I miss Keith Olbermann terribly this week.

[grasswire]

The mincemeat he would be making of Romney!

I wish he would find a place to land.

[nolabear]

1. Me too.

Me too.

[calimary]

2. Me too. Dammit, we NEED his voice - at work!

[malaise]

3. For real

I'd love to see him destroying this sleaze bag

[freshwest]

6. +1

[Archae]

4. If only Keith could keep that damn ego of his in check.

[brewens]

5. Roger that. I'd hate to work for him. I saw Rachel get the wrong clip cued up and she didn't freak

out. She laughed like anyone that knows people make mistakes sometimes. Olbermann had screw ups that I might not have even noticed had he not called attention to them. He seemed to feel like he had to make a display of his displeasure to rub their nose in it. He would have done better to let it go by smoothly and work out the bug/s later. Especially when he may have been part of the reason everything else had to be run tight fisted.

[Bette Noir]

11. How many shrinking violets do you think go into TV news?

[Archae]

12. Rachel Maddow does fine, without the big ego.

[pacalo]

26. The same was said about Edward R. Murrow during his time of significance.

Networks were always afraid of displeasing their sponsors; it's very rare to find newsmen like Murrow & Olbermann who will buck the system when they feel strongly that they are right & the network powers are just wrong.

[AtomicKitten]

7. I was hoping to see him pop up again somewhere but I guess he's burned too many bridges.

Too bad, really. His commentary in his election would have added a great voice.

[Bette Noir]

10. I've seen him on ABC a couple of times,

as part of the panel on the Sunday shows.

He needs his own show. He's a star, not a panelist.

[Samantha]

8. He is a one of a kind

Someone at Current made that remark everyone is replaceable but that is not literally true. It is true that any one warm body can replace another but as for as quality of performance, Keith Olbermann is in a league of his own. No one can replace him. There have been several times I have missed his commentary so much. One of those was during the Wisconsin recall.

Another thing I wonder about is that lawsuit. Suddenly, everything went quiet. I am wondering if a settlement was reached or if a trial is in the making.

Everyone talks about Keith's mistakes and his ego, but he was correct about the technical glitches. I watched his show religiously and some I saw some for myself. They were worse than the usual ones you see on other networks. And not paying for the electric bill -- there is no excuse for that. Keith Olbermann is such a perfectionist who demands so much for himself I think he had zero ability to tolerate underperformance in those around him.

It is simply a shame that for the benefit of everyone, Current could not have seen fit to try and reach some approachable solution to the problems. Keith had several stellar "friends" and guests on his show, and those people were hurt as well. They were innocent bystanders.

As far as ego is concerned, I don't think anyone could strive to be a top-notch commentator in the big leagues without a super supply of confidence. Those are tremendously big jobs with horrendous schedules and stresses. It is also true networks are run with personnel of equally large egos. It is a pretty tricky terrain for all.

I certainly hope to see and hear Keith Olbermann again soon, but I don't even hear any rumors any more. Maybe he is not even trying too hard because he feels he needs a rest. He has suffered some big losses in recent years besides changing jobs. All of these are in the top ten stressors. I guess he needs some time. It happens to us all from time to time.

Sam

[pacalo]

21. +brazillion.

Keith is the Edward R. Murrow of our time (but actually even better).

[Samantha]

33. Nice to "see" you again

It's been a long time! I hope to see you again soon. If you hear anything about KO, please post a new thread so I can see it. I am dying to hear something good has come his way.

Sam

[pacalo]

36. Same here, Sam.

[Greybnk48]

9. Count me in on that. I can't wait until he comes back

which he will.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

13. Maybe he was just burnt out...

Think how much it would take out of you keep putting out that show for 10 years. Rachel Maddow is interesting but with her it's mostly an information dump. Keith was entertaining.

[JDPriestly]

14. I think he needed to take more time to mourn after his father died.

He will be back, I feel certain. He is such a good guy. We all miss him.

[Samantha]

34. I have thought about that a lot

and he lost his Mom about a year or a year and one-half before that. Then he left his job. These are all in the top ten stressors. I really think he just needs some time to regroup and then he hopefully will come roaring back. He is desperately needed during this election year.

Sam

[Jamaal510]

15. I miss him, too.

Eliot Spitzer is okay and he does a good job calling out both sides for their BS, but his show is kinda boring. I prefer the Ed Show.

[SunSeeker]

16. Well, at least we have Jon Stewart this week.

The Daily Show was brilliant last night. But yeah, I'm really jonesing for a righteous Olbermann rant.

[brightertomorrow]

17. I hope he finds a new place soon

Just doesn't seem right without his voice, especially with so much going on right now. I also watched him on ABC those couple of Sundays but he needs and yes he so deserves so much more than that. I hope he gets back on air soon as he is truly missed. Just doesn't seem the same without him. Sigh!

[grasswire]

18. I see on twitter that he's commenting on Romney and baseball, mostly. n/t

[rl6214]

19. There's a reason he was fired as many times as he was

[pacalo]

20. Well, thank you for clicking onto an "I miss KO" thread to poop on it.

[ailsagirl]

22. LOL!!

Good one

[pacalo]

28. Thank you, thank you...

[rl6214]

24. It was ok for post 4 and 5 to poop on it?

[frogmarch]

23. I've been feeling in desperate need of

an Olbermann fix for quite a while now - like ever since he left Current. I'd love it if someday soon when I turned on the TV, voila! there he was again, with his own show.

[JI7]

25. sometimes the ego is kind of deserved

he was able to offer something nobody else can.

[valerief]

27. Right. I miss him, too. nt

[GarroHorus]

29. He'll NEVER find a place to land. He's done forever in broadcast news.

On top of that, it's 100% his own fault.

[lonestarnot]

31. Now are you selling crystal balls or just stock in them?

[RKP5637]

30. Same here!!! n/t

[kentauros]

32. I wonder if he's considered online radio.

There are many outlets, and while it wouldn't have the visual, it would still have his acerbic wit, which I miss...

[MrMickeysMom]

35. Well, I can at least know that he opened the door for others on Current TV

It is Current TV that has become the mainstay of my tv news watching, thanks to Keith... Spitzer has become better in Keith's old slot, especially now that linkage to the banking terrorism world wide is beginning to rear its ugly face as he calls them all out, inviting better and better guests.

Still, Olbermann had that ability to call the people to action, something we are once again in the middle of. Perhaps he'll rise out of a new media, since the few who watch Current or MSNBC shows pale when compared to the of corporatism of anything in the mainstream.

He's not done... and neither are we.

[Zax2me]

37. Oh, he's landed.

Several times.
No one can handle his ego.

[grasswire]

38. ...except his faithful, faithful admirers and fans. n/t

[We are Devo]

39. I've been missing him for a long time..

I follow him on twitter. Love his sunset and lightning pics...but, he's doing lots of baseball talk and r/ts of crazy shit he gets.

[krispos42]

40. I'm working through a backlog of podcasts

After getting all caught up with "Best of the Left", "Wait Wait", "Car Talk", and "Real Time", I'm now pretty much catching up on the "Countdown", "Rachel Maddow", and "The Young Turks".


I'm on late October 2010, the Democrats are about to get shellacked, and Keith is still on the air. And yeah, I really wish he hasn't left MSNBC!a

[brightertomorrow]

41. I wish he would go back to MSNBC

and host Meet The Press as can't handle watching it since Gregory became host. Bet the ratings would be over the top if Keith were hosting MTP.

[ScorpioLady]

42. I miss Keith Olbermann terribly this week.

I do too. I wish MSNBC would hire him back. He made that channel what it is today. Keith Olberman didn't take any crap from lying ass conservatives. That's why they (CONS) hate him, and why we (Progressives) love him. The real kicker would be if the ole Aussie media mogul Rupert Murdoch himself hired Keith at Fox.

[grasswire]

43. welcome to DU n/t

[hlthe2b]

44. I do too... but that will never happen..

what a damned waste....