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June 23, 2008

To Be Or Not To Be Host

Normally, anchor/newsman Keith Olbermann saves his Worst Person in the World Award for someone like, say, John McCain.

Last night [June 19] he went a whole different direction.

We quote in its entirety Keith's worst person in the world bit:

Our winner tonight, Paula Froelich of the gossip section of Page Six, the entirely disreputable portion of his almost entirely disreputable "New York Post," the paper that makes its readers every day feel like they need to shower immediately.
Preparing at this hour an item about Chris Matthews and me to be run as early as tomorrow, in which, as Miss Froelich describes it, quote, both are vying for Tim Russert`s job. Chris at the reception for Tim`s memorial at the Kennedy Center was overheard by several guests talking to presumably his agent about pitching NBC for the job and what he should say in the meeting with NBC execs. Keith, apparently, has threatened to quit if he doesn`t get the job.

As we mourned Tim Russert yesterday in Washington, a Pennsylvania acquaintance of Chris` came up to him and said, you should be on the list to succeed him. Chris said he didn`t want to be on any such list. He changed the topic immediately. He asked this Pennsylvania man, who was not his agent -- no agent would be crass enough to bring up such a topic now or there -- for advice on a speech Chris is to give at Gettysburg, PA next week. What he should say, how should he approach it, the speech.

As for myself, not only have I never threatened to quit if I don`t get Tim Russert`s job, not own have I not vied for it, not only has the subject not even come up between me and anybody who will be involved in this sad task, not only did the Post make this up, not only is the very subject of Tim Russert`s job not appropriate now, as anyone with a shadow of a heart would understand. But I don`t even consider myself qualified for it.

Would that Ms. Froelich and her boss, Richard Johnson, and his boss, Mr. Murdoch, understand just how unqualified they are for the jobs that the mistakes of fate have given them. Paula Froelich of Page Six of the "New York Post," today's worst person in the world.

Quite a lengthy denunciation of a story which really no one cares about, nor would probably have seen.

But more important: That qualifies as worst person in the world? Simply because he is mentioned in the item? Either Keith is cheapening the currency, or we might want to paraphrase Shakespeare's Hamlet: Keith doth protest too much, methinks.

(Crossposted at Extreme Mortman)

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22 Comments

By Sharon on June 23, 2008 6:43 PM

I wish he would elabrate on why he is not qualified for the job.

By Sharon on June 23, 2008 6:44 PM

elaborate

By The Factor on June 23, 2008 9:33 PM

Me thinks Keith Doth protest too much.

By The Factor on June 23, 2008 9:39 PM

Keith also lied when he attacked John Bolton. He claimed that the 1st World Trade Center attack was during the Bush adminstration.

By Olby Sucks on June 24, 2008 12:42 AM

Satire? A certain olbyloon claims wpitw is only satire. That certainly is not satire. What say you, mikeh?

By Jedi Ryan on June 24, 2008 7:20 AM

Anyone see the show tongith, where in the f'en world did he get those glasses. I had to do a 2x take...I was thinking they mean something just what I have no idea, but he looked like Harry Karry the old Cubs play by play guy...HOLLY COW!

By TimW on June 24, 2008 5:59 PM

"But I don`t even consider myself qualified for it."

Oh he's so humble..let's give him the job! oh wait...I see what he did there.

By MikeH on June 24, 2008 6:16 PM

"Oh he's so humble..let's give him the job! oh wait...I see what he did there."

Do you people ever look at yourselves?

He said he's not qualified....and you attack him for that!

If he had said he was....boy, would you have attacked him for that!

If he had hinted he wanted the job.....you would have certainly crucified him for that!

By Olby Sucks on June 24, 2008 8:21 PM

"I don't really care to discuss the personal shortcomings of one Keith Olbermann"

by mikeh

By MikeH on June 24, 2008 8:35 PM

Hey OS, It's probably just about lights out time at your group home, doncha think?

By Olby Sucks on June 24, 2008 9:05 PM

Think before you post, please.

By MikeH on June 24, 2008 9:57 PM

"Think before you post, please."

why...you never do!

By Olby Sucks on June 24, 2008 11:21 PM

At least to admit you never think.

By Olby Sucks on June 24, 2008 11:24 PM

Satire? A certain olbyloon claims wpitw is only satire. That certainly is not satire. What say you, mikeh?

crickeys........

By Olby Sucks on June 24, 2008 11:29 PM

Did Olbermahn mention that O'Reilly/Fox News has been no.1 for 90 consecutive months? LOL!

By Olby Sucks on June 25, 2008 1:15 PM

mikeh, don't touch 11:24, it'll burn ya!

By KO-a-go-go on June 25, 2008 1:51 PM

By Jedi Ryan on June 24, 2008 7:20 AM
Anyone see the show tongith, where in the f'en world did he get those glasses. I had to do a 2x take...I was thinking they mean something just what I have no idea, but he looked like Harry Karry the old Cubs play by play guy...HOLLY COW!

Hey! Leave Harry out of this! Harry may have been a womanizing drunk, but he sure wasn't an idiot like Olbermann...(haha!)

By KO-a-go-go on June 25, 2008 1:56 PM

"I don't really care to discuss the personal shortcomings of one Keith Olbermann" by mikeh

mikeyH, allow me to giva ya a "head's up", you're at the wrong blog if you don't want to discuss Olby's "short" "comings" (Especially since the karmabites blog closed....)

(Some days these comments just write themselves, heehee)

By MikeH on June 25, 2008 2:07 PM

KO-a-go-go: "you're at the wrong blog if you don't want to discuss Olby's "short" comings" (Especially since the Karmabites blog closed.....)"

Ya wanna bet?

The owner of this blog, Robert Cox, has repeatedly expressed interest in hosting political discussions on this blog that do not necessarily address Keith Olbermann specifically, ..... and if he changes his mind about that, I will be glad to disappear.

By KO-a-go-go on June 25, 2008 2:53 PM

MikeyH, MikeyH, calm down, I was just having a little fun with your "shortcomings" word. I know Mr. Cox puts up with your ramblings, oops, I mean "political discussions" here. God bless him! Without you, OW would be very dull indeed! XOXOXO Kisses!

By MikeH on June 25, 2008 2:58 PM

"MikeyH, calm down,":

Trust me, I wasn't excited in the least.....just trying to educate you.

By KO-a-go-go on June 25, 2008 3:17 PM

MikeyH, HUGS and more HUGS. toodles!

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