What I commend MSNBC for is having Countdown followed by Joe Scarborough where the conservatives get their point across. Imagine FOX having a liberal talk show host on their network, following The O’Reilly factor.

Last week when the David Kuo story broke, Keith spent a couple of days highlighting how the Chrisitian Right is viewed by White House staff. He viewed Kuo’s book as a revealing portriat of how Rove and company use and exploit my fellow Americans that call the themselves the Christian Coalition. Immiediately following Countdown on the first night Scarbourough treated the book like it was an insignificant joke.

I suppose the truth, like most of America, is probably somewhere in the middle. The FAR Christian right IS probably viewed as nuts by many staffers, just like the far left environmental folks (Bobby Kennedy Jr comes to mind) are viewed as wacky by mainstream Democrats.Remember, we also have Ralph Nader in our party and he will never be viewed as close to being a moderate.

Unfortunately for our country, talk radio, and biased, onesided shows like Countdown and The O’Rielly Factor have turned many Americans into fanatics with an almost sports fan like devotion to one side or the other.

We need to start listening TO each other and respecting the other’s point of view. Sadly I do not see it happening anytime soon.

Jim

Olbermann rountinely finsihes 3rd or 4th in the ratings. His total viewership falls far below 1 million (or less than .3% of the U.S. population), and far lower in the “coveted” 25-54 demo. To most, he is just another guy who used to be on ESPN.

Ok, so his ratings have gone up since he started his ranting, er, special comments. He still fighting desperatly for 3rd place.

So where was Kentuckyliz wrong?

Since kentuckyliz got it completely wrong everything she says about anything else must also be wrong.

Or perhaps not?

I see no one disputes the overall point; that the GOP use religion to earn votes at taxpayer expense.

You’d think conservatives would be upset about that.

Before you talk too much about Craig Winn, you might want to check on the CV of Paul Krugman. He also worked for Enron. Pres Clinton also sent his trade secretary out with the Enron salesmen to get them contracts. That is where your Enron problems happened. Bush was the one who stomped on Enron for its misdeeds.

Olbermann is a hack at anything other than sports, just like Frank Rich is a hack at anything other than theatre criticism.

Why would he set the record straight on “Countdown To No News” when he can be pimping his book. Apparently it’s outselling O’Reilly’s book at a supermarket in Spokane. Soon to be available in the $1 bin at your local carwash.

MSNBC must be feeling pessimistic about its prospects at this moment. You can bet your sweet bippy that KO will be replaced as soon as MSNBC finds it feasible.

It seems the KO (and all of MSNBC since the Abrams coup), who goes to great lengths, nightly, to point out the mistakes of others, should at least be held to minimal standards of accuracy.

Instead, we get “Olbermann did a very long report over several days, and that’s all the “lies” you could find. I am very unimpressed.” and “These mistakes don’t invalidate the rest of what he was saying.”

With days to prepare for his “investigation” which apparently consisted simply of reading quotes from Kuo’s book, KO ’s staff didn’t have time to fact check their report. Hmm. Maybe the reports will be better now that the Yankees are playing golf in Florida and KO can go back to working full-time.

The weakest of your source only goes to prove the weakness of your point

I think Mortman just wants a FNS gig. He’s jealous.

Be POSITIVE Morty.

In the time it took to read your little opinion at least one more U.S. serviceman died, for no reason, in the Iraqi occupation.

Come on folks, surely you can do better than this. Go get your own game in order then come back to the playing field.

This article is a joke!

Mortman demonstrates once again that the more you know about an OlbyRant the more you realize that, to borrow from Howard’s favorite quipster, Keith’s “reporting” is like cotton candy - it melts on contact.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar - and sometimes an error-prone, demagogic partisan hack is just an error-prone, demagogic partisan hack. No “conspiracy” here, just more sloppy reporting from the deplorable Keith Olbermann.

Karl Rove rounded up the Bible thumping wingnut vote with tax dollars. If you’re cool with that, fine, say so.

Oh wait, you and the Perfesser already did by this sad picking of nits.