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Keith Olbermann’s Twitter Report Reveals Odd Connection to Bristol Palin

by Tommy Christopher | 3:13 pm, December 4th, 2010

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On Friday night’s Countdown, host Keith Olbermann‘s “Tweet of the Day” concerned his simmering feud with “Worst Person in the World” recipient Bristol Palin. Linking to Palin’s Facebook rebuke of Olbermann, Sabrina Brown‘s tweet read “aww keith! Bristol is pissed at you!”

Olbermann replied to Brown and Palin that, as a once-longtime employee of ESPN, “Bristol is pissed at you is my default setting,” a reference to ESPN’s hometown of Bristol, CT. Whether Olbermann knew it or not, his old job and Bristol Palin share more than a coincidental connection.

Here’s Friday night’s Twitter Report, from MSNBC:

What Olbermann failed to point out was that his former employer quite literally made Bristol Palin who she is today. From a 2009 Esquire profile of Sarah Palin:

I worked at the Bristol Inn, and Todd grew up in Bristol Bay. But also, Bristol, Connecticut, is the home of ESPN. And when I was in high school, my desire was to be a sportscaster. ESPN was just kicking off, just getting off the ground, and I thought that’s what I was going to do in life, is be one of the first woman sportscasters. Until I learned that you’d have to move to Bristol, Connecticut. It was far away. So instead, I had a daughter and named her Bristol.

That’s right, folks, Keith Olbermann and Sarah Palin once shared the same career trajectory. Longtime Palin-watchers might remember this clip that surfaced, early in Sarah Palin’s Vice-Presidential run, of a fresh-faced Sarah Heath delivering rat-a-tat sports patter for KTUU-TV:

KTUU-TV, an NBC affiliate, is also the source of Olbermann’s favorite bit of Palin video, her infamous 2008 “Silence of the Turkeys” interview.

As if that’s all not weird enough, this isn’t even the first time Olbermann has landed in hot water for trashing Bristol. From a 1997 Newsweek article:

Earlier (in 1997, ESPN) management suspended (Olbermann) for two weeks after an unauthorized appearance on Comedy Central; it didn’t help that he referred to Bristol as a “”Godforsaken” place.

Some might take all of this as a sign of destiny, but I think it shows that even two people as diametrically opposed as Sarah Palin and Keith Olbermann still have significant common ground. If these two can one day sit and shoot the breeze about sports, maybe there’s hope for us all. Or maybe there’s some alternate universe where Mr. Spock has a beard, Palin is hosting Countdown, and Keith Olbermann rules the world from his Facebook account, ever-protective of his daughter, Wasilla.

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puck30

Olbermann having a kid in an alternate universe………..Now that’s scary!
Elaine B

I love the “Worst Person in the World” awards!! There the best! Keith is so right on with this!
Elaine B

Olbermann replied to Brown and Palin that, as a once-longtime employee of ESPN, “Bristol is pissed at you is my default setting,” a reference to ESPN’s hometown of Bristol, CT. Whether Olbermann knew it or not, his old job and Bristol Palin share more

Got to admit…..At least Keith has a good sense of humor! lol
cjd ohio 1

yeah nothing more brave than a 50 year old man picking a fight with a 20 year old DWTS contestant, hard hitting journalist keith. lol
Rusty Shackelford

Yep,this proves it….Keith is the modern day Edward R. Morrow.
murf

“Earlier (in 1997, ESPN) management suspended (Olbermann) for two weeks after an unauthorized appearance on Comedy Central; ”

LMAO, this man just can’t follow the rules , can he ?
Elaine B

Is this a blog just for FOX supporters???
Elaine B

And all you do is comment and agree with each other??

LOL!!
Elaine B

Do any of you here have any of your own thoughts that are not directly related to FOX’s?

Can any of you think for yourself or do you all have to take directions from someone?
Elaine B

Could anyone else out there disagree with me? LOL

Is this rigged??

LOL

Wow… most amusing!!
Elaine B

are you paid to blog by Fox?

Is this your job?
Elaine B

Is any of this for real?
cjd ohio 1

people think olbermann is a idiot, yeah its for real
murf

Elaine B said:
And all you do is comment and agree with each other??

LOL!!

says the moron talking to himself
Elaine B

Who is the moron Moron!! You watch the Fox wacko crap and they expect to talk intelligently to anyone?
Elaine B

To chicken to answer any of my question???
timzank

Sorry Elaine, but even on a lefty site like this it’s pretty hard to find Olbermann supporters, him being a 50 year old creepy guy having a public “cat fight” with a 20 year old girl on a supposed “news channel”.

Even liberals find him pretty much “over the top” and indefensible, ‘cept you of course.
Elaine B

This is a lefty site????????? Really?

Hey, I love Keith…. so that is my opinion you don’t fine. I could care less
timzank

murf said:
says the moron talking to himself

Murf, I sense another familiar “stalker in training”, you? Who is it this time behind the Elaine avatar?
timzank

Elaine B said:
This is a lefty site????????? Really? Hey, I love Keith…. so that is my opinion you don’t fine. I could care less

If you couldn’t care less, why were you posting repeatedly fishing for a reply?? Things a little slow at the abortion clinic today? Nobody to talk to?
Elaine B

Just me, and is everyone who disagrees with you considered a stalker? lol
Just4thefax

Elaine B said:
Is this a blog just for FOX supporters???

Fact: Join the winning team. All else is just a waste or stuck on stupid.
Just4thefax

Elaine B said:
To chicken to answer any of my question???

Fact: Take the jug out of your ass; take a swig of the Kool Aid and you will get your liberal answer!
Elaine B

Sorry Just4thefox,

If this is just a “FOX” blog like I am thinking it is then I feel you have already drank enough kool aid for the both of us.

You seem to be too far gone for any reason.

But, try to keep an open mind and try to watch other stations and get other points of view to be more balance in your thinking and open to other ideas.

What I am finding here is a lot of hatred and anger and when I read all the comments on this blog, I am finding it instills hatred and anger. I have even lost it a few time with all of you.

I am really trying to just share thoughts and ideas. No one has all the answers and no one is right all the time. How we learn and grow is changeling ourselves every to diffident points of views and then making our own decisions on what is right and wrong by how it feels in our hearts.

I am willing to learn, are you?
murf

timzank said:
Murf, I sense another familiar “stalker in training”, you? Who is it this time behind the Elaine avatar?

Just flip my crown right side up and you probably will have your answer…LOL
cjd ohio 1

i have not been hateful towards you elaine, i have just asked questions of you on other threads, and i watch all the different stations i can
sockpuppet

murf said:
Just flip my crown right side up and you probably will have your answer…LOL

Elaine B aka Eliane B [sic] aka Geroge aka Bonnie_Mazel all names used with in the last 48 hours.
timzank

sockpuppet said:
Elaine B aka Eliane B [sic] aka Geroge aka Bonnie_Mazel all names used with in the last 48 hours.

wow, he/she/it has been busy. Why do these ass clowns do that? Seems like a hell of a lot of effort changing your name & avatar all the time doesn’t it?
murf

I think misspelled names were an accident too, so excited to stalk forgot to use spell check ..LOL
felixw

Mediaite has run a dozen or so articles on Bristol Palin in the last two weeks. But not a single article on the $16 billion in secret cash payments made by the government to the parent company of MSNBC — as documented in the Washington Post earlier this week.

Obviously Mediaite has a bit of a conflict of interest problem itself, as everyone now can see.
sockpuppet

Use teh google ,” Bonnie_Mazel Mediate” shows you only Elaine B.
Just4thefax

Elaine B said:
Sorry Just4thefox, If this is just a “FOX” blog like I am thinking it is then I feel you have already drank enough kool aid for the both of us. You seem to be too far gone for any reason. But, try to keep an open mind and try to watch other stations and get other points of view to be more balance in your thinking and open to other ideas. What I am finding here is a lot of hatred and anger and when I read all the comments on this blog, I am finding it instills hatred and anger. I have even lost it a few time with all of you. I am really trying to just share thoughts and ideas. No one has all the answers and no one is right all the time. How we learn and grow is changeling ourselves every to diffident points of views and then making our own decisions on what is right and wrong by how it feels in our hearts. I am willing to learn, are you?

Fact: It’s simple as reading history books and understand what you read. Hope this helps.
sarainitaly

Wow, you’re right. Why do people do that?

Who is sock puppet? I love that avatar!
Shelley’s ghost and sock puppet are my two favs! haha

murf said:
Just flip my crown right side up and you probably will have your answer…LOL

LOL!
mlong

KO really needs to stop this feud with Bristol for 2 reasons,,,one he’s losing and two it makes him look like a creepy stalker…which based on his past history really shows KO has problems with women who stand up to him.
Pablo

Zombie explains Keith Olbermann via all that is Palin:

Sarah, She Wolf of the GOP

Everyone must go read it. In fact, I expect no less than 4 Mediate posts about it. You have been warned.
dummy123

Keith working Bristol to get to Levi Johnston.
It starts with a harmless tweet but will quickly escalate to a round of bathtub Marco-polo!
Olberloon is the face and wide-ass of MSNBC!
BlackWidow

felixw said:
Mediaite has run a dozen or so articles on Bristol Palin in the last two weeks. But not a single article on the $16 billion in secret cash payments made by the government to the parent company of MSNBC — as documented in the Washington Post earlier this week. Obviously Mediaite has a bit of a conflict of interest problem itself, as everyone now can see.

It wasn’t A SECRET PAYMENT AND THE MONEY HAS BEEN PAID BACK ALREADY. If you would watch other stations than Fox you would know that.
Elaine B

So there we are. So where are we?
Elaine B

oh and “Notforfox” get a brain Transplant but don’t go to ARIZONA OF IT!
puck30

So Tommy the question I have after reading this is, will Keith have Musto dress up like Bristol the next time he shows up?
Zakk

Where is the article about this:
SPITZER: All right, guys. Does he persuade you? Should Charlie be shown the exit or has Charlie persuaded you he deserves to continue on fighting for central Harlem?

SMITH: Well, I’m not going to sit there and say he deserves to be shown the exit, but he certainly hasn’t convinced me. I think it’s an absolute disgrace that he, of all people, conducted himself in this fashion.

I notice that this site puts up an article every time someone on the right is criticized by anyone right left or center, but there seems to be a lack of articles when a democrat is criticized. Especially when the person doing the criticizing is from the left. Just something I noticed.
Phocus2

What do you bet Olbermann has to type with one hand when he is writing about Bristol.
OxyCon

This is even more proof that Sarah Palin is at least equally as qualified as Obama to be President.
They both can read teleprompters!
jamesalfred

Could this guy be a bigger douchebag? Come on Keith, she is a 20 year old kid and you are practically stalking her. This is way beyond creepy and weird yet sadly you are living down to your expectations.

I suppose this plays well with your dope smoking slacker fans but for anyone with any level of intelligence, is completely off the charts dumb.

http://crazyconservative.wordpress.com/
nrgetick

ha ha ha she was a half term sportscaster too.