I am awake early today. I went with my Father to Michigan International Speedway, in Brooklyn, Michigan yesterday for Father’s Day. It was an enjoyable experience. Except perhaps for the sore foot I earned, because I wore the wrong kind of shoes and I take medication for Attention Deficit Disorder, because of this, if I sit out in direct sunlight for long periods of time, I begin feeling sick to my stomach. Other than that, I had a great time. Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the race, I saw him on the big screen, which is possibly as close as I will ever come to meeting someone famous. I was rooting for Tony Stewart myself, he finished in the top 5, I believe. My Mother thinks Tony Stewart is cute; my Father was unavailable for comment.
Anyhow, I happen to come across this article about Keith Olbermann in the New Yorker. As many of my readers know, I do post videos of Keith’s here on my Blog. I have had people ask me, in various stages of vulgarity at times, as to why do I post his videos on my Blog. The answer is simply this, Keith Olbermann and his special comments and with his Worst Person in the World segments, presents a sobering and realistic response to the propaganda being generated by the Neo-Conservative media machine at Fox News.
I will not deny it, as a Conservative Constitutionalist and a Paleo-Conservative, I am most disgusted this Presidential Administration, There are numerous reasons for this, if I wrote about them all, this Blog entry would resemble a small novel. I do not have time to write a novel, so I will simply say, pick an issue and it is one that I have with the President.
On another level, Keith is just simply a brilliant writer, some do say that his writings are projective, bombastic, and generally over the top. This is his brilliant quality; he has the ability to write, in his own polished and magnificent style, what everyone else is thinking. I think the reason why his detractors hate him so, is because he articulates so damn awesomely, and frankly, we as Americans are better for it.
Another reason that I heartily enjoy Keith’s show is because he is fair, there have been numerous times when Keith could have pounced, but, because Keith is a man of standards, whether forced by the network, or not, is telling about him. A few examples, one is recently, when Ann Coulter’s charge card was denied, and many liberals were guffawing about it. Keith simply said, “You know, it happens.” Keith also then, quite humorously, proceeded to rib her, because the New York Post called Ann something rather humorous in the New York Post.
Another more telling example is the time when fiery Conservative Michelle Malkin was guest hosting Fox News show “The Factor” and some black guest essentially called Malkin a Conservative media whore. Keith rushed the Malkin’s defense and essentially went “Whoa, Hold it! Let’s all step back from the usage of the whore categorization, when it comes to women!”
I am sure that if Keith would have read some of the things that I have written in the past, he would handed me a good scolding. When I have, admittedly went over the top, with women.
In closing, let me just say this, Keith is our Ed Murrow, whether you loathe him and enjoy him, he is a force to be reckoned with and will continue to be, for many years to come.
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