Does he use the “Good night . . . and good luck” phrase intentionally to mirror Edward Murrow? I somehow doubt it is incidental. It seemed kind of jarring with the rest of his plausibly upfront and earnest show, this little manipulation of association.
That was magnificent.
Too bad the people who need to hear it the most are either too stupid or bereft of conscience and decency to be chastened.
But christ, he’s such a cock. Did you hear his mealy-mouth appearance today on The Big Show with Dan Patrick on ESPN radio, his reasoning behind his not voting? :dubious:
Gukumatz, in my opinion, Olbermann doesn’t need to use Murrow’s tagline to manipulate. His eloquence has already achieved its goal by the close of his comment. My guess would be that it is a tribute to Murrow and perhaps an acknowledgement that his own comments are inspired by Murrow’s courage in speaking out when our country was in crisis.
About the only thing that Olbermann and O’Reilly have in common is that they are white male political commentators on cable and sit behind a desk.
I have to laugh at the idea that Keith Olbermann would ever be intimidated by Terry Gross on NPR’s “Fresh Air” to the point that he would stalk out of the studio. Well, that’s just what Bill did!
Guinastasia, we must have similar taste in men. Aren’t those dark eyes and brows incredible?
Try Olbermann.org as well.
Indeed, Zoe. sigh
If he DOES win the presidency, I volunteer to play Monica to his Bill Clinton.
OK, that’s just gross. Take off the kneepads.
I’m afraid I don’t see how adding rugburn to the equation is going to make it any less gross.
Monica Lewinsky is reported to have said, prior to her starting her internship, that she was going to the White House to get her “presidential kneepads”.
I don’t do dialup video. Is there a transcript?
Knee pads are so passe. Why not try an official National Day of Prayer Kneeling Mat?
Ummm, I knew about that, actually.
Guin, just…well, whatever you do, make sure you have plenty of club soda on hand. Like we need that kinda trouble…
Click the link Lightnin’ posted in post 3. It has a transcript of the video.
I watch Olbermann when I can via YouTube, and I’ve seen that comment. He rules.
I thought this was The Pit? Looks like a Circle Jerk to me.
Here’s a link you can use to turn this into a Pitting of us Olbermann Haters.
I can’t bear to listen to him or even think that much about him so I only have a low level rememberance of some controversy re his ratings vs others…what was that all about?
(btw…KO almost makes me ashamed we have the same hobby… not really, just a quick mention to see if anyone else shares it)
O-kay, so I’s is thinkin’ that “presidential knee pads” is sort of a metaphor, kind of a statement of intent to fellate the Cmdr. In Chief. One of course might benefit from having such accessories, but rarely are they actually put to use when servicing another in said manner. So “take off the knee pads”, though having a literal meaning that could, in those rarest of circumstances, amount to ordering one to incur an extra risk of rug-burn whilst giving oral sex in a kneeling posture, was intented to advise Guin to simply eschew blowing Mr. Olbermann altogether, should he become the president.
When he does it, it’s plaigiarism. When you do it, it’s research. When I do it, it’s an homage! 
No. What did he say?
I can’t seem to find any actual, well, content on that site. Only what semanticist and Senator S.I. Hayakawa defined as “snarl words”. How does it prove anything Olbermann says is wrong?
What hobby?
Now I disagree with him on this point, but he’s said he doesn’t vote because he feels that in his current occupation, it isn’t a good idea to back a certain horse-making him more biased. A very stupid reason, but oh well, no one’s perfect.
Hobby? I’m guessing collecting baseball cards. He’s a baseball fanatic and a big Yankees fan.
Yes, I recognized that at the time. I thought it would be funny to post something where I pretended I didn’t.
Meh. It’s not the first time my deadpan delivery failed to get a joke across, and I’m pretty sure it won’t be the last…
So, Loopydude, I’m off to MPSIMS to find a joke I can deconstruct all the humor out of. Care to join me? 