GOODBYE KEITH

Several years ago my son introduced me to MSNBC.  I was dealing with health and life issues and spent my days ranting and believing that there was nowhere to go for some truth and reality.  Of course, my internal truth magnet took me right to Countdown.

I don't know what I'm going to do.  I know Keith has more options than a cheerleader at a playoff game but I don't.  I can't afford HBO or SHOWTIME.  As it is, I pay way too much for TV but Keith needs to be where Bill Maher currently resides...a home where he can be Keith without Comcast coming in and tempering the truth.

I love Rachel and Lawrence and Ed and Dylan...Morning Joe is challenging and at times I want to reach into the TV and choke Joe but I have to say that in the world of civil discourse, he gets an A.  That's coming from a 60's liberal.

But Keith?  My voice? The one I turned to for relentless validation of my fury at what and who these wingnuts are and the danger they pose to our republic?  (Just in case any of you wonder about my use of that word, we are not a democracy, we are a republic.  A democracy would engage a simple majority vote and a lot more would get done.  Don't get me started...)

I have cried, I've had a few drinks, I've read some blogs, I've played "Angry Birds"...I can't sleep because Monday I won't have Countdown.  I don't even know how to write Keith to tell him what he has done for me and for my elderly mother who adores him.  What will SHE do without him.

I have signed the petition to block the Comcast/NBC takeover.  Even if we are successful, I doubt that Keith would just give them back what they so easily gave away...the flagship of a network.

Perhaps I'll try to write between 6 and 7 pm each day.  That would be a worthy tribute to Keith.  I don't know, I'm lazy and fickle, just like most Americans.  One thing, however, is for certain.  I will sadly and truly miss him.