Tool who said Fox News is “worse than Al Qaeda”: Hey, let’s “quarantine” Fox News’s hate speech
posted at 9:57 pm on June 1, 2009 by Allahpundit
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Yes, by all means let’s shut down the sort of amoral ignoramus who’d compare a news channel to the fiends who perpetrated 9/11; who’d liken American conservatives to jihadists; who’d call the president of the United States a fascist despite the wise counsel of even the leftists in his party; and who’d nod along as every last member of the tax-day tea party was smeared as a racist “redneck.” I said something yesterday on Twitter about how political violence brings out the most magnificent demagogic jackassery on blogs. Well, behold the most magnificent demagogic jackass of them all. A credit to the medium, wouldn’t you say?
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I think if we did that to Olberman and all of MSNBC the world would immediately be 10% smarter and 25% quieter
Defector01 on June 1, 2009 at 9:59 PM
I’m sorry, but KO is an ass. I couldn’t make it through the whole segment.
So, if someone had tried to assassinate Bush, would Keith have any regret for calling him a fascist?
therightscoop on June 1, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Little wonder Olberdoof would like to see FOX brought down a few notches; I believe that Fox’s monthly test of the emergency broadcast system gets better ratings than his show.
Bishop on June 1, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Therightscoop
Least you tried
Olberbarf is a lostr moron horse hoof suckin reject
Ands his rain is poiseoned by hair gel
Jerk odneyk
blatantblue on June 1, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Keith just doesn’t think O’Reilly says “Sir” enough. Keith thinks he can say anything as long as he comes off exquisitely polite.
Cindy Munford on June 1, 2009 at 10:04 PM
If anyone incites hatred, it’s olbermann.
Maybe he can’t see because he is being teabagged.
therightscoop on June 1, 2009 at 10:04 PM
There’s just nothing left to say…the guy is a rolling, non-stop, train wreck.
There is no vile thing this twit won’t say in pandering to his nutroots base. The fact that he’s also a smarmy looking wretch just completes the picture. Has anybody noticed his gruesome smile…he always looks like he’s taking a huge dump.
AUINSC on June 1, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Yeah, because there are sooooooooo many other conservative media outlets. Why didn’t he call for HA, Ace, PJM, et. al. to be shut down?
And besides, who watched Olberdouche read his drivel anyway? Surely, he does see the ratings.
I must say, the libtards at DU luv (hugs & kisses) Kayo’s approach. Be forewarned, there are really distasteful comments that no one should repeat. And that is not hate speech?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on June 1, 2009 at 10:05 PM
If I kill Olbermann can I blame Olbermann b/c his insanity is responsible for me doing so?
lavell12 on June 1, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Keith would love a quarantine of Fox News, because his own show is lagging far behind in the ratings.
therightscoop on June 1, 2009 at 10:07 PM
He is the biggest A$$hole on TV! Someone should cut his tongue out! *L*
Eyvonne on June 1, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Olby is hilarious. Talk about a mental case.
CWforFreedom on June 1, 2009 at 10:08 PM
This is how places like Yugoslavia devolved into civil war. At this point, I’m really coming to actually hate and despise all Democrats.
Tabris on June 1, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Liberals: Yes, this is all they have. Sad, isn’t it?
TMK on June 1, 2009 at 10:08 PM
No. Either way, you are right wing extremist hatemonger. Right, Ms. Napolitano?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on June 1, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Hey, UberdouchemanN, first off, how’s that ag college degree doing?
Second, if you even remotely *snickered* at the playboy date rape scenario today: you are a hypocrite and should resign because then you are responsible any time a co-ed gets date rape by a creep {even if it is not you}.
that was e-z
Branch Rickey on June 1, 2009 at 10:09 PM
I think BOR has a potential libel case against NBC and the a$$wipe.
Amadeus on June 1, 2009 at 10:10 PM
This is going to be one hot Summer.
Weight of Glory on June 1, 2009 at 10:10 PM
KO is,
a,
Liberal JACK#SS!
canopfor on June 1, 2009 at 10:10 PM
If some homicidal nutbag decides to assassinate Olberman’s daily “worst person in the world” I wonder if he will feel that he is being “blindly irresponsible” as he accuses FOX News.
Olberman is absolutely insufferable. His pompous self-righteousness is like a dose of ipecac.
cruadin on June 1, 2009 at 10:11 PM
That would never happen. Talk about giving olbermann the ammo he wants.
therightscoop on June 1, 2009 at 10:11 PM
………. don’t be so sure of that, Skippy.
Seven Percent Solution on June 1, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Tribalism is taking over America, the nation built on individualism. Very, very sad to have dragged into the past by the absolute dregs of society. But, that’s why our Founders abhorred Democracy and only had 1/2 of 1/3 of the federal government open to democratic processes, and without anything approaching universal suffrage, at that.
I hope we learn this lesson and write it into the next Constitution, which will be needed after the US has been driven into a monetary black hole, has tribal warfare break out from the “entitlement” crowd and ceases to exist as a viable entity.
It’s one thing to be nice to the idiots but quite another to allow them to control a nation they neither understand nor appreciate.
progressoverpeace on June 1, 2009 at 10:13 PM
I’m at a loss for who watches and takes KO seriously. He is so over-the-top, accuse others of something he does all the time, cartoonish in his description of his ideological counterparts that part of me thinks it must be some kind of act.
BadgerHawk on June 1, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Bless his heart. I guess Olbermann really believes his nonsense. This would have been a beautiful Onion parody — except that, as real life, it defies parody.
J.E. Dyer on June 1, 2009 at 10:14 PM
It makes business sense to keep him on the air. He outrageous and outlandish comments drive up traffic at NBC. They don’t care about ratings. He says everything the Obama administration likes to hear. And that’s the dangerous part of what is going on. GE (NBC) is so in bed with this administration. NBC needs to keep in good graces with the administration so they can reap the spoils of Obama’s policies (energy and health care).
Immelt doesn’t give 2 craps about Olbermann. Don’t kid yourself. If he did have the balls to censor or suspend Olbermann, the leftist/statist outrage would be, well, minimal initially because nobody watches that sludge. But it would get circulated around the blogs, and the leftists would scream freedom of speech.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on June 1, 2009 at 10:14 PM
What happens the day they have succeeded in shutting down talk radio, Fox News, and the right wing blogosphere.
The unintended consequences of their hubris and sanctimony are not something the leftists have thought through too well…
elduende on June 1, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Well I am guessing about 7 people probably heard that hilariously deranged soliloquy live on the air, and now a few of us here.
What can you say about such an a$$hole.
And, oh yeah, I don’t condone the man’s murder, but he himself was a murderer, and I’m not sad that he’s gone.
D2Boston on June 1, 2009 at 10:15 PM
you must be on drugs. Don’t bless his heart. Throw holy water on him and see what happens.
therightscoop on June 1, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Yeah your right, but just saying. KO has called BOR a murderer. its just unbelivable to me that NBC lawyers would have to be cringing right now.
Amadeus on June 1, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Seriously,has the Left lost their minds,by
equating listening to fox news,and in that,
the listeners turn into robotic lockstep
murder machines!!
P….L….E…A…S…E…
G….I….V…E, M…E
A
B…R….E…A…K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on June 1, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Allah, after watching your link, this clip alone needs some more of the same…………
………. again, nothing adds more sting to the punch than using their own words against them.
Seven Percent Solution on June 1, 2009 at 10:19 PM
What an absolute brainless dumbf*%$. He’s too stupid to realize that he does the exact same thing every single night of his entire career, comparing even President Bush to Hitler on a regular basis.
So if Bush had been attacked, using Olberman’s own logic, it’s Olberman’s fault!
How many liberals run around foaming at the mouth wishing Cheney, Bush, Scooter Libby, Rush and others dead simply because they watch Olberman’s Special Comment and “Worst Person in the World” on a regular basis?
Gregor on June 1, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Nah. They are friends with the White House and can do anything they want. If Black Panthers can be caught on tape intimidating people right in front of a poll and then have the charges dropped (even though they weren’t offering a defense) then I think it’s pretty clear that no one taking shots, of any sort, at opponents of The Precedent and his junta have anything to fear. It is no secret how utterly corrupt this junta is.
progressoverpeace on June 1, 2009 at 10:20 PM
So did Olberman murder the Army recruiters this morning?
Gregor on June 1, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Hey Mr Olbermann, how’s that whole ratings thing going for ya?
Weebork on June 1, 2009 at 10:22 PM
would anyone here be able to restrain themselves from knocking Olberman on his ass if you came face to face with him?
jp on June 1, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Wow—I cannot even watch this man—-I accidently watched earlier, but if he did in fact not have O’Reilly to beat around…..what would he talk about???? I do realize he & Bil are on at the same time & over & over again Bill beats him by quite a large audience, perhaps he cannot get over that??? Does he not get it??? In all reality he & bill should sit down & have it out once & for all… I think I know who would win that debate….Pity Olby actually thinks he has an intelligent audience
Ladywolfnl on June 1, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Oh no. Fox News is going to be “quarantined” by 8 people (assuming none of olby’s viewers were in the can at the moment). What will Rupert do?
Ronnie on June 1, 2009 at 10:23 PM
They’ll be coming to take Olberman away, ha-haaa.
They’ll be coming to take Olberman away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa.
To the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time and he’ll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats and they’re coming to take him away, ha-haaa!!!
To the happy home, with trees and flowers and chirping birds and basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes and they’ll be coming to take him away, ha-haa!!!
To the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time……
- Napoleon XIV
MB4 on June 1, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Take a number and get in line.
Subsunk
Subsunk on June 1, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Many people are murdered daily around the world, and thousands of our troops have died. None of them, not ONE has received the kind of outrage that this disgusting murderer Tiller has received.
How backwards is this world?
brogers on June 1, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Yes, but it will be interesting to watch this man’s head explode when the wheels come off this democratic thing.
I don’t mind him being the spokesperson for the liberal wing. He gives a face to crazy. It would be worse if they had a sane individual with simple opposing views. People might watch them for reasons outside of entertainment.
sherry on June 1, 2009 at 10:25 PM
I apologize. I was going to get angry at another 7 minute Olby rant when I can barely tolerate 7 seconds, but this one was as funny as The Onion.
Marcus on June 1, 2009 at 10:25 PM
I’m fairly convinced by Olbermann’s reporting that Fox News is inciting terrorism.
Would Olbermann then be responsible for Bill’s death? Would Keith have blood on his hands? I somehow doubt he would think so.
PS: I’ve never seen anyone more transparent in my life.
“Someone shot an abortionist, everyone boycott our largest competitor, especially the guy opposite me in my timeslot!”
triple on June 1, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Did KO ever come out and ridicule the Obama Administration for inciting hatred and death threats against the AIG Executives?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
therightscoop on June 1, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Will. Not. Click. On. BathBoy.
Knucklehead on June 1, 2009 at 10:26 PM
“It’s obvious that osama bin laden heard the words of MSNBC..”
So it’s what – 3000 to 1? Meh.
Ronnie on June 1, 2009 at 10:27 PM
progressoverpeace at 10:13
I don’t think anything in a new Constitution could prevent this kind of crap as long as we have crap for education. Depraved people self-ruling can only make a depraved society. This nation can withstand any enemy except its own ignorant masses.
justincase on June 1, 2009 at 10:28 PM
So if someone kills Dick Cheney, I’m sure Olbermann would volunteer to go off the air.
/sarcasm
So this is what it takes Olberdouche to be mature?
Speedwagon82 on June 1, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Already have, a local Wendy’s who used to show MSNBC on their TV exclusively, they don’t anymore. I didn’t threaten to cost them business, I just explained how slanted and hard MSNBC works to misguid their viewers.
Since then, everytime I stop by for lunch, it’s FoxNews or CNN. So it was a half victory…
Hog Wild on June 1, 2009 at 10:29 PM
After watching that clip, I need a shower.
therightscoop on June 1, 2009 at 10:30 PM
scum
bill30097 on June 1, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Who is Olbermann? Picture Edward R. Murrow with dementia.
Star20 on June 1, 2009 at 10:31 PM
inadequate (according to ex-lovers M&F)
bill30097 on June 1, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Putz.
fogw on June 1, 2009 at 10:31 PM
progressoverpeace at 10:20
Man, have you hit the nail on the head. I feel like the whole world has gone crazy. Everything is being decided on the basis of whether your identity group is on the most-favored list. How can the rule of law so easily be turned to monkey dung?
justincase on June 1, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Haha.
Ted Torgerson on June 1, 2009 at 10:34 PM
jp on June 1, 2009 at 10:22 PM
I’d likely enjoy hell out of smacking that insufferable asshole.
irongrampa on June 1, 2009 at 10:35 PM
I’d say its a 2/3ds victory
And what’s amusing is this; you explained it clearly and logically. I was at a hotel bar and had to listen to a liberal scream bloody murder when the bartender had the O’Reilly factor on about how he was an evil racist torturer. Bartender threw him out of the bar, very funny.
Defector01 on June 1, 2009 at 10:38 PM
This whiny little punk makes a show of kicking the shins of the big guy on the block FOX because he knows big guy won’t even notice him. He’s a patheitc joke, a self-parody.
RandyChandler on June 1, 2009 at 10:38 PM
That may be the most bizarre video I have ever(evah) seen.
Ugly on June 1, 2009 at 10:39 PM
No no no. Me either usually, but this one has a payoff at the end. You’re being punished because Keef is “retiring” his “Ted Baxter” impersonations of O’Reilly, and you’re hearby instructed when you visit “all those places” that have FoxNews playing to make them change the channel (never mind the reason they’re playing Fox News is that everyone told them to ‘turn off that damn CNN’, at least in my bank lobby).
Marcus on June 1, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Dear Mister Olbermann,
Deceiver, dissembler
Your trousers are alight
From what pole or gallows
Shall they dangle in the night?
What infernal serpent
Has lent you his forked tongue?
From what pit of foul deceit
Are all these whoppers sprung?
What red devil of mendacity
Grips your soul with such tenacity?
Will one you cruelly shower with lies
Put a pistol ball between your eyes?
Sincerely, William Blake
PercyB on June 1, 2009 at 10:44 PM
PercyB on June 1, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Dude. Deeeeeeeep
Ugly on June 1, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Dear Leader Obama’s songbun system:
The population of Dear Leader Barack Obama’s coming Democratic People’s Republic of America can be roughly divided into three tiers, and ones place in these tiers is called songbun. An individuals songbun is based on ones position at the time of Obama’s ascendancy from questionable circumstances of birth to presidential occupation: party members, largely comprised of the capos of Reid, Pelosi and Kennedy and sub-capos like Black Panthers, ACORN and the UAW are the elite; people who helped to bankrupt the nation while lining their own pockets are at the next level in the hierarchy and often have high positions in congress or are appointed to cabinet positions and other high offices; the final group is comprised of an as yet to be determined number of distinct classes, each with lower songbun then the next. Conservative talk show hosts and bloggers and people who still believe in Ayn Rand’s philosophy of individual rights or in the soon to be outdated U.S. Constitution have the lowest songbun, and consequentially occupy a role analogous to India’s untouchables.
MB4 on June 1, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Thanks for the recap, but I’d rather have a root canal than listen to BathBoy.
Knucklehead on June 1, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Is this moron still on TV?
Whatever he said, it appears that insults and putdowns are his only means of communication. He’s incapable of intelligent speech. And he appears to take his cues from junior-high girl-gangsters.
n0doz on June 1, 2009 at 10:57 PM
That boy does ramble along doesn’t he?
Jdripper on June 1, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Too many cowards and idiots around allows for all sorts of horrors (as you indicated in your earlier post about our education system). And it is unfortunate that the press wields such great power, as they are the biggest cowards and idiots of all. Add to this intense, illusory white guilt and you have it all, ready to go.
progressoverpeace on June 1, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Wow. Well said… to quote Peter Boyle: “Holy Crap”
Ugly on June 1, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Olberman’s a morally and intellectually bankrupt juvenile delinquent.
What he vomits from his mouth on his idiotic show isn’t worth thinking about or commenting on.
NoDonkey on June 1, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Here’s another guy that needs a SBC ass sandwich.
DeweyWins on June 1, 2009 at 11:07 PM
No comment on the actions of Tiller by Olbermann. He acts so self righteous, but he never gave so much as a minute of time to the thousands of viable babies who were killed by Tiller. Viable meaning they could survive outside the mother’s womb if they were given the chance to live rather than killed by Tiller in his office. He performed thousands of such procedures. Where is Keith’s bleeding heart? He screams about the rights of those who have harmed this country, but he doesn’t say a word about all those innocent babies. What was their crime? They just wanted to live. They wanted to be given the same opportunity to make a life for themselves just like every other human being currently walking this earth.
Mr. Olbermann was given the chance to live, but he doesn’t care that millions each year are denied that chance. He’s outraged that gay people don’t have the right to marry, but he won’t say a word about the millions who are denied the right to live. Some talk about equal opportunity. When you’re dead there is no opportunity. Since Roe v. Wade it is estimated that 17 million black babies have been aborted. What kind of person wants to fight for that?
The irony of all of this: If Tiller had been killed 68 years ago in a doctor’s office the media would not give it so much as a minute of coverage.
Stickeehands on June 1, 2009 at 11:08 PM
I’d rather get a prostate exam with a dandelion digger.
whitetop on June 1, 2009 at 11:10 PM
Wouldn’t it be kind of funny if the killer was caught and said listening to MSNBC drove him to kill?
edshepp on June 1, 2009 at 11:11 PM
Yes, by all means, let us rid ourselves of the #1 News Channel in America. They will not obey, WE MUST SACRIFICE FOR THE SAKE OF FUTURE GENERATIONS…..
seesalrun on June 1, 2009 at 11:14 PM
LOL, from another message board:
“Everything is FoxNew’s fault, according to MSNBC anchors. Especially their non-existent ratings.”
Marcus on June 1, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Does anyone take this guy seriously?
therightwinger on June 1, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Seriously, who watches this tool?
FireBlogger on June 1, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Fox is making both CNN and MSNBC freak out. Fox is dominating both of them. This is simply not supposed to happen in Obamanation.
ddrintn on June 1, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Indeed, who actually follows the link to become intentionally stupider?
Jaibones on June 1, 2009 at 11:18 PM
I think you are correct in your analysis of the source of Olberdouche’s insanity. He is bitch-slapped in the ratings by seven separate shows from one station. And I mean slapped hard.
Jaibones on June 1, 2009 at 11:20 PM
hope you don’t mind if I quote you, as I embark on chronicling this debacle.
Hope to see you at the Red State meeting in Atlanta in August.
seesalrun on June 1, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Olbermann secretly wishes Bruno would drop into his lap
ToddonCapeCod on June 1, 2009 at 11:27 PM
They got that idea from pictures stolen of Obly and that Maddow dude.
WisCon on June 1, 2009 at 11:28 PM
I can’t even be mad at Olby. I just want to ruffle his hair and say “it’ll be ok champ.”
Ampersand on June 1, 2009 at 11:29 PM
I’m outrageously outraged. About 1820 times.
radiofreevillage on June 1, 2009 at 11:36 PM
Too many cowards and idiots around allows for all sorts of horrors (as you indicated in your earlier post about our education system). And it is unfortunate that the press wields such great power, as they are the biggest cowards and idiots of all. Add to this intense, illusory white guilt and you have it all, ready to go.
progressoverpeace on June 1, 2009 at 10:58 PM
seesalrun on June 1, 2009 at 11:37 PM
I’d be very honored, sal.
progressoverpeace on June 1, 2009 at 11:38 PM
Apart from the fact that one is on much more solid theoretical ground in calling Obama a fascist, comments in blogs are not the same as comments by a TV host with a national audience. See O’Reilly’s statement about HotAir commenters elsewhere.
ddrintn on June 1, 2009 at 11:41 PM
I agree that comments in a blog aren’t the same as a TV show. And I take your point that you think describing Obama’s policy as fascist is more justified.
However, this is apparently not AP’s position. He seems to indicate quite clearly that calling a President of the USA a fascist is extreme and hate speech. I just note that by AP’s own definition, HA is a hate site.
radiofreevillage on June 1, 2009 at 11:49 PM
For those of you who stuck it out and watched the whole wretched segment, you’ll see that Olberman gets to his point in the last 30 seconds: To get Fox News and its “ilk” off the air. In other words, Tiller is murdered; therefore, censorship is the logical outcome.
This is the same mindset that sees the end of humanity in cow flatulence. This is the group that does not condone “torture” because it goes against our core values, but will gladly stifle the first and second amendments if given the chance.
Olberman’s report was almost a self-parody. He makes gigantic leaps in logic. In his world, there are six degrees of separation from every crime to every Conservative. His hatred of the Right is tedious. I’m sure even the diehards on the Left must find that a little bit of Olberman goes a long way.
Oh, and the real essence behind the Left’s outrage is mostly based on fear. The Olbermans and others of his ilk worry that they’ll be the next target of right-wing assassins. There is no moral outrage to what they say, just a stiff form of cowardice.
EMD on June 1, 2009 at 11:52 PM
Did AP call Obama a fascist? Did Ed Morrissey?
ddrintn on June 1, 2009 at 11:52 PM
It’s the internet. People say stupid/crazy things.
therightwinger on June 1, 2009 at 11:56 PM
Funny. I started writing the last paragraph addressing this point but then decided to erase it.
Anyway, it doesn’t matter if they write it. I can judge what they find acceptable by the audience they attract and value to keep. We’re not talking about an isolated comment. We’re talking about many hundreds from a lot of different people.
radiofreevillage on June 1, 2009 at 11:56 PM
So killing an abortion doctor makes you a “terrorist”, but trying to blow up an Army Base just makes you a “moron”. Nuance indeed.
SoulGlo on June 1, 2009 at 11:57 PM
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