Why I'm glad Keith Olbermann is gone (View from the Left)

Salon ^ | January 23, 2011 | Niall Stanage

[2ndDivisionVet]

I've read that they're still paying him about $7 million dollars a yer, per his contract.

[Last Dakotan]

Most on the left were perfectly happy that he was a crazyman, only because he was their crazyman.

[Twotone]

They had to buy him out of the contract, so he’ll receive the full amount. But I gather he’s prevented from hosting another TV show for the remainder of the contract period, although he can get speaking gigs (assuming anyone in the world wants to pay to hear him) & write books (likewise, if anyone is willing to buy).

[raybbr]

The show began in 2003, when large swathes of the journalistic profession appeared to have been cowed -- not just by the Bush administration per se but by a jingoistic atmosphere that lingered too long after 9/11 and took many unwise forms.

Yeah, the whole idea of wanting the U.S. to be strong and survive and lead the world again was just too much to take. The idea that the U.S. should be great is septic to these liberals.

[mtg]

The show’s increasingly forceful liberalism through its early years made for some riveting TV moments, the best-known perhaps his 2006 takedown of then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

Don't these numb-skulls realize this is exactly why nobody watches MSNBC - because of the liberal views and agenda of MSNBC and people like Olbermann.

[Brilliant]

“the host’s persona — a kind of an ersatz version of Walter Cronkite...”

LOL! Take that Walter Cronkite.

[RatRipper]

The glibness, the pomposity, the narcissism -- all these foibles had, of late, reached gut-wrenching proportions.

You mean he personified the essence of liberal/progressive/Marxist philosophy? As always, they have to hide the truth from the light of day.

[Oldpuppymax]

Olbermann was popular among the standard, leftist whack-jobs and assorted loons who watched MSNBC. Personally, I ‘m sorry to see him go. For whenever a normal individual accidentally tuned in, he received even GREATER assurance of just how insane the left is!

[Tzimisce]

From what I understand, Olberman wanted more money which is hypocritical since he’s always trying to sell the rest of us on the making the rich pay their fair share.

[VRWC For Truth]

A Jared Loughner with a microphone.

[yadent]

Actually, I kinda sorry he’s gone. Some the best entertainment at the ‘zoo’ are the monkeys.

[Ann Archy]

Rumsfeld was/is a GREAT man!! That will NEVER be said of Keith Doberman....NEVER....even by his own mother.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

“From what I understand, Olberman wanted more money which is hypocritical since he’s always trying to sell the rest of us on making the rich pay their fair share.”

Of course. This is a central trait of liberals. It's like blonde hair in Sweden. Expected.

[paulycy]

[Ouderkirk]

Just because he;s a dick doesn’t mean he not entitled to the terms of his contract.

Give him a lump-sum payout for the terms of his contract, and wave goodbye.

I’m glad he’s off the airwaves and he will be in the poorhouse soon enough.

[Islander7]

The show began in 2003, when large swathes of the journalistic profession appeared to have been cowed -- not just by the Bush administration per se but by a jingoistic atmosphere that lingered too long after 9/11 and took many unwise forms.

Bull Crap! Three days after 9-11 the leftist media was attacking Bush and continued to do every day for remainder of his term.

[anniegetyourgun]

Man, if everyone on the Left thought this way, I’d join the “bring-back-Keith” chorus. After all, Olbermann is such a great representative for the radical Left.

[The Comedian]

A Jared Loughner with a microphone.

Post-of-the-Thread Award!

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Dilbert San Diego]

I can take a certain amount of liberal commentary, if the person is an intellectually honest liberal. Keith is not, and his bombastic schtick gets old.

He jumped the shark many times. For me, he really jumped the shark to declare Bristol Palin the worst person in the world. Her offense to liberalism was having a baby out of wedlock, and working for an organization to persuade teen girls to avoid the mistakes she made. Declaring Bristol Palin the worst in the world says a lot more about liberalism and Keith Olbermann than it does about Bristol Palin.

[Ohio Hermit]

“But back in the real world, I cannot imagine I am the only viewer who is basically simpatico with Olbermann’s worldview, but who had come to find him and his show utterly insufferable.”

Pretty much the way I feel about Hannity . . .