Breaking: Olbermann Gone
Just finding out now. Hot Air will certainly have the best updates in their post here.
UPDATE: As I would have predicted, Howie Kurtz says Lawrence O’Donnell will be taking over. He has been auditioning hard, with his typical claptrap.
I have told you this before: I am reliably informed that he is an OK guy in person, and the TV person is an act. He sure as hell acts different when he fills in for Warren Olney on the “Which Way L.A.?” radio show. [UPDATE: Make that “To the Point” instead. The producer of “Which Way, L.A.” and “To the Point” writes to say that O’Donnell sometimes fills in on the latter but not the former.]
UPDATE x2 6:54 p.m. Pacific: Anderson Cooper plans to explain everything at 7, in 6 minutes. Is Olbermann going to CNN??
UPDATE x3 7:03 p.m.: Pretty clearly not. Cooper doesn’t know a thing.
UPDATE x4: From Twitter: “At long last, sir, have you no job?”
UPDATE x5: A Kos diarist urges the Modern Day Murrow to run for Lieberman’s — excuse me; THE PEOPLE’S — Senate seat.
I’m thinking he was caught in a 3-way with Todd and the massage therapist
happyfeet (aa4bab) — 1/21/2011 @ 6:39 pmAnd so good night, and good luck. Douchebag.
Mitch (e40959) — 1/21/2011 @ 6:46 pmyeah, i was literally about to post then computer crashed, and by the time i got back on you posted.
my question: “So, um, they fired Keith and kept Fast Eddie?”
Aaron Worthing (73a7ea) — 1/21/2011 @ 6:58 pmseriously I wonder if this is related to a desire on MSNBC’s part to elevate the rhetoric or some such nonsense
happyfeet (aa4bab) — 1/21/2011 @ 6:59 pmMaybe they want to add a conservative to their lineup, like Charles Johnson.
malclave (4f3ec1) — 1/21/2011 @ 7:03 pmThis is what I get for playing video games. I totally missed this.
Scott Jacobs (d027b8) — 1/21/2011 @ 7:09 pmI guess Anderson Cooper was hoping to capitalize on the fallout of Olbermann’s departure, but one interesting thing is that his guests agree this had nothing to do with Comcast’s purchase of NBC/MSNBC. One even said he thinks Olbermann decided to leave because he was so upset by his recent suspension and because Olbermann’s protector, Jeff Zucker, recently left MSNBC.
DRJ (fdd243) — 1/21/2011 @ 7:13 pmThis is amusing. Very amusing.
JD (d4bbf1) — 1/21/2011 @ 7:18 pmI think Comcast is the eminence grise in the story. Olbermann knows the new owners will not put up with his antics. They know the ratings have suffered as MSNBC went deep into the leftist swamps.
NBC dropped him from the Sunday night NFL games months ago. I could barely stand to see him there.
Ratings, ratings, ratings
Mike K (8f3f19) — 1/21/2011 @ 7:23 pmThe more I listen to “The Scottie who knew too much”, the more it sounded like Keith…
Scott Jacobs (d027b8) — 1/21/2011 @ 7:25 pmThey made a movie about Keith in the ’50s. It was called “A Face in the Crowd.”
It was actually about Arthur Godfrey, but it fits.
I wonder which high-channel cable network he will end up on. Free Speech TV with that weird Amy woman maybe.
Ag80 (e03e7a) — 1/21/2011 @ 7:26 pmbut one interesting thing is that his guests agree this had nothing to do with Comcast’s purchase of NBC/MSNBC.
I don’t know, it would appear that Olbie left before he was pushed out, not that Scary Larry’s an improvement. I tend to believe that Comcast’s going to completely rethink the channel in it’s entirety, it’s been a perennial money – loser since it’s inception, and Comcast doesn’t like to lose money.
I am reliably informed that he is an OK guy in person
OK, but I remember O’Donnell being an incredibly huge a–hole to Cathy Seipp, when they both appeared on the old Dennis Miller show on CNBC. He was also quite rude to her at a later time in public, when she was at a restaurant with one of her friends.
Dmac (498ece) — 1/21/2011 @ 7:28 pmSomebody had to take responsibility for the Tucson shootings.
daleyrocks (e7bc4f) — 1/21/2011 @ 7:29 pmComment of hope from NYT:
If we’re lucky this is because he’s running for office.
Heh.
Dana (8ba2fb) — 1/21/2011 @ 7:31 pmFree Speech TV with that weird Amy woman maybe.
I’m thinking that cable thing with Al Gore as one of the backers, he could bookend with Gunga Dan – kind of a real – life version of what Paddy Chayefsky envisioned in the movie “Network.”
Dmac (498ece) — 1/21/2011 @ 7:36 pmHey, quick question…
When Gibbs is gone from his job as Press Secretary, do we know for sure who his replacement will be?
Just a thought…
Scott Jacobs (d027b8) — 1/21/2011 @ 7:37 pmScott,
MM suggests Gibb’s replacement will be … the New York Times. Cut out the superfluous middle man and just cut to the chase.
Dana (8ba2fb) — 1/21/2011 @ 7:41 pmUPDATE x5: A Kos diarist urges the Modern Day Murrow to run for Lieberman’s — excuse me; THE PEOPLE’S — Senate seat.
Patterico (c218bd) — 1/21/2011 @ 7:44 pmA very prescient call on Olbermann’s fate was made last March by Rosetta over at the Hostages.
daleyrocks (e7bc4f) — 1/21/2011 @ 7:45 pmO’Donnell is a loon. Keith is a jerk. Sometimes it comes down to who you work with. Working with a lunatic is easier than working with a jerk.
Ag80 (e03e7a) — 1/21/2011 @ 7:46 pmFox News should hire him.
viktor (73db5e) — 1/21/2011 @ 7:55 pmHard to believe I once thought Olby was one of the best sportscasters around, when he teamed with Dan Patrick on the old Sportscenter, back when ESPN wasn’t in bed with every professional sports league. Those guys made fun of everyone, and had no sacred cows – of course, after he left ESPN, his abusive and misogynistic behavior in the workplace come out in spades.
Dmac (498ece) — 1/21/2011 @ 7:56 pmHe could be the new Alan Colmes w/Hannity. It would be anyone’s guess whose head would explode first.
Dana (8ba2fb) — 1/21/2011 @ 7:56 pmOlbermann was a second rate sportscaster here in LA, and tried to steal Fred Roggin’s schtick. He then went to ESPN, and I never watched the sportscenters he was on. I’m proud to say I never watched a single episode of Countdown.
gahrie (ed7a50) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:00 pmActually Fox News should hire him, just for the head explosions. Sorry I mean the angst.
Ag80 (e03e7a) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:00 pmI could see Olbermann starting a radio show or doing something more activist like run for office. As for TV, I thought his contract expired next month but this link suggests it was extended to February 2012. If so, will he be subject to a non-compete clause? If he is, he may not be able to host another TV channel for a year or more.
DRJ (fdd243) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:04 pmI think at best he’s looking like the Paula Abdul of cable news… wherever he goes I bet it’s a lot like quitting Idol in a snit and landing at… CBS.
happyfeet (aa4bab) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:05 pmYeah, it’s being stated that he is required to stay off of another network for “an extended period of time”
Scott Jacobs (d027b8) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:06 pmSo the Chief Misogynist is replaced by Crazy Larry?
SPQR (26be8b) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:06 pmWhen considering Olbermann possibly running for office, it seemed highly unlikely given the absolute buffoon he has been, the on-air lies and exaggerations he has made, and the painful foot-in-mouth gaffes but when I read Media Matters founder David Brock’s statement, I was reminded that a huge portion of the population really do take him very seriously. Go figure.
For nearly eight years, Countdown with Keith Olbermann led the charge against conservative misinformation in prime time. He was one of the few voices in the media willing to hold the Bush administration accountable and fight the right-wing smears against progressives and their policies.
Keith is an innovator and an extremely talented broadcaster who showed there was a market for progressive views on cable news. I’m sure we’ll be seeing more of him soon, and I eagerly await hearing of his next move. And on this evening, I wish him “good night and good luck.”
Dana (8ba2fb) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:12 pmOlbermann wouldn’t negotiate an early release just so he can make political donations in the coming year, would he?
DRJ (fdd243) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:12 pmLarry the admitted Socialist is the same as Olbergasm, but even less entertaining.
JD (d4bbf1) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:13 pmKeith is an innovator and an extremely talented broadcaster who showed there was a market for progressive views on cable news.
A small market. A very small market.
SPQR (26be8b) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:13 pmOlbermann and Palin on Fox as the new Shana Alexander and Kilpatrick. Olbermann would make Jane, you ignorant slut pale in comparison.
Dana (8ba2fb) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:16 pmMaybe Keef and his golden voice can do some voice overs until Ted Williams finishes rehab.
elissa (fb8f3b) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:20 pmIf we’re lucky this is because he’s running for office.
Heh.
Comment by Dana
Unfortunately, that’s what I thought about Franken.
MD in Philly (3d3f72) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:21 pmRest assured, he will land on his feet. One quarter of this nation thinks as he does. That is a lot of money, despite their hatred of capitalism.
Ag80 (e03e7a) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:32 pmHoooooraaaaay!!!!!!!
Oh, and even better, they’re filling his slot with Lawrence “Romney is a Mormon Beelzebub” O’Donnell. My but this is great theatre!
Icy Texan (ed56f8) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:36 pmthey’re probably saving money by letting Mr. Olbermann go is my guess, which is probably a very desirous thing in Comcast world, and they feel cocky heading into a presidential election cycle
happyfeet (aa4bab) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:37 pmIf I suffer through Nightline reporting on salvia, which was a story about three years ago, I will be happy to report on its teaser about KO.
Ag80 (e03e7a) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:40 pm“One quarter of this nation thinks as he does.”
Ag80 – I think it’s less than 15%, otherwise his ratings would be better.
daleyrocks (e7bc4f) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:43 pmHe still one of their top draws, it’s all relative, now Matthews has to be sweating bullets
narciso lopez (6075d0) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:45 pmtonight, he’s practically chasing a test pattern
Sure, Daley, but he’s on cable and dish. Ratings only indicate who’s watching. Honestly, do you think the people who agree with him actually watch him?
I say that with the upmost respect to you as an honest poster.
Ag80 (e03e7a) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:49 pmSome of his fans are already calling for a full boycott of MSNBC and all local NBC stations as punishment for this grave offense against Edward R. Olbermann. Kinda funny, no? I’m sure Maddow, O’Donnell and others will be so happy to have an even smaller audience than usual.
elissa (fb8f3b) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:49 pmThe ratings blip will be nada. How can a lefty miss 30 Rock?
Ag80 (e03e7a) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:51 pmthe LAT confuzzles my poor head
what is this dippy LAT propaganda monkey’s point exactly?
happyfeet (aa4bab) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:51 pm“do you think the people who agree with him actually watch him?”
Ag80 – Absolutely, how do you think they get their froth on? Most libs I interact with love to talk about what he said.
daleyrocks (e7bc4f) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:53 pmAg80 – I’m just saying he’s at the extreme end is all.
daleyrocks (e7bc4f) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:55 pmThe President just appointed Immelt to advise him. Maybe the President’s first query was to ask why he has a stupid jerk from the Cornell college of agriculture working for him. Doubtful, though.
Ag80 (e03e7a) — 1/21/2011 @ 8:59 pmFar be it from me to insult agriculture colleges, though. I condemn myself.
Ag80 (e03e7a) — 1/21/2011 @ 9:02 pmDaley, you may be right but it must be hard to watch that guy.
Wait, ABC’s report is on … And it says nothing. I watched, etc.
Ag80 (e03e7a) — 1/21/2011 @ 9:08 pm__________________________________________
Olbermann was a difficult employee, who clashed with bosses, colleagues and underlings alike,
He sounds like a leftist version of rightist Mark Levin—particularly in the latter’s dealings with Patterico. I imagine that most of the people around Olbermann, from top to bottom at MSNBC, shared his politics (“we progressives are so sophisticated, worldly, humane, big-hearted and beautiful!!!”). Yet they probably derided him — certainly behind his back — for being a crummy human being.
It’s interesting whenever a person who shares one’s ideology is nonetheless a big a-hole. And it’s also interesting whenever a person who doesn’t share one’s ideology is nonetheless a very likable individual.
There are plenty of Keith Olbermanns and Mark Levins out there in the bigger picture. But I have a hunch that when someone starts off rotten (and Olbermann’s leftist sentiments likely go back to his youth), that rottenness is reflected in the person throughout his (or her) life in a variety of ways. So if a person is of the left, odds are already greater he overall probably will be guilty of glaringly lousy human traits.
Mark (411533) — 1/21/2011 @ 9:22 pmFrom over at Jammiewearingfool: “Judging by comments on the lefty sites, Comcast is already more evil than Halliburton and Blackwater combined”
elissa (fb8f3b) — 1/21/2011 @ 9:26 pmYou answered your own question, pikachu.
narciso lopez (6075d0) — 1/21/2011 @ 9:29 pmI hate when they use trickery narciso it’s very taxing on me
happyfeet (aa4bab) — 1/21/2011 @ 9:31 pmBy all means, let’s have people on the left boycott MSNBC. It’s about time!
Icy Texan (ed56f8) — 1/21/2011 @ 9:37 pmI heard he resigned when he didnt meet his ratings “targets”
EricPWJohnson (4380b4) — 1/21/2011 @ 9:42 pmThey are going for that ‘more and more selective’ demographic, right out of spinal tap.
narciso lopez (6075d0) — 1/21/2011 @ 9:48 pmMaybe Godfather Immelt is bringing him and Jeff Zucker to the White House. No… the FCC!
Yes, I’m paranoid here. This is not right.
Patricia (3aa1fd) — 1/21/2011 @ 9:49 pmOlby was there to shock the audience. They didn’t seem to realize that 90% of the media was already doing that. If Comcast is ruled by profit, and not ideology, they could cut Fox’s ratings in half. I doubt this will happen, but who knows.
Rupert (c3c558) — 1/21/2011 @ 9:54 pm40.they’re probably saving money by letting Mr. Olbermann…Comment by happyfeet — 1/21/2011 @ 8:37 pm
No more calls, we have a winner. Money and Ratings talks, so Olbermann is walked. And yes, children, it really is that simple.
TimesDisliker (5f2d8d) — 1/21/2011 @ 9:56 pm99.4% of Americans didn’t watch his show, and even the .6% mostly didn’t like the jerk.
No one really cares, aside from laughing at a jerk trying to save face.
Even his coworkers are glad he’s not there, and I’m sure CNN’s staff are breathing a sign of relief that he isn’t coming over there.
This ego was tailor made for the internet. Minimal interaction with real people.
I do think Comcast is in a bind with this channel. If they move to the right, the left will abandon ship for CNN, and they still can’t beat Fox. If they don’t, they continue to suck.
My advice would be some kind of rigidly non partisan network, but anything that attempts to be that will shift to lefty pretty quickly.
I would like a network with more focus on international news, but MSNBC could give a flip about my opinion.
Dustin (b54cdc) — 1/21/2011 @ 9:56 pmBack when in the early days, after “America’s Talking” I was reminded by the Junod profile of Ailes, it had Lowry and Ingraham and Innis, as well as the liberal contingent,
narciso lopez (6075d0) — 1/21/2011 @ 10:07 pm“Olbermann Gone”
Heartbreaking news.
😉
Dave Surls (c84f91) — 1/21/2011 @ 10:07 pmInevitable. Game, set, match, Cappes & Griffin. Comcast management may just keep you on now for a time.
DCSCA (9d1bb3) — 1/21/2011 @ 10:07 pmI think the best phrase I heard tonight was “I have a shadenboner”.
Scott Jacobs (d027b8) — 1/21/2011 @ 10:10 pmHAHAHA
Dustin (b54cdc) — 1/21/2011 @ 10:14 pmIMP never fails to be an idiot. Game. Set. Match.
JD (d4bbf1) — 1/21/2011 @ 10:41 pmFrom everything I’ve read it was a money and morale issue.
Olby’s contract was extended back in 2008 when Obama was on his way to winning the WH and the MSNBC brass thought they would overtake Fox as conservatism receded into history. Well…. about that plan …
Now, with ratings slumping, Obly had a salary that his ad revenue could not cover — his show was a financial disaster.
O’Donnell, on the other hand, has lots of DC connections (beyond John Dean and Richard Wolfe), and his salary is a fraction of Olby’s. He’s going to put on a better product with better guests, and at a fraction of the cost simply because he is cheaper.
Maddow is cheap, and Shultz is practically free.
Comcast is going to demand financial accountability at MSNBC, something that GE didn’t require. This is just getting their finances in order before the new bosses show up.
And Olbermann was an embarrassment anyway, so good riddance.
shipwreckedcrew (436eab) — 1/22/2011 @ 1:24 amI would like a network with more focus on international news
You could give yourself a migraine and watch the BBC news channel – the’re even worse that our own MFM albeit with their snooty accents. Surprisingly, the few times I’ve been overseas the CNN international channel’s appeared fairly balanced, at least when compared to the domestic version.
Dmac (498ece) — 1/22/2011 @ 7:27 amIs there anyone or anything more pointless than Anderson Cooper?
Bugg (9e308e) — 1/22/2011 @ 8:23 amYou nailed it.
Topsecretk9 (ab69ad) — 1/22/2011 @ 8:26 amWith all the hoopla and speculation over
mrt (3f3c8a) — 1/22/2011 @ 8:35 amKeef’s leaving,
one (scary) little factoid is being overlooked:
Robert Gibbs is also leaving.
BBC is worse with regard to Israel and the Arab world than the NYT is.
I have to admit I do love some of their programs, though. Planet Earth, Top Gear…
And to be honest, I can’t stand Fox News. Too much like a 4th of July parade, and the sensationalize stories I don’t care about, while not covering important stuff. But they are head and shoulders above the rest. It’s funny, when watching Beck, and noting it’s dramatic and even just silly at points, that this is probably the most intellectual thing on TV.
I guess I accidentally became a snotty elitist at some point.
Dustin (b54cdc) — 1/22/2011 @ 8:41 amHmph! Maybe all that stuff about a “new tone” and abandoning violent rhetoric was actually TRUE!?!
At last. Our long national nightmare is ended.
Gesundheit (cfa313) — 1/22/2011 @ 8:46 amIt is interesting that Comcast decided he was such a liability to their new acquisition that they’d rather pay him off than have him on air.
SPQR (26be8b) — 1/22/2011 @ 8:52 amDustin
I guess I accidentally became a snotty elitist at some point
Dont we call democrats that? (just kidding!)
But seriously, is the bell tolling for Chris “Tingle” as well?
EricPWJohnson (8a4ca7) — 1/22/2011 @ 9:10 amSome wag at LGF thinks Olberman was a breath of fresh air speaking truth to power and going against the typical center to right TV broadcasting? The overall media is not to the left? I hear about far right “Faux” news all the time. I guess it is unfair that MSNBC and CNN have rather dismal ratings. Perhaps government subsidies are the answer. There should be more quid pro quo, given the support of the media for all things leftist.
Calypso Louie Farrakhan (798aba) — 1/22/2011 @ 9:21 amMaybe this will explain it …
So with a simple application of the “Equal Protection” clause, hostility is now unconstitutional.
Neo (03e5c2) — 1/22/2011 @ 10:02 amI think it should be tolling, but no. They replaced Olbermann with an admitted socialist, after all. they are signaling an intent to remain left leaning. Matthews is prone to stupid comments, but there’s a major difference in his intolerance, and Keith’s frothing hateful behavior. Keith’s is bad, even if you agree with his politics. He made his colleagues miserable.
I think Comcast intends to have a left leaning boutique network that is simply more professional in tone than it has been. I think we might see Chris Matthews shape up his tone somewhat. With Keith, there’s no hope of controlling him.
And I think this is a smart move. MSNBC will simply lose their remaining audience if they move towards the middle very much. Their audience wants an echo chamber.
Dustin (b54cdc) — 1/22/2011 @ 10:19 amMission accomplished, Sarah Palin!
Johanna (75b7f0) — 1/22/2011 @ 10:32 am“Johanna” eats boogers.
JD (b98cae) — 1/22/2011 @ 10:39 amTreacher has a charming collection of the hysteria overtaking the lost Olbermann loyalists. I hope they don’t go to extreme measures in their grief.
The warning:
“This is not about Olbermann. This is about the systematic dismantling of the progressive voice in this country. Be upset.”
Dana (8ba2fb) — 1/22/2011 @ 11:21 amMoney can’t be the only issue if it’s true that MSNBC is paying out Olbermann’s contract.
DRJ (fdd243) — 1/22/2011 @ 12:10 pm____________________________________________
The overall media is not to the left?
I always laugh when people say that, or when they imply that because the MSM is owned and controlled by big corporate interests and wealthy CEOs that it therefore cannot possibly be liberal. As if there aren’t more than a handful of 100%-certified limousine liberals in the real world. Folks like Warren Buffett, Michael Bloomberg and, most definitely, George Soros.
Then again, a lot of the people who claim that most of the MSM doesn’t lean to the left also say, “we’re not liberals! We’re progressives!”
This is about the systematic dismantling of the progressive voice in this country.
I’m not aware of a substitute for “conservative” that’s analogous to “progressive.” Or definitely a word — or euphemism — that people of the right like to apply to themselves. So it figures that the type of person who’ll say the “systematic dismantling of the progressive voice…” probably is the same one who’ll claim the MSM can’t possibly tilt left because the CEOs who own it are all rich, greedy and Republican!!!
Mark (411533) — 1/22/2011 @ 12:16 pmif paying off Mr. olbermann’s contract means they lower the salary benchmark for the rest of their propaganda squad then I think you can still see this through a cost lens
happyfeet (aa4bab) — 1/22/2011 @ 12:17 pmFrom TMZ (a source about as reliable as Pravda but more fun) …
… this sort of puts the cabasha on the whole “moral outrage” angle (if there ever was one).
Neo (03e5c2) — 1/22/2011 @ 12:18 pmBut hey, “cannot appear on television” .. OMG, there is a God
plus tmz lives under the same corporate umbrella as cnn
happyfeet (aa4bab) — 1/22/2011 @ 12:20 pmI hear Olbermann’s staff didn’t know he was really quitting until they saw it on TV. What a class act. I’m sure anyone would be delighted to hire this whacko.
I think the only place that would bother with this misery is a website. Just as with Andrew Sullivan or a commenter on DU, there’s no staff to screw over, no boss to deal with the constant drama of ‘give me a raise or I quit!’
Mark, I love the typical orwellian nonsense of liberals calling themselves progressive. Reminds me of Dupnik whining that one party is out to make the country better, and the other out to stop making the country better.
Such simplistic and stupid labeling.
Dustin (b54cdc) — 1/22/2011 @ 12:22 pmHe will be a senior editor at HuffPo or Media Matterz.
JD (d4bbf1) — 1/22/2011 @ 12:23 pmHere’s a link to Deadline Hollywood supporting Dustin’s comment that Olbermann wanted out but no one knew for sure if he meant it until he signed off on the air:
There’s another paragraph about Comcast at the link.
DRJ (fdd243) — 1/22/2011 @ 12:25 pmI love all the yapping here about socialists and socialism.
Larry Reilly (ae99e7) — 1/22/2011 @ 12:29 pmThis country has a good chance of sliding into socialism. I’ll admit that.
But for reasons quite different than folks here might think.
If the Tea Party faction in Congress succeeds in pushing right-wing and moderate Republicans out into the Tea Party’s weird-world margins, the national economy will tank so bad that socialism will be the only way back out. It’ll be like they torn down the Berlin Wall, except this time it will be American capitalism falling.
Hope the downfall happens fast rather than slowly. So, here’s cheering for the radical newbies in their bid to knock the orange veneer off Boehner.
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was underpaid at $7 million per year.
Ahh, yes. The non-greedy, non-self-entitled, non-elitist nature of a leftist.
Reminds me of studies that indicate a larger share of such people also are — ironically or not — less generous in donating their time and money (and even in giving blood) than people of the right.
Which then makes me think of government-employee unions, if not unions in general, and their gold-plated demands and requirements. Which, in turn, calls to mind Al Gore and his supposedly green-friendly lifestyle (the house, the cars, the toys, the jet travel!!!).
Finally, everything topped off by recalling that one of the most revered figures of the left and Democrat Party — Franklin D Roosevelt — chastised the wealthy for not wanting to pay more in taxes, and then tried to get the IRS to apply a lower tax rate to his own income instead of the one that he and Congress had enacted into law.
The sincerely altruistic nature of the left should bring tears to everyone’s eyes.
Mark (411533) — 1/22/2011 @ 12:36 pmHe will be a senior editor at HuffPo or Media Matterz.
Would that really be enough for one with such an enormous ego and bombastic style who has developed an insatiable love of being in front of a camera? There’s quite a difference between that and the written word. It doesn’t seem as if that shtick would translate well to print or that it would be enough for him.
Running for some sort of political office would seem more fitting, or perhaps he’s offering his services to the president as a media relations/liason office a la Kal Penn. That would be fun.
Dana (8ba2fb) — 1/22/2011 @ 12:49 pmDana – that would be way too much to hope for.
JD (d4bbf1) — 1/22/2011 @ 12:56 pmDana–this is a fun game. Perhaps he is aiming to be named Chancellor at cor-NELL.
elissa (310f0e) — 1/22/2011 @ 1:19 pmYou folks should go on Daily Kos, or Democratic Underground, or the Puffington Host, and see the denuded liberals on those sites literally throwing themselves in front of a train expressing their love for all things Keith.
They truly make me S-I-C-K.
Bernard Catalina (3651a9) — 1/22/2011 @ 1:20 pmYou here need to wake up to what has taken place in this country’s media. You don’t want to be marionettes, do you? No, it’s not about 9-11-01, so don’t panic…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7A2hVDdB10
Blubonnet (60b8e5) — 1/22/2011 @ 1:24 pm@B Catalina
Keef is probably busily searching and printing out the pages of comments that are extolling his virtues at these sites. Decency requires me to refrain from mentioning what I suspect he is also doing while he is reading them since it involves a body part. But can’t you see him years from now in a nursing home, shoving the yellowed, stained and tattered pages in the nurses’ faces and saying, “see, I used to be somebody.”
elissa (310f0e) — 1/22/2011 @ 1:28 pmand Shultz is practically free.
And overpaid even if he was paying to be on air.
SPQR (26be8b) — 1/22/2011 @ 4:15 pmApparently Olbermann thinks he can be another Rush Limbaugh. This should be fun.
DRJ (fdd243) — 1/22/2011 @ 6:20 pmCan hate be merchandised ? Of course …
Hey, I’d be happy if he just stuck to an internet presence … that I could block.
Neo (03e5c2) — 1/23/2011 @ 6:54 am