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What In The World Happened To Keith Olbermann At MSNBC?

I don’t really care, actually, but courtesy of Ken Tremendous, this was by far the worst explanation of anything, ever:

↵↵In a move destined to add weight to MSNBC’s downward spiral of legitimacy, they’ve gone the route of self-surgery using a meat cleaver instead of a scalpel. As much as they may grit their teeth as the cleaver lays waste to the manhood that served as the MSNBC rudder, you can rest assured that the hand that does not wield the blade is instead inserting itself squarely up the backside of parent company General Electric’s vision of political correctness.

↵↵Kind of amazing, isn’t it? And a perfect example of why we never let Franz Kafka explain the news.

↵Anyway, for a slightly more lucid rendition, the Washington Post reports Olbermann’s suspension will end on Tuesday, bringing an end to a story you probably didn’t care about to begin with.

↵But whatever happens, let’s just be completely clear on this point: “the manhood that serves as MSNBC’s rudder” is definitely Rachel Maddow. Olbermann fits better as a Boston Market pitchman:

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