Quote of the day
posted at 10:40 pm on June 25, 2008 by Allahpundit
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“Righteous wrath and smugness are not an ideal combo, and Olbermann’s delight in being Keith Olbermann has long since transformed anything genuine in his indignation into performance art. I prefer his politics to O’Reilly’s, and unlike Bill he’s genuinely droll. But when it comes to vanity getting its rocks off by posturing as moral outrage, I don’t see much daylight between them. That one is a bully and the other a scold is just a stylistic distinction that suits their constituencies…
“You can’t say Olbermann’s hubris aims low. He styles himself as the reincarnation of Edward R. Murrow, even swiping Murrow’s ‘Good night and good luck’ as his sign-off. Quite aside from whether he earns the comparison (he doesn’t, but I don’t get too worked up about it: I never had much patience for the Murrow mystique to begin with), what’s most revealing isn’t the self-flattery involved but how anachronistic and even reactionary the aspiration is. Liberals who think of Murrow as a dragon slayer tend to forget he pretty much invented the patronizing gravitas that Roger Ailes had the genius decades later to convince Fox News viewers was the essence of TV’s liberal bias.
“So smart-ass Keith? He’s only pretending to be po-mo. Not so deep down, what he really pines for are the days when condescending dorks with high opinions of themselves were media heroes.”
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The wine selection at the nearest grocery store is pretty poor. So I broke down and picked out a 2005 Cabernet Reserve by Los Vascos. It’s actually a nice full bodied wine that isn’t too dry…and that’s from someone that generally doesn’t like Cabs.
The price was under 20 dollars, which was more than reasonable. I’ll have to try more wines from Chile.
Asher on June 25, 2008 at 10:50 PM
It is rather irritating to see the unrighteous acting self-righteous.
BobH on June 25, 2008 at 10:53 PM
Well they finally did it. They found a way to put the American guy with the least style in GQ.
radjah shelduck on June 25, 2008 at 10:53 PM
Gisele is on the cover. I saw her in a Rio hotel lobby as she was exiting the elevator I was entering. Gor-geous.
Marcus on June 25, 2008 at 10:53 PM
…and I like Los Vascos Cab, too, though I don’t see the connection…
BobH on June 25, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Allah prefers Olberman to O’reilly? Will someone tell me why this idiot is working on this website?
revolution on June 25, 2008 at 10:59 PM
Quote of the Day, numbnuts, Allah didn’t write that, how long have you been reading HA now?
doubleplusundead on June 25, 2008 at 11:02 PM
Is AP mo, po-mo, or poo-poo?
ninjapirate on June 25, 2008 at 11:04 PM
To a point, I agree. Matthews is a buffoon, but his fanboy enthusiasm for “the game” of politics is occasionally amusing. During the late Clinton years, I even enjoyed watching him from time to time.
Author’s take on Olby is spot on. He has become tiresome; he may not touch my monkey.
sulla on June 25, 2008 at 11:10 PM
I think he’s be-ma (beta male).
Better than FEMA, though AllahPundit is doing a heckuva job.
sulla on June 25, 2008 at 11:12 PM
I don’t know this Tom Carson guy, but he sure sees through Olberdork well!
Warner Todd Huston on June 25, 2008 at 11:14 PM
Sorry, but The Pig is just a dumb cop, and 3 sentences into this high-falootin meme which sounded like it was written by Olbermann himself, The Pig’s eyes started to glaze over and my mind started to drift off and think of Krispy Kremes.mmmmmmm!
Besides, someone should pass the word to Keith and now GQ, apparently. Smart isn’t making something sound complicated, it’s making something complicated sound …simple.
CapitalistPig on June 25, 2008 at 11:14 PM
Dude, I gotta ask – What the hell are you talking about? XD
apollyonbob on June 25, 2008 at 11:41 PM
must of drank the whole bottle
BobH on June 25, 2008 at 11:43 PM
Allah – how the hell did you manage to read that piece of rambling crap posing as an article?!?? I tried, I really tried, but I got about three pages in before I started banging my head on the wall to get the ringing bullshit out.
ErikTheRed on June 25, 2008 at 11:47 PM
Yea doth Allah suffereth much for our amusement.
apollyonbob on June 25, 2008 at 11:49 PM
KEITH OLBERMANN = IDIOT EXTRAORDINAIRE
byteshredder on June 25, 2008 at 11:53 PM
…There’s a good inexpensive Chilean cab that I recently discovered myself, called “Root One”.
It’s a ten dollar bottle that behaves like a $17. There’s something about the Chilean cabs, and particularly for their price, that lends to the thinking that the vines must have happy lives in the soils.
To this point I’ve been pretty impressed, though admitedly that’s probably not tough to do :).
ChipDWood on June 25, 2008 at 11:56 PM
I really adore a 2005 Chateau Ste. Michelle Cabernet Sauvignon from the Columbia Valley in WA state. I keep searching for a contender in this genre but have not been successful.
carbon_footprint on June 25, 2008 at 11:57 PM
In defense of revolution, I thought Allah had written it too at first and I was feeling pretty disgusted myself.
Rightwingsparkle on June 25, 2008 at 11:57 PM
Wow, you are a beautiful one!
carbon_footprint on June 26, 2008 at 12:01 AM
It’s the “elite” part of the liberal elite that’s embarrassed by Olbermann. It’s not that they don’t prefer that the major news organizations lean left, but they want to do it a reserved and haughty manner — it’s why the left loves NPR so much.
Keith strips that veneer bare and creates a cross between the typical liberal news bias and a Vince McMahon WWE show … which was OK when he was out in the boonies on MSNBC during the off-election years. But now that his rants and other things — Tim Russert’s death, Brian Williams’ lack of charisma — have made Olby the de facto face of NBC News, they’re embarrassed by his style and the fact that even they can’t defend him from the charge of liberal bias (liberals inside and outside NBC News do try to say that Keith’s show is only a commentary and opinion show and not a real newscast. It might work, except that’s not what Olbermann thinks his show is and as long as he says its a news program, that’s what people will go with).
jon1979 on June 26, 2008 at 12:11 AM
Wearing out his welcome.
Good. Maybe he’ll just go to Al-Jazeera.
Texyank on June 26, 2008 at 12:11 AM
The cheap imposter can con himself all he wants. He lacks discernment and so does his audience. He does not achieve a Murrow impersonation, not even an imitation for all the swiping of quotes. Olbermann in INAUTHENTIC!
maverick muse on June 26, 2008 at 12:21 AM
We do have some great wines over here.
StephC on June 26, 2008 at 12:22 AM
Not sure if I’ve had the ‘05 Chateau Ste. Michelle Columbia Cab- but I love the estate, & particularly their lesser known cabs like the “Cold Creek” or the “Indian Wells”- even the project with Antinori (Col Solare)- though the latter’s probably out of my price range, lest I become rich with excuses to buy the stuff.
I love the Washington State Cabs. The story of that state’s wine-making resurgence is easily one of the best and most interesting in the past 30 years of American agriculture. Dr. Clore was a brilliant, brilliant guy, and the pleasure you get from the Columbia Valley cab there is part of his incredible legacy.
Wish I knew him, ya know? Least I can do is drink to his achievement ;).
ChipDWood on June 26, 2008 at 12:23 AM
I agree Herr Keith is a beta male. His ex-GF did say he was hung like a thumb tack.
Sergei on June 26, 2008 at 12:42 AM
Led Zep., probably the most influential rock band after the Beatles.
doufree on June 26, 2008 at 12:42 AM
What the hell website am I on?
Cat Fancy?
Rhinoboy on June 26, 2008 at 12:47 AM
I think some Obamatons are goofing up this thread.
hunter on June 26, 2008 at 12:50 AM
I lol’d
carbon_footprint on June 26, 2008 at 12:56 AM
Chile is too narrow to produce an above par cabsav. The most northern region could produce an amusing pinot if the wine maker was on task but the real star in wine production now is Eastern Backstabia, with their blends of blueball vines from the ancient fields of Kantstandsia. They still have producing vines from before the Olbermann plague.
2Tru2Tru on June 26, 2008 at 1:09 AM
My lad, everything has a morale, if only you can find it!
Sigy on June 26, 2008 at 1:15 AM
You should try Bibble. Can’t be beat.
- Fred Sanford
MB4 on June 26, 2008 at 1:20 AM
BibbleBippleMB4 on June 26, 2008 at 1:22 AM
Who’s Keith Olbermann and why is he screaming at me? I can hear him perfectly well, I just strongly disagree with him!
Vntnrse on June 26, 2008 at 1:26 AM
At this time of night this can become a website where nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?
Sigy on June 26, 2008 at 1:27 AM
I am intrigued. Not familiar with it.
carbon_footprint on June 26, 2008 at 1:36 AM
50% Beer, 50% Ripple. Fred Sanford’s beverage of choice.
MB4 on June 26, 2008 at 1:39 AM
Fred’s favorite drink was Ripple. Fred would often combine Ripple with other drinks, for example, Beaujolais + Ripple = “Beaujolipple” or Cream soda + Ripple = “Cripple” or Champagne + Ripple = “Champipple.”
MB4 on June 26, 2008 at 1:42 AM
Fred often claimed tales of great heroics during battle in World War I or II (depending on who he was talking to); the only one who disbelieved him was Lamont, who pointed out that he was 11 when WWI took place, and in WWII, he never got past KP duty at Fort Dix, New Jersey.
MB4 on June 26, 2008 at 1:44 AM
I find your views intriguing and I would like to sign up for your newsletter.
TABoLK on June 26, 2008 at 1:53 AM
Thanks MB4. I have learned something!
carbon_footprint on June 26, 2008 at 1:58 AM
MSNBC is banned in my household. I have never seen so much onesided reporting in all my life. I refuse to even watch the channel anymore. It has no value. same with FOX. The best news channel is CNBC at least they give you the news without any baisis. It’s hard to be liberal or conservative when talking about money.
unseen on June 26, 2008 at 4:32 AM
Fanboy? More like lovestruck, adolecent groupie.
Not for the game, rather for Obama.
Twenty bucks says Chrissy needs a cigarette after every Obama speech.
SuperCool on June 26, 2008 at 4:33 AM
WTF is all the wine talk? Are y’all a bunch of bathtub boy fans trying to disrupt this site?
I have seen BTB take quite a bit a heat in the past few weeks. Add this piece to The New Yorker and Page 6 (two days in a row, lol)
You know he is seething. I can’t think a many people in this country for whom I hate more than he. I hope the hits keep coming his way.
scotth on June 26, 2008 at 5:43 AM
I just get up, go on this site and the first thing that greets me is Keith Olbermann? I would rather start my morning standing downwind near a pig farm. At least the pigs have more character than this certified shill.
pilamaye on June 26, 2008 at 5:59 AM
Bipple? Heh. A bottle of Everclear and a package of grape Kool Aid.
What do you think she is to the rest of us.
davidk on June 26, 2008 at 6:38 AM
I cant read that article either. I feel nauseated.
becki51758 on June 26, 2008 at 7:23 AM
Who’s he kidding here? That thrill may not have found a home but it is still searching.
drjohn on June 26, 2008 at 7:28 AM
Murrow reported from London during the Blitz. Maybe if KO reported from Tehran during the forthcoming Israeli war…yeah right! What was I thinkin’? Too much mojo in the am java today. Sorry. Can’t possibly believe that bathtub boy would have the stones to go to Tehran let alone report from a rooftop during an Israeli war. My dogs bark at fireworks. My kids cover their ears and cheer. Me, I tend to blow up small cans and giggle. KO during an IAF strike? One word comes to mind: DEPENDS
scottm on June 26, 2008 at 7:42 AM
Didn’t Murrow report news on occasion? Keith Olbermann is a parody of a cartoon of his buffoonish self.
hillbillyjim on June 26, 2008 at 7:53 AM
Olbermann in the Rain Man of cable news. He and his audience marvel at his skill at counting toothpicks as they land on the floor, which they confuse with brilliant persiflage. When you boil his shtick down to its raw element, the poor man is just a one trick pony (with apologies to idiot savants everywhere).
horatio on June 26, 2008 at 8:02 AM
Relax, it was a discussion about wine not whine.
carbon_footprint on June 26, 2008 at 8:03 AM
Olbermann always makes me think of whine…er, wine. He’s pretty cheesey as well…I suppose I could post about that.
There’s a cheese called Halloumi from Cyprus, irrc. It doesn’t actually melt, but rather cooks. You can actually BB-Q it or fry it in a pan.
Asher on June 26, 2008 at 8:04 AM
Edward R. Murrow reported on the London Blitz. Edward R. Murrow lived through the London Blitz.
Keith Olbermann reported on baseball games.
Without attending them.
N. O'Brain on June 26, 2008 at 8:25 AM
Where is Limerick when you need him?
DrSteve on June 26, 2008 at 8:43 AM
Cyprus Halloumi is grand
Milwaukee Velveta is bland
Chianti is fine
MadDog isn’t wine
I hope Olby and Bill are both canned
Limerick on June 26, 2008 at 8:55 AM
I would have thought the Pinot made more sense. You might be making a big mistake, here, Asher.
What’s with Nickie the New Guy missing the quotation marks on the Quote of the Day, and then going the whole 9 yards by refusing to follow the link and have some idea wtf he’s talking about?
I love that.
PS revolution, fyi, it’s not so much that Allah “works here”; it’s more like this is “his blog”.
Jaibones on June 26, 2008 at 9:00 AM
Few things in this world are more irritating or dangerous than an idiot who fancies himself a genius.
ZK on June 26, 2008 at 9:02 AM
Allah, I don’t know how you do it. I just got through reading the full article, and my next activity will be to take a shower to clean off from it.
flutejpl on June 26, 2008 at 9:42 AM
Why woud anyone bother to waste a single brain cell or a second out of their life to write a lengthy article about Chrissy and Olberdouche?
Writing down Orgasm-Girl and Super-Putz on a post-it note would have covered everything we need to know.
fogw on June 26, 2008 at 9:55 AM
This is the Hot Air I know.
RushBaby on June 26, 2008 at 10:00 AM
i think the wine talk in this thread is the literary equivalant of “lalalalalala i can’t hear your and don’t give a crap about keith oblermannnnnnn!
DrW on June 26, 2008 at 10:09 AM
Tom Carson is even more ridiculous than Olbermann. He was Rolling Stone’s house thug in the late 70s who pimped those English brown nosers The Clash as well as the real Sandiinista bullies. Esquire appears to be the Branson, MIssouri of punkdom.
mymanpotsandpans on June 26, 2008 at 10:12 AM
::Full Doc Severinsen bow::
I salute you sir.
DrSteve on June 26, 2008 at 10:16 AM
This thread is hilarious!!!
Lay off Branson, Mo. though.
Vince on June 26, 2008 at 10:28 AM
I always thought he was a smarmy prick…and that was when he was on SportsCenter.
Lunkinator on June 26, 2008 at 12:17 PM
That’s not the Tom Carson that I knew.
My collie says:
Must of been a REALLY bad bottle of wine.
CyberCipher on June 26, 2008 at 12:32 PM
I cant believe he did it, but Olbermann make me miss the Rosie clips.
Chuck Schick on June 26, 2008 at 12:57 PM
The writer of that article needs to get over the idea that blowhard ideologues on cable TV have influence on what the White House does. Talk about hubris.
Metro on June 26, 2008 at 2:09 PM
DING DING DING! Someone finally got the meme. DrW, I salute you sir.
carbon_footprint on June 26, 2008 at 2:13 PM
Keith Olbermann…It’s impossible to believe, that he’s actually on someone’s payroll, and getting paid to shoot himself in the foot. Can’t blame him, but MSNBC, they’re genuinely blithering idiots for hiring the fool.
byteshredder on June 26, 2008 at 2:56 PM
Allah,
You missed one of the more…uhh…interestingly timed remarks from that piece.
Sean M. on June 26, 2008 at 8:08 PM
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