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In reply to the discussion: Olbermann Says 'Screwed Up' With Move to Current. [View all]Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)4. Just wow
"I didn't say, You know, if you buy a $10 million chandelier, you should have a house to put it in. Just walking around with a $10 million chandelier isn't going to do anybody a lot of good, and it's not going to do any good to the chandelier.' And then it turned out we didn't have a lot to put the house on, to put the chandelier in, or a building permit, and I, I should have known that," he said, acknowledging that he believed he was akin to the chandelier.
So this ginormous diva thinks joining a startup means that all he has to do is sit on his ass and have his "chandelier" polished while everyone else does all of the work?
Keith needs to check into the concept "startup". Those places where you get in on the ground floor, roll up your sleeves, wear multiple hats, go without all of the GEM$NBC corporate perks, and hope to build something out of the dust and to eventually, possibly make a killing on it.
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Keith now likens himself to a $10 million chandelier without a house to shine in
wordpix
Apr 2012
#3
Well, there are quite a few houses where a $10 million chandelier wouldn't look
Fool Count
Apr 2012
#6
Bottom line Gore Wanted the man BEFORE being able to give him the proper set. I watched
Justice wanted
Apr 2012
#19
Rachel has humility, which I think is an essential quality for a news personality
XemaSab
Apr 2012
#35
Important FACT PEOPLE: Just remember that MSNBC had been recently taken by COMCAST which
Justice wanted
Apr 2012
#26
I wonder how much effort CurrentTV put into promoting its network to cable providers.
pacalo
Apr 2012
#31
I wish he would/could return to MSNBC. We need all the liberal voices we can get. n/t
patricia92243
Apr 2012
#54
Keith Olbermann impresses me as a great progressive voice, a brilliant commentator, a first class
Douglas Carpenter
Apr 2012
#60