The Anchoress
My Li’l Bro Thom sent this video my way wondering why MSNBC does not appoint an editor to Howard Beale Keith Olbermann to let him know when he’s gone over-the-top. I suspect they like him ranting and over-the-top, and that Olbermann is simply further proof that Paddy Chayefsky’s brilliant satirical film, “Network” was a prophetic masterpiece, that Chayefsky watched the corporate takeover of news divisions and knew it would eventually deliver unto us all a nightly scold by a sensationalist provocateur, from whom some would find it difficult to look away.
I’m not so morbidly fascinated with Olbermann as others; I only watch him when someone insists I do, and then rarely to the end. I was just about to shut this particular rant (directed toward Hillary Clinton on her incredibly stupid and tin-eared “assassination” remarks) when I heard him wonder what would have happened if – before her remarks – Obama had pulled out of the race for any reason, “maybe he’d changed his mind…maybe he’d get a better offer from some other and wiser country…”
Hmmm…some “other and wiser country.” I couldn’t help wondering, which country is Olbermann thinking of? Cuba? (Castro does love him…) Venezuela? Iran?
Funniest thing I’ve heard in ages. We all make our gaffes, I guess. Jack Tapper says Obama is a gaffe-machine. And poor old Dubya gets whomped for every misspeakeration.
Also…I can’t remember…does anyone recall if Olbermann went ballistic on the makers of the Bush Assassination film, or the novel exploring the idea of killing Bush?
Related: A GOP answer I’d like to hear
Full of Guinness, I say this!
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