Years ago Keith Olbermann was this great sportscaster that
told things with clarity, a sense of history, a light and
breezy flair along with the ability to take history and put
events and players of all varieties into a plausible and
haunting perspective. We used to love Keith. Didn’t you
used to love Keith too?
Tonight Keith Olbermann went on Bill Moyers Journal…on PBS
and without a slip….we were able to see why we don’t watch
Countdown…his nightly show that features “The Worst Person
in the World”…with political bias and impunity. He just
hates George Bush, Bill O’Reilly and anyone that doesn’t love
Hillary and Bill. The self-flagellate dialogue with Moyers
was so obnoxious that anyone of any political stripe would
have to be taken by the self-aggrandizing mediocrity of the
whole experience. It sort of remind us of Charles Barkley
trying to do dialogue on Monday Night Football and his half
hour nonsense during the USC-Arizona State Football game.
We kept trying to say to Barkley – We love you doing Basketball
and we hate you doing Track and Field, NASCAR, World Team Tennis
and Championship Bowling. Why Olbermann and Barkley think they
can poach into Social Commentary or Politics is beyond us.
Back to the “Olbermann Story”. Keith has falling numbers for
his “Countdown” program…which goes up directly against Bill
O’Reilly. Keith wants to be another Rosie O’Donnell, in the male
persausion. He would love to go on the View, Dr. Phil or the
Regis and Kelly Show. Olbermann would probably have loved to
be on the old “Dating Game” and replace Chuck Woolery….ah,
but he was too young. Now Keith blithely wears his John
Lennon granny glasses and hopes that his various nasty and hate
ridden attitudes toward the likes of George Bush, Don Rumsfeld,
various members of the the Bush Administration and Republicans
in general will hold in high esteem with the American public.
Sadly, along with Al Franken….Olbermann has had to hedge his
bets and now plays third banana on NBC’s Sunday Night Football.
Poor Keith is out of his element with Cris Collinsworth and
Bob Costas…who have the helm of this show. No place for Keith
to place his hate filled repartee for the Bush Administration.
Keith has had to even resort to finding the “The Worst Sports
Person in the World”….each week.
The program with Bill Moyers highlighted the attacks by Keith
on the Bush Administration. Olbermann claims that “the rot from
the top” is so easily seen that “anyone” will look back at this
history and know that these things were wrong. We kept waiting
for Keith to mention the failings of Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton
and LBJ. We doubt that even if Olbermann does another 10,000
shows we would not see any negative reports on these great guys.
Keith probably is ready to go on Air America. Maybe he could do
a co-host role with Howard Stern. Hey, there have to be options!
OK, are we being too tough on old Keith? Sadly not! Humility
is next to Godliness and Keith will never find the “H” word
anywhere near his fragile ego. We write this to wish Keith
the best. We would love to know what makes Keith think that
he is the consummate “political expert pundit”. Was it his
Military Service? Was it his years involved in local politics?
Was it his efforts to run for political office? Was it his
years as a Foreign Correspondent in war torn areas? We think
not….to all. If we are mistaken…we heartily apologize.
But right now Keith…you are just a hack Sports Reporter
with a good vocabulary! In the words of famous Sportscaster
Jim Healy: “He’s a wonderful guy and our apologies to him!”
Keith, get back to your roots dude………and they don’t
include Red or Blue states! They don’t include your attempts
at cynical political humor. They do include being more like
Jim Rome and less like Dennis Miller!
“Keith boy, Good-by and Good Luck!”
I don’t really care for Keith Olbermann’s show, but I will say that he’s not nearly as obnoxious as Bill O’Reilly, who will talk over and interrupt his guests repeatedly.
What’s wrong with attacking the Bush Administration? Most historians, political scientists, and now even average Americans who have lived through a few presidencies have come to realization that this is the worst presidency in our nation’s history. Even Republicans will criticize the level of spending and ethics violations of W Incorporated.
Adriana,
Obviously, you didn’t live through
LBJ or Jimmy Carter. In the words
of Dirty Harry: “A man’s got to know his limitations!” and that
applies double for Keith Olbermann.
O’Reilly is a cartoon….as is
Sean Hannity….however….they
don’t do Sports!
Ron & Anna-
HUH??!! I guess you don’t really watch “Countdown” all that often, and I guess you didn’t watch Keith’s full interview on “Bill Moyers Journal”. He did say that Congressional Dem leaders aren’t blameless for the continuation of Bush’s fiasco in Iraq, and he said that Dems aren’t perfect. However, that doesn’t change the facts that Iraq is Bush’s failed occupation and that this Administration will likely be remembered as THE WORST EVER because of all their actions to destroy our Constitution and our republic. Keith Olbermann is one of the only people in the mainstream media who is willing to report the truth about the criminals currently occupying the White House, and I commend him for that.
It’s just too bad we don’t have more truthtellers like him in the media…
Adriana,
If it weren’t for this blog, you’d be cutting off those screaming liberals all the time in a good old conversation. Why? Cause they are irritating. I can have wonderful discussions with old style democrats, like my Uncle’s, but these pointy headed, we know better what you need, you can’t make it without government help, cradle to grave health, give me your money cause someone else deserves it more than you do, LIBERALS is impossible.
Just look at who they genuflect to these days; Nancy Palosi, Harry “I surrender” Reid, Loretta Sanchez and Hill-Billy Clinton? These people are despised by most old time Dems that I know.
I may have disagreed on many points with the Dems but at least you could find some happy ground. Now, the only thing we have is the current loathing for Art and I’m afraid that isn’t going to last to long (we really need to cut him some slack).
Is this a Leisure world blog?
Tony Montana said: “The World is
Yours!”……but then he was a
dispora Cuban guy! Wasn’t that
during the Carter Administration?
You know Drug Lords and Off Shore
Banks? Leisure World? Nah…..
more like a Time Share blog! And
as far as taking away liberties..
we liked what they did to Elian
Gonzales, Waco and Ruby Ridge….
during the Janet Reno years! The
bombing of Serbia and the Washer
and Dryer Factories was another
nice touch. Bombing the Aspirin
Factory in Afganistan was another
well thought out Foreign Policy
position. Not taking Osama out
when they could have…was another
Bill Clinton…miracle on ice!
In the words of Noam Chomsky…”We
have had 200 years of the United
States pushing their weight around!” Luckily it all hasn’t
been as bad as it could have been.
We still have the Middle East and
our Gas prices are in the Middle…
what can we complain about?
about time i was waiting for some one to do a post on how far left and so one sided keith o is . his shows attack fox news and bill o;reilly all the time because he is a sour puss because fox and bill o kick his butt in the raitings . msnbc =make sure no bush compliments has gone to the far left and that is why only his loons watches his silly i rip on republicans show . stick to sports keith .