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Olbermann, Alter in Denial Over Health Care Debate; Asks Why Sen. DeMint Hates Sick People?
Newsbusters ^ | September 25, 2009 | Jeff Poor

Posted on 09/25/2009 4:56:51 PM PDT by Rufus2007

Remember "Baghdad Bob," the Iraqi Information Minister Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf? Even with Iraqi forces in a full rout and American Marines just blocks away Baghdad Bob would completely deny the presence of U.S. troops in the Iraqi capitol.

Watching MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann," on September 24 was reminiscent of Baghdad's Bob's press conferences. Olbermann asked Newsweek's Jonathan Alter, also an MSNBC political analyst, how "the GOP" would convince the public that the health care system "is not really in crisis" and that it does not need to be a priority compared to Afghanistan. Turning right to page three of the current left-wing talking points, Alter used the opportunity to attack Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., for suggesting that the president is letting Afghanistan slide to curry favor for health care, by invoking George W. Bush.

"It's a pretty lame argument," Alter said. "I don't remember Jim DeMint saying when George W. Bush was proposing to reform Social Security a few years ago that somehow he was putting the troops at risk in Iraq, because he was worried about some domestic issue."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 111th; amylnitratealert; bhohealthcare; jimdemint; obamacare; olberwomann; republicans
I think if these two goons were on the right and this smug and certain, I would be really bothered.
1 posted on 09/25/2009 4:56:52 PM PDT by Rufus2007
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To: Rufus2007

Morons


2 posted on 09/25/2009 4:58:45 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Pray for, and support our troops(heroes) !! And vote out the RINO's!!)
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To: Rufus2007

Rent Idiocracy.

Watch Olberman and the Obamaloon.

Realize that the writer of this comedy flic is much, much more accurate that Nostradamus.


3 posted on 09/25/2009 4:59:52 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Not ALL sick people, just Olbermann.


4 posted on 09/25/2009 5:02:16 PM PDT by c-five
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To: c-five

Yeah


5 posted on 09/25/2009 5:02:45 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Pray for, and support our troops(heroes) !! And vote out the RINO's!!)
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To: c-five
Not ALL sick people, just Olbermann.

Olberdick seems to have been off of his meds, or, is that, taking toooooo many meds. Whichever, he's an idiot!

6 posted on 09/25/2009 5:12:17 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 ( I'll miss President Bush greatly! Palin in 2012! The "other" Jim Thompson)
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To: Rufus2007

Why does Keith Olbermann hate the elderly?


7 posted on 09/25/2009 5:41:27 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Rufus2007
Watching MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann

Someone still watches him???

8 posted on 09/25/2009 5:49:21 PM PDT by HarleyD
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To: Rufus2007

Why do Olbermann and Alter hate free people?


9 posted on 09/25/2009 5:49:34 PM PDT by Logophile
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Homosexual lovers?


10 posted on 09/25/2009 7:29:16 PM PDT by LeonardFMason
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Notice how often Olbermann is absent from his own show? He may be on the verge of losing it completely. Can he do the show in a straight jacket?


11 posted on 09/25/2009 10:26:01 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Rufus2007

Barack Obama hates blind people.

Paterson


12 posted on 09/25/2009 10:29:28 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (A mob of one.)
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