I Hate To Interrupt, But...by Keith Olbermann

[kpete]

I Hate To Interrupt, But...
by Keith Olbermann
Mon Jan 14, 2008 at 09:17:12 AM PST


Yeah, it’s me.

Hi.

Sure has taken me long enough. But, as you may know, I am the shy, retiring type: Hesitant to state an opinion in public and horrified to pass judgment or seem a scold.

...............

But, having now read a (mercifully few) claims here that I’m a) attacking Clinton, b) burying Edwards, and c) clobbering Obama, I feel the need to mention that I truly don’t have a preference. I am tilting in no direction, sending out no subliminal message, and thwarting no truth.

To report the NBC New Hampshire projection after the polls close there, is not to try to marginalize John Edwards. To run the entire Bill Clinton “fairy tale” sound bite complete with its Iraq vote context, is not to try to thwart Barack Obama. And to report that Dennis Kucinich has put a down payment on a New Hampshire recount is not to claim Hillary Clinton stole a primary.

I appreciate the fervor of each candidate’s supporters and I think I have some empathy based on my standing in the Frustrated-By-The-Obviousness-Of-Politics League. But can anybody reading messages into tea leaves in my newscast, when there isn’t even a teacup, please resume regular breathing patterns? To see in each of my reports an enemy or a spokesman sounds microscopically like – and I swallow hard and prepare for the prospect of some Kossacks to approach what passes for my castle with torches and pitchforks as I write this – Bill O’Reilly.



more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/1/14/12636/5764/715/436605

[MelissaB]

1. ROFL!

Good for him!

[gkhouston]

3. Fat lot of good it'll do him, I expect. n/t

[silverweb]

2. I heart KO!

Well done! Said what needed saying and made me laugh, too.



Now must hie me to work...

[zabet]

4. Bwahahaha!!!

Once again, Keith is the
voice of sanity in an insane
world.

:applause:

[Nightjock]

5. Cool K.O.

But I never thought you were siding with anyone! In fact, I love that you report the news on everyone (whether a democrat or republican) and just tell it like it is. What repugs don't understand is that if a dem was in office committing crimes like bushco you would not be any different in your reporting.
I expect the truth when I watch you. And I am NEVER disappointed!

[Tinksrival]

6. HA!

......as Tweety would say!

:rofl:

[CatWoman]

7. I'M JEALOUS!!!!

why can't he post over here :cry:

[orleans]

8. exactly. (OH, KEITH--COME TO THE UNDERGROUND....) n/t

[Viva_La_Revolution]

9. no kidding... we even have a whole forum dedicated to his greatness

:cry:

[orleans]

11. yep (does anyone still post there anymore??)

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[Kurovski]

12. Much, much more love at the DU

...at least for KO.

Don't cry my darling! :hug:

[Ravy]

10. Even with this, KO is showing his bias again.

As Colbert says, the TRUTH has a liberal bias.

Well done, Keith!

[Martin Eden]

13. K&R for KO, n/t

[cyberpj]

14. BRAVO! k/r. nt.