The Olbermann rocks thread

[JPJones]

Reply to this post if you think Olbermann rocks. Let's show MSNBC that we support Olbermann.

In your post:
Give ideas on how we can support him.

Do you think Olbermann is a liberal or is he pandering to us for ratings?

Any chance we could convince MSNBC to let him be the ONE liberal voice on cable TV?

[NMDemDist2]

1. KO rocks, but we need lots MORE progressive voices on cable news

before I turn it on again

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

3. Until those voices arrive...

1). Guy James radio show, live from the Web on Saturdays

2). Bernie Ward radio show, live on the Web weeknights

Direct links to both on DU.

I'm trying to embrace Air America. Too erratic and up-and-down for me. James and Ward are on-topic and hard-hitting ALL THE TIME.

:toast:

[NMDemDist2]

7. Ed Schulz is the best left talker IMHO and is on my local AM!! if you have

not heard him check him out... www.wegoted.com

[Cadence]

20. I agree Ed Schultz

needs his own t.v show to rival O'reilly fuckanutter.

[wurzel]

2. We could do with some pandering. n/t

[gratefull4u]

4. Keith is fantastic!

One of 2 shows I never miss, Keith & John (daily show) The only two people on TV not afraid to tell the truth.

[proud_Kucitizen]

6. 100% agree

The only two cable news programs I watch Daily Show and Count Down.

[NMDemDist2]

8. i miss Countdown but never the Daily Show or Democracy Now!

i get Amy on DishNetwork channel 9415

[A Brand New World]

5. Olbermann is a Rockin' Liberal! I don't think he's pandering - I believe

he's sincere. He's too funny and awesome to be anything but a liberal.

[Skittles]

9. I know this is superficial but he's a cutie pie too

yes INDEED :thumbsup:

[seito]

10. Keith Rocks

He is the real deal.

[Kahuna]

11. Keith rocks! Thank you Keith for being the one voice..

in the wilderness we like to call Presstituteville.

[progressoid]

34. Presstitute - I like that

[Kahuna]

37. I like it too. But it's not mine.

:D

[blueblitzkrieg]

12. Keith is a voice of sanity in a sea of whores

[Shopaholic]

14. Keith mentioned on his show a few months back that he

did NOT vote for B/C in 2000. He also mentioned once, in a long-ago interview during his ESPN days that he was raised in a "politically liberal" household. You do the math. I don't think he's pandering. I think he's actually a very solid journalist at heart who wants to get to the bottom of the stories he's covering-you know-like journalists used to do in the good old days before they all became corporate whores.

Re: Support for KO--lots of e-mails. I think MSNBC has been impressed by the e-mails they've gotten on this. I see a lot more promos for Countdown on air now. It used to be all Hardball promos, all the time. I saw that we put links to his show's website on our own liberal websites. Tell friends. Write snail mail. Copy your e-mails to the show to the official MSNBC addys too: [email protected]; [email protected]. Let them know how you feel. Hell, write Rick Kaplan (head of MSNBC) a snail mail letter.

[Kurovski]

24. He's a shot of

Penicillin, if you will.

[LittleClarkie]

13. Nope. Sorry.

I'm holding out for a "I want to have Olbermann's baby" thread.

[Shopaholic]

15. I've already voluntered to have his child

and I don't really like kids all that much!

[GreatAuntK]

16. I went cold turkey.

As I watched his show, I had been writing a note to MSNBC to tell them that I wouldn't be watching the station any more. And I'd been obsessive about cable news, even that awful Scarborough, Matthews, Aaron Brown, Imus in the morning and Jon Stewart late. I've given it all up, too, exceptin' Keith O.

[boi1946]

17. I hope he had a good vacation, but

I'm REALLY glad he's back!
(And I wrote him an e-mail to tell him so.)

:party:

[bunny planet]

28. there already is one. Title: I want to have KO's baby.

I already this to him. Said 'I want to have your love child' or some such craziness. Hey, it was sincere, he has rocked my world.

[crispini]

18. We could help KO by easing off on the emails TO him

and sending them to his boss instead. seriously, I read on another thread that he can barely do any work what with all the emails. I'll go find it...

[crispini]

19. Well, damn, I can't find it.... but another DU'er posted it,

it's probably in the archives by now and of course we can't search the archives at the moment... anyway he told her to get the word out, he's getting too much noise & not enough signal in his email box... basically, send your pats on the back to the generic email addresses at MSNBC, not to him, his email's getting slammed.......

[PrisonerLazy8]

21. Good idea...what is the email for his boss?

Let's heat up the chicklets and send those emails!

[crispini]

23. See #14, above, for two good contact emails.

And a snail mail letter thought, even. Hm, I may have to break out the actual PAPER in honor of Keith.

[GingerSnaps]

22. He rocks

:yourock:

[Kellis]

25. Thanks A Million xs over Keith

:toast: :loveya: :toast:

[checks-n-balances]

26. I love you, Keith Olbermann!

Not just because you're attractive, witty, intelligent, talented, AND gutsy...

But also because you are TRULY PATRIOTIC!

Unlike most of your media contemporaries, you are fully aware that our democracy can only survive by having an educated and informed electorate.

You care about telling the truth, and the truth is the ONLY thing that will set this country free again.

It's not just who you are, but what you do, that is making a difference!

THANKS, Keith! :yourock:

(Edited, as usual, to correct my grammar)

[leftynyc]

27. The ONLY show on cable news I watch anymore

is Countdown. I will be counting Keith as one of my blessings tomorrow.

[Butterflies]

29. I've never been a cable news watcher

but now I never miss his show. He's reasonable, so I'm sure he's a liberal thinker. I love him to pieces!

[Sputnik]

30. Kickin' for Keith!

Countdown is the only nightly news broadcast that I watch.

Love him, love him, have loved him for years.

[Laurab]

31. I believe that he believes

I'm new to all of this - prior to this year, I never even knew I was a liberal, but I've become real educated real fast. Olberman, as the one MSM person (to my knowledge anyway) to do what he is doing, is in my opinion, heroic and patriotic. There are easier ways to earn ratings, and by heroic, I mean risking his career, and possibly even his life (hey, I put NOTHING past those people), to get the truth out, based on FACT, has got to be due to his own beliefs and not ratings. I would even venture to say that he had probably ran into some resistance from his higher-ups until they saw the support he was getting from the people who KNEW something smelled bad in this election. I would imagine too, from what I've seen of bush-backer writings, that any correspondence they sent was idiotic, hateful, ignorant - well, you all have seen some of their writings, I'm sure. He seems fearless and I'm hopeful that others will follow his lead as the evidence continues to grow.

[spooky3]

32. Keith has been terrific in all of his endeavors. I'd like to see him

succeed Brokaw. Hey, why can't he switch stations and succeed Rather?

[talk hard]

33. He rocks.

He bangs, he rocks.
He is a breath of fresh air.
He and Jon Stewart.

[Miami Liberal]

35. Keith is the man

[212demop]

36. I don't think it's either- I think he thinks it's a news story

And he's not just judging what is newsworthy by what his peers are reporting on.

More power to him!