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

Host: Keith "Czechoslovakia" Olbermann

Topics:

• OBAMA'S ENERGY & McCAIN'S SAGGING (!) POLLS
• THE McCAIN CAMPAIGN HAS TO BE RACIST!
• THE ANTHRAX KONSPIRACY!!

Guests:

• Eugene "Geno" Robinson, Obama tank dweller
• Gerald Posner, Bush-hating Jimmy Olson wannabe
• Jonathan "Lefty" Alter, partisan parrot
• Jim VandeHei, auditioning for the Milbank seat

You'd be forgiven if you thought this was a rerun from last Friday. But it wasn't. It was just more flogging of the same OlbyPlanet crap.

Quads:
Chicken and Waffle's Olbermann led with the race card in the #5 story on the Countdown. Leave it to the Democrats and their media minions to accuse McCain of playing the race card, by proactively playing the race card themselves. Did you know that the McCain ad with Obama, Spears and Hilton is actually symbolic of a black slave man sleeping with the white slave master's wife? Did you know that the monuments/structures shown in the background represents a man's penis? And drumroll please....Did you know that the McCain campaign was actually calling Obama an "Uppitty N" ?? This was all deduced by Olbermann, and Lefty Alter. That's right, we have a whole Rosetta Stone of information gleaned from a 30 second ad. We have phallic symbols, white woman and black slave images all deciphered by Citizen Keith.

What's next Keith - "I bury Paul? -- "If there's a bustle in your hedge row don't be alarmed now?" - Or perhaps we need to hear "Dark Side of the Moon" played in synchronization with the "Wizard of Oz"? All Chicken and Waffles Olbermann did tonight was remind us of an extremely ugly racial epithet and continue his campaign of smear.

Prior to this idiotic exchange was a statement by Olby that the McCain idea of a Gas tax has already been proven to be a failed idea. Amazing, that on Olby planet, Goebell's Wing Man can declare an idea proof positive dead before it is ever even put into play. It just goes to show you that Olbermann is really Groucho Marx in disguise as he gleefully sings every night about John McCain, "Whatever it is, I'm against it."

J$:
A preposterous interview with a local reporter who didn't get to ride on McCain's bus. Why? He insisted it was because he was (drumroll!) black! Couldn't have been any other reason. Well, that fits. Everyone has known for years that John McCain won't allow black people on his bus, not even in the back. Makes perfect sense to Keithy, which tells you all you need to know.

Philly:
Olby has thrown Milbank (and his day-glo duds) under the bus. Now Lefty Alter is in his place. I'm sure Milbank will be much better off wherever he is than on the much-discredited Hour of Spin. Good luck to you, Milbank. Consider this a badge of honor.

Barack Millhouse Obama tank dweller Gene Robinson claims poor working-class white Appalachian residents love The Obamessiah. He also claims that Democrats are generically way ahead of the GOP in the race. Say what? More proof that the air is thin on Olbyplanet. Olby keeps harping on the tire gauge gag that the GOP has started (and is using to their advantage). This must be a sore point for moonbats because they keep harping on it. Keep hitting, GOP.

Olby names Dana Milbank as a Best Person in the World - and promptly slimes him by repeating the Daily Kos blog post about tossing him under the bus. Kowardly Keith is a loser. Just when you think Olby can't lower the bar any more... Stay classy, Olby.

Media Critic:
Olbermann didn't fire him, his contract with MSNBC ran out and CNN hired him.

J$:
But before his contract ran out, Edward R Olbermann did not allow Milbank on the program. In deference to his corporate masters, Fat Ass waited until Milbank was no longer working for A-Mess-NBC, which meant that (just like Imus) Oralmann could then unload on him.

ktt:
Is that why KO 'courageously' publicly criticized Milbank after DM was out the door? He certainly wouldn't do it to his face. Yes, timing is everything.

The Factor:
Dana Milbank has been purged. He is not longer a useful idiot. He committed a thought crime. Get a shovel and a warm coat Dana. It is cold in Siberia. Typical Keith, he doesn't have the stones to debate Milbank on his article on air, so he has one of his flunkies kick Milbank off the show and then throws him under the bus from the safety of his echo chamber. We can only pray that Milbank has the good sense to drag all of Keith skeletons out of the closet. This is a good lesson for the rest of Keith's stooges, veer from the Kos party line and you will be purged. Can you imagine if O'Reilly tossed someone from his show because he didn't like and article they wrote? It would be the #1 story on The Hour of Spin for an entire week.

Scott:
And at 8:27, KO had to check in on the Kossacks to make sure he was getting their approval, before continuing with the second half of the show. What a joke this guy is. Dana Milbank just doubled his credibility by fleeing that spin-fest.

J$:
When he checked in at Kosville, do you suppose he saw this?

Mr. Olbermann: I decided after Mr. Milbank's last Countdown appearance, the column in question and...most notable your failure to make note of the specific issues in his column...that maybe you are part of the problem. As a journalist and pundit, I felt you breached your a clear responsiblity to your audience to address Dana's column directly and in a more more timely manner. Telling me how you felt now but NOT telling me then appears to be self serving. Your ratings will contiue to take a hit until you bring more credibilty to you 'Worst Person's' segment and...are able to call out people from your own network, the DNC or even the Obama effort. In an effort to regain our sanity, we have suspended watching your program and your all 'political news' shows.

Quads:
The Jimmy Olson of the Anthrax investigations was next up to discuss the suicide of the suspect who would eventually be indicted in the ongoing Grand Jury testimony. Because the facts don't matter on Olby planet, it is assumed by GWM (Goebell's Wing Man) that the White House would strong arm the FBI into pinning weapons grade Anthrax on Osama Bin Laden. It does not matter that emotions were running high days after 9/11/01-- the Bush administration was determined to pound that square peg into the round hole and pin it on OBL. Of course, none of this gibberish mattered since the facts were the facts and it was concluded that it was not the work of Al Queda (even though every major network leaped to the same thought the White House might have).

According to Jim and GWM, the investigation is far from over. Hey, there could be 10 guys other than the main suspect who were handling this particular brand of anthrax. [Jimmy isn't even believing that Ivins is the guy! --J$]

Mike C:
#2: The Media Matters Minute. Worse: "An unnamed Israeli couple." Sad faces imposed over man and woman. Worser: some House Republican. Worst: Limbannity, which is my amalgamation for "comedian [ding!]" Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. I watched about five seconds of the segment, otherwise skipping through it. Based on BOR's criticisms tonight of the NYT, Newsweek, and MSNBC, expect a Worse, Worser, or Worst nod tomorrow night. God help us.

ktt:
The Edwards story was definitely a dog that did not bark. I saw the last few minutes and he managed to get in a word or two about his being on the "football show" - isn't that the first time that Jim Vandehei has been on since he joined Politico. I thought he was banished.

Katy Turic:
John Edwards and his bastard love child
Is a fact but the story's been filed
NBC wouldn't dare
But McCain's "affair"
Was "Breaking News"... Olbermann-styled

And that's The Hour of Spin for this, the 820th day since the declaration that "Karl Rove will in fact be indicted".

Great thanks to our OlbyWatch recappers who contributed!

16 Comments

By Observer Dan on August 5, 2008 12:09 AM

I've noticed that Geno "the hyena" Robinson giggles like a school upon each and every question Olby asks of him. Poor Fat-Ass, even his paid lackys know that he is a joke.

By Observer Dan on August 5, 2008 12:10 AM

Typo Alert::: ....giggles like a school-girl....

By CountDung on August 5, 2008 3:07 AM

Quads:

"Because the facts don't matter on Olby planet, it is assumed by GWM (Goebell's Wing Man) that the White House would strong arm the FBI into pinning weapons grade Anthrax on Osama Bin Laden."

How dare you! This was all proven by an unnamed source that heard it through the grapevine of unidentified ex-FBI agents, supposably.

By cee on August 5, 2008 8:14 AM

The self assigned present day Edward R. Murrow lays out how he judges CONUTDOWN guest value.....

"Anybody who would come on television to talk about the Dick Cheney shoot-up, wearing an orange safety vest and a hunter's cap automatically gets my benefit of the doubt. But even that had a shelf-life,"

Keith Olbermann....Dailykos diary entry 8/4/08

http://tinyurl.com/6nq3bl

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Nice. Oh well, good judgement by Milbank regarding SNOBamessiah's pretense and arrogance now makes him persona no grata in the land of lies known as COUNTDOWN. Remember, the quote Olbermann believes to put everything his god said in "context" was recalled by Democrat congressional staffers and/or other SNOBamessiah supporters. I like how it is automatically believed and the best intentions are assumed.

Olbermann once again displays his journalistic abilities.

You are the better man and journalist for leaving COUNTDOWN and MSNBC, Mr. Milbank.

By Quads on August 5, 2008 9:47 AM

Each and every night, Keithy gets a little more desperate.

By hailstate on August 5, 2008 10:05 AM

Is there a bigger wimp in the media than Olbermann? Instead of bringing Milbank on to debate what he wrote about Obama, Olbermann freezes him out. This guy surrounds himself with yes men, even to the point of hanging out with the Kos Mutual Masterbation Society. As soon as someone goes off the reservation, Keith the Weak gets rid of them.

It's amazing he has the audacity to criticize O'Reilly, Hannity and Limbaugh, when they, not Keith, have the guts to talk to with people whom they disagree every day. What a coward.

By Bill on August 5, 2008 11:46 AM

J$:

I'm curious about your take on Scott's comment above.

Was KO really posting to the Daily Kos in the middle of Countdown? I always thought most of the program was done live.

By KO-a-go-go on August 5, 2008 12:04 PM

KO comment from the Daily Kos, he's STILL throwing Millbank under the bus, making sure EVERYONE knows that Dana will be making LESS money on CNN...(at least he'll have his dignity):

Who said "bigger and better"? (132+ / 0-)
All I said was "another" tv offer.
I'll leave it for him to announce it, but if it's what I'm told it is, it ain't better.

"If you're going through hell - keep going!" -- Winston Churchill
by Keith Olbermann on Mon Aug 04, 2008 at 03:23:37 PM PDT

----Do you believe this f*cking tool, he just gets done saying "I'll leave it for him to announce..." then goes ahead mentions Millbank's deal is worse at CNN. According the "what he heard"---Olbermann is really a f*cking creep and a CLASS-A a$$hole. Sorry for the cussing, but I am just POed. Man when Olbermann finally implodes, it will be a wonderfully thing for so many at so many levels.

By KO-a-go-go on August 5, 2008 12:17 PM

Quips from Skip Caray, Atlanta Braves announcer:

A great Skip line from back when Keith Olbermann was the anchor on Fox and there were billboards of him on the outfield wall. Someone doubled off the wall and Skip said “He just got a chance to do what a lot of us would like to do——hit Keith Olbermann in the face.”

http://theroaringdragon.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/skip-caray-humor/

By Mike C. on August 5, 2008 12:59 PM

I may be a Mets fan, but I was stunned to learn of Skip's passing. This Olby jab makes me appreciate him more. May he rest in peace.

By johnny dollar on August 5, 2008 1:13 PM

> Was KO really posting to the Daily Kos in the middle of Countdown? I always thought most of the program was done live.

Absolutely it was. We linked to it in the main post. The time stamp shows he was reading Daily Kos during the commercial breaks. This is nothing new. He has been known to place ebay bids on bubblegum cards while Countdown is on the air.

By ramjet on August 5, 2008 1:32 PM

Thank you, OW.

Instead of watching Whatzhizname, which causes me to scream and grind my teeth, gives me indigestion, raises my stress level and blood pressure, resulting in a higher likelyhood I will suffer a heart attack or stroke and shortening my life span, I can read WhatzhiznameWatch, have a good laugh, feel the serenity from knowing that, eventually, justice will be served, which will reduce my stress level and blood pressure, reduce my likelyhood of suffering a heart attack or a stroke, all of which improves my health and extends my life span.

Send me a bill. I'm sure my health insurance will cover the cost of this health enhancing, life prolonging service.

By ktt on August 5, 2008 6:34 PM

> Absolutely it was. We linked to it in the main post. The time stamp shows he was reading Daily Kos during the commercial breaks. This is nothing new. He has been known to place ebay bids on bubblegum cards while Countdown is on the air.

According to Karmabites1, KO also emailed her in order to foster his Man-on-Fan possibilities during commercials, even tapping signals to her from the desk. Yep, trolling for women during the NEWS hour.

New Murrow indeed.

By Media Critic on August 5, 2008 10:12 PM

A man has to have his priorites. Olbermann's clearly are procuring women and checking to see what his adoring fans think while on air. Perhaps thats why the show is so totally devoid of either facts or content.

By Media Critic on August 5, 2008 10:13 PM

A man has to have his priorites. Olbermann's clearly are procuring women and checking to see what his adoring fans think while on air. Perhaps thats why the show is so totally devoid of either facts or content.

By ktt on August 5, 2008 10:42 PM

I like the way he refers to the Countdown staff as "your" CD staff, as in being owned and operated by the bloggers and posters at Daily Kos. Wonder who is next on their list. Maybe they have someone else they'd like to see off the air - sort of their own version of Red Channels, but it's Orange Channels.

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