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Keith Olbermann’s Preemptive Strike Against Sarah Palin’s Show

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Fox is having some problems with their Sarah Palin special tomorrow, namely that two of the segments stars, LL Cool J and Toby Keith, have claimed that their interviews have been lifted from year-old videos they did for the station, and that they were unaware they’d be featured on Palin’s new program. Which makes the former Alaskan governor an absurdly easy target for Keith Olbermann tonight, albeit a little unfairly. Palin didn’t put together this program, Fox producers did, and with all the commotion surrounding tomorrow’s special, what’s the MSNBC host doing except giving the show more lip-service than its already been paid? If your goal is to boost the ratings for tomorrow Keith, you did a fine job.


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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Glenn-A-Brown-Jr/1234686692 Glenn A. Brown Jr.

    I wonder how many will watch Olbermann’s show tomorrow and how many times his viewers will Watch Palin’s show. Will Olbermann survive the sale of NBC to Comcast? DIdn’t Olbermann get fired by Fox Sports?

  • http://trickletown.vox.com/ Trickletown

    There is no more of a despicable, insecure hack, featured on cable news than Keith Olbermann. After completely exploiting the recent deaths of his parents, he is back, his hate racheted up to eleven.
    Lawrence O’Donnell was a welcome break. Far more thoughtful, and a much better version of “Countdown”.
    Hey Keith, we didn’t miss you and your “Enemies List”. Go the F away.

  • Olby Sucks

    I’d be willing to bet that Palins viewer numbers will triple the orange faced hacks numbers. He continues to throw bones to his half million or so extreme left audience, his special ed komments are more frequent all of which are signs of desperation. As insecure as he is can you imagine how furious he gets when fill-ins get more viewers than he does? The only one that didn’t was slippery schuster. Nuff said.

  • http://trickletown.vox.com/ Trickletown

    Speaking of exploitation, Fox News Channel should be ashamed to put Palin out there in a show that is cobbled together with year-old interviews that have nothing to do with her. Truly pathetic.

  • http://www.anonymousfinch.com AnonymousFinch

    Refresh my recollection, but isn’t MSNBC’s weekend format mostly just a bunch of hour-long mini-documentaries that consist mainly of old interviews cobbled together?

  • Olby Sucks

    I agree, trickletown. Incredibly weak, IF what we’re reading here is true.

  • http://www.anonymousfinch.com AnonymousFinch

    In any event, Olbermann is pathetic. I thought he was going to pull out his diploma from Cornell [Agricultural School] in the middle of his complaining about Palin to convince everyone how smart he is. (“See, see I went to a State school that is affiliated with an Ivy League School!”).

    And the last line in the interview: “Only dead fish read teleprompters.” If someone on Fox had said that, the Left would construed it as a death threat against Obama.

  • Grammie

    Atticus, in case you don’t see my response to you on another thread, here it is:

    Atticus, did your comments contain more than one link?

    That happened to me a while back and a nice commenter clued me in that that is an automatic blocking feature here.

    Try breaking it down using just one link per comment.

  • Grammie

    I just saw another example on my local news of those raving Tea Partier nuts creating havoc at a political event.

    I was surprised that the target was Newt Gingrich showing support for BHO’s apparent softening of his anti drilling stance but who else could they have been?

    Wellm maybe they were just the regular run of the mill right wingers. I guess that could be it.

    I definitely know it could NOT have been any left wing or left leaning group. How do I know this? Why from the entire MSM and every lefty blogger from this site and every other blue blog. They have repeatedly assured us, a la Grayson, that such scurrilous behavior is owned lock, stock and barrel by conservatives and the right wing. right Drew?

  • shootfromthehip

    Un, Drew? Keith doesn’t care about keeping people from watching Palin’s joke of show or not. Who cares if it gets good or bad ratings.

    Keith cares about the truth. And the truth is, Fox did a horrible job slapping this POS show together (as you accurately reported).

  • DrJeromeLTD

    Memo to KO: Keep talking about Sarah Palin. Looks to be proven quite beneficial for her. Not so much for you.

  • felixw

    Don’t get upset at Keith for criticizing a show that he hasn’t even seen. His heroes in Congress pass bills all the time that they haven’t even read.

  • Olby Sucks

    Keith cares about the truth.

    by sfrth

    I vote this for gut-bustin’ comment of the day!

  • shootfromthehip

    Well seeing how your name is “Olby Sucks” it’s apparent that you wouldn’t agree Keith is telling the truth if he reported the earth rotates around the sun.

    Keith DOES report the truth and his staff rarely, if ever, gets it wrong.

    Compare and contrast with O’liely.

  • Olby Sucks

    Who cares if it gets good or bad ratings.

    by sfth

    Ever hear of advertising? Marketing? What business school did you attend? Just curious.

  • the real john t

    shootfromthehip

    You might as well give up on Olby Sucks, he’s a lost cause.

  • Olby Sucks

    If keith olbermann reported the earth rotated around the sun I would believe him. I also believe he tells at least one lie every night.

  • Olby Sucks

    “Mister” Bush can “put you in jail and throw away the key”. The law “does away with habeas corpus”.

    keith olbermann

    Lie.

  • shootfromthehip

    “Ever hear of advertising? Marketing? What business school did you attend? Just curious.”

    I didn’t attend business school. I attended Columbia University. Business school is filed with douchebags.

    It’s a forgone conclusion that Sarah’s show will get good ratings. Just as it’s a forgone conclusion that millions of fat white middle-aged white men will order a quarter pounder with cheese tomorrow at McDonald’s tomorrow at lunch.

    Low hanging fruit.

    That is what I meant by ratings. Since when was it Keith’s jobs to prevent viewers from watching Sarah’s show? He does his own show. If that acts as an agent to send more viewers to watch Sarah’s show, so be it. Keith could give a fuck. Most of his audience could give a fuck. And yes, he still has a rather sizable one.

  • MrGlennBovineKoldys

    That pig is going to have slapped so much lipstick it will make Sean KKKlownnity look like a damsel.

    Here we go!

    Mike!
    Lights!

    PIG! er.. Governor

  • The Real Royal King

    Olby Sucks says:
    March 31, 2010 at 10:56 pm

    I’d be willing to bet that Palins viewer numbers will triple the orange faced hacks numbers.

    Which proves what? We have a number of tasteless, clueless nincompoops in Amerika? I think we already did that. Wow! Triple the numbers! Still won’t equal a lousy night on any of the broadcast networks, will it? Get a life, Jeff!

  • The Real Royal King

    Grammie says:
    March 31, 2010 at 11:35 pm

    I just saw another example on my local news of those raving Tea Partier nuts creating havoc at a political event.

    I was surprised that the target was Newt Gingrich ….

    Janet! Really! The (White) Tea Partiers have long despised the Newt. True, he ain’t much, but I dare say he triples the IQ of the average (White) Tea Partier, and is able to conjugate regular verbs in the present tense. In other words, he is an embarrassment to the (White) Tea Partiers.

  • The Real Royal King

    I’m sure we’re all surprised that Sarah and FOX make “stuff” up.

  • MarkStr82Hell

    Come out of the closet, Keith Theodore Olbermann. You wouldn’t be so angry all the time!
    You’re 51. You have never been married. Laura Ingram was a cover and everyone in NYC
    knows Katy Tur is a beard. Have some balls. Show those ESPN macho men your true colors!

  • m

    So what if Olbermann would be gay? Welcome to the 21st century. Nobody cares.

  • Olby Sucks

    Apparently Columbia U has no spelling program……

  • Olby Sucks

    Which proves what?

    by the faux royal queen

    It proves that olbermann sucks. ;)

  • writer

    Since the Racist Royal King hates all white people, his dislike of Palin is par for the course.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dona-Barone/1060506711 Dona Barone

    UNFAIRLY? $arah has her NAME on the show. $arah will be collecting a check for the show! Shouldn;t she check the integrity of the show? Katie Couric would, and since $arah is trying TO BE Katie Couric maybe she should do her own homework and legwork. Everything connected to $arah is FRAUD ridden. The bar is set so LOW for her and she barely manages to step over it.

    She didn’t interview anyone on her INTERVIEW show! Has anyone checked with the third interviewee????

    I am with Olbermann.

  • shootfromthehip

    It’s called a typo, “Olby Sucks,” but it doesn’t surprise me that you’d take a cheap shot instead of deal with the substance of what i said,.

  • Sunnyr

    Poor old Olby. The girl is taking over and everything she touches turns to millions of bucks and he can’t handle it… Bwwwaaaaaha aha ha ha ha ha hahah! Go, Sarah!

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