Olbermann: I never said Hillary should think about getting out of the race
posted at 6:00 pm on July 18, 2008 by Allahpundit
Time for another of those magical moments, all lovingly compiled by Olby Watch, when our hero makes an assertion so easily disprovable that commentary isn’t even needed. Just laying it side by side with the evidence, like handing a photo of the planet taken from space to a flat-earther, is enough to do the trick.
Does he really not remember the big finish to his Pretty Vicious Rant about Hillary’s assassination comments? His faux-rage facial contortions were magnificent that night. Click the image to watch.
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Keith Olbermann is a dick.
carbon_footprint on July 18, 2008 at 6:03 PM
That pretty much sums it up.
Grafted on July 18, 2008 at 6:07 PM
hey if it works for the messiah, why not bathtub boy
CaptainObvious on July 18, 2008 at 6:09 PM
Thanks for reminding me why I never watch the liar.
TooTall on July 18, 2008 at 6:10 PM
language, language..
Chakra Hammer on July 18, 2008 at 6:10 PM
Nut graf (boy, I’ll say):
Olbermann:
This, Senator, [Hillary's RFK reference] is too much because a senator, a politician, a person who can let hang in mid-air the prospect that she might just be sticking around, in part, just in case the other guy gets shot has no business being, and no capacity to be, the President of the United States.
“No business being, and no capacity to be, the President of the United States.”
But that doesn’t mean he was suggesting she drop out. Nah.
Sheesh.
SteveMG on July 18, 2008 at 6:10 PM
Let me reiterate:
Keith Olbermann is a dick.
franksalterego on July 18, 2008 at 6:11 PM
And a rather insignificant one at that.
thekingtut on July 18, 2008 at 6:11 PM
Clearly, Olby’s got his scroat caught in a mouse trap!
kirkill on July 18, 2008 at 6:11 PM
What a hanyack.
This guy is mendicant, pure and simple.
Theophile on July 18, 2008 at 6:12 PM
Olberdouchebag.
Oompahloompahdpuche, too.
Mazztek on July 18, 2008 at 6:14 PM
I find Obly as amusingly moronic as much as the next guy, but this clip claims to make a point that it doesn’t make. It never shows him telling Hillary to drop out of the race, which is probably why he singled out that point of all of those mentioned by Wallace to rebut.
DaveS on July 18, 2008 at 6:14 PM
Does this commentator from YouTube have point about the video:
terryannonline on July 18, 2008 at 6:15 PM
Yes, the commenter has a point.
DaveS on July 18, 2008 at 6:17 PM
What do you think Olbermann meant when he said she had “no business” or “capacity to be” President?
SteveMG on July 18, 2008 at 6:18 PM
lol, this vid is full of phail
It has Olbermann in it. OF COURSE it is nothing but fail and epic fail.
TABoLK on July 18, 2008 at 6:19 PM
Olby is another liberal idiot who was most likely created from one of those chemistry sets we once played with as kids. The chemicals that were supposed to create his brain function were apparently left out of the mix by mistake. The end result is Olby.
Travis1 on July 18, 2008 at 6:19 PM
No, I meant “dick” as in his detective skills.
carbon_footprint on July 18, 2008 at 6:19 PM
I am curious, though, what is the basis on which Olbermann is causing a (perhaps erroneous) observation made by Chris Wallace as a “talking point”. Has there been a chorus of voices accusing Olby of demanding Hillary drop out of the race? I’m not sure that Olbermann actually understands what a talking point is, despite the fact that he himself attempts to be pushing one with the charge leveled at Wallace.
Olbermann just never ceases to amaze me with how dumb of a man he is, and how someone of such limited “gifts” can get his own political commentary show.
DaveS on July 18, 2008 at 6:20 PM
He’s a beggar?
irishspy on July 18, 2008 at 6:21 PM
SteveMG on July 18, 2008 at 6:18 PM
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that he meant she had “no business” or “capacity to be” President. It’s just a hunch.
And, no… that doesn’t equate to “I demand she drop out of the race,” so drop it.
DaveS on July 18, 2008 at 6:21 PM
olbermann is the Crazy Eddie of journalism.
coldshot on July 18, 2008 at 6:23 PM
I agree with you. I don’t think he specifically asked for her to get out of the race in these two clips.
terryannonline on July 18, 2008 at 6:25 PM
Sorry, you don’t run this site. I’ll post whatever I want pending the approval of the site owners.
Second, someone who says a candidate doesn’t have the “capacity” or has “no business” being President is at the very least implicitly stating that they shouldn’t be running.
If one combines this statement with his full-throated defense of Obama and his equally full-throated criticism of Hillary, it’s safe to assume that he believed that she shouldn’t (at that time) be continuing her run.
SteveMG on July 18, 2008 at 6:25 PM
I believe that person “X” has “no capacity” or “no business” posting here (or trying to post here, et cetera).
Clearly, I am saying that “X” should not be posting here.
One cannot look at Olbermann’s statement above without considering how he spent countless programs defending Obama and critiquing Hillary, often suggesting during the shows that she should – because of the vote – not continue her run.
Context is, in this case, important. This clip – by itself – is defensible (i.e., he’s not asking her to drop out). But his other statements need to be considered.
SteveMG on July 18, 2008 at 6:32 PM
I think you overestimate him.
coldshot on July 18, 2008 at 6:33 PM
Sometimes inappropriate language is the most appropriate…
Carbon stated it best….Olby IS a dick.
deedtrader on July 18, 2008 at 6:38 PM
Down the memory hole we go…again.
Exitensialists IIRC believe there is no yesterday, no tomorrow, only today, to be optimized however one can.
That helped Billy Jeff pull some of his fantasticly contradictory campaign speeches with a straight face.
Of course Olberdirtbag doesn’t remember…you want him to be dumber than Rangel and embarass himself?
Harry Schell on July 18, 2008 at 6:43 PM
The Allah will be “Worst Person in the World” in 3-2-1…
Sergei on July 18, 2008 at 6:49 PM
Correction: Keith Olbermann is a dick with a thesaurus.
Jim Treacher on July 18, 2008 at 6:49 PM
LOL
carbon_footprint on July 18, 2008 at 6:51 PM
I don’t know if it has occurred to you guys, but Keith Olbermann is a
dickpussy.Jaibones on July 18, 2008 at 6:52 PM
Sorry, ladies.
Jaibones on July 18, 2008 at 6:52 PM
Let me reiterate:
Keith Olbermann is a dick.
franksalterego on July 18, 2008 at 6:11 PM
Correction, to paraphrase Bill Murray in Ghostbusters: Keith Olbermann HAS no dick….
Dale in Atlanta on July 18, 2008 at 6:52 PM
Has anyone mentioned that Keth Olbermann is a dick?
wise_man on July 18, 2008 at 6:54 PM
Yes, precisely. Just because he didn’t use the words, “You should get out of the race” doesn’t mean that’s not the clear import of what he’s saying. Are people seriously suggesting he meant, “You have no business being president and you’re incapable of being president — but please, by all means, continue on and reach for that brass ring?” Give me a break.
Allahpundit on July 18, 2008 at 6:54 PM
A thousand percent right.
Allahpundit on July 18, 2008 at 6:55 PM
No, I won’t click the image to watch.
peacenprosperity on July 18, 2008 at 6:57 PM
No, he didn’t specifically ask her, but watch the clip again. He maintains that he never so much as suggested she get out. Total garbage, for the reasons SteveMG recites.
Allahpundit on July 18, 2008 at 6:57 PM
Appparently some are suggesting that.
For Olbermann to claim he never “suggested” that she discontinue her run after saying she has “no business” and/or “no capacity” to be President is absurd.
Particularly since at the time he made the comment one of the major issues was when was Clinton going to drop out of the race.
SteveMG on July 18, 2008 at 6:57 PM
No self-respecting dick would allow themselves to be even remotely associated with this loudmouth ass-clown.
pilamaye on July 18, 2008 at 6:58 PM
loudmouth ass-clown.
pilamaye on July 18, 2008 at 6:58 PM
Nice, ass-maggot is also appropriate where Herr Olbermann is concerned….
Dale in Atlanta on July 18, 2008 at 7:01 PM
I heard he wears “lifts” inside his shoes… and his mother was a hamster and his father smelt of elderberries
Sergei on July 18, 2008 at 7:06 PM
Keith is a legend in his own mind!
canopfor on July 18, 2008 at 7:08 PM
Are we really surprised Olby lies about himself. He lies about everybody else. In fact, Olby telling the truth be a earth-shaking event. Isn’t Olby making it through his pathetic show without telling a lie one of the signs of the apocalypse? Right before four horsemen come riding in.
Planet Boulder on July 18, 2008 at 7:09 PM
You had me at comment 1. ‘Nuff said.
But, since we didn’t leave it there . . . . to those who say the infamous Whizzer didn’t ask her to get out, please comment on the meaning of the word “is.” Cause you’re just that nuanced.
Seems Olby is just taking his cues from The One. If the Messiah can be revisionist about his positions on Iraq, his positions on the surge . . . then why can’t do the same with his positions on Hillary. Wait, that’s pretty disgusting. Sorry.
EconomicNeocon on July 18, 2008 at 7:09 PM
my two week vacation about my boat in San Diego spent almost entirely without TV was made even more wonderful by the total absence of The Big Dick on MSNBC.
when I’m home, i occasionally drift over there to channel 356 just to see what crazy crap he’s spewing. it’s a bad habit and one that i’ve totally broken since getting home last week.
life is too short to spend any time listening to pompous, lying pricks like Keith Olbermann.
DrW on July 18, 2008 at 7:10 PM
Well I haven’t seen too much of Olbermann’s show so all I have to really go by is this video. I don’t have context.
terryannonline on July 18, 2008 at 7:12 PM
My 64 year old mother refers to him as a “dick munch”. What ever that means its got to be bad. Right?
Sammy316 on July 18, 2008 at 7:14 PM
Olberman isn’t a dick. Keith has just just a continual priapism for Obama that he hasn’t had adequate blood flow to his brain so it understandable that he cannot remember what he says.
Keith could get treatment for his Obama induced priapism, but that involves using a needle to draw out the blood, but that would create a problem for Keith’s love life. Not getting rid of the priapism, but finding a porn star that will waste her needle on him instead of her heroin.
RobertInAustin on July 18, 2008 at 7:14 PM
The pro-Olbermann apologists seem to have selective hearing. His claim was that he never stated explicitly OR IMPLIED Hillary should drop out of the race. He sure did imply she should by clearly claim she has “no business…being the President of the United States.” This is clearly an implication that she should drop out. Take Olbermann’s statement to its logical conclusion and it comes out to “Hillary should no longer run for President” ergo “drop out of the race.”
It’s so clear when you break it down logically.
Carl on July 18, 2008 at 7:15 PM
Looks like The Dali Bama and his Apostles are on the same page. Monkey see…Monkey do.
DfDeportation on July 18, 2008 at 7:16 PM
No, I’m a dick. Keith Olbermann is a pussy.
Darth Executor on July 18, 2008 at 7:16 PM
.
Then you have “no business” and “no capacity” to comment on this matter any further.
See the point?
SteveMG on July 18, 2008 at 7:17 PM
Olberwho????
JIMV on July 18, 2008 at 7:17 PM
there goes 2 minutes of my life i’ll never get back.
madmonkphotog on July 18, 2008 at 7:19 PM
Allahpundit on July 18, 2008 at 6:54 PM
I think it is clear that he wouldn’t mind if she got out of the race–and maybe even he thinks that she shouldn’t have run to begin with–but that doesn’t equate to saying that she should drop out.
I think Obama has no business being president. I think he is an incapable moron. I will simply vote against him. My feelings about him do not translate to anything more, I don’t think he should drop out, etc. If we start attributing potential but unspoken implications (which we read from our own perspectives) of a statement to the person who made that statement, we are going down a ridiculously slippery slope.
Wallace’s point would have been better made if he had left this bit out, because the sentiment was spot on.
DaveS on July 18, 2008 at 7:21 PM
Pathetic Buffoon
marklmail on July 18, 2008 at 7:21 PM
Look I am no Olbermann apologist. I’ve watched a couple of his shows and don’t care for the man. However, just because I don’t like him it doesn’t mean I’m going to automatically assume he’s lying in this situation. In the first clip he is obviously not asking Hillary to leave. The second clip I admit is more ambiguous. I can see where one conclude that.
terryannonline on July 18, 2008 at 7:24 PM
I don’t see Olbermann as the worst person in the world, perhaps just the most inconsequential.
johnsteele on July 18, 2008 at 7:28 PM
When recently cutting back on bills to save money, one of my decisions was to scale back on cable TV service. Should I pay less and miss out on MSNBC? Money or douche? Money or douche? Hmmm… I had to think for about .17856 of a second.
Heh. I no longer get MSNBC, and do not miss a second. Even if the only reason I ever watched it was to video blog the insanity of the residents there. Everybody knows what tools they are; I don’t need to post it anymore.
MsUnderestimated on July 18, 2008 at 7:28 PM
I Think Allah has disposed of “X” … I can’t find the comments that “X” posted. But it sounds like it was well deserved. Get em Allah.
ORrighty on July 18, 2008 at 7:33 PM
Well, “X” had no business or capacity to post here anyway.
(Yeah, I’ve milked this about as far as I can; I’ll stop now).
SteveMG on July 18, 2008 at 7:36 PM
Yep. I stopped trying long ago to be eloquent about what an ass this smarmy pile of monkey guano is, but it’s fruitless to continue. He deserves no respect, whatsoever.
MadisonConservative on July 18, 2008 at 7:37 PM
He was pretty much insignificant and cartoonish until O’Reilly made him big…
CCRWM on July 18, 2008 at 7:41 PM
No-talent ass-clown.
WisCon on July 18, 2008 at 7:48 PM
Yes, but watch the clip. He purports to be addressing Hillary directly in that segment, in a rage about her behavior. The gist of what you’re saying is, “I don’t like Obama, but he hasn’t done anything to disqualify himself.” Olbermann’s saying, “I don’t like Hillary, and she HAS done something disqualifying. She’s behaved heinously.”
Allahpundit on July 18, 2008 at 7:52 PM
Yeah, but we are talking about a guy who has a segment called “Worst person in the world”. Accusing people of heinous acts (where most people would merely politely disagree) is sort of his shtick, and when he means to call on somebody to resign or drop out etc he typically says it pretty explicitly.
I don’t think reading between the lines too much with anything he says is typically a wise thing to do. :-)
DaveS on July 18, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Is anyone even surprised with Oberdouche anymore?
He should really get a better health care provider because they are always late with his medication.
Claypigeon on July 18, 2008 at 8:07 PM
If I click on that video will it boost his viewership/ratings from 225 to 226?
Oh hell, I’m not taking the chance I can’t even stand the picture let alone the voice and words I just had supper and don’t want to spoil it.
dhunter on July 18, 2008 at 8:09 PM
It’s okay, this isn’t linked to the neilsen ratings, it’s to the olbermann watch web page. They have a youtube account. It’s okay.
wise_man on July 18, 2008 at 8:18 PM
Wise_man
Its’ not OK I don’t want to spoil my supper, but thanks for the help.
dhunter on July 18, 2008 at 8:26 PM
My mom’s 64 too. Im going to try to teach her that word.
Chuck Schick on July 18, 2008 at 8:49 PM
Dick munch, butt munch, same thing…
benrand on July 18, 2008 at 8:59 PM
You know, I dislike Olbermann as much as the next guy (but then again, looking at some of these comments, maybe not).
But I do find it a little disconcerting that there’s a guy out there who spends all his time monitoring Keith Olbermann, and posting this kind of stuff about him.
asc85 on July 18, 2008 at 9:05 PM
Ah Keith Pendejo, get another face job, because you just lost it again.
byteshredder on July 18, 2008 at 9:07 PM
Olbermann sucks more than anything has ever sucked before.
flipflop on July 18, 2008 at 9:10 PM
I think this thread cements it, Keith Olbermann is, indeed, a dick.
carbon_footprint on July 18, 2008 at 9:11 PM
My stool has more character and intellect as Keith Olbermann………….. and probably smells better.
Seven Percent Solution on July 18, 2008 at 9:11 PM
Meh, I say Olbermann’s more of an a**hole myself.
ZK on July 18, 2008 at 9:22 PM
besides, allah and daves watches oberdick?
Kini on July 18, 2008 at 9:30 PM
How about having a “Be Nice to Keith Week” sometime on Hot Air?
No?
Okay. Nevermind.
whitetop on July 18, 2008 at 9:35 PM
Ok guys! You got me! I’m a big ol’ Olbermann fan! Even though I’m a supporter of Bush, I just love it when he tells my president “Shut. The. Hell. Up!” Even though I’m a supporter of the war in Iraq, I love Keith Olbermann taking the opposing view. Yes, I love the way he names decent people as “Worst Person in the World.”
You got me!
Geez, you guys need to get a grip.
terryannonline on July 18, 2008 at 9:47 PM
You only need watch the 1st 30 seconds of this and then turn it off. Reading between the lines is not required.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qSs_1RCqZg
yakwill83 on July 18, 2008 at 11:01 PM
Herr Olbermann, there’s a vacancy for “Urinal-cake Taters” in my office Bldg, I think you are uniquely qualified…
Dale in Atlanta on July 18, 2008 at 11:55 PM
darnnit, I below the joke…typicay Rightwing ignoramous I am…
That’s
“Urinal-cake Taster!”
Shoot..
Dale in Atlanta on July 18, 2008 at 11:56 PM
Okay, I’m leaving, I can’t even spell “blew”…
G’night…
Dale in Atlanta on July 18, 2008 at 11:56 PM
It’s like this. Opinions are like “rectums,” everyone has them. However, some smell better than others, and yours did not pass the scent test.
Nobody is accusing you of being full of pro Olby crap. It was just pointed out that your dissent was off putting. (get it? . . . dis-scent?)
Anyways . . .
I think it’s understood where you are coming from, however, when you are presented with an opinion “wet wipe,” accept it with humility and just clean that stank.
geckomon on July 19, 2008 at 12:20 AM
On what planet is “someone should take her into a room, and only he should come out” in the context of Hillary’s lingering candidacy not a STRONG suggestion she should get out of the race?
I can be a simple person sometimes, but the meaning of “is” is clear here.
cs89 on July 19, 2008 at 1:41 AM
Is there anymore toilet paper, dammit!
Travis1 on July 19, 2008 at 2:17 AM
geckomon on July 19, 2008 at 12:20 AM
That’s not true… sometimes little kids sit on the drain in swimming pools and bad things happen.
DaveS on July 19, 2008 at 2:20 AM
Liberals, like the ‘Oy’ boy… are incapable of decerning reasoning. He makes statement, A; observer concludes statement a means B; objects to statement meaning B; ‘Oy’ boy rejects B as having never said it. He’s right. Observer is right. Liberals are literal thinkers, which is kind of a pathetic excuse for trying to appear intelligent. They cannot comprehend the consequence of what they say. SO when they are called on that consequence they object to never having said it. It is a lot like literal reading of anything else. Nevermind what they words mean. Superficial ignorance is bliss.
Watch the timetime tick down at http://www.countryaboveself.com
ilitigant on July 19, 2008 at 10:57 AM
Many here have asserted that Olbermann is an idiot. You don’t get an argument out of me on that. The bigger idiots are the people on the left wing blogs that defend him by saying he is the only true journalist on the air…How brain dead do you have to be to think that? My only question is how long does NBC embarrass itself by letting this lunatic continue at MSLSD????????
adamsmith on July 19, 2008 at 11:14 AM
“I would like at this time to, ah, announce my choice for uh, press secrfetary, uh, Keith Olberman,” President Barack Hussein O’Jesus.
Akzed on July 19, 2008 at 11:17 AM
Yep, someone told me Olbermann and Moyers were the two most honest journalists out there along with telling me Bush/Cheney had shredded the constitution etc. He also said Olby was right to call Michelle Malkin a facist. *rolls eyes*
aikidoka on July 19, 2008 at 12:05 PM
Normally, I make an effort to listen to people I disagree with, if for no other reason, to formulate my own arguments. But I can’t bring myself to watch Olby for even a second. He’s the most intellectually dishonest person to ever have a television show.
Blech. Ugh.
moonbat monitor on July 19, 2008 at 12:27 PM
Keith Olberman es uno dicko.
profitsbeard on July 19, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Heh, pb, Keith Olberkind es un hombre con un pene pequeño.
Las señoras dicen eso.
Entelechy on July 19, 2008 at 1:26 PM
The funny thing which I haven’t seen comment on is that he indirectly conceeds the fact that he told the President to “shut the hell up”. Obviously there are clips of it online which he knows would be lying. But the Hillary one he can nuance all he wants because there are no direct quotes. What a tool
Butters on July 19, 2008 at 1:57 PM
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