Sniff, sniff, tear, tear – Keith Olbermann as McCarthy (Joe)

 by George Shadroui  

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It's bad enough having to listen to Keith Olbermann on Countdown.

So, I tune into Dan Patrick’s radio sports show hoping to hear about the dominance of Tiger Woods or Roger Federer, or about how the pennant races are shaping up, and I get, instead, Keith Olbermann, a daily guest, whining about the ABC 9/11 docudrama.
 
“It’s not fair. It’s not fair,” Olbermann whined. Okay, he didn’t use those exact words, but that is pretty much what he meant. The show tries to blame Clinton for 9/11, he complained, and that’s not fair. It would be like blaming Bush for 9/11, Olbermann said, and that wouldn’t be fair either.
 
Forget for a moment the mounds of evidence that Clinton, who was in office for almost some seven years after the first World Trade Center attacks, didn’t show due diligence with respect to his terrorism policy. We have bigger news here. A liberal apologist for Clinton — after six years of the Left and the liberals trashing Bush non-stop — has finally conceded that Bush is not responsible for all that ails the nation. Maybe it is time to check my compass. North is still north, right?
 
Keith Olbermann, for those who might not know it, hosts his own show on MSNBC, Countdown. It is the liberal answer to Bill O’Reilly, and the two of them, both of whom could use some schooling on how to avoid appearing smug, have been known to hiss at each other like a couple of alley cats.
 
But O'Reilly is downright fair compared to Olbermann, whose show I quit watching for the simple reason that I got tired of his nonstop snide anti-Bush, anti-Republican comments. Olbermann, of course, is not alone in this respect. Virtually all the networks line up left of center. Even MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, allegedly conservative, bends over backwards to beat up on Republicans and Bush.
 
Fair, Mr. Oblermann?
 
The way Michael Moore was fair? (Bush helped Saudis get of the country.) The way the Democratic leadership has been fair?  (Bush lied about weapons of mass destruction.) The way Gore Vidal has been fair? (Bush might have known about 9/11 before it happened). The way CBS News has been fair? (Well, maybe the national guard story was a put up job after all.) The way Al Franken has been fair? (Bush ran from the terrorists.) The way John Dean has been fair? (Bush and Cheney are criminals.) The way Richard Clarke and Joe Wilson have been fair? (They got unparalleled media time to trash Bush and his administration.)
 
You don’t have to be a fan of Bush or his policies to realize that Olbermann’s lament is rank hypocrisy. The ABC piece might or might not be fair to Clinton and/or Bush, but Olbermann isn’t asking for equal time or even for corrections to the record. He is asking that the show not air at all. Since when have liberals been for censoring shows just because it offends political sensibilities — apparently only when they offend liberals. Because if I started making a list of shows, docudramas and moves that depict conservatives and Republicans as Neanderthals or worse, the list would occupy a significant part of this web site.  Indeed, filling the empty air time — even with the usual drivel — might prove a challenge.
 
Here is a suggestion for ABC. Run the show, but include a disclaimer that some of the events depicted might not have occurred precisely as presented. I will be watching.
 
As for Keith Oblermann, sniff, sniff, whine, whine – do us a favor; you already have your own show to peddle your unrestrained liberal biases. Can we please stick to sports on Dan's show?

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