No worries KO. I still like your show and really enjoyed the segment last night on Sarah Palin’s segment with BOR.

This is usually what happens at ideological website: behemoth mentality syndrome. Anyone who’s surfed on the internet and chatted on forums have seen this and experienced it a thousand times. Happened to me on DailyKos during the Dem primaries when it was blatantly obvious that DailyKos was rabidly anti-Hillary (huge turnoff for me, since then I haven’t been able to visit the website that much).

This just SO cracks me up! Olby returns to the nest for some much anticipated praise, and what does he find? The Kos kids trashing him. And what does Olby do? Throws a hissy fit, packs up his toys and goes home.

“But to accuse me, after five years of risking what I have to present the truth as I see it, of staging something for effect, is deeply offensive to me and is an indication of what has happened here.” HAHHAHA

What has he risked? The truth as he sees it? Staging something for effect? An indication of what has happened here?

Oh gawd, that is just too rich. His whole shtick is staged for effect. He has been buddy buddy with that loony site for years. So so funny that at the first sign of negative feedback, he runs.

I can’t help but think that his criticism of Obama is for the ratings. There has been a lot of talk lately about what will happen under the new owners, and moving way from their liberal slant, and where that leaves Olby. I can’t help but think he is trying to save his job.

“You want Cheerleaders? Hire the Buffalo Jills. ” They have had cheerleaders, with Olby as head cheerleader for three years…. why the anger now? HAHAAHAH

Those who criticize him are not “farther left” than Olbermann. Being an Obama cheerleader does not make one farther to the left. In fact, the opposite is true. There is no way anyone on the “far left” could seriously support this corporatist president.

DailyKos commenters are a joke though.

m says:
June 17, 2010 at 9:22 am

Kos, HuffPO and many others became so vile and partisan against Hillary/pro-Obama they are in large part responsible for a lot of the initial anger by many against Obama. They were throwing out “racist” to anyone who preferred any of the other candidates over Obama. Edwards supporters, Clinton supporters – we were all called racist from the get go. I was even called a slut and worse, just for saying I was supporting Hillary. (And at the time, I was interested in Obama, but didn’t know much about him.) Those were ugly nasty times, and they did nothing but deepen the divide, and create the outrage that exists now.

I was a happy go lucky newbie, excited about the upcoming 2008 election, and that all changed after the nasty Obots took root. And that applies to the anonymous online people, to the people at caucuses, to the super delegates, the DNC and the media.

And now, Olby is on the receiving end of it. And it cracks me up.

Ha! KO, they are you and you are them.

Thin skin, KO?

How about this kind of attack. Did they say anything like this Obly?

“In short, in Scott Brown we have an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, teabagging supporter of violence against woman and against politicians with whom he disagrees. In any other time in our history, this man would have been laughed off the stage as an unqualified and a disaster in the making by the most conservative of conservatives. Instead, the commonwealth of Massachusetts is close to sending this bad joke to the Senate of the United States.”

Somebody call the “waaaaa-mbluance.”

Wow, KO can’t take a little criticism. What a big baby.

“Wow, KO can’t take a little criticism. What a big baby.”

Same for Tommy Christopher

C’mon Keith. You trash the Prez and Kos trashes you. It’s all part of the game. If you don’t want to comment there – just stop. Why make a big deal of it?

well, keith, you need to come forth with some specifics on how you are going to stop the gushing opinions on dkos, and a path forward as to how the site can clean up all the attacks it is spewing into the blogosphere.
i am unimpressed with your tantrum

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. In Odermanns case, he can never gets past the laughing part.. Thats alright little boy, pick up your marbles and go home. Mommy’s got some nice warm milk for you….

Olbermann says he isn’t a mindless cheerleader for anyone but then apparently expects his fans at the DKos to be mindless cheerleaders of him? I’m not sure what he’s complaining about.

He tells us that he courageously speaks truth to power and that he suffered mightily during the Bush years. But a few anonymous posters and one diarist criticizes him (and Maddow) and he walks away? Compared to the otherwise widespread adulation that he gets there?

My guess is that Phil Griffin told him to scale back his outside commentary and Olbermann was looking for a excuse to leave the site.

Keith is just posturing for that high paying FOX job. :-)

Uberdork has been turned down by FOX a couple of times already. Where do you get this shit? He’s a punk ass sissy and now he’s throwing poop at his monkey fans on his side of the stream. Bad call, but hella funny! Where’s the king today? Bannished..?

Obama’s Political Oil Fund
In its Gulf spill panic, the White House runs roughshod over the rule of law. June 15, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704324304575307111725173500.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_opinion

……a government-administered fund more or less guarantees a more politicized payment process. The escrow administrator will be chosen by the White House, and as such would be influenced by the Administration’s political goals. Those goals would include payments to those harmed by the Administration’s own six-month deep water drilling ban. That reckless policy will soon put thousands of Gulf Coast residents out of work, but the White House knows that BP isn’t liable under current law for those claims. The escrow account is an attempt to tap BP’s funds by other means to pay the costs of Mr. Obama’s own policy blunder.

President and First Lady are partying like rock royalty
Obama Wastes Millions of Taxpayer Dollars on Personal Entertainment
By Fred Dardick Monday, June 7, 2010
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/23988
The same hypocrite who says our energy costs must “necessarily skyrocket” to fund his political ambition, is giving Marie Antoinette a run for her money when it comes to spending national treasure on personal luxuries.
Add booze, food, security, invitations, social secretaries, wait staff, and hangers on to the tab and the price for one of these events could easily top $75K. With over 27 concerts hosted thus far, the total cost to taxpayers is in the millions of dollars.
estimated the Obamas spent at least $10 million on “drunken White House parties” in 2009 alone….the country is at war and a record 40 million Americans rely on food stamps to eat……Obama should show some class and skip the expensive partying.
Obamas attend Ford’s Theatre gala
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100607/ap_on_en_ot/us_obama_ford_s_theatre_4

Bathtub boy just wants attention. I’m sure the Kos kooks will respond and beg him not to leave. They will tell him how important he is and how much they need him. That’s what bathtub boy is after. He’s a self-absorbed, egomaniacal crazy-man. He wants to be loved by the lefty wingnuts. After writing this, he’s sure to be begged to stay. D-bag.

Holy shit..Thanks for the posts Ben. Hope and change. And Bush was vilified for all that brush clearing he had the audacity to do. Nero comes to mind..

Yes, Bush and Reagan were quite frugal at their state dinners. 7/11 hot dogs, and paper plates.

Does this mean Keith will quit having Markos Moulitsos on every night?

No way, that would eliminate 20% of his guests.

KOKO will soon realize that he is only “popular” with liberals/leftists when he is bashing republicans. They are very closed minded people.

Unlike “Hannity” fans, who are just sooooooo opened minded, right BR?

Ruh-roh! Where’s Keith going to be getting all of his material for his show if he quits DailyKos? The HuffPo? ThinkProgress?

Hannity admits to being a right winger. He doesn’t delude himself like Olbermann in thinking he’s non-partisan.

good grief Keith… suddenly you think you are “balanced”… wished you had exhibited that trait about 2 1/2 years ago when you were so in love with this inexperienced, pandering ass

OxyCon says: Ruh-roh! Where’s Keith going to be getting all of his material for his show if he quits DailyKos? The HuffPo? ThinkProgress

Well..he’s always got Media Mutters for Morons to fall back on

Get out of the bathtub , Keith !!!!

The KosTards vs the LibTards = a hilarious circular firing squad. Carry on, mental midgets! Keep us entertained until the Impeachment Hearings.

shootfromthehip: As already stated, Hannity admits (is proud to be) a right-winger. Also, whether you agree with him or not he has the self-confidence to have guests from the “other side” to debate. Can you say the same about Olbermann?

Let’s see: Olbermann says he risked all “speaking truth to power” against the Bush Administration (all done while living in a $2 million Upper Manhattan condo purchased from Donald Trump; what a sacrifice).

But a critical comment by an anonymous poster at a website is just too much for him to take?

Huh?

KO is an honest to goodness liberal, shortcomings and all. He ultimately must go after Obama on this, health care, or some other issue, because Obama is a moderate progressive. Obama is too conservative for KO.

Obama has been counting on some moderate Republicans for support, but the Republican Party has been taken captive by the far right people. It will not take too many election cycles to find out that though the religious right, and tea party right, can dictate candidates, it does not have enough votes to consistently win in the general election. Why? Because going too far right has alienated those moderate Republicans, like those who thought that the census was a patriotic duty, and a woman’s right to choose was secure.

Keith Olbermann is a crazy person that doesn’t belong on tv and it’s no surprise that he left that radical left wing cesspool that is Daily kooks since that place would make kucinich look moderate by comparison

“I can’t help but think that his criticism of Obama is for the ratings. ”

Think harder. If KO wanted ratings he’d be mindlessly bashing ALL Dems – like Fakes News does.

“in Scott Brown we have an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, teabagging supporter of violence against woman ”

Olbermann qualified this opinion with examples and facts – unlike anonymous bloggers who quote people out of context.

“Uberdork has been turned down by FOX a couple of times already.”

Proof/source/citations?

“Ben Clark says:”

Off-topic and off-base. Try to keep up.

“And Bush was vilified for all that brush clearing he had the audacity to do. ”

1,000+ days on vacation. A modern record. He must’ve had TONS of the stuff. The audacity of “dope.”

“Hannity admits to being a right winger.”

Now if he’d only admit to being a lying sell-out.

“good grief Keith… suddenly you think you are “balanced””

He never made that claim, to my knowledge

“he’s always got Media Mutters for Morons to fall back on”

STILL waiting for proof of an MM factual error. So far, no proof, just more empty cheep shots.

“Carry on, mental midgets!”

Are you leading the parade?

“whether you agree with him or not he has the self-confidence to have guests from the “other side” to debate.”

FakesNews seldom presents bona fide, capable opposition voices. Maddow issues open invitations to people like $imple $arah. Her interviews with Rand Paul were hardly “love fests.” (Kudos to Paul for appearing.) Few cons want to appear on MSNBC because they know they’ll have to field tough questions rather than Fox’s “softballs.”

“$2 million Upper Manhattan condo”

KO could be a Hannity-style lying sell-out and make much more $$$. Perhaps he sleeps better in that condo, earning less but feeling cleaner.

valk – You’re too insightful to be here!. Stick around anyway . . . please?

KO and RM have consistently criticized members of BOTH parties when they were wrong. I do not know of any instances in which a “FoxFake” seriously criticized Bush or a major Republicant. Citations?

well the conservative posters have convinced me.

olbermann’s exit from dk might have been a lot of drama about nothing, really, but if he can inspire this outpouring of moranity, he still has a role as a more thoughtful provacateur than anyone on the right can offer.

If by ‘thoughtful provacateur’ you mean far left ideologue.

P Showard Chunt says:
June 18, 2010 at 12:57 am

Really? Glenn Beck doesn’t ring a bell?

I’ll let you into a little secret. Obama isn’t that different from the right-wingers who criticize him. He’s just as corporate-owned as most Republicans in Congress and has provided precious little of the change he promised pre-election. Nope, he is not a socialist nor a communist. (Think I’m kidding? Take a good look at that so-called health care reform. It’s a wet dream for health insurance companies who now will have millions of new subscribers to make up for the people with pre-existing conditions they’ll now be forced to keep. Anyone here see or hear Obama fighting for the public option that would have forced real competition? Anyone??? A REAL socialist (like Bernie Sanders) would have had the medical insurance companies take a hike and then instituted a single-payer system. Take finance reform or any issue and you won’t find Obama leading the charge! Maybe just making talk and more talk.)

If KO is just getting around to criticizing Obama NOW, he’s way behind most left-wingers. Try reading comments made from the left regarding Obama in New York Times articles rather than from watching Fox News’ highly creative, imaginary view of the left, if you really want to know what left-wingers think of Obama.

The criticism of Olbermann is political, not ideological. The critics think Olbermann should stand behind the president regardless of what the president does (within reason, of course), while Olbermann has no problem criticizing the president. If anything, Olbermann is to the left of these critics.

I think Olbermann was rash in leaving the site. One diary criticized him. So what? Lots of others agreed with him.

I also think he was rash in critiquing the President. I thought Obama gave a decent B- speech, although it wasn’t enough to boost his support. More important was convincing BP to put up a $20 billion damages fund.

In other news. Olbermann’s closest grocery store sold out of bubble bath and rubber duckies that night.

When reached for comment Olbermann screamed something about kids on his lawn and ran crying back into his house.

Btw, did anyone mention Olbermann and Maddow are biased media hacks with an intense, angry, masturbatory view of America?

Just curious..

Jason – StoryBalloon.Org

Bob Amsel says:
June 18, 2010 at 1:11 pm

I think you’re confusing “Democrats” and the “left-wing” with the “FAR left-wing.” As has been said, everyone sees themselves as more moderate than they really are. You identifying more with the left-wing of the party suggests perhaps you’re farther out of the mainstream than you’d like to admit.

To ImNotBlue:

I’m not sure you’re in a position to define what constitutes a Democrat and what’s “left-wing” as compared to what’s “far left-wing,” any more than I would care to write about the varying degrees of “right-wingedness.”

As for myself, I’m definitely not a “moderate.” (Blanche Lincoln, for example, calls herself a “moderate,” and I would call her a corporate-owned Democrat or Republican Lite.) I AM a socialist, which is why I can tell you that Obama most definitely is NOT. Not even close. Frankly, there is little difference nowadays between corporate-owned Republicans and corporate-owned Democrats (who refer to themselves as “blue dogs” or “moderates.”) As for my being out of the mainstream, you are correct — I certainly am.

The one thing I have in common with the teabaggers is that I, too, would like to “purify” my party and send all the corporate-owned Democrats (as well as the corporate-owned Republicans) packing.

There are too many right-wing people commenting on this board who are completely ignorant of what a socialist is or how many types of socialists there are, or the difference between a European-style “socialist” and a Soviet Union-style “communist.” Personally, I’ve always found “communism” equally as repugnant as “laissez-faire capitalism.”

I LOVE it when the LibRATS eat their own. Ketchup, anyone?

“I AM a socialist, which is why I can tell you that Obama most definitely is NOT. Not even close.”

shhhhh your disturbing the right wings best talking point

MSNBC is responsible for getting Obama elected, in spite of a history that anybody (like me) could look into and think: what? where? Obama’s resume showed he was unqualified from the get-go, and yet anybody who pointed that out was accused of racism. KO thought Obama was one of the most intelligent people in the world. Oh really? Memo to Keith: just because a person nods and smiles and agrees with everything you say does not mean he’s intelligent, it just means he knows how to get straight “A”s out of liberal arts professors. Concordance is not the same thing as intelligence!!!
If you really want to find out how smart someone is, engage him in a conversation about quantum physics and general relativity.

To Anne Gross Beal:

I think it might be a stretch to say that MSNBC is responsible for getting Obama elected. Seriously, how many of the voting pubic have ever watched MSNBC (or, for that matter, any cable news station)? However, I certainly agree with you that a number of MSNBC’s anchors, especially Olbermann, promoted Obama far more than they did Hillary or any other contender.

Whoops! I meant to write “voting public” and not “voting pubic.” (But then again, I suppose many people do vote with their pubes rather than their brains.)

Granted, I like that Keith left Daily Kos, because he was just pandering to readers of all liberals when he wrote his blog postings… but, the fact that people on here bitch and moan about how hateful Daily Kos is screams all kinds of irony. Apparently, everybody on Daily Kos is terrible and mean and hateful, yet, there are people posting here who are exactly what they complain DKos for being. Just attacking Olbermann with cheap shots and childish sarcasm. Hypocrisy, much?

You might hate Keith Olbermann, but he didn’t leave DKos because he got criticism… he left because some moron on the site thought NBC was paying him to criticize Obama. Since that logic makes zero sense and there is no truth behind it anyway, Olbermann got out of there before he dealt with any more conspiracy theories. Besides, I think his twitter account is good enough to post whatever he wants to say… posting on a liberal blog is pointless. I also think Keith should run his own blog… and he can voice whatever opinion he wants, as much as he already does it on his own program.

So, my take on this whole thing is: good move. He should stay off of partisan blogs and do his own thing… no need to voice your opinion to more liberals who already watch your show anyway.

To NOTcrazylikeFOX:

Frankly, I think Olbermann has extremely thin skin when it comes to anyone who dares to criticize him. The man has an ego the size of Baltimore. You know perfectly well that everyone and his mother-in-law has a diary on DKos. So the fact that some anonymous person had the audacity to suggest that NBC wanted Keith to criticize Obama is hardly a reason for Keith to have a hissy fit and then ditch the site.

Granted, the blogger’s comment was a stretch but I can certainly figure out where it came from.

First of all, there’s Phil Griffin, president of MSNBC, who said in a recent interview how much he admires Roger Ailes of Fox News and how much he would like to emulate him.

Next, Griffin brings in Donny Deutsch to fill in for the best anchor MSNBC has, David Shuster, who committed a great sin by making an unaired pilot for CNN since his own contract expires this year and he saw little chance of advancement under Griffin’s tyrannical rule. Then Griffin permanently suspends Shuster.

However, Donny Deutsch, Shuster’s replacement, immediately pisses off both Olbermann AND Griffin for doing a segment on angry talk-show hosts on the Right and Left and includes –heaven forbid! — Olbermann himself (whom, as we all know, never shows any anger toward anyone)! And like magic — poof! Donny Deutsch also vanishes from MSNBC.

And you wonder where the DKos diarist came up with his or her “moronic” comment???? Be serious.

Yo!!! BOB AMSEL!!!!

Young man, I disagree with almost every political position you have (and yes, good sir I DO know and understand socialism – you seem far too intelligent to fall for it’s false allure – but I digress. I single you out because you seem to be one of the few liberal thinkers that has the whererwithall to conduct an adult discusson sans highschool locker room language and hysterical reactions to thinkers different than yourself. If I had a medal to award you, I would. Thank you again for your genteel behavior.

p.s. Please think out your positiion again……..only remember to add the equation of imperfect humans that will administer this sort of governement. They have screwed up all types that have been tried thru the aqes, seeing this, I would prefer be on the side that allows the most personal freedom and the less possible dependance on anything so powerful and unpredictable as governement ( headed, again, by the imperfect).

To 1ifbyland2ifbysea:

Obviously, any system of government is going to have imperfect humans to administer it. That’s why communism may sound great on paper but as soon as you add human corruption to the mix, you wind up with the former Soviet Union and leaders like Stalin. (However, I do think communism has worked on a small scale, such as found in the Israeli kibbutz.) Ah, but laissez-faire capitalism is just as bad for exactly the same reason. You wind up with an exploited labor market, child labor, 10-12 hour work days, dangerous work sites and conditions, etc. If you’re fortunate enough to be one of the “haves” (who most likely inherited your wealth), you’re o.k. If you’re one of the “have-nots,” you’re in deep doo-doo.

To me the sort of socialism practiced in Sweden, for example, is fine. In Sweden, you actually get something for the tax dollars you pay into the system. Of course, that includes medical and dental care, education, and higher education. The arts are also subsidized. Major utility companies are also run by the government. However, Sweden is only a fraction as socialized (and a great deal more privatized in many ways) than the myths about it suggest.

If you lump the United States with Canada, the U.K., and Europe, socialism would be considered “moderate,” “middle of the road,” and the norm. (Only teabaggers would regard it as the end of the world without having a clue what it is. I base that statement on the signs I’ve seen held up at their rallies.)

You write about the “false allure of socialism” but I don’t know what you would personally recommend instead. If we have to pay high taxes to our government, I believe that we should get something back in return. Unfortunately, our government is so incredibly corrupt that the only people who seem to benefit from our system are corporations and the very wealthy. And yet, our socialistic programs, like social security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the post office do manage to get by somehow and make peoples’ lives better than if they didn’t exist at all.

Thank you for your compliment. Like you, I’m equally repulsed by this board’s trolls, of whom there are many. Most of them are the equivalent of poison-pen letter writers and their anonymity gives them license to be as nasty, insulting, and ugly as possible. If I ever met such toxic people in person, I would go out of my way to avoid a second meeting. Most of them, I can’t help but notice, come from the right side of the aisle. (You want me to name their anonymous names?)

It’s about time, Mr. Olbermann. I left the daily KOS almost a year ago. It’s the New York Post of left leaning blog sites.