothing but a smear, and you people know it. Yea, the Dems can try as they might to get down in the gutter, but you guys on the right are the masters at that.

And yes, That anti-Ford commercial engineered by Mehlmann is nothing but a smear as well. My hope is that these things will finally start to backfire....against ANYONE who campaigns like that, left ot right.

By right on October 24, 2006 10:43 PM

Steele?? Did Krazy Keith mention NY Chuck Schumer underlings being prosecuted for fraudulently obtaining Steeles financial records with intent to smear Mr. Steele????? I am going to guess the Tan-Man did not utter a peep about that because the premature ejaculator doesn't cover Demo-corruption.

By Akbar on October 24, 2006 10:49 PM

I just like to thank Keith Olbermann and his fellow Leftists for their demoralization of the US. Allah willing, we are on the verge of a historic victory. Soon the crusaders will be driven out of Iraq and Afganistan, Israel and Europe will fall.
Thanks to the Left we will win!

By Missy on October 24, 2006 10:52 PM

Sorry Mike, but Mark Halperin of ABC News was on O'Reilly tonight refuting your premise. He states that there is, in fact, a bias against Republicans and for democrats.

If you were watching O'Reilly tonight (instead of seeing Keith simply attack him), you would have seen it for yourself.

Yesterday, SteveMG referenced the thoughts of Halperin and his colleagues at ABC News: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=156238

By Akbar on October 24, 2006 10:58 PM

By codas on October 24, 2006 11:06 PM

He states that there is, in fact, a bias against Republicans and for democrats.

Posted by: Missy at October 24, 2006 10:52 PM

At this point anyone with any common sense should have a bias against Republicans only because they have finaly been exposed to the public. It's not realy a bias, It's just the truth looks that way because it is not on their side. I'm sorry, but it's the truth. Blame the media if you want. All the power they could ask for was theirs and they fucked it all up. War, debt, division, scandel, religious manipulation, I could go on....

By Mike on October 24, 2006 11:06 PM

Imagine that; O'reilly has a guest on claiming media bias against the poor republicans!

By Anonymous on October 24, 2006 11:13 PM

The left/right paradigm is a LIE. At the very top of the political tree there are no Democrats or Republicans. There is The Federal Reserve (a private banking institution you pay taxes to), the Bilderberg Group (the world's kingmakers) and whatever government that is smoking the genitalia of these corrupt pedophiles.

Olbermann, O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Hannity mean NOTHING. They just spout words, some more attractively than others granted, but its just bluff and bluster to confuse and blur lines.

Watch Aaron Russo's new documentary "America: Freedom to Fascism" on Google video. It will change your life.

By Red Wolf on October 24, 2006 11:24 PM

Codas,
I agree with your criticism of the Republicans. However the Dems aren't that better. They belive in kissing up to the UN, France and the Islamic nations. I say boycott the elections.
As for the Media, they're pro-Islamic tendancy shows and they want in Islamic victory.
example CNN showing Islamic propaganda from Iraq and the Media's rooting for Hizballah.
Honestly the American political system sucks I wish there was a Military coup.

By sam on October 24, 2006 11:25 PM

Every time I read comments by individuals who dislike olbermannwatch it always centers on how bad the President and Republicans are. They use outrageous claims like "regime" or "tyrant" when talking about the so called right wing. Why dont Olbermann fans debate his journalistic merits and not always revert to the standard Bush is an idiot and dictator line to defend him. Olbermann practically never engages in debate on his show with people of opposite opinions and never looks at a news story in an objective manner (if anyone disagrees please provide specifics guests and dates) O'Reilly, Hannity, and any other conservative journalists have the intellectual capacity to debate liberals on their shows and this is why they win the ratings battle every night. Olbermann is just too scared or ignorant to attempt anything similar to that. Olbermann gives his opinion as fact in a self righteous manner, when in reality it is extremely prejudice towards anything right of center. You don't gain esteem in the news community by hosting a show that is an echo chamber for an unequivocally liberal host. Olbermann is what is wrong with American liberals. You cannot always revert to the standard talking points of Bush, Republicans, and Fox News are evil, but need to base your arguments on facts and not simply on opinion. Americans aren't stupid and know an idiot when they see one. That is why Countdown will never rise above a pathetic third place in ratings and continually be destroyed by shows with hosts who have real journalistic integrity.

By sam on October 24, 2006 11:26 PM

By Anonymous on October 24, 2006 11:32 PM

Americans aren't stupid Sam, they're in a coma.

WAKE UP AMERICA. None of this means anything, you're whistling up your own trouser legs.

www.infowars.com

Watch Aaron Russo's documentary as described above. THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT TO BE DISCUSSING WHETHER THE LEFT OR RIGHT ACTUALLY EXIST.

Resist.

By Anonymous on October 24, 2006 11:33 PM

You forgot to mention icky-icky David Icke's lizard people who actually rule us all. As in they PWN THE WHOLE WORLD!!!! They are teh bomb!!!

By Anonymous on October 24, 2006 11:34 PM

Americans aren't stupid Sam, they're in a coma.

WAKE UP AMERICA. None of this means anything, you're whistling up your own trouser legs.

www.infowars.com

Watch Aaron Russo's documentary as described above. THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT TO BE DISCUSSING WHETHER THE LEFT OR RIGHT ACTUALLY EXIST.

Resist.

By Puck on October 25, 2006 12:01 AM

Fox News...Oh yeah thats the cable channel with the dreaded far-right wing Alan Colmes, Bob Beckel, Susan Estich spewing their far-right wing hate 24/7. Yeah you're right I'm shure glad we have all those other channels to balance it out!!

Air-America was put on to balance Rush,Shawn,Levin, on radio.........What Happened?

I think I know why Bill is really getting under Olby's skin. Yeah I know he crushes him in the ratings night after night. And book sales? Fergetabouit!!! And minute for minute The Factor is just a better show. But I've noticed that everytime Bill says on his show that someone declined to come on Bill will say. "He must be hiding under his desk." Is it just me or.........

Arron Russo, wasn't he the guy that tried to run for president in 04' But didn't make the ballot on the Libratarion ticket? Didn't he use to produce Porn movies? And the only place he can get his film on is Ya-Hoo? Arron, change to a Democrat. Olby will have you on his show tomorrow!

By Tom on October 25, 2006 12:18 AM

Do you get free cable through your tin-foil hat?

Posted by: Anonymous at October 24, 2006 10:08 PM

ROTFLMAO!!!!! Great one, Anon.

By ImNotBlue on October 25, 2006 12:21 AM

Hey Aaron... stop promoting your movie here... we're not going to watch it. Nobody is 'controlling us'... there is no huge conspiracy that we all need to be afraid of.

And how do I know this? Because what would the point of this behind-the-scenes conspiracy be? Money... clearly whom ever you claim to be doing this already has a lot of money, or else they wouldn't be in that positions... and what could they possibly need more for? Power... power means nothing if you can't wield it... and staying behind the curtain telling people what to do really isn't all that impressive. World domination... yes because who doesn't want to control the world... and then... um... sit around and watch things happen. I mean, come on... grow up.

Perhaps the only reason could be sex... but believe it or not... you don't need money, power, and/or to dominate the world to have sex. It does help, however, to GET OUT OF THE BASEMENT once in a while.

Do us all a favor... stop posting here, and just go shout on a street corner.

By codas on October 25, 2006 12:35 AM

but need to base your arguments on facts and not simply on opinion. Americans aren't stupid and know an idiot when they see one. That is why Countdown will never rise above a pathetic third place in ratings and continually be destroyed by shows with hosts who have real journalistic integrity.

Posted by: sam at October 24, 2006 11:25 PM

You say Americans aren't stupid and know an idiot when they see one.Why is Oriely number 1? What shows are you talking about that have real journalistic integrity? Fox news? You are making a joke arent you? I know they never give their opinion as fact in a self righteuos manner do they. Rush Limbaugh is a great American I suppose. What if Keith was found out to be taking 12 oxycontin tablets a day? Or Newt Ginrich and Ollie North of Fox. Newt being a wonderful example of integrity and Ollie thinking trading weapons to Iran was a neat idea. What if Keith did that? But no, Fox is true blue American. Well, not to me.

By Anonymous on October 25, 2006 12:52 AM

Olbermann is an embarrassment to Cable News!
O'Reilly is the KING of Cable News!
Looney Liberals can't handle the truth!

Signed,
Refugee from the Democratic Party

By Mike on October 25, 2006 12:53 AM

Sam:

Why can't you get off your "Olbermann isn't a jounalist" argument? Who is calling him one? It is not a hard news report, nor is it intended to be. Can't you just accept the fact that he is a simply a pundent with an agenda, just like Limbaugh, and leave it alone?

KO is not the only thing we on the left watch and listen to all day. I personally don't care to see Olbermann debating right wingers. MSNBC also has Hardball, and Chris covers that angle well enough. To get the news, I watch the headlines and read the papers, and yes, I even occasionally tune in to Fox "news".

Once again I ask; why are you on the right so damned obsessed with what a guy who is admittantly third in the rating is saying or doing? wFor that matter, why does this web site even exist?

Codas is right....you want it all. I suppose you won't be satisfied until the only "media" any of have to watch are Fox news clones. It's called brainwashing!

By destroyeroflyingdemonuts on October 25, 2006 12:55 AM

O'lielly :
Doesn't it suck being on the floor licking the shoe's of your hero Bill? Now we know why moronic so-called news journalist's have to hate the good ol' USA because of idiot's such as you that are too stupid to come up with an original name for the game and do a frankennut and mouch off the GOD O'Rielly. Remember Frankennut, O'lielly? He had a gig on a commie station that you commie lover's couldn't hold up. GOD bless Fox News. The number 1 news station on earth. Even GOD watches Fox to see who he's sending to the dump heap of demonut ratings land. LMRAO

By scot on October 25, 2006 1:19 AM

I checked the infowars site and it is one of the loonier sites i've seen so far, why am i not surprised they're fans of olbermann?

By destroyeroflyingdemonuts on October 25, 2006 1:30 AM

great Scott's think alike. Now if all demonut's named there son's Scott then we wouldn't have these American hating demonuts. Where's polpot when you need him to rid the world of the pathetically stupid?

By Mike on October 25, 2006 2:08 AM

Destroyer, all anyone has to do is read your posts filled with profanity, insults, and made up words, and it becomes very clear who the "pathetically stupid" one is. It also makes me glad that I actually like Olbermann, knowing that those who don't are being represented by people as ignorant as you.

Don't waste time responding with more ignorat rants. I will have signed off and gone to bed.

By rj rushing on October 25, 2006 5:54 AM

"...they don't call the Hour of Sping for nothing..."

No, THEY don't. You do!

By Maximillian on October 25, 2006 6:23 AM

Codas: You must be a troll. No one can be such a stoolie!

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Personal jabs aside, Olbermann has the courage to talk about what matters, the laws of the land.

If you can't have laws that ensure freedom, you don't have a free country.

I see no interest in viewing Olbermann for his personality, but rather the information he diseminates. When it comes to the issues of Haebius Corpus and the War Commision's Act, let the bigger picture be the focus, this should be a primary concern to all Americans.

If any one person here believes that a few chortles of "Krazy Keith" is more pressing than said matters, I question your patriotism in the most truest sense of the word.

His special report on the War Commisions Act is eruditive and warrents attention to all true patriots.

Let this not be a focus on the personality of pundits and anchors, but about the message of pertinance that we should all hold dear.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15321167/

A response akin to playing the world's tiniest violin will only strengthen the urgency of the message.

By Maximillian on October 25, 2006 6:24 AM

Codas: You must be a troll. No one can be such a stoolie!

***

Personal jabs aside, Olbermann has the courage to talk about what matters, the laws of the land.

If you can't have laws that ensure freedom, you don't have a free country.

If any one person here believes that a few chortles of "Krazy Keith" is more pressing than said matters, I question your patriotism in the most truest sense of the word.

His special report on the War Commisions Act is eruditive and warrents attention to all true patriots.

Let this not be a focus on the personality of pundits and anchors, but about the message of pertinance that we should all hold dear.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15321167/

A response akin to playing the world's tiniest violin will only strengthen the urgency of the message.

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By Brannigan on October 25, 2006 7:10 AM

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By Brick on October 25, 2006 7:59 AM

posted by al ciada:

"You stupid people. Olbermann is the only great journalist America has right now. He is telling the truth to fight against this fledgling dictatorship."

Let's see, he ran the Valerie Plame/Karl Rove thing into the ground. What happened? Then when Rove was cleared he had to have David Korn come on to promote his book about the incident that is so full of ship that it stinks.

Let's see, Halliburton. Hum, went nowhere.

Abramhoff? One US Rep. That's it. Those fuzzy pictures with a highlited dot on someones head nobody recognizes is real proof he is in GW's backpocket.

Just to name a few.

By rick on October 25, 2006 8:00 AM

I have been wondering... can you have a "sex" scandle when you don't have sex?

By Brick on October 25, 2006 8:10 AM

Posted by mickey:

"Why can't you guys running this site accept Olbermann's right to his ideas, and, our rights to listen to his ideas if we want to? He is no worse than Hannity and a number of others on the right...he's just left of center. Whats the problem?

Listen, I can't get in my car and turn on my AM radio without hearing Limbaugh, Hannity, Savage, and a host of other right wingers rant, and rant, and rant, and on cable TV, you have an entire network pushing right wing ideas 24 hours a day. Why do you people have such a problem with someone doing it on the left?

After listening to right wing talking points all day long, I happen enjoy taking a little refuge in a show like this, that I will readily admit, is not exactly "fair and balanced". But then, neither is Fox. The Bush administration has ample opportunity to use free air time to push it's views on us, and believe me, they take advantage of it...day in and day out, using the same mainstream media you guys just love to call "Liberal".

Why don't you just give it a rest????

I personally dream of the day when Bill Maher comes back to free cable. Then you'll have to make a whole new web site for that one."

Why don't you excercise your free right to not visit this site. What's the matter, you can't take it when someone exposes a piece of slime for what he is.

You realy have personal problems if you litsen to right wing show hosts all day. I mean, you must really be sick to listen to something all day that makes you miserable. To be a liberal is to be miserable to begin with. They tell us every day how bad we are supposed to feel. They got you.

If you think FNC is a conservative network you are dumb. Hannity has Colmes. No other show host is pushing the conservative agenda. Mathews and Olby are so biased it stinks. FNC 90% of the time has points of veiw from guests on both sides moron. Olby has one left media clown after another.

If you hate what you read here leave. I personally dream of the day I meet Mahre, Olby, Moore, Franken, Begala, Carville, Donahue, Robbins, Penn, Redford, Reiner, Colbert, Stewart, in my neighborhood and find out how far I could get my boot up their ass.

By codas on October 25, 2006 9:31 AM

Posted by: Brick at October 25, 2006 08:10 AM

I don't hate what I read here at all. I find some commenters to be a real challange. And then there's you. You seem to be delusional about Fox. You are also delusional about Chris Mathews. He swooned over Big Dick Cheney for years. You would like people like me not to come to this site wouldn't you. The front line is everywhere and it is here also. You call Keith a piece of slime while the slime from Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh pours all over America. You name a bunch of actors who you would like to stick your boot up their ass. What about all the conservitives who are coming out against Bush? Pat Buchanon thinks he could be impeached on his immigration stance alone. Getting back to slime, has there ever been more in the congress and the senate?

By merkle923 on October 25, 2006 9:35 AM

Krazy Keith needs a sanity hearing
All of his colleagues are jeering
He's stark raving mad
His show's very bad
His manner is never endearing

By Anonymous on October 25, 2006 10:05 AM

Posted by: mike at October 24, 2006 10:19 PM

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but its ok to say...if you vote republican, more black churches will be burned down...the man in texas who was dragged to death behind a vehicle occurred becuse of republican politicians...old people will die and/or have to eat only cat food if you vote republican

BTW...so what if the girl in the Ford ad was white...I know so many inter-racial couples today, i can't believe this is an issue...or do democrats think that you should only date those of the same race?

By rick on October 25, 2006 10:17 AM

Everytime I hear "swift boat" I can't help but be reminded of that classy retort "liar, creepy liar".

By connor_in on October 25, 2006 10:32 AM

Codas, quick semi-rational question that in your 1235am post, you basically say that Americans are stupid because they watch O'Rielly and Fox News...the extension of this argument is that Americans are stupid because they elected W and a republican Congress (this argument has been made time and time again by many other democrats-although I freely admit I have not seen you use it)...my question is this, IF Americans elect a Democratic congress and in 2008 a Democratic president...then does that mean that Americans are no longer stupid?

By Brandon on October 25, 2006 10:43 AM

posted by al ciada:
"You stupid people. Olbermann is the only great journalist America has right now."

Posted by Mike:
"Why can't you get off your "Olbermann isn't a jounalist" argument? Who is calling him one? It is not a hard news report, nor is it intended to be."

Do you guys want a minute or two to caucus and decide if you want to present Olbermann as a real journalist, you know, the "edward r. murrow" of his generation or if you want to go ahead and admit he's a commentator trying to pass off his opinions as news?

BTW--get some old archive tape of Murrow if you can. Olbermann has copied his gestures, right down to the dramatic head turns and the casting of the eyes up and down. Maybe you two might want to agree on a new word to describe Olby: ACTOR.

By Anonymous on October 25, 2006 10:43 AM

Osama bin olbermann is now trying to say that the republicans are terrorists! It is olbermann who is defending the "rights" of terrorists.
another progressive nutjob trying turn the blame away from himself.
Olbermann supports the rights of terrorists.
Calling the Republicans terrorists is like blaming cops for child molestors. HEY OLBERMANN nobody believes you! You are the one supporting terrorists by whining about their habeus corpus "rights".
Maybe some muslim nutjob will fly an airpalne into a building with you in it.
Olbermann you are a terrorist.

By Anonymous on October 25, 2006 10:44 AM

I think the reason that Americans watch fox news is because "we" want our opinions regurgitated. 99 percent of people that watch orielly, olbermann or other host agree with the opinions of the respective host.

By Anonymous on October 25, 2006 11:03 AM

You have got to love how the crazy left can't handle Foxnews. It is fair and balanced unlike the other cable news networks. But then again you Looney libs are smarter then the rest of us.....LOL!!!!!

By connor_in on October 25, 2006 11:06 AM

Excerpt from Townhall.com:

The Democrats' contract with America By Ben Shapiro Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Democrats claim they have consistently lost elections over the past six years based on their inability to define a platform. Democrats were for the war before they were against it; they were for social security reform before they were against it; they were for sexual impropriety by politicians (Bill Clinton, Gerry Studds, Barney Frank) before they were against it (Mark Foley); they are unsure about the morality of gay marriage, but will slander those who oppose it. Democrats are consistent on two issues, and two issues only: abortion and tax cuts. They're for the former and against the latter. Which is, of course, why Democrats have not fully defined their platform: Their platform is unpalatable to most Americans. Ambiguity is a better option than clarity.

Ambiguity remains a better option than clarity for today's Democratic Party. Hence the fawning over first-term Senator Barack "Blank" Obama (D-Ill), who, to paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, can compress the most words into the smallest ideas better than any man in politics. Obama is the culmination of a decade-long Democratic attempt to run from their own ideas. He refuses to be pinned to policy. According to Blank's own proclamations on "Meet the Press" on October 22, he is for "common sense and pragmatism" and "smart government." This will surely distinguish Blank from those politicians who campaign on the basis of stupidity, impracticality and imbecilic government.

By Anonymous on October 25, 2006 11:10 AM

My word, there are so many NWO shills on here.

By Anonymous on October 25, 2006 11:10 AM

My word, there are so many NWO shills on here.

By Anonymous on October 25, 2006 11:16 AM

Fox News is about as balanced as a one legged man at an ass kicking party. It's nothing more than a Bush administration propaganda machine.

All cable news is garbage. Olbermann is pretty good though, even though he needs a new haircut.

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