Keith Olbermann:Holy Don Pardo's Pants: I'm a McCain Talking Point

[cal04]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/11/3/122622/582/956/650959

In terms of my whole career I really haven't been doing this that long (1997-98, 2002-date) but don't presidential campaigns have more to worry about on the day before the election than me?

Am I misunderstanding? Aren't two breaths spent on a sketch done on Saturday Night Live, two breaths not spent calumnying Obama?

...what really tickled the McCain campaign wasn't the senator's comic stylings, but rather this devestating Keith Olbermann parody, that is in fact best summed up by the show's one line description: "Keith Olbermann is indignant and his cat is innocent."


That's Ana Marie Cox on her blog this morning, to which she immediately sought response from little old "Who? Me? Now?" by asking what I thought of the McCain camp's giddiness and sense of "about time."


As to the giddiness: Honestly, everybody deserves a laugh but if on the weekend before the presidential election they spent more than seven seconds bothering with ME, the campaign staff has even less of a clue than I thought.

That was from my pal the Roarin' Redhead's second post this morning, in which I spread out the details of the first "I'm Sorry Cue Card" I've ever received (from my alter ego, Mr. Affleck) and a tantalizing hint about a last-minute edit in the script for Sarah Palin's response to Tina Fey's impression of her three shows ago, which, if she had read it as written, might've significantly altered people's perceptions of her. (http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/11/03/keith-olbermann-on-mccain-campaign-giddiness-they-have-even-less-of-a-clue-than-i-thought/)

Mark Salter, who is the group's "point man" when it comes to SNL, responded via Blackberry that he personally approved all of Palin's scripts and "There was no such line in the script ever." What's more: "Keith olbermann. An angry man."

Yeah, the sketch about my show got more air time than the sketches involving his candidate and I'm the one who's angry?
Also, Mr. Salter is lying through his teeth and I even have physical evidence of the line change, which I'll show on the program tonight.
It's nice to see him doing this, though. You want a guy to remain consistent to the very end.

[RollWithIt]

1. I wonder if the McCampaign understands that liberals found the Olberman skit to be funny...

Just wondering.

[Justitia]

2. I sure did. I loved all the turning around in the chair! And I LOVE Keith.

Liberals have a healthy sense of humor. Conservatives are extremely unfunny.

[Chimichurri]

3. The turning around in the chair was very funny.

[MadrasT]

5. I was laughing so hard my husband came to see

WTF was going on...

[jimmyflint]

4. yes

I thought it was funny just really long.