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Title: Liberals: Why Did Olberdork Lose His Job? It Was Bush's Fault
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URL Source: http://punditpress.blogspot.com/201 ... mann-lost-his-job-because.html
Published: Jan 24, 2011
Author: punditpress
Post Date: 2011-01-24 10:42:27 by no gnu taxes
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Are you ready for tremendous leaps in logic? Well, when discussing the left-wing in this country there is always a giant gap in thinking, but this takes the cake. By now you know that MSNBC's Keith Olbermann is leaving the network. The exact details are unclear; it is not known whether he was fired, left on his own, or both he and the channel came to some sort of agreement. Either way, liberals are returning to the old stand-by that Olbermann himself helped start: it is all Bush's fault. Now you might say to yourself: 'Wait, how could they say that? Nobody except for Olbermann and NBC know why he was canned. And anyway, Bush hasn't been in office for over two years.' But you are forgetting who we are talking about: rabid Olbermann fans who only know one person to blame for everything. So that is what they did. The logic goes like this: Olbermann got his start during the Bush years and in that time Olbermann became popular with the left. Eventually, Keith (as they tend to call him) became the beacon for liberalism and MSNBC rose from the ashes like a phoenix. But you know who screwed it all up? President Bush! Why? Because he had the nerve to leave office! Since GW left office, they say, Keith hasn't been what he used to be. He doesn't have all of those "war crimes" to rant about, so his message became less stinging. Because of that, he lost viewership. And because of that, MSNBC was able to let him go. You see, Bush's fault! It certainly can't be that all Olbermann ever had was anger for our 43rd President and nothing else! It certainly cannot be that Olbermann was a liberal hack that only portrayed Gerorge W. Bush as a monster to simply get views! But why am I speaking for these nut-cases. Read for yourself. For example, this excerpt from Salon.com that asks: "Is Olbermann the Victim of his Own Success?" Steve Kornacki explains how Olbermann became a success because of his "blistering takedown" of the Bush Administration: Millions of liberals were equally exasperated with the Bush administration; but few could express themselves as exquisitely and powerfully as Olbermann. They asked for more, and Olbermann gladly gave it to them. According to Kornacki, this brought great viewership to MSNBC. However, the network put more liberals on, leaving poor Keith as only one out of a chorus of liberals. Kornacki concludes: It used to be that he was the only reason liberals turned on their channel at night. Now he’s one of many reasons -- a victim of his own success, in other words. Steve Kornacki is not the only one who somehow tries to blame Bush for Olbermann's departure. Jaime Weinman on Macleans.ca attributes Olbermann's success to his "fresh" insights on the Bush administration. But, once again, when Bush left office, Olbermann just wasn't the same: Olbermann’s impact has dulled somewhat since the Bush administration ended, or maybe even before that. Countdown was a fresh and surprising show in the mid-’00s, simply because it was doing something nobody else was doing on U.S. news. And of course there are the moronic comments from those shocked to learn that Olbermann was a partisan, like this comment on allhiphop.com (yes, you read that right): I used to watch Olbermann religiously when Bush was in office. He was truly serving them up every night. But ever since Obama got elected he continued to bash the GOP and Bush, but had little to say about Obama's Bush-like policies. It was then that I realized that he was more partisan that an independent thinker. It's called Bush Derangement Syndrome (BDS). The first step is admitting you have a problem.
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#1. To: no gnu taxes (#0)
Sarah Palin? Glenn Beck? Alex Jones???? An old Navy expression: "When you meet more than three assholes in one day, you'd better look in the mirror." Olbermann was a total asshole. The polite term would be "jerk." The fact that he is a socialist shill, didn't help him much. Let me guess: he posts here as go65?
ME: Thanks for admitting that you ARE trying to spin this (AZ shooting, and terrorism) onto Palin, and conservatives in general. "There will be no more money when the U.S. dollar has no value, until that time we can keep printing more." -- go65, LF's resident mental giant --
Sounds like you have Olbermann Derangement Syndrome.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
Look, you can't blame the mindless Democrats. They spent 50 years running against Herbert Hoover and it worked for them. Running against Bush is what they are going to do until it finally dawns on them that it isn't working.
He justs posts the same bogus crap over and over again as if it had merit. e.g., his bullshit doctored data "global warming" charts.
LOL. Exactly.
ME: Thanks for admitting that you ARE trying to spin this (AZ shooting, and terrorism) onto Palin, and conservatives in general. "There will be no more money when the U.S. dollar has no value, until that time we can keep printing more." -- go65, LF's resident mental giant --
The reason he was fired. The first time NBC took him down, Olbermann could sue. And that Political Donations BS was just that. BS. See Joe Scarborough for details. Olbermann did something to Israel. I can't find it right now. But enough time and I will. Comcast buys MSNBC Monday. Olbermann fired Friday. Along with J Zucker. Simple.
Keith Olbermann To RETURN Tuesday, Phil Griffin Announces The Huffington Post | Adam J. Rose First Posted: 11- 7-10 09:21 PM | Updated: 01- 7-11 05:12 AM It was Election Week and Olbermann showed/said something about the Israelis. Cantor saying Israel trumps the US...yeah. I think that was it. 8D
Saturday, Nov 13, 2010 06:14 ET Glenn Greenwald Eric Cantor's Pledge of Allegiance By Glenn Greenwald (updated below) Soon-to-be GOP House Majority Leader Eric Cantor met on Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu -- the same day when the actual U.S. Secretary of State met with Netanyahu -- and vowed that he and his GOP colleagues would protect and defend Israeli interests against his own Government. According to a statement proudly issued by Cantor's own office: Regarding the midterms, Cantor may have given Netanyahu some reason to stand firm against the American administration. "Eric stressed that the new Republican majority will serve as a check on the Administration and what has been, up until this point, one party rule in Washington," the readout continued. "He made clear that the Republican majority understands the special relationship between Israel and the United States, and that the security of each nation is reliant upon the other." Like Oil, Israel a Black Hole in US Media. LMFAO 8D
Let me see if I can help youse guys out. "Is Olbermann the Victim of his Own Success?" does not translate (youse guys really shouldn't try to translate anything) as "Why Did Olberdork Lose His Job? It Was Bush's Fault". The question as asked suggests that Olberman is responsible for his own demise (presupposing he was canned) by failing to change with the times. Once again those calling themselves conservatives prove that the language of responsibility is foreign to them, they only understand the language of blame.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. Thomas Jefferson
Keith will be around in an influential way for a long time. He is my favorite commutator and has a very loyal following.
I hope so.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. Thomas Jefferson
Why Did Olberdork Lose His Job?
Brian S(ocialist): I have never hidden that fact...
#2. To: no gnu taxes (#0)
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"It's very important to remember the law is not simply what powerful people would want others to believe it is." -- Julian Assange
#4. To: Capitalist Eric (#1)
Let me guess: he posts here as go65?
#5. To: no gnu taxes (#4)
Brian S(ocialist): I have never hidden that fact...
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#7. To: All (#6)
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#9. To: no gnu taxes (#0)
But why am I speaking for these nut-cases. Read for yourself. For example, this excerpt from Salon.com that asks: "Is Olbermann the Victim of his Own Success?" Steve Kornacki explains how Olbermann became a success because of his "blistering takedown" of the Bush Administration:
#10. To: lucysmom (#9)
#11. To: Ferret Mike (#10)
Keith will be around in an influential way for a long time. He is my favorite commutator and has a very loyal following.
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