Pat Sajak Sorry For Unleashing Keith Olbermann on America

By Sarah Crow Posted Nov 11th 2010 01:29PM

'Wheel of Fortune' host Pat Sajak may not seem like much of a troublemaker, but the TV personality certainly has some choice words for Keith Olbermann. Sajak, a steadfast conservative, took to his Ricochet blog this week to apologize to the entire country for featuring the cable host on his short-lived talk show in 1989.

In a post titled 'Mea Culpa,' Sajak writes of the recently reinstated MSNBC star, "I was the person who introduced Keith Olbermann to America ... I'm not sure how he morphed into the bitter-sounding, hate-mongering name-caller he's become, but I'm sorry he did."

Sajak, who hosted Olbermann, then a sportscaster, on 'The Pat Sajak Show,' continued his tirade, saying, "I do know that to whatever extent the political well has been poisoned, Keith has dumped more than his share of venom into the water. I'd like to think he knows that and maybe even regrets it. I liked the Keith Olbermann of 1989."

Olbermann responded to Sajak's criticism via Twitter, calling Sajak's statements "bulls**t."

"Pat Sajak did not introduce me to America. I started on CNN the same year he started on 'Wheel,'" he writes. "I think if he needs to apologize for anything it needs to be that talk show. When he was canceled, he was replaced by a crime-and-skin series called 'Silk Stalkings,' for God's sake."

Tags: keith olbermann, pat sajak, wheel of fortune

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Friday 12 November

By mrross019

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Lets not forget the Health Care Clinics Keith did all over the country helping those less fortunate..We all saw Fox News Ridicule Msnbc for helping BUT DID FOX DO A SINGLE One? Did Fox announce anything helping the people?

That's the Conservative attitude..When times are good..Whats in it for me?????? When they are bad Every man for himself.

By Kathleen

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Keith Olberman was a snarky, nasty bastard when he was a sports caster in CA. I can't even stand to look at his mug

By Analyze This

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I'll give him credit for his humanitarian efforts but, that dosen't absolve him from being an ultra left Liberal!

By loooouster

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That doesn't change the fact that he is dummer than a box of rocks.

By Linda

Does that give him the right to be so hateful, give money shoot your mouth off.

By kozyarlene4

Oberman is a ranting moron. He needs to sew his mouth shut.

By dennis

No Julie, not enough was said.

By JLeamer

Pat Who?

By Susan

Julie: You can't be serious. Do you really want to get into a silly "who did how many good things for whom" oneupmanship? And then talk about the charitable works done by conservatives which have been ignored by the likes of Olbermann? Good grief. Let's have a real conversation about real issues!

By frankerin

That was when he was still a human being.

By Ralph

Is this supposed to be a credit to this idiot Olbermann? If so, try something else because you failed. Its not enough to help the dummy.

By david

i wouldnt beleive any thing keith oberman says and anyone that does is an idiot.

By Charles

I like the Indian story. And in keeping with the native thought, may I borrow from old Indian lines: The white man in question (better known as the coke-snorting lard butt), speaks with a tongue of many forks, upon which the god of rot and obnixious noises should place a frog on each, leaving Rush with warts on all, that he may sound to his adoring listeners as he does to the rest of humanity: a rattling, snorting, absurd maniac.

By Sean

What's the prototypical intelligent argument from an ultra-liberal? "blah, blah, blah, , blah, blah, blah... ENOUGH SAID, PERIOD

Thursday 11 November

By JERRY6

OBERMAN IS AN IDIOT

By Wanda

If you are going to insult him,at least spell his name correctly.

By LAB

So is someone who can't read/copy a name and spell it right.

By jredd72

Keith OLBERMANN. Please refer back to your post and consider the irony.

By Lonnie

Damn people have you never made a mistake? It must be horrible in that perfect world you live in. OBERMAN doesn't deserve any respect so you could call him many things like others have and it would fit. My favorite is Irrelevant.

By emma

The name is Olbermann, Olbermann. You could have cut and pasted his name. Education is really, really important. Check it out.

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