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Massachusetts: Olbermann Cries Racism
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 01/19/2010 6:21:19 PM PST by governsleastgovernsbest

Amidst the innumerable excuses we're bound to hear for tonight's Massachusetts election results, credit Keith Olbermann with likely the most loathsome. The Countdown host would explain things away by accusing Brown supporters of . . . racism. [H/t reader Will H.]

Olbermann floated his despicable theory to Howard Fineman: "the Republicans and the Tea Partiers will tell you what happens with Scott Brown tonight whether he wins or comes close is a repudiation of Obama policies. And surely one of Obama's policies from the viewpoint of his opponents is it's OK to have this sea-change in American history—to have an African-American president. Is this vote to any degree just another euphemism the way 'states rights' was in the '60s?"

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 2lame4words; barackobama; bitterclingers; justplainlame; keitholbermann; keithoverbite; lame; lamemsnbc; ma2010; moonbats; mslsd; olbermann; overbite; pmsnbc; racecard; racism; scottbrown
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Nah, Obozo is acting stupidly.


21 posted on 01/19/2010 6:44:20 PM PST by VRWC For Truth (Throw the bums out who vote yes on the bail out)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

You know, maybe some good will come from Keith’s shenanigans. Too often conservatives fold under baseless accusations of racism. Now maybe when Crazy Keith or someone else goes off on a rant like this, more conservatives will stand up and point out how ridiculous it is.


22 posted on 01/19/2010 6:48:13 PM PST by ksm1
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

For the first time in my life, I would like to see Olberman face to face, and I would like to do it tonight.


23 posted on 01/19/2010 6:48:31 PM PST by billhilly
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
"YEAH! Centerfold wins!!!

James 3,9 With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. 10 Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. 11 Can both fresh water and salt[a] water flow from the same spring? 12 My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water

24 posted on 01/19/2010 6:50:37 PM PST by mckenzie7 (Democrats = Trough Sloppers!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Ron Brownstain tried to pull the same shit on MJoe this morning...took Barnicle 10 seconds to remind Brownstain that Mass is 3:1 Democrat. MJoe too stupid to remind both that Obama and Deval won Mass by 20 points rather, uh, recently.


25 posted on 01/19/2010 6:51:00 PM PST by StAnDeliver (\)
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To: garbanzo
"That is, if Ted Kennedy didn’t consider his seat a hereditary peerage and bowed out so that an election could be held under more favorable terms for his party, this election could have been different."

That, and how in the hell Deval Patrick didn't take a gift-wrapped Senate seat...

26 posted on 01/19/2010 6:57:14 PM PST by StAnDeliver (\)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Keith Olbermann with likely the most loathsome. The Countdown host would explain things away by accusing Brown supporters of . . . racism.

Okay, let's go with Olbermann's assertion. So Brown won because of racism.

  1. Obama won in Mass., beating out (quasi-)conservative McCain. I believe it wasn't even a contest.
  2. Today, Brown won in Mass., beating out liberal Cloakley.
  3. In order for Brown to win, the necessary conclusion is that the majority which pushed Obama into the White House also pushed Brown into the Seanate.
  4. So, if that racist majority voted Brown in, how did they manage to vote Obama in?
    1. More black racists showed up for the Presidential election?
    2. More white racists showed up for the Seanate election?
  5. So just what is Olbermann really saying about th voters of Mass.?

27 posted on 01/19/2010 6:59:24 PM PST by kittycatonline.com
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To: Lysandru

“Keith should stick to sports...”

Keith can go to h3ll and enjoy same with Ted.


28 posted on 01/19/2010 7:04:36 PM PST by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a tea party descendant - steeped in the Constitutional legacy handed down by the Founders)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; Impy; Norman Bates; LdSentinal; ExTexasRedhead; justiceseeker93; ..

You thought you’d heard it all? Think again.


29 posted on 01/19/2010 7:07:32 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (Liberal sacred cows make great hamburger)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Now, this statement by Olbermann defies logic. All those voters in Massachusetts are racist? But for decades they elected Ted Kennedy, the black man’s “friend”.


30 posted on 01/19/2010 7:11:41 PM PST by popdonnelly (Yes, we disagree - no, we won't shut up - no, we won't quit.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
"Is this vote to any degree just another euphemism the way 'states rights' was in the '60s?""

I dunno, Keith. But since you brought it up, perhaps you'd like to explain why there was a much greater % of Democrats than Republicans in both the House and Senate that OPPOSED the Civil Rights Act of 1964?!

31 posted on 01/19/2010 7:11:55 PM PST by mellow velo
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To: Lazamataz

:o)

How many Mass voters is he saying are racist right along w/Brown?


32 posted on 01/19/2010 7:13:41 PM PST by cyn (Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it. ~Mark Twain)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Olbermann and Fineman are demagogic weasels.


33 posted on 01/19/2010 7:14:35 PM PST by popdonnelly (Yes, we disagree - no, we won't shut up - no, we won't quit.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Why am I NOT surprised at Keith ???


34 posted on 01/19/2010 7:16:49 PM PST by Lmo56
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Congrats, Mass voters. You are now officially labeled racists, just like all of us southerners. Don’t try to say you’re not. The media has declared it so.

I detest Olberman. I really do.


35 posted on 01/19/2010 7:17:22 PM PST by TN4Liberty (My tagline disappeared so this is my new one.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

I expect crap like this from KO. He’s the worst of the worst idiots. This is especially pathetic.


36 posted on 01/19/2010 7:19:58 PM PST by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN | NO "INDIVIDUAL MANDATE"!!!!!!!)
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To: nomad

I always remember the election night that Carville upended a waste basket on his head. That was priceless.


37 posted on 01/19/2010 7:20:48 PM PST by Let's Roll (Stop paying ACORN to destroy America! Cut off their government funding!)
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To: Let's Roll

The lefties on Keith Olberman`s slopp-fest are trying to push the nuclear option,full bore,no pulling back.The arrogance of these leftist @ssh*les,they just won`t,JUST CAN`T, get it.


38 posted on 01/19/2010 7:28:05 PM PST by nomad
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Marsha must have been a light skin black and I didn’t notice.


39 posted on 01/19/2010 7:30:43 PM PST by jarofants
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Hey Keith,

I don’t hate Obama because of the color of his skin.

I hate him because of the content of his character.

Maven


40 posted on 01/19/2010 7:52:12 PM PST by Maven
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