http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/grove/Keith Olbermann's vacation isn't going so well.
He was forced to apologize yesterday after more of his E-mails found their way to my inbox and exposed the host of MSNBC's "Countdown With Keith Olbermann" as insulting and frequently obscene in an acrimonious exchange with two viewers who taunted him.
Olbermann's antagonists, who asked not to be named, repeatedly claimed in their June 8 E-mails that dead Al Qaeda terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was Olbermann's "hero," prompting the television star to advise: "Hey, save the oxygen for somebody whose brain can use it. Kill yourself."
After I forwarded that and other E-mails to an MSNBC exec, Olbermann wrote: "I apologize to anyone who might take offense at my part of this correspondence. It goes without saying that I should not have replied to these abusive and hateful E-mails, but I wonder how many of us could receive literally hundreds of them questioning our patriotism, religion and ethnic origin, without succumbing to the natural wish to confront such hate?"After reading this, I know you are all going to want to show Lloyd some love. So when you do, remember to send it to:
[email protected]Send him lots of love. I am asking GD to.
Oh, and when you do it, you might want to correct his assertion that KO has apologized for anything he said against Bill O'reilly or Ann Coulter. Of course, I imagine he will make that crystal clear when he gets back to work...and tells his side of the story.
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