Olbermann replacement O'Donnell Not Sold on Obama Speech; Bachmann refuses to look viewer in the eye

Michele Bachmann Tries to Steal Obama's Thunder by Refusing to Look America in the Eye

Rep. Michele Bachmann made history tonight–not just for being the first representative of the Tea Party to give a State of the Union response, but also for flatly refusing to look America in the eye. Bachmann, who came equipped with charts and Iwo Jima photos, began her speech looking slightly off camera. As Bachmann spoke, viewers–including the former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann–took to Twitter to ask a simple question: “what’s she looking at?”

Shocker: Fox News Panel Finds Obama’s State Of The Union ‘Flat’ And ‘Uninspired’ (no news here, to bother link)

Real Shocker? MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell Criticises Obama Speech

Of all the MSNBC commentators providing post-speech analysis, new 8pm host Lawrence O’Donnell provided the most unpredictable take on President Obama’s State of the Union Address. While Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, Ed Schultz and Eugene Robinson, all thought Obama impressively gave a speech that unified the country, proved his belief in American exceptionalism, and helped him reclaim his stature as a leader, O’Donnell was most concerned with the fact that Obama hardly said anything specific.

O’Donnell continued with his critique:



The other MSNBC hosts laughed and anxiously tried to defend the speech, arguing specifics will come later. However, O’Donnell did not back down, and later declared Republicans should be content with the speech because “it actually, in the end, says very, very little.” Wow, talk about a refreshingly honest point of view, and one that might make O’Donnell leading off MSNBC’s primetime lineup a ratings blessing in disguise.

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Not sure what this means.

Then she's an even bigger P.O.S. than I thought. That's a dead giveaway for dishonesty.

She was not intentionally trying to not look into the camera. It was the director's flub, not hers.

That said, her speech was crap. I can't believe that she tried to make it look like the deep recession we have been in was Obama's fault and that apparently Bush had nothing to do with it.

Will he be the loyal centrist establishment wise man or will he turn on his unrestrained academic tendencies to speak what the ruling (corporatist conservative) media elite actually thinks is going on, but is not allowed to say?

I don't know what it means, either.
I didn't see those movies.

http://www.chud.com/16487/dvd-review-watership-down/

Also homaged in Donnie Darko.

I was disappointed in MSNBC's coverage overall. Clearly, as is to be expected, KO's absence creates a huge hole to fill. It appeared to me that Chris Matthews is now the lead guy over there, which says everything you need to know about MSNBC post-Olbermann.
LO's commentary was pretty accurate though - the speech was quite tepid.

Americans are NOT exceptional. Anymore we're just greedy, slovenly, murderous thugs. :(

She chose the Tea Party Webcast and looked foolish on CNN

... he might actually have a watchable show.

So this criticism surprises me.

least anyone can give us. platitudes are not enough. I agree with O'Donnell for once.

It's his third one. Time to start selling what he did. Made it sound like he didn't do anything.