Have you noticed that Keith Olbermann a) never, ever, has anybody on his show who disagrees with him substantively; and b) nobody on Fox News or talk radio will even mention him by name?

Well, Keith finally encountered somebody who will engage him. It is ordinary people: tea partiers, amateur YouTubers and bloggers.

And so far this is going very, very badly for Keith.

Via Olbermann Watch.

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho – Republican leaders from around the country are expressing anxiety about their electoral future in the wake of an announcement by straw men and racists that they will form a third party.

The new movement draws its membership both from angry right-wing extremists who were in recent days bravely and astutely exposed by MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann to be racists as well as the straw men who have waged an almost daily battle with the White House over President Obama’s progressive agenda.

After an unsuccessful meeting here to attempt to dissuade these key voting blocs from defecting the GOP, a visibly upset House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) remarked,

Look, we thought we were going to be able to channel all the irrational anger and racial hatred of the extreme right-wing with the perplexing arguments of the imaginary right-wing to achieve a Republican takeover of Congress this November. That’s looking like a long-shot now that two of the pillars of our party have seen fit to abandon us. Frankly, we are just going to have to rally the base we still have– whether it’s the Nazis, the torture-lovers or the abortion doctor assassins– we need their support now more than ever.

Remember Keith Olbermann?

He was the one-time must-see anti-Bush ranter who helped rescue MSNBC (yes, it’s still on at night) from even worse oblivion years ago.

Well, quietly last month while no one was looking, hardly anyone was watching Keith Olbermann anymore.

We did a deeper dive into Keith’s viewership:

H/T Matthew G.

UPDATE: I screwed up. Not even Keith Olbermann watches Countdown with Keith Olbermann.

Step 1:  Be a self-hating liberal

Step 2:  View absolutely everything and everyone through the prism of skin color.  We can only get to Dr. King’s post-racial dream by talking about race constantly and reminding white people how racist they are.

Step 3:  Accuse everyone who disagrees with you of being a racist, especially people who don’t live in cities, and most especially people with Southern accents.

Congratulations, you’re an enlightened member of an elite club of unracists!

Our media and politicians keep the issue of racism alive only through their obsession with it.  Politicians create conflict to get votes.  Media creates problems to get viewers.  I don’t think most Americans were watching the state of the union address thinking “I hate this black guy” and I don’t think most Americans were thinking “isn’t it awesome that we elected a black guy – we are so post-racial and awesome!”  I couldn’t disagree with Obama’s ideology more – but not because he’s black.  If he were a strong conservative leader I would be elated – but not because he’s black.

Please, media and politicians…just let it go.

The Sultan of Smug and Howard Fineman discuss the implications of a Brown win in the Massachusetts Senate race. Olbermann wants so badly to proclaim racism from the solar-paneled rooftops of his progressive fantasy world, but all that he and Fineman are able to come up with is “pick-up trucks are racist” or something.

Ed Morrissey has more.

Just listened to Howard Dean on Rachel Maddow’s show. His explanation for a Brown win? Republicans don’t think Obama has delivered enough change.

It’s pretty clear that people are upset by what’s going on in Washington. They don’t like the partisanship, they don’t like the bickering. They don’t I think really see the kind of change they were hoping to get. I had a number of people, Republicans, who had voted for the president the last time around and they are really looking for some real change. I think the American people want real change and they haven’t seen that yet.

Can a statement contain so many contradictions that it actually becomes true?

UPDATE: Victory. The wheels are coming off at MSNBC. I encourage you to watch.

Looks like Greg Gutfeld discovered Xtranormal (mostly free online animation studio):

Make sure to watch Missourah’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann (also produced with Xtranormal):