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i'm paying for keith olbermann's raise and so are you
#25i'm paying for keith olbermann's raise and so are you
Posted: 5/1/09 at 8:08pmrom, attack the messenger all you like, but the facts are clear: keith's employer took billions of taxpayer dollars and handed him a $3.5m raise.
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...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
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#26i'm paying for keith olbermann's raise and so are you
Posted: 5/1/09 at 8:21pm
Well, the messenger is catering the facts to his advantage.The messenger is clearly biased and has a right wing agenda,so him speaking out and actually being credible and fair IS what we are talking about here.
Keith's employer is GE. Keith has nothing to do(or has any influence) with decisions shareholders or CEO's at GE do. Is it possible that Keith's ratings may have something to do with his pay raise?
Since you are gunning for Keith's employers, what about Rupert Murdoch and Bill O'Reilly's employer? What about his pay raise? Billo makes a lot more than Keith. If you are upset with Keith and GE than you must be equally upset and angry over Fox and O'Reilly and Hanity. How come you are not including them and only focusing on Keith?
Be careful Papa, the double standards and hypocrisy that you enjoy pointing out to Obama's supporters is gonna come back and haunt you.
'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently'
-Robert Evans-
#27i'm paying for keith olbermann's raise and so are you
Posted: 5/1/09 at 9:25pmdid fox take bailout funds?
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
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#28i'm paying for keith olbermann's raise and so are you
Posted: 5/1/09 at 9:30pmdid MSNBC?
when ducks grow thumbs then maybe my opinion will change.
#29i'm paying for keith olbermann's raise and so are you
Posted: 5/1/09 at 9:35pm
Not sure. How do you know Keith got bailout money?
Why do you dismiss that his high ratings did not have anything to do with his pay raise?
Why are you singling Keith Olberman out and not some of these right wing pundits?
The author of that piece of fiction is a right winger who is biased. How would you react if Michael Moore wrote a piece about Bill O'Reilly and I was trying to sell you on the accuracy and credibility of the piece?
Newsmax is actually credited as a source. That would be like me using Media Matters or Think Progress in a similar hit piece. I am really surprised Papa because if this was coming from the left you would be doing exactly what I am doing.The article you posted said GE Executives and to single Keith out as a GE Executive is exaggerating.If you were to ask anyone if they consider Keith Olberman a GE executive I think they would laugh and say hell no.He is a TV Pundit who makes good money because he brings in viewers and sponsors just like O'Reilly.
'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently'
-Robert Evans-
Updated On: 5/1/09 at 09:35 PM
#30i'm paying for keith olbermann's raise and so are you
Posted: 5/1/09 at 9:57pmrom. the ge story is in the wsj. the raise story is in the ny times. ge owns msnbc. ge got bailout funds. keep trying to discredit a source that is not being cited. olbermann can face the music himself.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#31i'm paying for keith olbermann's raise and so are you
Posted: 5/1/09 at 10:09pm
I am not Papa. Its how you are trying to put two and two together based on guesses. I am discrediting the author of the story YOU POSTED. You are stretching and grasping to the point where you have to call Keith Olberman a GE Executive in order to sell your pathetic hate rant and no one is buying it.I am not disputing the fact GE got bailout funds.Show me a NY Time article or Washington Post article where it is reported that Keith Olberman took money from the bailout and I will back off. I am discrediting the author of the article you posted and his lack of evidence. He is assuming and grasping at straws and has even resorted to calling Keith Olberman a GE Executive instead of a MSNBC TV Pundit because that is the only way you can make this paper thin argument.
I find it hilarious because his ratings according to you has nothing to do with him getting a raise.The very fact that you are trying to tell us Keith Olberman is getting funds from tax payers from the bailout with a straight face disappoints me.So, in order to demonize Olberman you now have to cut him down to the ranks of a AIG CEO? Man, I hope this story grows some legs so Keith can actually discuss this next week.
'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently'
-Robert Evans-
#32i'm paying for keith olbermann's raise and so are you
Posted: 5/1/09 at 10:13pm
those huge ratings that are less than half of o'reilly? the ones that are behind even rachel maddow? yep, that must be it.
i'd like to see him justify taking taxpayer money.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#33i'm paying for keith olbermann's raise and so are you
Posted: 5/1/09 at 10:22pm
I would like to see you prove he is taking tax payers money. So far you have provided an OP from a guy who use to work for Newt Gingrich and is reciting his source from Newsmax and you are actually expecting us to be spoon fed this BS and believe it? Man, next time I make some bold claim against a right winger and use Michael Moore as the author of the article and Huff Post or Moveon.org as a source I do not want to hear a peep out of you Papa.Keith is not a GE Executive. He got a raise and GE got some bailout money and you are trying to connect the dots. It's sloppy and desperate. What else you got?
'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently'
-Robert Evans-
Updated On: 5/1/09 at 10:22 PM
#34i'm paying for keith olbermann's raise and so are you
Posted: 5/1/09 at 10:26pm
did ge take bailout money? does keith work for ge? did he get a raise almost simultaneously?
you can rail on about newsmax until you are blue in the face, but it doesn't change the facts.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
Updated On: 5/1/09 at 10:26 PM
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#35i'm paying for keith olbermann's raise and so are you
Posted: 5/1/09 at 10:28pm
So, let me make I understand this. No one at NBC, MSNBC or any other company that reports up to GE as an ultimate parent is entitled to a merit raise of any sort?
So, you want to punish those employees in profitable lines of business for the decision of their ultimate parent?
If Tina Fey gets more money this year should she give it back as well?
Show me where Olbermann played any role in the decisions that led to GE asking for Federal Assistance? Yes, he is a blowhard, but he is not the one making the decisions nor asking for assistance. He is a talking head that got ratings, and also helped bring in Rachel Maddow. He got paid for his efforts.
#36i'm paying for keith olbermann's raise and so are you
Posted: 5/1/09 at 10:32pm
i'm talking about grotesque greed being perpetrated upon the american people. i'm talking about a multimillionaire taking taxpayer money to pad his already obscene salary. how many millions of our money is enough, keith?
i mean i understand that the obama administration wants to reward its supporters but isn't this a bit obvious?
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#37i'm paying for keith olbermann's raise and so are you
Posted: 5/1/09 at 10:35pm
did ge take bailout money? I think so. I am willing to take your word on this.
does keith work for ge? Keith works for MSNBC. GE owns MSNBC.So, yes but not directly.
did he get a raise almost simultaneously? Not sure. He may have though.Your claim still does not hold any water.Is Keith the only employee out of all of MSNBC's and GE's employees who got a pay raise? Could this raise have been discussed or even a year before he actually got his raise?Why hasn't any other media outlet reported this? Why is the only person reporting this a former employee of Newt Gingrich's and it is being posted on a right wing website?
DO we know if MSNBC got any of this money or did just GE? How much money are we talking about? I mean, if true, we should be able to follow the money and if the money leads to Keith Olberman's wallet,I will look at this all from a different view.
Papa, you are speculating and your personal ill feelings towards Keith are convincing you this story is 100% true.It's sloppy and I know you know it is.Keep trying though. Maybe while investigating you might find Obama's birth certificate.
'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently'
-Robert Evans-
#38i'm paying for keith olbermann's raise and so are you
Posted: 5/1/09 at 10:38pmi find it personally repugnant that you are defending this greedhead who is laughing all the way to the bank with money taken from hard working americans. your allegiance to keith is blinding you to the fact that he is filling his pockets with taxpayer dollars while condemning others for doing the same thing.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
ZONEACE
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#39i'm paying for keith olbermann's raise and so are you
Posted: 5/1/09 at 10:39pmway to not answer the question papa, typical republican move.
when ducks grow thumbs then maybe my opinion will change.
#40i'm paying for keith olbermann's raise and so are you
Posted: 5/1/09 at 10:48pm
By asking you to make a better argument and not use an OP from a biased author does that make me a defender of Keith's? I have asked you to provide me with another link to this claim of yours where it is an actual report and not an editorial. You can not seem to do that.No proof anywhere Keith is taking tax payers money and running to the bank while twirling his moustache and stealing candy from babies.Yeah yeah, we get it Papa. Keith is the villain in this story.According to you I am blinded and loyal to my servant Keith Olberman yet you are crystal clear and not influenced at all by this story that has so many holes in it I do not know where to begin. Newsmax! A right wing author making claims he can not prove.Referring to Keith as a GE Executive rather than MSNBC pundit.
So Papa, I guess I better come clean. Yup, I am all for taxpayers giving their hard earned money to Keith Olberman. Forget everyone else,it's all Keith's fault. Let's blame Keith for the recession and the swine flu while we are at it.
By the way, I just typed in Keith Olberman taxpayers bailout and got a long list. ALL FROM RIGHT WING BLOGS AND NEWS SITES. I wanted to see if this claim had any truth to it. I was hoping to either A) hear Keith give an explanation or B) at least see this on an actual news site and not an opinion or right wing editorial.No luck.The only one making these claims and reporting this lie are sites with RW agendas.See for yourself.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ei=TLb7SZGxA560NaD76c0E&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=keith+olbermann+taxpayers+bailout&spell=1&cts=1241232973796
'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently'
-Robert Evans-
Updated On: 5/1/09 at 10:48 PM
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