Good News for Republican Billy Long: Keith Olbermann Suspends Worst Person in the World Segment

It was a guarantee. It was only a matter of time before liberal looney Keith Olbermann spotted the Boss Hogg looking auctioneer in Congress, who comes to DC with allegations of racism, homophobia, illegal gambling, and lots of strippers. Within the next six months, Billy Long was a shoe in to appear on Kieth Olbermann's Worst Person in the World segment. It was just too easy for these twos' paths to cross.

However, Olbermann is surprisingly suspending this segment. Olbermann wants to be seen as a serious journalist now the Republicans will be back in power in Congress. Here's his transcript announcing no more Worst Person in the World.

The overall message that the tone needs to change, was not lost on any of us. The anger in this news hour was not an original part of it, nor was it an artifice we added to it. It was a response to a threat to this democracy posed by Mr. Bush and now by his lineal descendants. The anger happened, it will still happen, it is not for ratings and it is not ‘get angry first and find a reason later.’

But there is an institutionalization of it that may no longer be valid. That is the ‘Worse Persons in the World’ Segment. Which started, of all things, as a way of defending Tucker Carlson. Its satire and whimsy have gradually gotten lost in some anger, so in the spirit of the thing, as of right now, I am unilaterally suspending that segment with an eye towards discontinuing it. We don’t know how that works long term. We might bring it back. We might bring back something similar to it, might kill it outright, and next week we will solicit your input.

Its just that today, given the serious stuff we have to start covering tomorrow, we think its the right thing to do short term and then we will see what happens. And we’ll also see if anyone else, on tv, or radio, will do something similar.

There's been much debate in Missouri 7 about Long's coming appearance on this segment. Some knew it was coming while others felt it would be a badge of honor for Long that would further enhance his light political resume.