Keith Olbermann: From Hero to Public Enemy No. 1

[From The Left]

Just watching this play out over the past 12 hours has been fascinating.

Before 8:45pm last Keith Olbermann was a hero to the left. The only progressive voice on cable news and the go-to person for intelligent analysis.

By 8:50pm, following his brilliant Special Comment, the ugly forces orbiting Hillary Clinton began to churn and the attack bots began to transform Keith Olbermann from hero to public enemy no. 1.

The truth hurts but, Hillary's supporters can't handle the truth.

[Eurobabe]

1. Do the American people really want 4-8 more years of this shit

from the Clinton machine?

I rather think not.

[eShirl]

18. I know I don't.

[Yurovsky]

28. And the people of Iran REALLY REALLY don't ...

'cause they know they're next if either McCain or HRC get elected.

[walldude]

36. Uh, I doubt Hillary will attack Iran...

Don't like her much these days but I certainly wouldn't go that far. We still need to win, no matter who gets the nomination.

[Alter Ego]

2. Well, once Hillaryis44 issues marching orders...

...there's no turning back.

[From The Left]

32. James Carville Is Working Overtime

[tekisui]

3. Hillary apologists retreat further into their insulated bubbles.

It must be getting lonely in there.

[xultar]

4. Not true. Some people had turned against KO a while back. Just like whom ever gets the nom...

DUers will turn against them too.

And if that DEM wins the GE, DUers will give them 100 days and then they'll turn against that person.

DU fickle as fuck.

[Saturday]

5. That's what happens when he offends 50% of his viewers. nt

[MadHound]

12. And where, dare I ask, are you pulling that fifty percent figure from?

Do you have instant access to some sort of poll? Are you with Nielson?

No, you're just pulling that figure out of thin air, or worse.

[onenote]

40. you can ask, just don't expect any answer.

[Exilednight]

15. 50%? A very small portion of his audience demographic is falls within the parameters of.....

Hillary's base support.

At worst, I say might lost 5%, but I think people will see it for what it is and his numbers will actually increase.

[eShirl]

20. 99% of all statistics are made-up bullcrap

[Exilednight]

22. I want to see proof! Do you have link to a poll?

:rofl:

[NDambi]

23. Pull that number out your hiney did you?

[roguevalley]

31. 50%. I doubt it. TVnewser.com will have the stats. Come back in a few

and tell me its 50% because he staged an intervention on a dipshit course of action.

[From The Left]

33. Fortunately, KO Doesn't Need the Hillbots

[Smelting Pot]

6. It's part of her appeal.

Hillary and her campaign have been playing up the "poor, attacked woman" angle for several weeks now. Apparently her supporters have bought into it and now see attacks from every corner. It's the ugly side of solidarity - once you start down the path of substituting someone else's reality for your own, it can be hard to shift back into the "reality-based community." It is more than a little reminiscent of a certain current president and HIS supporters...

[SoCalDem]

17. Not weeks... MONTHS

This cartoon is from last year..

[C_U_L8R]

7. It's pretty darn funny

they were condemning KO before he even uttered a word.

What dorks.

[Exilednight]

24. I noticed that too. Condemning the man before he even spoke.........

You might as well say "let's save space in prisons and just do door to door executions, we all know they're going to break a law."

[From The Left]

34. This is how Shillery's Attack Squadron Operates

[high density]

8. McClinton Shills don't like him, but is that anything new?

This is just them flaring up again, they've been claiming MSNBC is sexist and for Obama for weeks now. Yet they still seem to care enough about what he says to post here about it... Interesting.

[leftofcool]

9. Some of us

just don't care what any of these pundits say. It is about money, viewership and ratings. Republican owned corporations sign their paychecks. In our home, we feel like watching the trash is just like supporting Bush. DU will be very amusing when Obama wins the nomination and they all start fawning and slobbering over McCain because they are told to.

[NavyDavy]

10. there is nobody I know on DU that would ever support Mccain....

or any repuke if you have proof post it if not then stop the BS

[MadHound]

11. Perhaps in your eyes, perhaps in the eyes of die hard Hillary fans

But in the eyes of sane, rational people, Olberman is still a hero. His Special Comment last night wasn't, despite what the Hillary supporters would have people believe, a bashing of all things Clinton. Rather it was a rational, logical critique of the actions of Hillary and her campaign, and frankly came off as more of a friend leading an intervention than anything else.

[jonnyblitz]

13. if Olbermann criticized Obama, his DU supporters would be

doing the same thing.

[From The Left]

35. But he didn't, Blanche!

[demokatgurrl]

14. Where can I read these "attack bots"?

Honestly I haven't seen anything yet, and I am a bit surprised.

[cali]

16. I don't think Keith is all that- or even close.

Granted, I've only seen him a couple of times, but he's struck me as primarily an entertainment guy, and definitely not a great thinker. And I'm an Obama supporter.

[sniffa]

29. Um, wow

I know you don't have a TV, but I have to say you're misinformed on Keith. Seriously.

[cooolandrew]

19. Those against vicious politics are with Obama who is ahead so more peole favour Keith he wants

Keith wants dignity for Ameica you shouldn't sell a soul for a vote and keith never will. If dignity is unamerican then Keith wants no part of it. To endorse bush like tactics would negate everything he has ever ever said. Believe me if HRC was offering a positive vision for America he would celebrate it with all of us, it is who he is.

[scheming daemons]

21. He's still a hero.... and his ratings will continue to move up...

...

[saltpoint]

25. Olbermann's piece yesterday was air-tight and on target.

Across the wide board of cable news commentators, I rank him very high or near the top.

If Senator Clinton objects to the Olbermann commentary, she should address its chief points.

[guidod]

44. Well said and I agree.

[Red Zelda]

26. "the ugly forces orbiting Hillary Clinton"

brilliantly said. She has become the dark lord of the Sith.

[From The Left]

37. I'm surprised the Hillary Worshipping Mods Allowed This

They lockdown threads that criticize Queen Hillary and promote threads that bash Obama.

[IndianaJones]

27. Olbermann the sports guy? He has a show? How many people watch? nt.

[From The Left]

38. Millions. Try it. You might learn sumpin.'

[City Lights]

30. He's still a hero to the reality-based left.

Head-in-the-sand HRC defenders haven't had much use for him for awhile now. :hi:

[LoZoccolo]

39. Actually people were turning on him hours before the special comment.

Just when they'd had some general idea about the subject matter, and I'm not sure where they got that information from or why they thought it was reliable (even though it ended up being so). Which is even funnier.

[From The Left]

42. Hillsteria

[Cha]

41. Oh Keith is still a big fat hero..

it's the hilarys who have gone to public enemy numero uno.

[billyoc]

43. DLC enemy number one is not public enemy number one. nt