defend the indefensible: keith olbermann

the old keith o thread, whatever it's called, is amateurist snooting at his crimes against the english language

Keith Olbermann thinks Donald Trump is finished, and with that, so is his show “The Resistance.”

Olbermann announced in Monday’s episode of his GQ commentary series “The Resistance” that it would be the last episode, and that he would be retiring from political commentary in any outlet.

clearly pocahontas that did it

you can hear the effects from that one reverberating throughout the polity

just posting this here for posterity:

NEW VIDEO: The last episode of #TheResistanceGQ. The good news: I’m finishing it because I think - especially after “Pocahontas” - Trump is unavoidably, inevitably, and in every possible path open to him, FINISHED pic.twitter.com/NzguN6uvL3

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 27, 2017

the sad thing is that, as widely predicted by cynical view, everyone has almost COMPLETELY forgot about the (latest) pocahontas thing already.

the last 30 seconds of that video is so intensely weird

I like the "alone in my underground bunker" quality to his ResistanceGQ videos.

yes of course, america’s famously deep wellspring respect and reverence for native americans means that trump’s 78th use of the word ‘pocahantas’ would finally be one step too far

pls excuse spelling, my tears of joy and hope obscured my view of the screen

odd time to crank up a thread on this guy.

I saw Olbermann talk about baseball cards at a convention this summer, and it's interesting how he didn't come across in that context as a foaming delusional lunatic.

Oh wow I thought there was a slim chance that Olbermann was quitting because he'd gotten some inside dirt that was truly damning but in actuality he's just incredibly naïve and/or hasn't paid any attention whatsoever to how the world works now that the apocalypse is in full swing.

We got Seth Abramson for this now #wegotthis

greeeat

the "retirement" is super odd, to the extent that I wonder if it was precipitated by something else

I can’t believe this is a new thread

― El Tomboto, Thursday, November 30, 2017 10:30 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha i thought the same thing!

I read a recent-ish profile on him from this year, probably around when he was starting this show he just impulsively ended (fr it probably got cancelled bc nobody gives a fuck), anyway the story just made him out to be this total weirdo, there was some quote about him being "on the spectrum" and that explained his insanely rude behavior

y'know, i really don't have a problem with keith olbermann

it's not like keith knew flynn would flip the next day

I saw Olbermann talk about baseball cards at a convention this summer, and it's interesting how he didn't come across in that context as a foaming delusional lunatic.

― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius),

aren't baseball card fanatics often delusional and foaming?

axiomatically so