I’m not masochistic. However, there is something mildly alluring about tuning in to a liar whose harangues are so out-of-touch that to hear them is to run, figuratively, across nails. By watching Keith Olbermann, my goal wasn’t to feel superior (which I did) or to view a hissy-fit (which I did), it was to experience happiness. That a bombastic and ill-informed fool is allowed to make a living is awesome - What other country? Where else but America? - and knowing that it’s real, and that Olbermann is employed, is an absolute marvel and testament to human kindness.
