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

Host: Keith "Czechoslovakia" Olbermann

Topics:

• McCAIN ATTACK DU JOUR
• McCAIN ATTACK DU JOUR PART DEUX
• LIMBAUGH ATTACK DU JOUR PART TRES
• SELF-PROMOTION OF OLBY SELF-PROMOTION

Guests:

• Jonathan Alter, Olby's most reliable lefty parrot
• Clarence Page, aka stuttering Clarence
• Chris Cilizza, slumming on OlbyPlanet
• Joel McHale, co-conspirator in tiresome, unfunny PR stunt

Today the meat of it is in the opening spiel. Two great big honking displays of Olbypocrisy so glaring that you almost need sunglasses to look at them.

First, Olbermoronn is teasing ihis attack du jour on Limbaugh:

OLBERMANN: Comedian [Ding!] Rush Limbaugh crosses the last line!
LIMBAUGH: Given his wife is smarter than he is and probably nagging him a lot about doing this, and he--found somebody that did something with her mouth other than talk.
OLBERMANN: Rush Limbaugh is a whole.

OLBERMANN:Paris Hilton claims she was punched in the face yesterday morning at a nightclub in Hollywood [pause] 'Course she's had worse things happen to her face.

Now just seconds after this bit of self-embarrassment, Bathtub Boy walks into another propeller. Teasing an attack on Sean Hannity (is that all The Hour of Spin is now, attacks on people with larger audiences than Olby's?) Fat ass complains that Fixed News [Ding!] was "beating the Edwards story to death" yesterday, because it was discussed on Hannity & Colmes.

It couldn't have been funnier when Olbermoronn signed off, and MSNBC's The Verdict kicked off its hour with--an in-depth discussion of the Edwards story, which took up nearly the entire show! Meanwhile, H&C gave it five minutes, at the end of the hour. Who's beating the story to death, Merkle? Are you going to slam Dan Abrams tomorrow? Of course not. By your own standards, you have no manhood. As Karma can attest.

Philly:
How is John McCain's statement "We are All Georgians" arrogant, Clarence Page? Once again, Olby blames everyone but Vlad Putie-tang for the invasion and occupation of Georgia. No one heeded warnings, yadda yadda. Olby and the Moonbats keep comparing Russia's most recent atrocity with the invasion of Iraq. How is Georgia's president anything like Saddam Hussein, a villain and murderer? Stupidity is contagious on OlbyPlanet.,

Quads:
In the 4th story in the Countdown, the democratic veepstakes was discussed. If Fat Ass is reading the tea leaves correctly, the nation will be treated to either Joe "Dunkin Donuts" Biden or Evan Bayh as BhO's VP pick.

In the opinion of Quads, Bayh is probably out -- since he now eerily looks like he can pass for John Edwards, if he only got one of those $400 haircuts. Those Americans who cling to religion, guns and the National Enquirer will no doubt be confused that Bayh may actually be Edwards in disguise. Biden has a litany of gaffes dating back 20 years from plagiarism to Indian slurs. Both Olby and SleezCilliza felt his plagiarism-gate of 20 years ago was ancient history. Leave it to Olby to introduce The Keating 5 and McCain's marital mulligan--which is even more ancient history. Only on Olby planet can one democratic piece of news appear old and an older piece of republican history appear relevant.

Both hyenas chuckled and agreed that perception matters more than reality with the veepstakes and the VP pick should be designed merely to "do no harm". What? Is that it? Do no harm? How many endless hours on Olbyplanet have the VP choices been discussed? Now, the VP choice is dismissed as an "insignificant" subject.

I guess perception is going to have to trump reality since "Dunkin Donuts Biden" amassed around 3 delegates during the presidential campaign and will make an absolutely awful VP choice. He is the equivalent of John Kerry on steroids. I wonder how much air-time Fat Ass is going to dedicate to Biden's temper -- As much as McCain's?

Fat Chance Fat Ass.

Observer Dan:
The Bellowing Carnival Barker is upset. The Russian invasion is just putting too much of a spotlight on John McCain. Fat Ass decides to connect him some dots. Lots and lots o' dots. Konspiracy Keef manages to blame the entire mess on John McCain and his foreign policy advisor! Is it possible the Senator from Arizona gave the green light to tiny Georgia to make a move against the Mighty Russian Bear? Surely McCain is "bought and paid for" by Tiny Georgia? Lefty Alter has to say "whoa!" Slovenly Hack intones: " The Bush response to the mess is 'Katrinaesque'. Does Keef expect FEMA to be deployed?

Keith is having a bad week. The Edwards scandal is hard to defend, Olbermann does his best, however, including again mentioning how much more money Rush Limbaugh makes than Olby would ever dream to. Also, Olby should memo to Dan Abrams not to do yet another entire hour devoted to John Edwards being a scumbag, immediately after Keef hands the broadcast over to him. That's just plain embarrassing.

MikeH:
It was a despicable (even for him) Limbaugh ATTACK on Elizabeth Edwards......One that seemed to blame HER for Edward's affair, because according to Limbaugh, she wouldn't perform felatio. Even the hard core conservatives are having some trouble defending that one!

JustinH:
I must say that I dislike Limbaugh, but it seems that he was saying that John Edwards likes felatio. And since his wife was sick, Edwards was not man enough to wait until he got better so he had to go out and get some. So KO critisizes Limbaugh for being married a few times. This coming from the same guy who just likes to avoid commitment and get some young thang who can use him to move up her career.

MikeC:
In the Media Matters Minute , Worse was New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. How dare he have heightened security around the newly built World Trade Center (when construction is complete). "Quote [ding!], 'normal'." "Commissioner, Mayor Bloomberg, I-I know you guys intend the best here, but I'm sorry. If you go through with this *draconian* plan, that will mean that the tip of the island of Manhattan, anyway, there, the terrorists will have won." Wow, Keithy really *is* far-left.

Worser was Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN). Bachmann is "the elected representative you'd least like to be the lawyer for at a sanity hearing." Her district is "evidently populated by the inattentive." Right-wing religious website! The Republicans' protest is a "gimmick." "..so it can drop the price of gas...10 years from now...maybe?" Speaking ill of Nancy Pelosi is blasphemy to Rev. Olbermahn. "I don't know who you mean, Congresswoman. I mean, I would *guess* that you're talking about Jesus." Perish the thought, right, Olb-atheist? (Yes, that was a stretch, but I went with it.) He continued, "But since *you* act like you think *you're* Jesus, I'm just assuming you're referring to somebody else."

Worst was Ed Tinsley, running for Congress in New Mexico. It doesn't matter the reason; let's get to the comeback, where Keith responds to a question Tinsley asked his opponent (whom I pessimistically think he'll probably lose to). "I don't know, Mr. Tinsley. Maybe the same way you can talk about how you could conjure up the image of your own kin getting their throats cut just to score points in a political campaign. To its credit, the crowd *boooooed* so vigorously, the rest of Mr. Tinsley's exploitation of his nephews...could not be *heard*. Ed Tinsley, Republican Congressional Nominee in the 2nd District of New Mexico. Today's...Worst...Person..." Okay, we get it.

#1: Joel McHale, who continued the destruction of his reputation by appearing on "Countdown" and allowing Edward R. Olbermann to appear on "The Soup."

Katy Turic:
Upside-down is how they fly the flag
Olympians and patriots gag
(MS)NBC
Would prefer anarchy
And Obama has them in the bag

And that's The Hour of Spin for this, the 829th day since the declaration that "Karl Rove will in fact be indicted".

Great thanks to our OlbyWatch recappers who contributed!

10 Comments

By Mike C. on August 14, 2008 12:29 AM

As you see above, I surprised myself by sticking with recapping after all.
I didn't say this in the recappers thread, but I don't prefer Limbaugh, either. I listen to "The Radio Factor" instead--no spin Yet, I'll defend anyone that gets attacked by Krazy Keith. That or I'll sort of agree with him, but from a far different perspective. An example is that Focus on the Family guy that joked (or was serious?) about praying for rain the night of Obama's Convention speech.

By Mike C. on August 14, 2008 12:36 AM

Oops, I forgot to edit that sentence about "The Radio Factor." I was going to say "no spin analysis without the doctrinaire."

By cee on August 14, 2008 9:34 AM

MikeH actually changing the subject here at OLBERMANN WATCH from the hypocricy of his "Limbaugh of the left" to the bogeyman du jour of the looney anti-America left....what a surprise! Olbermann is the exact replica of Rush in attitude, language and "bomb throwing tendencies." The missing parts is Olbermann's inability to be self effacing, millions of fans and a whole boat-load of money.

By ktt on August 14, 2008 2:24 PM

I'm not sure where this post goes because it's pretty tacky and over the line of good taste, however I'll put it here since it parallels one of John Edwards' supposed turn-ons. I know, it's awful, but this pic is too funny for words. Ignore the puma stuff and scroll down to the picture. Keith is accumulating a lot of FORMER viewers.

http://tinyurl.com/5erfeb

By EddieB on August 14, 2008 2:26 PM

Did anyone else notice that when Olbydouche named Bachmann as second worst, he didn't even bother to indicate which party she was associated with. It's come to that point he doesn't need to, you just KNOW they'll be Republican related. What a sad, pathetic piece of shit this no talent hack is.

By Observer Dan on August 14, 2008 3:04 PM

ktt, thanks for the laugh, that pic says it all!

By KO-a-go-go on August 14, 2008 3:45 PM

Thanks ktt, very funny. Here is the link to the full exchange (plus her commentary) between the woman passing out these flyers and Olby, from AnnieNYC's blog:

"...He was nervous and nerdy, hands in his pockets the whole time, he really seemed like a hollow fool. i was actually very surprised, i thought he had more than this..."

"...The entire time, NO INTELLECTUAL RESPONSE WHAT-SO-EVER. NONE. NADA. ZILCH. Nothing new, just anything that some uninformed kid on the street would say. WOW. i was blown away by how lame his responses were. amazing. He even at one point mentioned that he was called a misogynist, as if he couldn't understand why! wow..."

http://annienyc.blogspot.com/2008/08/i-ran-into-keith-olberman-on-my-way-to.html

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I have to admit, I love it when people realize what we here at OW have known about Olbermann for years...LOL funny!

By ktt on August 14, 2008 8:42 PM

KO-a-go-go - that's quite a brush-with-greatness anecdote. Thanks for posting it. I like the empty trenchcoat comment. Apparently his loons haven't gotten to the coment area yet to defend him.

Observer Dan - does it look like KO's having more fun on that pic than BO? Another family album shot. Maybe he has it on his desk or as a screen saver.

KO has often said he records everything he's ever done on TV. How long till he has his own reality show - "Life with Keith" with cameras following him around. I wouldn't cancel it out. After all, Murrow would do it. Sounds like MSNBC weekend programming to me, right between Lockup and Pedofiles on Parade.

By Media Critic on August 14, 2008 11:16 PM

He's a spineless coward who isn't nearly as smart as his fans like to think he is.

By Media Critic on August 14, 2008 11:19 PM

Pedophile is the correct spelling. But you're on the right track. I imagine as much as he'd like to have a reality show devoted to documenting his greatness it might reveal a few little fetishes his devoted fan following would be most unhappy to learn about.

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