Posted on 05/17/2008 6:47:42 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Conservative radio talk show host and Constitutional lawyer Mark Levin on Friday called for MSNBC to suspend Keith Olbermann as a result of his deplorable remarks concerning American soldiers and President Bush.
As my colleague Brad Wilmouth reported [0], Olbermann on Wednesday's "Countdown" "accused the President of 'panoramic and murderous deceit,' and of 'creating' an America that 'includes cold-blooded killers who will kill people to achieve their political objectives.'"
This didn't sit well with Levin who on Friday gave Olbermann the tongue-lashing his employers at MSNBC would give him if they possessed any shred of decency or common sense (audio available here [1] thanks to our friend Johnny Dollar [2]):
Let me tell you, this guy is really the scum of the earth...Hey Olbermann, I said you're the scum of the earth. And you know damn well what I'm talking about. [...]
This is the highest rated guy on MSNBC because he's taken up a radical position which one of his girlfriends wrote me and said he doesn't even believe, but does it, and he does it for ratings, because he knows there are nutjobs out there who will tune him in. But this is over the line. [...]
I'm calling on MSNBC to suspend Keith Olbermann because in the middle of a war, I don't think a phony journalist should be able to use his position to give aid and comfort to the enemy, and worse than that even, to smear the American GI. [...]
"Cold-blooded killers who will kill people to achieve their political objectives." That's how you view the uniform? You're a disgrace. Why are on you on MSNBC? I ask General Electric, "What is this man doing on your network?" [...]
I believe in firing his ass! Why have boycotts and censorship? Fire his ass! And yet, I'm compassionate. I said, "At least, suspend him. Let's meet halfway on this." And I'll tell you why. If in World War II, Tokyo Rose were given a format like MSNBC night after night to undermine the American GI, to give aid and comfort to the terrorists, to pander to the worst elements of American society, to become a propagandist for the enemy, it would not have been tolerated. It's not as if Keith Olbermann brings anything to the table. He's a very dumb guy. He's not qualified to be a newscaster. He's not qualified to hold serious opinions, and that's why he relies on the Daily Kos, a Media Matters, leftwing Democrat operatives for his talking points each and every night. But for MSNBC, and NBC, and GE to prop this guy up and give him a soapbox, I'm sorry. He is the anti-soldier. This isn't an academic matter where we're debating some issue of import, but not an issue of life and death, but he is the mouthpiece, the prominent mouthpiece for our enemy. If you're going to call our soldiers cold-blooded killers who kill people to achieve their political objectives, then you're excrement. You're absolute excrement.[...]
Spitting on the American soldier. You think that's a good thing? You think that's entertainment? You think that's great for this country? I don't expect you to suppot the President. Great. But I do expect you to treat the troops with respect That's correct. [...]
How is it that only the liberals can make issues out of things they want to make issues out of when they're offended? Here we have a guy smearing hundreds of thousands of American soldiers, calling them cold-blooded killers who kill people to achieve their political objectives. I mean, what is this? [...]
NBC clings to this bitter, little know-nothing because he gets ratings from the far left in this country. The hate America, commie-left. They tell everybody, "Watch Olbermann, watch Olbermann." And so he plays to them, he panders to them. I see the hair-splitting going on. The fact is, if he were to compare any American to al Qaeda terrorists, it's so over the top. And yet to do it in the context of the United States military. I know what he's talking about. I'm not going to have the spin fly here, I can tell you that. It is so grotesque. And I am demanding that MSNBC say something about this, do something about this because Keith Olbermann is basically Tokyo Rose in a suit.
Bravo, Mark. Bravo.
Standing O for Levin! Perfectly stated. Suspension is too good for Keith. Fire his sorry butt.
Well said. If it weren’t for Conservative Talk Radio (which I like) getting so worked up over it, I would have never known about it.
The military will take over and start from scratch.
This time no quarter given to the enemy within.
Not the worst thing that could happen.
"And Adolf said, OK I'll come back but this time no more mister Nice Guy..."
(just kidding)
Regards,
GtG
God bless Mark, he is so awesome!
It makes him twice as vile, twice a POS.
Also, what is it with this channel’s (MSLSD’s) constant glorification of criminals? I swear they had a program on today worshipfully portraying Charles Manson for an hour.
Can’t they find any decent programming without the constant glorification of the gang and criminal culture?
That’s interesting — well he’s still a Lord Haw-Haw traitor either way, whether or not he believes what he spouts. He is siding with the enemy and broadcasting enemy propaganda in wartime. He works assiduously to demoralize our side and promote success for the jihadist enemy. Not all traitors are sincere ideological turncoats by any means — many just do it for the money, or a combination of thrill and money ala Aldrich Ames.
Olberman is an entertainer. We don’t find him entertaining but a lot of other people do. As long as he has a significant audience, the network will keep supplying him to the demand.
Olberman, Wallace,Stepanopolus,and so many other “newsmen” are little more than buttboy plants who report in a way so as to further their mentors careers.
Olberman deserves an ass whoopin by so many folks.
Everything has a flip side.
In many ways it’s a blessing that someone like Olbermann is out there for all to see. Disagreement is one thing but constant bitterness from people like him does not sell and eventually has an opposite effect.
Olbermann and MSNBC are both foolish enough to not realize that exposure of the liberal agenda in such a manner does not play well to the average American.
Their ratings support this view.
In case you haven’t seen this already.
I just emailed GE & MSNBC and read them the “riot act”
What Olbermann said was despicable and treasonous!
Semper Fi,
Kelly
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The radical left loves him. It's a shame. It really is.
Exactly my question..........
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