Comments on: Video: “Pimped out” — the Olbermann remix http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/ The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:23:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: elifino http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-948704 elifino Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:40:08 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-948704 Not dreadfully sorry, just dreadfull. Not dreadfully sorry, just dreadfull.

]]> By: Jim Treacher http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-948689 Jim Treacher Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:35:06 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-948689 MOAB: Moronic Olbermann Apologizes Blenchingly MOAB: Moronic Olbermann Apologizes Blenchingly

]]> By: kwbrownie2003 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-948661 kwbrownie2003 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:25:09 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-948661 Remember the Air Forces MOAB (Mother of All Bombs)? This rant should be considered a MOAA (Mother of All Apologies). Although his show "Countdown"(Meltdown?) would qualify as a MOAB given it's ratings. Remember the Air Forces MOAB (Mother of All Bombs)?
This rant should be considered a MOAA (Mother of All Apologies). Although his show “Countdown”(Meltdown?) would qualify as a MOAB given it’s ratings.

]]> By: RMCS_USN http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-948545 RMCS_USN Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:51:28 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-948545 I just look at the scoreboard - third place in the ratings of three cable news shows in his timeslot. NBC won't ever get it. I just look at the scoreboard – third place in the ratings of three cable news shows in his timeslot. NBC won’t ever get it.

]]> By: bubby62 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-948231 bubby62 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:19:05 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-948231 "DREADFULLY SORRY" says it all.... “DREADFULLY SORRY” says it all….

]]> By: Geronimo http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-948185 Geronimo Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:03:18 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-948185 He's irrelevant. I don't care what he says and I know if I see his face here, he's opened his pie hole and said something offensive or shocking. Whatever he said can only add to the beating he so sorely deserves. Aside from that, his stupid, one-look face makes me want to smash my monitor. He’s irrelevant. I don’t care what he says and I know if I see his face here, he’s opened his pie hole and said something offensive or shocking. Whatever he said can only add to the beating he so sorely deserves.
Aside from that, his stupid, one-look face makes me want to smash my monitor.

]]> By: tazmebro http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-948154 tazmebro Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:51:41 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-948154 keith who? I never watch him! keith who? I never watch him!

]]> By: gator70 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-948048 gator70 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:15:17 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-948048 <blockquote>letters@msnbc.com darkegop on February 11, 2008 at 9:24 AM</blockquote> Also done!

letters@msnbc.com

darkegop on February 11, 2008 at 9:24 AM

Also done!

]]> By: Captain Scarlet http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-948006 Captain Scarlet Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:55:09 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-948006 <blockquote>Oh how I hate you Olbermann! This is the one guy that, if I saw running down the street on fire and crying, I wouldn’t piss on to save his life. Levinite on February 11, 2008 at 9:30 AM</blockquote> Gee, willikers (if that's, indeed, how one spells 'willikers'). I hate him, too. But all I was going to contribute was that I'm not prone to violence but that I would so like to punch him in the face. I think you win the creative visualization award with that one. Nice touch.

Oh how I hate you Olbermann! This is the one guy that, if I saw running down the street on fire and crying, I wouldn’t piss on to save his life.

Levinite on February 11, 2008 at 9:30 AM

Gee, willikers (if that’s, indeed, how one spells ‘willikers’). I hate him, too. But all I was going to contribute was that I’m not prone to violence but that I would so like to punch him in the face. I think you win the creative visualization award with that one. Nice touch.

]]> By: pilamaye http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-947866 pilamaye Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:06:41 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-947866 Anyone ever notice when Olby blathers, he sits almost perfectly still while the only thing moving on him are his lips? That being the case, he’d be a shoe-in if they ever decided to make CLUTCH CARGO: THE MOVIE! Anyone ever notice when Olby blathers, he sits almost perfectly still while the only thing moving on him are his lips? That being the case, he’d be a shoe-in if they ever decided to make CLUTCH CARGO: THE MOVIE!

]]> By: Jim Treacher http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-947865 Jim Treacher Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:05:47 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-947865 O&A gave Olbermann <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvAH5EdauSI" rel="nofollow">a good face-smashing</a> this morning. Opie used to like him before the Imus debacle. O&A gave Olbermann a good face-smashing this morning. Opie used to like him before the Imus debacle.

]]> By: Ballistic http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-947850 Ballistic Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:02:26 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-947850 <blockquote>He was a lousy sports reporter then. He is a lousy sports reporter now. corona on February 11, 2008 at 1:33 PM</blockquote> Actually, he was pretty good at the sports reporting(or reading the prompter in an entertaining fashion anyway). It's the political stuff is where he's severely lacking.

He was a lousy sports reporter then.
He is a lousy sports reporter now.

corona on February 11, 2008 at 1:33 PM

Actually, he was pretty good at the sports reporting(or reading the prompter in an entertaining fashion anyway).

It’s the political stuff is where he’s severely lacking.

]]> By: corona http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-947750 corona Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:33:15 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-947750 He was a lousy sports reporter then. He is a lousy sports reporter now. He was a lousy sports reporter then.
He is a lousy sports reporter now.

]]> By: wildweasel http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-947683 wildweasel Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:09:23 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-947683 Could you imagine if everybody did their jobs with the same intellectual laziness of Olbertool? We wouldn't even have invented the goddam wheel yet. Could you imagine if everybody did their jobs with the same intellectual laziness of Olbertool?

We wouldn’t even have invented the goddam wheel yet.

]]> By: dedalus http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-947659 dedalus Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:57:30 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-947659 <blockquote>Please explain why it is permissible for Keith Olbermann to state, on air, that Bush is guilty of “pimping General David Petraeus” without facing repercussions, and yet David Shuster was only able to avoid being fired on the spot due to the intervention of a colleague. Stephen Johnson AT2(AW/NAC) USN</blockquote> Two factors: 1.)Misperception that Petraeus was a political actor and Chelsea was merely family. 2.)Squeamishness about sexual connotation of "pimp" with a 27 year old girl that isn't there with a 55 year old man. Chelsea works for a hedge fund and is campaigning for a presidential candidate. The Shuster punishment is an overreaction.

Please explain why it is permissible for Keith Olbermann to state, on air, that Bush is guilty of “pimping General David Petraeus” without facing repercussions, and yet David Shuster was only able to avoid being fired on the spot due to the intervention of a colleague.
Stephen Johnson
AT2(AW/NAC) USN

Two factors:
1.)Misperception that Petraeus was a political actor and Chelsea was merely family.
2.)Squeamishness about sexual connotation of “pimp” with a 27 year old girl that isn’t there with a 55 year old man.

Chelsea works for a hedge fund and is campaigning for a presidential candidate. The Shuster punishment is an overreaction.

]]> By: sinsing http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-947597 sinsing Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:32:03 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-947597 <blockquote>Please explain why it is permissible for Keith Olbermann to state, on air, that Bush is guilty of “pimping General David Petraeus” without facing repercussions, and yet David Shuster was only able to avoid being fired on the spot due to the intervention of a colleague. Stephen Johnson AT2(AW/NAC) USN</blockquote> That is an excellent question and one I'd like to see presented to Olbermann and his employers at MSNBC.

Please explain why it is permissible for Keith Olbermann to state, on air, that Bush is guilty of “pimping General David Petraeus” without facing repercussions, and yet David Shuster was only able to avoid being fired on the spot due to the intervention of a colleague.
Stephen Johnson
AT2(AW/NAC) USN

That is an excellent question and one I’d like to see presented to Olbermann and his employers at MSNBC.

]]> By: RightWinged http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-947592 RightWinged Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:30:49 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-947592 <blockquote>I’ve got no love for either Shuster or Olby, but come on… seriously. This whole “pimped out” story has been hideously overblown. When I first heard about the comments, I was like “So what? My friends and I say “pimp” all the time. Whoop dee flippin doo…”. Can we find some real news, please? Kthxbye. MrJustice on February 11, 2008 at 11:56 AM</blockquote> You obviously missed the point... The issue isn't that saying "pimped" is that big of a deal... It's that it is somehow a big deal now, but no one made a peep when Olby said it.. and he was talking about General Petraeus!!!

I’ve got no love for either Shuster or Olby, but come on… seriously. This whole “pimped out” story has been hideously overblown. When I first heard about the comments, I was like “So what? My friends and I say “pimp” all the time. Whoop dee flippin doo…”.

Can we find some real news, please? Kthxbye.

MrJustice on February 11, 2008 at 11:56 AM

You obviously missed the point… The issue isn’t that saying “pimped” is that big of a deal… It’s that it is somehow a big deal now, but no one made a peep when Olby said it.. and he was talking about General Petraeus!!!

]]> By: mojo http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-947577 mojo Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:23:01 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-947577 Meh. He's on MSNBC - it's not like anyone's watching. Meh. He’s on MSNBC – it’s not like anyone’s watching.

]]> By: Always Right http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-947546 Always Right Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:03:12 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-947546 Herr Keith Olbermann = George Soros's Cabana Boy Herr Keith Olbermann = George Soros’s Cabana Boy

]]> By: MrJustice http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-947541 MrJustice Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:56:51 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-947541 I've got no love for either Shuster or Olby, but come on... seriously. This whole "pimped out" story has been hideously overblown. When I first heard about the comments, I was like "So what? My friends and I say "pimp" all the time. Whoop dee flippin doo...". Can we find some real news, please? Kthxbye. I’ve got no love for either Shuster or Olby, but come on… seriously. This whole “pimped out” story has been hideously overblown. When I first heard about the comments, I was like “So what? My friends and I say “pimp” all the time. Whoop dee flippin doo…”.

Can we find some real news, please? Kthxbye.

]]> By: RightWinged http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-947521 RightWinged Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:47:59 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-947521 Lucky for Olby, MSNBC has no principles. This will get a little play on the internet, a few mentions on Fox, and then it will disappear. Lucky for Olby, MSNBC has no principles. This will get a little play on the internet, a few mentions on Fox, and then it will disappear.

]]> By: Stuck On Stupid http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-947500 Stuck On Stupid Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:35:48 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-947500 <strong>MSNBC Borrows Monica’s Kneepads Grovels For Forgiveness At The Altar Of Team Clinton...</strong> Bookmark to: Hide Sites ...... MSNBC Borrows Monica’s Kneepads Grovels For Forgiveness At The Altar Of Team Clinton…

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]]> By: snaggletoothie http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-947428 snaggletoothie Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:44:07 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-947428 I think everyone is losing sight of the basic fact that Chelsea WAS pimped out by her mother. Once again the Clintons have shifted the focus from their pathology to someone else. You always have to watch out for this move when dealing with sociopaths. I think everyone is losing sight of the basic fact that Chelsea WAS pimped out by her mother.
Once again the Clintons have shifted the focus from their pathology to someone else. You always have to watch out for this move when dealing with sociopaths.

]]> By: flyawaybird http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-947408 flyawaybird Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:22:56 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-947408 <blockquote> letters@msnbc.com darkegop on February 11, 2008 at 9:24 AM Done. petefrt on February 11, 2008 at 9:30 AM</blockquote> Also done... I must say, I know I am not alone in the sentiment that your bias in stating the news is showing 100%. This, my friends, is why your network is fighting for every viewer it has and is being pounded into submission by your competitors. Keith Olbermann has been caught red-handed a number of times misquoting people to get his point across, taking comments out of context, and the like. The night after his show airs, it is inevitable that someone is able to pull a transcript to show that, whatever it was he quoted, was so deliberately twisted and skewed, that it makes one wonder how he gets away with it time after time again. Take five minutes and google a few of his little quotable quotes that somehow, always make a conservative look like an ass. You'll find the real quotes by said conservatives astonishingly different, I'm sure. Not only that, but saying that, somehow, an honerable and honest man like General David Petraeous is being "pimped" by anyone - is absolutely dispicable. There is no excuse for it. Olbermann's colleague was at least reprimanded for saying that Chelsea Clinton was somehow being pimped by her mother's presidential campaign. But the man who in in charge of one of the biggest and most important military operations in the history of this country? The one that, if fails, would certainly spell disaster for our nation and our sovereignty?! That type of comment is still appropriate and can go without reprimand? Unbelievable. Your network needs to take a hard look at itself. There is a reason why the competition is burying you.

letters@msnbc.com

darkegop on February 11, 2008 at 9:24 AM

Done.

petefrt on February 11, 2008 at 9:30 AM

Also done…

I must say, I know I am not alone in the sentiment that your bias in stating the news is showing 100%. This, my friends, is why your network is fighting for every viewer it has and is being pounded into submission by your competitors.

Keith Olbermann has been caught red-handed a number of times misquoting people to get his point across, taking comments out of context, and the like. The night after his show airs, it is inevitable that someone is able to pull a transcript to show that, whatever it was he quoted, was so deliberately twisted and skewed, that it makes one wonder how he gets away with it time after time again. Take five minutes and google a few of his little quotable quotes that somehow, always make a conservative look like an ass. You’ll find the real quotes by said conservatives astonishingly different, I’m sure.

Not only that, but saying that, somehow, an honerable and honest man like General David Petraeous is being “pimped” by anyone – is absolutely dispicable. There is no excuse for it. Olbermann’s colleague was at least reprimanded for saying that Chelsea Clinton was somehow being pimped by her mother’s presidential campaign. But the man who in in charge of one of the biggest and most important military operations in the history of this country? The one that, if fails, would certainly spell disaster for our nation and our sovereignty?! That type of comment is still appropriate and can go without reprimand?

Unbelievable. Your network needs to take a hard look at itself. There is a reason why the competition is burying you.

]]> By: 4shoes http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-947401 4shoes Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:19:09 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/11/video-pimped-out-the-olbermann-remix/#comment-947401 The hypocrisy isn't surprising... what surprises me is that anyone got upset about that. I guess Hill and Bill possibly saw their use of their daughter in a new light, and decided they couldn't allow that. I will say about Olberman, he is one of the few persons that makes me feel the need for a shower after watching. The hypocrisy isn’t surprising… what surprises me is that anyone got upset about that. I guess Hill and Bill possibly saw their use of their daughter in a new light, and decided they couldn’t allow that.
I will say about Olberman, he is one of the few persons that makes me feel the need for a shower after watching.

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