I heard KO mentioning how shocked he was that Clinton would go on Fox after how they treated her

[NNN0LHI]

Umm, as I remember KO was also on that anti-Clinton train right along with Fox news during the impeachment.

Anyone else remember that?

Don

[Saturday]

1. I remember. Keith was just jealous. nt

[RichGirl]

12. He's wondering if...

she'll ever go on his show after the vicious way HE has treated her. Being treated badly by Fox/O'Reilly is understandable, they are idiots and I expect them to be bias, twisting situations to suit there purposes. But, I expected better from KO, just a little fairness. He's like a dog, looking for any little scrap that he can twist into a Clinton negative. He supports Obama, but since there isn't a lot in the way of experience and accomplishments to say about Obama, he instead demonizes Clinton. The man is totally disgusting.

[thunder rising]

19. vicious way HE has treated her? Find a quarter and buy a clue.

[polmaven]

50. She did, by the way,

go on his show....and she did very well.

[Skidmore]

2. Look, KO used to work at Fox and he loathes them.

KO also quit that job because of the media circus around Bill Clinton's intern job and the way the Clintons were treated then. He continues to be critical of Fox and the assault the media arm of the RNC has made on journalism and free speech. Perhaps the denizens of Hillary would be well served to remember that this man stood up for them when they were really down there. He stood up, and they just stayed in the gutter.

[NNN0LHI]

3. No he didn't stand up when it counted he joined right in

That is pure baloney.

Don

[Skidmore]

5. He quit his job over that crap.

[medeak]

13. thought O'Reilly had him fired?

and thus the vendetta?

[Cooley Hurd]

38. Nope, KO quit, and is still proud of the fact. It was a matter of honesty.

And he worked for their sports division, never for Fixed News...

[Cooley Hurd]

8. KO used to work for Fox Sports, not Fox News...

He quit his afternoon MSNBC show after MSNBC insisted he cover the Lewinsky scandal wall to wall...

[okasha]

36. "Denizens" of Hillary?

You might want to invest in a dictionary.

[DemVet]

4. Yeah....KO is an idiot of the first caliber.

[Cooley Hurd]

9. The term is "highest caliber"...

;)

[DemVet]

30. Not when he's...

...the FIRST bozo in line.

[Rhiannon12866]

44. This is a man who reports the truth, unlike others in the MSM, who do not.

If you've got a problem with that, you should watch, and learn...

[Rhiannon12866]

45. Because he reports the truth as it is and has a conscience?

I guess you're right, under the new rules of the current administration, who do fit your description...:-(

[Freedom Train]

6. But for Obama to do the same thing was A-OK with Keith, right?

Ah yes...

[dogday]

37. As far as I know, both Candidate have appeared on Fox

I don't see any difference in the two at all.. No wonder I don't have a candidate!!!

[Cooley Hurd]

7. Hi Don. KO had a show on MSNBC (right after John Gibson's show)

...on which he REFUSED to talk about the Lewinsky scandal. Ultimately, MSNBC insisted he cover it, so he quit. He went back into sports broadcasting until after 9/11, when he got back into the news biz.

Hope this helps...:hi:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. The Thing Is KO Beats Up Hillary On His Show More Than O'Liely

That's an empirical observation and not a normative one...

[Arkansas Granny]

11. Hillary's appearance on Fox was a topic of discussion last night on Bill Moyers Journal.

He was speaking with Kathleen Hall Jamieson whose assessment was that by appearing in such an "adversarial format" she is showing that she is tough enough to be Commander in Chief. She's ready to be president. She's experienced enough to handle the job, because of the command of detail in her answers.

They also discussed Obama's appearance this week and how the interviews he had done were bolstering to his image also. It was quite interesting to see how and why the candidates chose the different venues and how news is being watched and disseminated by the voters in this election cycle.

If you missed the show you can find the full transcript or watch it online here: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/05022008/transcript.html

[medeak]

15. did you survive the storms?

thanks for link...my AR family was just barely missed...thinking of everyone there

[Arkansas Granny]

29. Yes. The Friday storm rolled through here early in the morning and was

just wind, thunder and lightning (I live in Fort Smith). There was some wind damage here, but not on the same scale as the hail storm we had in April. It has been a very active spring storm season around here.

[GoldieAZ49]

14. KO is so jealous of Orielly he can't stand that he got the interiview

It was a great interview and the MSNBC anchors even compliment Orielly on it and that Hillary did a great job "in the lions den"

poor KO, he obsess over Orielly and and Orielly doesn't even know he exists...

[Inspired]

24. So O'Reilly is now your hero? Pathetic.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

27. I Don't Like Either Of Them But O'Liely Is A Pinhead

K O reminds me of the kid that picks on the nerdy kid (in this case) Hillary because all the cool kids are... It takes stones to stand up for the nerdy kid as it would take stones to stand up for Hillary...

[GoldieAZ49]

28. neither is a hero

KO is a wannabe BO

BO got the interview and it is worth watching.

Maybe Obama could learn to speak extemporaneously by watching.

Obama is no hero either.

[Inspired]

33. We really have lost the soul of our party.

I wouldn't know if the interview was brilliant because I never watch Fox.

I happen to love KO. He is one of my heroes for reasons unrelatead to this insane race the the White House.

Edwards had it right. Dems should boycott Fox News. All Dems. There is nothing to gain by playing their game. Not even a few votes in red Indiana are worth losing your soul over.

Just wait and see what BO does to the Clintons if Hillary happens to pull off a victory. I promise you, it won't be worth watching.

[polmaven]

51. Oh, now....

I do think O'Really knows Kieth exists.....He is constantly (or was, before KO started to catch up) citing the "ratings" numbers! O'Really DESPISES KO!

I am disappointed in the way he has treated Senator Clinton, but I still watch (the last 40 minutes) of the show because that's when he does his best Bush "Truthing".

[Buzz Clik]

16. Umm, as I remember, KO defended Clinton and supported her until she went ubernegative.

Just like most of us.

[Beacool]

42. What's ubernegative to you?

I haven't seen anything more negative about her campaign than the run of the mill stuff that goes on in every presidential campaign.

[Double T]

17. Yep. HRC is TOUGH! She is EXACTLY what is needed in the WH.

NOTHING is going to STOP her NOW!!

[thunder rising]

20. "Rich people, bless us" HRC to O'Reily Just in case you want to know which side she's on.

[Dogmudgeon]

18. Keith-O's in love

It's not just Chuck-E any more.

--p!

[Maribelle]

21. Hillary went on KO after the way KO and most at MSNBC treated her and Chelsea.

Poor, poor widdle KO. Reality does not blend well with his abject political bias, now does it.

[rodeodance]

22. Oh the irony Mr. Olbermann---after the way you have treated her--and she

went on your show.

[durrrty libby]

23. KO is King of Hypocrites and jealous

O'Reilly had 3.7 million viewers for the interview

KO had 300,000. He is jealous as hell


................Worst Person In THE WORLD


. .. ..... .........OGERMANN


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[nicknyc]

25. sour

grapes

[Inspired]

26. What we do for our candidates is appalling.

O'Reilly is no friend to Democrats. Remember that.

[Freida5]

31. KO ratings are so bad, he would be off the air on any other station.

[Garbo 2004]

46. Clearly you haven't actually checked the cable news ratings. He beats CNN & CNN's HLN.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/default.asp

[rucky]

32. I thought he was still a sportscaster then. n/t

[NNN0LHI]

34. The name of the show he hosted back then was "White House in Crisis"

[Berry Cool]

35. There seems to be some confusion here. The facts:

In 1997, KO had a show on MSNBC called "The Big Show" that eventually morphed into the theme "White House in Crisis" after the Lewinsky scandal broke. He has said, ever since, that he ended up doing 218 consecutive shows about Lewinsky and nothing else...and that the experience was making him so deeply unhappy, making so many bells go off in his head about the lack of morality in it all, that he could do it no longer. Eventually, in late 1998, he and MSNBC came to an agreed-upon parting of the ways. At that point, KO moved to Fox Sports, but his stay there was not successful and his show was canceled before his contract had fully played out. Because they got rid of him rather than allowing them to provoke him into doing something to make them have to fire him, they had to pay out the remainder of his contract. He has often referred to this period in his life as "the best job I ever had." He has often talked since about how much he loathed working for them. But he never worked for their news division, only their sports division. And it was being FORCED to spend so much time at MSNBC covering Lewinsky that made him miserable there. But even so, in 2003 he was able to mend the fence, and come back with another show after having substituted for Jerry Nachman a few times.

I think what makes him really sick now is realizing that back in 1998, he felt terrible about what was happening to the Clintons and what the media, especially people like Scaife, were doing to them. He felt so awful about being part of it himself that he had to step down from his job. Yet today, what do we see but Hillary cozying up to Scaife like they're old buddies? And he asks Hillary why, and she first cackles hysterically at him, then utters some garbage about "believing in deathbed conversions." Bullshit.

And Bill O'Reilly was never in a position to get Keith fired from anything. No, KO's problem with O'Reilly is with what he says and does, and with the fact that he feels guilty (as I see it) for allowing Billo to become so successful. At the time KO left MSNBC, Billo had barely begun on Fox, and his ratings were nothing to speak of. However, Billo soon filled the vacuum left on cable news, and rose to have the most popular cable news show with the biggest ratings. I think KO is convinced to this day that if he hadn't left MSNBC, Billo would never have as big a hit.

As for Hillary going on KO's show, she already DID...a week ago. Some people obviously missed it.

[NNN0LHI]

39. 218 consecutive shows about Lewinsky and nothing else? Thats like over a year ain't it?

Didn't take most people I knew that long to figure out it was all a Rethug smear job.


Don

[Rhiannon12866]

48. I think you should re-read this reply and watch "Countdown."

He's got it...

[Rhiannon12866]

40. Thanks, my friend, for straightening this out. Wish I could recommend your reply.

You might want to start a thread with this, so more people will see it and pay attention, dammit all! You've already got my vote... :yourock:

[Beacool]

41. Lately, KO and his network have trashed her much more than FOX.

I was more surprised that she actually agreed to be interviewed by KO.

[Iceburg]

43. Someone should tell Keith (gently of course) that Obama has been on FOX 10 times

Keith is unstable.

[NYCGirl]

47. And some of the Fox hosts are still saying he killed Vince Foster...

...no wait, that's someone else who they accuse of the murder. What was that person's name now? Hmmmm....

[Garbo 2004]

49. You remember incorrectly. MSNBC wanted all Monica all the time, so KO left. .

Righties also got their knickers in a bunch because KO said Ken Starr reminded him of Himmler.