KOEB Meeting: 7/11/06 -- Novakula Speaks Edition

[Patsy Stone]

Harlow and Rove... And, Keith, what the FUCK are you wearing tonight?

[SharonRB]

1. Not a partisan gunslinger...

Well, I guess that lets Darth off the hook -- on both counts.

:rofl:

[SharonRB]

You know, I like the tie and the shirt

and the suit would be okay without the stripe, but the gangster stripe and the tie -- not so much.

[Patsy Stone]

6. The color in general is bad on MSNBC tonight

The whole picture is bad on my TV (we're having a storm), but the stripe on the suit is too much.

[RevCheesehead]

2. Hiya, Patsy.

Hey, it's a dark suit and a blue shirt. I can live with that.
(despite the tie malfunction.... you know last year's tie would be delicious with this outfit.) :hi:

Keith: :loveya:

[ralps]

7. Hi RevCheesehead, Yay!!! I put down some money on a 2004 Prius!!

Hopefully I'll get the insurance check soon so I can pay for the rest in the next few days. :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[RevCheesehead]

10. Hooray!

I hope it's everything you hope it can be! :bounce::bounce:

How's Norman?

[ralps]

23. Norman's doing good, especially since I've been giving him some pounce

Tartar/Plaque control. He's been climbing onto the back of my lazyboy chair to get some loving & more treats!! LOL :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[SharonRB]

26. Lucky you, ralps

Congrats.

[ralps]

44. Thanks SharonRB

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[Patsy Stone]

46. Congratulations, ralps!

Best of luck!

:toast:

[ralps]

52. Thanks Patsy

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[Patsy Stone]

15. That would have been so lovely

You're right.

I think it looks like David Shuster dressed him tonight.

[ralps]

3. Hi Patsy, Hi Everyone, Keith's wearing his gangster suit w/ a yucky brown

tie. :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[SharonRB]

4. It's yellow on my TV

[ralps]

12. Hi SharonRB, well to me it looks sort of bronze/brown but maybe that's the

artist in me?? :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[RevCheesehead]

16. LOL - on mine, it's gold.

:rofl:

I'll check the other tv during the next break.

[WolverineDG]

29. it's gold on my tv too

Hooray that the Boss Hijack suit reappears, but the tie/suit/shirt combo? Er, not so much.

Wow, almost all sources coming out of the woodwork now, except the main one. Wonder why? Hmmmm.

And Sharon, you were spot on about the show last night. No format change!

dg

[SharonRB]

35. Well, I didn't know he went to dinner

I don't think anyone here thought there was really a format change. People in other threads were freaking out, but not here.

[WolverineDG]

54. I think with all the hulabaloo recently

people were concerned that the show was going to be changed. I'm glad to see that it's not & Keith is staying put! :loveya:

dg

[Patsy Stone]

But DU goes and flies off the handle

again... :hi:

[gkhouston]

99. sometimes I think DU (collectively) has the attention span

and reasoning capacity of a teacup poodle. :eyes:

[Patsy Stone]

108. If not the goldfish

Hi, gk!

It's good exercise along with jumping to the wrong conclusions. :)

[gkhouston]

110. I've had enough exercise today, thanks.

And you left out the circular firing squad exercise, the "we're DOOMED" exercise, the "we must all take to the streets" exercise, the...

[gkhouston]

LOL, I can't wait to get control of the TV to see this outfit

it sounds godawful. Think we should write MSNBC and tell them their main man needs a makeover? }(

[Patsy Stone]

The tie is bright enough

to lead him in the dark.

[gkhouston]

111. sucking up to Abrams??? n/t

[RevCheesehead]

5. I love that pic!

Keith, sans makeup. :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

9. Ralps needs a new TV!

It's a LOVELY yellow tie! And I think this is actually a NICE suit combo. The blue and yellow are a good contrast.

I don't want to speak too soon about how long KO will stay around...but am I right or not about him not being in Pittsburgh tonight? He wasn't in Detroit last year--why should he be in Pittsburgh tonight? :shrug:

[ralps]

31. Hi BerryBush, or maybe I need to clean my TV screen??

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[Berry Cool]

39. Actually, it's more gold on my TV, too.

But it's not brown. Or ugly. :-)

[ralps]

50. I cleaned my screen & his tie does look better, bit it's still sort of

bronzey with black spots. :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[Patsy Stone]

11. Me too!

Look at the Bob & Ray poster and the Baby Stewie doll. :loveya:

[gkhouston]

106. lack of makeup is nice

but the clothing combo... are we dressing in the dark??

[Clark2008]

8. Great interview from where that picture came

And I'm getting tired of this story - unless Rove is indicted it's kind of "pbbbbbttttt."

[Berry Cool]

13. And hi all. Great choice of pic, Patsela!

:hi: Glad to see everyone else loves it as much as I do! Love seeing Keith at his desk surrounded by all his toys and pictures.

[Berry Cool]

25. LOL! Keith explains why he was off most of last night!

And IT WASN'T BASEBALL!!!!! :rofl:

You know, I was thinking last night that when all the DU'ers went nuts emailing MSNBC complaining because they thought the format of the show was changing, it might actually benefit Keith in a backhanded way--by proving to MSNBC that "They better not mess with Keith!"

[SharonRB]

14. So much for Fitzmas, Fitznukah, Fitzover, Fitzorial Day,

the Fitz of July... and I guess we won't be seeing Fitzabor Day or Fitzgiving either. It's as good as over.

[Patsy Stone]

19. Are we sure source number three isn't Cheney?

I know it's probably Armitage, but... what if? Ahhh.

[SharonRB]

22. Remember, he's neither a partisan nor a gunslinger

and Darth is both.

[Olney Blue]

76. I agree. It's over. I'm not even going to get my hopes up now.

[SharonRB]

78. That's how I feel

If something else happens, great, but I'm not expecting it.

[gkhouston]

80. I'm not believing it's over until Fitz says it's over.

Since when does the gospel flow from Novacula's lips?

[bleever]

93. I agree. If he's telling the truth,

it's either an historic first or an accident. I'm inclined to think it's a strategic leak by proxy on the part of Fitz.

:hi:

[gkhouston]

101. it's a non-leaking leak.

So Fitz-like: he hasn't done anything improper, yet he may achieve a desired result all the same, simply by exploiting the human nature of evil-doers. :hi:

[Patsy Stone]

17. Damn!

I wanted it to be the Home Run Derby. :)

[RevCheesehead]

18. OK, Berry... there's your explanation!

Tuna ravioli? Yuk! :P

[rusty charly]

21. was that directed here?

[RevCheesehead]

24. Probably... as well as Olber-fans everywhere.

DU tends to overreact to nearly everything. :hi:

[SharonRB]

27. Ya think?

:rofl:

[rusty charly]

30. rev.

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

28. Stranger things have happened.

Sometimes Stephanie Miller reads us on the air. :)

Hi, Steph! :loveya:

Hi, charly.

[rusty charly]

32. yo!

pats!

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

41. Keith does seem to like his tuna.

He better look out for mercury poisoning. :scared:

[Olney Blue]

68. I thought someone said he had wheat allergies- how can he eat

the dough in ravioli?

[gkhouston]

73. rice pasta. n/t

[gkhouston]

75. or perhaps potato flour???

you can make flours from other things, although it's trickier. Rice flour is, I think, a common alternative.

[Olney Blue]

79. I wonder where he had dinner. Tuna ravioli made with a wheat alternative

might be hard to find!

[WolverineDG]

124. I have some pasta made from quinoa

haven't tried it yet, though, so not sure about the taste.

dg

[gkhouston]

128. I haven't had pasta made from quinoa

although we often have quinoa cooked as a side instead of rice or pasta, and I have used quinoa flour. You might notice a peanut flavor. What sort of dish were you planning to do with it? It's good with sauteed onion and garlic.

[WolverineDG]

129. Not sure

I saw it in the store & thought "This looks interesting" & tossed it in the cart.

dg

[gkhouston]

133. include some sauteed onion and you'll probably be happy.

and a red sauce or pesto might go better than a cream sauce.

[Berry Cool]

81. He sure seems to put away enough penne at the ESPN Zone

when he does the Dan Patrick Show from there, and I think they make it with wheat! (He and Dan have joked that they always seem to order the penne.)

Maybe KO's celiac is mild enough that pasta doesn't really do a number on him like it might on some.

I love me a man who can appreciate a good pasta. :loveya:

[gkhouston]

88. I have no idea who they order it from. He has said he has a

mild form of the disease. Perhaps he's fortunate enough that he can occasionally ingest wheat products. I can eat most of the foods the allergist told me to avoid years ago, as long as I only eat one of them at a time. More than one, bad news.

[Clark2008]

55. Warm tuna, period.

:puke:

I like to grill it, chill it and then eat it. WITHOUT ravioli.

:hi: Rev.

[RevCheesehead]

58. Hey, Clark!

Did you get your bid on the house? :hi:

[Clark2008]

85. Yes - we placed a bid

Haven't heard anything yet.

Here's the house (hope I'm not jinxing it):

[RevCheesehead]

87. Oh, that's cute!

I'll cross everything for y'all. :hug:

[SharonRB]

89. It's adorable, Clark

Good luck!

[gkhouston]

91. you're not jinxing it. Nice house. n/t

[Olney Blue]

97. Good luck, Clark! It looks cozy and wonderful.

[WolverineDG]

127. Never mind

that advice was for when you want to SELL a house. :(

Good luck, Clark! It looks great!

dg

[Cassandra]

84. Doesn't ravioli have wheat in it?

Or is he able to have a little? And it's a gold tie on my TV.

[SharonRB]

20. LOL - KO was reading DU again

He just had dinner reservations! I wonder with whom? Maybe he and John Dean went out for a bite.

[Berry Cool]

33. LOL, I knew that would be the next question.

"Who did Keith have a HOT DATE with?" :rofl:

Maybe he did go out with Dean. And sometimes a tuna ravioli is just a tuna ravioli.

Anyway, he had dinner, and it wasn't in Pittsburgh.

[rusty charly]

40. voila!

[SharonRB]

42. That looks delish

Too bad I already ate.

[rusty charly]

48. it does

[Patsy Stone]

43. Start a blog

That's what I say. :hi:

[SharonRB]

45. What should we call it?

For this meal, much thanks?

:rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

51. LOFL!

That's catchy.

[SharonRB]

53. I thought you'd like it.

[WolverineDG]

57. LOL

:spray:

That's a good one! :rofl:

dg

[SharonRB]

60. I'll be here through Friday!

[Patsy Stone]

86. The veal...

Push the veal!

[Gogi]

138. How about 'Something's Fishy'? eom

[gkhouston]

140. ...

:toast:

[gkhouston]

67. of course it wasn't it Pittsburgh

because, on the whole, he'd rather have been in Philadelphia.

There's been a run on veal. Try the tuna.

[RevCheesehead]

34. I dunno -

I'm just glad he didn't order Lamb Chop. :evilgrin:

[Berry Cool]

49. I think the rest of DU went ballistic before any of us had a chance

to really quiet them down.

I can't blame them (as I said last night) for being anxious because yesterday was the same day a lot of other things changed on MSNBC, so when KO did his hit-and-run, their first thought was that he was getting pushed off the show.

You know how it is for poor Keith: he can't go on vacation without some people assuming he's either been fired or suspended.

Well, now he knows he can't even cut out in the middle of the show without some people assuming he's getting pushed out.

In the end, all it did was create such a ruckus over at MSNBC that they have once again been reminded that they better not mess with Keith. Which, all in all, is not a bad thing for them to be reminded of. Especially now.

[WolverineDG]

61. Oh god, stop it!

:spray: :rofl::spray: :rofl::spray: :rofl::spray: :rofl::spray: :rofl::spray: :rofl::spray: :rofl::spray: :rofl::spray: :rofl::spray: :rofl::spray: :rofl::spray: :rofl::spray: :rofl::spray: :rofl::spray: :rofl::spray: :rofl::spray: :rofl::spray: :rofl::spray: :rofl::spray: :rofl::spray: :rofl:

What? We now have sockpuppets for dinner entrees???????

dg

[gkhouston]

63. yup.

Got tired of eating them for lunch.

[SharonRB]

65. ROFLMAO

I can't stop laughing now!

[RevCheesehead]

66. What better way to do in our enemies?

:evilgrin:

[gkhouston]

69. we could skewer them

yum, shish-ka-bob.

[RevCheesehead]

72. You mean shish-ka-baaaa.

:7

[gkhouston]

77. Okay, so the inflatable in your closet

is clearly not homo sapiens sapiens. :blush:

[SharonRB]

74. More like shish-ka-boob

and I don't mean the kind you shake on Fridays with Randi.

[WolverineDG]

130. But remember

it's a dish that is best served cold. :evilgrin:

dg

[gkhouston]

62. bwah

you're on a roll tonight. (Sushi roll?)

[gkhouston]

59. well, if it was Dean, I'm sure

the "F" word came up in conversation. Amazing to hear it mentioned, even in the context of "we're not on the road, although dangerously close to it".

[Olney Blue]

36. Hi Patsy and everyone. Been watching downstairs. Wow.

[SharonRB]

37. Hi, Olney

So what color is the tie on your set? We've gone from brown to yellow to gold.

[Olney Blue]

47. It's a beautiful mellow gold on my set. Looks good.

[bleever]

38. Over??

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

Dana Milbank (who I like) has been wrong once or twice before.

Fitz is letting Novak talk in order to see what moves other players then make, IMO.


:hi: everyone!

[Patsy Stone]

56. I'm still going with Cheney

although I don't want to go anywhere with him.

:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

71. Are you still a b'leever?

:hi:

[bleever]

96. You'd better bleeve it.

And, BTW, on a road trip these past few days, I had the pleasure of coming across something at Dairy Queen called a Cheesequake Blizzard. Of course I had to have one, and it was sublime.

:)

[RevCheesehead]

98. We are mellow.

:hippie:

[Olney Blue]

100. My favorite blizzard is the banana split blizzard. It has nice big chunks

of fresh strawberries, bananas, and pineapples in it. Yum!!!!!!

[Patsy Stone]

64. I do, I do watch the shopping channels

It's a fascinating study in humanity in the same way the call-ins on C-SPAN are.

Sometimes I leave them on for an hour or more. It's amazing that the people have to sit there and sell this stuff, in three minute increments mostly, and listening to them try and do it is pretty funny. Then you have the characters who come on to sell their stuff, the callers who have "the entire collection of brooches" and it's a riot.

It doesn't surprise me that this guy called the moth a horse. They end up rambing sometimes and they make no sense. LOL

[Berry Cool]

70. That was a butterfly

and speaking of "fly," we got JEANS FLASH tonight!!!! :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

90. I enjoyed a sock puppet tonight

with some fava beans and a nice Chianti...

(the only bad part was having to pick all that wool out of my teeth afterward)

[Patsy Stone]

95. It wasn't Lamb Chop was it?

I love Lamb Chop.

And, were you slurping after you said that? :)

[Patsy Stone]

92. Yes, butterfly...

My very bad. I missed the jeans. :(

[SharonRB]

94. I always miss them, since I only listen and half watch

most of the show from the other room. I usually watch the opening story more carefully.

[RevCheesehead]

82. The outfit report, from my bigger TV:

Black suit w/stripes (is it the boss hijack? or not?)
Light blue shirt
Gold tie with red dots.

I think it's the dots and stripes that are fighting with each other.

[SharonRB]

83. Exactly the problem I'm having with it.

It's not the colors so much as the patterns that bother me.

[rusty charly]

103. hah! a cut and paste charge!

[Berry Cool]

112. It's the Boss Hijack JACKET only.

Those jeans ain't fightin' with nothin'. :loveya:

[Patsy Stone]

102. It's really long, Keith

Didn't you read the article? She just goes on and on and on...

[rusty charly]

107. that was a really creepy hockey figurine story.

yikes

[Patsy Stone]

104. Okay! Everyone get all that?

Anyone?

:rofl:

[ralps]

114. Here's the quote from the article

Lately Mr. O’Reilly has resisted giving Mr. Olbermann the satisfaction of more attention. Mr. O’Reilly was on vacation last week, so Fox responded through Irina Briganti, the spokeswoman for the channel. Her comments, matched with Mr. Olbermann’s biting remarks, reflected how corrosive the byplay has become.

“Because of his personal demons, Keith has imploded everywhere he’s worked,” Ms. Briganti said. “From lashing out at co-workers to personally attacking Bill O’Reilly and all things Fox, it’s obvious Keith is a train wreck waiting to happen. And like all train wrecks, people might tune in out of morbid curiosity, but they eventually tune out, as evidenced by Keith’s recent ratings decline. In the meantime, we hope he enjoys his paranoid view from the bottom of the ratings ladder and wish him well on his inevitable trip to oblivion.”

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[gkhouston]

118. oh-oh, Fox is WISHING HIM WELL.

And aren't we impressed to learn that Billo can resist attacking Keef when he's on vacation? Damn, that shows some strength of character. :rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

105. Well, that's a new one.... WPITW, with extended commentary!

The pic of BillO in drag was too damned funny! :rofl:

[rusty charly]

109. looked like giuliani

[Berry Cool]

113. Irena Briganti, aka Bill-O in drag!

That was GREAT!!

[gkhouston]

116. you know that KO vs. BOR poll?

Anyone else surprised that Billo is only 56? That was the age stated in the AOL poll. Is that correct?? Seems older than that to me. That man needs to get a loofah somewhere that ages and cracks when he does evil 'cause too much of his badness is prematurely aging him...

[bleever]

115. Are they sure that doctor wasn't Cliff Huxtable? It looks like his house.

:shrug:

[rusty charly]

117. makes "war of the roses" look like

"the sound of music"

[bleever]

122. Or maybe Oscar was just lighting a cigar

when Felix turned the oven on, not knowing the pilot light was out.

[Patsy Stone]

131. I'd take either

But give me Park Avenue...

[bleever]

141. Sorry.

Goodbye, city life.

[Patsy Stone]

142. Are you moving?

To Green Acres?

[Catchawave]

119. War of the Barthas....

makes War of the Roses look like the Sound of Music :rofl:

Oh Keith, that's nailin' it :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

121. And I loved him teasing Joe: "Got any good emails?"

:rofl: That's the spirit, KO. Tease Joe about his emails. It'll drive your haters nuts that you are having a good time joking about emails!

[gkhouston]

125. and the correct answer would probably be: "2 or 3". n/t

[RevCheesehead]

120. OMG!!!! "Joe, got any good e-mails?"

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

And, Star Jones going to FOX SNOOZE?? :thumbsup:

[Patsy Stone]

123. Anonymous

:rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

126. Didja hear Joe's guffaw??

Damn, that was a scream!

[WolverineDG]

132. That's a classic!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Oh, I heard a few heads exploding when he said that. Yup, I did. If he's joking about it, it can't be all bad.

dg

[gkhouston]

134. he'd joke about it even if it were bad

he's not going to give the bullies a toehold if he can help it. Nice way to go about doing it, though. :thumbsup:

[Rhiannon12866]

135. Is no one voting on Sharon's thread!? Keith needs the votes!

If you're confused, this is a re-post of a re-post of a post, but it's real, all the same. And I'm confused, too...:crazy:

Rhiannon :-)

DU this poll! Help Keith Olbermann!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1611982&mesg_id=1611982

[SharonRB]

136. Thanks for the reminder, Rhiannon!

[Rhiannon12866]

137. Hey, you've got it! Keith is still losing, which totally boggles the mind.

:crazy:

[gkhouston]

139. it's AOL; what were you expecting? n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

143. Good point, but I also expected DU to come through on this one... n/t

[SharonRB]

144. Yeah, me, too.

[Rhiannon12866]

145. It took a little while, but we DUed it!!! :D

Who would you rather watch?
Keith Olbermann 52%
Bill O'Reilly 48%
Total Votes: 266,556

Who has the brighter future?
Keith Olbermann 53%
Bill O'Reilly 47%
Total Votes: 264,383

:woohoo:

[RevCheesehead]

146. Excellent!

I voted yesterday, but just didn't have time to reply in the post. Glad to see that KO's fans didn't let him down!

[Rhiannon12866]

147. Not only did we come through on the poll, but the original

thread got 56 votes for the greatest page, LOL!:D

Rhiannon:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

148. Hey, KOEBabe ....

:yourock:

[Rhiannon12866]

149. Thank you, my friend, but I only passed this one on...

Actually, it was my friend who sent it to me. She finally joined DU, last fall, for my birthday, after hearing about it from me for longer than I remember, LOL! So, for her birthday, I gave her a star, since she's always been a huge KO fan, and I knew that she'd love KOEB.:D