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    Olbermann Watch, "persecuting" Keith since 2004


    February 9, 2007
    Countdown with Keith Olbermann - February 9, 2007

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

    Host: Keith Olbermann

    Topics/Guests:

    • COOKING THE BOOKS: Dana Milbank, Washington Post
    • IRAN: Philip Giraldi
    • PELOSI'S PLAME: Blame the Media
    • BILL O'REILLY: The "Bullslinger" won't speak
    • ANNA NICOLE SMITH:

    The infamous, deplorable Keith Olbermann was in rare form as he bellowed the traditional opening spiel: "cooking the books" of pre-war intelligence, anatomy of a smear from the "Moonie paper", Bill O'Reilly "axed", Al Gore, and yet another story on Anna Nicole Smith.

    MADMAN

    First up of course, Douglas Feith "cooked the books" because he was critical of the murky, unclear answers the Intelligence Community came up with regarding Saddam's connections with Al-Qaeda. Olby announced a clip of Carl Levin (D) but somehow a clip of Feith came up, complete with Levin's name under it! Some tape operator is about to get fired. KO thundered that Feith "marched us off to war" (Keith's obsession that it was WMDs that marched us off to war was conveniently inoperative tonight). To salvage this fiasco, in came Dana Milbank, minus multicolored mufti. KO referenced the administration's "adversarial relationship with the truth" and whined that "nothing is going to happen". Not everyone agrees with Oralmann's spin on this, but don't worry, Milbank didn't dare express an opposing viewpoint. Fat Ass: what about all those people who say the administration acted unlawfully? Um, what about that report you just cited that finds they did not act unlawfully? That didn't come up. Great thanks.

    KO mentioned Gates's report that Iran was involved in supplying arms to insurgents, merely to ridicule it. Then he introduced Philip Giraldi (the banner spelled it "Garibaldi"), identified as from American Conservative Magazine. Very tricky. That's Pat Buchanan's isolationist publication that totally agrees with Herr Olbermann--but of course, the infamous, deplorable one didn't tell his viewers that. You know he got Great Thanks.

    Then it was off to the story of Pelosi's Plane envy, which Monkeymann blamed on the "Moonie" Washington Times. Why would anybody take that publication seriously, anyhow? Well, you might just ask the infamous, deplorable Keith Olbermann about that. He has used the Washington Times repeatedly as a news source; here are just a few examples:

    And not once did he mention that it was a "Moonie" paper. We really need to get an Olbypocrisy meter, but it would have to go to 11.

    Olby rattled off people who gave what he called "misinformation" on this subject, but didn't include David Gregory and Matt Lauer (so much for Olbermann's manhood). This was the cue for Craig Crawford, aka Olbermann's Brain. It was all the doing of the minority party, snickered Brain. KO relied again on Rule #1 (this is bad for Republicans). Brain chortled, sniggered, and chuckled his way through the usual empty cliches, and naturally that earned him Great Thanks.

    After oddball (including a claim that Bill O'Reilly is Joe McCarthy reincarnated--trivia question: what # attack is this?), it was 2008 politics. A.B. Stoddard (The Hill) gave an extreme-right-wing-neocon-fascist analyst. Well, it seemed that way compared to the parrots who repeat OlbySpin. Actually she was pretty down-the-middle, despite Monkeymann all but drooling to get Al Gore into the 2008 contest, and again making the story all about "Me! Me! Me!". Of course, Olby only asked about the Democrats.

    Next up, the lie that O'Reilly "repeatedly" said that kidnapped boy enjoyed his captivity. "Billo chokes on his falafel", said "Man on Fan" Olbermann. That apparently is worse than spilling Merlot in a cheap hotel room, isn't it, Limpy? Once again Fat Ass ran the same clip from the first night of kidnapping coverage, highlighting the "grotesque" comments, and nothing else. Then he was off on another rant. Same-O Same-O. Followed by James Brown, and another segment on Anna Nicole Smith.

    In the Media Matters Minute: the cartoon network (the Aquateen Boston fiasco), "tv personality Anderson Cooper" (whom he ridiculed as "an experiment in mass marketing"--gawd, what did Cooper do to rattle Olby's cage? Whatever it is, do it again!) (Blue Blog Source: TVNewser.

    MADMAN

    And the "worst person"? A classic case of Olbsession devolving into terminal dementia. It was, of course, Bill "Orally", because he dared to "drag Ken Allard" (former NBC analyst) onto the air. (What, did he have him in chains? Was he kidnapped at gunpoint?). Olby's rationale for this? Allard had a stroke last year, and O'Reilly was "trying to put words into his mouth". That, of course, makes O'Reilly a "swine" [Olbersaurus]. Note what Edward R Olbermann doesn't tell you: Bill was very complimentary to Allard for his stroke recovery, and Allard, as eloquent and well spoken as ever, thanked him for his kind words. (See for yourself.) So why is Monkeymann so worked up? Because he's losing it, and Bill has found the exact, precise chain to yank. Allard giving O'Reilly the ammunition to expose NBC just made Citizen Keith's blood pressure go that much higher. Glorious.

    OLBY

    Taciturn terriers: Once again Olbermoronn didn't bother to note that Pelosi was trying to get military flights to partisan Democrat functions. Eight insurgents killed. UK police arrested a suspect in the case of the letter bombings that Herr Olbermann never covered, and five suspects are charged in the UK beheading plot that Herr Olbermann never covered. Barack Obama's rivals are doing opposition research. And it's time for our weekly computation of Keith's masculinity. This week he attacked: Fox (7 times), CNN (2 times), Limbaugh/right-wing pundits (2 times)--pretty impressive, considering he had a 4-day week. Oh, and zero criticisms of MSNBC. Yet Olby's primary source, Media Matters, had 13 criticisms of MSNBC. This week's Olbermann Manhood Quotient: -13 [LIMP].

    Olbermann's book The book that bears Olberman's name stands at #4,199 at amazon.com, while "Culture Warrior" is #136. (It's gotta be that 2-for-$25 sale!) The OlbyTome is #2,721 at Barnes & Noble; O'Reilly's book is #294 there, and is now in its 18th week on the New York Times bestsellers list. Thursday's Countdown was a disaster; Herr Olbermann lost to every other cable news channel except CNBC (and it would have lost to them too if they hadn't been so kind as to move Howie Mandel to a later hour). The Hour of Spin limped in at fourth place both in total viewers and in the critical, beloved, all-important, coveted "key demo".


    Posted by johnny dollar | Permalink | Comments (139) | | View blog reactions
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    Latest Keith antecode:

    Keith quips about how an employee of the Countdown program went up to former Vice President Gore and basically begged him to run for President while he was on the set.

    No way??? You mean someone on the Countdown payroll was an Al Gore supporter? Amazing!

    There goes Olby - making himself part of the story again. If Gore decides to run, Olby will again trumpet his revelation and claim Gore ran at his urging.

    Was Philip Giraldi's name misspelled during the opening shot of his interview?

    Ohio Mike, I think it is assumed that everyone on Olby's staff and those running MSLSD are Gore-loving libnuts. Good observation.

    But remember, Olbermann's not biased! We have the audioclip to prove it.

    Olbys O'Reilly obsession finally nets him one. Now Keith is ready for ACooper. HA!

    Interesting:
    O'Reilly's stupid comment about the kidnapped child got this:

    http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/NewsEventServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=3059

    Olbermann was leading the cry to get O'Reilly removed so I guess our "objective" "news anchor" on the "news show" Countdown will be happy.

    I think Olby is getting in his what could be his last digs at his enemies, meaning those who are famous, have better ratings and make lots more dough. Maybe Olby senses that the next 19 days might be his last hurrah as the host of Meltdown.

    On this evening's talking points,

    I DEMMAND!!!! I DEMMAND!!!! I DEMMAND!!!!
    THE FOX NOISE ZOMBIES TO ARISE!!!

    YOU BELOVED LEADER HAS BEEN INJURED!! BITCHSLAPPED
    SOME MIGHT SAY!!!

    Oh GAWD!! .... E.D.?!! WHERE ARE THOSE FALLAFELS I TOLD YA TO GET?!?!!!

    GE makes a profit from war
    Simple fact that Keith will ignore
    That his employer
    The Iraqi destroyer
    Plays NBC like whore

    Thank you, J$. I thought I saw Giraldi's name spelled as Garibaldi. I was waiting for the Italian Legion to march in, red shirts and all.

    "GE makes a profit from war
    Simple fact that Keith will ignore"

    Good point. KO was accusing Bush and his supporters of being in favor of a surge in order to line the profits of the war profiteers.

    Does that include GE, Mr. Olbermann?

    Is Keith Olbermann receiving blood money taken from the bodies of our soldiers?

    Of course not. But this is the type of smear that Olbermann engages in.

    And I was waiting for the Security Officer on Babylon 5!

    One thing that should depress everyone, whether you are left or right is the way Anna Nicole Smith's death blew up the ratings of most of the programs that covered it exclusively, esspecially CNN's. It shows how skewed the priorities of most Americans really are.

    "It shows how skewed the priorities of most Americans really are."

    Well, I guess so. Tocqueville wrote about this over 100 years ago. It comes with democracies.

    My guess is that the same phenomena would happen in a Japan or Germany or Australia. Celebrity cultures are seemingly everywhere.

    There is another way to look at that 'yesbut'. If GE is profiting from this war and they still allow Olbermann to speak out against it, then that would be to their credit.

    Thanks to the FOX NOISE zombies and their insightful suggestions Talking Points has now decided to chart a new course. One that cannot be ignored by NBC or its parent company.

    Talking Points is ready to announce a full boycott of G.E.

    Talking Points will be glad to provide, at no cost to our zombies, BILLDO signature candles.

    I WARNED YOU MR. IMMEL!!! FEEL THE WRATH OF EL BILLDO!!!... er... and that's a memo.

    "then that would be to their credit."

    GE's credit; Olbermann's shame?

    Not really, of course. Olbermann has zero responsibility for the fact that GE makes billions on defense contracts, contracts that probably help the war in Iraq.

    But you know that if the situation were reversed, that Olbermann would be smearing O'Reilly (or whatever person he dislikes) with that accusation.

    He really does smear people.

    And has he EVER made a correction in 5 years? I've never heard him make one.

    Interesting:
    O'Reilly's stupid comment about the kidnapped child got this:

    http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/NewsEventServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=3059

    Olbermann was leading the cry to get O'Reilly removed so I guess our "objective" "news anchor" on the "news show" Countdown will be happy.

    Posted by: YesBut at February 9, 2007 8:50 PM

    You know your side is doing pretty well when the best your ideologial opponents can come up with is to express petulant indignation that a media personality on your side is likely to be pleased that a prized media personality on their side has been exposed as a stupid, callous, blowhard.

    "express petulant indignation that a media personality on your side is likely to be pleased that a prized media personality on their side has been exposed as a stupid, callous, blowhard. "

    Right, none of us care for Olbermann either.

    And I was waiting for the Security Officer on Babylon 5!
    ***************************************
    KO wouldn't have him on..he's (the actor)a conservative so he clearly wouldn't fall in line behind him.

    I think poor Keith is O D ing on the Viagra a bit lately, his face is going from orange to blue ish looking and he always has this weird glow to him. His obsession with Bill O and Fox News is comical, I love seeing him get all worked up over trivial things that Bill or Fox does and names them worst persons in the world. In the news this week was a man who killed his 2 year old baby because it wouldnt go to sleep, a man who tortured 3 of his kitens to death, an M-mess NBC analyst(shocking)who calls our US troops ruthless killers and deserve no respect. Do you think any of them ever got the nod for worst person from
    gay boy??? of course not, why would they be the worst person in the world when you have eeeevil men like O' Reilly for daring to point out a view that he doesnt like.
    I hope viagara and all of Olby's anti-depressents can just make this schizo go away for good (which would be great for America but bad for his 5 viewers).

    I'm used to him trashing BOR; it's stupid, but it's also old hat now. But I think the venom he spewed at Cooper gave us a good look at Olby's tortured, envious soul. I think he's about to snap.

    "at Olby's tortured, envious soul."

    He's not doing a news show. It's a televised psychiatric session where he goes after the demon(s) that is or are, at the time, vexing him.

    Not a pretty sight.

    Forget, Murrow, he is indeed Howard Beale, Jr.

    poor billo. he's so misunderstood by people who have rational thoughts.

    After seeing Olby tonight, I don't believe he falls into the category of those who have rational thoughts.

    Interesting, Bill O gets worst person for having Ken Allard. Shouldn't NBC get worst person for sh-t canning some guy because he has a stroke? It didn't seem like Bill was twisting Allard's arm to trash NBC. Maybe because they booted his ass after he had a stroke. I would think Allard is pretty happy to be ask to come on the # 1 cable news show after having a stoke and being kicked to the curb by NBC. So far tonight Sir Loin of Beef gets tonights worse person for his continued lies about the # 1 cable news program.

    Oh, that's a given. It's his fanatical cult following that I don't get. Can't they see through him? He's as transparent as saran wrap and not half as useful.

    Yeah, those crazy left wing lunatics who run The Center for Missing and Exploited Children are so unreasonable! Hey, I've got an idea..let's change the subject..isn't Natalie Holloway still missing..??? better get on that one.

    Crawling all over Anderson Cooper was a new low for Olbermann. He actually had the nerve to say that AC wasn't a "real journalist" but was a "marketing" tool and that AC's show didn't present "real news".

    Let's do a comparison here.

    Who is the guy who has been to Iraq?
    Answer: Not Keith Olbermann.

    Who was the guy who practically moved to New Orleans?
    Answer: Not Keith Olbermann.

    Who was the guy who did an award-winning series exposing the famine in Africa?
    Answer: Not Keith Olbermann.

    Who is the guy who does a two-hour newscast each night?
    Answer: Not Keith Olbermann.

    Who just signed a $4 million a year contract with CNN and is now also providing pieces for 60 Minutes on CBS?
    Answer: Not Keith Olbermann.

    Who is the guy who features puppets & cartoon characters on his show?
    Answer: Not Anderson Cooper.

    Who is the guy who brags about the events he's been invited to and the "stars" he's hung out with?
    Answer: Not Anderson Cooper

    So who is the "real" journalist and who is the fake, fraud, and phony?
    Answer: NOT Anderson Cooper.

    Matt is a lapdog,
    The Anna Nicole Smith murder by Haliburton is why people are watching this story. Bush/Cheney's crimes will be exposed!

    i just wonder how many of those e-mails came from those zany, crazy, nut bag, blue blogs.

    I wonder what time this was posted on the site?

    I did not hear O'Reilly say anything about this on The Radio Factor though I only heard the 2nd hour today.

    Don't be too quick to celebrate Olbyloons, There are people with tickets that wanted to hear Mr. O'Reilly.

    Between now and March, don't surprised that this gets reversed.

    Oh by the way 19 days to go until somebody's contract runs out.

    And I don't see that changing right now.

    Last night I said Hastert was using a C-5 plane to get around in when he was speaker. Sorry it was a C-21 he used. Pelosi wants a C-32.

    C-21 costs about $1000 an hour to run seats 8-10

    C-32 costs about $22,000 an hour, and seats 42 to 50.

    I guess Pelosi has a big family.

    Johnny! mlong!

    Were you guys talking about Jerry Doyle? I never watched Babylon 5. But I listen to Doyle. Man that would have been funny. Or maybe thats who is going to replace Olby?

    I heard Doyle saying on his show somebody wanted him to come on t.v..

    Dump Olby, hire Doyle. Everybody! Swing to the right!!!!

    KAf, I'm going to surprise you and agree with you about the Anderson Cooper WPITW choice, although I am anxious to see the replay of the show to see exactly why he did it.

    I like Cooper and I believe he is truly "Fair and balanced", although he is a little on the bland side for me to want to watch all the time.

    No, I haven't turned against KO, but I do really wish he would drop the WPITW segment of the show. I don't see where it helps anyone, not even him.

    Mike,
    I think Haliburton hired OJ Simpson to Anna Nicole Smith!

    I'll tell you how it helps Olbermann Mike. He's been quoted as saying that he's in negotiations to do a SECOND book. That's how it helps him: his wallet.

    Cooper may be a bit emotional but at least he's not afraid to risk his life to cover a story and like you, I believe he's fair and balanced. He also doesn't interject himself into the story and turn every show into a "me" fest.

    Here's something to think about, I see this with local New York t.v. news.

    When somebody's contract gets close to the end, management does not wait until the last day, they pretty much yank whoever off the air because they don't want them pulling something wacky.

    Does sound like our boy, nah, Olby wouldn't do that!!!!! Then again.

    19 days to go.

    Bush killed Anna Nicole! Does any one care!

    Johnny$,

    This might be the reason behind the Carl Levin deal today:

    WaPo Exclusive: Pentagon Inspector General's Report States Conclusively That Bush Admin Official Cooked Pre-War Intelligence!!!
    Oh, Minor Correction: It Was A Report From Anti-War Democrat Carl Levin Which "Concluded" That. Whoops, Our Bad.

    (courtesy of Ace of Spades and Jawa Report)

    You're right Mike. I don't believe you agreed with me. But more importantly, I can't believe that Olbermann went after Anderson Cooper like that. Maybe KO should concentrate on making his own show better instead of hating on Anderson Cooper?

    George Bush killed anna nicole smith because george bush does not care about women with big tits. hey it worked for 'Nawlins and the professional handout and whining crew.
    how long will it be before some liberal nutjob like olberass tries to connect Bush with A.N.S.' death? maybe Shrillary had her offed because Billy Bob Klinton wanted to use her like a cigar rolling machine.
    I am just wating to hear some brilliant (read that mildly retarded to completely liberal catatonic) left wingnut try and respond.
    you up lapdog matt? since we have not had the sincere displeasure of having to listen to the incessant whining and sniveling of the a--hole formerly know as "o'leilly" it looks like it is up to you lapdog (liberal lapdog no doubt) to step up and fill the abyssmal void left by "o'lielly's" fourth grade rehtoric that was fueled no doubt by his .04 nanometer sized brain.
    have at it leftards, progressives and other leftists. consider this a small chunk of carrion for your scavenging minds to feast on. liberals and maggots just seem to go together.
    it really is no fun or challenge having a battle of wits with defensless lefties. but is still funny to hear your sophmoric rhetorts and plaintive whinings.
    oh and olbermann - I know that your overbloated ego and sense of vanity forces you to read these posts so from all of us out here in the real America- we think that you are an a--hole. have a nice weekend!

    Puck:

    Exactly what is it about the fact that the sergeant of arms requested the larger plane that you don't understand? .... Or put another way, what is it about the fact that Pelosi, or her office, did not request that plane that you don't get?

    See the 2:59 post on the previous thread of this very blog for the exact statement made by Bill Livingood claiming full personal responsibility for making the request strictly for security reasons. Livingood is an 11 year Republican appointed veteran at this position. He also expressed regret that this had been somehow turned into a political issue.

    Oh yeah, thats right, the truth won't be nearly as much fun for you, will it Puck?

    There is no excuse for Olbermann accusing Cooper of not being a true journalist when Olbermann can't even drag himself into the New Jersey studio five days a week while Cooper has risked his life time and time again in hot spots all over the globe. I can't wait to see how the Olbermann-cult explains this latest Olbermann outrage away. I guess they'll do what they normally do when he does something outrageous: ignore it.

    first time on this site. find it amazing to hear people sticking up for BOR and bashing KO. not too many things BOR has been right about politically in the recent past. can you say the same about KO?

    Anon 10:58: Talk about "sophmoric rhetorts and plaintiff whinings", that's ALL your ENTIRE elementary school level post was. Can you spell H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-S-Y ?

    Also, you idiot, the only one I know of who has tried to connect Bush with Anna's death is the sophmoric right wing poster on this very site who has been trying unsuccessfully to be cute.

    Uh, was that you?

    Oh, left out one.

    Who had the real best-selling book, the one that was on the NY Times best seller list for months?

    Answer: Not Keith Olbermann.

    Gee, I can't imagine why Ko would be jealous of AC now can you? Cooper is younger, better-looking, and he got the $4 million he wanted from his network without any hesitation on their part, plus a sweet deal on the side with 60 Minutes.

    I can understand the whole Bill-O thing although I think he's totally overplayed that as well but the AC jealousy and hatred I'm so not understanding. I'm guessing that CNN isn't going to be THAT interested in KO if MSNBC takes a pass on him.

    i guess answering the question was too hard for you. so you resorted to name calling and uneducated accusations. can you spell
    I-G-N-O-R-A-N-T?

    Name calling? You mean like Olbermann did tonight when he chose to attack Anderson Cooper?

    I don't see 'Imus' very often, but I did this morning, and I was amazed at this guy's willingness to trash other people in the business.

    In just a short stretch this morning, he trashed and publicly humiliated his own sportscaster repeatedly, then he went after Rita Cosby with a vengeance, calling her a "train wreck", and saying "she should be put to sleep" several times.

    He seems to put both KO AND O'Reilly to shame in that department.

    sorry. replied before i saw your second reply Matt. i have no problem with AC. i think KO was just poking fun at him to make some news. please dont forget AC's heritage and how he got to where he is.

    Mike,

    You have obviously seldom watched Imus. Imus does not care one iota about t.v. ratings. He has his radio show, his ranch and mission for kids with cancer, his wife and kid and his endless stream of sarcastic, crude comments. Every one of your heroes has been on Imus.

    Talk about 'ignorant', nobody can even tell who 'depressed' (11;20) was responding to, or what the 'question' was supposed to be?

    Hey JOHNNY (wake up)

    Have you checked out the correction of the Washington Post article? (Carl Levin quoted from his own observations, not the report, except for one comment.) Will KO acknowledge this?

    Sharon: Exactly who are you calling "my heroes"?

    You don't have a clue who "my heroes" are, or whether or not they have been on Imus.

    absolutely right Brandon. people bash others all the time to get ratings. my problem is that it takes away from the issues that need to be discussed. BOR sends his supporters on so many tangents that they forget how wrong he has been on the important issues,

    Settle down, Mike. Every liberal, moderate, conservative has appeared on Imus. So let me make a correction. If you have any people you identify with in the political spectrum (I used the term heroes too lightly), they have been on Imus.

    hey sharon. not sure what you mean. i posted and matt responded. did i jump in too late? is that all you guys do is bash?

    What a fascinating tone throughout the evening. Look's like Keith Olbermann's call to sanity was heard by almost everyone. And, now, the insanity of FOX & Freaks is being heard by everyone. When the news broke about poor Bill-o Being Banned from the Ball, the screams from my FReeper neighbor several thousand acres away made my dogs cover their ears and my cats run under the beds. The coyotes scurried across the border. My wife dropped a stitch. The glass of milk in my hand clabbered over. I thought at first General LeMay must have died again. Or that it had been discovered that John Birch had been a Mao informant. Or that love letters between Ronald Reagan and Liberace had been uncovered. And, then I turn here. Nothing as shrill as the wails of a chorus of sucker-punched madmen. I guess I had not fully understood the depth of the devotion the unstable bitter nincompoops have for the Falafel Pharaoh.

    Depressed,

    I was directing a comment to Mike, which I don't think was bashing. Lots of bashing goes on but there are plenty of commentors who engage in semi-civil debate.

    meant mike not brandon. on (11:34) why do i feel like im not seeing all the posts? sorry, new at this.

    depressed:

    You appear to be new here, so be carefull. It's easy to mistake a post as a reply to your's, when it may have been intended for someone else.

    Also, keep in mind that there are rivalries and relationships on this blog that have been built up over a period of time. All may not be as it appears.

    Unfortunately, 'bashing' is part of the game. Some seem to want rational discussion, and some don't.

    Depressed,

    You have to hit your refresh button to keep up.

    shame on KO's father for not wearing a condom, what a waste of life he produced! Keith's show is about as fund as watching a Mash marathon.

    sorry sharon. i now realize there was no name on that post.

    Imus is a total sleazeball. Yet most politicians in Washington will do his show because it is considered "hip" to do so. And the guy mumbles so much you can't even follow what he is saying, anyways.

    I am no computer guru either. I have a Cinderella deadline so good luck.

    do you all really have a problem with KO? do you really like BOR?

    The people who have a problem with KO are a mixed bag; some support him all of the time, some support him some of the time, and some support him none of the time.

    (I meant support BOR). Bye!

    Trust me 'depressed', there are plenty of us on here who both like and hate both. There are some who are lukewarm to either or both. There are even some who claim to hate both.

    Some will critcize both sometimes, some will trash Olbermann whenever and however they can, and some will defend Olbermann whenever and however they can.

    Sometimes serious issues get discussed with some depth, other times it's just fun and games...and other times it's nothing but a gutter level slugfest.

    Come join the fun, but don't take anybody too seriously!

    i understand that. some of the topics are filler and crap. some of these people are defending BOR and i just couldnt imagine it. please help me understand agreeing with even 5% of what he says...

    Sharon: Are we echoes?

    Wait a minute. Didn't Keith rail against somebody just a few days ago because they said something bad against Anderson Cooper? In fact naming those people "Worst Person in the World"? Either Keith has a short term memory, or he has no problem being a hypocrite.

    Depressed:

    I am generally a KO supporter, but I recognize that he does have some flaws. I generally dislike O'Reilly, but everything he says is not 'wrong' either.

    I believe the best way to 'defend' KO is not to take him TOO seriously, and the best way to criticize O'Reilly is not to trash everything he does.

    Also, the 'spat' between the two is not just political, I think it's personal!

    NBC News must be on their carpets every days thanking whoever - that Americans in general can be so easily brainwashed

    But Abrams, Russert, Brokaw, too have been taken over by this failed sportcaster. Even Chris f'ing Matthews.

    I'd love to have Big Tim Russert on my Sunday AM news show and play clip after clip of Opie's propoganda, zoom in to just his eyes, and keep asking Russert why, why, why - he let his once respectable network decay into propoganda. Why he never voiced a public opinion about this horrific failed sportcaster from MSDNC sinking the ship.

    Credibility is just so far waaaay gone

    Then I'd line up Brokaw

    Then I'd line up Williams

    Stick Russert, Willams and Brokaw on a polygraph until they finally admit - "yes we're very left and we actually encourage Keith's MSDNC program, we love it, it's been brainwashed into out heads since college and no way can we ever be objective. Our goal - as journalist is to present only the facts, simply stated, that will help the Dems get elected, We're all biased, dishonest libs, reporting damaging facts about conservatives, witholding the reporting of damaging facts about libs"

    Finally the Polygraph would register - oh my God - they're finally telling the truth

    Big Tim - such a shame

    Keith will sign a new contract with MSNBC. Yes or No? I say no.

    CC:

    I could take your entire post, and apply it to Fox 'news', with O'Reilly as the centerpiece.

    Countdown's message board is down. Maybe this means that 19 days from now things are going to be different. Maybe Keith will take a job over at FOX? Stranger things have happened.

    John: If Keith doesn't sign a new contract with MSNBC, where will he go? ... And who would Johnny trash then?

    I don't know John...if KO worked at Fox, would they let him trash Billo publicly? I don't think he'd like that!

    Where would he go? Good question. From what I have read he's managed to piss everyone off that he's worked with. Is any of that true?

    Olbermann is going over to Al Jazeera!

    I would pay good money to see Keith debate Bill O on todays issues. Heck i'd pay good money to see Keith debate "anyone". And that right there is the biggest problem with Olbermann's show.

    I'd pay good money to see a show where the 'debaters' could not talk over each other. Often, thats worse than no debate at all.

    "I think Olby is getting in his what could be his last digs at his enemies, meaning those who are famous, have better ratings and make lots more dough. Maybe Olby senses that the next 19 days might be his last hurrah as the host of Meltdown."

    Posted by: at February 9, 2007 8:53 PM


    J$? What are you going to do with yourself when Krazy Keith is not on the air anymore?

    Well, Bob Dole will hire you. Because you are a good writer. Because you are a master propogandist. Hey, Bob Dole might make another run for President this year. Bob Dole would love to have you. To be Bob Dole's Press Secretary. Good job getting this liberal off the air. Conact Bob Dole, for your next job, please.

    I remain,

    Bob Dole

    "J$? What are you going to do with yourself when Krazy Keith is not on the air anymore?"

    Posted by: Bob Dole at February 10, 2007 12:41 AM

    Bob... Prolly masturbating to that Kiddie Porn on his computer.

    Onto BIGGER & better things,

    ANYBODY tell me that Savannah Guthrie is not on fire, though... I had never seen her before, but she is absolutely gorgeous.

    > J$? What are you going to do with yourself when Krazy Keith is not on the air anymore?

    For one thing, I will start enjoying 8:00 pm instead of dreading it.

    > Wait a minute. Didn't Keith rail against somebody just a few days ago because they said something bad against Anderson Cooper?

    Bingo, James. Once again you have proved to be most profound. Here's what Olby said when someone took a jab (much less insulting and demeaning than KO's) at AC:

    And our winner, a two-for—they must be mighty proud—the publicity folks at the Fox noise channel. Their latest targets, well target: CNN’s Anderson Cooper, whom they have described in magazine ads as "the Paris Hilton of television news."

    This was not even two weeks ago when he was defending the honor of Cooper. Tonight he's stabbing him in the back. Classic Olbypocrisy.

    Look, I have never seen Anderson Cooper, but still, KO shouldnt have attacked him like he did. But...I just want all you right wing nutjobs to know, it is also Fox news who took out an ad depicting the back of somebody who appears to be cooper, with a headline saying, "The Paris Hilton of journalism" or something like that. And then Edie Hill refers to him as a fabricated journalist. Now it sounds to me like Fox news is saying the same things, and I believe that KO has ten times more claim to being a journalist, than any of the imbeciles on Fox and Friends

    > .I just want all you right wing nutjobs to know, it is also Fox news who took out an ad

    Thanks for that newsflash, Randy. Do you even bother to read the comments above yours before you post?

    You idiots are going to look pretty pretty stupid when KO signs a contract .
    You actually think they'll let him go?
    You are fools, and you're letting this dumb site get in the way of your reasoning skills.

    Keith is a egomaniac, lying socialist. He leans too far to the left and he knows that he not being honest. The reason why he hates and has an obcession with Bill O, it is because he secretly admires him and has a crush on him. Keith Obermann- worst person in the world.

    I am sorry in advance for my language, but I can't help it. Keith Olbermann is an ass! I do not know the "behind the scenes" doings at the Center For Exploited Children, and what led them to disinvite O'Reilly, but I am sure there was communication spurred on by the Ass himself (who I believe thinks he had something to do with the disinvitation) that led to it.

    I disagree with Bill on a lot of things, but on the issue of missing and explioted children, he is on the side of the angels.

    Sure, the Ass can show a clip out of context (is this where JD knocks me in the head and says, "Hello, you've just figured it out?") to give a false representation of Bill's views, but this is bordering on slander.

    I disagree with Bill on a lot of things, but on the issue of missing and explioted children, he is on the side of the angels.

    Especially when he said the kid that was abducted and sodomized LIKED it.
    Side if the angels eh?

    You look foolish.

    More on the Ass...

    I can't believe his attack on Anderson Cooper. I'm no AC fan, but for the Ass to suggest AC is not a newsman is like Ryan Leaf suggesting that Peyton Manning is a terrible quarterback.

    "Especially when he said the kid that was abducted and sodomized LIKED it."

    He never said that. Even if your and the Ass spin on his comments to Greta were valid, the sodomy charges came later.

    One last thing about the Ass in tonight's show...

    The WPITW nom for O'Reilly for "putting words in a recovering stroke patient's mount" suggests a Biden moment in my opinion.

    I heard the entire interview and I thought the Colonel was quite eloquent. Is the Ass suggest that the Colonel coundn't speak for himself?

    "For one thing, I will start enjoying 8:00 pm instead of dreading it.

    Posted by: johnny dollar at February 10, 2007 1:13 AM"

    Dreading it? You bet you dread it. The idea of spending as much time as you do attacking a guy who is a hero to 70% of the population and the arch enemy of Fox News, the media outlet responsible for the election of Cheney and his side kick Bush. Not to mention vile hillbilly ex-congress lead by Tom Delay and Bill Frist.

    Now Bill O'lielly is dis-invited by a non-profit for missing and exploited children for being a total dumb ass shooting off his "I know everything everyone else doesn't know" mouth.

    You bet you dread commiting yourself to this whole project. Ever since last November 7th your whole act here is all and act of denial.

    Rupert Murderdoch will go down in history as the biggest enemy of democracy this nation ever knew.

    Cheney's smug disconnect from the reality our soldiers suffer is now owned by every fool like you who defends him by attacking his greatest foe - Keith Olbermann - American hero!

    You're dam right you dread it.

    This (AP Article below) is 4 years late. What a bunch of bullsh-t! Everyone who was not suffering from a severe case of rectal cranial inversion new this 4 years ago. They new Cheney orchestrated the entire fake nuclear weapons acquisition attempts by Saddam and we all know the neo-cons from the Project-New-American-Century were hoping and praying that Bin Laden would strike this nation so they could have their "Pearl Harbor" excuse to grab Iraq - the second largest oil reserves on the planet earth.

    One more example of what happens when ALL major media is owned by large corporations.

    WASHINGTON (AP) _ A "very damning" report by the Defense Department's inspector general depicts a Pentagon that purposely manipulated intelligence in an effort to link Saddam Hussein to al-Qaida in the runup to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, says the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

    "That was the argument that was used to make the sale to the American people about the need to go to war," said Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. He said the Pentagon's work, "which was wrong, which was distorted, which was inappropriate ... is something which is highly disturbing."

    The investigation by acting inspector general Thomas F. Gimble found that prewar intelligence work at the Pentagon, including a contention that the CIA had underplayed the likelihood of an al-Qaida connection, was inappropriate but not illegal. The report was to be presented to Levin's panel at a hearing Friday.

    The report found that former Pentagon policy chief Douglas J. Feith had not engaged in illegal activities through the creation of special offices to review intelligence. Some Democrats also have contended that Feith misled Congress about the basis of the administration's assertions on the threat posed by Iraq, but the Pentagon investigation did not support that. Two people familiar with the findings discussed the main points and some details Thursday on condition they not be identified.

    Levin has asserted that President Bush took the country to war in Iraq based in part on intelligence assessments _ some shaped by Feith's office _ that were off base and did not fully reflect the views of the intelligence community.

    "For one thing, I will start enjoying 8:00 pm instead of dreading it.

    Posted by: johnny dollar at February 10, 2007 1:13 AM"

    YOU CAN ALWAYS WATCH THE DIP sh-tS ON THE FOX NOISE CHANNEL AT 8:00 PM. YOU WILL LOOSE YOUR WELL PAID JOB OF TRASHING KO. BRILLO WON'T HAVE TO SEND THE CHECK ANYMORE. BOO HOO

    Go buttf--- a tree

    Loons- just in case your linking abilities are as bad as your reasoning abilities. And Nancy Grace's ratings are growing too. Oh no! Looks like your hero will wallow in 4th place for a long time!

    O’Reilly Factor – 2,585,000 viewers (559,000)
    Paula Zahn– 1,252,000 viewers (405,000)
    Nancy Grace – 960,000 viewers (328,000)
    Countdown w/ Olbermann – 801,000 viewers (289,000)
    Fast Money – 147,000 viewers (74,000)

    CW-"attacking a guy who is a hero to 70% of the population"

    70% Huh? They must be big fans of his in private because they don't support his show or his book. What color is the sky in you world! Why do you people come here with your misguided crap.

    Still laughing - Keith isn't even liked by 70% of his network

    Actually - Keith isn't even a hero to 70% of his family.

    A hero to 70% of the population???

    That would explain, of course, how he averages like 600K viewers of all ages per night??

    Based upon his ratings, he isn't a hero to 70% of Dallas, Texas...much less the United States.

    Nice try though....

    What I think is that Mr ORiley didn't say anything mean but he just said something that was on the top of his tongue that he didnt think much about which we all do sometimes & he does more that we do cause he says so much more than we do so no problem I can forgive him but I dont blame the people in Florada cause they need to keep a pure image to raise money & Mr ORiley made that bunches harder but I think he could do lots of good if he took this moment to help the boy get therapy to stop being homo & cured him cause about 95% of the men who are homo dont want to be & the others are just nasty & theyres nothing we can do about them anyway but get outta theyre way on the way to hell & not get pulled in by them & that could turn into a big deal not just for this boy but for others & Mr ORiley could help all of them & maybe some his friends could too like Mr Riviera & Mrs Coulter & then what about the women who are homo & thats where Chaney could help cause of his daughter they put the baby up for adoption & then the 2 of them start therapy for her & then the 2 of them start helping women who are homo I dont know how many but we know theyre some. This could be a good & powerful witness for the US of America & I'd help cause then we woldnt have homo men in the Army & the US of America would be stronger & we could get of Iraq with victory & the men could come home to women who arent homo anymore & they could have children that have values which make the US of America bigger & stronger & better & not vile & all of this cause Mr. ORiley said something he should not have said we can turn it into a win win cause hes smart enough to do it.

    Keith certainly isn't a hero to the women he has dated. They've written about it in detail on then internet.

    If you want some good laughs, read about old (and I do mean old) Keith's "exploits" in the romance arena.

    It was interesting to see the many posts about Bill and Keith. At times, they both make valid points, but the frequency is rapidly declining. To say they are both biased and narcissistic would be an unnecessarily polite description. As far as Imus is concerned, he is as abrasive and crude as any human on television. It is appalling to think that he is connected in any way to the care and rehabilitation of child cancer patients, but then that may be his sole redeeming quality. I hope and pray that those children are not encouraged, much less allowed to watch or listen to his program. I am baffled as to why his crew will take the constant abuse he dishes out. Anderson Cooper seems to me to be the newsman of this group, and the pettiness of the other three not only reflects on their networks poorly but the viewing proclivities of the public. Possibly this explains why we are seeing an expansion of such shows as Lockup and even the National Geographic channel is following that route. The quality of programming stinks and the public will accept ANYTHING as entertainment. More prison shows, more cop shows, Judge farces and far too many supposed news shows with their constant bias. Somewhere in the realm of network scheduling, a small amount of credit should be assumed for the viewing public's intellect. Fair and balanced would be great were it somehow connected to reality. We report and you decide would be a great idea if it were the truth. The news is so politicized and aimed strictly at achieving ratings, that it not news at all but political soundbytes. Should we be confused by the constant repetition of false, misleading dogma camoflaged as news that we will believe anything? I say bring back Walter Cronkite and at least give us the option to see someone with some small measure of credibility. The sensationalism and outright skewing of fact of the present crews on every news channel needs to stop. Rational thought would be a vast improvement over the opinionated, self serving crap we currently endure in the name of news. News is not about entertainment or ratings, but about fact, not propaganda.

    I also want to take a moment to announce that I will not run for president, nor have I fathered any children by Anna Nicole.

    Depressed said, "please dont forget AC's heritage and how he got to where he is."

    Some things you might now know about Anderson Cooper. He tried to get hired at ABC News answering phones when he graduated from college (Yale) but they turned him down. He then got a job as an off-air fact-checker at Channel One, a news program broadcast in junior/senior high schools in the U.S. He then quit his job with Channel One, and went overseas completely on his own, to Burma with a camcorder where he reported on a a civil war there as a stringer for Channel One, he then went on to cover conflicts in some of the most dangerous regions of the world, including Somalia, Bosnia, and Rawanda. He then became a correspondant for ABC News, working his way up the ladder until he became a co-anchor on their overnight news program. Since joining CNN, he has covered countless hurricanes, the tsunami, Iraq, Lebanon, and of course, New Orleans.

    And Olbermann? Never covered a single hurricane from the field, including never bothering to go to the Gulf Coast after Katrina. Never been to a SINGLE war-zone. Spent most of his years as a sports reporter. and by the way? Olbermann also has an Ivy League education if not the fancy pedigree that Anderson Cooper does.

    But the point is that Cooper, despite his fancy pedigree and the doors that could have been opened to him had he chosen to use it, never traded on who his family was to get a job. Look at his resume, he just didn't magically walk into a network anchor position. He worked his way up the ladder and spent plenty of time behind-the-scenes working his way up. Olbermann on the other hand was handed a job working in New York City right after college. Everything has come too easily to him in fact and instead of being thankful for what he has all he can do is bitch about his network, his bosses, and his co-workers and when that isn't enough, he bitches about those on other networks.

    Let me ask you this--have you ever, even once, heard Cooper say, "I'm a Vanderbilt" or "I went to the Oscars" on air during the course of a broadcast? Have you ever heard him brag about coming from a wealthy family? Now let's contrast and compare that to Olbermann who feels compelled to tell us when he's met with someone famous. Who has to let everyone know how important he is and how he got invited to events, functions, etc. Or what famous celebrity has told him that they watch his show?

    Don't you dare say Anderson Cooper got where he's at because of who he is. The man has worked his way up the ladder and he's gone into danger zones a million times when he clearly did not have to. He wanted to and he wanted to because he wanted to cover the story. And what has Olbermann done? f---ed his fans, insulted his coworkers and bosses, created chaos wherever he went and never, not once, not a single time has he endangered his life to report from the scene unless it involved BASEBALL.

    Keith Olbermann owes Anderson Cooper an apology but more importantly he owes his viewers an apology for daring to suggest that AC wasn't a real reporter.

    Here's part of an editorial from the LA Times -about the media coverage of Anna Nicole Smith----

    There's no point belaboring what the ratings preoccupation has done to broadcast news, particularly the once-promising 24-hour cable news channels. Today, their prime-time slots all are dominated by clones of Fox's Bill O'Reilly because his show draws the medium's biggest nightly audience. Even MSNBC's Keith Olbermann simply is an anti-O'Reilly. Nothing more complicated about his shtick, whatever his bosses make of it. Life is short, so let's not talk about CNN Headline's Nancy Grace or Glenn Beck.

    Rudy Ramirez:

    Have you considered that every now and then, you should use a period to end one sentence and start another one? Using an '&' to end and begin all your sentences makes your posts almost completely unintellible and silly sounding.

    Did you know that?

    Anon 8:11 AM:

    "Nancy Grace's ratings are growing too".

    No not really. In case you missed it, Thursday's high ratings by Grace and Zahn were driven pretty much exclusively by the death of Anna Nicole Smith, something Keith refused to dwell on for the entire program.

    Fortunately for everyone but Grace, Zahn, and Larry King, someone like this will not die every day.

    Trial exposes White House crisis machine

    By PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer Fri Feb 9, 9:22 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - David Addington, chief legal adviser to Vice President
    Dick Cheney, says he was taken aback when the White House started making public pronouncements about the
    CIA leak investigation.


    In the fall of 2003,
    President Bush's press secretary was categorically denying that either Karl Rove or I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was involved in exposing the identity of
    Valerie Plame, a CIA employee married to a critic of the war in
    Iraq.

    "Why are you making these statements?" Addington asked White House communications director Dan Bartlett.

    "Your boss is the one who wanted" them, Bartlett replied, referring to Cheney.

    With that, "I shut up," Addington recalled recently for jurors in Libby's CIA leak trial, which begins its fourth week on Monday with Libby's lawyers calling their first witnesses.

    So far, the testimony of Addington and other administration aides, along with documents and Libby's audiotaped grand jury testimony, have provided a rare glimpse of how the Bush White House scrambled to respond to a political crisis as it intersected a criminal investigation.

    At the intersection was Cheney, along with Rove and Libby, who were working in the summer of 2003 to rebut claims by Plame's husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, that Bush had misled the nation about prewar intelligence on Iraq.

    The White House denials on behalf of Rove and Libby came just before Rove secretly began acknowledging to the
    FBI that he had confirmed Plame's identity for conservative columnist Bob Novak, who first published her name and relationship to Wilson.

    About the same time, Libby came under suspicion because NBC News Washington bureau chief Tim Russert had talked to the FBI, contradicting Libby's version of a conversation between the two men that would become the heart of the perjury and obstruction charges against Libby.

    Bush and Cheney made a common mistake in their public handling of the Plame affair, says presidential scholar and University of Texas government professor Bruce Buchanan, who has watched Bush's career since his days as Texas governor.

    "They're in a high-stakes game of poker, the immediate pressure is political and the people in charge are political people," Buchanan said. "If there is a legal issue it will dawn, but by then someone is out on a limb."

    Testimony and documents in the trial show Rove joining Cheney in trying to undercut Wilson's claim that the administration had twisted prewar intelligence to exaggerate the Iraqi threat.

    "We're a day late in getting responses to the story," Rove told a staff meeting, according to Libby's notes.

    "Get the full story out," Cheney told aides, according to Libby's grand jury testimony.

    There were glitches in the leak campaign against Wilson.

    New York Times reporter Judith Miller never wrote a story about it, even after Cheney persuaded Bush to declassify prewar intelligence so it could be shared with Miller. The intelligence report said Iraq was vigorously trying to acquire uranium from the African nation of Niger.

    "It was a totally failed effort," Libby told the grand jury of his meetings with Miller.

    But there were successes too.

    Libby recalled asking Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz to reach out to The Wall Street Journal.

    "I don't have as good a relationship with The Wall Street Journal as Secretary Wolfowitz did," Libby told the grand jury. "I talked to Secretary Wolfowitz about trying to get that point across, and he undertook to do so."

    The Journal ran an editorial focusing on the theme Libby wanted. The editorial stated that the prewar intelligence the newspaper was describing had not come from the White House, "which to our mind has handled this story in a hamhanded fashion."

    In the Libby trial, Bush comes across mostly as an interested observer.

    According to Libby's notes, some of which surfaced at the trial, Bush expressed interest in a May 6, 2003 New York Times column critical of the administration and referencing an unnamed former ambassador, who turned out to be Wilson.

    In questioning Libby before the grand jury, Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald juxtaposed Bush's public statements condemning leakers and Libby's contacts with reporters, some of whom have testified against him.

    "Were you at all concerned that while the president was stating that there's no White House involvement in any leaks whatsoever, that you were one of the people who may have been referred to" in press reports about possible White House leakers? asked Fitzgerald.

    In the grand jury recordings, the prosecutor also asked Libby about his interaction with Rove a few days before Novak exposed Plame's CIA identity. Libby said Rove "was animated that Novak was animated about this." Libby added that Rove "thought it was a good thing that somebody was writing about" Wilson and his wife.

    Cheney told Libby early in the effort to deal with Wilson that his wife worked at the CIA. And while the Cheney-Libby team worked in lockstep attacking Wilson in July 2003, Libby said he faced a somewhat distant vice president when the affair came under investigation, first by the Justice Department, then by Fitzgerald.

    Regarding his discussions with reporters about Wilson's wife, "I would have been happy to unburden myself" to Cheney, Libby told the grand jury, but "he didn't want to hear it."

    So come on Olby lovers, where are your passionate defenses of Keith for his over-the-top, out-of-line comments concerning Anderson Cooper's not being a "real" journalist? Or is this another one of those areas where you will pretend it never happened, ignore it, and instead bring up the latest government scandal du jour to detract for your man/idol/God's latest f----up?

    Brandon, they'll do what they always do when they can't defend The Olbytard: Change the subject and pretend his disturbed antics never happened.

    Less than 18 days to go (maybe less) until we say bye-bye to Olby.

    I just got done watching Larry King from last night and I gotta say that show WAS The train wreck of the year!

    I don't watch King but that show with that cast he had on, (Trim Spa lady, female wrestler, Anna Nocole's sister, etc.) it's been a long time since a show had me crawling up the wall. Catch the clips on you-tube.

    My only wish would that they lock up all those guests in a house with cameras and watch the fun!

    But the point is. Olby is in no way beating O'Reilly, and Larry King just beat him for sleeziest show of the year.

    Olby! 18 days till, just another has-been.

    Olbermann is a f---ing fag. Just look at his orange tan. Shouldn't he be covering the special olympics right now instead of attacking Bill every second of every day?

    Well E X C U S E M E Mr Grammer Policeman Woogy, if thats youre real name, & I bet it isnt youll notice their are - in fact - periods after each sentence & besides that why dont you LIBERALS worry about problems the US of America is having like Pres Bush being run outta office before he finishes the war in Iraq & then Iran & rampent sleezy sex porno all over the place & in elemntary schools & no morals & taking G O D outta the Pledge of Allegence instead of my grammer cause dont you think I know I dont write perfect & that I wish I did so just go be a perfect LIBERAL like you all think youre but let me tell you your not. Im sorry about being so rude but Im real mad just now.

    thank you for noting how complimentary Bill O'Reilly was to Ken Allard,wonder why Allard left NBC,,hmmmmmm

    "So come on Olby lovers, where are your passionate defenses of Keith for his over-the-top, out-of-line comments concerning Anderson Cooper's not being a "real" journalist? Or is this another one of those areas where you will pretend it never happened, ignore it, and instead bring up the latest government scandal du jour to detract for your man/idol/God's latest f----up?"

    The vitriol that Olbermann demonstrates in that clip is sort of weird. Cooper is a fluff journalist - but so are three quarters of the boobs on cable news. Show business, I guess.

    Posted by: Rudy Ramirez at February 10, 2007 9:15 AM

    Whoa, Rudy... Take a breath every once in a while when you write... You might find that people will be more likely to read what you write.

    Posted by: Rudy Ramirez at February 10, 2007 9:15 AM

    Whoa, Rudy... Take a breath every once in a while when you write... You might find that people will be more likely to read what you write.

    If Olby ever disses Katy Couric I am so not going to be an Olbyloon anymore!

    Geez, we posted an audio just a few days ago where he was mocking her as a whiner concerned only with her hair. Congratulations on your escape from OlbyLoonism.

    Oh NO!!!

    Did Rudy Ramirez call me a LIBERAL???

    Rudy, I just can't believe you would stoop THAT low! How am I going to ever hold me head up again after being insulted like that?

    "And while he has left indirect implications that disparage US troops, Keith Olbermann has been careful to avoid leaving fingerprints..."Posted by johnny dollar at February 10, 2007 4:19 PM

    The one "disparaging" our troops is you!

    I can't think of any worse way to show no respect for our troops than to defend an administration that lied to get them in Iraq in the first place. Sent them there on the cheap, "you fight a war with what you have".

    Saddam had nothing to do with 911. Yet the same Fox News you defend went out of it's way to repeat the talking points day in and day out that linked Saddam with Bin Laden. The Cheney orchestrated lies about Saddam seeking parts to build a nuke, Fox News was there to spread this bullsh-t also.

    Then came the mishandling of the war once we were there. The disbanding of the Iraqi army was done against the wishes of generals advising Rumsfeld. The use Abu Ghriav prison, the same prison Bush sighted in his bid for office as a shrine to human rights violations, was used for torture and humiliation and our troops were allowed to document it all with camcorders to send out to the world to see how ignorantly we treated men who were yet to stand trial for a crime. Great example of the ignorant arrogant mentality you defend and demonstrate daily with your pathetic petty trivial minutia that twist into tales for your fellow democracy ignorant cohorts to pretend has significance.

    The invitation to attack our troops by the draft dodging president with his now famous "bring em on" comment. Any fool that defends this disparages our troops!

    The list is long. $12 billion unaccounted for in expenditures yet services to vets were cut back during the war. You defend the president does this, you disparage our troops!

    The despicable use of lies by Fox News is right in line with yours. You are coward that fakes like you have leg to stand on. Fox News is the cancer and you my friend are merely the puss that oozes from it.

    You're an a--hole of the nth degree! Keith Olbermann is a true American hero admired by every American who thinks for himself and doesn't suffer from the same rectal cranial inversion you suffer from. You and this page are perfect forum for a--holes with no education to line to get one from people like me.

    Short memory idiots chose to forget the making of armor from scrap metal for the vehicles our troops were using at the beginning of the war in Iraq. This got on the news, then and only then did Bush and Rumi take action to get be armored vehicles for soldiers. Dead GI's, GI's with limbs blown off, this is not what caused them to take action on the behalf of our troops it was public exposure of their complete lack of concern for the casualties we were taking.

    Parents were buying and sending their sons Kevlar vests. It was after this hit the news that Bush and Rumi began to take action and get the proper equipment for our troops.

    It was not Fox News and Sean Hannity that made an issue of this grotesque lack of concern for troops by Bush and the neo-con-artist, it was people give a sh-t about our troops.

    Anyone who defends this administration does not respect the sacrifice our soldiers are asked to make.

    Only a--holes defend Fox News and the Republicans who made this mess in Iraq happen.

    Even the very liberal LA Times just declared that Olbermann was no more than an anti-O'Reilly clone. If O'Reilly was a liberal, Olbermann would be a conservative GOP-whore like you've never seen. He's doing what is most profitable for his career. That's your "American Hero". And if you could think for yourself as you proclaim you do, you could see through him like the rest of us do.

    "Even the very liberal LA Times just declared that Olbermann was no more than an anti-O'Reilly clone. Posted by: Brandon at February 11, 2007 12:40 AM"

    Yea right and all those special comments leading up to the tossing out of the hillbilly Republican congress and death blows to the administration's ratings? Those were all anti-O'lielly comments I suppose?

    Keep pretending KO was not a huge part of the solution to ending a regime of criminals running this congress. Spending through the roof, Bush never vetoed a single spending bill while the Repubs held both houses.

    All that is thankfully over and this administration and it's cronies of greased pigs like Tom Delay and Bill Frist are done because Keith Olbermann, American hero tore them to pieces.

    Keith Olbermann rides O'lielly's ass simply because the NBC executives want it that way. Murdoch has the big dumb "foot in his mouth" O'lielly and NBC has Olbermann.

    I'll take Olbermann and a finished criminal republican regime over the Democracy hating Murderdoch and O'lielly any day.

    Losers fake it and pretend. Winners kick ass!

    Keep playing the pretend game, you can't get anymore pathetic!

    CW wins the award....> Keep pretending KO was not a huge part of the solution to ending a regime of criminals running this congress.

    The " Keith Olbermann is as important as Keith Olbermann Thinks He Is" award. Somewhere, a cuckoo clock is sounding.

    CW obviously has to BE Keith Olbermann. No one else could possibly be that egotistical and arrogant and conceited to think that they were single-handly responsible for the Democrats taking back control of te House & Senate!

    "If Olby ever disses Katy Couric I am so not going to be an Olbyloon anymore!

    Posted by: Still a Loon at February 10, 2007 4:06 PM

    Geez, we posted an audio just a few days ago where he was mocking her as a whiner concerned only with her hair. Congratulations on your escape from OlbyLoonism.

    Posted by: johnny dollar at February 10, 2007 4:37 PM"

    These right-wingers have no sense of irony. It seems clear to me that Still a Loon was pointing out that Olbermann's sniping at his fluffy competition has no bearing whatsoever on the validity of his political commentary.

    So if Olbermann is the end all and be all of anchors then why isn't he the one being offered network news anchor jobs? Why isn't he the one with a NY Times Bestseller like O'Reilly & Anderson Cooper? Why isn't he landing on the cover of major magazines? Why isn't he making multi-millions each year? He's great only in your eyes and those of your fellow Olby-cultists Beef. In the industry he's a joke. A failed sportscaster who has decided to recast himself as a 'political" commentator when he knows about as much about politics as your average house cat does.

    I am a big fan of Olbermann's, I admit it. But I also enjoy this blog - when it hits the mark. I think it missed the mark by a wide mile with this post - the connection between the comments the blogger made, Billo"s show, and Keith's denunciation of Billo is weak, at least in implying that, by supporting the blogger, Olbermann does not support the troops.

    I am surprised that you did not report on the *glee* with which Keith announced that Billo was not going to speak at the dinner for exploited and missing children. Keith did not say that Billo was rejected "because of the campaign I, Keith Olbermann, waged against Billo based on some comments that he made on his show," but he shared a note that the organization had sent him, thanking everyone who sent comments on their choice of guest. Even as a Keith fan, I found his campaign (it was clearly a campaign, as the show where Billo said Shawn Hornbeck, was having fun during his four year ordeal was more than two weeks ago) to be kind of - obsessive. You might find out what really happened and report it here.

    SLoB, his political commentary has no validity. That's the fact you seem to overlook.

    President of Czech Republic Calls Man-Made Global Warming a 'Myth' - Questions Gore's Sanity
    Mon Feb 12 2007 09:10:09 ET

    Czech president Vaclav Klaus has criticized the UN panel on global warming, claiming that it was a political authority without any scientific basis.

    In an interview with "Hospodá²³ké ®oviny", a Czech economics daily, Klaus answered a few questions:

    Q: IPCC has released its report and you say that the global warming is a false myth. How did you get this idea, Mr President??

    A: It's not my idea. Global warming is a false myth and every serious person and scientist says so. It is not fair to refer to the U.N. panel. IPCC is not a scientific institution: it's a political body, a sort of non-government organization of green flavor. It's neither a forum of neutral scientists nor a balanced group of scientists. These people are politicized scientists who arrive there with a one-sided opinion and a one-sided assignment. Also, it's an undignified slapstick that people don't wait for the full report in May 2007 but instead respond, in such a serious way, to the summary for policymakers where all the "but's" are scratched, removed, and replaced by oversimplified theses.? This is clearly such an incredible failure of so many people, from journalists to politicians. If the European Commission is instantly going to buy such a trick, we have another very good reason to think that the countries themselves, not the Commission, should be deciding about similar issues.?


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    No namer- Your post above is insulting without provoking! Spare me your "I only attack when attacked" posture. Its crap.
    "You idiots are going to look pretty pretty stupid when KO signs a contract . You actually think they'll let him go? You are fools, and you're letting this dumb site get in the way of your reasoning skills." If this isn't you- my apologies

    IF Keith were smarter he'd be dangerous. But his brain is locked in Liberal Land and for this reason alone - his lack of intelligence and his belief that he has just that - he's benign and really just a side-show geek.

    [Event "Battle of the Bloated Egos"]
    [Site "Cable, Radio, Print Media,Blogosphere"]
    [Date "2007.02.07"]
    [Round "#n#"]
    [White "O'Reilly, William "]
    [Black "Olbermann Keith, NBC,GE, Arkin, Washington Times,Far Left ,Military Haters,America Haters"]
    [Result "Crushing Helpmate victory for white, 1-0"]
    ...................QF1# 1-0

    Mated on all sides.

    "A failed sportscaster who has decided to recast himself as a 'political" commentator when he knows about as much about politics as your average house cat does."

    Coming from a f---ING MORON who thinks what we're doing to Jose Padilla is just f---ING FINE AND DANDY, you are in no position to pass judgment. Your credibility is ZERO, your posts VAPID and you don't have the BRAINS God gave the common piss-ant.

    If it wasn't for Jon Klein's sick and twisted love for Anderson Cooper, he wouldn't be in the position he's in right now, now matter who his family is but nice of you to be obsessed with his heritage. Last time I checked his last name is Cooper.

    Anderson Cooper injects and projects himself into the story all the time.