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Telegraph.co.uk has a feature this week enumerating those they consider “the 50 most influential political pundits in America.” Today’s installment brings us KO at lucky number 13:

Host of MSNBC’s Countdown, Olbermann,a former sports commentator, is one of the rising stars of politics on television and is at the centre of his cable channel’s attempt to become the edgy, liberal choice for those in their 20s and 30s.

Supportive of Barack Obama, Olbermann’s on-air eviscerations of Hillary Clinton’s campaign have been only slightly milder than his contemptuous monologues about President George W. Bush. Seen as a successor to his MSNBC rival Chris Matthews, he has conducted a vocal feud with the conservative Bill O’Reilly of Fox News. A disciplined and smooth performer.

Over on TVNewser, Gail Shister talks to Aaron Brown (who’s returning to television July 1 on PBS):

Keith Olbermann and Bill O’Reilly “are both larger-than-life figures,” he says, but Olbermann is “smarter, funnier, better read and eminently more talented.”

At HuffPo, Keith is also getting some good words from Roger Mudd:

Olbermann is outrageously good. He’s funny and I’m learning stuff on there that I’m not hearing. A lot of that political patois that I pick up from him and Matthews, and that seems to be an added contribution. I don’t watch FOX. I’ve tried it several times and CNN is okay, but I think they have too many people and too many graphics. It’s not a serene network.

And finally, ERT reader Katie sent a link to today’s “Beyond the Hedge” strip. See it in its full, layout-busting glory after the jump!

Over the Hedge

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Stephen Colbert is number 11 on this list! Guess who number 12 is? Eeewww! It’s falafel boy! What do you call a sandwich with two yummy slices of bread and a disgusting filling…

The compliments from Aaron Brown are nice; I’ve missed him on TV and hope he does well on PBS.

I knew knew there was a reason why I liked Aaron Brown so much. I also owe him my Countdown viewing as it wasn’t until he was summarily dismissed from CNN that I found my way to Countdown looking for a new news show. I am glad he did the Keith thing and stayed quite for a year and a half collecting his money, but I will be glad to see him back on the air. He is a perfect fit for PBS (and I mean that as a compliment.

On this day in the year 1883, the Philadelphia Phillies played their very first game in the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, and lost at home to the Providence Grays by the score of 4-3, the first of over ten thousand losses making them the losingest sports franchise of all time. they were the last of the post-1900 “modern era” teams to win a World Series, 97 years after founding, and once had a 6.5 game lead with 12 games left and lost the 1964 NL gonfolon to the St. Louis Cardinals in what was the most epic collaspe in all sports…only to be topped by the seven game lead with 17 games left by the 2007 New York Mets, and then the Metropolitans promptly swallowed The Big Apple…to the Philadelphia Phillies on the last day of the season. believe me, I should know because I was there to enjoy the victory!

Brutii, I think that sandwich is what our friend James is serving at his nightclub with a healthy dose of Zombie Goulet.

I also have a side order of loofah with that if you want! :LOL!:

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