Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Shaw: Save Olbermann! Vote Dem!

Russell Shaw at HuffPo proposes a new fear to keep Americans up at night: The fear that if Republicans hold Congress, Keith Olbermann's show could be cancelled.

Fear that if a Democratic takeover doesn't happen in at least one chamber- or better yet, both- Keith Olbermann's corporate bosses may decide that, well, we gave him his say and although it was close, the results have shown America doesn't agree with him. That'd be the Anmerica (sic) who just might not want to buy products from advertisers on Keith's show.

That paragraph made me chuckle. That's right, America, fear for Keith Olbermann's job. If he loses it, his ratings, his angry neurosis, and his undeserved condescension will have nothing to do with it. It'll be the fault of voters and those nasty Republicans. The real fact of the matter is Olbermann's job will be less stable with a Democrat Congress than a Republican one. With a Democrat Congress, his loonie angry shtick will only have one target, the President. You take away that much of Olbermann's schtick, and he's done for because he is a one trick pony with a dedicated audience of angry nuts just like him.

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