Posted on 06/15/2008 11:29:48 AM PDT by winstonwolf33
THE perplexing mystery of why Keith Olbermann acts like a twitchy, hopped-up geek on his MSNBC show has been solved.
The New Yorker's Peter J. Boyer reports the TV loudmouth "has been given a diagnosis of Wittmaack-Ekbom's syndrome, also known as 'restless legs syndrome' (and also 'the kicks,' 'Jimmy legs' and 'the jitters'), a neurological disorder that produces a prickling, itching or crawling feeling in the legs." Known as a women's ailment because it strikes twice as many women as men, the syndrome has stirred controversy among doctors who don't agree whether it's even real or instead caused by various physical and/or emotional factors. Olbermann is uncoordinated - he can't drive, having once smashed his swollen head leaping into a subway car. The concussion permanently upset his equilibrium, he claims.
The New Yorker also reveals that CBS was so desperate to find a replacement for Dan Rather, it nearly stooped to hiring Olbermann. CBS president Les Moonves and his news chief, Andrew Heywood, held a "secret meeting" with Olbermann, where he said he wanted to "redirect" the last three minutes of each newscast with "his personal touch." After a second meeting, the CBS suits picked Katie Couric instead.
It was a major relief to old-school news vets. "Oh, no, no, no, [Olbermann]'s not a newsman. He's not a reporter. I've never seen anything that he's done that was original in terms of information. It's all derivative," said Sandy Socolow, who was Walter Cronkite's final executive producer.
Tom Brokaw, who's had to give Olbermann on-air scoldings for his leftist grandstanding, told The New Yorker: "Listen, it's a strain. And it's under constant examination." But Olbermann actually thinks he'd rock in a nightly news slot, boasting, "I think it would not do any worse than the three that are out there now."
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Figures.
“Olbermann is uncoordinated - he can’t drive, having once smashed his swollen head leaping into a subway car. The concussion permanently upset his equilibrium, he claims.”
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Are you it just wasnt his equilibrium that was damaged with his “swollen head”? I didn’t know he was a stuntman as well.
chris matthews, “the leg”
keith, “the legs”
>>>Are you it just wasnt his equilibrium that was damaged with his “swollen head”? I didn’t know he was a stuntman as well.
I think his issues all stem from the cranial infestation of fecal matter supplanting brain matter....and the feces is off-gassing methane...he’s got to release the intellectual flatus on his tv show or his head will explode.
produces a prickling, itching or crawling feeling?
I sometimes have this at night and it’s not like that but there is no prickling, itching or crawling feeling. It’s muscles that don’t want to relax and I automatically have to move my legs.
I wonder if Jon Kerry has the same problem? Does this symptom only affect liberals? I think a few tens of millions of dollars should be funded to study this. I get a cut 10% just for suggesting it!
“Olbermann actually thinks he’d rock in a nightly news slot, boasting, “I think it would not do any worse than the three that are out there now.”
Well,,, that’s some real confidence showin’ there! “They suck, so I’d suck just as much!”
Chris Matthews crawls up Obie’s legs?
LOL, so he is “full of it”? That explains everything.
ewwwwwwwwwwww
nasty picture
What’s up with liberal legs these days? Little Crissy Mathews has a similar condition I believe.
Unreal.
Obamanovirus.
I would attribute it to a large, ugly bug thas has proceeded in the direction of his gluteus maximus, and crawled into the nearest body orfice once there.
This is a wonderful thread - the images were delightful and the commentary which flooded into my weird mind... well I won’t go there...thanks for the laugh however!
I wonder if they both wore pantihose it might curb the urge to dance in place?
People should quit trying to come up with excuses for Olbermann.
I’t pretty simple really. He’s just batsh!t crazy.
Olbermann has become a “power” at NBC since their hard left turn from mere liberal bias to Stalinist propaganda. Olberboy obviously considers himself the heir apparent to Russert, and the boss of brian williams and the rest of NBC “News”. It’s really disgusting to see an entire network prostrate itself to such slime as the kos-kids and their head cheerleader Olberfuhrer, a brain-damaged, failed sportscaster whose fake rants serve as “news” to a few hundred idiots.
Restless Leg Syndrome? Not a problem!
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