As a right-handed person, my right hand would be the last limb I would ever chop off. MSNBC seems to have the reverse philosophy though.
My right hand is the single most productive thing on my body. I use it to write, type, eat, bathe and a hundred other things you could probably think of. Why would I ever want to lose it?
Keith Olbermann is MSNBC's right hand. Quite frankly he's the only reason why I tune in exclusively to MSNBC on election night coverage and almost always see his show, whether its live or streaming online after the show has already aired. Olbermann has been from the outset of his show 'Countdown', a refreshing voice.
He was the first to critisize Bush's illegal war and remains the only person on cable news with the testicular fortitude to call out sleaze ball Republicans. I don't always agree with his choice of words or his tact, but one thing is certain: you never doubt where Keith stands, and you never doubt that he has the fact to back up his points of view.
So I am left to wonder why MSNBC wants so badly to distance itself from Fox Noise that it has suspended the only man who actually helped distance them from Fox Noise.
You can turn over to Murdoch's Republican love-fest at any point during the day and watch an anchor, host or reporter who has probably not only donated, but sold their soul to the GOP. I don't see any of them getting suspended without pay.
So I say to MSNBC, put Keith Olbermann back on the air. I never doubted that he probably did donate to Democratic Cantidates and neither did anyone else who watched his show. It was why I watched!
Keith Olbermann thinks like me, I like his point of veiw. If the suits at the network thought that his political affiliation was a secret then they are just as dumb as they have made themselves out to be with the decision to suspend him.
Stop allowing Fixed News to dictate your "network standards" and keep the man who keeps your network afloat on the air, damnit!
In the spirit of Keith, Goodnight and Good Luck.
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