Bill's Notes

[Industrialblog, September 28, 2006]
Olbermann, what's with him?
Only in the last week or so have I seen this guy Keith Olbermann ... and I had a visceral reaction: This guy's a humorless, sanctimonious dirtbag. I can't watch him for more than a few seconds ...

Maybe the problem is his head seems too big for the screen. Maybe if they just pulled the camera back, he'd be more tolerable.

For the record, I can't watch Bill O'Reilly, either. It seems MSNBC thought, hey, let's get a liberal Bill O'Reilly. Problem is, O'Reilly's heart is in the right place. So what you get with Olbermann is obnoxious and wrongheaded.

To paraphrase Harry (and slightly change his meaning): Our public discourse is becoming more and more indistinguishable from professional wrestling.
Mike__Lafferty (mail):
Funny - I'd say the same thing but switch the names.
Which probably sums up our differing perspectives nicely.

Olbermann was completely off my radar until two weeks ago. I think his reaction to Rumseld's latest remarks (the ones where he compared criticism of his war policy to Nazi appeasement) was dead on - and necessary.
9.28.2006 6:53pm
Bill (mail) (www):
I didn't see that, because, again, I can't stand the sight of him. It's a visceral reaction. He's creepy.
9.29.2006 10:26am
Mike__Lafferty (mail):
speaking of public discourse, have you heard the reviews of Woodwards new book?
9.29.2006 2:56pm
Bill (mail) (www):
no. got a link?
9.29.2006 3:38pm
Mike__Lafferty (mail):
HERE'S a story about it in the NY Times.

Lot of bombshells in there - which is a little surprising given Woodward's kind treatment of the Bush admin in his two previous books
9.29.2006 3:46pm