OMG! Anyone Watch Olbermann Tonight?

[FlashHarry]

Not only did he nail the Wilson story, he also ended the show with a long rant about the truly American value of dissent. Along the way, he slammed O'Reilly multiple times. It was beautiful. Wait for the transcript. I can't do it justice.

[proud patriot]

1. Hopefully I'll catch the repeat

:hi:

[Lindsay]

2. Yeah,

it's definitely worth catching.

("Earth to O'Reilly...your porridge is getting cold." LOL)

[FlashHarry]

6. Make sure you watch the last ten minutes.

I seriously almost teared up. His impassioned plea for tolerance of opinion was eloquent and moving. How ironic that something like that would come from a man who got his start as a commentator on ESPN, when the airwaves are clogged with lockstep lifetime 'journalists.'

[MoonAndSun]

3. I saw it FlashHarry, and my mouth was hanging open.

Keith really layed into O'Really and a great rant about how dissent is necessary for this country.

I can't wait to see the transcript to re-read what he said. It was priceless.

[Loyal]

4. It was awesome!

:) I told everyone that Keith Olbermann rocked, but no one believed me. :( lol

[FlashHarry]

10. Check out my sig!

I've been an Olbermann fan since he was on ESPN! (Maybe, because every time there was a hockey fight, he'd add the dialogue, "Roman dog!" and "Saracen pig!" from Woody Allen's "What's Up Tiger Lilly.")

[AnnabelLee]

18. I've liked Olbermann since his earlier show

His "White House in Crisis" was a masterpiece of sarcasm & seldom failed to show the rethugs for the hypocrites they are.

[caledesi]

Me too. Keith is the best!

[wyldwolf]

5. He better watch out...

MSNBC will fire him for "low ratings."

[Skittles]

25. or he'll get taken out to the woodshed

and end up doing hurricane reports.

[mandyky]

7. Did he just vindicate the Dixie Chicks and Tim Robbins, etc?

What was his opinion on dissent prior to this?

[FlashHarry]

15. No. He went back to the Sedition act, HUAC, etc.

It was a long lead in to the Elia Kazan story.

[karlschneider]

8. Damn sure did. Awesome. KO rocks.

:D

[Norbert]

9. Thanks for the heads up.

I opted for Donald O'Conner on A&E instead but will catch the repeat of Keiths show.

[Starpass]

11. I saw the first part - the story with Wilson, etc.

and it was great because he really hit hard. Darn, I didn't stay around until the end. You know, I've said many times that once we get the bums numbers down, we will have the media boys who want to become popular with the popular opinion finally start slamming him. We should encourage him and write him a thank you!!!! About time they had something other than Tweety whoring all over the place. OHHHHH, and don't forget that tonight, Scarboro is going to tell us who of our candidates the WH really fears---he's going to have Bennett on to tell us. HAHAHAHA---said it would be real surprising. Duh, no shit. And if you believe their 'pick', I have a map of the WMDs in Iraq to sell you!!!!!!!

[nostamj]

12. I logged to report/check on that

STUNNING! a ode to DISSENT??????????????????????????

thank you keith! beautiful

[kentuck]

13. He was hot !

:)

[kodi]

14. write to msnbc and the sponsors of keith's show in support of him

the only way commercial tv allows this on the air is if advertisers know that the demographics they want to reach with their commericals actually watch.

there is no reason not to use the tools of capitalism to increase the broadcast of progressive views.

and the enitre show was most excellent. keith evescerated kazan, shocking and righteously so.

[Ohio Dem]

16. Great show.

Slammed O'Reilly hard. Dissent is good. Wilson story.

[Enraged American]

17. I like it how he bashed Kazan...

on the day of his death. That took balls.

Is he Jewish?

[annagull]

28. You know, Enraged American--alot of people were hurt

by the HUAC and Joe McCarthy himself. Lives were lost, careers ruined, only by suspicion. I personally feel we are all fallible human beings and capable of great beauty while destroying it at the same time. I do not fault anyone holding Kazan to account for his deeds of good or bad. We all gotta answer the call in the end for what we did in this life.

[thebigidea]

38. ugh

UGH.

[spooky3]

19. [e-mail] (eom)

[grasswire]

20. as I've said...

...Olbermann told me in email that if he had more Dems watching, the news execs would give him full control over content. He said they have to play to demographics, and at this time more conservatives are watching than lefties.

So watch! And write to tell them you are watching! And send notice to all your friends and family! Get his numbers up!

[eleny]

31. Done!

Sent him a note with our demographics, including this - "plenty of dough to buy your sponser's products".

What the heck!

[FlashHarry]

21. Just did. N/T

[Mz Pip]

22. For anyone who believes

that Keith is not one of the good guys this rant is a must see.

I hope there is a transcript available.

MzPip
:dem:

[neverforget]

23. It was a great show!

[kayleybeth]

24. that was

suh-weet! We need more people like Keith on the air!

I just emailed him and also MSNBC to voice support for the show. If y'all want to write, here are the email addresses:

[e-mail]
[e-mail]

[proud patriot]

30. I sent him an email of support

:-)

[juajen]

35. Thank you so much, kayleybeth, for posting these links

I am sooooo lazy. I wrote both. This is now my favorite news show. He's the best.

[Unknown Known]

26. Olberman's the Man!

This show was great tonight! Worth it for the O'Lielly rant and the #1 story on Elia Kazan's naming names and showed Ed Harris and Amy Madigan sitting in dissent during Kazan's Academy Award presentation. This was Grade AAA stuff tonight.

Olberman's the only one on cable I watch.

[FlashHarry]

27. A kick for the West Coast crowd

:kick:

[WilliamPitt]

29. Olbermann is a stud

Told'ja. :)

[juajen]

39. Hey, Will

So you did. He reminds me of the best ones, Cronkite & Company. BTW, though I am always on DU, my husband is a big fan of Truthout. You're a big asset to democracy, fella. We appreciate you.

[juajen]

32. I saw it

It was great. I really like that show. It's the best one on MSNBC and CNN, imho.

[Robin Hood]

33. I saw it and absolutely loved it.

The dude kicks ass. Oreilly is a moron.

[Mari333]

34. I did and it was great and made up for that LAME speech

that Pat Buchanan made on his show about Kazan. Gads.

[Booberdawg]

36. It's on now in central time zone

[oasis]

37. Kicked O'Rielly's ass better than Franken.

[juajen]

40. For Keith

:kick:

[proud patriot]

41. I'm watching the repeat

Missed the begining though

[berry]

42. Half-way through the re-run. Did you see the Novak dig?

It was at the end of the rapid review, in reference to the gorilla. What are the 3 signs your pet gorilla is a problem? The 3rd sign is if he gets too many calls from Novak.

Looking forward to the Kazan segment. Olbermann rocks.

[Bozita]

43. Wow! Keith throws a touchdown in the last 10 minutes.

Absolutely brilliant.

KO analyzed the news for his listeners, just like Faux. But, he took the side of freedom and dissent.

Gonna watch him tomorrow.

[grasswire]

44. kick for KO!

[REP]

45. Excellent Show

I didn't know a thing about the show or who he was until I was idly flipping through channels one night and stumbled across Count Down. I've been a fan ever since. Tonight's show was especially good. The juxtaposition of Arnie only dealing with the enteratinment press with his comment about dissent was a one-two punch KO to the Moron Media.