Keith Olbermann is not one to pass up an opportunity to attack anything that even hints at being right of center. The repugnant MSNBC host devoted some three-quarters of his Sept. 16 show to claim criticism of President Barack Obama had to have elements of racism, no matter how you sliced it. And therefore, those critics were all despicable human beings, end of story.
However, he did manage to find time to revert to old tried and true method of appeasing his angry left-wing desires - a little bashing of former Republican vice-presidential nominee and Gov. Sarah Palin, with an assist from Michael Musto, columnist for The Village Voice and author of "La Dolce Musto."
Olbermann exhibited some displeasure that the Washington Speakers Bureau would have a flowery Web page touting Palin's accomplishments. But, noted the language on the page didn't include "maverick." However, Musto was there to make his own suggestions.
"I know - I guess that goes without saying, sort of like giant douche nozzle," Musto said. "I don't know, four eyes, whatever label fits her - Forever 21?"
Olbermann asked Musto for suggestions, assuming he was playing the role of representing the former Alaska governor, to which Musto said he'd "rather go to hell," but offered some ideas anyway.
"That people - that people might confuse her with Tina Fey and think that's who they're going to see," Musto continued. "In fact, I think Sarah should go along with that, get a fake Emmy award, pretend to be Tina Fey. And as people crack up over everything she says, she can just say, well, it's supposed to be funny, wink, wink."
But the more outrageous of Musto's remarks came after that and after all the effort Olbermann put into his Sept. 16 show trying to portray conservative and/or Republicans as evil, mean-spirited rotten racists. Olbermann suggested Palin might not show up, but Musto pointed out she would for the right price, since she needed desperate for income to support an "out-of-wedlock grandchild" and to help "special-needs children."
"You're thinking of Liza Minnelli," Musto said. "With Sarah Palin lately, you rattle the cash, she's there. She need that's money to pay extra day care for her out-of-wedlock grandchild, and to help special-needs adults [sic] - special-needs children. The problem with her actually is that she's starting to show up and talk. She should learn from Liza, stay home and practice her arm gestures."
That's an especially cheap shot at Palin, since her youngest child Trig has been diagnosed with Down Syndrome.
Palin's first speaking engagement will be for the annual CLSA Investors' Forum Sept. 23 in Hong Kong. According to some reports, Palin is expected to get upwards of six figures for her speaking engagements. However, the event is closed to press, but that doesn't matter because according to Musto, no press cares.
"I think they wanted to close it to the press," Musto said. "Then they found out even in China even the press doesn't care, except for the Chinese bureau of Mad Magazine. So it's basically just closed to the Chinese bureau of Mad Magazine."
However, it's ironic, if not even hypocritical to some degree, that Olbermann and Musto dedicated over a minute-and-a-half of MSNBC primetime news coverage to discuss Palin public speaking deal, even though Musto attempted to convey the idea no media outlet deemed her worthy of coverage.
This latest attack is keeping with the MSNBC strategy of attacking conservative women. MSNBC personalities refer to a Republican congresswoman as a "Mata Hari," and call a former female Republican vice-presidential nominee a "mail order bride" and characterize her as a dragon and a dog, and there's no apology and no outrage.
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Is it me or do these two
September 17, 2009 - 09:06 ET by rockyracoonIs it me or do these two "guys" sound like catty little 13-14 year-old girls. MSNBC must be proud to keep broadcasting this crap.
Doesn't it get boring
September 17, 2009 - 09:07 ET by allanffor viewers to see these rather "bitchy" but routine attacks on Palin. The attacks lack creativity and are just vituperative pablum.
I hope that guy wasn't
September 17, 2009 - 09:11 ET by MidAmericaI hope that guy wasn't paid to be funny or clever. Or has pmsncbc gotten so low they can only afford writers who are still in Junior High. I mean, c'mon, references to Mad Magazine? He belongs on Nickelodeon.
nah, not really
September 17, 2009 - 09:35 ET by jon_torlinNickelodeon's more mature than that, they'd chew him up and spit him out. More like MTV.
-Jon
Open season
September 17, 2009 - 09:19 ET by KC MulvilleThese people have no class, and have descended into juvenile put-downs that any high school punk would recognize. Appalling.
I never watch them anymore. In the past, I'd occasionally tune in, trying to keep myself honest - force myself to listen to criticism, etc. But MSNBC has shown that they have no criticism to offer, only ad hominem insults. This fits into a wider pattern of leftist counterattack. It's all about racism and charges of stupidity and country bumpkins and stooges of special interests, yada yada yada. They present themselves as superior by trying to insult others as inferior.
I will say that the only news outlet that comes close to offering semi-sensible criticism is Slate. You still have to wade through useless articles of nonsense, but occasionally you hear something challenging. I like reading William Saletan especially. I disagree with him, but he almost always presents a strong case. He must be "reckoned with." There are a few other credible liberals, but you have to seek them out. They're drowned out by the whackos.
MSNBC is pointless. You know what they say before they say it, so why waste the time?
Ha, ha
September 17, 2009 - 09:20 ET by moderncommentaries83How funny.
Two pathetic, middle-aged white men making fun of the disabled. Absolutely hilarious.
Especially when you realize the likes of Olbermann and his guests would much rather we exterminate the disabled than care for them.
But we're the heartless, unfeeling ones, right?
Aut viam inveniam aut faciam
Boring
September 17, 2009 - 10:57 ET by well99I am surprised Olbermann didnt have his lover Dyson on.
WELL99...
September 17, 2009 - 14:50 ET by danybhoyMusto is another member of BathTubBoy's bullpen. Musto's job is to make all the jokes that Olby could get in trouble for saying...if he said them. All of the thinly disguised gay jokes, the inuendo, all of Musto's schtick is crap Olby can't afford to say as the host. Even he has some limits, at least in his content.
"...How blind can you be, don't you see...
...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."
Nightwish
Hey, Olberdork! Checked your ratings lately?
September 17, 2009 - 11:07 ET by goldenthroatCABLE NEWS RACE (straight from Drudge)
Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009
FOXNEWS O'REILLY 4,039,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 3,451,000
FOXNEWS BECK 3,421,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 2,785,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 2,273,000
FOXNEWS SHEP SMITH 2,201,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,395,000
MSNBC MADDOW 1,369,000
CNN KING 1,355,000
CNN COOPER 1,086,000
Hey,Olby, FNC is beating the living crap out of your left-coast, bleeding-heart, 'do as I say, not as I do' socialist network! Your pathetic numbers are barely above that lovely and vivacious, liberal lesbo Rachel Madcow - impressive!
Keep up the sarcastic personal attacks, innuendo, negativism and yellow journalism, Olby - because no one but idiots are watching your show!
So what's your next question?
'Nuff said...
"Inferior people should not be employed." - Firesign Theatre
Do some math. All three
September 17, 2009 - 11:49 ET by moderncommentaries83Do some math.
All three liberal shows have a total, COMBINED, of 5,205,000 viewers. That's the same as one and a quarter FOX News shows.
Aut viam inveniam aut faciam
moderncommentaries83, On top of that...
September 17, 2009 - 12:15 ET by goldenthroatThey are delusional - living in a fantasy world - they brag they are the "most watched cable news network"!
Ok, I'll give them credit - maybe the most watched in Iraq, Afganistan, Iran, China, Russia...
"Who am us, anyway?" - Firesign Theatre
If you're ever looking for an example of raging delusionalism...
September 17, 2009 - 12:30 ET by SickofLibsBeen posted here on NB before but worth repeating:
KEITH OLBERMANN: I hate to intrude with the facts but ours is the highest rated cable news program viewers 35 and younger and the highest rated cable news program for all viewers not on Fixed News. And since Fixed News has since now migrated completely over to serving propaganda to tin foil hatters, conspiracy theorists, paranoids and racists it is not a news organization making this show the highest rated cable news program, period.
Highest rated NOT on Fox. That's incredible, but not nearly as laughable as "news program."
Sickoflibs, BWHAHAHAHA!
September 17, 2009 - 17:54 ET by goldenthroatKeith Olberdork: A LEGEND IN HIS OWN MIND!
As Bugs Bunny once said: "What a maroon!"
"Inferior people should not be employed." - Firesign Theatre
MSNBC
September 17, 2009 - 09:52 ET by Bighead227Welcome to rock bottom.
Bighead227, What's amazing is...
September 17, 2009 - 17:53 ET by goldenthroatPMSNBC continues to allow journalistic, pond-scum, low-life "commentators" like Olberdork and Madcow to continue to drag down their network - and they don't seem to care.
Rock bottom? I think they're heading into the bottomless abyss now!
"How can you be in two places at once when you're not anywhere at all?" - Firesign Theatre
No....
September 17, 2009 - 11:32 ET by StarAZOn rock bottom and starting to dig. Musto is a hack--two hacks...Oh, goody, let's see what they have to say.
Keith Olberboy
September 17, 2009 - 09:52 ET by nandrelliHey Keith,
Rachel Maddow is more of a man than you are (of course, that's a different issue. Maybe she should be examined like the South African runner, and see if she is hermaphroditic also).
The Pathetic Left
September 17, 2009 - 10:00 ET by GeneralAlEvery time I see this kind of garbage coming from the suposedly sensitive left, I want to punch their lights out! I have a special needs child and I can tell you, its not the left who gives me any assistance! If I need help in finding a particular program, I get it from people of a Conservative and yes, Christian view point! This idiot Olbermann and his talking dummy [No offense meant to good dummies!], Musto, need to go out and play in traffic! These people would leave my kid to die as he doesn't contribute to society! Can we spell Communism? Yes, its spelled DEMOCRAT! Examples? Olberman and Monkey Musto!
That's because, GeneralAl,
September 17, 2009 - 11:52 ET by moderncommentaries83That's because, GeneralAl, the left ultimately doesn't care about anyone other than themselves. Or sex (specifially unmarried, unfettered, with anyone or anything at any time sex).
Those are the two driving factors behind liberal agendas. Because special needs children and adults require personal sacrifice and hard work, they get in the way of liberals' "self-fulfillment" and must be demonized, belittled, and - preferably - destroyed.
The left is as compassionate as the people it emulates. The Communists and Socialists of the 20th century who killed 100 million people.
Aut viam inveniam aut faciam
What is it
September 17, 2009 - 10:27 ET by The DistributistWhat is it about gay men and eyeglasses? Look at these two pinkboys - are they having an ugly contest? meeeeoww!
"Modern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers." -GKC
You really picked up on
September 17, 2009 - 11:31 ET by Chris NormanYou really picked up on that one. Musto is a professional Bitch and Olbermann isn't too far behind. Apparently, like many gay men, Olbermann and Musto love to cattily run down beautiful women. I say, put some glasses on Shuster and let him join their coven. They can rename "Countdown" - "The Evening Claws".
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Sheesh!
September 17, 2009 - 11:03 ET by RukusOlberdink has the brains of a thumbtack! Not nearly as sharp though.
Gary
Levi Johnstoned: The One Trick Phoney!
Olberboy and Musto?
September 17, 2009 - 11:40 ET by trahantgAmazing that a network would put a couple of "dong bongers" on TV like these two fags.
I Object to That Word
September 17, 2009 - 15:09 ET by farstar99It's not a "network."
It's a "propaganda channel."
olberdink
September 18, 2009 - 08:01 ET by kangarooHappy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
You have the brains of a thumbtack
And your hung like one too
Rerun
September 17, 2009 - 13:12 ET by jdlybrandThat was a rerun of "Beavis and Butthead".
"What a revoltin' development this is!"
Chester Riley
Which is more worthless?
September 17, 2009 - 13:52 ET by rgallegosBathtub boy or Musto-Who?
Where is the FCC to shut down wasteland?
Notice Both Wear Glasses
September 17, 2009 - 15:05 ET by farstar99I agree with the assessments here.
These are just two catty homosexuals, threatened by a woman, and too gutless to come out of the closet.
BATH-TUB-BOY...
September 17, 2009 - 15:21 ET by danybhoyMusto ain't gutless about being out of the closet, he's been out forever.
BathTubBoy, he's not gay, but he's got issues. He is a metrosexual, but he's not a homosexual.
"...How blind can you be, don't you see...
...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."
Nightwish
The jury is out on that
September 17, 2009 - 15:24 ET by SickofLibsGoogle "olbermann bad in bed"
SICKOFLIBS...
September 17, 2009 - 15:36 ET by danybhoyI know about that, but even Levin said the stuff he had were from ex-girlfriends. He might suck in bed, but it does'nt mean he sucks in bed.
Damn it, I hate trying to be fair to BathTubBoy, I HATE IT-I HATE IT-I HATE IT!!!!! But would it shock me if he said he's batting for the other team, no. I just don't think he is, that's all.
"...How blind can you be, don't you see...
...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."
Nightwish
Calm down there, danybhoy
September 17, 2009 - 16:02 ET by SickofLibsDo not be ashamed - that's the mark of a true conservative - a reasoned, fair response after careful evaluation of the available facts.
I personally believe Olbermann is more accurately likened to a giant asexual, self-reproducing spore. (AKA 'a wanker')
I arrived at this conclusion by asking myself could there possibly be, in the entire world, a woman or man who would willingly climb into bed with this pear-shaped, flat-headed, orange-dyed reprobate?
I mean without being compensated, which would rule out his current "housemate."
class acts
September 17, 2009 - 15:14 ET by realpatriotbash conservatives for being "distasteful" in the next
breath distastefully bash conservatives!
pretty funny!
Michael Musto: "...I'd rather go to Hell..."
September 17, 2009 - 15:27 ET by MightyMouthDon't think you have much of a choice there douche bag!
"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"
Ouch!
September 17, 2009 - 16:06 ET by RukusVERY good MM! : )
Gary
Levi Johnstoned: The One Trick Phoney!
Everytime I see cable news
September 17, 2009 - 16:06 ET by b4m4wyEverytime I see cable news ratings, I am astounded to see how many people still watch him. I wonder if there is a K.O. drinking game and most of the viewers are the college crowd?
Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
Ronald Reagan
Actually, there IS a KO drinking game that made the rounds
September 17, 2009 - 16:13 ET by SickofLibsUnfortunately, the kids had to swallow the ping-pong balls, THEN drink the beer, so needless to say it didn't prove very popular.
b4 his audience are not regulars...
September 17, 2009 - 16:23 ET by MightyMouthThey are channel flippers! Stop by his station and it looks like a clown show so they linger a bit... get bored... and move on to the shamwow guy!
I'll bet dollars to donuts Billy Mays (RIP) has better ratings!!
"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"
Odd Couple
September 17, 2009 - 18:53 ET by TrickletownThis pic of Olbermann and Musto says it all:
http://tinyurl.com/nqy54x
It's GE!
September 17, 2009 - 20:20 ET by TeamcheeserEvery GE television in the stores is set to MSNBC, and they hijacked Nielson to plug their ratings into those stores.
That's the only explanation I have for MSNBC getting any ratings... Although I don't even know if GE makes a television. Do they?
No, seriously, do they?
GE, WE BRING EVIL TO LIFE...
September 17, 2009 - 21:53 ET by danybhoyI have not seen a GE television in years. I go to Best Buy, I see Samsung, Toshiba, Sony, LG, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Hitachi, Sharp, & Pioneer, but no GE. I don't even think GE uses GE flatpanels in studio for their shows.
It's all about lightbulbs, jet egines, windmills, & home appliances.
"...How blind can you be, don't you see...
...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."
Nightwish
Don't let them fool you.
September 18, 2009 - 00:39 ET by TeamcheeserDon't let them fool you. They are one of the top players in the "classic" turbine market -- that's right good old fashioned dirty power turbines.
I tell ya, I've read and
September 17, 2009 - 18:46 ET by misterbee241I tell ya, I've read and heard some despicable things said and written about Sarah Palin in particular and conservatives in general, but this is the all time winner. I really wish I could come up with a word foul enough to describe Olbermann. And this is journalism in the liberal world?
"I dont need to read a newspaper to know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber."
Walter Brennan, The Colonel, Meet John Doe, 1941
Bathtub boy and his rubber ducky playmate.
September 17, 2009 - 20:09 ET by CTPathetic degenerate losers like these two cannot hold the public stage forever, sooner or later this spectacle will fade away.
MSNBC
September 17, 2009 - 20:16 ET by TeamcheeserDoes MSNBC employ any black people? Any at all? Seriously, I'm asking. Deos Dr. Lamont Hill have his own show yet? Or since he's a Fox regular, is he banned from MSNBC?
Keith, you are the pot calling the kettle "African American"!
FNC...
September 17, 2009 - 21:58 ET by danybhoyMaybe Dr.Hill will get his own show, but he busy teaching college kids, he's not far enough along there to blow that off yet.
On the other hand, John Stossel has signed with Fox...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,548989,00.html
...& I can't wait. I love his work, he's got a few books out there, they are good as well. Good for him & good for Fox. He's 1 of the best.
"...How blind can you be, don't you see...
...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."
Nightwish
Hay, Olbie!
September 18, 2009 - 00:55 ET by CobraManSo, Olbie, I guess the 31 million in speaking fees President Clinton made between 2001 and 2005 were needed so he can pay off his prostitutes, right? I mean, really, why did he need that much money anyways?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court
very "nice" of them...
September 18, 2009 - 05:20 ET by OldJoeto comment on any aspect of anyone with special needs. Like their radio guy Ed Shultz attacking Rush Limbaugh for hearing loss. So sad. So cowardly.
KOthe JO and his "teabagging" buddy
September 18, 2009 - 09:45 ET by east tennessee johnKOthe Jo is going to make Shyster jealos if he keeps getting involved with Mustro. On the ratings list, where is Ed the dead ead and Mr. Tingly?