The Final Countdown

With the announcement on Friday that he was hosting his last show on MSNBC, Keith Olbermann threw the blogosphere for a loop. Not only does MSNBC lose their #1 show, the liberals lost their number 1 cheerleader and everybody immediately started to speculate who would fill the void.
The obvious choices would be Bill Maher, Mike Greenber...I mean Rachel Maddow or that fat unfunny dude Ed but any direction they go on we have seen the end of MSNBC relevance. My guess is that Comcast -the new owners of NBC- probably like to tone down the partisan rhetoric as it may go against their core philosophy of providing media to people or more likely it is just their way to muzzle the wacky liberal voices.

I am sure that MSNBC will probably fall into some level of CNN insignificance so we can start writing it's obituary but the more interesting though is the speculation of where Olbermann ends up. Now he's going to first have to go on some Conan type sabbatical where he'll be forced to avoid interviews but it won't be long before he turns back up on Cable News and we predict that he'll end up sailing in enemy waters. See if Roger Clemens can do the pinstripes, if Hogan can join the NWO and Stalin can ally with the West then Olbermann can work for Rupert Murdoch.
This will come down to two things for Krazy Keith.. pride and money. FOX can pay him more than anybody but more importantly there is nothing that will piss an ex-wife off like sleeping with the enemy. This is Brad Pitt banging Angelina times 10.
I am convinced that he'll not just go to FOX but like the Rocket he'll dominate. We have seen this story before, think Favre in his first year in Minnesota.....hell has no fury like a broadcaster scorned....

And you may ask why FoxNews would do it, the answer is simple it comes down to dollars and cents. TV is about rating and nobody knows this better than old Rupert. Olbermann can push buttons and can get ratings, now imagine you put him on the death-star and watch the fireworks (and ratings) explode.

You can see it now, Olbermann and Beck at 9pm...how is that for Fair and Balanced???

This will be like Hannity and Colmes II except unlike Alan Colmes was that he didn't have the personality to carry the conversation and Hannity just outclassed him at every turn. It was like watching the Nixon-Kennedy debates in reverse. Hannity handsome and polished and Colmes a sweaty mess. . BUT Olbermann could hold his own and this could make for must watch TV and FOXNews will continue its dominance.

But you also know how this story ends and you don't have to think back to far. Game on the line and ball in his hands with a chance to go to the Superbowl and Olbermann will throw across his body across the field into the waiting arms of Tracey Porter.

Then again if he decided to team back up with Dan Patrick I would not complain.

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