KOEB Meeting 6/1/08 Puerto Rican Primary Edition

[Berry Cool]

Yes, I'm here, with that notorious tax scofflaw, Keith.

Jesus H. Christ on the Queen Mary, what won't they come up with next?

:hi: Anyone else here??

Oh, and in case you're wondering, here's the story:

http://gawker.com/tag/crime/?i=394304&t=keith-olbermann-on-the-run-from-the-tax-man

Now, so you don't all have to give Olbermann Watch any hits, let me tell you, I know EXACTLY how they figured this out, without even having to hit their site myself:

The other day, when the stupid Time magazine commentary that accused Keith of having become as bad as the right-wing gasbags was posted, deep amongst the comments some idiot posted a link to his asinine Web site, which he only WISHES were the equivalent of The Smoking Gun. That Web site posts links to publicly available info about celebrities. It highlighted a link that presumably would tell us that Keith OWES BACK TAXES TO NEW YORK STATE and it would also contain a complete list of PROPERTIES HE HAS SOLD.

I clicked on it. Yep, Keith owes a bit more than $2,000 to the state of New York, as of last year, for one of his business enterprises. Ohh, the pain! The shame! The outrage!...Yeah, right.

Second. The only other thing in the link is a long list of properties Keith has owned, mostly in NYC, but also including a house he lived in in LA during his Fox Sports stint and his house in Connecticut that he lived in during his ESPN years. The buyer is listed, the price, etc. Well, stalkers, there you have it. If you want a long list of places Keith Olbermann USED to live, and want to know how much Keith got for the properly when he sold it, there it is. Big whoop.

What I find interesting is that after this, the Keith-haters started posting comments to the HuffPo saying things like: "Keith owes the State of NY 20 grand." Interesting! Either you boys failed math and can't tell $2,000 from $20,000 (you sure must have fun balancing your checkbooks), or you are EXAGGERATING a bit. Which is it, pray tell? :rofl:

[Berry Cool]

1. OMG, they have declared Hillary the winner, bruited her name about as a VP candidate

and they have TERRY MCAULIFFE back on again, shooting his damn mouth off.

At what point do these people stop being a news network and start becoming enablers to the delusional?

I think they have passed that point.

No wonder none of the rest of you are here. You have no stomach for watching Hillary and her peeps try to milk what is bound to be a pathetic win for WAAAAAY beyond what it's worth in real life.

I may just shut it off too. I have no need to watch the Terry McAuliffe Show.

[Patsy Stone]

2. 100% of Clinton supporters

and 100% of Obama supporters won't vote for the other candidate in November. LOFL!

:hi:, Berry. I really need to get out of the house.

[Berry Cool]

3. I got out yesterday, bought three books.

Tell you which ones in a sec.

Did Keith just crack you up or what: "This is MSNBC's continuing coverage of the 1964 National League pennant race and the 2008 Democratic Puerto Rican primary."

[Berry Cool]

4. Keith teases Tweety about how he still bears the scars of the '64 Phillies

who needed to win only two games of their remaining 6 or so at the end of the season to win the pennant, and couldn't do it in time to not be beaten.

Of course, ONLY Keith would know this fact off the top of his head.

If he were cohosting with me, he'd probably say "Barack Obama has to be sure he's not like Berry's 2005 Cleveland Indians, who all but had the Central Division title in the bag, and then proceeded to lose enough games to give the whole thing up to the hapless Chicago White Sox, who ended up not only winning the division title but winning the Series."

Please, Keith. No more pain.

[Berry Cool]

5. Oh, and speaking of pain, here's Pat Puke-cannon, making me puke again.

"Barack Obama's losing to a woman who's WIPING THE FLOOR WITH HIM OVER AND OVER AGAIN!!!"

Thank God for Rachel.

"That was a damn powerful argument Terry McAuliffe was making."

Oh, PUHLEEZE.

Nora O'Donnell was pretty funny--she says everyone on the panel is punchy because they didn't get to have their usual Sunday-morning Bloody Marys today. (Yeah, she can talk, she couldn't have one anyway.) Keith jokes that he told everyone they should've been allowed to do the show from San Juan, where they could all have enjoyed drinks with little umbrellas in them. He also shows a shot of San Juan and says "There it is, San Juan," and everyone laughs.

Introduces Mayor McCheese: "I heard Tim's band was playing in the background." Asks him "What are the realities of this win for Terry McAuliffe today?" :rofl:

He answers: "Have fun with the drinks and the canapes today, because on Tuesday IT'S OVER." :rofl:

Keith: "Are you sure? You and I were both so much younger the last time we said it was 'over.'" :rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

6. I'm going downstairs to check out my

broken car window. The glass isn't broken, it's something in the mechanics.

[Berry Cool]

7. Damn, I have to make a small correction to my opening story.

The link to the "expose site" revealing Keith's back taxes and property transfers was posted to the comments of the Huffington Post's article on the Time magazine column about Keith. So this is all very "meta." The HuffPo piece was a comment on the Time piece, or a link to it, and it was in the comments to THAT that the link to the Web site divulging Keith's "terrible" secrets was buried.

[SharonRB]

8. I'm here for a while, too

I just want to strangle Terry McAuliffe. When will they understand this is O-V-E-R?

[Berry Cool]

9. When he gets his H-A-N-G-O-V-E-R.

:hi: Hi, Sha-Sha! So you get to see Barack tomorrow? And then it's me!

[Berry Cool]

10. Oh NOOOOOOO, NOW they're going to torture me with Stephanie Tubbs Jones!!!!!

Yet ANOTHER Kool-Aid drinker..."It's not over till it's over...while you guys are sitting there laughing, you should give Hillary the credit for her win."

[Berry Cool]

11. Oh, please, Stephanie, GET REAL.

So who cares what the people in Pueto Rico want? You should concern yourself with what the people in YOUR DISTRICT WANT. And your people want Obama, but do YOU care? Nooo...and now she's gonna whine about delegates in Michigan being taken away. She sides with Ickes...God help us.

You know, Stephanie, you seem to care a lot about people's votes counting...but ONLY if they vote for Hillary! You don't give a SHIT how people HERE voted! You don't CARE about your own CONSTITUENTS' votes!! :grr:

[Berry Cool]

12. Yea, they're going to switch to Obama giving a speech at the Corn Palace!

*whew* What a relief that will be after listening to this nonsense.

[Berry Cool]

14. ROFL, Keith is so playful today!

"This just in: 100% of Hillary Clinton supporters voting in Puerto Rico today will not vote for Barack Obama in the general election...of course, they won't be voting for John McCain either....Stephanie Tubbs Jones is gonna kill me for that." :rofl:

He's got rabbit-fur hair again today. :loveya:

Uh-on, he just called it "a gorgeous day in North Dakota." Keep your Dakotas straight, Keith! What are YOU drinking??

[SharonRB]

13. It would be nice if she worried about people who can

actually vote in the general election. PR means nothing in November.

How the fuck does Harold Ickes know how people in Michigan feel? Most of us are far happier with yesterday's compromise than we would have been had Hillary gotten all the delegates.

[Berry Cool]

16. That means a lot coming from a Michigander.

I trust you and Pats both think Flalala and Michigan got treated more fairly than one might have expected.

[Berry Cool]

17. Books I bought yesterday:

Utter Incompetents, Thomas Oliphant

Moyers on Democracy, Bill Moyers

The Conscience of a Liberal, Paul Krugman

Looking forward to reading them all.

[SharonRB]

18. I was very satisfied with the outcome

In the end, I think they did the right thing. It was a difficult situation, but the outcome was the right one in my opinion.

I'm so sick of this popular vote meme. It means nothing. We nominate based on delegates. Yes, it might be a flawed process, but it's the one we use, so STFU up already, Hillary.

[SharonRB]

15. Yes, tomorrow Barack

Tuesday, Berry. All I hope is that Wednesday it's NO MORE HILLARY.

[Berry Cool]

19. I'll drink to that!

:toast: Now I wonder whether KEITH is drinking. He just referred to the Corn Palace as being "in the Dakotas." Looks like he doesn't want to take any more chances on saying the wrong one. Gee, Keith, you got it right the first time!

Ah, here comes Obama!! Let's watch...

[Berry Cool]

22. Maybe Obama's drinking too?

He just said McCain is running for Bush's FOURTH term...

Is he including Dad??? :-)

[WolverineDG]

26. Maybe he meant "Bushes'"

& not "Bush's." Where that apostrophe falls is quite important in this case, wouldn't you agree?

dg

[Berry Cool]

33. I guess so!

:hi: Glad you could join us, Wolfie!

[SharonRB]

20. Here comes Barack!

I don't know how I'm going to sleep tonight, in anticipation of seeing him tomorrow.

[SharonRB]

21. Oooh, a little dig at Hillary, huh?

"I'm not running because it's my turn or because I think it's owed to me."

I've heard most of this in other speeches. I'm kind of glad tomorrow is a town hall format.

[WolverineDG]

25. I don't think those are digs

considering those are just the reason local hilbots gave me when they wanted me to switch my vote from Obama to her. "It's her turn! We OWE it to her."

Fuck no, not on this planet.

dg

[SharonRB]

23. 5-4-3-2-1

How long will it take someone to say this was planned? Again they need paramedics.

[Berry Cool]

34. Oh for crying out loud.

Yeah, another Obama fainter. Must be fake, because, as we all know, dehydrated, overheated people NEVER pass out for physical reasons. :sarcasm:

[SharonRB]

35. No, never.

I haven't looked to see if there's a thread, but I wouldn't be surprised.

[WolverineDG]

24. Is this thing still on?

Jeepers, go out to a movie & come back to find all hell has broken loose. :hi:

dg

[SharonRB]

27. Hey, DG!

What'd you see? I did that yesterday during the RBC meeting and recorded during the time I was gone. Whole thing was over and done with by the time I got back, but I watched the voting part. They done good.

I can't wait to see Barack live and in person tomorrow! It's in a high school gym, so it won't be a huge venue.

[WolverineDG]

28. Indiana Jones nt

[SharonRB]

29. We saw it last week

This week was "Sex and the City."

[WolverineDG]

30. Okay, so what was the "nod" to the 3rd movie

I got the nods to Lost Ark & Temple of Doom, but didn't see the nod to the Last Crusade, unless it was the hat thing.

dg

[Berry Cool]

31. Actually, Keith, the "Fired up and ready to go" anecdote is pretty common at Obama events.

Maybe he just hasn't heard it before. I heard it in Cleveland. It's a great story.

[SharonRB]

32. I know my daughter and I noticed the ark right away

but I don't remember the others.

[WolverineDG]

39. the monkeys nt

[Berry Cool]

36. It was in the relationship between Mutt and Indiana--the testy father-son thing

just like between him and Sean Connery in Last Crusade.

Oops, hope I didn't give away any secrets here to anyone else. :rofl:

[WolverineDG]

37. "We called the dog 'Indiana'"

hee hee

dg

[Berry Cool]

40. And so "Mutt" was Henry Jones III.

I love how Indiana was just fine with him not going to college and said he shouldn't let anyone make him go until he found out he was Mutt's dad--then it was "How in the hell could you not go to college?" :rofl:

[SharonRB]

43. I saw that one coming as soon as the first words were out of his mouth

It was very predictable.

[Berry Cool]

47. I heard rumors to that effect months ago

and it all seemed quite believable. But I'm glad. Had to have someone to carry on the tradition, just in case.

[WolverineDG]

52. I thought he said his name was "Mudd"

and wondered why Speilberg threw in a Star Trek reference. :crazy:

dg

[Berry Cool]

38. Sharon, when's the memorial for your mom?

I thought it was tomorrow, but that seems like it would make for a kinda busy and emotional day, and then you'd be right off to Cleveland.

[SharonRB]

42. You got it.

It's tomorrow night at 8. It's going to be a very up and down kind of day -- the high being seeing Obama and the downer being the memorial service. At least I took the day off work and have some down time between the town hall and the evening. It gives me time to pack, since my friend is picking me up to go to Cleveland at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Not that there's much packing to do for an overnight trip. Most of what I have to pack I can't do until the morning anyway -- makeup, toiletries, etc.

[Berry Cool]

49. Wow, what a day you will have ahead of you.

Good thing you're taking some down time. You will need it, for sure. In every way.

[Berry Cool]

44. Yikes, do we need another delusional woman on the coverage?

Thank goodness, I guess Keith and Tweety are quitting for the day and leaving the rest to Nora. We don't have to stick around and listen to Hillary with her adoring Puerto Rican public. 'Bye all! :hi:

[SharonRB]

46. 'Bye Berry.

See you Tuesday.

[Patsy Stone]

41. It will never end

It's been going a million years.

:hi:

[SharonRB]

45. You're back!

How's your window?

[Patsy Stone]

50. Still broken

I'll have to take it in to get it checked.

How are ya? :hi:

[WolverineDG]

51. Well at this point

If I never hear the name "Clinton" again, it will be too damn soon.

:hi: Pats!

dg

[SharonRB]

48. I'm outta here, too.

Gotta go back and meet my daughter at our local Pride Fest. She has a booth for her Lia Sophia jewelery. I was there with her for a few hours earlier in the day and told her I'd come back after I came home to watch KO for a while.

See you all Tuesday night for the grand finale. We can only hope.

[Patsy Stone]

53. Keith's back.

If you're still around, read this. It's rally long, but worth it. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6217014&mesg_id=6217014

And Timmeh just called it "so over".

[Berry Cool]

54. Aw SHIT!!!!! I MISSED LATE KEITH!!!!!

How long was he on?? I had to do something else, I couldn't listen to Hillary go on.

[Patsy Stone]

55. Not very

He was talking to Timmy about how "over" it was. Then I didn't see him again. If you caught that earlier, then they may have just been re-running it again when I saw it. If not, it was about 10 minutes.

[CC]

56. Don't feel bad I missed Sunday Keith!!

Had way to much to do since Friday I found out that Tuesday I will be getting out patient surgery. Tomorrow I get blood test and EKG, then Tues then a take it easy for a few weeks so I had to get everything done around here that I normally do during the week plus the last few flowers planted that arrived. Will be finishing up tomorrow (the ferrets are caged tonight poor things) so I can semi take it easy for a few days. Hoping the zoo crew cooperates for a few days. Plus have a drip systems to get installed in the veggie garden tomorrow. A whole weeks worth of cleaning sucks up a day and I swear men are useless under pressure.
Still MIA and most likely will be for a bit more-Ferrettessa

[RevCheesehead]

57. Hey, keep us updated on how you're doing, OK??

Much love, thoughts, and prayers being sent your way, Cindy. :hug: