Video: Modern-day Murrow plays pattycake with Obama
posted at 6:30 pm on September 9, 2008 by Allahpundit
Think about this: During the very hour this was airing, his nemesis across the dial was grilling Obama about economic policy. Olby knew that and thus had every incentive to rouse himself and ask a few perfunctory tough questions, if only to minimize the embarrassment he’d suffer from the inevitable compare-and-contrast critiques. And yet. Among the marshmallows tossed at The One: “Why do people hesitate to use the word ‘lie’ about these things?” “Have the Republicans succeeded in muddying up this election?” And my favorite, “Have you thought of getting angrier?” There’s one straight-up question, on the Fannie/Freddie bailout, about eight minutes into the second clip. I know you dislike him, but do you at least appreciate him for what he’s done to damage lefty media’s credibility? Give the man his due.
The highlight comes at 2:50 of the first clip, when Kayo and Obama share a laugh at the thought of Sarah Palin appearing on “Countdown.” Which is laughable, to be sure, but not for the reason this tool would have you believe. Exit question: Where does this rank on his list of most humiliating, credibility-destroying interviews? We know it’s not number one.
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I think he’s great. I wish he would have chaired the RNC.
I like to say that the surest sign in life that you have the losing argument is your unwillingness to put it to the test against those who have a differing viewpoint. KO is the world’s greatest example of a losing argument.
BadgerHawk on September 9, 2008 at 6:33 PM
Keith has the whitest teeth Obama has ever come across.
roninacreage on September 9, 2008 at 6:33 PM
Thanks for posting the video but, sorry, I can’t bring myself to watch Olbermann, ever.
JudetheFossil on September 9, 2008 at 6:34 PM
Two losers
How can these people hate America so much when even lowlife losers like themselves get rich and powerful. Dirtbags.
peacenprosperity on September 9, 2008 at 6:35 PM
He has done a great job in helping to promote the existence of the liberal media by being so over-the-head obvious. And by proving its existence, he must also be helping to destroy it. Maybe he’s a quadruple-secret GOP mole? Nah, we’re probably not that clever. Lookup useful idiot and he’s the picture.
jimmy the notable on September 9, 2008 at 6:36 PM
Gaffe of the Month:
Biden get’s confused and thinks he has healing powers like Obama
Damiano on September 9, 2008 at 6:36 PM
I thought he got his dumb ass kicked back downstairs to that narcissistic love fest he calls a show???
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Worst AnchorBiggest Waste of Oxygen in the World”BigWyo on September 9, 2008 at 6:36 PM
I can’t do it either. Just the thought of hearing Olby’s voice sends a shiver down my spine, and not to mention the vomiting.
takemedrunkimhome on September 9, 2008 at 6:37 PM
“Why are you so awesome?”
Jim Treacher on September 9, 2008 at 6:38 PM
Olbermann LITERALLY got his “interview” from Obama’s campaign. Trust me. THIS, I KNOW.
marklmail on September 9, 2008 at 6:38 PM
I was going to watch the clip until I decided I don’t need any suicidal thoughts right now.
m064404 on September 9, 2008 at 6:39 PM
I watched the vid at the link for O. Did anyone else catch the hut dig O got in at the beginning?
Blarg the Destroyer on September 9, 2008 at 6:40 PM
The best thing that ever happened was when he called Greg Gutfeld one of the worsest(?) persons in the world. And was summarily mocked by Gutfeld, Levy, and Gutfeld’s Mom. Shut up him, that’s for shore.
“what’s your favorite color? Do you think that will help solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?”
mjk on September 9, 2008 at 6:40 PM
If he really wants to be an anchor they should attach a chain to him and throw him off a boat.
29Victor on September 9, 2008 at 6:42 PM
You give Olby too much credit
vcferlita on September 9, 2008 at 6:43 PM
At least Keith didn’t give Obama a “donation” like he did when he interviewed President Clinton!!
120pages on September 9, 2008 at 6:44 PM
Yeah, Obama, keep rolling out that old “I’m perfectly willing to debate McCain” line. Maybe if you use it enough, people will start to wake up and realize that you kind of…you know…aren’t?
CherokeeJack on September 9, 2008 at 6:45 PM
Abso-friggin’-lutely.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on September 9, 2008 at 6:46 PM
Despite his denials, I still say Obama bears a strong resemblance to President Hamilton.
whitetop on September 9, 2008 at 6:47 PM
I can’t watch. Did Olberman use kneepads?
SouthernGent on September 9, 2008 at 6:48 PM
Obama should have said: “Thanks but no thanks to your kind of ‘help,’sir.”
terryannonline on September 9, 2008 at 6:49 PM
I think BO is “speaking in tongues”
Uh-uh, um cccan he aaand cccan he eeev eeeven ccconstruuuct a cccom uhh a cccomplete ah seneet aaaa you know sentance?
stenwin77 on September 9, 2008 at 6:49 PM
Olby = anger, hate, in the tank! Why? for too long Oreilly has kicked him in the ratings..
robo on September 9, 2008 at 6:50 PM
Have you guys seen their previous interview together?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcEHBKMgdQI
Jim Treacher on September 9, 2008 at 6:50 PM
Nossir!
Plugs’n'Caps has him beat. Not even close.
Typhoon on September 9, 2008 at 6:50 PM
“Obama Unplugged” it says there eh? Olbie must have climbed out of Obama’s a** long enough to toss him some softballs then. Wonderfull.
Cardiganfox on September 9, 2008 at 6:51 PM
LOL!!!!
Duh 1 criticized the Democrats in Congress, of course he included Republicans in that criticism. I can see the next ad already:
“OBAMBI holds Democrats accountable, there’s a new Maverick in town”.
Hog Wild on September 9, 2008 at 6:51 PM
Where do losers like Olby and Matthews go when they are already at rock bottom. Who cares what hate they spew, because nobody is watching.
volsense on September 9, 2008 at 6:51 PM
Obama is so boring, I can’t watch.
Urban Infidel on September 9, 2008 at 6:51 PM
Nope. Sorry. Laws against dumping toxins into the lakes or oceans, ya know.
electric-rascal on September 9, 2008 at 6:51 PM
I bet he is after his internals. But McCain should offer for him to debate Palin.
Spirit of 1776 on September 9, 2008 at 6:51 PM
my thougts exactly….but I don’t even think the big O would want that thin-lipped foam-flecked beady-eyed wacko close to him.
right4life on September 9, 2008 at 6:51 PM
wow Barack “Millhouse” Obama is one of the top 3 recipients of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. lol We should bet an over and under on how many times he stutters as he explains himself.
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/07/top-senate-recipients-of-fanni.html
jaboba on September 9, 2008 at 6:51 PM
I don’t know, as I have never watched an Olby interview and won’t watch this one either. Based on what I’ve read, it would be just way too icky.
Loxodonta on September 9, 2008 at 6:52 PM
Olberman is a complete journalistic idiot. He has ZERO crediblity and received a demotion in terms of his own network not having the confidence in him to let him anchor the presidential debates or election. He is a vile, bitter old man who can’t even get his facts straight.
He said in the first video a few seconds into it that McCain said Obama didn’t look like the other presidents on the dollar bill. Hello, that’s what OBAMA says about himself. OBAMA says, “because I don’t fit the bill, and I don’t look like the other presidents on the dollar bill.” If anyone is racist, it would be him.
I also heard Olberman, who I never watch but stumbled upon accidentally yesterday, say that Palin lied about selling the governor’s plane on e-bay. First, Palin never said she sold it ebay, she said “I put it on ebay”. It sold because of the attention it received from being on ebay. A buyer ended up buying another plane because the alaskan government was caught up in red tape and took too long to sell it, but that just shows there was a buyer and it did sell, if not through ebay.
Olberman is a creepy person. What a negative man. If I were a hippie I’d say his aura is dark and the black clowd around him brings me down. His karma is negative.
He will be fired one day soon and picked up by some little listened to radio program that airs at 6 am. He and Matthews have drug MSNBC’s ratings through the floor and that pathetic network cannot sustain itself much longer.
Amy Proctor on September 9, 2008 at 6:55 PM
I wish, but given NBC, he’ll probably replace brian williams as their main anchor. NBC is totally in the tank for obama an the DNC…they are DNC-TV.
right4life on September 9, 2008 at 6:57 PM
When even the AP gives you a backhanded slap, something is wrong.
Ripclawe on September 9, 2008 at 6:58 PM
Olbermann is rancid pond scum and Obama fits right in to his world.
rplat on September 9, 2008 at 6:59 PM
I watched the first clip so a lot of you don’t have to. Among the highlights…bathtub boy says that Republican Congressman Lynn Westmoreland of GA injected race into the campaign by calling Barack and Michelle “uppity”. He then asks Zeus to respond. The Almighty recognizes the cognitive dissonance, and runs the ball another direction. The left is hanging on every word to try and play the race card. McCain had better not talk about the black hole that may destroy us tomorrow or it’s go time. Then again, we may all be dead so it won’t matter.
hot-heir on September 9, 2008 at 6:59 PM
the ObaMahdi? inshaboma…
right4life on September 9, 2008 at 7:00 PM
What we need is a KO impersonator to reenact the stupid things he says, so that we don’t have to watch the real one.
mad saint jack on September 9, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Olbermann is impossible to humiliate. The man’s ego is so huge and his arrogance so encompassing that there is no tenet of journalism he won’t violate to promote his view of the “truth”. Because the principles of journalism – fairness, accuracy, objectivity – don’t apply when you’re saving the Republic. Which is what he literally thinks he is doing. Yes, he does.
As he once said when he was accused of being a liberal, “I’m not a liberal, I’m just right.”
What is perhaps more shocking has been the fulsome swooning and praise he’s received over the past three years from most of the media critics. The very same observers who are shocked, yes shocked, over Fox News.
But he does get ratings (let’s face it, MSNBC was dead until he returned) and as long as he does, he’ll have a job.
SteveMG on September 9, 2008 at 7:02 PM
My spell check is busted…How do you spell ‘Fellate’???
‘Oh, Mr. Senator/President/Messiah…I dropped my doughnut in your lap..let me get that…NOM..NOM..NOM..NOM…’
BigWyo on September 9, 2008 at 7:04 PM
I can’t watch…was Olby using his “O” face?
That’s just wrong and I apologize.
PappaMac on September 9, 2008 at 7:07 PM
Six hours after the interview, Mr. Olberman had to be hospitalized for a severe case of priaprism.
Hollowpoint on September 9, 2008 at 7:09 PM
Olby: How did you feel when you first realized you were an incredibly handsome genius?
BO: Oh, well I’m sure the same way you felt Keefiepie.
ronsfi on September 9, 2008 at 7:11 PM
Thanks for posting the video but, sorry, I can’t bring myself to watch Olbermann, ever.
JudetheFossil on September 9, 2008 at 6:34 PM
Same here. I watched him once for about 30 seconds and was absolutely appalled at what I was hearing. The sick thing is that this waste of human skin is brainwashing our future generation of welfare recipients and prison population.
winemkr on September 9, 2008 at 7:13 PM
Now that’s funny right there!
ronsfi on September 9, 2008 at 7:13 PM
Jesus, Olby… Why don’t you get a shovel?
Claypigeon on September 9, 2008 at 7:18 PM
It’s a good thing Obama wasn’t really in the room. You know, FCC Regulations and all.
PappaMac on September 9, 2008 at 7:19 PM
What’s funny is Obama’s new nickname is “feeldoe“……
Seven Percent Solution on September 9, 2008 at 7:20 PM
“How you campaign foreshadows how you govern.” - Barack Obama, 9/6/08 interview w/George Stephanopoulos
“Republicans can’t govern, but they run smart campaigns.” - Barack Obama, 9/8/08 interview w/Keith Olbermann
dugan on September 9, 2008 at 7:22 PM
Once again, nuance from the nuance master.
rockhead on September 9, 2008 at 7:32 PM
If you put a million monkeys in front a million typewriters long enough, MSNBC would hire them as reporters.
Pcoop on September 9, 2008 at 7:33 PM
This wasn’t an interview, it was an Obama campaign commercial. MSNBC should have to count the airtime as a donation to the Obama campaign.
Snidely Whiplash on September 9, 2008 at 7:37 PM
Who hired that loon?
JAW on September 9, 2008 at 7:37 PM
You ain’t kiddin’. Listen to this guy long enough and he cancels himself out.
Obama Today + Obama Yesterday = Zero
dugan on September 9, 2008 at 7:40 PM
KO sat in a chair? Guess he forgot his knee pads.
Hummer53 on September 9, 2008 at 7:46 PM
Olbermann is Goebbels and he doesn’t even know it. He is a pure propagandist, unknowingly. It’d be hard to watch if it weren’t so instructive about the face of fascism and delusion.
He makes O’Reilly look good from a journalistic standpoint, and that is quite an insult.
Dr. Manhattan on September 9, 2008 at 7:48 PM
It’s just a matter of time folks, and MSNBC will realize they a have a genuine dumbo/loser in Keith Olbermann. And for the sake of investors, and ratings, they’ll finally give this duffus a long overdue pink slip.
byteshredder on September 9, 2008 at 7:52 PM
Since when did “uppity” become racial? I consider John & Teresa Heinz Kerry uppity. I consider John Edwards uppity. I consider Charles Schumer uppity. I consider David Shuster uppity. I consider Chrissy Matthews uppity. And what? None of these folks are black. WTF is his problem?
Oh, and about the “right” to run 9/11 video? It’s a free country, Bathtub Boy… anybody can run that video and SHOULD run that video to remind everyone who our enemy is.
MsUnderestimated on September 9, 2008 at 7:54 PM
Obama’s plagiarizing Tom Toles now? Ugh.
calbear on September 9, 2008 at 7:55 PM
that’s a big 10-4!
Mr_Magoo on September 9, 2008 at 7:57 PM
Wow, the weather girl on Fox is HOT!
Mr_Magoo on September 9, 2008 at 7:59 PM
This is why I just really should never watch him again. When that day comes I might just go into a state of schadenfreude shock and the right side of the web will suffer a schadenfreude tsunami.
rockhead on September 9, 2008 at 8:01 PM
When you watch Keith Olbermann you get what you pay for…..a mediocre sportscaster….
Ozprey on September 9, 2008 at 8:03 PM
Nawww…He knows exactly what he’s doing…and he thrives on it. They’ve got just enough DU, Kos and unattached(from reality) retards out there to tune into this Toilet Bug to keep his ego flaming. I just wonder how they tried to soothe him after they took him off the Republican Convention and then dumpstered him clear out of covering the campaign.
BigWyo on September 9, 2008 at 8:04 PM
I’d rather watch pond scum.
fogw on September 9, 2008 at 8:05 PM
I am not proud of this, but I saw some of this last night. At first, I thought it was a parody but no… Olby is really on the edge right now, when he goes down, there is going to some real entertainment.
d1carter on September 9, 2008 at 8:17 PM
What Olbermann was throwing at B.O. can’t even be classified as softballs.
Powder puffs would be a more apt description.
pilamaye on September 9, 2008 at 8:19 PM
I’ve got a little red meat here regarding Olbermann. My brother-in-law loves the guy. Me? Not so much….
nukemhill on September 9, 2008 at 8:40 PM
I am with Jude you can post all of the KO videos you want but I will not watch him. My apologies, but there is no way I will invest my time wasting it on that jerk.
Jdripper on September 9, 2008 at 8:41 PM
I’m impressed. They managed to keep their clothes on during that circle jerk.
aikidoka on September 9, 2008 at 8:45 PM
I’m not a big bourbon/whiskey drinker, but I bought a bottle of Gentleman Jack for a party last weekend, and it’s damn smooth. Generally, if I pick that kind of spirit it’s Maker’s Mark, but I was pleasantly surprised with how good it was.
Asher on September 9, 2008 at 8:59 PM
Well, here’s an arcane and deep argument: you know, Rush Limbaugh gets the most resonance and maximizes his audience when the Republican base is stirred up and angry. He had his best days during the Clinton Admin. Now if Obama wins, and the Dems increase their lead in the Senate and Congress, Olberman will be reduced to attacking Democrats. However, if MCCAIN wins, Olberman will have at least 4 years of deranged lefties foaming at the mouth against McCain and Palin. 4 years of “Worst Persons” and “Special Comments” directed at the hated Republicans, that is, after months of shows dedicated to examining how the GOP stole the election.
Is it just barely possible that bathtub boy is very very subtly sabotaging Obama with his bullshit? Maybe even subconsciously?
It just seems too over-the-top to be real. Hard to believe Olbermann is so clueless he wouldn’t realize such a transparent interview doesn’t help Obama.
It’s a theory.
docweasel on September 9, 2008 at 9:11 PM
I know someone that would watch that interview and still say Olby is not biased.
aikidoka on September 9, 2008 at 9:22 PM
He look more like Alfred E. Newman every time I see him.
Is he laughing about Rev Wright being caught up in a sex scandal?
Hening on September 9, 2008 at 9:24 PM
A couple of questions off topic:
Is that a hair piece on Keith Overrated? It seems to move in a different direction then his head. Does MSNBC use a filter on their camera lens. It seems to me the BO’s skin tone always appears darker on this network.
Just asking…
jbh45 on September 9, 2008 at 9:29 PM
You can get away with a ton when no one is watching.
foxforce91 on September 9, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Do we include the “Alf” interview?
ScottMcC on September 9, 2008 at 10:49 PM
Two equals minds exchanging small talk all the while solving most of the problems that exist in our world today. Nothing to see here folks. Move along.
Griz on September 9, 2008 at 11:24 PM
10 Questions Olbermann wished he asked Obama
1. Can I give you a man hug?
2. Are Republicans just so mean and nasty?
3. When you die, will you be resurrected in three day?
4. Your favorite flavor of ice cream is?
5. What time do you usually wake up in the morning?
6. How much do you love your children?
7. What do you do to relax?
8. What makes you happy?
9. How did you get to be so great?
10. May I have your autograph?
Mister Ghost on September 10, 2008 at 2:06 AM
BhO has a problem — he never uses a period to end a sentence with.
SJBill on September 10, 2008 at 2:26 AM
Barry Unscripted certainly um, puts the um, uh, lie to Joe, um, Biden’s claim that he is, ah, “articulate”.
sulla on September 10, 2008 at 4:03 AM
It is why I am a true believer in free speech.
Give a closeted thug or moron free speech and they will eventually speak enough to remove all doubt.
sven10077 on September 10, 2008 at 5:15 AM
So, one day in the near future when I walk into K-mart, in the 99 cent dvd bin, will I see this as The Modern-Day Murrow’s lost episodes? Or has that been the name of his show all along?
oakpack on September 10, 2008 at 6:30 AM
this guy somehow equates the word UPITY with the race card?
That’s it, I officially dub Keith Olberman fn retarded.
TheSitRep on September 10, 2008 at 7:29 AM
No offense to Tards.
TheSitRep on September 10, 2008 at 7:29 AM
Keith Olbermann would be a good Ellsworth Toohey, if they ever do a remake of the “Fountainhead.”
morganfrost on September 10, 2008 at 9:13 AM
…Yawn…
Kieth who?
theRealMcCoy on September 10, 2008 at 9:16 AM
Olbermann is such a numbskull shmuck. If he is a favorite for millions of sheeple, it is a very sad testiment to the intellectual quality of a large portion of the American public.
What kind of damn fools are we producing in this country? Has our fatal slide into the third world developed faster and farther than I originally feared? What else could it be?
saiga on September 10, 2008 at 10:29 AM
Darn good point. Olbermann’s ratings are pi$$ poor at best. What are those morons at MSNBC thinking? When will they realize employees will get journalist leparcy if they work there.
I saw that Olbermann this weekend on the NFL yap show with Costas, and Kieth was like a turd in a punchbowl. Why was he even there?
saiga on September 10, 2008 at 10:35 AM
From clip 1: Obama says: “We like Obama, we like his message, but we haven’t known him that long…”
Uh Barack. We’ve known you 24/7 for the past 18 months!
Mr_Magoo on September 10, 2008 at 10:40 AM
Q: What’s the difference between the MSM and the Obama campaign?
A: Nothing!
kayo on September 10, 2008 at 12:57 PM