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Keith Olbermann Once Dated A Terrible Person!

We have read this elitist New Yorker profile of your annoying loudmouth boyfriend Keith Olbermann and, like most profiles of MSNBC personalities, it confirms everything you learned about current MSNBC dynamics during the first five minutes of its Iowa caucus coverage.

Keith Olbermann is insane, Chris Matthews is insane, and Tom Brokaw is ashamed to be anywhere near them. MSNBC is a hilarious train wreck of scurrilous hobos, one which Brokaw can only defend by describing planets crashing into the sun, as a good thing, for a hearty paragraph. Also: Tim Russert is dead, and Keith Olbermann used to date Laura Ingraham.

One Angry Man [New Yorker]


3:44 PM on Thu June 19 2008
By Jim Newell
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  1. Hominidx says at 3:48 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Let me tell you what I think of your profile, SIR. You obviously don’t APPRECIATE the PAIN AND SUFFERING he undergoes to bring you the TRUTH WHICH YOU SIR CAN’t HANDLE. Here’s a piece of advice for you, New Yorker: Shut the hell up!

  2. loudmouthredhead says at 3:49 pm, June 19th, 2008

    NO F’ING WAY. No wonder his hair bleached…

  3. SuperRounder says at 3:49 pm, June 19th, 2008

    This still isn’t worse than Bill Maher and Ann Coulter.

  4. Doglessliberal says at 3:50 pm, June 19th, 2008

    That’s worse than Carville/Matalin.
    More proof that all these people are Cubic Zirconium whores who will say anything for coin.

  5. PeteJayhawk v2.0 says at 3:50 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Say what you will about Olbermann now, but those Patrick/Olbermann SportsCenters were awesome.

  6. Doglessliberal says at 3:51 pm, June 19th, 2008

    SuperRounder: that I could understand, actually, as he is such a libertarian and a realist, he figures hey, good poontang is good poontang (if you think she is), who cares, if she doesn’t talk.

  7. AngryBlakGuy says at 3:51 pm, June 19th, 2008

    …pheeeeeeew! I thought you were about to say Mann Coulter!

  8. The Real JR Revisted says at 3:52 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Keith Olbermann: Insane blowhard who is highly popular and is known for telling the President to shut the hell u p because he can’t say “fuck” on-air.

    Chris Matthews: Insane but somewhat loveable talking head who once in a while gets a couple of zingers in but otherwise is wont to just ramble on and on quoting random dead people and then laying it on thick for the female guests.

    Tucker Carlson: Insane and hangs around hoping someone will give him a regular gig again. Really thought the bow tie made him look smart. He was wrong.

    Rachel Maddow: Insanely awesome. When in the flying fuck will they give him a show.

    David Gregory: Was once known as that much-needed insane dude who would challenge the President, then the oddly sexy guy for having superhuman for a white guy rhythm for dancing to Mary J., but is now really boring now that he has his own show.

  9. SuperRounder says at 3:54 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Doglessliberal: Could you imagine her not talking? I’m hoping Bill got lots of head. She can’t talk during that.

  10. tacdab says at 3:56 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Laura Ingraham’s kinda hot. Shame about the evil.

  11. brrrock says at 3:58 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Olbermann turned to Bush’s golf remark, which he called the “final blow to our nation’s solar plexus.”

    methinks a bit lower.

  12. shortsshortsshorts says at 3:58 pm, June 19th, 2008

    OH MY GAWD THAT WAS LONG I AM AT WORK AND NOW WILL LOSE MY JOB

    Good piece though. Olberman is a crazy, whacky, flaming fucktard and Tom Brokaw is the hall monitor. Noted. I still love him though.

    A little disrepair in the ranks at MSNBC??

  13. RuperttheBear says at 3:59 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Laura Ingraham can do magical things with her coochie and has a prehensile tail. Have you ever heard of a Simian Tickler?

  14. The Real JR Revisted says at 4:00 pm, June 19th, 2008

    The Real JR Revisted: Re: The Rachel Maddow.

    Okay the gender thing was a huge mistake. I was typing too fast. I love her. Love her to death. I’m totally embarrassed on the typo. Jesus Christ.

  15. Lionel Hutz Esq. says at 4:03 pm, June 19th, 2008

    I don’t care who someone dated unless they were cruising for gay con-men to go down on them whiel doing blow in a limo.

    Everything else just seems so boring.

    Of course, that is why I always loved the story of George and Laura Bush.

  16. Canuckledragger says at 4:04 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Well, that explains Laura’s problem.

    But what about Keith’s?

    Oh…. never mind.

  17. Lionel Hutz Esq. says at 4:05 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Actually, if you had to end up with one of the Blond Bimbos of Conservatism (a name that a friend gave them when MSNBC seemed to be made up of them back in the mid-90s), Ingrahm is the only one that you shouldn’t feel that bad about. Sure, her soul is as dark as midnight, but her ass wants to party.

  18. nhunter says at 4:13 pm, June 19th, 2008

    I am somewhat ashamed to admit it, but I think I would vote for McCcain in exchange for a Hawaiian Shoe Shine from Michelle Malkin.

  19. SayItWithWookies says at 4:13 pm, June 19th, 2008

    tacdab: Butterevil?
    Also, Brokaw is a jackass too. And Tom, pleeeease live forever so I won’t have to endure the shitrain of faux sentimentality that will ensue when you croak — just the phrase “Greatest Generation” (no offense to them at all, but to the smarmy whores who readily invoke it) makes me witless with revulsion — if I have to hear that nonstop for three days I will probably end up chiseling some mean-spirited graffiti into the facade of the NBC building, or something equally regrettable. Um — what was the question again?

  20. Mo MoDo says at 4:16 pm, June 19th, 2008

    And Olbermann used to make Suzy Kolber cry. That makes him The Worst Person In The World.

  21. Count Snarkula says at 4:18 pm, June 19th, 2008

    So, according to this, Keith Olbermann is a douche nozzle. How is this breaking news?

  22. mookworthjwilson says at 4:19 pm, June 19th, 2008

    SayItWithWookies: How can you call yourselves the greatest generation when you can’t even program a VCR, much less handle a TiVO???

  23. mookworthjwilson says at 4:20 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Mo MoDo: But at least he convinced Joe Namath to go and console her, years later…

  24. disgustedcitizen says at 4:20 pm, June 19th, 2008

    SuperRounder: Bill Maher dated a dude in drag? Does he know?

  25. vicuna says at 4:24 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Wow, I learned two things. People actually get restless legs syndrome and Laura Ingraham dates guys.

  26. econdave says at 4:35 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Didn’t Laura Ingraham date Larry Summers at one time?

  27. Huh, so Olbermann really *is* clinically devoid of balance and equilibrium…

  28. RuperttheBear says at 4:45 pm, June 19th, 2008

    SayItWithWookies:Greatest Generation = Korean War, Vietnam War, Watergate, The Reagan/Bush/Bush deficit, the 1970s (the entire decade was fucked–I was in high school and most adults were drunk or high or fucking someone else’s wife or husband or the babysitter), etc.

  29. empress says at 4:54 pm, June 19th, 2008

    I think Keith is cute. Except for the Grouchos, which he really should do something about.

  30. Dave J. says at 4:55 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Nothing is worse than Mickey Kaus dating Ann Coulter. That’s 50 lbs. of ugly in a 5 lb. sack.

  31. edgydrifter says at 4:56 pm, June 19th, 2008

    The Real JR Revisted: My crush on Ms. Maddow has been waning hard since she brought that vile, bloated sack of leper pus Hilary Rosen on her show and was gushy and deferential to the point of sycophantism towards the former RIAA Vampire in Chief. It’s almost unforgivable.

  32. hardeknox says at 5:00 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Ingraham and Coulter are getting too old to breed. Hallelujah!

  33. Voyou Charmant says at 5:16 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Nightly hate fucking. I could get into that.

  34. SuperRounder says at 5:20 pm, June 19th, 2008

    disgustedcitizen: I think he found out the (wait for it, wait for it) hard way.

  35. bitchincamaro says at 5:52 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Could be quote of the year by Keith:

    Matthews is “an out of control sprinkler”.

  36. Quacker says at 5:56 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Just keep in mind at all times, this is important now, are you listening? KO once was known only for his baseball card collection.

  37. metropolitan says at 6:01 pm, June 19th, 2008

    i do believe the MSNBC people are pretty insane and sort of out of control, but i do find that pretty funny to watch.
    it’s not really like a FOX news of the left, it’s more like a dorm room late night gab fest on meth.

  38. nowukkers says at 6:08 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Hey. KO gives us a nightly rant against the pigfuckers in Washington, that is at least semi-articulate, and mostly enjoyable. Don’t razz on him. Granted, though, he is both presumptuous, and a tad overbearing.

  39. Cookie Guggelman says at 6:13 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Olbermann is such a drama queen about his health. I’m sure before long he’ll have fibromyalgia, too.

  40. nowukkers: I love KO dearly. He reminds me of the protagonist in my novel. They’re both spazzes.

  41. shortsshortsshorts says at 6:17 pm, June 19th, 2008

    metropolitan: I miss those parties.

  42. KevoTron says at 6:21 pm, June 19th, 2008

    nhunter: What’s a Hawaiian Shoe Shine? Checking the google now.

  43. RushLickBall says at 6:55 pm, June 19th, 2008

    SuperRounder: Why not? She speaketh from the arse pipe.

  44. problemwithcaring says at 6:57 pm, June 19th, 2008

    The Real JR Revisted: I luvs her too, but it was funnier with the confused pronoun. Hahah.

  45. RushLickBall says at 7:00 pm, June 19th, 2008

    SayItWithWookies: Thank you for that. But unfotunately, if you have to pick one of these douchebags to replace Russert, Brokaw wins hands down as the only adult in the room.

  46. rocktonsammy says at 7:07 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Was there a Red Carpet show before the service? I wanted to see what all the hypocrites were wearing?
    Apparently, Lil Russ was first person who loved his family and worked hard and died,since Pat Tillman.

  47. Texan Bulldoggette says at 7:27 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Sorry for all the Brokaw lovers. Just saw on Hack Halperin’s site that Brian Williams will be hosting MTP in the interim. He sure does have purty hair….

  48. Texan Bulldoggette says at 7:28 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Cookie Guggelman: Oh & Epstein Barre Syndrome

  49. Texan Bulldoggette says at 7:36 pm, June 19th, 2008

    KO’s comment about not being compatible & NOT because of politics was funny. That’s worth a whole thread all by itself. Reasons KO & Laura I. were not compatible:

    1. she’s sewer rat crazy — he’s only moderately so & only noticeable when off his Zoloft
    2. she’s nasally (in that “it’s my adenoids” way); he’s baritone-y
    3. she’s a bitch — he seems pretty affable
    4. she probably refused to go to Hooters with him
    5. she probably went to Hooters by herself …she comes across kind of bi (She still doesn’t have a man, does she? She had to adopt a baby from Guatemala–poor baby from Guatemala being forced to listen to Rush & Hannity instead of soft, soothing lullabies.)
    6. she probably had to listen to Limbaugh (or whatever nut was on AM back then) to get in the mood–he probably needed to put a bag over her head & tape over her mouth to get in the mood.

    So many more.

  50. Harvey Birdman says at 7:45 pm, June 19th, 2008

    SayItWithWookies: And that sentimentality got us the beautifully fascist looking WW II memorial. Why should Vietnam get all the tourists?

    …Jesus, Boomers have a lot of daddy issues.

    RushLickBall: I think it should be Chuck Todd for the sole reason that he looks like Dante from Clerks (or Murray from Concords). Seriously, does anyone under 40 have a goatee?

  51. AudicityofHope says at 8:00 pm, June 19th, 2008

    This information just ruined my day. Thanks a lot, Jim. (F%@k!!)

  52. Makeithurt says at 9:12 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Since Russert handpicked Olbermann then maybe we will have see the last of him, too. What a nutbag.
    What a self-righteous nutbag.

  53. donner_froh says at 9:15 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Count Snarkula:
    The New Yorker doesn’t break news. The New Yorker breaks wind.

  54. AudicityofHope says at 9:25 pm, June 19th, 2008

    Makeithurt: Maybe Wonkette will have to see the last of you, asshole.

  55. liquiddaddy says at 9:56 pm, June 19th, 2008

    At least they didn’t have to pry his lips off of Punkin’ Head’s dead stiffy.

  56. Actually, I believe KO referenced his relationship with LI(E) one night when declaring her one of the Worst Persons in the World. He didn’t specify a romance, but that was the impression I got from the subtext, which queased me out and is why I remembered it.

    Good, concise summary. I read the piece earlier in the week; had you posted this sooner, you could’ve save me a lot of time. Brokaw really comes across like the schoolteacher for a class of ADD kids.

  57. Mr Blifil says at 12:01 am, June 20th, 2008

    KO may have dated Laura Ingraham, but it’s a dead cert that Russert let Ann Coulter blow him.

  58. Gormogon says at 12:56 am, June 20th, 2008

    I hope Laura wasn’t wearing her chemo-wig when she went down on Douchermann. That could get ugly.

  59. V572625694 says at 5:49 am, June 20th, 2008

    SuperRounder: Agreed that she shouldn’t talk, ever. That voice can peel paint.

  60. Clark Kent dated Laura Ingraham? I thought he was stuck with Louis Lane, stupidest woman in history. (”Look: glasses, Clark Kent; take them off: Superman.”) But anyway.

    Laura Ingraham has a bit of the evil eyeshadow about her, as ’twere.

  61. Carrie_Okie says at 9:03 am, June 20th, 2008

    I can’t comment. My ex-wife favors Mann Coulter. Crap. Just puked yogurt out of my nose. And now I am coming to grips with my own bi-ness.

  62. Whore Diamond in the Rough says at 12:11 pm, June 20th, 2008

    Keith Olbermann used to date Laura Ingraham.

    Throws up on mouth, and it’s not even lunch time yet.

  63. Keith is a man-giant. He officially has extra bones. (No, that’s not a joke).

    Which explains why even somebody like Laura Ingraham would be intereted. (That was.)

  64. Wagamuffin says at 6:05 am, June 25th, 2008

    You guys are all brutal.

    I think I’m in love.

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