Joe Klein: 'Olbermann is a Brilliant Writer...I Always Enjoy Watching Him Even When He's Occasionally Wrong'
Just how far to the left is Time's Joe Klein?
He actually thinks "Keith [Olbermann] is a brilliant writer, and presenter; I always enjoy watching him, even when he's occasionally wrong":
I'm not so sure what this dispute with MSNBC is all about, but I'm sad that Keith won't be around (at least, for a while). If there is a place for the nonsense-spew of Fox News, there has to be a place on my cable dial for Olbermann (who, while occasionally obnoxious, operates from a base of reality--unlike some people we know [see below]). Keith is a brilliant writer, and presenter; I always enjoy watching him, even when he's occasionally wrong. I hope I'll have the opportunity to do so again soon. In the meantime, I hope he'll heed the words of the master and "Go forth, and spread beauty and light."
Go forth and spread beauty and light?
Is that what Klein thinks this conveyor of half-truths and invective has been doing the past eight years?
Keep that in mind the next time you consider taking Klein seriously.
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Klein is a running joke
Submitted by jdlybrand on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 4:03pm.
He has all the credibility of a rubber chicken.
"What a revoltin' development this is!"
Chester Riley
jdlybrand
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 4:11pm.
I have to admit I've never disagreed with anything told me by a rubber chicken
rubber chicken
Submitted by jdlybrand on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 4:14pm.
Maybe I should have said less credibility.
"What a revoltin' development this is!"
Chester Riley
Keith Olbermann IS---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 6:01pm.
a rubber chicken. Could be a rubber ducky, though. I have heard rumors. MDWell, it is rumored that
Submitted by Beukeboom on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 8:30pm.
Well, it is rumored that Olbermann owns one of the most impressive rubber ducky collections on the east coast.
Bosom buddies
Submitted by jdlybrand on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 4:12pm.
He is an extraordinary liar, on matters large and small, as I've learned from personal experience with the man. That Beck remains on the air and Keith Olbermann--unpleasant and extreme at times, but no fantasist--isn't anymore is a travesty.
Read more: http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2011/01/22/olbermania/#ixzz1Bz8rJSNg
I never knew Klein was Beck's barber.
"What a revoltin' development this is!"
Chester Riley
Stomach churning
Submitted by Rebar002 on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 4:12pm.
The way these guys brown nose each other . . .
What's the difference between
Submitted by American.Patriot on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 8:48pm.
A brown noser and an ass kisser... Depth perceptionBut he graduated from an Ivy.... err I mean Cornell.
Submitted by Buzzy on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 4:20pm.
Maybe BSNBC could have a show hosted by Keith's diploma. Just show a picture of it on the air with bathtub boy talking unseen, still the same BS but the picture would be better.
hell the Nazi's thought
Submitted by jkwtrading on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 4:22pm.
hell the Nazi's thought Hitler was a briliant orator too..
so essentially one can say to Klein is so what... failure is failure and with Olbermann it is in triplicate...
In today's fantasy world
Submitted by ironchefofmunchies on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 4:30pm.
Further proof that the view from inside the bubble always distorts your view of the universe outside the bubble.
That they are truly ignorant of the fact they are in the bubble in the first place tells you all you need to know about both Olbermann and Klein.
→ Almost correct
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 4:29pm.
Keith Olbermann graduated from Cornell College of Agriculture.
Here in Texas, we have subsidiary schools carrying the name of the more prominent parent school.
There is a Texas A&M @ Kingsville and a Texas A&M @ Corpus Christi. Neither of these is considered as prestigious as Texas A&M @ College Station.
Ann Coulter, who attended the real Cornell, left Keith whimpering after he whipped out his prosthetic Ivy League member status. It just didn't measure up.
We have the same thing here
Submitted by ricklail on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 4:52pm.
We have the same thing here in NC. You have UNC (Chapel Hil) and all the babies like UNCC-Charlotte, UNCA-Asheville, UNCW-Wilmington, UNCP Pembroke, UNCG-Greensboro. None have the prestige od the main campus.
You tell 'em Cool Arrow...of
Submitted by marpel on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 5:03pm.
You tell 'em Cool Arrow...of course, Texas State University is my favorite because that's where my son graduated. It's got higher standards and prestige than that 2 bit Cornell Annex that KO went to. Just means KO studied to be a smug farmer...
"Deep within my heart lies a memory. A song of ol' San Antone..."
How 'bout some more Bob
Submitted by ricklail on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 5:12pm.
How 'bout some more Bob Wills-Faded Live would be fine. I ain't from Texas but I love it. As much as I dislike DOOK I'd say it was more pretigious than Cornell Cow College.
GO TSU BOBCATS!!
Submitted by marpel on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 5:16pm.
GO TSU BOBCATS!!
"Deep within my heart lies a memory. A song of ol' San Antone..."
sOUNDS sNARKY
Submitted by Samshile on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 5:17pm.
Who cares what school. The abilty to write is not predicated on what college you did or did not attend.
Now I understand....
Submitted by Ashrak on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 5:40pm.
That's where he learned how to shovel all the bovine excrement.
Nothing hurts an ego like Jiminy Crikets !
Submitted by wedapeople on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 4:32pm.
It would be humorous if Olbie was only covered as a side note to the bigger Comcast / PMSNBCGE deal.
"Comcast / PMSNBCGE , YADAYADAYADA..... Oh yeah, Keif got shot......
Can we still say shot ?
If he is sure a brillant
Submitted by ricklail on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 4:51pm.
If he is such a brillant writer why hasn't he been snatched up by the NYT, WaPo, or Newsweak? Or for that fact ESPN the Magazine.
This would be why
Submitted by HockeyKid on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 4:51pm.
we refer to him as "Joke Line".
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
I choose to deKlein
Submitted by Tomorama on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 4:57pm.
Brilliant I tell you brilliant.
So says the man who has chunks of food from the last "rubber chicken" sitdown the elites had last week.
The only difference between the two REALLY, is that at least Keith groomed himself or at least had Maddow hook him up with her barber.
RickTail, great minds pal, we are on the cutting edge with the Herman Cain stuff.
I realize we are al just racists, but, but, but
Keith already has a job lined up.............
Submitted by Flatliner on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 5:04pm.
Keith will be doing the Weekly Farm Report on PBS.
His fans will be able to continue to enjoy Keith's hard hitting reports on subjects like wheat and soy bean futures, hog bellies and even exotic topics like farm raised talipia.
You can see Keith every Sunday on your local PBS station at 4 A. M.
(If you miss his Sunday morning show, it will be re-broadcast at 3 A.M. Monday.)
Enjoy.
PBS. What you want. Paid for by you.
I'd a least let him try out
Submitted by ricklail on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 5:16pm.
I'd a least let him try out for the RFD network. He could host the old Jim Ed Brown shows.
Like Klein I, too, love watching writers
Submitted by SickofLibs on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 5:04pm.
It can get rather boring, though.
Joe Klein is also a mentally
Submitted by marpel on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 5:03pm.
Joe Klein is also a mentally ill individual. So, what does anyone expect? Can you see Klein, KO and Larry O'Donnell as bunkmates in the asylum....LOL...what a Gong show that would be.
"Deep within my heart lies a memory. A song of ol' San Antone..."
"..occasionally wrong."
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 5:06pm.
If I was wrong as "occasionally" in my job as KO is, I mean "was", in his, I'd be out in the parking lot with a leaf blower instead of inside as an engineer.
Olbermann
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 5:19pm.
Olbermann is obsessed with the practice of "teabagging". MSNBC has supported Olbermann's fantasy too long.
I agree with Joe Klein
Submitted by Bluegill on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 5:23pm.
Compared to Joe just about anybody is considered Brilliant in my book. Could you set the bar any lower.
Occasionally?
Submitted by Beukeboom on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 5:39pm.
Occasionally? The hell you say!
This confirms it. Whatever shred of reality Klein had left has officially left his brain stem.
more "teabaggers" than Comcast could handle
Submitted by politicalpaw on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 5:45pm.
Question for @billmaher: how's the "teabagger" slurs workin out? @keitholbermann http://tinyurl.com/4qhvctp @davidshuster http://tinyurl.com/4r5fzrg BaBYE Now!
Actually Olbermann is only entertaining because he is wrong
Submitted by c5then on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 6:46pm.
He is the best at manufacturing a false controversy or crisis next to the great Emily Latella of Fort Lee, NJ.. The only thing he lacks is her enlightenment at the end of her rants and the adult acknowledgement of error with her famous "never mind" wrap up.
For those too young to know of what I speak, go find some YouTube videos of early Saturday Night Live shows with the original cast. Gilda Radner created a classic character.
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
I Stand Corrected
Submitted by Boil It Down on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 9:22pm.
I didn't think it was possible for me to respect Klein any less. Today I was proven wrong. If Klein is such an Olbermann fan he really should have kept that to himself. That won't look good on his resume, which he may need soon.
Really?
Submitted by sergeant stogie on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 7:17pm.
Occasionally wrong? He's never even occasionally SANE!
Klein and Olbermann are fleas off the same dog
Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 7:53pm.
Olbermann gets angrier, but they're both spewing the same nonsense.
Klien has been given a format
Submitted by DWoSD on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 8:05pm.
Klien has been given a format at Time to spew his nonsence, so apparently anything is possible.
What is more unnerving...bathtub boy spewing lies and drivel or that too many robots consider it brilliant.
Klein
Submitted by batcat on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 9:21pm.
Maybe on his home planet in his alternative universe.
You know
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 11:20pm.
I've always thought that when someone "complements" someone and calls them clever that the sub text is that I'm smart and so I can detect cleverness. Aren't I smart!
No Klein your not smart. Nothing about you impresses beyond having fooled people into thinking that you're clever.