Keith Olbermann Announces Abrupt Departure From MSNBC
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On Friday evening, MSNBC “Countdown” host Keith Olbermann abruptly announced the prime-time broadcast would be his last, ending a four-year contract extension he signed in 2008 early.
“I was supposed to fill in for the late Jerry Nachman for exactly three days. Forty-nine days later there was a four-year contract for me to return to this nightly 8 PM time slot which I had fled four years earlier,” Olbermann said Friday. “The program grew thanks entirely to your support with great rewards for me and I hope for you,” he told viewers.
“There were many occasions particularly in the last two and a half years where all that surrounded the show — but never the show itself — was just too much for me. But your support and loyalty and if I may use the word insistence ultimately required that I keep going.”
The network issued a brief statement Friday that it had ended its contract with the controversial host, offering no further explanation.
“MSNBC and Keith Olbermann have ended their contract. The last broadcast of ‘Countdown with Keith Olbermann’ will be this evening. MSNBC thanks Keith for his integral role in MSNBC’s success and we wish him well in his future endeavors,” the statement said.
NBC spokesman Jeremy Gaines insisted that the newly approved acquisition of NBC Universal by Comcast had nothing to do with Olbermann’s exit.
Olbermann‘s program has boasted the network’s highest ratings, but his controversial — and often combative — liberal opinions made him a target for critics. In the past, he and network executives have clashed, including a two-day suspension last fall after it was revealed he broke corporate ethics policies banning political donations.
Starting Monday, “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” is slated to fill Olbermann’s vacated 8 p.m. ET/PT time slot, and “The Ed Show,” hosted by progressive radio host Ed Schultz, will move to 10 p.m. Cenk Uygur, an occasional stand-in host and MSNBC contributor will fill in during the 6 p.m. hour.
Update: CNN’s Anderson Cooper speculated Friday evening that Olbermann was “fired” from MSNBC:
Cooper is referring to the departure of MSNBC Chief Executive Officer Jeff Zucker who also departed from the network this week. “With Comcast, I leave you in good hands and have no doubt that you will continue to do great things,” Zucker wrote.
Update: Politico reports that unnamed sources within MSNBC said Olbermann’s departure was a “stealth move” with many “top executives and on-air talent kept out of the loop.”
NBC executives have also reportedly announced that one term of Olbermann’s settlement “will keep him from moving to another network for an extended period of time.”
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Comments (819)
KEA
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:38pmObama cant get re-elected with those types working at MSNBC. They hvae to bring their shows to the center to accomplish their goal!
Report Post »spirited
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:55pmgood thinking
Report Post »Doug On The Inside
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:36pmMSNBC got Obama elected…they could do it again. It is still watched and loved by many of those who are asleep.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:30pmI know of 15 people who won’t watch MSNBC anymore.. NOT because of who they have on although they do say they are idiots.. but because of their BIAS and these people are liberal..they don’t like being treated like they are stupid which MSNBC does..
Report Post »Dunce_Biden
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:38pmTingle Mathews will now take over as leftist moron in chief.
Report Post »Chicago Ray
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:37pmSee ya hate monger. I myself wrote Comcast a couple weeks ago telling them if they didn’t do something with that lineup over there I would for one be canceling my multi thousand dollar service JUST FOR THAT and Bill Maher at HBO which I already canceled.
They might just be listening to us. Especially in this down turn, they lose more money from conservatives than liberals I can guarantee it since most of them don’t work.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:24pmLOL.. can you get them to take the soap opera’s in Spanish off too?? I have to pay for them and I don’t even speak Spanish.. guess it’s the only way they can get them on air is to FORCE people to take them in their packages..
Report Post »janedough1
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:37pmNow, if he’d given money to communists….oh wait, he did. Look, what a way to get The Blaze to cover the fact that their worst rated show is going belly up. Seriously, why are we paying attention to what MSNBC/Pravda is doing? Who cares?
Report Post »UrsaMajor
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 6:40amCheck out the pic on the front page to see just how bad the ratings are for MSNBC. They couldn’t even afford to buy Olbermann an new chair… DUCT TAPE!
Report Post »02NOV2010
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:37pmKeith who??
Report Post »newspapertaxis
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 4:27amKeith Moon. No wait, that Keith had talent.
Report Post »bethtravers
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:37pmHallelujah!! There is A God! And he is Good!
Report Post »PunditPawn
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:36pmTrash taken out.
Report Post »RIGHTNOTLEFT
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:36pmSARGENT SCHULTZ is next.
PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Report Post »MickyD
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:36pmHe’ll be working for a Soros organization in 24 hours. NPR, Huffpo, MM, Tides… he‘s a lefty soldier and he’ll land on his feet.
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:47pmMICKYD
Report Post »I suspect you’re probably right about a Soros related gig.
UpstateNYConservative
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:01pm@MickyD
If he got something better, he would have mentioned it.
Report Post »RogueAmeritarian
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:36pmI’ll just second that !!!
Report Post »franknshadow
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:36pmThere is a God and he loves us… Wonder where that turd is going to pop up now…
Report Post »ChasVS
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:08pmCNN no doubt!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:30pmNPR
Report Post »Soros can afford him there
patriot1770
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 2:51pmanybody know his e-mail adress so we can send him a sympathy card? (hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha)
Report Post »mike78
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:35pmDing dong, the witch is dead. Which old witch? The wicked witch. Ding Dong the wicked witch is dead…
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:35pmI can’t explain it but, this somehow gives me an uneasy feeling. It seems too good to be true. I’d like to think he has had a “come to Jesus” moment and will turn his life around but, I‘m sure that’s just my little fantasy.
Report Post »HeavenlyMinded
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:22amYou took the words out of my mouth. Something’s up with this…this is too good to be true. How long will it be before he blames Palin, or Bush for his resignation? Or the tea party. You know…it‘s always someone else’s fault.
He’ll probably pull a “Van Jones” and pop up somewhere else…I agree with alot of other posters who are guessing he may replace Gibbs. I’d actually watch him…just to see if he screws things up.
Report Post »Jfifthwheel
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:35pmBy By
Report Post »mike3274
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:35pmCountdown to ZERO employment. Later, toolbag.
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:34pmHow long will this idiot be gone this time? Maybe he’s going to run for President? AHAHAHAAAHAHAHA!
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 4:11pmI hope MSNBC means what they say, because first they yanked his special reports on who was the absolute worse person, then apparently all the liberals wrote in screaming “Bring it back, bring it back!” One wonders why. Then he got tossed for flapping his gums about something and then reinstated. And apparently the media world is not known for the two week pink slip, so one hopes that this time they will stand firm and point to the door. He’d obviously become a liability for MSNBC.
The reassuring thing is that there apparently is a “non-competative” clause so he can’t go to another network and may not be able to become the White House spokesperson for whatever specified time.
One can only hope that Ed Schultz will follow Keith’s path and end up being shown the door, too, but it will probably take awhile.
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:33pmWhat aagain???
Attention whore.
Report Post »SUPPLY_SIDE
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:40pmMy thoughts exactly.
Report Post »RIGHTNOTLEFT
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:32pmThe countdown has ended!
YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Report Post »dcart888
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:31pmMade my day… Thank You Comcast! Can’t believe low ratings loser Ed can be far behind
Report Post »One1
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 12:01amEd will be next, then Lawrence, then Ricky… I meant Rachel and finally Chris.
Report Post »onyx3821
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:30pmGood Riddance!!!!
Report Post »Miser
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:29pmThey didn’t take out the trash. The trash took out itself. Maybe George Soros made him a better offer.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:28pmComcast comes, Keith goes.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:18pmHave you ever posted on the Comcast Forums ?.. they are so pro-left wing censored it is insane …. perhaps Keith wasn’t LEFT enough!
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:27pmComcast has forums aside from this? “The Comcast forum is a members helping members forum for discussions about Comcast’s cable internet service; its use, availability, features, customer service issues and general information.” What are you talking about?
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:12pmThanx CATB! Interesting stuff :)
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:18pmI have comcast internet and I have NEVER been on a comcast site.. didn’t even know they had one.LOL..
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:25pmNo problem … ;- )
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:27pmAw man I loved that guy, talk about cannon fodder.
Report Post »CYCLONE
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:36pmThis Is So True !!!!!
Report Post »BarCalliyon
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:40pmI agree Kate, who will we all laugh at now? I will so miss his Shakespearian pernounciation of words, and over dramatic tone. (sigh)
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:59pmKATE! YOU ARE BACK!!! Glad it worked out for ya, darlin’! Email me!
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:14pmMy Sacred Honor, Yes I’m back and I think the copycat poster has been foiled. I got an e-mail today saying that he has been shut out. Yay. Now I have to hope he has not done irrepairable damage to my reputation as a fair minded straight shooter.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:09pmI think that the OCD posters (such as myself0 knew the difference and you honor is safe. And if it ain’t, well, here’s ONE Former Marine Georgia-boy who will go to their homes to restore it!
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:18pmUntameable-kate – More good news, glad they‘ve busted him for taking people’s names, especially from the good people here. Semper Fi.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:22pmWITH prejudice!
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 11:01pmI always love your posts Kate. Don’t be tamed.
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:27pmI am trembling with joy. Can it be? Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Ed Schultz next?
Report Post »SnapTie
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:35pmSpecial Ed”s moving to 10:00.Socialist Larry moving to 8:00 and the guy at 9:00 stays put.
Report Post »CanadianMan
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:40pmohh that would be the icing on the cake!!!
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:49pm@ SNAPTIE “The guy at 9:00″…THAT is funny right thar, I don’t care who ya are!
Report Post »PlanetXenu
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:58pmI bet he pulls a Favre!
Report Post »Insipid
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 12:00amI think this may make an atheist convert. YES there is a God !!!
Report Post »liberal-pubic-hair
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 12:38amI don‘t think we’d get THAT lucky.
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:14am@PLANETXENU
He’ll enjoy his job at pipesmoker.com way too much!
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:37amAd to replace Keith Olbermann: Wanted no experience necessary, new host for cable democratic campaign/news station. Must be very bitter, absolutely despise conservatives, especially Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin. Must be willing to tell nothing but lies and work in a very bitter environment. If you are a Marxist/Socialist with far leftist progressive philosophy who absolutely loves even worships the Obama administration you just might have what it takes to fill this position. Salary will be based on the level of hate and bitterness you can demonstrate. Alternative lifestyles and atheism is a plus. If you possess the above qualities we just may want you on our team. Contact George Soros at 555-555-5666
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:26pmWho’s this Ed Shultz guy. Oh yeah, had a show back in the sixties= nope the other end was doing the talking!
Report Post »Cannon
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:26pmHey MSNBC, For this relief much thanks!
Report Post »SLARTIBARTFAST
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:32pmWoo Hooo! But then again, who‘ll be the Left’s poster boy for ignorance and idiocy?
GONESURFING
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:35pmGood riddens. Sack the lot of em.
shorthanded12
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:39pmCOMCAST is draining the “MSNBC SWAMP” Now get That RACHEL MADCOW.
Report Post »solaveritas
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:39pmWas he fired? Why the mutual absence of an explanation by Keith and MSNBC?
Or did Keith realize that he JUST COULDN’T be civil, and his obvious hateful manner was hypocrisy MSNBC couldn’t let further hurt their ratings.
I just hope he doesn’t go back to network sports. I like networks sports. I never watched MSNBC.
Seriously, I think the political world just became a little better place.
Thank you, Jesus!
Report Post »CanadianMan
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:39pmSee … there is a God
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:40pmVenezuela National TV announced it’s interest in Keith & so did Cuba – China – North Korea – Iran – Syria – Belarus .
You won’t be missed just go .
WAR PIGS CRAWLING
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:40pmPrepare for White House Press Secretary Olbermann
Report Post »exdem
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:43pmThis is fallout from the Arizona shooting. Progressives are demanding employers and family to take action when you see obviously mentally ill people that pose a threat.
He is being committed.
My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:44pmTHERE IS A GOD!!!1
Can i get an AMEN!!!
cheezwhiz
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:45pmOlbieman goes to the White House now
Report Post »He might be new media advisor for 2012 campoaign
exdem
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:46pmOlbermann as press secretary is a hilarious concept!!!
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:47pm“MSNBC thanks Keith for his integral role in MSNBC’s success and we wish him well in his future endeavors,”
Yeah right.
Report Post »If you look at the reverse of this statement…”MSNBC blames keith for his integral role in MSNBC’s EPIC FAILURE and we we wish he rot in hell.”
what4
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:49pmIs he going to be Barry’s new mouthpiece at the podiom? from Gibby to this?
Report Post »101
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:50pm.
Report Post »Keith you’re a failure and your overwhelming weird infatuation for Glenn Beck, came back to bite you in the azz… [Laughter]…[applause]…[ cheers]
fivebyfive
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:50pmAnd the NEW WHITE HOUSE SPOKESPERSON IS….
Report Post »M 4 Colt
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:51pmYES!!!YES!!!YES!!!!! !there is a God!!!!!! and he has heard our prayers!!!!!! This is a great start at MSNBC and with any luck many more will follow him to their doom. Now if we can only get rid of some of the other left wing scum bags that are always attacking our great country like talk show host Bill Maier then life would be just about perfect for now and will be even better in 2012 when Obama loses the election and we get our country back.
Benjamin Linus
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:54pmKeith who?
Report Post »normbal
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:08pmHey, Slartibartfast, the new MSNBC poster boy for ignorance and idiocy (and hostility) will have to be Rachel Madcow, I guess.
Report Post »dwh320
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:09pmOlbermann who?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:14pmHopefully they will be soon sending others .. Matthews, Maddow, Schultz etc .. off to get the mental health care they so desperately need.
Report Post »DisillusionedDaily
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:15pmIt’s about time!!! One down, three to go!
Report Post »Caffeinated Texan
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:20pmSomehow I think the phrase “lack of viewers” was mentioned when he was told he was being canned.
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:21pmMaybe they can get bubbles the dancing chimp to replace him
Report Post »I hear bubbles is really good.
juggernaut
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:26pmNow thats the kind of Hope and Change I like.
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:26pmThis is good and bad news.
Good as I do not like Keith O nor his ideas but I dislike Ed Schultz even more. So the bad news is loud hateful so full of crap he’s stopped up Ed is still on. One could only wish they both vanished. Awww dreams….
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:27pmI guess while Keith was “leaning foward”, they gave him the boot!
Please tell me that we will never hear of him again!
Report Post »GBMBulletsSKNRD
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:33pmAm I the only one that will miss that idiot and all his BS.
Report Post »OFFmyMEDS
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:33pmHey MSNBC,
what about that Maddow guy. Fire him too!
watchmany2k
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:41pmHe‘s headed over to Opra’s flailing channel to help boost it’s demise…HA !
Report Post »Either that or gonna finally put that aggie degree to werk…
what a tool….
RepubliCorp
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:50pmSorry Kieth, no one wanted to lean forward. Lets us know how unemployment feels. Maybe some Libturd radio station in Chicago wants a moron…….
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:52pm@GBMBulletsSKNRD,
“Am I the only one that will miss that idiot and all his BS.”
No, you’re not the only one. :) I don’t watch his show, but sometimes I catch clips when various forums reference him.
Oh, and hey, Rachel Maddow actually IS warm and fuzzy, just like Michael Moore says. She’s cute – I don’t know why you guys say otherwise. I’d pull up quick to retrieve it.
Report Post »green_manalishi
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:53pmGee Keith, I hope it wasn’t over something we said………… ( ha, ha,ha ).
Report Post »naed5048
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:01pmReplacement————–Allen Grayson from Florida
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:06pmHis statement somehow reminded me of cleaning a dirty shower.
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:08pmMeet the new boss NOT the same as the old boss, Comcast took over MSNBC today.
Report Post »Modern Patriot
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:08pmHe will probably replace Gibbs at the White House.
Report Post »sing it out
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:19pmThis is the kind of “change” I’ve been “hoping” for!
Report Post »zeiss
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:27pmNo tears here! MSNBC finally did something intelligent. Mr. Olbermann, just drift away to even further obscurity. It would sadden you to know that if it weren’t for Rush, Glenn, or Shawn, no body would even know your name. To really cap your career, maybe Mr. Obama will hire you to replace Mr. Gibbs, someone else no one took seriously.
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:32pmHe will go to PBS and Katie Curic will replace him as the radical left voice.
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:35pmDoes Soros own or control Comcast?
Report Post »Sondergard
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:37pmtoo little too late. It wont do a damn thing to boost ratings, however its not like they will lose any from it. they cant lose what they dont have
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:45pmHey, I hear there’s a gig opening at the White House for Press Secretary.
Boy, that would be a hoot.
Report Post »Canuck GB Fan
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:45pm@my sacred honor-Amen!! :)
Report Post »Pierre
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 11:48pmGood riddens “keithover-bite” here you go…. Com cast imposed their own fairness doctrine good bless them!!!! You are a nit-wit, brainless, and hopefully chris matthews will be the next one to bite the dust!!! You wish for the fairness doctrine and you got it from your boss. You wouldn’t know the truth if it hit you in the forehead. People like you ususally sit in an institution. You are a victim (finally!) of what you wish for others. You were unfair towards females, and you are simply an angry and limited human being.
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 12:11am♪ Happy days are here again ♫ …
Report Post »♫ We can sing a song of cheer again ♪ …
♪♫ Happy days are here again! ♪♫♪…
click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 12:14amRobertCA
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:40pm
“Venezuela National TV announced it’s interest in Keith & so did Cuba – China – North Korea – Iran – Syria – Belarus . You won’t be missed just go .”
I think Trinity in Chicago is gonna make him an offer too!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 12:28amclick4cheapandeasyweb
♪ Happy days are here again ♫ …
♫ We can sing a song of cheer again ♪ …
♪♫ Happy days are here again! ♪♫♪…
—————-
THIS is what gloating looks like :
http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/fvOPidtSEsYf7HWZ
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 12:42amComcast:”Thanks for coming in, Keith.”
Report Post »KO:”Sure guys, what’s up?
Comcast:” Well, given the current sensitivities to what is said in the media, we are going to ask that you no longer use hateful rhetoric in your broadcasts.”
KO:”How will I fill the other 58 minutes of my show?? I’ll have virtually nothing left to say! I quit!”
davecoolworld
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 12:46amBye-bye jackass!
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 12:50amThe Gospel According to Obama
Chapter 1
And Oprah shall say, “Let there be the ONE”, and it was done.
The one sayeth, “Yes WE can” and it was done, with lots of undocumented money.
After the one sayeth, “We need more TARP”, the serpent, from the Bay, sayeth, we have a TARP. The one signeth the TARP and deemed “Life is Good, let there be Health Care”
But the One did not listen to the people, and the people did protest. “Tea is what we need” cried the people. Alas, the One did not heed the people and insisted the Healthcare is what the people needed. The serpent from the bay wielded the mighty hammer and cried “Racism” and wielded the mighty hammer with might. The people did protest, but was smited by the Serpent from the Bay.
The people were then perceived as simple and dismissed, thus the peoples, people, rejoiced and partied with the serpent from the Bay. Alas, the people were dismayed and refudieated the peoples People, and cast them into civilionship, and thus vacated their offices. The serpent from the Bay was furious and admonished the people as stupid and racist. The chosen One flew off to The Island and muttered, “I was born upon these Islands, so sayeth the Governor”. The Oberman, spouted one, with venom.
Report Post »After the Midterm, the Chosen One returned to the city by the Potomic, and pronounced, “I have returned to center”, the Oberman rejoiced but declared, “the right is still racist and the Worlds worst person.” The ratings dropped and neilson cried.
After the midterm massacre, the left screamed, “Oh chosen One, did thou forsaken us”, the Chosen One simply laughed and said, “What did the Rahm say, never waste a crisis”. The left was then smited and sent to the common places.
The Boehner then rose to where the serpent from the Bay was and said, “We shall cut these prices.” Walmart smiled and said, “Life is good.” At which there was a march on Washington to protest these low prices. The Boehener then submitted, “We must repeal this “Healthcare”, but the former serpent from the Bay, screamed, “Racist”, (the only word she knows). And the Obermans from the media parroted the same. Thus, Racist was the word heard throughout the land on the big three to the simpletons of the land. The Keith thus quit his towncrier post and returned to the bus stop restrooms, crying for the obligatory $5 a cry. The Chris with a tingle remained to champion the One with a tingle and tout “Healthcare for all and for all a good tax raise”.
But for all the One called for, the Tucson called out the Hypocrisy and the One called for a reason and civil debate. But the Hairy one from the desert and the serpent from the Bay said “Nay, we shant cease with the foul hatred or vitriol, we shall spite forward with vile breath”. The nation was sad and soiled. The Tea stained people rose above the vitriol and smote the vile rhetoric at the polls, the serpent and the toad from the desert shrank back to the desolate decadence from which they came, they hissed, “We shall be back through the EPA and FCC, regulations shall strangle you and the One shall retain his power.” The Governator said in his goodbye address, “I shall be back”. The Golden State then threw the noose around our neck.
The abyss rose on the horizon, the sun shone on our backs, Beck said, “I Can”, and the left beacons, “No you can’t”. Now is the time for man to choose, “Can you or can’t you?” If you can’t, vote for the serpent from the Bay, if you can, vote for the man from the Mount.
RLTW
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 12:59amI’m sure PBS has a job for this POS
Report Post »Okieflyover
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:00amWhen your fallback is Shultz and Odonnell your program manager should be fired too.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:07amOh and let’s make this clear, they could fire the entire MSNBC cast I’ll still never watch it! And if you buy in to the BS consider yourself a traitor too the Republic.
Report Post »Aither
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:23amGo Comcast!!!
Don’t know if that had anything to do with it. But 10 to 1 it did. That and Olberman’s really bad TV ratings. :)
Report Post »*************************
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:42amKeith Olber-who?
HEDLEY LAMARR: “Meeting adjourned. Oh, I am sorry, sir, I didn’t mean to overstep my bounds. You say that.”
Report Post »Gov LE PETOMANE: “Say what?”
HEDLEY LAMARR: ” ‘Meeting is adjourned’.”
Gov LE PETOMANE: “It is?”
HEDLEY LAMARR: “No, you SAY that, Governor.”
Gov LE PETOMANE: “Say what?”
HEDLEY LAMARR: ” ‘Meeting is adjourned’.”
Gov LE PETOMANE: “It is?”
-Blazing Saddles
UMMAH GUMMAH
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:44am.
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Blaze won’t allow me to say that in Fing CAPS!!!!!!! YEEEEEEEEEEEE-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!!!!
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Report Post »UMMAH GUMMAH
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:45am.
The FINAL COUNTDOWN
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Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:55amNow he can go smack his twig and berries full-time.
Report Post »ozz
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 2:49amI guess they were tired of losing money :D
Report Post »azmomof6
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 2:55amHe’s such an angry, hateful man. He gives me the creeps!
Report Post »An Arizonan
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 3:40amThe Jared Loughner of cable news is off the air… hopefully he is off to an asylum in his motherland of Russia, or Cuba or Venezuela. The average IQ of hosts at MSNBC has gone up exponentially.
Good riddance to evil incarnate, Satan’s spawn, the son of ol’ Scratch himself.
realindependent
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 6:20amI think Glenny Cybaby Beck should follow Keith’s departure and join him. then maybe the left and right can join hands pray and end the violent communist marxist mao-ist socialist talk can end.
AMEN
Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 7:02amThe collection of extremists at MSNBC is something else…The degree of hate these “Hosts” spew is shameful. When will Chris be out? Not soon enough, I suspect.
Report Post »In a way, its good to have the hate-mongers on the air. Then anybody with a half of a brain and an open mind, can compare the poison from them, to the goodness of Glenn, etc.
avenger
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 7:23amwho is keith oldermann….
Report Post »Sledgehammer
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 7:46amThis useful idiot is like a cancer, he’ll pop up later some place else.
Report Post »kilo62a
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 7:52amSo long, goodby, it’s been good to know you – song
Report Post »Thank god and greyhound you’re gone – song
Smokepole
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:17amMaybe he’ll be pushing scores out from the sports desk in Erie, PA
Report Post »elbawild
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:26amOne more down and thousands to go!
Report Post »Goodbye Keith Orwellian.
Maybe now you will have time to take a few courses in logic and reason.
OutOfTheAether
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:35amOh what a Relief it is!
Report Post »OutOfTheAether
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:45am@Darmuk
I enjoyed that. Gave me a good chuckle. Thanks
Report Post »Sam I am
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:46amComcast takes no prisoners.
With lefty loon Jeffery Imult gone, maybe MSNBC will get some credibility.
“Hey, Chris Matthews, don’t get too comfortable, Olbermann’s ratings were better than yours.”
Report Post »nc_kayaker
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:06amHallelujah!!!!!
Report Post »byehlik
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:08amMSNBC never have I watched it. Of course I have not had broadcast or cable TV in my home for 15 years. I have not only saved money by not buying the garbage, I have saved myself from the “programming” the box tends to cause on people.
TV is a powerful propaganda tool. These folks on the networks and on cable know it. Most people are what Glenn says is that most people are cattle. His analogy rings true and the masses are kept fenced in by the tall tails told by there TV sets.
There is a comparison to the “Rome” timeline and TV. TV is our cultures Coliseum, our “bread and circuses”, our cake if you will. If the “elite” powers that be can keep you watching irrelevant things such as, sports, comedy, or the latest who’s who show, they can continue consolidating their power behind the scenes.
If there has been one bright spot in TV programming, it has been FOX. As well as some very bright and truthful radio personalities, although sometimes over the top. They have upset the balance of the narrative offering of the “elite” wanting total control over your lives. My hope is that enough average Americans are paying close attention to what is really going on.
It comes down to this, in which I agree with Glenn Beck; People have to start thinking for themselves based on there own convictions and not base their thinking on what I call “group think”. My suggestion would be to first, turn off that “Programming” on the TV. There is a reason it is called “Programming”.
My second and probably most important is that you start to read and research your on your own, the news. The talking heads will give you their slant, the challenge is for you to prove or disprove it. Seek the news that is important to you. Seek facts and separate it from the opinion and base your beliefs on what is real.
This guy on MSNBC, in my world is irrelevant. Keith who?
Report Post »NapoHill15
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:38amThis is not something to celebrate over . . . Liberalism is simply turning a page.
Report Post »Dandylyon
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:48amThere is a light at the end of the “hate” tunnel,but no doubt this moron will just join force’s with another hate monger and continue on.
The only real way to rid the country of these people is don’t listen or watch and DON”T give them a format by posting everything they do or say on web’s like the BLAZE!!,make sense??
If they think no one is listening but there like minder’s,THEY will go away or have no where to spew there ridicule and hate.
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:53amMomma always said, “if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” _______________
Bob_R_OathKeeper says “I think the only thing that can top this is, if he hangs himself, now that would be good news.”
A dear friend committed suicide that way. It was, and still is truly horrible. I’m very much offended that you would wish suicide on anyone and their loved ones. I forgive you because I‘m sure you don’t have a clue about it. “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.”
Report Post »LadyLiberty
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:56amI am pleased my ears will have a break from bleeding.
Report Post »LadyLiberty
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:59am“Ratings for Mr. Olbermann’s show grew, though he never approached Mr. O’Reilly’s level of popularity”
Uh, right… actually, they took a serious nose-dive in 2010.
Report Post »JD Carp
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 10:37amOutside of the fact that Keith and I are alumni of the same prestigious prep school and he is one of that august institution’s greatest embarrassments, I believe it is essential for we conservatives to have an opposing view. That being said his opposing view was so often laced with hatred and venom that it vacates journalism and becomes little more than deceitful and incite-full rhetoric. Clean up your act Keith and another job will be awaiting you perhaps even at a legitimate news venue.
Report Post »MAX FREEDOM
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 10:53amI would of payed the 14 million to get him off the air also.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 11:06amHEHEHE !!!!! Mark Levin called it right… Calling the show “ count down to no ratings” glad to see comcast cleaning house .. Shultz is next…
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 11:11amWhere are all the , White tea party , broker0101′s , and all the rest ? Silence speaks volumes… lol
Report Post »billydee
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 11:21amThis is awful. There is no way anyone could do more damage to the liberal cause than this clown. Please Kweef, reconsider!
Report Post »Sam I am
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 11:25amObama:“Ladies and gentlemen of the White Press ”corpse”, if I could take a minute and introduce the next White House Press secretary, Keith Olbermann.”
Report Post »ATexasFan
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 11:26amHave you noticed… most “hate speech” programs don’t stay on the air very long. Air America is gone, most liberal radio talk shows are gone. Give me a good old Conservative positive program any time! Since I never listened to his program, I won’t even know he is gone… Yes, Thanks YOU, MSNBC
Report Post »byehlik
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 11:34amJust so you moderators know I sent a message to your boss Glen Beck asking why my current post about TV is being deleted. What is your problem you censors of freedom of speech!
Report Post »freightliner1160
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 11:45am19 pages sofar.at 10:43 ct 1-22-11. Most post I have seen on any story. Keith, you have many that know of you here. We will miss your foolishness and lies. Have fun with your money.
Report Post »TheUclan
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 12:05pmWhat a wonderful way to start my weekend!
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 12:21pmNah, nah, nah, nah … Nah, nah, nah, nah … Hey, hey, hey Good bye!
Now have fun back in your mom’s basement!
Report Post »titan
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:33pmhey olbermann, don’t go away mad just go away!!!! thanks msnbc you bunch of losers ha ha
Report Post »billydee
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:49pmLean forward sucka!!!!
Report Post »Libertyship46
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 2:38pmDo you realize that this reduces the enemy to only the Taliban? Sorry, that was uncalled for. Drinks are what’s really called for.
Report Post »White Devil
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 2:48pmThats COMCASTIC!
Report Post »Sparky101
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 2:50pmBob, thanks for removing your post. How do you do that and I’ll remove mine too?
Report Post »savagetroy
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 2:52pmThe only problem is Lawrence O’Donnell is taking his place. He is a self described socialist, and if anyone has ever seen one of his on air meltdowns you will know he is just about another Olbermann in waiting. His debate with the swift boat author back in 2004 was to shout “you are a liar” over everything the other guy was trying to say. That was his entire debate tactic for the whole segment. He never made a point. They have to drain the entire swamp over there and start over.
Report Post »The Noodle Fish
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 4:22pmBrilliant! They’ve gotten rid of their most interesting guy! Now MSNBC will die….
Report Post »SavvyCowboy
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 4:24pmGood Riddance over-bite. Hey pmsNBClsd! Get rid of Edwierdo Schlitz now too! New Flash! Over-bite signed a contract with Al Jazeera as Al Qaeda spokesman.
Report Post »CannonFL
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 4:33pmRight on Cannon! By the way, love the name…
Report Post »CannonFL
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 4:36pmRight on Cannon! Hey, love the name…
Report Post »gopsnativeson
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 4:48pmWOW
Report Post »Dozens & dozens of people are going to be disappointed,
Possibly upwards of 100..
tifosa
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 4:54pmVery impressive! 21 pages of outcry for the stifling of first amendment rights… oh wait, disagreed with what he said, so I guess not…
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 5:28pmNasty man, nasty man, nasty, nasty nasty, at least this is what the women who went out with him said.
Report Post »BoiseBaked
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:33pmKeith who?
Report Post »bart033
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:56pmmaybe he can get a job at faux news and spew the hate and hypocrisy of the right. teabaggers unite
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 1:19amrealindependent, spoken like true fence-sitter!
Report Post »*************************
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 5:28am[from "How The Grinch Stole Christmas", with apologies to Dr. Seuss]
Every man in America liked Freedom a lot;
Report Post »But Olbermann, who lived just Left of America, did NOT.
Olbermann hated Liberty, to the point of treason;
Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
It could be his head was the place that attracted the flies;
It could be, perhaps, that his lips spewed too many lies.
But I think that the most likely reason of all,
May have been that his glasses were two sizes too small.
Whatever the reason, His áss or his kisser,
He stood there on MSNBC, still just a písser.
zeiss
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:06am“He did more than anybody to establish the credibility of progressive views through market-driven success,” said David Brock, founder and CEO of the left-wing media watchdog Media Matters for America.
If Keith establishes credibility for “progressive” views, maybe Conservatives do not have as much to worry about as we thought.
Report Post »byehlik
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:40amKieth who? LOL
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 1:07pmI am sure he will end up on Fox
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