‘World’s Worsts’ Goes Retro: Olbermann Gives Pres. Bush The Crown For WMD Claims

When Keith Olbermann promised to temporarily discontinue his “World’s Worsts” segment, many of his biggest fans (and cable news die-hards in general) lamented the segment’s passing. It wasn’t the segment, it was the way he had made use of it lately, many contended, that caused it to lose its luster. Now that it’s back in some form or another, Olbermann seems to have taken the advice to bring back old-school worsts to heart, giving the title to beloved target George W. Bush.

The former president only recently returned to the spotlight thanks to his book, Decision Points, and it’s for a very 2004 reason that he regains a title that, for many years, he held almost nightly (Bill O’Reilly being the only contender to pose anything resembling a challenge): WMD’s in Iraq. Yes, the President notes in his book that “no one was more shocked or angry than I was when we didn’t find the weapons. I had a sickening feeling every time I thought about it. I still do” (since then, Wikileaks unveiled evidence of the US actually did find WMDs in Iraq). This, to Olbermann, wins him the label “hypocrite” (on top of his “worst’s” crown, of course), given his jokes in 2004 about how the missing weapons. Had he been sickened by it, could he have also joked about it? Olbermann proposes.

Perhaps with President Bush back in the spotlight, Olbermann will have more openings to return to his vintage self which, judging from the response to his suspension of “Worsts,” the fans seem to really be into. The segment via MSNBC below:

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