Olbermann Links Bush to Racist Caning of Senator Sumner & Domestic Terrorism

Newsbusters.org ^ | 11-1-2006 | Brad Wilmouth

[Colonel Kangaroo]

On Wednesday's Countdown show, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann used his latest "Special Comment" not only to demand that President Bush apologize to American troops over the Iraq War, but he also blamed Bush for inspiring acts of "domestic terrorism" against critics, a la King Henry and Archbishop Thomas Becket, and bizarrely chose to inject racism by making a comparison between Bush supporters attacking the President's opponents and the the 1856 caning of anti-slavery Senator Charles Sumner by pro-slavery Congressman Preston Brooks, at one point even mentioning charges of racist "fear of miscegenation" in the current Tennesee Senate race...

[Colonel Kangaroo]

Olbermann was in full outrage mode. It seems that the Kerry furor has hit a raw nerve with him. If there are "canes" in American political life, it has been the Democrats who have been longtime masters. From the days of Democrat Preston Brooks and Republican Charles Sumner, Dems often fight dirty and mean.

[goresalooza]

Just curious...but does PMSNBC have a staff drug-testing policy in place?

[Free ThinkerNY]

Look up the word psychotic in the dictionary. There's Olbermann's picture.

[VeniVidiVici]

1856 caning of anti-slavery Senator Charles Sumner

And John Wilkes Booth was a Democrat. Honest Injun!

[D-Chivas]

Why would anybody spend their time watching this drivel?

[NurdlyPeon]

Just curious...but does PMSNBC have a staff drug-testing policy in place?

Yes, there is a certain minimum blood level required at all times.

[sageb1]

Holy cow! He has really gone over the edge.

[Troublemaker]

It's good to see Olbermann is taking the outing of his sexual dysfunctions well (snicker).

[Echo Talon]

Why do the democrats always scream racism?

[NorCalRepub]

Olbermann is a raving lunatic pandering to his only audience.....the MoveOn.Org and Daily Kos crowd.... I wonder how the rest of the MSNBC crew can tolerate him. He makes them look like conservative pundits.....

[Alfonso1000]

I'm sure the guy who watches that show agreed.

[msnimje]

I wonder, has Keith Olbermann ever kissed a girl?

[Theresawithanh]

You do these sorts of things when your show's ratings are in the toilet. Olbermann is the very definition of "insane".

[Alfonso1000]

Sumner was a Republican.

[HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath]

Olbermann needs to quit eating those Rooti Tooti Fresh n' Frutti lib talking points from the N.Y. Times each day. I think Egg's Benedict Arnold are more in line with his elitist taste buds.

[Steven W.]

I caught part of this - it must have been 10+ minutes long & bordering on absolute nutcase hysteria. Seriously, this guy has lost his marbles - it was so funny. I thought about posting too, since nobody anywhere watches his show & I ended up on it purely by accident. I was left wondering, if Republicans hold house and/or senate, Keith Olberman have have gone completely totally insane, but akin to a tree falling in the forest, would there be anybody in the audience to even notice?

[Skywarner]

"Olbermann is a raving lunatic pandering to his only audience"

All seven of them???

Watching Olberman is like looking at a bad car wreck: you know it's just going to be awful, but you still can't help but look to see if anyone survived.

[blake6900]

Olbermann's an assho!e but even he's smart enough to know his days as a political commentator are numbered. He can't draw viewers because he's just not funny nor is he entertaining so he resorts to shocking people with his allegations, bombast and namecalling.

No one of any importance shows up on his show and for good reason: 1)there are no viewers so why bother and 2)there never will be any viewers so why bother.

It's comforting to know he'll soon be schlepping his way back to ESPN where the political leash will be applied and his nonsense will be stifled...oh, and where he can be even more easily avoided.

[bpjam]

He will continue to be super pissed until Dems actually win an election. Lets hope that he stays pissed for a long, long, long time.

[blake6900]

It's good to see Olbermann is taking the outing of his sexual dysfunctions well (snicker).

Please tell me you're not kidding. Details? I hadn't heard of this but sure would like to spread the story.