This was inevitable. It will be interesting to see the reasons behind this move. But Olbermann had become a huge embarrassment to the Left in general and MSNBC in particular.

Looks like Comcast didn’t waste any time after getting approval…

Lawrence vs Sean. This will be interesting.

He couldn’t handle the heat of Piers Morgan, even an hour away on a different network.

Kerrrrrrr……………..Flooooooossssssshhhhhhhhhh!

Neat.

I guess Keith didn’t think his new bosses were all that Comcastic.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!?!?!???! Unless someone has an amazing plan, this is the stupidest thing to be done in …. oh jeez, wow.

Olberdork, please don’t let the door hit you in
your ample ass on the way out.

I should probably be more gracious but for some reason I keep hearing “good riddance” after “good night and good luck.”

Comcast got em’ !!

Good riddance , and good luck , Mr. Olbermann

Mediaite seems like it attracts the far right wingers so I’m sure this will get a bunch of thumbs down….but….

This is horrible. Why is it that the right have OReilly and Hannity who throw out names like Tiller the Baby Killer and have people killed and other inflammatory language, but the left can’t have anyone “controversial”? Olbermann never told anyone to kill the opposition like O’Reilly and Olbermann is canned? Something smells foul…that something is COMCAST.

I’ll miss Olbermann and I doubt we’ve seen the last of him. He didn’t end the night with a poem…but with his standard Friday night reading of a short story by James Thurber. Good night and good luck, Keith!

Tee Hee.

MSNBC should put Roberts in at 6 up against Baier.

To clarify my previous snark: Keith quit MSNBC in the 90s because the suits wanted him to focus on the Clinton/Lewinsky situation and though I didn’t see the announcement (waiting for the embed), but from the reporting, I gather than he may not have agreed with the way the Comcast execs wanted to take the show.

Who gets that 7pm slot? Rachel?

LMAO!

He wanted to spend more time with his family .

Kitty Olbermann .

The video is already live on MSNBC.com, here ya go. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/vp/41201922#41201922

Hasn’t Mediaite been projecting this for months now?

Anyway, his show has been a sinking ship for some time. Airwaves are better without him…

Suggestions to MSNBC for replacing Olbermann in this time slot.

(1) Allow guests to offer different views from the host. (What a concept, huh? But we never saw that on Countdown.)

(2) Stop building every show on personal attacks, insults, ridicule, smears and sarcasm. These detract from intelligent political dialogue, and are no substitute for it.

(3) Put in a host who addresses the key issues of the day — jobs, the economy, the war on terror, the Afghanistan situation, the border, etc. You know, all those subjects that Keith didn’t like to talk about unless he could pin some blame on Bush.

(4) For heaven’s sake, quite playing the race card all the time. It’s become a joke, and no one takes it seriously, except people whose own race-obsession borders on derangement.

(5) Attacking your more successful competitor network may make you feel better, but makes you look petty and envious. Improve your own game rather than carp about others.

(6) Realize that partisan spin is incompatible with journalism. You need to make a choice, and honest information always does better than propaganda in a competitive marketplace.

(7) It’s good to be hard-hitting and tough-minded, but if you are only hard-hitting against one political party and a total softball against the other, you lose your credibility.

(8) Allow frank and open debate and dialogue with most intelligent and informed guests you can find.

(9) If your competitor always gets two or three times your audience, learn from what they do, rather than whine about it.

and @Gasket, yes Rachel gets the 7pm Slut

He’s been dead weight(oops, rhetoric) at MSNBC for a long time. They finally threw him overboard.

Certainly makes the demonization of the Left harder. Before tonight, Keith was usually Exhibit A in the in proving that the modern Democrat is very mean-spirited. I mean, sure Mike Malloy is much more of a Sith Lord, but he’s pretty obscure. And I’m sure the conservative blogosphere will mourn the final nail in the coffin of his “Worst Person in the World” segment, aka the most prestigious award in conservative punditry.

@felixw, I couldn’t agree with you more

I believe the record will show that when Olbermann was suspended a few months back over the campaign contributions, I said he would be back in less than a week, and out for good in less than a year. No way, no how was Comcast going to tolerate this perma-loser.

Who will replace Olbermann in falsely blaming America’s woes on the Tea Party and Sarah Palin? Oh wait, the rest of MSNBC… Boy, that ship is sinking fast!

I am very surprised that this news didn’t leak before his announcement at the end of the show – this is HUGE news on several different levels, and although Rachel Maddow’s ratings in the 25-54 demo have consistently been better than KO’s over the past several months, MSNBC’s primetime image will be lost without KO.

newarklocal said:
Mediaite seems like it attracts the far right wingers so I’m sure this will get a bunch of thumbs down….but….

This is horrible. Why is it that the right have OReilly and Hannity who throw out names like Tiller the Baby Killer and have people killed and other inflammatory language, but the left can’t have anyone “controversial”? Olbermann never told anyone to kill the opposition like O’Reilly and Olbermann is canned? Something smells foul…that something is COMCAST.

More audience for it on the left than right.

AngelPeters said:
MSNBC should put Roberts in at 6 up against Baier.

Yes.

Magister said:
To clarify my previous snark: Keith quit MSNBC in the 90s because the suits wanted him to focus on the Clinton/Lewinsky situation and though I didn’t see the announcement (waiting for the embed), but from the reporting, I gather than he may not have agreed with the way the Comcast execs wanted to take the show.

He has never gotten along with the suits over there.

Big Ed Schultz just lost control of his bowels.

LogicandReason….you are proof of my assumption that this site attracts the bigoted right wingers. When you post that lesbian Rachel Maddow is a “Slut”…well you sir are a homophobe and need to wash your mouth out with soap. Why is it that the “religious” right have the dirtiest mouths?

For those interested, Maddow is on Bill Maher tonight and it’s live, so maybe she’ll have some info.

bwaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha

Bill O’Reilly wins, again! This with Maddow, till she is fired by Comcast, will destroy CNN’s 8pm slot.

and the TYT Army is too strong!

I thought tonight was just a regular ho hum Friday night & then mana from heaven….the walls are crumbling my friends. Time for twitter!

Liberalism doesn’t sell, show me one marketing model where it does.

murf said:
Comcast got em’ !!

Good riddance , and good luck , Mr. Olbermann

What’s Comcast gonna do with O’Donnell who has come out and stated that he’s an actual socialist? There’s no way that Cenk and Eddie are gonna pull good enough numbers. Maddow I give credit to because while we disagree on politics, she’s actually newsy.

This may seem crass to the Olbermann fans, but that revised line-up looks terrific for CNN.

Good night , good luck, and good riddance. Next is Tommy Christopher.

AnonymousFinch said:
believe the record will show that when Olbermann was suspended a few months back over the campaign contributions, I said he would be back in less than a week, and out for good in less than a year. No way, no how was Comcast going to tolerate this perma-loser.

.
Great to “see” you again Atticus.

You are sorely missed by me and many others.

10 bucks says some stories come out about this before long. Too abrupt. There’s info we don’t yet know about this. I’m sure of it.

Wait, if Lawrence O’Donnell now comes before two other shows, it’s not really the LAST word anymore, is it?

So now Greta gets to kick Fat Eddies ass at 10 PM each night.
Bet you he never gets close to her in ratings! No Ears O’Donnell
couldn’t.

Gasket said:
He has never gotten along with the suits over there.

.
Has he ever gotten along with anyone he worked for?

Well shit like this should stick to MSNBC! It was rather unfair, indeed!

Eheheh…

Cenk makes Fat Eddie look sane.
No ratings here!

WTF?

WCinWI said:
What’s Comcast gonna do with O’Donnell who has come out and stated that he’s an actual socialist? There’s no way that Cenk and Eddie are gonna pull good enough numbers. Maddow I give credit to because while we disagree on politics, she’s actually newsy.

Crazy Larry is one meltdown away , Sgt. Schultz is next.

Should be interesting to find out if Comcast was the primary party behind this happening. It would be the second thing they’ve done I hated. The first was buying out and dismantling TechTV, though that did span a lot of podcasters out there.

TangledThorns said:
Bill O’Reilly wins, again! This with Maddow, till she is fired by Comcast, will destroy CNN’s 8pm slot.

Wishful thinking. She’s not going anywhere. That would be the nail to MSNBC’s coffin. She is the only analyst I regularly watch there.

@AnonymousFinch, I certainly did not forget you made this projection month ago when the suspension occurred.

Somebody better call and check on Scoop Christopher .

Grammie said:
.
Great to “see” you again Atticus.

You are sorely missed by me and many others.

Thanks, Grannie. I appreciate that. I still lurk and read here regularly, but I’ve been much too busy with work to get a free minute to post here. I think the last six months have been the busiest of my career, which is good for the bottom line but bad for free time, sleep, and goofing off on the internet.

ImNotBlue said:
10 bucks says some stories come out about this before long. Too abrupt. There’s info we don’t yet know about this. I’m sure of it.

It’s been rumored for months that Comcast will take MSNBC and either totally rebrand it and try to compete with Fox as another conservative entity or will at least get rid of the more boisterous voices to balance out the conservative angle to still make it competitive with Fox, but with a less conservative angle.

Put real news at 6pm EST

Re-run of Matthews at 7pm

Maddow -8pm

Larry -9pm

murf said:
Crazy Larry is one meltdown away , Sgt. Schultz is next.

Haha my dad and I crack up over Eddie’s question of the day…..it always ends up being something that’s like 94% to 6%.

Is it possible CNN was dumb enough to give KO an offer
he couldn’ refuse?

Comcast has spoken…

Keith Olbermann Leaving Countdown

This is unbelievable and without Keith we have no reason to watch or support MSNBC. We are all still in shock and it will not sink in until Monday when we find ourselves at 8 PM and can’t find him. We watched his show every day it has been on when at home and even while out of town …. There is no replacement that could compare and MSNBC can go to blazes.

Gasket said:
Wishful thinking. She’s not going anywhere. That would be the nail to MSNBC’s coffin. She is the only analyst I regularly watch there.

I agree. Maddow is now the solid linchpin of the MSNBC lineup.

Probably NOT wrong said:
Is it possible CNN was dumb enough to give KO an offer
he couldn’ refuse?

I don’t think CNN could take Olbermann, even if they wanted the headache.
They’ve invested too much into their down-the-middle, old school journalism identity.

WCinWI said:
Haha my dad and I crack up over Eddie’s question of the day…..it always ends up being something that’s like 94% to 6%.

Yeah .. Poll Question ” Dont republicans just suck ? ” LOL

LOL @ ‘we wish him well in his future endeavors.’ The asshole got himself fired; big surprise. It would be smart to change the locks at MSNBC; he could easily ‘Go Postal.’ He exhibits the tendencies…

@WC

Could be. Could be that they said he would have to have a wider array of guests.

But I doubt it. If there was that kind of friction, I think he would have mentioned it on Twitter, or hinted at it on air already.

No, I think this is something else. Perhaps a “staff” issue………….

there is a God!!

WCinWI said:
Haha my dad and I crack up over Eddie’s question of the day…..it always ends up being something that’s like 94% to 6%.

Yeah. He asks the few idots that do stomach him some
stupid loaded question then anounnces the reults we could announce for
him as soom as we hear the question. Funny as shit!

As much as I hate Fake News Channel, and I hate them, they stick with their retarded hosts no matter how much stupid crap comes out of their mouths….BillO the Clown…God is real because of the tide? Screw Physics!!! BillO knows proofs and logic on God based on Catholic Apologetics by Mr. Madrid!

Fox stands by their retarded hosts while MSNBC gives them the guillotine.

ImNotBlue said:
@WC

Could be. Could be that they said he would have to have a wider array of guests.

But I doubt it. If there was that kind of friction, I think he would have mentioned it on Twitter, or hinted at it on air already.

No, I think this is something else. Perhaps a “staff” issue………….

We’ll know if Eddie and Larry get replaced……but that, I doubt, would come so soon after this move.

One less punching bag and exscuse for the right.

The ilk of Olbermann wont be needed again until 2016.

it’s a shame. his show had a great mixture of smart politics and witty popular culture. he was great in raising millions of dollars for health clinics for people without insurance. you will be missed keith.
time…marches…on

screwauger said:
there is a God!!

no there’s not

tatboy said:
Comcast has spoken…

I bet this was Immelt’s doing with the blessing of the Obama administration.
Takes away some of the stink of Immelt’s new position.
DON’T BE FOOLED!!!

Magister said:
I don’t think CNN could take Olbermann, even if they wanted the headache.
They’ve invested too much into their down-the-middle, old school journalism identity.

That and he’s burned bridges with CNN several times .. Some ” Worst Person in the World ” honors among others.

Ding, Dong – the LEFT is disappearing!

Oh, Happy Day!

TangledThorns said:
Bill O’Reilly wins, again! This with Maddow, till she is fired by Comcast, will destroy CNN’s 8pm slot.

Say “it ain’t so.” Maddow is the best thing going on outside of FOX. Her nervous giggles are the personification of a scared Liberal trying to whistle past the graveyard. Keep her at all costs.

I’m honestly worried about Tommy Christopher.

Although…. KO shitting on Tommy in their “twitter wars” was an omen that Keith couldn’t get along with ANYONE.

Quite a classy ending. Thanks KO.

murf said:
That and he’s burned bridges with CNN several times .. Some ” Worst Person in the World ” honors among others.

I think Keith’s burned a lot of worst person’s bridges over the years….

clindhartsen said:
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!?!?!???! Unless someone has an amazing plan, this is the stupidest thing to be done in …. oh jeez, wow.

To me it seems like Comcast is interested in doing whatever it takes to save MSNBC. Whatever price was paid for NBC-Universal, the MSNBC network was probably valued as a negatively-valued property. In other words, NBC-U was worth more without MSNBC than with it, but Comcast was willing to try a turn-around.

Prediction: this will NOT be the last big change in personnel, specifically involving the evening schedule.

The other major programs — the Today Show and Meet the Press — may also go through some major changes, but not immediately.

Damn, I figured Comcast would go after Edith Schultzie first. Or maybe Chrissy. But, the #1 goofball as far as ratings go??? OK< then I'll say guuuuuuudbye Keithy. At the very least your goofiness has been somewhat entertaining. Trouble is I never wwatched you for more than a few minutes because you always made me and othrs feel like we were locked up in an insane asylum. Sort of like how one feels trying to watch 5 minutes of old Chrissy Tingles. That guy is as goofy as they come. Anyway Keithy, learn to kick back and enjoy life for a change!

@newarklocal, It’s pretty obvious you have no formal education, but if there’s one thing you have learned from the University of Liberal Media, it’s the word “bigoted”.

It would be insulting and technically wrong for you to call me a homophobe, because it suggests I FEAR homosexuals and homosexuality. While I actually despise homosexual activism/fanaticism, they are the last thing on earth I should fear.

The word bigot has become a cliche and actually very boring now, try learning something new.

This is a sad day indeed. We will miss you Keith.

OMG. now what will Grammie, I’m not Blue, Cecelia and the other 7 little sheep over at Dollar’s Dump do now? Dollar will have to shut down his Olbermann watch site, and they won’t have anything to talk about at his Dump except the NewsHounds. They will probably all just lay down in their beds in the nursing homes and give up on life.

To me, Keith is a national treasure. Yes, he goes nuts, but he is so eloquent and funny. He was a lone voice during the Bush brainwash and comforted those of us who knew deep down something wasn’t just right by illustrating it in his showvia puppets, satire, and passionate rhetoric.

Let’s hope FoxNews sees them Hannity and raises a Morris.

Dear Comcast ,

When I said ” I’m going to torch this F’ing place ” I meant it , of course ,in the least threatening manner .

Your new bootlick ,

Ed Schultz

the real john t said:
OMG. now what will Grammie, I’m not Blue, Cecelia and the other 7 little sheep over at Dollar’s Dump do now?

.
You are one obsessed little man.

All my love,

Aunty Dolly Dollarite

felixw said:
This was inevitable. It will be interesting to see the reasons behind this move. But Olbermann had become a huge embarrassment to the Left in general and MSNBC in particular.

And how would someone as partisan as you know that? You had your Rush, Beck and the like, and we had only KO for quite a while. Perhaps NBC is sending the message that it is OK for FOX News to tone down their own rhetoric. Bill is coming off as a grumpy old man lately, Hannity is in blind obedience to his superior morality, and Beck? Well he impresses me every day. Like watching Jerry Springer in his prime.

the real john t said:
OMG. now what will Grammie, I’m not Blue, Cecelia and the other 7 little sheep over at Dollar’s Dump do now? Dollar will have to shut down his Olbermann watch site, and they won’t have anything to talk about at his Dump except the NewsHounds. They will probably all just lay down in their beds in the nursing homes and give up on life.

Awwww!

Nacho said:
Let’s hope FoxNews sees them Hannity and raises a Morris.

Yes.

the real john t brown in Ohio said:
OMG. now what will Grammie, I’m not Blue, Cecelia and the other 7 little sheep over at Dollar’s Dump do now? Dollar will have to shut down his Olbermann watch site, and they won’t have anything to talk about at his Dump except the NewsHounds. They will probably all just lay down in their beds in the nursing homes and give up on life.

The real question is , what watchdog site will you be OBESSED with now ?

“Why is it that the “religious” right have the dirtiest mouths?”

Why do bigots ascribe ignorant stereotypes on large numbers of people?

Keith Olbermann – A Memorial Tribute

WildMan said:
Damn, I figured Comcast would go after Edith Schultzie first.

Comcast doesn’t have a damn thing to do with it. They haven’t even taken control yet. The buyout was just approved last week. Are you RWers that fucking dumb?

Grammie said:
You are one obsessed little man.
All my love,
Aunty Dolly Dollarite

HA !

Yep, I called it. I see an internet radio show in Keef’s future. Adios, Murrow!

LOGICandReason?

Gee you fear Gays? I couldn’t have guessed that from you calling Rachel Maddow a “SLUT”.

You are a bigot.

NORMAL people do not call other people sluts. There is something wrong with you. You say you are not a bigot? OK, then you’re a homophobe. Normal people do not call gay women SLUTS and take amusement out of it like you do. You are sick.

Nobody does a real news program in the evening, when people are home from work. For instance, right now on Headline News, it’s the Joy Behar Show, followed by Show Business Tonight. CNN has Anderson Cooper — I guess I really don’t know anything about that show — is it news or commentary?

The FNC lineup is well-known. I like Special Report, but it comes on early and rebroadcasts late, with rare updates. The crawl is okay but it would be nice to have at least the option of having a real newscast.

Damn, I didn’t see this coming. KO is an incredibly talented anchor, but his show was hard to watch sometimes because it could be so mean spirited. I think Lawrence O’Donnell is the best program on MSNBC right now so I’m happy to see it move earlier.

LOGICandREASON said:
@newarklocal, It’s pretty obvious you have no formal education, but if there’s one thing you have learned from the University of Liberal Media, it’s the word “bigoted”.

It would be insulting and technically wrong for you to call me a homophobe, because it suggests I FEAR homosexuals and homosexuality. While I actually despise homosexual activism/fanaticism, they are the last thing on earth I should fear.

The word bigot has become a cliche and actually very boring now, try learning something new.

it’s always the ones who make the largest denial of homosexuality are the ones who are deep down inside really gay. i think your hate of homosexuality is the hate you feel for yourself. was it your mommy when you were a little boy that dressed you up and you realized you like feeling pretty? just learn to love yourself because despite what you think, god does love gays.

I am sure Dan Abrams is celebrating tonight.

valkyrie101 said:
Bill is coming off as a grumpy old man lately,

lately orielly is grumpy? i used to watch, but i just couldn’t stand his condescending bs.

hey conspiracy theorists! how about this one:

Obama tells Immelt he’ll give him this plum assignment on this bullshit new committee IF he promises to get rid of Olby first. Olby being, of course, one of the main people Obama was talking about in the Tucson speech and everybody knew it.

I like it!

newarklocal said:
NORMAL people do not call other people sluts.

.
SO TRUE!!!

Now, if you could just get that across to TRRK who said “that if I lived in 1930′s Germany I would have been a drunken NAZI slut with makeup slathered on with a trowel”

In fact he said it to both Cecelia and I at the same time.

The conservative women of this world would be so pleased with you if you could help muzz, uh live up to his liberal standards.

Thanks

@ newark

Not to get in the middle of your rant, or to go off on a tangent, but a question: is it “worse” to call a gay woman a slut, than a straight woman… and why?

I’m curious to what you think.

Larry-8pm

Maddow-9pm

Schultz -10pm

Via : Huffington Post

murf said:
Crazy Larry is one meltdown away , Sgt. Schultz is next.

Not familiar with Schultz, but Lawrence O’Donnell needs serious medication to keep his violent temper under control. He has a high-pressure job and this will just add to the pressure. But if he increases the dosage, it will make him seem dopier than usual on-air. I’m sure they have him on some kind of tape-delay, so they can cut to commercial in time to keep an outburst from going on the air.

The remaining people at MSNBC, now know that they have a manager.

Maybe he’ll get the open Gibbs position at the White House!??

Ha!

O’Donnell vs O’Rielly

LOL Irish duel

This is what happens when you treat everyone you work with like shit. My personal fav on-air Olby hissy fit? When anchoring MSNBC election coverage and a panel table took too long for Olby’s taste to throw back to him and Keith slammed his fist down loudly on his desk. You can actually see the panelists faces flinch.Big ol’ pear-shaped, child-bearing hips, fat ass Baby Keith throwing an actual temper tantrum! Well, Keithy, you Media Matters loving, smear spreading douche, goodbye to you! I’ll never think of an Ag College without thinking of two things….cow shit and you. Kisses.

Comcast’s first day on the job went well! LOL.

IMNOTBLUE…

It is the same to call a gay woman and a straight woman a SLUT. It is indicitive of LOGICANDREASON that he picks a LESBIAN woman to call a slut. Since we all know that the far far right reactionary (FOX NEWS VIEWERS) think ever single station other than FOX is biased, it is intersting that this sexist viewer picks a Lesbian Woman, a minority in the News, instead of any other majority news figure thats a female, which is like 90% of the evening news to call a SLUT.

Seems he is obsessed with a Lesbian Woman who he loves to call a “SLUT”

SHAME ON HIM!!

Yep Welcome to The Comcast Era.

Happy days are here again….

Maybe he can go back to the only thing he was ever qualified for,sports,and stop acting like he meant something.

In a second statement, MSNBC president Phil Griffin announced a reshaped primetime lineup that will begin Monday. “The Last Word With Laurence O’Donnell” will move two hours earlier to 8 p.m., “The Rachel Maddow Show” will continue to air at 9 p.m. and “The Ed Show” will move to 10 p.m. Cenk Ungur will fill in as the host of the 6 p.m. hour.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/47982.html#ixzz1BjGohhkw

Much like Eddie Shultz went from Republican to Liberal..Maybe Olbermann will be on Fox News Redeye as a fact checker

If Keef weren’t such an arrogant dumbass, he’d have been building himself a media empire, ensuring that he’d never be put out of a job. You know, like Glenn Beck.

ImNotBlue said:
Maybe he’ll get the open Gibbs position at the White House!??

Bill Carter’s NYTimes piece does say he can’t move to another network, but he comes with too much baggage for a White House gig.

Obeezy said:
Much like Eddie Shultz went from Republican to Liberal..Maybe Olbermann will be on Fox News Redeye as a fact checker

.
Funny. If KO was on red Eye Pinch would probably bite him. :)

Ed Schultz was really a conservative at one time?

Magister said:
Bill Carter’s NYTimes piece does say he can’t move to another network, but he comes with too much baggage for a White House gig

I’m pretty sure that was a joke. :)

keith said on tonights show…talking about the sotu and republicans have not only paul ryan giving a rebuttal, but also tea party’s michelle bachman giving a tea-buttal.

I like the line up with Lawrence O’Donnell followed by Rachel Maddow a lot better. There will be more solid analysis and less reverse Fox emotionalism.

dhg said:
Happy days are here again….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdES0GP0KhI

J Baustian said:
Not familiar with Schultz, but Lawrence O’Donnell needs serious medication to keep his violent temper under control. He has a high-pressure job and this will just add to the pressure. But if he increases the dosage, it will make him seem dopier than usual on-air. I’m sure they have him on some kind of tape-delay, so they can cut to commercial in time to keep an outburst from going on the air.

O’Donnell is very calm compared to Bill O’Reilly.

ChiliPeppersFan said:
keith said on tonights show…talking about the sotu and republicans have not only paul ryan giving a rebuttal, but also tea party’s michelle bachman giving a tea-buttal.

.I still can’t understand how anyone who could come up with a comment for the ages like that was dropped – not.

Color Me Dumbb said:
I am sure Dan Abrams is celebrating tonight.

I’m sure Dan celebrates pretty frequently. He runs a profitable company. Tonight, I see him giggling.

“Bill Carter’s NYTimes piece does say he can’t move to another network, but he comes with too much baggage for a White House gig”

He needs to carry his baggage because he burns the bridges behind him.

dhg said:
Yep Welcome to The Comcast Era.

Happy days are here again….

Maybe he can go back to the only thing he was ever qualified for,sports,and stop acting like he meant something.

Yeah because it’s always awesome when a corporation has a stranglehold on it’s news departments and dictates who or what is broadcast. Enjoy your slavery idiot.

ImNotBlue said:
Maybe he’ll get the open Gibbs position at the White House!??

Ha!

Stop it, INB, you’re gonna give Tommy another heart attack.

Color Me Dumbb said:
Yeah because it’s always awesome when a corporation has a stranglehold on it’s news departments and dictates who or what is broadcast. Enjoy your slavery idiot.

Yeah, because GE is pretty much operated out of Jeff Immelt’s garage. Nitwit.

Grammie said:
I’m pretty sure that was a joke. :)

Thanks, but I knew it was a joke.
I just wanted to get the link into the air.

Let’s see if they have any balls and give a job to everybodies Kissup, Eugene Washington.

I think we’re going to find out that this was quite sudden – I don’t think Keith knew about it until just a couple of hours before show time. A look at his twitter feed shows about 6:30 PM EST the following:

“ShowPlugLast: And back where we started on Fridays with Thurber: The Peacelike Mongoose.” This was usually the last segment on his Friday shows. THEN, about 8:30 PM EST – just before air time, this tweet:

“ShowPlugSupplemental: We will have a slight change in the Thurber selection tonight”.

Something might have happened today to cause him to be fired today.

Grammie said:
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Funny. If KO was on red Eye Pinch would probably bite him. :)

Ed Schultz was really a conservative at one time?

Yes, met his wife who was a social worker and it changed him.

Don’t anyone tell Tucker, Kieth’s all he’s got.

Gasket said:
O’Donnell is very calm compared to Bill O’Reilly.

LMAO

Newsjunky said:
Something might have happened today to cause him to be fired today.

No, it happened a couple of days ago.

Kick the ass of the biggest prima donna around and the rest will fall in line.

Good night and good luck.

Pablo said:
Yeah, because GE is pretty much operated out of Jeff Immelt’s garage. Nitwit.

Which I hear is in France or somewhere.

Ladies and gentlemen, SkyNet is live.

horn tooting time….

this was on a different thread yesterday…..

emancipate yourself from mental slavery said:
Most uncomfortable moment of my life…..

explaining the term “tea-bagger” (political definition and the other….) to my 72 yo mother, after she heard it on PMSNBC. So…..thanks for that Olbe, Bill “I hate my father; so America sucks” Maher, Mr. Maddow……

I will never forget the the little twinkle they would get in their eyes when they used the term; like all of their cool friends knew what the phrase means, but those hayseed yokels have no idea. Pssst…. it’s probably because they’ve never “bagged” or been “bagged”.

Haben sie bälle in deinen mund, Herr Olbermann?

Keith, just because we let you and the rest of the MSM got to pick the last Republican nominee (Mr. Mc), that doesn’t mean that you can “define” or “name” the movement that is soon to push you closer to the irrelevancy you deserve.

I guess I need to be careful what I wish for. yeah!

There. Is. A. God!

murf said:
LMAO

Am I wrong? Bill can not take any body blows. He has too big an ego and a hot temper. That’s why his show is scripted and rarely/never does live. I have watched both in uncomfortable situations and there’s no comparison.

If you want to see what all the crazies at the fringe websites are saying, here’s a good link that will link you to them.

http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2011/01/low-rated-gasbag-out-at-messnbc.html

Needless to say, it’s a rough time in crazytown tonight as ClownTown with Olberdouche gets the axe. All these lost souls are crying that they won’t know what to do with themselves as a result.

Grammie said:
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Funny. If KO was on red Eye Pinch would probably bite him. :)

Ed Schultz was really a conservative at one time?

Yes in I believe North Dakota, Than he Beat his wife and shot his dog, became unhinged and becaome a talk show host..Only in America

who?

For this relief, much thanks.

Gasket said:
Am I wrong? Bill can not take any body blows. He has too big an ego and a hot temper. That’s why his show is scripted and rarely/never does live. I have watched both in uncomfortable situations and there’s no comparison.

Well, now that 8:00 is open, give him a watch. He’s alot calmer nowadays, very fair to his guests and actually invites dissenting views all the time.

Gasket said:
Yes, met his wife who was a social worker and it changed him.

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Thanks.

That woman must have the charms of Cleopatra and Mata Hari combined. :)

valkyrie101 said:
And how would someone as partisan as you know that? You had your Rush, Beck and the like, and we had only KO for quite a while. Perhaps NBC is sending the message that it is OK for FOX News to tone down their own rhetoric. Bill is coming off as a grumpy old man lately, Hannity is in blind obedience to his superior morality, and Beck? Well he impresses me every day. Like watching Jerry Springer in his prime.

You have a right to your opinion, but for you to object about partisanship can only make us laugh As to my view on Olbermann being an embarrassment, I am simply repeating what many media insiders are saying. Heck Keith was suspended by his boss a few months ago. This isn’t partisanship, but simply paying attention to what’s happening. Or are you still ignoring facts and real world events as part of your ideological views?

Gasket said:
Yes, met his wife who was a social worker and it changed him.

That’s funny because I’ve met a few people who always wanted to be social workers, and after being one for a few years, it changed them.

emancipate yourself from mental slavery said:
horn tooting time….

this was on a different thread yesterday…..

I guess I need to be careful what I wish for. yeah!

Why would you be proud of posting such a worthless post? I would be ashamed of that drivel. Yes, Tea Partiers called themselves Teabaggers first. Don’t shoot yourself in the foot and complain when someone points out your gaping wound.

Gasket said:
Yes, met his wife who was a social worker and it changed him.

His ratings was what changed him.

Gasket said:
Am I wrong? Bill can not take any body blows. He has too big an ego and a hot temper. That’s why his show is scripted and rarely/never does live. I have watched both in uncomfortable situations and there’s no comparison.

I have watched both as well. Bill has become A LOT calmer than he used to be ( I’m not a huge fan of Bill’s btw).

Larry on the other hand has a mean-spirited way of attacking him opponents .

Go back and watch his ‘ Morning Joe ‘ tirades , you’d think he was going to kill someone.

OxyCon said:
That’s funny because I’ve met a few people who always wanted to be social workers, and after being one for a few years, it changed them.

My wife is a social woker and has her masters degree in it. It hasn’t changed her. What is your masters degree in?

We at FNC are sorry to see our old friend, Keith Olbermann, leave MSNBC. Besides his step brother Ed we can not think of any individual outside of FNC that has contributed more to the success of our network. There was almost never a night where he forgot to mention our network on his show. His contribution and advertising for our network will always be appreciated. We also hope this doesn’t signal a move at MSNBC to move to the right. We at FNC feel they are contributing to the conservative movement in ways we never imagined. We sincerely hope they continue their current format so the liberal voice in this country can truly be discredited. Hopefully, MSNBC will see it in their wisdom to move his step brother Ed into his time slots. I could not think of a better successor to Keith. Keith we wish you well.

Roger Ailes, President of FNC

“My wife is a social woker and has her masters degree in it. It hasn’t changed her. What is your masters degree in?”

I met a lot of ex-social workers. Reality ran them over.

If ya can’t beat ‘em… quit ‘em… typical…. toss in the towel when the going gets Marine tough.

Moderate said:
I met a lot of ex-social workers. Reality ran them over.

I figure you have met a lot of them. The help you needed probably required it.

murf said:
I have watched both as well. Bill has become A LOT calmer than he used to be ( I’m not a huge fan of Bill’s btw).

Larry on the other hand has a mean-spirited way of attacking him opponents .

Go back and watch his ‘ Morning Joe ‘ tirades , you’d think he was going to kill someone.

I actually like watching Bill O’Reilly (rarely agree with him) and you are right he has calmed the f*ck down from the old days. I think his pugnaciousness has wore him down and with Beck on board, he no longer has to be the lightning rod on the right. I have watched him for years and listened to him on the radio. He can be set off quite easily and his trades are off the charts that would make Larry blush. Larry can be mean spirited, I will agree.

felixw said:
You have a right to your opinion, but for you to object about partisanship can only make us laugh As to my view on Olbermann being an embarrassment, I am simply repeating what many media insiders are saying. Heck Keith was suspended by his boss a few months ago. This isn’t partisanship, but simply paying attention to what’s happening. Or are you still ignoring facts and real world events as part of your ideological views?

No. You hate KO. Always have. Your’s is not an objective opinion. Whether mine is or is not is beside the point.

“I figure you have met a lot of them. The help you needed probably required it.”

They became computer operators. They could tell some unbeliveable stories. I could not blame them for quitting.

OxyCon said:
Well, now that 8:00 is open, give him a watch. He’s alot calmer nowadays, very fair to his guests and actually invites dissenting views all the time.

I am a regular O’ Reilly Factor viewer and you are right, that’s one of the reasons I like his show over Countdown. i watch him first, then watch Maddow.

How many here predicted he would go soon. He is INSANE. MSNBC is ISANE to keep Mr. Ed. He will be the next to go.

What is the RWers going to do without Olbermann to attack? Of course they have Ed Shultz and Racheal Maddow to attack. Those will probably be trumped up big time, since they need to have someone to hate. You ever notice they never attack Dylan Ratigan? That is because he attacks the Obama Admin as much as he does the Republicans. Now could any RWer tell me who does that same thing on Fox ( you know, that fair and balanced network )?

newarklocal says:
As much as I hate Fake News Channel, and I hate them, they stick with their retarded hosts no matter how much stupid crap comes out of their mouths….BillO the Clown…God is real because of the tide? Screw Physics!!! BillO knows proofs and logic on God based on Catholic Apologetics by Mr. Madrid!

Fox stands by their retarded hosts while MSNBC gives them the guillotine.

Says the man just ranting about the hate of right wingers. Hypo much?

murf said:
Comcast got em’ !! Good riddance , and good luck , Mr. Olbermann

Sarah Palin got him. Who will she get next? Matthews? Mr. Ed? Ignorant Rach?

Hey John, it’s been about a week. Found any of that violent rhetoric from Palin?

Moderate said:
They became computer operators. They could tell some unbeliveable stories. I could not blame them for quitting.

My wife has a very good paying job working out of the house and making home visits. Hows your job (if you have one)?

newarklocal said:
IMNOTBLUE… It is the same to call a gay woman and a straight woman a SLUT. It is indicitive of LOGICANDREASON that he picks a LESBIAN woman to call a slut. Since we all know that the far far right reactionary (FOX NEWS VIEWERS) think ever single station other than FOX is biased, it is intersting that this sexist viewer picks a Lesbian Woman, a minority in the News, instead of any other majority news figure thats a female, which is like 90% of the evening news to call a SLUT. Seems he is obsessed with a Lesbian Woman who he loves to call a “SLUT” SHAME ON HIM!!

Well, here’s the thing… in his first post, he never mentioned that she was gay, or anything like that. Why he said she was a “slut,” I’m not sure… but you added that part in. It seems to me that you’re rather protective of Maddow, and would likely draw a line between any criticism of Maddow to “homophobia,” even when the link isn’t there. But I do appreciate you answering my question.

Magister said:
Bill Carter’s NYTimes piece does say he can’t move to another network, but he comes with too much baggage for a White House gig.

It would be funny, though!

Color Me Badd said:
Yeah because it’s always awesome when a corporation has a stranglehold on it’s news departments and dictates who or what is broadcast. Enjoy your slavery idiot.

Wasn’t MSNBC the network that pulled someone off the air mid-program (Donny Deutsch), because he (in passing) referenced Olbermann as “angry”? Yes… yes they were. So If you’re worried about freedom of opinion in the news departments, I’d think KO’s leave would excite you, rather than disappoint you.

Gasket said:
I actually like watching Bill O’Reilly (rarely agree with him) and you are right he has calmed the f*ck down from the old days. I think his pugnaciousness has wore him down and with Beck on board, he no longer has to be the lightning rod on the right. I have watched him for years and listened to him on the radio. He can be set off quite easily and his trades are off the charts that would make Larry blush. Larry can be mean spirited, I will agree.

O’Reilly calmed down after he left his radio program… almost instantly so. Once he didn’t have to fill two hours on the radio, and then an hour television program later on, he started to laugh a bit more on air. IMO, that was the cause of his softening.

Seeing 2012 From My Window said:
Hey John, it’s been about a week. Found any of that violent rhetoric from Palin?

It wouldn’t do any good to show them to your ignorant ass. You’d just put your fingers in your ears and close your eyes and scream NAH, NAH, NAH I can’t hear you.

Personally, I didn’t like Countdown since he never brought guests who opposed his viewpoints. That bores the hell out of me. I don’t even like engaging in discussions where I agree with everyone. What do you learn? That to me was the biggest problem with the show. Another major problem is Keith’s reactionary nature which is different from Maddow’s more analytical method. It tainted his reporting which was good at times. I also thought he overplayed the racist meme with the TP crowd. He just over did it. I mean, if even Arianna Huffington can come to the defense of the Tea Party and say that the whole group as a whole is not racist (as alluded by leftists such as Prof. Cornel West) , you know Keith was in the weeds with that hyperbolic label. The rant against Scott Brown was another example of Keith’s bombastic reactionary punditry. Not good. I still want to see him on cable TV as a featured commentator. He’s clearly intelligent.

the real john t said:
What is the RWers going to do without Olbermann to attack? Of course they have Ed Shultz and Racheal Maddow to attack. Those will probably be trumped up big time, since they need to have someone to hate.

Yeah, it’s a good thing the left is so pleasant, and never attacks or hates anyone. Right?

I mean, that’s wildly hypocritical… even for you, John! I can’t imagine you writing that without blushing a bit.

You ever notice they never attack Dylan Ratigan? That is because he attacks the Obama Admin as much as he does the Republicans.

I thought it was because nobody watches his show.

Now could any RWer tell me who does that same thing on Fox ( you know, that fair and balanced network )?

Well, O’Reilly has taken quite a lot of heat from the right for defending the Obama Administration from certain right-wing attacks. And Shep Smith has gotten a lot of credit for attacking Republicans, especially over the recent 9/11 Responders bill.

How’s that for you, buddy?

the real john t said:
It wouldn’t do any good to show them to your ignorant ass. You’d just put your fingers in your ears and close your eyes and scream NAH, NAH, NAH I can’t hear you.

Lame, John… lame and trasparent.

John says:

It wouldn’t do any good to show them to your ignorant ass. You’d just put your fingers in your ears and close your eyes and scream NAH, NAH, NAH I can’t hear you.

I promise I won’t, so BRING IT!!

Clearly, that should be: “transparent.”

Hehe… pun.

newarklocal said:
Normal people do not call gay women SLUTS and take amusement out of it like you do.

You are most likely the last person to know what “normal” is.

Running away does not hide the problem. Running away does not solve the problem. Running away shows where the problem lies. Oops… did I type “lies”?????

Little john t said:
My wife is a social woker and has her masters degree in it. It hasn’t changed her. What is your masters degree in?

Gee, Ed’s wife is a social worker and Little Johnny ‘T’s wife is a social worker. Who da thunk? Ed said he changed his thoughts over a Baloney sandwich that she gave him.

Keith’s contract was coming to an end and Comcast wasn’t going to pay him O’Reilly type money for 1/3 the ratings. Keith’s ego couldn’t stand the hit.

Keith Olbermann has left the building……..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l39Wa34d7NE&feature=related

TV is all about ratings….When you lose 20% of your viewership from 2009 its bound to happen. Just look at Larry King and soon Spitzer-Parker (that show prob is dead in 2 months).

b4peace said:
I’ll miss Olbermann and I doubt we’ve seen the last of him. He didn’t end the night with a poem…but with his standard Friday night reading of a short story by James Thurber. Good night and good luck, Keith!

Keith read a nice story with a nice moral.
Unfortunately he never, and I mean NEVER, followed that moral in his professional life.
Instead he asked none of the questions and thought he had ALL the answers, just like the animal in the old age home.

puck30 said:
Gee, Ed’s wife is a social worker and Little Johnny ‘T’s wife is a social worker. Who da thunk? Ed said he changed his thoughts over a Baloney sandwich that she gave him.

So what are you going to do, attack my wife now?

the real john t said:
It wouldn’t do any good to show them to your ignorant ass. You’d just put your fingers in your ears and close your eyes and scream NAH, NAH, NAH I can’t hear you.

john t, ask the window woman to show you the link where Nancy Reagan denounced her son’s statement in his book about Ronnie having signs of altzeimers. She couldn’t find it for me but maybe she will for you.

Lean Forward!
http://tinyurl.com/4mlxmvc

MiddleRoader said:
. She couldn’t find it for me but maybe she will for you.

OH NO! The only links she will show is from newsbusters or some other radical RW nutcase site.

Don’t divert John. Bring on the violent rhetoric of Palin. We are all waiting breathlessly.

gordonbloyershow said:
Sarah Palin got him. Who will she get next? Matthews? Mr. Ed? Ignorant Rach?

No she didn’t. You are making stuff up. Where is the causal link? Take a break from the Palin clit-hanging for a second Gordon Blows.

the real john t said:
So what are you going to do, attack my wife now?

What did I say Jack***? I said Ed’s wife is a social worker and so is your wife. How is that attacking your wife Mr. Sensitive?

BTW: Does Little Johnny Dementia need be reminded that a few months ago he had no problem caling my wife names so STFU.

Oh and what else do I see, Little Johnny ‘T’ had to go attack Grammie on this very thread. And what about your ‘Johnny Dollar’ compulsion? I see you can’t keep that under control again. How about that Mr. Sensitive?

But I say your wife is a social worker and look who get’s his panties in a wad? Mr. Sensitive? How about Mr. Pathetic.

I don’t know why your wife married you but I know why she keeps you around. Your a classic case study.

Now go have another shot of ‘Jim Beam’.

the real john t said:
or some other radical RW nutcase site.

Oh look! Mr. Sensitive is at it again!

How’s that Jim Beam? Is the bottle nearly gone?

puck30 said:
BTW: Does Little Johnny Dementia need be reminded that a few months ago he had no problem caling my wife names so STFU.

Where did I ever call your wife names. Prove it with a link or say you were wrong. I would never attack any member of anyones family. Prove it or STFU.

the real john t said:
My wife has a very good paying job working out of the house and making home visits. Hows your job (if you have one)?

More Mr. Sensitive Ladies and Gentlemen, funny I dated a social worker once and I never heard of her making home visits. She did all her work from the office.

But then again she didn’t have Mr. Sensitive waiting at home. I can see why your wife would be making a lot of home visits.

puck30 said:
How’s that Jim Beam? Is the bottle nearly gone?

I gave up hard liquor 12 yrs ago. But you keep drinking your Port Wine.

the real john t said:
Where did I ever call your wife names. Prove it with a link or say you were wrong. I would never attack any member of anyones family. Prove it or STFU.

F**k you you called my wife a fat slob and even Grammie wrote to Mediaite. It was just before you got kicked off the first time, it was in Glynnis thread.

I know, I know. It’s either the Jim Beam or Dementia.

It’s the dementia no doubt……..and the Jim Beam.

puck30 said:
More Mr. Sensitive Ladies and Gentlemen, funny I dated a social worker once and I never heard of her making home visits. She did all her work from the office.

Why do you keep making a fool out of yourself with every comment you make? My wife is a regional manager for a health care firm. You got that idiot? Now stop showing your ignorance.

puck30 said:
It was just before you got kicked off the first time, it was in Glynnis thread.

I was never kicked off here you little idiot.

the real john t said:
I gave up hard liquor 12 yrs ago. But you keep drinking your Port Wine.

Why? did the Doctor say you were down to just a few brain cells?

the real john t said:
I was never kicked off here you little idiot.

Glynnis even came on here to tell us you got kicked off so stop lying.

Little Idiot? Ohhhhhhh! sticks and stones tough guy!

Seeing 2012 From My Window said:
Hey John, it’s been about a week. Found any of that violent rhetoric from Palin?

He’s still trying to find the keys from his 63 chevy pick-up.

puck30 said:
Glynnis even came on here to tell us you got kicked off so stop lying.

Why don’t you prove that with a link too. You seem to like to blow a lot of shit out of your ass, but can’t back up a single word of it. Typical teabagger.

HAAHAHAHAAHAHAH!!!

Good fuckin’ riddance!

Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out

the real john t said:
Why don’t you prove that with a link too. You seem to like to blow a lot of shit out of your ass, but can’t back up a single word of it. Typical teabagger.

Ohhhhhhh! Mr. Sensitive just called me a teabagger. He said shit & ass too!

Look pal, I don’t care what you do down at the bar okay?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi0CxmDYKGA

Look what I just found………could it be………Glenn Beck…….Prophet??????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YJgWSmRQTls

puke30 said:
Look pal, I don’t care what you do down at the bar okay?

You like your little YouTube videos, you wouldn’t also be going under the name Gordon Bloyer would you.

puke30 said:
puke30 says:
January 22, 2011 at 1:19 am

When are you going to prove I was kicked off this site?

the real john t said:
You like your little YouTube videos, you wouldn’t also be going under the name Gordon Bloyer would you.

Oh NO!!!!! Little Johnny ‘T’! You need to put that bottle down! Next you’ll tell me I’m everybody at Johnny Dollar’s Place!

Delusional much tonight?

the real john t said:
puke30 says

WOW! Puke30! Boy oh boy! how long did it take you to think that one up? Oh wait! you’ve used that one before.

Did you ever think of going on that new game show……..’Are you smarter then a Tumbleweed’?

puke30 said:
Next you’ll tell me I’m everybody at Johnny Dollar’s Place!

That’s kind of funny, I didn’t know Bloyer blogged at Dollar’s Dump. I think you are kind of mentally unstable.

puke30 said:
……..’Are you smarter then a Tumbleweed’?

Never heard of it. But I’ll bet you sent in your application as soon as you heard about it. Or as soon as some sane person made the joke about it and you took it as the truth.

puck30 said:
WOW! Puke30! Boy oh boy! how long did it take you to think that one up? Oh wait! you’ve used that one before. Did you ever think of going on that new game show……..’Are you smarter then a Tumbleweed’?

…smarter “then”…. kekekeek waa ha!!!! Good one! Funny as all sthi!!! Oh…. sorry… did ya mean “smarter thAn”????? get a grip on the language before ya try and belittle someone……… just saying.

Barking dogs seldom bite, Keithleen. But they do get spayed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ5VItTDerY just kidding.

So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen and Goodbye, Douchebag.

TCinAZ said:
TCinAZ says:
January 22, 2011 at 3:48 am

Well look at that. They gave Jared Loughner access to a computer.

Well lookey here. Keithleen’s agent is already on point, doing damage control for him. So My advice to Rebecca Lobo and Hillary?

Double bolt your Doors and drop your Shades too. Especially now that KO’s gonna have lots more free time and all that MessNBC payout cash, to buy trenchcoats and “spy stuff” with, and such.

Man, end of an era, sad to see the show go. The classiest closing ever, too, he even made the announcement before finishing his routine.

And boy, I’ve been away from Mediaite a lot lately, I forgot how petty and argumentative you conservative commentators are. Kind of frightening, I truthfully worry for some of you.

the real john t said:
When are you going to prove I was kicked off this site?

Hell, if you weren’t you should have been!
There!! Settled!

puck30 said:
Look what I just found………could it be………Glenn Beck…….Prophet??????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YJgWSmRQTls

That is hilarious. “Get out your pitchforks and torches!” Bye, Keef!

GLORIOUS. By god, it’s a great day.

Cynk? WTF? Good god.

MSNBC let KO go but keep Scarborough, sorry Schultz, Maddow , O’Donnell I have to clips of you on the web.

valkyrie101 said:
No. You hate KO. Always have. Your’s is not an objective opinion. Whether mine is or is not is beside the point.

Well, Val, we will see which of is objective in this matter. We will find out whether Keith Olbermann was fired because he was an embarrassment at MSNBC. Or maybe you are right, and he is leaving for another reason – medical leave, or to take position at the White House, or replace Katie Couric at CBS, etc.

But given your long track record of ignoring even the most obvious factual evidence and empirical data, I don’t give you much chance of winning this wager.

Honestly, how many TV stars get suspended from their own TV shows? Did it happen to Jerry Seinfeld? Did it happen to Bill Cosby? Did it happen to Johnny Carson? Pay a little attention to what is actually happening in the real world, and build your views on the empirical reality. To do it the other way around — only seeing things in the world that match your pre-existing opinions and biases — is a recipe for disaster, and not just in politics.

I’ll miss the scowling, the sneering, the name calling. Excuse me. I need a moment……..

the real john t said:
Why do you keep making a fool out of yourself with every comment you make? My wife is a regional manager for a health care firm. You got that idiot? Now stop showing your ignorance.

Hey Phuck30, The key to that comment was “once”… social workers are pretty smart….

A good man goes, with him an age and all the atmosphere it carries. So is the case with the exit of a stellar performer ,KEITH OLBERMANN. The abrupt departure of Keith Oblermann, as far as the audience and admirers are concerned, is sad and shocking. To add to the displeasure of the viewers, the contractual obligation will keep the ” face, heart and soul of the net work” out of focus. It is said “talent finds a way” but how and when is our concern. K.C.WALJEE, VADODARA ,GUJARAT (INDIA)

One word= GOOD