Olby: Pretty much all criticism of Obama is racist
posted at 9:56 pm on September 8, 2009 by Allahpundit
We haven’t checked in on the reincarnation of Edward R. Murrow in awhile. Apparently he called off the search for dirt on Glenn Beck today — he’s just too darn moral, you see — but don’t you fret. Not only does he regard virtually all criticism of The One from the right to be crypto-racist in nature but he goes out of his way here to agree with Van Jones’s assessment that Republicans are “assholes.” TV critics keep drawing ironic demagogic parallels between him and his bete noire O’Reilly but I don’t remember Bill O calling Democrats A-holes back when I used to watch the Factor regularly. Has he taken to doing that lately? I know Keith is scrupulous about not acting like a bigger jackass than the guy he deems to be the biggest jackass on TV.
Just wanted to flag this in case anyone mistakenly thought that Garofalo’s views on race were too wild and woolly even for “Countdown.” On the contrary.
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These dirty dogs have got to stop projecting their own personal racism on everyone else.
StevefromMKE on September 8, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Come on, be truthful now, does anyone REALLY watch Olbermann?
GarandFan on September 8, 2009 at 9:59 PM
From what I see when I do watch BOR, he bends over backwards to be fair to Dems in general and not wield a broadbrush. His critiques are specific to individuals and often to just one comment or topic, taking care to say in other areas they’re just fine (often he’s wrong saying that but it’s that bending over backwards thingy I mentioned).
KittyLowrey on September 8, 2009 at 10:00 PM
good thing that re-runs of Huckabee have more viewers than this clown.
lavell12 on September 8, 2009 at 10:00 PM
And pretty much all praise of him is stupid.
I’d rather be called RAAAAACIST! by morons than stupid.
wildcat84 on September 8, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Yeah, Olbermann is funny…just not in the way he thinks he is.
AUINSC on September 8, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Olbermann is an idiot. There is no nice way of putting it.
Phil Byler on September 8, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Well, he’s already said they’re “the leading terror group in America” so I guess calling them just racists is a step up.
In another three years perhaps he’ll just call them “evil.”
Progress, my friends, progress.
SteveMG on September 8, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Sara Palin has come out in favor of Obama on Afghanistan, does this mean that the left is basing opposition to that on race?
rob verdi on September 8, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Pedophiles looking to see if they’re on “To Catch a Predator” and employees of MSNBC. No one else could possibly watch that crap.
And we were called racists. Take a shot! (I think I might have liver failure at this point)
mjk on September 8, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Keith only likes Obama because his momma was White. He’s a safe black man for liberals like Keith. I know these types of uppity Whites. They are bitter, angry, racists people.
SouthernGent on September 8, 2009 at 10:04 PM
I actually saw this exchange live since OReilly was on commercial break and I was trying to catch what he found in Beck’s closets. Just a couple of white male libs feeling guilty about being white and male. Well, sort of male.
JeffinOrlando on September 8, 2009 at 10:04 PM
….and a douchebag, a moron, a dickwad….did I miss anything?
NathanG on September 8, 2009 at 10:05 PM
That’s it! Made it to 2:03 and couldn’t stand to listen anymore.
Only if they are deaf, dumb and blind!…Did I mention dumb?
indypat on September 8, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Keep throwing that race card down PLEASE! Keep using it, keep accusing any difference of thought or opinion to racism, PLEASE! The more the left throws down this ridiculous charge the less weight it carries…..please keep using it so we can finally dismiss the ludicrous charges for what they are and we can all move on.
Koa on September 8, 2009 at 10:06 PM
Overbite does have some weird sexual proclivities.
Well, that’s what I heard.
Lanceman on September 8, 2009 at 10:06 PM
The crazy things said about FDR? How about Bush?? Oh wait, Keef agrees with those.
aikidoka on September 8, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Come-on,…admit it, you know every person who voted for obama is racist!,..your deflecting skills are sliding gobberman!
christene on September 8, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Hey! I’m in orlando.
Lanceman on September 8, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Keep playing the race card liberals, pretty soon it will just be another word and no one will care if someone is really a racist or not.
cadams on September 8, 2009 at 10:07 PM
It is funny to watch liberal white people screaming racism on behalf of the black people they imagine they speak for, and who they don’t think capable of defending themselves. I’ve taken a page from their book, and now defend short people. I’m quite tall, but if anyone dares to say anything about short people, you have to answer to me. It’s fun being a minority now, and I get to shout “short” discrimination every day. Makes me feel American.
JiangxiDad on September 8, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Great! Now some vegan commune in New Hampshire and a handful of prison inmates who think Olberman “has a pretty mouth” think I’m a racist!
Now how am I supposed to get by?
TMK on September 8, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Yep, no skeletons in his closet…none at all.
AUINSC on September 8, 2009 at 10:08 PM
In calling off the dirt-digging on Beck, Olbermann blinked — big time. What’s he hiding from his past? Inquiring minds want to know…
Rational Thought on September 8, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Uh… I’m pretty sure that the Tweeter Olby mentioned is a fake. If I’m right, well, I would say that its sad, and they should do better reporting. But this is Olbermann we are talking about.
BobbyDank on September 8, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Massively Off Topic – But I just wandered into Little Green Footballs for no good reason. What HAPPENED to him? Holy mackarel.
Back on Topic:
don’t you have to have a penis to be considered a male? I highly doubt either of those 13 year old girls have one of those.
mjk on September 8, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Wow censory.
mjk on September 8, 2009 at 10:09 PM
I think that ship has sailed. That’s why they’re forced to relegate it’s usage to a show that very few people watch. When Obarga tried to use it with his bud, that harvard prof, people told him to stick it where the sun don’t shine.
JiangxiDad on September 8, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Riiiight. It had nothing to do with this, or the fact that when he got back in to work he was yelled at by his bosses.
Enoxo on September 8, 2009 at 10:10 PM
OT: Awesomely awesome–Greta’s reporting that Palin has written a column on the healthcare debate that will appear in tomorrow’s Wall Street Journal.
Stolen thunder. Obama is beaten to the punch by the former governor shooting from the hip in curlers, a bathrobe, and fuzzy slippers.
Heads will explode in Manhattan and San Fran. I hope Obama feels like the warden opening the morning paper towards the end of Shawshank Redemption. Repeat after me, O: Gulp.
BuckeyeSam on September 8, 2009 at 10:10 PM
The R word is the new N word
iceman1960 on September 8, 2009 at 10:11 PM
I was actually gonna watch him today. I wanted to see what kind of dirt he got on Beck. Then I find out he called it off!
Thought for a moment he might go with the rapist meme thats being going on. But he’s not that dumb.
Trov on September 8, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Post racial.
Terrye on September 8, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Sven: pretty much Ogabe’s got all the balls your party has….
how’s that Jihad against Glen going champ?
quit much?
sven10077 on September 8, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Keep throwing that race card down PLEASE! Keep using it, keep accusing any difference of thought or opinion to racism, PLEASE! The more the left throws down this ridiculous charge the less weight it carries…..please keep using it so we can finally dismiss the ludicrous charges for what they are and we can all move on.
Koa on September 8, 2009 at 10:06 PM
I somewhat disagree because they are trying to instigate more than rational differences of opinion. The Van Joneses want an excuse for their Revolution to turn physical.
fourdeucer on September 8, 2009 at 10:12 PM
If too many more people call me racist for disagreeing with Obama I’m gonna start swinging damnit!!
I’m sick and tired of this s#!t like you wouldn’t believe…. actually, I’m sure most here can believe and probably feel the same.
Yakko77 on September 8, 2009 at 10:12 PM
It’s going to get a lot worse than this. Olbergoof is a non-entity as far as forming opinions or persuading anyone, but he is giving all of us a big, fat clue of what’s to come as Ogabe’s agenda begins to fail everywhere.
Bishop on September 8, 2009 at 10:13 PM
The virus of NEA enforced white guilt has a finite number of uses….
the race card though potent loses value with each use….
Jerry Wright and Barry use it as much as John Belushi at an all you can snort Cocaine buffet…..
Keefe is just aiding the cause baby.
sven10077 on September 8, 2009 at 10:13 PM
His audience has to be limited to the tin-foil brigade who have Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity voodoo dolls.
BuckeyeSam on September 8, 2009 at 10:14 PM
While I may indeed have an a**hole, I draw the line at being one.
bloggless on September 8, 2009 at 10:14 PM
I don’t even think a deaf person would believe his BS.
FontanaConservative on September 8, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Okay, eff you Obama, Jones, and Olberdouche. There, I feel better that I have outed myself as a racist.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on September 8, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Why did you make me watch this? I usually avoid it just because the constant stream of lies is so infuriating.
None of the “race” talk has any basis in reality. Beck specifically pointed AWAY from the “a-holes” clip as unimportant, while Olby uses that as an example of what Beck uncovered, etc. etc. How do people like this sleep at night? I really don’t get it.
RightWinged on September 8, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Sarah’s column
elduende on September 8, 2009 at 10:14 PM
I am so mesmerized by his furry eyebrows, that I can not comprehend a word he utters. Fascinating.
bloggless on September 8, 2009 at 10:14 PM
He is the poster child for Americas Dumbest SOB. The epitome
of stupid and ass kissing racist MF. Rachel thinks he’s funny but take at look at her. If there was ever a program that needed boycotting this is it. Would love to see this miserable POS begging for food in the streets. I would feed a nasty rat before I would throw him a crumb. To hell with
NBC, GE and this living example of a botched democrat parital birth abortion.
bluegrass on September 8, 2009 at 10:15 PM
I suspect they couldn’t find anything. Glenn will tell anyone who’ll listen about his past and what a jerk he was.
Monica on September 8, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Oh, and why is Jeremiah Wright such a black racist? I saw him on O’Reilly tonight and I swear he is whiter than me. He should feel priviledged.
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FlyoverJ-HawkFan on September 8, 2009 at 10:15 PM
But the left has used it so much that it has no more stigma under the boy-who-cried-wolf principle.
BuckeyeSam on September 8, 2009 at 10:16 PM
OLby must finally have realized that we don’t care what Glen has done in his past. We don’t care!!! It’s a beautiful feeling, aint it?
bloggless on September 8, 2009 at 10:17 PM
The R word is the new N word
iceman1960 on September 8, 2009 at 10:11 PM
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So what, you made it politically correct A$$man.
bluegrass on September 8, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Why do real American Men allow this metrosexual to host those football shows. It would make me embarrassed to be a man.
bloggless on September 8, 2009 at 10:18 PM
You forgot hung like a thumbtack. (no manhood)
bill30097 on September 8, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Olbergruppenfuhrer is just projecting again.
alwaysright43 on September 8, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Hey, its Austin Pendleton.
Also, Olby is a d/<k but we knew that.
You will not silence us Olby.
RobCon on September 8, 2009 at 10:18 PM
RAAACISTS, Unite!!!
FontanaConservative on September 8, 2009 at 10:19 PM
quarter inch prick?
bloggless on September 8, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Newsflash: The civil “rights” era is over. Get used to it :)
JiangxiDad on September 8, 2009 at 10:20 PM
It’s time, people. Time to embrace our inner racist.
John the Libertarian on September 8, 2009 at 10:20 PM
No doubt he’s a locker room freak with fantasies of grandiose magnitude that make Chris Matthews a mild mannered girly man.
bluegrass on September 8, 2009 at 10:21 PM
But the left has used it so much that it has no more stigma under the boy-who-cried-wolf principle.
BuckeyeSam on September 8, 2009 at 10:16 PM
If the word had no more stigma they would not use it.
fourdeucer on September 8, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Well no duh! If only Obama were white, then I would be ALL OVER his plan to turn our country into a socialist state! After all, look how awesome that idea has worked out everywhere else! Plus, I am secretly loving the idea of having George Soros dictate the terms of my existence! If only, IF ONLY, Barack Obama were 100% Caucasian instead of only 50%….sigh.
cynccook on September 8, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Wow he’s lost Paglia now.
Paglia must be racist cause she has taken Bambi to the woodshed and come back with venison
elduende on September 8, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Keith’s little guest: “Achhh, I don’t know Keith, from the very beginning there have been all kinds of ridiculous stupid preposterous things written about Barack Obama….”
Every once and a while a sliver of truth shines through.
BTW, if Olbermann does think that Glenn Beck’s main motivation here was the advertising boycott, it makes the Van Jones resignation that much sweeter.
Marcus on September 8, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Who gives a swolloen, itching hemorrhoid what this commie-supporting jerk thinks about anything? I mean, he has to be down to eleven viewers by now, unless he has purchased a dog recently.
Dave R. on September 8, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Paglia
elduende on September 8, 2009 at 10:23 PM
BS
ladyingray on September 8, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Olbermann is pretty funny. But then, looks aren’t everything.
ZK on September 8, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Olbermann is an embarrassment even to MSNBC. I watched him one night and was amazed by the insanity he displayed.
TXMomof3 on September 8, 2009 at 10:24 PM
The Race Card is the most rapid-fire all purpose psy-ops weapon of mass deception ever conceived by man. It can be fired by even the otherwise untrainable and, in fact, is especially suited for repeated use by them. It has no reason. It has little rhyme. It has no pity. It has no remorse. It has no expiration date. It doesn’t even appear to have a half life.There are those who theorize that It may continue to exist indefinitely in some form even after time itself has come to an end.
MB4 on September 8, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Groundhog Day with Keith Olbermann in the role of Phil Connors.
The same show every day, the same smears, the same lines, the same jokes, the same everything. Republicans are evil, progressives are all good especially Obama; heck, he’s not just good, he’s great and if you disagree, well, we know what you are…….
He’s trapped in his own twisted little Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
SteveMG on September 8, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Even Jethro Clampet at the White House knows the score.
Beck- 10
Olby-Naught
Boy he sure is dumb Uncle Jed
bluegrass on September 8, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Rumor has it that Olbermann wanted to sign the petition but 911Truth.org turned him down because they didn’t want any nutters associated with their group.
Dusty on September 8, 2009 at 10:26 PM
GOD FORGIVE YOU!!!……-olby
rightwingyahooo on September 8, 2009 at 10:28 PM
I just the watched the video from beginning to end. What do I win?
:D
FontanaConservative on September 8, 2009 at 10:29 PM
WSJ: Obama to Endorse Public Plan in Speech
artist on September 8, 2009 at 10:29 PM
GE Capital is a hideously messed up finance co that used to provide like 1/2 of GE’s earnings. It’s exposed to all the wrong things, and many in the financ. world think it’s insolvent. It’s not unthinkable that GE could fail absent significant gov’t intervention. But these days, GE isn’t the only one with an outstretched hand. Its media properties would have to be sold. don’t believe any turn a profit.
JiangxiDad on September 8, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Can Olbermann do anything other than smug contempt?
Loxodonta on September 8, 2009 at 10:29 PM
So what, you made it politically correct A$$man.
bluegrass on September 8, 2009 at 10:17 PM
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Huh?
iceman1960 on September 8, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Good one.
Rational Thought on September 8, 2009 at 10:31 PM
who’s Keith Olbersomethin?
ted c on September 8, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Hairpiece / Bathtub Boy, aka Keith Olberman: The Gift that keeps on giving…..
Janos Hunyadi on September 8, 2009 at 10:32 PM
“…from the safety of 20 feet and one story away…”
Oh, Keith, you’re sooooooo tough. We conservatives fear your physical prowess so damn much that we only speak our mind if we’re protected from you…
Then again, from what several women have said, Overbite’s physical prowess isn’t all that.
ynot4tony2 on September 8, 2009 at 10:32 PM
I don’t have cable, so I’ve never watched Olbe until just now–what is his purpose? At least when Beck is acting like a smart-a**, he is actually providing information. Doesn’t this guy belong on SNL–no, bad idea. SNL’s ratings would plummet.
Living in a southern city, where political corruption rivals Chicago, except here the Mayor calls us “white devils,” we citizens have been dealing with the race card for years and years. Gets old, huh? Pamela Geller at Atlas Scrugs said, “if everything is racist, then nothing is racist.” Can we hurry up and get there?
bubbakeg on September 8, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Olby: Pretty much all criticism of Obama is racist
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Lots of use of the word. Words That Work by Frank Luntz
fourdeucer on September 8, 2009 at 10:33 PM
I know I’m supposed to be a racist, but, I don’t know, I just feel like I’m not doing it right or something. For example, I’m 10 times more skeeved out by Pelosi, Waxman, Frank, Reid, etc., than I am by Van Jones, and they’re all white! Maybe I’m just not trying hard enough.
cynccook on September 8, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Beside his camerman who else watches this clown?
iceman1960 on September 8, 2009 at 10:33 PM
The race card is so worn that you can see it in their hand, you know it’s coming days before it does. The best thing we can do is throw it right back at them. When they are racists… hit them with the same card that they play ad nauseam. Wear that card out completely…
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RalphyBoy on September 8, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Olberdork had already proved to the right that he was nothing but a giant bloviating douchenozzle. Now the left is also going to think he’s a giant bloviating douchenozzle.
Way to build those ratings, Keith!
Gator Country on September 8, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Oh yeah, I forgot to add to the list of Olby lies I mention above, the claim that Beck went after Jones because his group’s boycott against Beck… When EVERYONE knows Beck was all over Jones first, and the boycott is likely the retaliation, not the other way around.
F you Olby
RightWinged on September 8, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Oh well, if it helps you can criticize the Congressional Black Caucus if it makes you feel better. Remember, they went to Cuba to fellate Castro.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on September 8, 2009 at 10:35 PM
The whole everybody who opposes Obama and the Democrats is racist meme is starting to wear a bit thin. I mean you can only throw out an accusation like that so many times before it starts losing its impact. Its not shocking anymore and all it does is provoke howls of laughter and derision at any person silly enough to use it as a line of attack because it has become a tacit admission on the persons behalf that they have lost the argument and are now resorting to name calling as a means of cheap validation of their self perceived moral and intellectual superiority.
Hellrider on September 8, 2009 at 10:37 PM
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on September 8, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Hmmmm, that’s true. Hey, yeah, what about Charlie Rangel? He’s a corrupt buffoon! Hey, yeah, it’s getting easier! Wheee!
cynccook on September 8, 2009 at 10:38 PM
My name is Hornet and I am a racist, since I will be criticizing obama until he is drummed out of office 2012 or beforehand….and Olby says I’m a racist because I am denouncing the waste of skin that is president.
HornetSting on September 8, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Glenn Beck is calling for scrutiny on a white man, a black man, and a white woman. Immediately after reporting this fact, Overbite starts in with the accusations of racial motivation. Thank God he actually got that non-biased confirmation from that non-partisan The Nation.
People actually take Overbite seriously?!? He actually gets paid to sound like an idiot?!?
ynot4tony2 on September 8, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Oh F’ yeah I am racist. I mean if Obama just happened to be a white guy, I would be in 100% support of this little college Marxist!
Seriously, it is just that simple.
ClassicCon on September 8, 2009 at 10:41 PM
ROTFLMAO…………… Olby’s going to have an aneurysm for sure when he sees this…
Is this the footprint of baby Barack Obama?
A California judge today tentatively scheduled a trial for Jan. 26, 2010, for a case that challenges Barack Obama’s eligibility to be president based on questions over his qualifications under the requirements of the U.S. Constitution.
If the case actually goes to arguments before U.S. District Judge David Carter, it will be the first time the merits of the dispute have been argued in open court, according to one of the attorneys working on the issue.
In a highly anticipated hearing today before Carter, several motions were heard, including a resolution to long-standing questions about whether attorney Orly Taitz properly served notice on the defendants, which she had.
doriangrey on September 8, 2009 at 10:42 PM
oh lord knows I would…I had a white russian step grandmother whose family lost everything fighting commies but by God Ogabe is just so charming….if he weren’t tan I’d probably just shuck 37 years of experience to rush off and storm the barricdes with Chairman Comrade #1…..
///”yeah”
sven10077 on September 8, 2009 at 10:43 PM
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Not anymore…
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And to paraphrase Rush… ‘Don’t accept the premise of their accusation.’ Instead remember…
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It is racist for them to assume that racism is in any way part of someone’s disagreeing with Obama and his minions.
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RalphyBoy on September 8, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Olbie is so bizzare that I wouldn’t be surprised if, on his very final show, he admitted to being a conservative and that his whole personna was just an act. For the money. Even an insane person would follow the ‘broken clock’ model…
joejm65 on September 8, 2009 at 10:48 PM
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