Audio: The obligatory “Mark Levin calls Olbermann an enemy propagandist” post
posted at 8:53 pm on May 20, 2008 by Allahpundit
The inevitable retort to last night’s exercise in troop-supportin’ histrionics. I ask you, is it fair to refer to a man as a jihadi apologist simply because he scoffs at terror plots, describes the GOP as a terrorist organization, and marks the sixth anniversary of 9/11 by asserting that Al Qaeda isn’t as bad as Fox News? And to think, the Times is starting to wonder if MSNBC is hurting NBC’s brand. Settle in, turn up the volume, and click to listen.
Update: If the audio at Conservative Punk doesn’t work for you, Olby Watch has highlights.
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I like how he, Olbermann, claimed he wasn’t smearing the troops but smearing the Pentagon instead. Good one, jackass.
p0s3r on May 20, 2008 at 8:57 PM
All Olby, all the time.
redrock on May 20, 2008 at 8:57 PM
One can only hope Olbermann is banished to some obsecure Air America station soon.
Sent in receintly that News Corp is applying pressure on GE to slam the hammer down on Olby for his disgusting politics
William Amos on May 20, 2008 at 8:58 PM
This guy is a jerk and a hack for the extreme liberal wing of the party. He is an apologist for the enemy. I can not stand that guy.
jencab on May 20, 2008 at 9:00 PM
Well duh.
funky chicken on May 20, 2008 at 9:02 PM
p0s3r
I thought this was an unusual attempt at a distinction. Given the fact that a lot of the people who work in the Pentagon are military people (aka troops) what did he mean. He should be more specific who he is maligning.
For example he could use pay grades. Olby could say all O-6s and above that agree with President Bush are war criminals. Seems like the staff NCOs and junior officers at the Pentagon shouldn’t be maligned for their duty station.
When people are being malicious I think they should be more precise. What is the point of insulting people if they don’t know they are being insulted.
Mormon Doc on May 20, 2008 at 9:06 PM
I’m second to none – a long list at that – in loathing Olbermann’s politics and journalism (but I repeat myself).
But he’s not an enemy sympathizer or is in alignment ideologically with the jihaddists. The best description would be that he’s an anti anti-terrorist much like the anti anti-communists on the left during the Cold War.
That is, he has the perverse view that the anti-terrorist policies of Bush et al. are more dangerous and wrong than the actions of the Islamists.
I can’t figure it out. To be sure, there’s legitimate questions that can be raised about the security measures taken after 9/11 (“Men are not angels” Madison warned us).
But to completely dismiss, as he does, the threat that emanates from radical Muslims is just nonsensical.
But then again, this is Keith Olbermann.
SteveMG on May 20, 2008 at 9:08 PM
MSNBC: Where journalism goes to die. Without dignity.
VolMagic on May 20, 2008 at 9:08 PM
Love LIVE Levin!
Branch Rickey on May 20, 2008 at 9:14 PM
SteveMG
In the criminal justice system intent follows the bullet. If someone fires a gun at someone they intend to kill but hit someone else they are still guilty of attempted murder rather than the lesser offense of manslaughter.
So it is with Mr. Olbermann. He may not intend to support the jihaddist or any anti-American element but because of what he does he provides aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States. For that reason he is an enemy propagandist.
Mormon Doc on May 20, 2008 at 9:14 PM
Rant, point, cut 1, rant, rant, cut 3, point 2, cut 6. Come on Mark. There’s a methodology to this. First play cut 1, then cut 3, then tie them together, THEN rant. Ranting in between just loses your continuity of thought. It’s like chain of evidence, Mark. You should know that because you’re a lawyer.
Mark is on the right side of this, but jeez, make your case in a more logical fashion.
fossten on May 20, 2008 at 9:15 PM
fossten on May 20, 2008 at 9:15 PM
How long has The Great One been on the radio? I think he knows how to run his show.
VolMagic on May 20, 2008 at 9:18 PM
Don’t get me wrong about Levin. I like him a lot. He was losing me there, though. Nobody’s perfect.
fossten on May 20, 2008 at 9:19 PM
Yes, but intent is critical if someone is claiming, as Levin does, that he is a deliberate “enemy propagandist.”
He may be reckless and foolish and, because of that, “dangerous” (I know, look at his ratings).
But without willfulness on his part, he’s just a fool who is unintentionally aiding our enemies.
SteveMG on May 20, 2008 at 9:21 PM
If a Democrat wins the White House in November, Keef will be obsolete. So you might just get your wish.
His entire act is built upon bashing Republicans, especially those at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Without them to whine about, he’s irrelevant.
Del Dolemonte on May 20, 2008 at 9:22 PM
You should delete the headline, so a double discussion isn’t going on.
lorien1973 on May 20, 2008 at 9:23 PM
Mark’s show is archived free without commercials at http://www.marklevinshow.com/audio.php
Valiant on May 20, 2008 at 9:26 PM
SteveMG
His intent is to hurt someone IMHO. One can only know the intent by looking into his heart. Since no one is able to do that but KO himself we must rely on his actions which betray his statements about loyalty to the troops.
Mormon Doc on May 20, 2008 at 9:27 PM
In many ways Levin and Olberman deserve each other. They are both rooting for Obama. Olberman is just more honest about it.
Terrye on May 20, 2008 at 9:37 PM
Free Rock Concert Preceded Big Obama Rally in Portland
Hugh Hewitt just told me that right before Obama addressed that huge crowd in Portland, the indie rock band the Decemberists played a free 45-minute concert. Now, I’m sure Obama would draw a big crowd either way, but wasn’t that worth mentioning in the coverage?
From Wikipedia: “Named both in reference to the Russian Decembrist Revolt (which may explain its use of the National Anthem of the Soviet Union as an introduction at many concerts)…” Lovely.
I wonder if they played, “Sixteen Military Wives.” The video depicts a bully named “Henry Stowecroft” (Kissinger and Brent?) representing the United States in a grade school model United Nations who declares war on Luxembourg. I kid you not when I tell you the video begins with the bully putting on a flag pin.
from NRO Campaign Spot, Ace linked it
Just WOW
This is who Barry and his staff chose to help drum up that huge crowd in the People’s Republic of Oregon.
And people want to hand the White House to these people.
funky chicken on May 20, 2008 at 9:39 PM
‘Unusual’is a good word for it. Mind-bogglingly ignorant are two even better words for it. What American “journalist” doesn’t know that the Pentagon is populated by military personnel?
Maybe he thought that it was populated by only the SECDEF and his civilian staff. Or just flag officers (he probably doesn’t know what those are). Maybe…nah. Why try to figure out what such a person is thinking?
baldilocks on May 20, 2008 at 9:39 PM
LLL!
(Trademark Branch Rickey on May 20, 2008 at 9:14 PM)
RushBaby on May 20, 2008 at 9:39 PM
I wish I could disagree with you.
funky chicken on May 20, 2008 at 9:40 PM
He’s referring to Rumsfeld and possibly Peter Pace, I’m sure.
Allahpundit on May 20, 2008 at 9:40 PM
Hey Sugar! I see you down there on McCain’s pickle.
RushBaby on May 20, 2008 at 9:42 PM
But the question is whether his intent is to help the Islamists.
He hates and wishes to weaken (hurt if you will) Bush et al.; but does that mean then that he favors all those others who also hate/wish to hurt/weaken Bush?
I say no.
Being against Bush and his policies doesn’t automatically mean one favors the Islamists.
Ack, I’m in the wonderful position of defending Keith Olbermann.
Just lovely.
SteveMG on May 20, 2008 at 9:43 PM
Right, but he only said ‘Pentagon.’ I have friends (military and civilian) that work there and none of them are or have ever been the SECDEF or the JCS Chairman.
baldilocks on May 20, 2008 at 9:43 PM
the Ed Gillepsie smack down of NBC is awesome
jp on May 20, 2008 at 9:44 PM
General Electric pays this traitor 4 million a year? What is it exactly that GE is trying to get out of this investment? More deals with terrorist supporting nations to buy their products?
If we had any politicians worth a damn, they’d be calling for investigations into General Electric. Instead we’re supposed to worry about idiots hitting baseballs too far.
Buddahpundit on May 20, 2008 at 9:44 PM
I’m thinking that KO didn’t look at the Pentagon’s 9/11 casualty list–General to Specialist.
baldilocks on May 20, 2008 at 9:46 PM
Buddahpundit on May 20, 2008 at 9:44 PM
Global Warming related contracts from big brother. i.e. Liberal Fascism
jp on May 20, 2008 at 9:46 PM
GE is dark green. They want you to buy their twisted lightbulbs and make a fortune domestically.
RushBaby on May 20, 2008 at 9:47 PM
Allah, do you really think he doesn’t know that Rumsfeld retired?
funky chicken on May 20, 2008 at 9:47 PM
Allahpundit:
This is another trick question, right?
irishspy on May 20, 2008 at 9:48 PM
Some conservatives are not willing to submit to the RNC open-borders candidate with nothing in return. Levin, like Rush, point out McCain’s liberalism. If that is offensive, get used to it
In the 1 in 100 chance that McCain wins, he will be crushed from the right when he pursues his liberal policies. Like the domestic RINOs Nixon and Bush, McCain will be vilified by the left and have no support from the base he screwed.
Valiant on May 20, 2008 at 9:49 PM
Anyone know what Laura Ingraham had to say about Numbnuts on her show?
Pcoop on May 20, 2008 at 9:59 PM
Brill and Fab! Megadittos RushBaby!
Branch Rickey on May 20, 2008 at 10:01 PM
It’s called “The Presidential Election of 2000 Syndrome.”
The Democrats can’t get over it.
I understand how much they think Bush didn’t deserve to be president.
In a way it’s true if we take into account the popular vote.
But we chose that system of government and we have to live with it until we change it.
There should be a separation between the Military and decision-makers in D.C. when it comes to ranting.
Again, I understand how the Left feels, that attacking the Military is attacking those who give the orders.
But one should draw a line in the sand and we should distinguish between attacking the Military and aiding the enemy.
Obviously, some people lost their mind because of their extreme hate for George W. Bush.
I’m a not a Bush fan but I know where to stop.
I can rant about Bush all day long, but I respect and support the Military. Without the Military, there is no America. Believe it or not. It used to be the economy and the Military that made the greatness of America. Now it’s just the Military.
My advice to Olbermann is to use his colleague Chris Matthews as an example and start masturbating on air while playing clips of Bakaka Obaba.
It’s relaxing, will make him feel good and all the anger towards George W. Bush will dissipate in five minutes, depends on how fast he is.
Indy Conservative on May 20, 2008 at 10:01 PM
No, I had to cut down on listening after the two weeks of pope worship accompanied by a soft line on McCain.
Valiant on May 20, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Whoa. Same non sequitur in consecutive posts. How does that happen?
Buddahpundit on May 20, 2008 at 10:10 PM
The Great One speaks the truth!
CP on May 20, 2008 at 10:12 PM
Mark Levin provided Olbermann a mighty smack down which was more than deserved. Olbermann is a propagandist of course but I thought that was common knowledge.
Maxx on May 20, 2008 at 10:15 PM
One man, one vote. I no longer view MSNBC/NBC. They are, like the NYT…irrelevant!
hoi polloi on May 20, 2008 at 10:31 PM
I love Mark Levin! He speaks from the heart! No writers necessary, no teleprompters in the line of sight required. What he says comes from where he lives not from someone else’s keyboard! Mark says what he feels!
Vntnrse on May 20, 2008 at 10:32 PM
No, Olby was doing the obvious. He was making a ham-fisted attempt at making it seem like he didn’t mean what he meant… alas. He IS an idiot, so of course in his attempt to say that he didn’t mean that he maligned the troops, he intended to malign those individuals who work in the pentagon.
you know… the troops.
Moron. I would LOVE to see Olby before a grand jury for providing aid and comfort to the enemies of the US with the threat of Purjury charges forcing him to answer questions truthfully… )or get convicted for any purjury…
Jones Zemkophill on May 20, 2008 at 10:34 PM
What can you do, he’s in the news a lot.
Thank God this isn’t ‘all Bill O’Reilly flipping out while not on air 20 years ago’ all the time.
*crosses fingers just in case*
wise_man on May 20, 2008 at 10:35 PM
MSNBC, NBC, CNN, CNBC, ABCNews, CBSNews and sometimes FoxNews are irrelevant to me, they are like a sign language interpreter in a porn movie.
Indy Conservative on May 20, 2008 at 10:39 PM
Good teachers.
RushBaby on May 20, 2008 at 10:53 PM
Levin is just the other side of the coin of Olberman.
Both of them are extremists tools.
I’m a lower life form concerning Olberman because I don’t believe a hug will save the world.
I’m a lower life form concerning Levin because I like to think for myself.
What both of these “journalists” don’t understand is, the world is complicated.
Want to run out there and cure the world with a hug, or run out there work a scorched earth policy? Go ahead. Get busy with it, do the best you can.
But for the love of pete, both of you stop spouting your extremists views from the comfort of your climate controlled studio.
The real world isn’t a climate controlled studio. Get outside of your studio’s and you will know it’s true.
Hog Wild on May 20, 2008 at 11:12 PM
To Olbermoron: Get off my TV, you big dope!! Thank you, Great One!!
farleyman on May 20, 2008 at 11:14 PM
I agree with Levin has to say, but his screaming repulses me. I’d rather hear Olbermann’s treason.
I’d like to commit to never listening to Levin again, but I’m sure something will come up that I’ll want to comment on. It’s like when I said I’d never vote for open borders McCain, but we know I’ll will. At least, I’m smart enough to not use “flip-flop” and “waffle” as political insults.
thuja on May 20, 2008 at 11:23 PM
That might be the most vacuous post I’ve ever read on the internets. 8 paragraphs and not one unambiguous thing to hold onto and get a focus on. Kind of like an Obama “hope” speech or a Newt Gingrich speech.
Buddahpundit on May 20, 2008 at 11:43 PM
When is a house going to fall on this smarmy, sweaty little witch?
Jaibones on May 20, 2008 at 11:47 PM
Why would the troops “kill people to achieve their political objectives”? That makes no sense. He was clearly talking about politicians. I don’t get why Levin keeps associating the troops with cold-blooded killers. He definitely was loud though, you gotta hand it to him there.
crr6 on May 21, 2008 at 12:24 AM
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blatantblue on May 21, 2008 at 12:43 AM
Hey, dummy!
Levin supports the Surge, and that isn’t a scorched earth policy, now is it? We haven’t been fighting scorched earth style.
Duh!
Hey-zeus Christos some of you HA readers are sillier than two geese!
blatantblue on May 21, 2008 at 12:51 AM
Keith Olbermann is nothing but a loud mouthed, Islamofascist (yes CAIR, one of your hacks) POS. As Levin stated, Keith Olbermann’s a “Tokyo Rose” in a suit. The laugh-er about Olbermann is, MSNBC is paying this wannabe goat herder 4mil a year, to denigrate our military and country…at a time of war!
byteshredder on May 21, 2008 at 1:06 AM
Maybe it is about time for a scorched earth policy. We did not win WW2 by being nice.
Johan Klaus on May 21, 2008 at 1:33 AM
I’d like to see Olbermurrow fired just to watch the loony libs go apoplectic over the whole affair. Exploding heads everywhere!
Mallard T. Drake on May 21, 2008 at 3:57 AM
I have thought for years that the most serious mistake we on the right have been making is refusing – out of intimidation or good manners, it doesn’t matter – to speak plainly and truthfully about the nature of the Democrat opposition. Bravo, Mark Levin, for saying it out loud: they are enemy propagandists.
Laws concerning treason used to be enforced. I wonder what happened.
Halley on May 21, 2008 at 6:09 AM
Olbermann would be more at home blathering his hatred on a more fitting station. But I doubt that even Air(head) America would want to take him into their fold. They might consider him to extreme for even their tastes.
pilamaye on May 21, 2008 at 7:46 AM
Valiant on May 20, 2008 at 9:26 PM
“Is that an illusion you idiot!?”
LOL!!!! eXACTly!! Oh thank you thank you thank you for the link!
Auralae on May 21, 2008 at 8:28 AM
Yeah c’mon Mark, learn how to rant already.
Akzed on May 21, 2008 at 9:11 AM
Yes, Halley, underestimating their domestic enemies while fighting a war on both fronts was the Bush administration’s most collossal mistake. As soon as leftist enemy sympathizers starting whining about their patriotism being called into question, their patriotism should have been called into question, forcefully and without embarrassment. It wasn’t, and we see results of this Marcus of Queensbury strategy every day.
Extraneus on May 21, 2008 at 9:26 AM
I lol’d.
fossten on May 21, 2008 at 10:55 AM
All one needs to do to figure out if bathtub boy gives aid and comfort to the enemy is picture Bin Laden in his hole, with all of his animals, watching bathtub boy’s ranting…..
do they jeer?, or do they cheer?
i suspect the latter..
From now on he should be referred to as Tokyobathtubboy Rose..
stlpatriot on May 21, 2008 at 11:01 AM
Mark said the other day that from sources close to Olbermann — and by sources I mean women he has dated — claim his views on MSLSD are nothing like his views expressed in private. The woman Mark referred to actually said, when alone, he sounds like a conservative.
Olby’s time is limited.
macummings on May 21, 2008 at 11:27 AM