# Og help me, I'm crushing on Keith Olbermann **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2009, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-help-me-im-crushing-on-keith-olbermann/496391 "2009-05-14T05:58:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-help-me-im-crushing-on-keith-olbermann/496391/21 "2009-05-15T19:25:23Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Hey! Look who it is! Liberal, “the man who would never post here again.” Welcome back. again. Can you post a link to your OP “We’re finally moving! Back!”? [modding]Before this goes any further, I point out that personal insults aren’t allowed in Cafe Society.[/modding] [Anybody who likes Olbermann should read this profile…](http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/23/080623fa_fact_boyer?currentPage=all) because after you’ve read it, you probably won’t. My real problem is that he believes he’s doing something beyond partisan hackery when that’s exactly what he does. Although he also comes off as being thoroughly arrogant and overbearing. > [@](#): > > Capus and Griffin insist that Olbermann’s broadcast is like an opinion section in a newspaper, suitable to what they call MSNBC’s “cable sensibility.” Olbermann differs. He begins each “Countdown” with the Beethoven theme from NBC’s “Huntley-Brinkley Report,” and concludes with Murrow’s signature sign-off, “Good night, and good luck.” He maintains that “Countdown” is very much part of that continuum. “It is a newscast with commentary and analysis, the way most really good newscasts used to be,” No, it really isn’t. It’s funny at times ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-help-me-im-crushing-on-keith-olbermann/496391/22 "2009-05-15T20:03:53Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > [Anybody who likes Olbermann should read this profile…](http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/23/080623fa_fact_boyer?currentPage=all) > because after you’ve read it, you probably won’t. Eh, I’ve read the New Yorker piece. I especially like the part about how his coanchor “Suzy” at ESPN would go _cry_ because Keithie was so mean to her! :rolleyes: I’m sure Olbermann is a egomaniacal patronizing ass, but you don’t let people like that run roughshod over you. I’m also loath to trust Rupert Murdoch’s opinion of anyone’s mental health. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-help-me-im-crushing-on-keith-olbermann/496391/23 "2009-05-15T20:08:28Z")
From what I can recall, he later appologized and made up with her. As for Keith being an ass, yeah, I’m sure he is. But that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t have a filthy, one night stand with him. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-help-me-im-crushing-on-keith-olbermann/496391/24 "2009-05-15T22:28:33Z")
he stood in line at midnight for a harry potter book. with rushdie! i do think he takes himself way too seriously sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-help-me-im-crushing-on-keith-olbermann/496391/25 "2009-05-16T03:09:38Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > My real problem is that he believes he’s doing something beyond partisan hackery when that’s exactly what he does. Although he also comes off as being thoroughly arrogant and overbearing. Would you call it _partisan_ hackery? He did criticize Obama for not prosecuting Bush administration officials for torture. I don’t ever recall anyone on FOX criticizing Bush for anything. Maybe a little on Harriet Myers, but I don’t recall anything else. He’s in opinion journalism. He’s not supposed to be objective. He’s also pretty good at exposing the lies thrown around on FOX news. No one else seems to do that. So for however superficial his program is, it is a valid liberal view point, and one that is not full of disingenuous misinformation. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-help-me-im-crushing-on-keith-olbermann/496391/26 "2009-05-16T05:28:19Z")
Oh, thank God for google images. For a horrified moment I mixed up Olbermann with Alan Colmes mentally, and thought we were going to have to have a35362 commited for observation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-help-me-im-crushing-on-keith-olbermann/496391.md?page=1)