Colbert Demands Olbermann Name Him 'Worst Person in the World'

In his daily roundup of "Worst Persons in the World" Keith Olbermann gave the silver medal to the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Times, and Fox News for sending emails sucking up to Gov. Mark Sanford while he was missing on his infamous Argentine adventure. The emails characterized the media frenzy surrounding his disappearance as ridiculous and promised to go easy on him to get an interview.

Olbermann also singled out an email sent by Stephen Colbert, which Olbermann called a "stroke job":

As you may know, I declared myself Governor of South Carolina last night. I went power mad for abut 40 seconds before learning that Gov. Sanford was returning today.

If the governor is looking for a friendly place to make light of what I think is a small story that got blown out of scale I would be happy to have him on. In person here, on the phone, or in South Carolina.

Stay strong, Stephen

Olbermann excused Colbert, saying that because he was "a native South Carolinian, and an old-school gentleman who mistakenly thought 'hiking the Old Appalacian Trail' meant HIKING the Old Appalachian Trail."

Colbert was incensed that he didn't make the list. First, he fired off a Tweet:

i'd really tweet in detail about how mad i am at keith olbermann if his name didn't take up so many of the 140 characters

Then on his show, he demanded to be named "Worst Person in the World."

"I wasn't offering Governor Sanford a journalistic stroke job. In my next email, I offered him a literal stroke job. I would have given him such a junk buffing he wouldn't need an Argentine concubine. I would have taught his taint to tango. Offer still stands, by the way."

Then for good measure, Colbert slapped a baby with a puppy.

We eagerly await tonight's "Countdown" to see if Olbermann takes the bait.

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