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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: BEG on March 30, 2012, 04:06:12 PM
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LINK (http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/30/current-tv-dismisses-keith-olbermann/)
Current TV said Friday afternoon that it had terminated the contract of its lead anchor Keith Olbermann, scarcely one year after he was hired to reboot the fledgling channel in his progressive political image.
Mr. Olbermann did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Current indicated that he had failed to honor the terms of his five-year, $50 million contract, giving the channel the right to terminate it.
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:bawl: *sob!* :sad1:
Typical liberal... can't hold down a job, no matter how much you pay them.
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This week couldn't go any better. :-)
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:o Well, time for a boycott of Current TV! :lmao:
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:o Well, time for a boycott of Current TV! :lmao:
Well first I'd have to get before I could boycott it.
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supernova (38,882 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
6. Wha???
I just got sat TV back.
:lmao:
grasswire (33,336 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
12. I'm so sorry.
The fit wasn't right, I guess. Keith owns a great part of Current -- odd to think he could be dismissed. They should have parted in a different way.
Elliot Spitzer is a fine man, though.
I hear he gives a small tip...in more ways than one.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101486690
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grasswire (33,336 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
12. Elliot Spitzer is a fine man, though.
You must be high.
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Another glorious victory for Lord Rove and the VRWC.
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002496159
Oh my.
warrior1 (6,768 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
Current fires Keith Olbermann
http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2012/03/30/456104/current-tv-fires-keith-olbermann/
Current TV Fires Keith Olbermann | The New York Times’ Brian Stelter breaks the news that Current TV has let go Keith Olbermann, and will replace him starting tonight with Eliot Spitzer, denying Olbermann to give a send-off or special comment to his viewers. Spitzer, like Olbermann, did a stint on MSNBC—his show In the Arena was canceled, and his departure from the network does not appear to have been acrimonious. Olbermann had been dismissed from MSNBC when he signed his deal with Current, and though he was at one point a high-profile acquisition for the network, founded by former Vice President Al Gore to provide a more progressive take on the news. But his ratings fell and his relationship with Current quickly foundered.
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WI_DEM (27,568 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
1. I wonder if his ego got him again, but replacing him with Eliot Splitzer?
it won't help ratings. I wonder how firm a foundation Current is on?
cynatnite (24,271 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
2. Not surprised.
Cleita (57,203 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
3. What the hey is the matter with him.
Is he suffering from some kind of mental breakdown?
Many more comments at the link above, but I'm confused.
Deeply confused.
The primitives used to like this guy.
One wonders what's up with that.
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002496159
The primitives used to like this guy.
One wonders what's up with that.
It's sort of like the way freepers used to like Ann Coulter and Marco Rubio.
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Hey DUmmies just a little reminder, once again Keef is on the unemployment line, and Rush still has his job. :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
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grasswire (33,336 posts)
12. I'm so sorry.
The fit wasn't right, I guess. Keith owns a great part of Current -- odd to think he could be dismissed. They should have parted in a different way.
Poor, addled DUmmy grasswipe! Owning a great part of Current is like having a great stock option plan at Solyndra.
I heard that Keef is thinking about opening a non-profit pie shop.
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They hired "The mole", as she is affectionately known in MI, as his replacement.
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What do you mean what's wrong with him? He hasn't been right since they canned his stupid ass at ESPN.
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obey (32 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
@KeithOlbermann on Twitter right fuggin' now!
Burning the last of his bridges and ripping Al Gore a new one.
Kinda sad really, blames everyone but the man in the mirror.
http://twitter.com/#!/KeithOlbermann
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002496356
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WI_DEM (27,568 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
1. I wonder if his ego got him again, but replacing him with Eliot Splitzer?
it won't help ratings. I wonder how firm a foundation Current is on?
Keef only had 3 people watching him. His producer, the cameraman and keef on the monitor at his desk.
How could Spitzer do any worse?
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Are there any networks left where Keeef hasn't burned his bridges?
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Are there any networks left where Keeef hasn't burned his bridges?
Bravo.
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Bravo.
What's that homosexual network?
He might fit in there.
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It's sort of like the way freepers used to like Ann Coulter and Marco Rubio.
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You must be high.
I'd suspect the DUmmies are now clamoring for Anthony Weiner to help out this fledging network...
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http://twitter.com/#!/KeithOlbermann
He is suing them ! :rotf:
Assembled from tweets...
I'd like to apologize to my viewers and my staff for the failure of Current TV. Editorially, Countdown had never been better. But for more than a year I have been imploring @AlGore and @JoelHyatt to resolve our issues internally, while I've been not publicizing my complaints, and keeping the show alive for the sake of its loyal viewers and even more loyal staff.
Nevertheless, Mr. Gore and Mr. Hyatt, instead of abiding by their promises and obligations and investing in a quality news program, finally thought it was more economical to try to get out of my contract. It goes almost without saying that the claims against me in Current's statement are untrue and will be proved so in the legal actions I will be filing against them presently.
To understand Mr. Hyatt’s “values of respect, openness, collegiality and loyalty,†I encourage you to read of a previous occasion Mr. Hyatt found himself in court for having unjustly fired an employee. That employee’s name was Clarence B. Cain: nyti.ms/HueZsa In due course, the truth of the ethics of Mr. Gore and Mr. Hyatt will come out. For now, it is important only to again acknowledge that joining them was a sincere and well-intentioned gesture on my part, but in retrospect a foolish one.
That lack of judgment is mine and mine alone, and I apologize again for it.
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claims against me in Current's statement are untrue and will be proved so in the legal actions I will be filing against them presently.
Just like that fat socialist guy running for council in Bellevue, Nebraska!
www.electstevedawes.com
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Ah....poor Queef Slobberman. Don't worry though he will be back with his pack of lies soon enough...... :loser:
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Kinda sad really, blames everyone but the man in the mirror.
must be talking about the DUmp.........
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Are there any networks left where Keeef hasn't burned his bridges?
www.aljazeera.com/
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Hey DUmmies just a little reminder, once again Keef is on the unemployment line, and Rush still has his job. :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
That's what I was thinking too, and wanted to include it in the headline to this thread, but it was too long.
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Hm-m-m...
Olbermann forced out while Limbaugh's not only survives but his ratings continue to climb.
What should we make of that?
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Update: The Political Math guy tweets, “If you play Olbermann’s career in reverse, it’s the story of a jobless man who rises from a lowly Internet channel to a prime-time talk showâ€.
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/03/30/breaking-current-tv-terminates-relationship-with-olbermann-replaces-him-with-eliot-spitzer/
:rofl:
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Kieth Olbermann blocked me from his twitter feed after I suggested that he find a pair of glasses that actually fit his giant head.
(http://weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/olbermann-500x265.jpg)
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Who is this Keith Olberman?
Sounds like a real jackass.
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If Current TV wants an audience they need to give Rush or Pat Buchanan a show.
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Response to rsmith6621 (Original post)Fri Mar 30, 2012, 03:03 PM
hlthe2b
19. I'm reminded of an old adage from school days: "too smart for your own good..."
Last edited Fri Mar 30, 2012, 03:35 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)
I HATED that, since it was quite often used against girls to keep them "dumbed down," IMO.
Nonetheless, when someone's advanced intellect gets in the way of professional relationships, perhaps there is some small point...
I'm very sorry to see this happen, even though I've had no access to current except the rare occasions there was a working internet "stream."
I wish Al Gore and Company all the success in the world, but I am saddened.
On Skin's island Antonin Scalia is ignorant and Keith Olbermann has an advanced intellect. Lurking DUmmies, I come to CC to see exactly this type of post hlthe2b has made, not because I'm stalking you. Exactly this kind of gem right here.
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Who is this Keith Olberman?
Sounds like a real jackass.
Isn't that the guy AlGore fired? DUmmies will be throwing him under the bus with Jimmuh.
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And here we go with the Tweets! :lmao:
I'd like to thank Al Gore for inventing the Internet so we could mock @KeithOlbermann after he fired him. #LMAOlbermann
Please cancel your subscription to @Current and/or boycott advertisers until @KeithOlbermann is rehired. PLZ RT! #p2 cc @algore
Glad I respect Cable TV News as much as I respect midget porn. Otherwise I'd be pissed about this @KeithOlbermann thing.
@keitholbermann @sportscenter called. They want you back! Oops, April fools day is Sunday. #mybad
@KeithOlbermann a shame. It will be a sad time in this country, especially in an election year, without your voice to balance the vitriol
???????? :lmao:
So..@limbaugh is still on the air and @KeithOlbermann is gone>Lovin' it!.
@KeithOlbermann I just heard the news. What on earth happened this time?!
If life was like the WWE @KeithOlbermann would turn heel & go work for Fox News then on his new show demand to fight Al Gore in a cage match
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BREAKING: @KeithOlbermann leaves CurrentTV to shout at people on the street, audience triples
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On Skin's island Antonin Scalia is ignorant and Keith Olbermann has an advanced intellect. Lurking DUmmies, I come to CC to see exactly this type of post hlthe2b has made, not because I'm stalking you. Exactly this kind of gem right here.
And they often take compliment from "too clever by half." DUmmy Land, home of Half Baked Ideas and Wholy Baked Posters. Bless their hearts, they are all trying, so trying. :rotf:
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What's that homosexual network?
He might fit in there.
LOGO.
I know this because we got a new receiver and I just spent the last 45 minutes blocking the channels I don't want, like Current, LOGO, OWN, and everything not broadcast in ENGLISH!
http://electstevedawes.com
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Kieth Olbermann blocked me from his twitter feed after I suggested that he find a pair of glasses that actually fit his giant head.
(http://weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/olbermann-500x265.jpg)
oh, that must have devastated you.
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Kieth Olbermann blocked me from his twitter feed after I suggested that he find a pair of glasses that actually fit his giant head.
(http://weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/olbermann-500x265.jpg)
Good thing you didn't suggest he get a head to fit his brain. :lmao:
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http://electstevedawes.com
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If Current TV wants an audience they need to give Rush or Pat Buchanan a show.
They should play old episode's of Rush' TV show. I'd watch!
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It's seems the unplanned, uncooridinated boycott by conservatives of KO's show succeeded in getting him fired. See libs, we don't even have to try and we can do things that take you idiots years to organize and fail to accomplish.
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Nothing says loser like being a DUmmie
Ian David
38. If I win the lottery tonight, I'm buying Keith his own damn network. n/t
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nedbal
116. According to an individual with knowledge of the situation,..........
http://theclicker.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/30/10945071-current-tv-fires-keith-olbermann
According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, that dispute was part of a larger chain of errors by Olbermann, who was fired for a "serial, material breach of his contract" such as the failure to show up to work, sabotaging the network and attacking Current.
That individual said Olbermann missed 19 of 41 working days during January and February and asked for vacation the night before Super Tuesday, giving the network "strong legal foundation" for dismissing Olbermann.
Ha ha ha ha ha
FedUp_Queer
53. I suspect...
It is because the network wants partisans (though I've never watched it, so I don't know...I'm just speculating), and Olbermann is not a partisan. Or...he's just a jerk.
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whathehell
118. He's taken more days off than anyone on the air I can think of...
The throat absences were just a small part of it
I've always been a big fan, but he seems to have serious
issues when it comes to jobs and "playing well with others".
Kinda like most of the left.
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The throat absences
:???:
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Response to grasswire (Reply #17)Fri Mar 30, 2012, 06:24 PM
Samantha
114. I have thought that all along when recent criticisms cropped up
This is a middle-aged man who has been hit with two devastating top ten stressors within a reasonably close amount of time. It was also obvious before it was publicly announced that he was having health problems. I noticed it a lot but didn't post any questions because I thought it would just give rise to a lot of negative comments about him when that was the last thing he needed.
I am simply devastated by this news. I really like Elliot Spitzer, but Keith Olbermann is a one of a kind. People make fun of his huge head, but he had a huge brain that needed a lot of room. A detractor recently mentioned "no one is irreplaceable" but Keith Olbermann is. There is no one else like him. As for his personality downsides, people with a heck of lot of smarts and high standards tend to expect too much from others. In other words, they can't measure up to his same standards, and he doesn't understand why.
As far as his problems with MSNBC, I thought they were justified. I really like some of the hosts there, but with the Comcast merger, there was definitely a change in philosophy. I turn on MSNBC and see a Republican sitting there that I absolutely have little tolerance for, and I always think the same thing -- if I wanted to listen to these people, I would watch FOX news. So I switch off.
Something tells me I might not ever enjoy seeing Keith Olbermann in an anchor seat again any time soon, and that is extremely disappointing to me. I thought I would really enjoy listening to him during this election season, and I can't think of anyone else who can match him.
Sam
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bluedigger
48. Poor Keith.
Maybe Dan Rather will take him in.
Ok, who will claim this mole?
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SamG
77. I agree that's often the case but
I think it will take a few weeks or longer before we learn all the details of this from both sides.
We have to wait, unfortunately. The real facts WILL come out.
Where was this liberal in the Trayvon case?
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They should play old episode's of Rush' TV show. I'd watch!
Me too!
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BadtotheboneBob
110. Al Jazeera?
No... Really... Why not? Why limit himself to just the US?
:whatever:
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Where was this liberal in the Trayvon case?
He was busy tasting the rainbow (http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php?topic=70932.0).
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Bad week to be a DUmmie....
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www.aljazeera.com/
Did ya know PBS broadcasts the AlJazeera English translation broadcast every night?
What more do we need to know in order to get our government to stop their funding?
Do American leftist actually believe the crap that slime propagandizes? I didn't think even the left was that ****in' stooooopid!
I am simply devastated by this news. I really like Elliot Spitzer, but Keith Olbermann is a one of a kind. People make fun of his huge head, but he had a huge brain that needed a lot of room. A detractor recently mentioned "no one is irreplaceable" but Keith Olbermann is. There is no one else like him. As for his personality downsides, people with a heck of lot of smarts and high standards tend to expect too much from others. In other words, they can't measure up to his same standards, and he doesn't understand why.
Oh for cripes sake! MyAssIsGrass has really gone off the deep end this time! "They can't measure up to his standards"? Ya gotta be shittin' me!
I believe that has to be the most ignorant thing I've heard a DUmb**** mutter this year!
The only ones who thought this prick was some kind of intellectual was OlberDork himself, and AL the liar Gore!
How much more pathetic can you get?
That idiot couldn't host the "Roto Rooter Show" if he used his own shit, which every time I've heard him open his mouth, seems to be all that comes out!
He thinks he's goin' to sue Current TV. Yeah right! Their lawyers are the same ones who defended Clintoon during the Lewinsky blow job scandal. You know, where we didn't know what the meaning of "is" is! Oh yeah, and a BJ and pokin' some broad with a cigar wasn't sex, even though ya "spuzzed" on her dress!
Good luck OlberDork! I doubt your lawyers will be able to keep up with AL's! After all, he's still sellin' carbon credits to all those fools in Hollywierd! If Tipper couldn't take him down a notch, you don't have a snowball's chance in hell!
She was a helluva lot better lookin'! Well, maybe not from the backside. I imagine you're gettin' pretty used to that position, ain't ya? Ya seem to be gettin' it on a regular basis lately!
It ain't like ya don't deserve it! Karma and all that jazz, ya know. Payback's a muthuh ****uh!
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I know one of our public-access cable channels broadcast al-Jazeera in addition to Amy Goodman's Democracy Now! I don't remember seeing it on PBS, but I would have to take another look.
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It's seems the unplanned, uncooridinated boycott by conservatives of KO's show succeeded in getting him fired. See libs, we don't even have to try and we can do things that take you idiots years to organize and fail to accomplish.
You know, it's an interesting mathematical accident, but algoreTV claims Keef had 170,000 viewers.
With 300,000,000 people in the country, that means our boycott was 99.94% successful.
People who watched Keef were as exactly as rare as the impurities in Ivory soap!
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Impure as in rotten, to the lib core.
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I know one of our public-access cable channels broadcast al-Jazeera in addition to Amy Goodman's Democracy Now! I don't remember seeing it on PBS, but I would have to take another look.
I get it on a PBS college feed. The University of Washington I believe.
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You do live in moonbat country.
Condolences.
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I am glad that Keith Olbermann, and his freakishly large cabeza are unemployed. Unfortunately, he probably has enough cash squirreled away to live live pretty well until he dies. I hope that algore sues his balls off and leaves him penniless and on the street.
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Kieth Olbermann blocked me from his twitter feed after I suggested that he find a pair of glasses that actually fit his giant head.
(http://weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/olbermann-500x265.jpg)
:rofl:
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I :heart: John Gibson because he has always called Keith Olbermann an asshole to his face.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ubY9DISXJlk[/youtube]
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They should play old episode's of Rush' TV show. I'd watch!
I think that Glenn Beck might be free to do another show.
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DUmmy heads must have exploded over this, Qweef loses his job, but Rush is still on the air. There are times when everything works out just right. :-) :rofl: :rotf:
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I :heart: John Gibson because he has always called Keith Olbermann an asshole to his face.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ubY9DISXJlk[/youtube]
^5 for posting that one, I missed it and I needed a new book to read.
I really need to get the city to start a right wing section at the local library here in P_town North just for the exploding head effect. :rofl:
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BadtotheboneBob
110. Al Jazeera?
No... Really... Why not? Why limit himself to just the US?
Because al Jazeera already said that with their steady content of conspiracy theories, Jew-hatred and head-slapping histrionic emotional rage coverage Olbermann was simply too unstable to proper convey their network's sense of serious news coverage.
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DUmmy heads must have exploded over this, Qweef loses his job, but Rush is still on the air. There are times when everything works out just right. :-) :rofl: :rotf:
I love that "all is right in the world" feeling. I wish I had it more.
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You do live in moonbat country.
Condolences.
Far from it. He lives in the Northwest's version of "God's Country".
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I sure hope Queef hasn't burned his bridges with Chrissy Matthews after the video of the two of them in bed together went public. :popcorn: I'll just bet he's in the mood for some consolation buttsex about now.
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:o Well, time for a boycott of Current TV! :lmao:
Well first I'd have to get before I could boycott it.
But before you GET it, you have to FIND it.
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But before you GET it, you have to FIND it.
How does one boycott a channel that no one watches anyway? :???
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Is Keith an elitist?
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/keith-olbermann-complained-to-current-that-car-service-drivers-smelled-talked-to-him/
Keith Olbermann Complained To Current That Car Service Drivers ‘Smelled, Talked To Him’
On the heels of Countdown host Keith Olbermann‘s firing from Current TV, the network and sources close to it have been quick to buttress their case for the dismissal with details of the temperamental star’s antics. One such source tells Mediaite, among other things, that Olbermann went through 8 different car services (he doesn’t drive), and complained to the network that some of the drivers “smelled,†and “talked to him,†the latter detail echoing a leak that once dogged then-Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain.
Earlier, Howard Kurtz tweeted that he was “Hearing allegation that Olbermann switched car co’s and vendors because Current didn’t pay the bills,†which Olbermann retweeted, but our source says that is not true, that Kurtz has been contacted about the item, and that no one else at Current has had this issue.
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Is Keith an elitist?
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/keith-olbermann-complained-to-current-that-car-service-drivers-smelled-talked-to-him/
Keith Olbermann Complained To Current That Car Service Drivers ‘Smelled, Talked To Him’
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He sounds to be as big a prick as fat bastard Mikey Moore is.
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He sounds to be as big a prick as fat bastard Mikey Moore is.
Get in my belly !
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Is Keith an elitist?
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/keith-olbermann-complained-to-current-that-car-service-drivers-smelled-talked-to-him/
Keith Olbermann Complained To Current That Car Service Drivers ‘Smelled, Talked To Him’
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No more of an elitist than Harry Reid.
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Is Keith an elitist?
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/keith-olbermann-complained-to-current-that-car-service-drivers-smelled-talked-to-him/
Keith Olbermann Complained To Current That Car Service Drivers ‘Smelled, Talked To Him’
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From the link,
The network fired Olbermann for what it says is breach of contract, citing unauthorized absences from work, failure to promote the network, and disparagement of the company and its executives.
But...Didn't current KNOW all this BEFORE they hired this guy.
PS, the link is a riot, Queef is impossible to work with and a far worse narcissist than Obama.
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Mr. Olbermann, however, has said he has been very careful to fulfill the terms of his contract. On Twitter on Friday afternoon, he apologized to his fans for joining Current at all, calling it “a sincere and well-intentioned gesture on my part, but in retrospect a foolish one.â€
I like how Olbermann makes it sound like he was doing Current a favor by taking the job there in the first place. Arrogance.
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:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
Look at this site I found via the comments section at mediaite:
http://www.thedailyrash.com/keith-olbermmans-mom-evicts-him-from-basement
Keith Olbermann’s Mom Evicted Him from Her Basement
Excerpts :lmao:
Olbermann has been giving Republicans verbal lashings that arouse far left liberals to such a degree that many become babbling idiots.
High school friend Lionel Burnett told The Daily Rash that Olbermann was a sports fanatic when he was a kid.
“He lived and breathed baseball and football and it drove him nuts that he had no athletic abilities. Plus, he has Celiac disease, so he’s had that chronic diarrhea thing his whole life.†Mr. Burnett winced and then continued. “But he loved sports so much that we all knew he would be successful with his locker room interviews.â€
“Keith was always talking about the famous feud he was having with Bill O’Reilly,†remembered Oscar Peterson, a long time neighbor and friend of Mrs. Olbermann, “but it takes two people to have a feud and O’Reilly has never mentioned Keith on his show or in print. I sometimes wonder if he even knows who Keith is!â€
“His mom told me that he would spend hours in the basement standing face to face with his poster of Bill O’Reilly, screaming at it until his voice was so hoarse that he couldn’t speak.â€
Neighbor Barb Simpson said she accompanied Mrs. Olbermann to the basement one time to get some fabric softener.
“We didn’t know Keith was home until we were half-way down the stairs. When we saw him it frightened us. He was wearing a suit and he was soaked with sweat. There was a poster of Bill O’Reilly on his wall and it was dripping with what looked like spit.â€
Mrs. Simpson nervously lit a cigarette.
“I thought there was a naked man lying on his bed but when I got a closer look I saw that it was a blow-up doll.â€
Mrs. Simpson nervously puffed on her cigarette.
“And then I realized that it looked exactly like Rush Limbaugh!†Mrs. Simpson shuddered. “I screamed and when I started to run Mr. Olbermann grabbed me and said, ‘It’s not what you think Mrs. Simpson!’ So I kicked him you know where and ran back upstairs.â€
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Keef is the only person I can think of who would give nadin a run for her money in an arrogance contest.
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Keef is the only person I can think of who would give nadin a run for her money in an arrogance contest.
He'd still lose to her, though.