Hey Olbermann: Congrats!!

[malaise]

Happy 6th Anniversary. I didn't even remember until you mentioned it.
You sure helped wake people up in these past six years.

:yourock:

[tabbycat31]

1. agree. KO's done a lot the last 6 years

and he could not have picked a better day to launch his show.

[RevCheesehead]

2. We love our Keef!!

:loveya:Keith!:loveya:

[BlueCaliDem]

36. In our home he's fondly referred to as "Keefers"!

A well-earned congrats to the very first progressive on an entirely progressive show. He was the ONLY one who dared kick shins and paved the way - as well as lobbied for - The Rachel Maddow Show, and the "softening" of Mega-Mouth Matthews (who is still tugging too much to the right for my taste, though).

May there be another healthy, happy strong seven years, Keefers!! :party: :toast: :bounce: :loveya:

[Lex]

3. I truly believe he's made a difference, highlighting some important issues

that never would've seen the light of day before his show came along.

[Frustratedlady]

4. I wonder what he's going to announce tomorrow night?

He mentioned it at the end and said we'd be happy about it or some such.

[Chipper Chat]

21. Maybe he's going to have a 2-hour show.

Or that he and Rachel will have hour-and-a half shows? Or that Cenk will be the 10pm host.
Or that he will challenge Bill OReilly to a duel!

[onehandle]

26. Ed Schultz will be a guest tonight. I predict that Keith will announce him as the 10 pm anchor. nt

[bleever]

5. He be da man!

(Sorry, Michael Steele.) :)

[chill_wind]

6. And may he have a voice

for many, many more years to come.

:applause:

[pleah]

7. K&R for KO!

[OwnedByFerrets]

8. Love the Man and his message!!

[pacalo]

9. Thanks for being our Edward R. Murrow during our generation's McCarthy era

which, I guess, we could call the "Twilight Zone" or the "Up Is Down Insanity".

[glinda]

39. Here here!

[navarth]

10. K & R. Keith's the MAN. eom

[lonestarnot]

11. Thank God for Keef every day!

:applause: H! A! Keef! :yourock: YOU DO!

[rocktivity]

12. Sure, I noticed all the Keith "groupies" around here

but it wasn't until his "special comment" against Rumsfeld's "Nazi appeasers" remark in August '06 that I became a regular. Suddenly, my political angst was on national television--thanks, Keith!

:applause:
rocktivity

[RevCheesehead]

13. Oh, it's you!

At first, I thought I was gonna have to kick your ass! :evilgrin:

:hi:

[rocktivity]

15. And may I add

that Keith's audience increased 69% after that debut special comment?

:headbang:
rocktivity

[Time for change]

14. Thank god for Keith

He really stuck his neck out to say what he believed needed to be said. I'll always love him for that.

[BobTheSubgenius]

17. Amen.

It was not The Thing To Do, when he really began putting it out there.

[Lugnut]

16. K&R for Keith!

:applause:

[Hekate]

18. What did I ever do before Keith? I came to the party late, but his Special Comments really helped...

... me keep my sanity during the last few Bush years.

:loveya: :yourock:


Hekate

[rocktivity]

23. I wish I had a nickel for every time I listened to Malloy or Randi

and wished I could hear what they were saying on TV.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[hfojvt]

19. so you don't think the quality is dropping?

Somerby does, at the Daily Howler.

I have not seen them in a couple of months since dropping cable. Somerby says they are disintegrating.

http://www.dailyhowler.com/index.shtml

He has been a harsh critic of KeithO in the past, but his complaints seem to have some merit. What do regular viewers here think?

Here's a summary of Somerby

"Let’s say it again: At present, we think the disintegration of our liberal cable programs is the most important story in media."

"Our nation is badly in need of “narratives of what happened (or is happening).” But let’s be honest: That simply isn’t what these two increasingly useless programs are about.

What are these two liberal programs about? We’re going to take a bit more care as we try to answer that question. But the mainstream press press corps is very weak—and the “conservative” world is a screaming joke. If we don’t informed by progressive media, we simply won’t get informed at all. And this nation is going to die if it gets any more dumb.

As Dorgan said: We badly need narratives—real understanding. In our view, these liberal programs rarely provide that. They serve us comfort food—and jokes. And sometimes, they lie in our faces. We think of a clowning host last night as we make that unfortunate statement."

We need real understanding, but these programs, perhaps like the other "liberal programs" - Stewart and Colbert, offer us "comfort food - and jokes."

Here's what he means by 'comfort food'

"Increasingly, clowning and comfort food is what these liberal shows are about. We get to clown around with our liberal pals. They tell us how dumb the other tribe is."

[Berry Cool]

22. Somerby has always hated, resented and been envious of Olbermann.

He never liked him from the beginning. He has ALWAYS had one word for Olbermann: "useless."

Personally, I think it's because Somerby himself is a humorless, pompous bore who thinks he alone is uniquely qualified to Save the Democracy, and doesn't want anyone else to get the credit.

[redqueen]

38. I woudln't be that rough on Somerby...

he just takes things very seriously. I don't call that being a pompous bore... he's just got different priorities.

I'm very thankful to him too actually.

[Bette Noir]

30. Sour grapes.

He wishes he had Keithie's audience.

As far as other "liberal" shows, Jon and Rachel are the two best interviewers on TV, bar none. Keithie might be, as well, but no one from the other side dares confront him!

Was it "comfort food" when Rachel elicited a confession on the air from Rod Blagojovich, or when Jon tore What's-His-Name (Mad Money) a new one? That was some good television, and great reporting, too!

[AlbertCat]

32. Humor

Y'know, part of the RW's problem is they have no sense of humor. They think racial and fag jokes are still funny. Seen ANY RW wit lately? Buckley is gone.

As far as showing how dumb the other guy is....there's something about giving themselves enough rope....Olbermann and Maddow just have to show clips and repeat their words.

I find Keith's feud with Bill-O a bit tedious at times but it can be fun if not too involved. Otherwise, Keith's true value is he showed TV execs that liberal rebuttal to Repug insanity gets ratings.




APRIL FOOLS!

[Tangerine LaBamba]

33. Bullshit

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You get the idea ....................

[patricia92243]

40. Republicans use hate to get their message out. We use humor to help get our message out. I'll take

humor over hate any day.

[redqueen]

41. There you go!

That's what Somerby misses... that spoonful of sugar thing.

Also :kick:

[hfojvt]

48. our humor is based on hate though

We hate the "other tribe" so we laugh at them. It's kinda junior high. If the Jets get some video of a Shark tripping and falling at lunch, that will be played forever. There's a certain entertainment value in that, but it's a long way from a substantive policy critique and it's a long way from being informed about issues. Our national discourse then continues to be dumbed-down and mean-spirited.

[redqueen]

49. Not all of it.

But his, yeah.

But consider this - you write for the audience. So... I can't blame Olbermann, really.

[vanboggie]

20. And he trounced CNN in the Mar 09 ratings

See this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8310606

Yay Keith & Rachel! Morning Scar not so much.

[chill_wind]

24. "The last time MSNBC beat CNN in the mornings was August 2001

And then came September 11 and CNN and its advertisers kicked back into high gear to do what they did best 24/7.
I wish I could go back and locate some of the brazen quotes early on from one of their execs on the profitability of the Iraq war and how they didn't mind that it appeared it was going to last longer than than the 2 week cake walk that had been projected.

Thanks for the link.

[DrZeeLit]

25. Class act. What I love about Keith: intelligent, courteous, direct, forceful, funny.

What's not to LOVE?

[Dollface]

27. I owe Keith my sanity. I almost cried the first time I stumbled onto his show. Republican

talking points was all there was.

[Downtown Hound]

28. Keith was ripping Bushco a new one long before it was cool

And in fact, back when it was uncool. It took a lot of guts back then to speak out against him in the media. Kudos to you Keith. :toast:

[GreenTea]

29. Keith, Great show, keep kicking & exposing the lying greedy hateful republican asses!

[azmouse]

31. Yeah for KO!

Don't know what I'd do without his show!

[20score]

34. Yes he does, rock! His Special Comments and Worst Person in the World alone puts him

with the best around.

[LaPera]

35. Olbermann is and has been the Man! Cheers Keith!

[redqueen]

37. He has been a tremendous asset.

I don't know how he does it, but he does it... :applause:

[nichomachus]

42. But don't ever criticize Obama -- ever -- or you will be dead to us -- like Krugman

[Kajsa]

43. Happy Six Years, Keith.

You are our voice.

When it's seven o'clock,(M-F)
It's

Keith Time!

:D :yourock:

[BumRushDaShow]

44. K&R and congrats KO!

This man has been one of the best breaths of fresh air in a long time!

:kick:

[90-percent]

45. Keith

Keith was calling out Republicans back in the era when Americans should "watch what they say".

Phil Donahue's show on MSNBC had great ratings but the network pulled it when Phil started questioning the propaganda leading up to the utterly unnecessary Iraq War.

Keith was forceful and reported on stuff that was only seen in blogs or in media outside of the USA, where there is not so much corporate fascism as there is here in the states.

Keith was going after these guys when there was a very real tangible possibility he would be fired for what he was saying. What Keith has said and the times he has said it takes raw courage, simply put. Keith values his principals dearly and he's as uncompromising in that as Frank Zappa was about his principals.

Frank is gone, but thankfully people like Kieth carry the banner of intelligent independent American thought.

-90% jimmy

PS - Jamie Heinemann must have had some jet lag last night. Thankfully, Adam was still capable of live TV quick bantering. I did not know Keith was a fan of Mythbusters? Good for him. They rawk, even though me and my wife miss the tattooed blond lady from a few seasons ago.

[valerief]

46. KO's OK!

:kick:

[livefreest]

47. happy aniversary Keith.