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In reply to the discussion: I think someone needs to go check on Keith Olbermann... [View all]Midnight Writer
(25,333 posts)37. I've been trying very hard not to get TOO upset. Apparently, I am doing better than KO.
Anger works against you. It overrides your logic, it causes rash decisions, it fosters carelessness and it makes Americans vote for someone like Trump "just to shake things up".
And my personal experience tells me that calling anyone a stupid, pea-brained motherfucking traitor is not likely to produce positive results in any situation.
Shout your frustration into a sack, Keith. Persuade with the facts, the logic, the morality. You have a special platform. Use it better than the conservative media hate shouters do.
At least that's my self righteous take on it.
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I awoke this morning after surviving a dream of a giant dumpster fire in an industrial size dumpster
NBachers
May 2017
#39
waking up, going to sleep, and at least a dozen times throughout the day (depending
niyad
May 2017
#23
"won't help"? HE'S NOT LOOKING TO "HELP." Do you think KO's being polite would sway Congress?
WinkyDink
May 2017
#25
Enough is enough! I have had it with these motherfuckin' snakes in our motherfuckin' White House!
NBachers
May 2017
#38
I've been trying very hard not to get TOO upset. Apparently, I am doing better than KO.
Midnight Writer
May 2017
#37