In less then 12 months Olby's contract is up, if I was Comcast I would just let the clock run out.

Olby will statrt saying something stupid about the whole thing and he will end up just like his buddy Shuster.

Olbermann will probably overplay his hand and threaten to leave MSNBC should they not cave to all his demands. Unfortunately for the self-proclaimed new Murrow, the only outlet that would put up with him would be Daily KOS, they can let him do webisodes and pretend like he is still relevant.

I think this is one of those cases where you guys are making a mountain out of a mole hill, but I'll play along.

Let's pretend Comcast has no ideological stake in things and is just a company looking to make money.

Does Keith Olbermann's show make enough money to satisfy ownership? More importantly, do they even care about MSNBC? There's more to NBC Universal than the news side.

#5 Story involved Olbermann getting mad over the oil companies honestly answering Congressional questions regarding how the well exploded. Apparently in Olbermann land, the CEO's are to blame, and they should be skimming the water themselves and taking a poverty oath whenever anything bad happens.

Olbermann does his best Animal House *cough* bullshit *cough* impression to blame....Halliburton! I have absolutely no idea how Olbermann thinks this is a substantial attack to point out that Halliburton, BP, and TransOcean all refused to take unilateral responsibility for the explosion. Of course, Olbermann has never ran a company or been forced to make the tough decisions. Free business hint for Bathtub Boy: It's generally not the best for the shareholders should your company voluntarily admit full fault during an investigation. Olbermann seems baffled by this concept, Howard Fineman stops by to play moralizer regarding the finger pointing. Of course, it all comes back to George Bush, it's his fault that deregulation occurred. Also, Republicans are evil for not agreeing to vote for regulation legislation which hasn't been drafted yet. After Fineman does exist left, known socialist and eco-nut Joe Romm enters to "illuminate" the facts for Edward R. Olbermann. His conclusion? Drilling is evil, corporations are irresponsible, and the government should institute a new commission essentially banning all use of current energy sources. Hmmm...that seems to be exactly Olbermann's position, along with Mr. Fineman's. Mr. Romm concludes the segment by yet again using the illogical argument that because America can't produce 100% of its energy domestically, we should stop all domestic energy collection. After all, Americans constitute .2439994 and three tenths percent +1 of the the global population, but we use a gazillion percent of disgusting dinosaur fuel. AMERICA IS SELFISH AND EVIL!

#4 tonight has provided the strongest evidence yet that Olbermann has become annoyed by the increasing criticism that his show is nothing but liberals. His response? He pretends that he is covering both sides of the issue with a debate regarding the nomination of Kagan. The catch? The two panelists are Crazy Larry and law professor/liberal nut Marjorie Cohn. That's right, Olbermann has finally consented to debate and disagreement on the show, but only when two liberals are the ones who don't agree with one another.

As expected, Crazy Larry falls in line with the same justifications that Obama gave in favor of Kagan, Cohn rambles on about how the Bush presidency destroyed freedom forever by warrant-less searches. Cohn also gets distracted by saying the war on terror is pointless because you can't declare war on a tactic. Nice try Keith, but having a true-blue Democrat on and a Socialist nut who disagree on one issue doesn't constitute fair and balanced debate. Surprisingly, Cohn is such an ideologue that even Crazy Larry made her look like a hypocrite by pointing that that Stevens, the biggest liberal on the bench, was nominated by a Republican. Wow, it takes a real liberal windbag to make Crazy Larry appear sharp, but Cohn tried her hardest and accomplished the feat.

I don't even want to think about what kind of nominee Cohn would endorse. Her actual standard, as professed on Countdown tonight. "I want a nominee who would say that my judicial philosophy is human rights, and those are more sacred than individual property interests. I would want a judge who would say that everybody has a right to self-determination. That includes countries, women, people regarding who they want to marry." So basically, Cohn wants somebody who would install a 100% confiscation economy which would give everybody the same amount of everything. Also, she hates it when America looks out for itself in foreign affairs.

My $.05, once the contract is up. Keith is gone. They won't renew. In fact I see huge cost cutting within the first 12 month of comcast taking over all of the NBC empire.

Tea Time- (you know, I'm missing Claudia Black on NCIS. I love Claudia Black since her days on Farscape! The things I do for you guys!), missed it, too bad.

WPITW abstract: Hey! Meat Loaf has a new album out! And Meat is thinner than Keith

Bronze: Matt Creole- for being a dumbass criminal.

Silver:Kilmeade- For telling the truth about the NYT harming national secuirty.

GOLD: A police officer for kicking someone in the head.

I MISSED CLAUDIA BLACK FOR THIS SHIT!!!! I'm outta here, hope you guys like the Musto-Keithy fellatio!

#3 was Olbermann pretending he knew something about the British elections. The segment was almost entirely cuts of Cameron's acceptance speech and Brown's resignation address, plus some video of Clegg justifying his coalition with the conservatives.

Gillian Tett made a visit to give a fairly mundane explanation of what has happened the last 24 hours. Basically a United Kingdom civics lesson regarding the platforms of the three parties. Edward R. Olbermann is really oblivious to the implications of huge government in Britain relative to the United States. Apparently, the British need the conservatives to drastically reduce the size of government. Here in America, we need the Democrats to increase the size of government.

Not Brian Kilmeade! This attack on Fox and Friend's sexiest wrestling-loving treasure will result in Greg Gutfeld and Andy Levy sharing a tear tonight on Red Eye.

I do enjoy Olbermann's generic Fox impersonation voice whenever he isn't making fun of Hannity, Beck, or O'Reilly. It's like the Beck voice, but even faster paced in an attempt to be funny.

Can't help but notice, Rachel is wearing a tie tonight. Quite unusual for her.

#1 was a gay sex joke extravaganza with Michael Musto. Some conservative anti-gay leader was caught with a male escort. Olbermann the psychiatrist uses all of his journalistic research and knowledge to go out on a limb and say that those people who speak out against gay rights may actually be compensating for their own homosexuality. How does this man not hold a doctorate in psychiatry when he goes out on such a limb to make such daring but factually correct conclusions?

Surprisingly, Musto got a few jokes in comparing this pervert to the value system that Roman Polanski possesses. Olbermann seems reluctant to attack Polanski or laugh at the jokes, his Hollywood liberal handlers are still pretending that Polanski isn't a felon. I must give Musto credit, he calls the sexual perverts and pedophiles as he sees them.

Keith sure shot down several misconceptions that are featured on this site. He hosted a DEBATE on his show, and he brought back Weigel who you all thought would never be heard from again. You all can take a moment to recollect yourselves.

I kinda miss TDIH before Oddball though...

A debate between left and lefter? We never claimed he wouldn't have leftists on his show. When will he put on someone like a supporter of the Arizona law? Has he ever done that? Even once?

Like I said before, Keith ALWAYS presents both sides to every issue...Keith's side and his liberal/Democratic guests' side.

We know, you all want "Uncle Pat" on Countdown, right?

""Keith sure shot down several misconceptions that are featured on this site."" -MKDAWUSS

It really didn't contradict anything we've said about him.

However, it did sort of invalidate the excuse he uses for not having conservatives on his show.

Has he had anyone on his show that is in support of the Arizona Immigration Law? Why not?

""We know, you all want "Uncle Pat" on Countdown, right?"" -MKDAWUSS

I want Thomas Sowell to go on Countdown.

MKDAWUSS siad:
"Keith sure shot down several misconceptions that are featured on this site. He hosted a DEBATE on his show, and he brought back Weigel who you all thought would never be heard from again. You all can take a moment to recollect yourselves."

First off, one incident does not constitute a trend. Second, a debate between two progressive liberals is a lot like (idiotic pop culture reference incoming) the presidential debate between Jack Johnson and John Jackson"

Jack Johnson: "I say your three cent titanium tax goes to far"
John Jackson: "And I say your three cent titanium tax doesn't go to far enough"

MCDAWUSS, do you really, and I mean this sincerly, believe that Olbermann can completely avoid having any form of conservative voice on his show and still be seen as a fair voice of moderation? Do you agree with Olbermann that he is providing a fair and complete description of all arguments pertaining to the topics he discusses?

MK, an actual debate about the Kagan nomination would have dealt with the conservative issues opposing her nomination. You know, her intent to eliminate intellectual property laws, her refusal to allow military recruiters at Harvard, and the content of her memos under Clinton which haven't been produced yet. Instead, we had Crazy Larry basically giving us the cliff notes of Obama's Kagan nomination speech, and Cohn reciting liberal talking points circa 2001-2003. The only debate which existed involved Cohn being so out of touch that she actually believes it is is the duty of SCOTUS to impose social justice on every American. And I'm not even sure that Larry and Keith disagreed with that comment, they just let her go off on a tangent prior to getting back on message.

There is no way you are this blind to ideology, there must be a backhand element of sarcasm regarding your appearance in this thread.

Last night on "The Factor," O'Reilly confused Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer with recently-retired justice David Souter. I didn't think anything of it when I watched because he was corrected by Megyn Kelly within seconds. Media Matters, however, has made a big deal out of it, and in the process given Krazy Keith a blue blog source for tonight's WPitW. Ha-ha, Billo [Ding!] got his justices mixed up. He's so stupid. He doesn't know his justices from his sexual harassment suits [Ding!]. We'll find out tonight if I'm right.

SWEET FRAKIN' MARISKA! His head grew three sizes from yesterday! It's either he's taking roids or a small suit covering all that fat! I have a feeling that it's going to be one of THOSE shows.

Is it me, or is some aspects of Countown tonight looking like something straight out of 1973? With the cheesy fake green screen while he was talking about BP, I kept waiting for John Chancellor to come out and start reading the evening news. Strange, but it's Olbermann.

Well, if Olby decides to harp on O'Reilly for an innocent slip of the tongue, it's not like he doesn't have his own gaffes to fall back on. Calling Stephen Douglas, Lincoln's old rival, a Republican, for example, at the DNC convention in 2008 (and this wasn't a slip of the tongue, cuz he actually emphatically said Douglas was not a Democrat, which in fact he was).

TEA TIME- Hunting season for libs? WHY NOT!!! Keith, that is SARCASM! I wasn't seriously thinking that we should hunt liberals in the streets. Maybe.

Who said Black was slimming. WPITW abstract

Bronze: Jenny Thomas- For being a twit.

Silver: Rupert Murdoch- For publishing a book about Rush Limbaugh. Tells golf story about Rush playing with Obama. Then for the Chutzpa award of the night, Keith says that the New York Post only function is to elect republicans first, profit is only secondary. Really, Keith? Really? Like MSNBC doesn't exist soley to prop up the Obama admintistration? All to profit GE? Keith, do you have any decency?

GOLD: BILL-O! For mispronouncing Justice Souter's name! WOW! Keith, that's called being a human, we make mistakes. Even you!

ANOTHER AWARD WINNING COUNTDOWN TO CRIMINAL MINDS!!!

1. Keith bitches about Sister Sarah going to have another BESTSELLER! Hey Keith, does it hurt knowing that Sarah sold more books in one day, than you will for your entire fucking life! Wolfemann comments.

Number one story, him mocking Palin *wow...newsflash* yeah, she's doing another book, and it's not all written by her, big deal! And he had to bring on Wolffe, whose book was swept away faster than the Suns swept the Spurs the other night.

I would like to amend my former comment. Hey Keith and Richie, does it hurt knowing that Sarah sold more books in one day than you or Richard Wolffe will for your entire freaking lives!

Syvyn, I predicted the O'Reilly Attack earlier in the thread. I wish I could get a cash reward or prize for each correct prediction I've made in the last three years at OlbyWatch and J$P.
Going on what A47 said, it's another Great Moment in Olbypocrisy; all to demean the Olbsession. The video shown in the O'Reilly Attack was taken directly from the Media Matters link I provided this afternoon. I didn't notice this last night, but Bill did pronounce "Souter" as "So-ter." Olby: "He sounds drunk," then mocking. "Justice League!" Ah, a cultural reference, playing to his sophomoric audience. Thanks a bunch.

As for the rest of the show:
#5A: Kagan meets the Senators. Some guy named Tom Goldstein was the guest.
#5B: Video title: "Kagan vs. Miers, false comparison." Ezra Klein of the de-Kleining Newsweek showed up.

#4: The oil spill. David Corn kicked it around.

Oddball: A moose on the loose.

#3: Video title: "What's causing the incumbency problem?" Who better to ask than Markos "Screw 'Em" Moulitsas?

Tea Time: More mocking of Republicans and conservatives running for office.

#1: See Syvyn's comment.

Thanks once again to Media Matters for ruining my night with bait for an O'Reilly Attack.

How did the segment MM and Olby cherry picked go? Here (BillOReilly.com summary):
*FNC anchor and attorney Megyn Kelly looked ahead to the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. "This process will show the ideological divide between Republicans and Democrats when it comes to justices. Republicans think 'judicial activism' means striking down laws, looking for 'social justice,' and using 'empathy' in making your discussions. Folks on the other side say that's not 'judicial activism, it's just interpreting the Constitution as a living, breathing document that needs to be modified over time." The conversation became heated when it shifted to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Some excerpts:
The Factor: "I don't think Ruth Bader Ginsburg gives a whit about the Constitution."
Kelly: "You are being really unfair, you don't know what you're talking about."
The Factor: "Her decisions are always based on what Ruth Bader Ginsburg feels is best for the country, not on what James Madison wrote."
Kelly: "Don't assail her credentials and her commitment to the Constitution just because you disagree with the way she interprets it. She may not be the kind of jurist you would like, but that doesn't mean she doesn't honor the Constitution."*

Bill and Megyn will resume their Ginsburg discussion tomorrow night in the Kelly File segment.

Food for thought:Book wise Amazon sales rank

Richard Wolffe's Renegade #29,303
Keith Olbermann's The Worst Person In the World: And 202 Strong Contenders #474,125
Sarah Palin's Going Rouge: #534

More food for thought:
Popular in these categories: #1 in Books > History > United States > State & Local > Alaska
#9 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Leaders & Notable People > Political
#22 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Specific Groups > Women

Yeah. That #1 segment was brutal.

I get it. You don't like Sarah Palin. Why the constant need to mock her? It makes no sense to me. She's writing another book. Why not? The last one was wildly successful.

Keith keeps bringing up Newsmax offering a deal on the first one. He doesn't understand that that gimmick was meant to help Newsmax sales, not Palin's book sales. He can't even admit that Sarah Palin's book was extremely popular (an objective fact) without trying to get a snarky comment in there.

As far as Keith, the literary critic, goes. He lost all credibility on talking about books when he compared that book written by a relief pitcher to Catcher in the Rye.

"Then for the Chutzpa award of the night, Keith says that the New York Post only function is to elect republicans first, profit is only secondary."

Didn't Olby have Michael Wolff on as a guest once upon a time, guy who wrote a book about Rupert, who told Keith that Murdoch would abandon conservative media and go hard left if he thought it would make money?

Point is, KO is full of shit.

Then again, we knew that already.

Comcast can't come along fast enough

Now the city of Los Angeles is boycotting Arizona? What a hoot. LA is broke... doesn't the mayor have better things to do? LA residents overwhelmingly disapprove of the AZ boycott, but, once again, politicians ignore their constituents. Did the mayor/city council consider that Arizona supplies LA/California with much needed water and electricity? Californians are already widely hated in Arizona... this should help. Hopefully, all of the illegal aliens in AZ will flee to SoCal. BTW, it appears that a majority of Americans agree with Arizona's SB1070...

http://cbs2.com/local/Los.Angeles.City.2.1689109.html#comments

Since we have been so successful predicting WPITW nominees lately, I have my guess for tomorrow. Tonight on the factor Bill O'Reily said that you can tell that Greece is a soccer country "because they throw like wimps and the molotov cocktails end up hitting them in the knee." Of course, this was a segment with Dennis Miller, but Olbermann is going to play the morality card tomorrow and say O'Reilly was mocking the victims of the riots.

It's the perfect attack, he can take a joke out of context and pretend to be disgusted by it.

The way it usually works is a blue blog "reports" on something and Olby uses that as a source, especially for WPitW. So, if Media Matters, Newshounds, HuffPo, Think Progress, Crooks & Liars, Raw Story, Daily Kos, or any site I haven't thought of posts something, Keith will shove it on the air and add personal attacks and redundant talking points and memes.

Keith's literary choices are less than relevant. He thinks a dead egotistical 'humorist' who died in 1961 is good reading. HEY KEITH! PICK SOMEONE WHO WROTE A BOOK IN THE LAST 20 YEARS!

Speaking of Thurber, he was brought up on tonight's Jeopardy. In the category "New York Times Columnists", Maureen Dowd read a clue about her book, "are men necessary" based on essays by this 'humorist'. The correct question was "Who is Thurber" No one got it.

""Keith's literary choices are less than relevant""-syvyn11

It goes to the wider point I make about Keith. I feel he is the definition of a pseudo-intellectual.

He wants very badly to be viewed as a man of great intellect, but he just isn't. He seems to think the way to prove his own intellect, is by running down other people's.

Which is what makes Coulter's goading him over the Cornell stuff all the more hilarious. She knows it gets to him.

The O'Reilly Attack:
"But our winner, in one of the all time great [Ding!] definitions of the Shakespearean term, hoist on his own petard, Bill O'Reilly. Take it away, Bill." (Media Matters video shown. Bill said "most Americans can't name" the Supremes, and then mixes up Breyer and the recently-retired Souter, in addition to mispronouncing Souter. The first words Bill said to Megyn in the MM slice-and-dice was "Here's my problem.") "First off, he sounds drunk. (Ted Baxter voice): 'Can you name the nine Supreme Court justices?' Secondly, 'there are the four liberals on the court, Sonya Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Meinhoff, Bruce Sutter, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Holland, Venezuela, Africa, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Switzerland. OK, here's my problem.' Bill Orally [Ding!]--'justice league, there I got one, justice league'--today's worst person in the world."

Don't you just want to slap him? Uh-oh, that's a call to violence [Ding!], a violence fantasy [Ding!]!

Bill O'Reilly "screwed up" again last night. I'm not gonna say what it was because I know Olbermann reads this blog and I'm not gonna do his homework for him.