Video: Modern-day Murrow hints that McCain needs adult diapers
posted at 12:15 pm on March 27, 2008 by Allahpundit
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The video’s here. Didn’t Murrow himself make a joke in this vein in Harvest of Shame? Something about how the abysmal treatment of migrant workers in this country should make us want to collectively “fudge our Huggies”? Am I misremembering that?
I’m going to apply the Rhodes rule here and give Olby a pass on grounds that he’s clearly joking and none of us would blink at a similar crack made by a friend except to note how lame and tired the insult is. “But AP, he’s a professional newscaster!” Well, no, he isn’t, really. As I’ve said before, his show is more properly thought of as a nutroots vlog, replete with Pretty Vicious Rants and Important Action Alerts in the form of special comments, and this sort of thing is perfectly at home on blogs. You know what you’re getting when you tune him in, and it ain’t news.
Besides, it’s so tame by his standards. When he’s ready to go after McCain with kindergarten potshots, you’ll know it.
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Unfortunately I have friends who think otherwise, but you’re point is well taken.
Esthier on March 27, 2008 at 12:19 PM
That brain dead cretin Olbermann needs to be slapped up along side the head . . . although it probably would have no effect because where there is no sense there’s no feeling.
rplat on March 27, 2008 at 12:24 PM
My sister and brother-in-law think the guy walks on water. They send me clips to watch because he is continually “speaking truth to power”, or some such crap. I just don’t bother to respond, because the fight that would ensue would probably tear us apart. And family’s too damn important for sh!tty politics to get in the way.
nukemhill on March 27, 2008 at 12:26 PM
Isn’t Pat “Leaky” Leahy the Senator with the honorable nickname “Senator Depends?” Jeez Olby, fact check once in your life…
fossten on March 27, 2008 at 12:26 PM
heh…Is that the right video? Here, Olby’s going after Ailes, not McCain…
JetBoy on March 27, 2008 at 12:26 PM
Rachael Maddow also says during this piece that the term “Islamic Extremism” is actually just “Republican code for the threat from Al-Qaeda after 9/11.”
And “Air America” is code for “failed, bankrupt attempt to legitimize posers like Rachael Maddow.”
HockeyTemper on March 27, 2008 at 12:27 PM
Hey Olby, I’m sure after bending over so many times for Bill Clinton that your sphincter just snaps shut like a mousetrap, doesn’t it?
James on March 27, 2008 at 12:29 PM
I noticed a funny smell the other day and it turned out I had stepped in a pile of olberman.
JayHaw Phrenzie on March 27, 2008 at 12:29 PM
I’m thinking that Olbermann’s three viewers were quite titillated by his comments.
Can I use the word “titillated”?
Bishop on March 27, 2008 at 12:32 PM
JiangxiDad on March 27, 2008 at 12:36 PM
Only in Titusville, FL.
James on March 27, 2008 at 12:39 PM
I’ve run into the same beliefs, just goes to prove people hear what they want to hear!
dmann on March 27, 2008 at 12:40 PM
Olbermann is now on the Obama bandwagon.
He went postal over Ferraro and then said that Obama wasn’t responsible for Wrights racism.
It’s amazing he can even talk with his nose so far up Obama’s ass.
ArmyAunt on March 27, 2008 at 12:40 PM
Let this be a lesson to everyone who tut-tuts Ann Coultor.
The left is just as nasty if not much worse plus they get away with it.
RobCon on March 27, 2008 at 12:40 PM
His jokes about Ailes were over the top! Fat America should unite and elect Olberboy worstest person of the year.
bopbottle on March 27, 2008 at 12:41 PM
That’s where he coordinates things with Chris Matthews :)
JiangxiDad on March 27, 2008 at 12:46 PM
Superputz.
fogw on March 27, 2008 at 12:46 PM
It’s not hate speech if you’re righteous, only if you’re right-wing.
29Victor on March 27, 2008 at 12:47 PM
I’m giving Olby a pass too. Back in 1996 I know plenty of Republicans who made “Depends” jokes about Bob Dole. Some of us need a coping mechanism.
seanhackbarth on March 27, 2008 at 12:49 PM
Fat people should get together and sit on Olby.
seanhackbarth on March 27, 2008 at 12:50 PM
Has Olbermann told his followers that McCain has bad teeth yet?
wise_man on March 27, 2008 at 12:51 PM
Well, he’s not lying. I mean we make fun of Obama’s ears and Hillary’s cankles among many others. McCain IS really old. The only sad part is he isn’t more creative than an adult diapers joke.
Ballistic on March 27, 2008 at 12:53 PM
Have you no shame, sir? Have you no shame?
Can’t some shareholders sue GE to fire this clown? He has to be bad for the bottom line. Either that or move him to the Britney beat 24/7 to atone for his many sins.
Vote Sauron 08 on March 27, 2008 at 12:58 PM
I have a friend who’s a Democrat. A couple of months ago he told me he had seen a great, fabulous, magnificant show on MSNBC but he couldn’t remember the guy’s name. Right away I knew it was Olbermann. I just pointed out to my friend that Olby has never had a guest on that didn’t agree with him. And my friend didn’t want to talk about politic anymore.
snaggletoothie on March 27, 2008 at 1:03 PM
Hmmm, watch Uberdork try to be funny, or watch Glenn Beck be funny. Decisions, decisions.
srhoades on March 27, 2008 at 1:04 PM
Actually I sold my GE stock at a loss because of that goon.
srhoades on March 27, 2008 at 1:06 PM
I’ve written to GE shareholder svces and Imelt himself many times over bias at GE owned media companies. I’ve sold all my GE stock, and never buy their products anymore. It’s a crying shame. Every now and then, you’ll hear some grumblings that they want to get rid of Imelt, but as long as he’s in charge, GE is a lib. company.
I’ve also read that they’re waiting for the Olympics to end before they
sellget rid of MSNBC/NBC.JiangxiDad on March 27, 2008 at 1:07 PM
Y’know…this is really pretty good news.
This is what they’re hanging their hopes on?
Barry and The Beast are locked in a steel cage hitting each other over the head with chairs; one of them now wearing a Marxist Minister around his neck while the other one has problems separating fantasy from reality and they think it’s going to come down to…McCain’s age?
*Chuckling…*
Then again, it just might. I think it’s getting more and more obvious McCain’s the only grown-up in the room.
Typhoon on March 27, 2008 at 1:18 PM
What a disgusting person.
Dr. Manhattan on March 27, 2008 at 1:20 PM
Olby needs a mouthfull of fudgy Huggie.
Akzed on March 27, 2008 at 1:26 PM
Nor has he ever allowed any of the myriad conservatives and Republicans that he’s criticized to come on his show and defend themselves. Even “Fixed News” does that.
Wayne Clark on March 27, 2008 at 1:31 PM
Meh.
He wears “sissy glasses” too. Figures.
mojo on March 27, 2008 at 1:39 PM
This post is a good time to get up and go to the bathroom. Don’t worry, unlike Olbermann, I will wash my hands before returning…….
Seven Percent Solution on March 27, 2008 at 1:50 PM
Let me get this straight – a failed, ESPN jock-sniffer [emphasis on "jock-sniffer"] has the gall to discuss another person’s wardrobe?
OhEssYouCowboys on March 27, 2008 at 1:57 PM
Olby needs a diaper + load stuffed down his throat and kept there until he stops twitching.
NoDonkey on March 27, 2008 at 2:01 PM
It wouldn’t surprise me if he sleeps with adult diapers on.(I have no idea)
That wouldn’t make me change my view of him.
McCain has my vote.
Chakra Hammer on March 27, 2008 at 2:05 PM
nothing wrong with the joke, really. it’s olbermann being an idiot. nothing new there. still doesn’t change the fact that they’re something severely wrong with that guy. he’s got issues.
therightwinger on March 27, 2008 at 2:10 PM
I know this is wrong to say, and it has NOTHING to do with his politics… but when I see him on the teevee and when I hear his voice, I just can’t help but imagine him without pants and handing out candy at the local playground.
He really does scare the heck out of me. There’s something not right with his brain… maybe he had a head injury years ago and this is the result…
Gartrip on March 27, 2008 at 2:28 PM
Wouldn’t it be sweet to see new ownership over at missnews broadcasting and for them to hire Ailes. The look on this nothings face when Roger walks into his cubicle. Oh, we can dream, can’t we. Oh, quit that talking in the third person AP. Oakpack can’t stand that.
oakpack on March 27, 2008 at 2:33 PM
I’m thinking more that Bathtub Boy should wear a diaper around his mouth.
ZK on March 27, 2008 at 2:44 PM
The video is at the link. The one on this page is just an example of Obly’s “kindergarten potshot” technique.
Esthier on March 27, 2008 at 2:46 PM
Ironic, he wets his undies every show talking about Obama.
Hummer53 on March 27, 2008 at 2:47 PM
That’s a woman?
funky chicken on March 27, 2008 at 4:09 PM
Keith, if you want to continue behaving like a jackass, at least have the decency to stop ending your show with Edward R. Murrow’s trademark line.
SoulGlo on March 27, 2008 at 4:13 PM
Did he almost break into a hysterical fit of crying?
What a douche.
benrand on March 27, 2008 at 4:35 PM
Stupid is as stupid does……
Mallard T. Drake on March 27, 2008 at 4:39 PM
Tough, tough words from a man who needs a padded safety helmet along with a Metrocard to ride the subway.
jon1979 on March 27, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Nope !! Ain’t gonna watch the slob.
Can’t stomach that slimeball.
Texyank on March 27, 2008 at 5:03 PM
There’s nothing there that’s new that they didn’t use against Reagan. Rachael Maddow would be saying the same : “Reagan doesn’t realize how old he is! Hee hee. He’s so old he doesn’t realize it!” They’re forgetting the one age group that election after election is the most consistent group to show up for every election time after time and ACTUALLY VOTE. Just keep making them mad and poking fun. Remember the little Paris Hilton types in 2004 loved to run around in “Vote or DIE!” hip t-shirts and on election day they obviously chose the “die” option because to no one’s surprise they didn’t turn up to vote.
Marcus on March 27, 2008 at 5:25 PM
Hell, let us not forget that a LOT of people get their ‘news’ from The Daily Show. Do not lightly brush Olby aside as just a foaming at the mouth nutter/vlogger. There ARE people out there that get their ‘news’ from him.
Midas on March 27, 2008 at 5:27 PM
Olberkind is still a Kind.
Entelechy on March 27, 2008 at 5:28 PM
He was a lousy sports reporter then.
He is a lousy sports reporter now.
corona on March 27, 2008 at 5:35 PM
What Olbergoebbels doesn’t seem to get into that big,fat,orange head of his, complete with the frosted tips shellacked into a hair helmet, is that “depends wearers” are the most reliable voters out there. Unhinged is the only description suited to this monstrosity.The fact that this “journalist”(hahahahahahahaha) has Bill O’Reilly as one of the three “Worst Persons in the World” every evening is indicative of a severe Homo-Erotic obsession with Mr. O’Reilly.(Watch your back, Bill,literally) God only knows what other mental pathologies are rattling around inside this Soros Soldier’s walnut sized brain(T-Rex size). He gets more irrelevant by the day. I’m waiting for the youtube clip where they fit him with a nice white sport jacket with the sleeves that tie in the back….
adamsmith on March 27, 2008 at 5:50 PM
If the group was still in existence, I would call Pie Face International and take out a contract on Olbermann with a nice gooey custard pie, right in the kisser, and on live TV!
pilamaye on March 27, 2008 at 6:50 PM
Olby notices that the fair maiden doth protest that remark. I am shocked. I could be a compassionate conservative and offer my condolences to the brunette bimbo but, naw…it’s dangerous to be compassionate with the enemy.
It’s just what you would expect from such a small man: making fun of the corpulent Ailes and the ‘incontinent’ 70-year-old.
Methinks that the Skinny O doth project, and predict, too much.
Christine on March 27, 2008 at 7:33 PM
If the group was still in existence, I would call Pie Face International and take out a contract on Olbermann with a nice gooey custard pie, right in the kisser, and on live TV!
pilamaye on March 27, 2008 at 6:50 PM
Why coitenly…there’s nothin like a 3 Stooges pie-throwing extravaganza and Olbermann would be one of the first people I’d love to hit with one of those pies, right in the kisser. Wooopwoopwop!
Disclaimer: In my dreams, I throw pies.
Christine on March 27, 2008 at 7:39 PM
Olbermann has a sense of humor?
GarandFan on March 27, 2008 at 9:12 PM
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