In special comment, Olbermann slams Beck, Dobbs for stirring up violence
August 10, 2009 10:35 pm ET
From the August 10 edition of MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann:
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Keep it up!
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There is nothing I can say that can add to that. That was... thorough.
On a side note though, Keith looks older than usual here. Are those different glasses?
Anyway, yes-- his comment tonight was impressive.
I thought he looked tired or that his eyes were swollen. Then your side note.....hope he's not ill.
As for his comments, all I can add is Amen. I'm SICK of these people inciting violence and hatred with false statements and then, when violence occurs, saying, "Who, me????? I didn't do anything."
Did you love it when Ben Affleck played Keith on SNL? I thought it was so cute. Olbermann got a kick out of it too.
But I still find him very dashing.
Good to know.
2) You are deliberately misconstruing the president's meaning.
3) "Union thugs" is a particularly dishonest talking point that has been debunked.
ACORN has never received federal funding for anything.
SEIU is a union, yes, but thugs? No. If you look back at Union histories, you'll see the thugs are almost always on the side of big management/big corporations.
BTW, the "opposition," as you called it don't even know what they are opposing. They come up with RIDICULOUS objections which have no basis in fact . . . they don't discuss, they just yell and obstruct civil discourse. They accomplish NOTHING except to make themselves look like ignorant bumpkins.
In actuality, the real "opposition" these "opposition" groups represent is the fact that there is a black man in the White House and they just cannot STAND that fact.
Boy did you nail it.
A man disrupts the meeting screaming about his right to free speech. When confronted for being disruptive, he wants to leave, then he's not going to leave without delivering the speech he brought, he was waving sheets of paper as if he had a whole lot to say. When Sen Spector became silent, put the mic in front of the man, all the man would do is yell, and throw out insults about Spector and his cronies in WA. That was repeated a lot but no speech and no questions or concern on health care but every insult got a round of applause and cheering. Then he walks out.
He had the floor and every ones complete attention and said nothing constructive.
I just read another story saying that on the sign in sheets kept by some Congressional members, they're getting upwards and over 50% of people attending their meetings that aren't from their district.
Meaning, they're being organized to come on over, and disrupt things. They're not even being represented by these folks, and they just come on over, and start yelling and screaming.
I saw Specter's meeting, and he handled it pretty well. He listened, and you're right, the guy had NOTHING to say. No questions, just some BS about God judging Specter and his cronies up on the Hill.
I'm not sure how God is playing into this.
I'm now watching the President live in NH. Earlier they kept showing protesters across the street. There is a man with a big sign and a gun strapped to his leg. It is legal because he is on private property, church property and the church gave him permission to be there. Now what possible constructive message is he trying to give?
Wow this stuff is addictive........I have to get busy.
Messina was talking to lawmakers. It was not a public comment. It was metaphorical.
Which of those things do you dispute? If none, then how is that "Obama telling union thugs" anything?
How the hell do you think that suggesting we'd be better off with segregation is "metaphorical"? Please walk me through your mental process there. And I'm not sure what difference it makes whether that's public or private, since that involves racism. It's not like it's unoffensive as long as it's not in a speech to constituents.
And who's talking about recrimination? The outcry over Lott's remarks had nothing to do with any laws being broken. I said "It's not like it's unoffensive...", so I'm clearly saying that the comments were morally unacceptable. I would hope that you disagree with racism as well, but if that's true then the criticism of Lott should be incredibly obvious to you. You would surely not say that criticism of racists is wrong because it's calling out the "thought police".
Obama did not make this comment. Messina did.
Obama did not tell this to any union. Messina was speaking to Democratic congressmen who were going home to town halls with astroturfed protests already organized by the other party and insurance lobbyists.
It was not Democrats who started the uncivil side of this civil discourse.
Well done, Keith.
HR 3200, Page 41
Subtitle E governance
SEC. 141 HEALTH CHOICES ADMENSTRATION HEALTH
CHOICES' COMMISSIONER
By the way, it's "Health Choices Commissioner", not "Health Choices' Commissioner". And you know why the proposed commissioner has that title? Because the bill is called "America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009"
Did you read this section or are you just posting what you picked up on another blog site?
Anyway, insurance companies do the same thing, and probably more of it, every single day.
There was a great deal of outrage over President Bush's appointment to the highest office in the land, especially after we found out all the truly awful things he did, or that were done in his name.
This President, however, is getting hatred and vitriol and the health coverage reform bill hasn't even passed yet! People like you are projecting the consequences of the bill into the future, imagining the outrage they will feel at what they dream may possibly occur, then bringing all that anger back to the present moment.
There is no parallel, kydem09. Your argument is an epic fail.
Do I agree with Olbermann always? Nope.
The election of Barrack Obama as President of the United States is a nightmare come true for people like Beck,Dobbs and many other haters.
A successful turnaround of this country led by Obama and his adminstration would be the final death nail in the coffin of these right wing extremist.
Many American golf lovers thought the game of golf was to difficult for any non-white Americans to understand and play.
They felt the same way about baseball,basketball and football.
Woods, Aarron, Mays,Jordan and Brown are few individuals who proved the people with those beliefs wrong.
Changing the opinion of others who do not look like you is very hard and difficult.
However when achieved America becomes a better place for all to live.
Obama will succeed.
BEAUTIFUL
People who do not want Obama to be their President should be more upset at George Bush for not doing a better job of handling their concerns the last eight years.
I would advise them to read the book entitled The Three Trillion Dollar War.
Bush never paid a dime to fight the war in Iraq. It cost the American taxpayer 10 billion dollars a month. Obama was against that war.
These protesters should head to Crawford and demand answers.
Give some respect to the new leaders who are trying to clean up the mess that George left behind.