We can understand why Keith Olbermann is terrified that somebody is trying to kill him. Only because we can just imagine how many people tell him that every day. What else is the Countdown host supposed to think when he opens a letter and a pile of white powder flows out? Unless someone was sending him a pre-weekend party present, that powder could very well be a bio hazardous substance.
The acerbic host of "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" was terrified when he opened a suspicious-looking letter with a California postmark and a batch of white powder poured out. A note inside warned Olbermann, who's a frequent critic of President Bush's policies, that it was payback for some of his on-air shtick. The caustic commentator panicked and frantically called 911 at about 12:30 a.m., sources told The Post's Philip Messing.
Ok, we can understand that reaction. If someone sent us a envelope full of non-cocaine white powder, we'd call the NYPD, too. But if the police rushed over, told us everything was fine, and that the powder was soap, here's what we would not do: insist on being rushed to the hospital in the middle of the night.
But, Olbermann did just that. He went to the hospital, doctors looked him over, and told him he was fine. Because soap won't kill you. They just sent him home — and told him to lay off the crazy pills.
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What a drama queen!
I can understand if it they cops couldn't figure out what it was but it was SOAP POWDER for God's sake.
And today's Worst Person in the World for wasting hospital resources and clogging up the ER with an unnecessary hospital visit? Keith Olbermann!
If I got a random package of white powder and I was in a public position heavily criticizing the antics of the Bush administration — I'd be ultra paranoid, too. I'm not likely going to trust random cops' toxicology reports. And neither would a lot of the readers here if they were in the same position!