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Keith Olbermann Caught Dissing Joe Scarborough on Open Mic
NewsBusters ^ | August 26, 2008 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 08/26/2008 9:32:24 AM PDT by PJ-Comix

Keith Olbermann seems to be suffering from a bad case of foot-in-mouth disease during the Democrat convention coverage. As noted earlier by NewsBusters' Mark Finkelstein, Olbermann, after commenting ecstatically about Michelle Obama's speech declared that he was "beginning to sound borderline sycophantic." Also last night, an open mic caught Olbermann dissing fellow MSNBC team member, Joe Scarborough. You can hear the dissing on the Olbermann Watch YouTube audio from the John Gibson radio show below the fold but here is a partial transcript:

JOHN GIBSON: I've got to tell you, we have news here tonight! We have the first open mic catastropic debacle of the convention.

VOICE: Sure do, John.

GIBSON: It was over at MSNBC featuring first Chris Matthews and Joe Scarborough and then the voice of bathtub boy, Keith Olbermann, pipes up and it's clear his microphone was supposed be off. This is not pretty. They are supposed to be colleagues. And everyone around NBC except Tom Brokaw is afraid of Olbermann because of the way he got Dan Abrams fired and then bragged about it. Listen to this.

CHRIS MATTHEWS: Now the host of MSNBC's Morning Joe Show, Joe Scarborough who's down on the floor of the Pepsi Center, part of the Pepsi generation, and he's been talking to both campaigns...Joe.

JOE SCARBOROUGH: Hey, thanks so much, Chris. I've got to tell you, there's such a contrast between what these campaigns are saying now and what they were telling me off the record two weeks ago perhaps because of Steve Schmidt's new leadership in the McCain campaign. The fact that the McCain campaign has been leaning forward with one message and their...

KEITH OLBERMANN (interrupting): Jesus, Joe, why don't you get a shovel?!
SCARBOROUGH: According to some McCain people...a a shovel?

(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008dncconvention; joescarborough; keitholbermann; msnbc; openmic
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To: PJ-Comix

“Keith Olbermann once again putting his foot in his mouth”

Good Lord, how in the heck can he put his foot in his mouth with his head up his *ss?

I always thought he was a talentless weenie - but I do have to give him credit - he’s got to be a world-class contortionist.


41 posted on 08/26/2008 11:33:00 AM PDT by Stosh
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To: dead

OMG that is funny


42 posted on 08/26/2008 1:31:23 PM PDT by Chicos_Bail_Bonds
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