ObamaBot 2000 wirelessly receives up to the minute Democratic talking points.

After receiving news that majority owner NBC Universal plans to mandate 10% operating budget reductions for 2010, MSNBC has announced their intention to replace “Countdown” host Keith Olbermann with a soulless automaton programmed to recite Democratic Party talking points.

The Wi-Fi-equipped “Obamabot” automaton also contains a voice modulation feature which can mimic a wide range of human voices, from righteous indignation to smug condescension.

MSNBC Associate Vice President of Programming Skip Willoughby remarked,

We don’t think anybody will be able to tell the difference. If anything, Obamabot has more of an independent streak.

Keith Olbermann has independently arrived at all the same positions of the Democratic National Platform.

The new platform replaces a 2008 Democratic National Platform which, at 59 pages, has been described as “verbose” and “too wonkish.”

Remarked Sen. Reid,

It is uncanny how closely Keith Olbermann’s beliefs resemble the official platform of the Democratic Party. I mean, I don’t even know anybody in Congress whose positions so faithfully align with our party. What are the chances that an individual and an organization like ours would achieve such perfect consonance that there is no evidence he has ever disagreed with our party on any issue, ever? It’s a pretty special thing, and that’s why we’ve made it the foundation of our National Platform. Besides, this is a lot easier than writing that thing all over again.

An employee of MSNBC who has worked for “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” and who asked not to be named reported that a harried Olbermann– who is yet to comment publicly on the new platform– was last seen Googling “political philosophy” and browsing the Wikipedia page for liberalism.

UPDATE: It is being reported that the Republican Party may be introducing a similar platform, preliminarily titled “Ask Sean Hannity.”