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Keith Olbermann To Deliver “Special Comment” Aimed At Gibbs Tonight

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Want to know what MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann thinks of Robert Gibbs“professional left” comment? You’ll have to wait until Countdown tonight – but it will happen, and will come in “Special Comment” form.

Michael Moore will give his take as well. This is probably not what Pres. Obama wants right now, on the night of these midterm primaries.

Olbermann made the announcement this afternoon on Twitter:

Early ShowPlug from “The Professional Left.” @MMFlint (Michael Moore) reacts, plus a Special Comment, on Mr. Gibbs’ remarks, on Countdown

Olbermann didn’t answer directly when I asked for his take (on Twitter) a few hours ago, after Bill Burton specified Gibbs meant “cable TV commentators” when he referred to the “professional left” during today’s White House briefing. Now we’ll see what one of the most influential voices on the left has to say about the criticism.

Also, apparently Keith didn’t like my joke that his Special Comment aimed at Gibbs means “civil war.” So I’d imagine it won’t sound like this Special Comment.

> Update: Olbermann tweets a preview:

For those freaking out on the prospect of a Special Comment on “Professional Left” this relevant quote to NetRoots Nation last month:
“What I’m asking you is to keep making your voices heard. To keep holding me accountable” — President Obama, July 2010

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  • Constantly

    oh a slap fight! you go girls!

  • http://apostrophejones.com Apostrophe jones

    Herr Olbermann ! The head lunatic is stirring in his nest ! The Alabama Doughboy is nervous .

  • http://apostrophejones.com Apostrophe jones

    Michael Moore on tonight to give weight to Olby’s argument .

  • StandUp

    Olbermann is just trying to get Gibbs to watch Countdown so he can double his viewership for tonight. Olby should go on The Factor as a guest so that someone will see his rant. Countdown to no ratings.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    I am waiting with baited breath. Who is Olbermann?

  • felixw

    As we get closer to election day, you will see more of these ugly internal wars flaring up on the Left.

    MSNBC won’t tell its viewers about the poll numbers (see link below), but these are now forecasting a total Republican landslide. In this kind of collapse, the finger-pointing will start even before election day. And after the debacle, it will just get worse. Expect to see some classic Olbermann meltdowns in the coming weeks.

    http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/generic_congressional_vote-901.html

  • Jackie63

    Hey Steve, to answer your first question.
    NO.

  • lonestar77

    Keith is a d-bag. That’s all.

  • dhg

    Trouble in paradise as one herd of sheep doesn’t like what the other herd says.

    Olbermann may object to the term “professional left” but apparently is completely ok with a career as a professional jerk..

    I’d tell him to go back to being a sports reporter,his only real credentials,but he got fired.

  • Jelperman

    gordonbloyershow said:
    I am waiting with baited breath. Who is Olbermann?

    The guy you obsess over, peckerhead.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Treacher/542957672 Jim Treacher

    See, when Olby holds the president accountable, it isn’t racist.

  • murf

    Oh boy ! I bet the Kos Kidz are fucking pumped !

  • Bootleghaircut

    “See, when Olby holds the president accountable, it isn’t racist”

    Another stupid con playing the race card? Oh yeah.

    And right wingers always tell you who they fear the most so they must really be scared of keith!!!

    who would have thought somebody so unimportant merits such concern and ire?

    Too Funny.

  • murf

    Any takers Olbermann tells Gibbs to resign ?

  • apf

    So to voice his objection to [in part] the idea of going after your own team rather than the opposition, Keith will use his megaphone to go after the spokesperson for his own team. This is sure to be a brilliant maneuver demonstrating the strength of his political ideology does not compare to the strength of his ego.

  • kit9

    ‘This is probably not what Pres. Obama wants right now, on the night of these midterm primaries.’

    Completely diisagree. Having King of All DBags Olby slamming your press secretary/you is more than O can hope for. Olby is loathed by EVERYONE-right and left and is viewed as nothing more than a buffoon, one more slight away from throwing himself out a window. Olbermann criticism=political gold for Olbama with moderates

  • kit9

    ‘Any takers Olbermann tells Gibbs to resign ?’

    Decency demands you so to do!!!!

  • TfT

    Is this going to be one of his “shut the hell up” moments?

    MSNBC=meltdown

  • NORBIT

    Ask Moore & Olbermann why they’ve DEFENDED Obama’s 44 golf outings, 20 basketball games, concerts, vacations, campign stops, etc. – while they RAILLED against Bush for taking a mere pittance of time off compared to the Carnival barker!!!!
    ———————————————–

    Do you really think the Carnival Barker cares about what the FIRED sportscaster will say? – It’s like rehashing tapes of Taliban warnings…MEANINGLESS!!!

  • http://apostrophejones.com Apostrophe jones

    When Comcast takes over , this will be the Classic Cartoon Channel .

  • murf

    It’s just amazes me , doesn’t Keith realize that nobody In the WH takes his advice ON ANYTHING, from his public option pleas, to McChrystal , or almost any other Special Comment rant . Truly naive and insane ego .

  • writer

    There’s not much way Obama could measure up to Keith’s standards. Keith probably thinks Bill Ayers is a right winger.

  • NORBIT

    Recalling the Hissy-Fit Olbermann had over Donny Deutch’s remark, you can only imagine what Gibbs is in for!

    …but who’s the FIRED sportscaster going to go crying to this time?

  • kit9

    A preview….just substitute ‘Gibbs’ for ‘Mr. Leiberstein’…

    http://www.hulu.com/watch/42024/saturday-night-live-countdown-with-keith-olbermann

  • Bootleghaircut

    MMMM smell that fear olby!!!! You got em running again!!!

    Bravo.

  • notsofast

    KO, your comments are anything but special.

  • Some_Dude

    I’m intrigued. Though to be fair, he is the incarnation of that statement. He literally forged his success on professionally popularizing various liberal opinions and beliefs. Just as other television and Internet personalities do the same on the right.

    I’ll give it to him, he knows when to strike when the ratings anvil is hot.

  • ChiliPeppersFan

    keith is a great american for promoting the free health care clinics all across the united states for those unfortunate to not be able to have proper medical care…
    i’m with ya ko…rock on dude

  • NORBIT

    LOL!

    The White House lends their supporters a hand – The front hits Rangel, and the backswing clocks Olbermann!!

    Are you “Professional Lefties” not feeling the Love Today??? LMAO!!!

  • Sean68

    What’s wrong, Keith? A black man can’t criticize the white left? You think you own him just ’cause you supported him? This ain’t the 1930′s, fool!

  • Sean68

    Some_Dude said:
    I’m intrigued. Though to be fair, he is the incarnation of that statement. He literally forged his success on professionally popularizing various liberal opinions and beliefs. Just as other television and Internet personalities do the same on the right. I’ll give it to him, he knows when to strike when the ratings anvil is hot.

    That’s exactly right. But I know there’s a mature left out there that yawns at this shit.

  • NORBIT

    Inuiry:

    What time, or part of his show, does Olbermann do his “Special Comment”?

  • stoogedudes

    Jim Treacher said:
    See, when Olby holds the president accountable, it isn’t racist.

    Well, first of all, holding the President accountable isn’t racist, whether you’re a liberal or a conservative. What we need to realize is that there is a difference between holding the President accountable and being a blind partisan by criticizing his every move and saying nasty things about him. The left didn’t seem to acknowledge this difference during the Bush Presidency, either.

    Holding Obama accountable is criticizing his spending if you deem it to wreckless, criticizing him not being able to keep his campaign promises, criticizing him for not representing the people who got him elected, criticizing him for having a weak foreign policy if you deem his foreign policy proposals dangerous, criticizing him for the bailouts if you deem them to have been unnecessary. Those are all legitimate examples of holding Obama accountable. It seems the majority of the Tea Party is focusing on those aspects, and I don’t hold anything against them for that.

    Calling the President a racist, a Communist, a Marxist, a Muslim, Hitler, and a lot of the things I’ve seen said against Obama on this site is not holding Obama accountable; it’s name calling that is akin to Kindergarten playground taunts. I heard those things said against Bush, and they were just as foolish.

    Keith Olbermann is just as guilty for saying crazy things against Bush, like calling Bush a fascist, and I think maybe even a war criminal.

  • Sean68

    Don’t get too excited. This is just triangulation designed to make Obama more appealing to white, middle-of-the-road voters who have been leaving him in droves. The Olbermanns will play their part. The rest of us will have to pretend to be interested. Still doesn’t have any effect on the unemployment rate, though.

  • NORBIT

    We’re not falling for the Dog & Pony Show! – Obama & the Professional Left tried imposing a Banana Republic on a free people…’AINT HAPPENING!

    We just witnessed PANIC on the Professional Left – Olbermann ranting away in his own delusional Self-Aggrandizement! – as NOVEMBER APPROACHES!

    Remember in November: A Vote for ANY Democrat is a Vote for the Obama Regime!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/ronke-a/509394975 ronke a

    Who cares what Olberdook has to say? Stop giving him attention Steve!

  • NORBIT

    Question of the Night:

    Who BAILED Faster?

    1) The boyfriend who Bailed & let his girlfriend get hit with a baseball at the Astros game?

    - or -

    2) Obama & Gibbs Bailing out on Olbermann & the Professional Left?

  • Cancon1

    Who cares? Really, anyone? The guy is a laughingstock.

  • Latin2

    Mr. Gibbs, you cannot please the far left…You cannot reason with lunatics and the mentally impaired. That is the reason why they are on the FAR LEFT because they cannot grasp adult ideas. Olbermann is a prime example of a crazy idiot.

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