You've probably never heard of Keith Olbermann. He hosts a lightly watched commentary show on an irrelevant cable network. However, if you have never watched his show, I highly recommend it. Keith unwittingly hosts a 60 minute Saturday Night Live sketch every night of the week. If you like "Weekend Update" on SNL, you will love Olbermann. His manufactured outrage at anything conservative, anything Bush, now anything Palin, and his attempts to insult his rivals who trounce him in the ratings is a riot. Olbermann is either a total moron or a comedic genius...maybe he is a little of both.
No one watches MSNBC or the Keith Obermann laugh machine, which is truly a shame. In a time of national concerns about economic conditions, rising oil prices, and terror fascists, Keith is a ray of humor five nights a week. His insights are as deep as the best thinking from Rosanne Rosanna-Danna. After Sarah Palin's speech at the RNC, Keith managed to deliver the following line "well, if you like that sort of thing, then you liked that" really Keith. If I like chocolate, would like like a Nestle Crunch bar? One of his latest rants includes a treasonous accusation that John McCain is holding out on a plan to secure Osama Bin Laden's capture, that McCain's promise to follow Bin Laden to the gates of hell indicate that he has a plan and the wherewith all to capture Osama, but he will not let us in on his plan unless he is elected president. His disdain and camera turns as he tries so hard to look Ivy League is pure comedy. I hate to burst Keith's haughty bubble, but his buddy John Kerry also said that if he were elected president he would find and capture Osama bin Laden...after reading him his rights and getting him a lawyer no doubt. Anyway, I don't recall the fake or misdirected outrage at John Kerry when he made an almost identical campaign pledge. That's okay, no one holds comics to much of a "truth standard". Anything for a good laugh is what I say, and Olbermann delivers in spades, 5 nights a week.
When you are channel surfing away from the shows you want to watch, give Olbermann 5 minutes of your time, you will get a great laugh and you will double his ratings.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
The "Would you have a beer with this person" Credential....
I have, since I became of legal drinking age, frequently used the hypothetical "would I want to have a beer with this person" as a test of my true feelings about a public figure. I recognize the many shortcomings of this analysis and that no one but me cares whether or not I would want to have a beer with a public figure. However in this election year, when the dung is flying like it had wings, I thought this was a good non-partisan topic and a good record of my personal vetting of those in the political square.
Bill Clinton. I never voted for Bill Clinton. I liked some things he did as president, disliked others. As our president, I detested his lack of conviction for anything but his own political fortunes. However, would I have a beer with Bill Clinton, you bet I would. Imagine the stories that guy could tell. I also bet that we wouldn't have just one beer and might even start getting into the scotch before the evening was over. I guess there would be a lot of cutie girls hanging around as well. Would I have a beer with Bill if his wife were to tag along? That is a high tariff to pay, and frankly I think that it would take all the fun out of the event, so Bill Clinton solo...you bet! Beers and cigars. Bill with his betrothed...not so much.
Another guy I think would be a blast for beers, but who I am guessing is more likely a whiskey drinker would be James Carville. While he is a pit bull's pit bull in the political arena and I rarely am backing his candidate, I love his conversations, his analogies, and his ability to emote such pure disgust for his opponents. I think he is smart, funny, and on the wrong side of the political aisle, but would he be a great drinking buddy, without question.
While she might not have time as the mother of five kids and the governor of Alaska, I have to think that Sarah Palin would be fun to chat with over a beer. I bet she drinks beer and likes it. I would like to hear her hunting and fishing stories and how she toppled the entrenched and corrupt republican pinheads in her state. Sarah Palin would easily pass the beer test, but she might have to leave early to tend to all that is on her plate.
Barack Obama....I know I am not voting for him, I disagree with many of his ever changing positions on the issues. However, I think he is sincere in what he is and I think he would be a great person to have a few drinks with and debate great pie in the sky issues. I am guessing he be a rather philosophical conversationalist, so I may have to get my points in early in the night while I am still on my game rather than after the third pitcher.
John McCain...I have the utmost respect for John McCain. Do I want to have a beer with him....maybe not.
I cannot imagine having a beer with Joe Biden. I think it would be one of those conversations where I spend a lot of time admiring the art work hanging on the wall as I quietly sip my beer, looking for either a way to enter the one-way conversation or a way to go home.
Bill Clinton. I never voted for Bill Clinton. I liked some things he did as president, disliked others. As our president, I detested his lack of conviction for anything but his own political fortunes. However, would I have a beer with Bill Clinton, you bet I would. Imagine the stories that guy could tell. I also bet that we wouldn't have just one beer and might even start getting into the scotch before the evening was over. I guess there would be a lot of cutie girls hanging around as well. Would I have a beer with Bill if his wife were to tag along? That is a high tariff to pay, and frankly I think that it would take all the fun out of the event, so Bill Clinton solo...you bet! Beers and cigars. Bill with his betrothed...not so much.
Another guy I think would be a blast for beers, but who I am guessing is more likely a whiskey drinker would be James Carville. While he is a pit bull's pit bull in the political arena and I rarely am backing his candidate, I love his conversations, his analogies, and his ability to emote such pure disgust for his opponents. I think he is smart, funny, and on the wrong side of the political aisle, but would he be a great drinking buddy, without question.
While she might not have time as the mother of five kids and the governor of Alaska, I have to think that Sarah Palin would be fun to chat with over a beer. I bet she drinks beer and likes it. I would like to hear her hunting and fishing stories and how she toppled the entrenched and corrupt republican pinheads in her state. Sarah Palin would easily pass the beer test, but she might have to leave early to tend to all that is on her plate.
Barack Obama....I know I am not voting for him, I disagree with many of his ever changing positions on the issues. However, I think he is sincere in what he is and I think he would be a great person to have a few drinks with and debate great pie in the sky issues. I am guessing he be a rather philosophical conversationalist, so I may have to get my points in early in the night while I am still on my game rather than after the third pitcher.
John McCain...I have the utmost respect for John McCain. Do I want to have a beer with him....maybe not.
I cannot imagine having a beer with Joe Biden. I think it would be one of those conversations where I spend a lot of time admiring the art work hanging on the wall as I quietly sip my beer, looking for either a way to enter the one-way conversation or a way to go home.
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