“MSNBC analyst Craig ‘Yuk Yuk Yuk’ Crawford has said sayonara to everybody’s favorite low-rated cable network, with a blast in the direction of the head leg-tingler-in-charge himself, Chris Matthews [1]. Apparently the lunatic-asylum gig just wasn’t funny anymore for the jolliest commentator this side of Eugene Robinson. From Mediaite [2]:
MSNBC political analyst Craig Crawford has left the network – in a very public way.
Writing on his blog at CQPolitics.com [3], Crawford says he has found the network ‘unrewarding for me,’ – and expands on his reason for leaving in a comment to Mediaite.
Three months short of my current contract I sent the following to the boss, Phil Griffin: ‘Phil, Just wanted to give you the heads up that my situation with MSNBC has become so unrewarding for me that I’ve decided to move on. — Craig’
Here comes the good part:
But he really expanded on the reasoning in the comments:
i simply could not any longer endure being a cartoon player for lefty games, just gotta move on to higher ground even if there’s no oxygen.
i have never and never will forgive Chris for calling me a racist after the West Virginia primary (the last time I will ever go on air with him). Probably should have resigned then and there, but better late than never.
No fun at all when you’re the victim of a typical lefty ‘racist’ smear, is it, Craig?
Your overnight thoughts, comments and observations welcome here. Bonus question: whose show gets canceled first: Matthews’s, Dylan Ratigan’s (again) or Keith Olbermann’s? The Countdown begins right here, right now.”
Only a fool would stick around MSNBC.
