Ziegler Offers Olbermann $100K To Debate After ‘Crush on Palin’ Remark

Mediaite ^ | 10-20-09 | Tommy Christopher

[euram]

During his interview with ACU Chairman David Keene, John Ziegler name-checked Countdown host Keith Olbermann several times. On last night’s edition of Countdown, Olbermann returned the favor. He and Democratic strategist Chris Kofinis had themselves a good chuckle about the confrontation, with Kofinis calling the showdown a “good old conservative rat fight,” and Olbermann wondering if Ziegler was “defending his own crush.” In a Mediaite exclusive, Ziegler reacts by challenging Olbermann to a debate about the former Alaska Governor, and puts his money where his mouth is. Check out the video, followed by Ziegler’s full reaction.

[rahbert]

Olbermann needs to be debated with a baseball bat.

[rep-always]

Or a taser.

[JrsyJack]

"but I can understand why Olbermann couldn’t possibly understand such principled consistency or being motivated by something other than one’s own self interest and/or what they feel in their pants."

Ouch...or in this case what they do not feel

[Willie Green]

Ziegler is a self-promoting libertarian.
IMHO, this "debate" is just another publicity stunt, similar to Balloon-Boy's Dad.
Ziegler really doesn't believe in conservative family values.

[Pistolshot]

Or a pit bull.

[Jack Wilson]

The important thing is he is not liberal.

[DocH]

Ziegler has delivered some thought-provoking, hard-hitting investigative reporting.

In this case, it looks as if he dug up some dirt on a "supposed" leader of the conservative movement who was acting in very UN-conservative ways, i.e., how could ANY conservative back Spector?

And making deals with unions? That's hardly something one would expect from a supposed conservative leader.

If we conservatives, libertarians, etc., don't clean up our own house, then how can we be expected to have the moral authority to go after corrupt democrats, liberals, etc?

[Willie Green]

Ziegler has delivered some thought-provoking, hard-hitting investigative reporting.

His Wikipedia entry told me everything I need to know about his "though-provoking" reporting:

"... as during a Ask John Anything segment, he discussed the physical attributes, intimate attire, and genital grooming of Darcie Divita, a former Los Angeles Lakers cheerleader and WDRB morning television host with whom Ziegler had a relationship until Divita broke up with him.

Ziegler and Olbermann crawled out of the same sewer.
I don't have any interest in listening to either one on the airwaves.

[DocH]

I'm talking about his reporting about just how in the HELL obama got elected, idiot.

Besides, if you are getting your information from Wikipedia, you are a fool as well.

To compare Ziegler with olberman is madness.

[Willie Green]

I'm talking about his reporting about just how in the HELL obama got elected, idiot.

I don't need some numbnut local DJ to tell me how Obama got elected.
Jorge Arbusto handed it to him on a silver platter.
It was the worst GOP defeat in living memory.

Besides, if you are getting your information from Wikipedia, you are a fool as well.

Wikipedia is what it is.
And the exerpt I quoted was properly footnoted and attributed to The Atlantic
If Ziegler doesn't like it, he can sue them.
But tough beans for him if it's true.

To compare Ziegler with olberman is madness.

Perhaps you're right.
Olbermann has a national audience, Ziegler does not.
That makes Ziegler an Olbermann wannabe. LOL!