Olbermann Slams 'Homophobe' Jesse Helms


On Wednesday's Countdown show, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann attacked Jesse Helms as a "homophobe," and suggested naming a "gay-bashing organization" after the recently deceased former Republican Senator, as the MSNBC host attacked Senator Elizabeth Dole for her effort to name an AIDS funding bill in honor of Helms. Olbermann, addressing Dole as he made her a nominee for "Worst Person in the World": "Senator, you do realize that Helms opposed AIDS treatment, AIDS research, AIDS prevention. He opposed everything about AIDS except blaming the victims. And not just back in the blind panic days. As late as 2002, he blamed the disease on homosexuality. They should not name an AIDS bill after Jesse Helms. They should name a gay-bashing organization after him."

Olbermann teased his "Worst Person" segment during the show's opening: "‘Worsts' is back. Elizabeth Dole wants to name an AIDS funding bill in memory of Jesse Helms, who believed gay people deserved the disease."

During a plug before a commercial break at 8:45 p.m., the MSNBC host called Helms a "homophobe": "And in ‘Worsts,' the Senator who thinks an AIDS bill should be named after homophobe Jesse Helms."

During the show's "Worst Person in the World" segment, Olbermann awarded Dole the third place "bronze" distinction for her proposal to honor former Senator Helms:

But first, time for Countdown's number two story, tonight's "Worst Persons in the World." And the bronze to Republican Senator Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina. She's proposed an amendment to a current HIV/AIDS funding bill in the Senate which would name it in honor of her late predecessor, Jesse Helms. Senator, you do realize that Helms opposed AIDS treatment, AIDS research, AIDS prevention. He opposed everything about AIDS except blaming the victims. And not just back in the blind panic days. As late as 2002, he blamed the disease on homosexuality. They should not name an AIDS bill after Jesse Helms. They should name a gay-bashing organization after him.

By contrast, on the July 4 CBS Evening News, Bob Schieffer observed: "Late in life, he struck an unlikely friendship with the rock star Bono, and joined Bono's fights against AIDS in Africa and Third World debt."


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Olbie is one useless idiot

Olbie is one useless hateful idiot that I cannot wait to see gone from this planet...

Beam him up Scottie...the sooner the better...

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Olbermiester: Rising to new heights of absurdity...

How much more hate, cheap shots and character assasination will PMSNBC allow this moron to spew out of his disgusting mouth? 

And they wonder why Olbermiester's ratings are in the sub-basement?

"How can you be in two places at once when you're not anywhere at all?" - Firesign Theatre

whattya expect from a

whattya expect from a closet gay heterophobe

Bono

I thought Bono died in a skiing accident.

 Olberman started out doing sports on a local news affiliate in L.A. where he was horrible then.  Then he got his political schtick, which was worse.  And now he is back to doing football commentary.  Definitely a candidate for worst, and not the German brat kind.

 <insert witty signature here>

→ You're righ Dr_Liberty

He died playng football on skis with Michael Kennedy in 1997, didn't he?

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Wrong Bono

You're thinking of Sonny Bono, who was Cher's husband and performing partner, as well as a Congressman from California. They are speaking of Bono, lead singer for the band U2.

If you're not outraged at the media, you haven't been paying attention.

or maybe bono the

or maybe bono the clown?

or lisa bono from the cosby show?

 Sounds like Elizabeth

 Sounds like Elizabeth struck a nerve with Olby the idiot.  Hey Olby, did she hit a little too close to home for you?

Why do liberals promote homosexuality?

I do not understand why the liberals are so eager to celebrate and embrace homosexuality. In my opinion, the only time homosexuality is harmful, is when it is presented to children and the public, as a normal, acceptable lifestyle to be proud of, it is not. That is a deception put forth by today's homosexual activists, schools, universities, the arts and the mainstream media. They do this under the banner of diversity. All forms of diversity are not necessarily positive, normal and healthy. Today's popular culture is celebrating many forms of diversity that are negative, abnormal and unhealthy. Some examples are the gangster culture, teenage promiscuity, casual sex, rap music and satanism which mocks Christianity. In today's popular culture anything that is abnormal, weird, negative or wrong is considered cool. Homosexuality is actually being portrayed as cool by today's media and the arts. At the same time, the intact monogamous family is considered square. They are sending out the exact wrong message. Today's children are being so confused that they no longer can tell the difference between right and wrong, good from bad, strengths from weaknesses and normal from abnormal. It is no wonder that we are seeing our families, values, cultural strengths and society decay before our very eyes.

Anyhow, those are my views on homosexuality.

Don't forget AIDS is their

Don't forget AIDS is their gift to the world.

"Forget change, I want improvement!"

Don't forget AIDS is their


Don't forget AIDS is their gift to the world.

Wow, did we just travel back to 1985? AIDS did not originate with gay people; their preferred method of intercourse simply happens to be more conducive to transmission.

"Issue-driven politics in red-and-blue America is like a man whose
appetite for steak is greatly enhanced by his contempt for vegetarians."

Yeah

There's nothing cool about homosexuality.  It is a myth...a child's bedtime story. The fact that these men and women are allowed to go forth and destroy our society just blows my mind. I remember a few years back (in the good ole days, mind you) and one of the "square" not-gay kids (there are certainly fewer of them nowadays...haha) at my brother's school beat the shit out of him simply because my brother's brother happened to be gay. Now I don't know about y'all, but being a stand-out bigot is what we should celebrate.  Right, right...

 

i think you're confusing

i think you're confusing "cool" with "tolerant." i have never met anyone that was "persuaded" to a homosexual lifestyle from watching tv. Do you prefer the other gender because you were told to? If so, I feel sorry for your ability to be manipulated. And since when is Satanism en vogue? I haven't even heard the word in 10 years, and I don't think its a real tour de force in society at the moment.

Frederick Bastiat

In 1850 Bastiat published his essays on "The Law", and everyone would do well for themselves to read these essays.  I am sure that Jesse Helms had read them. In a section entitled "A Confusion of Terms" Bastiat explains that "Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society. As a result of this, every time we object to a thing being done by government, the socialist concludes that we object to its being done at all."  Bastiat was a wise man, and I believe that Helms was also. Keith O. obviously is not! Jesse Helms was a principled American, and we desperately need more like him in government.

It's nice to see Keith is

It's nice to see Keith is still taking himself so seriously...since no one else is.

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -Ronald Reagan

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Olbermann is the perfect picture...

...of the angry, intolerant left.

MSNBC actually allows this twit to pretend to be a reporter.

Both MSNBC and Olbermann are a disgrace to journalism.  Pravda comes to mind.

McCain won't destroy this great country - Obama will.  Vote McCain - no matter how much it hurts.

I think Olbermanic is more

I think Olbermanic is more like Baghdad Bob, only much angrier and less believable. At least BB had personality.

When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).

I love how you refer to the

I love how you refer to the intolerant left where like 3 comments above you someone says about gays:

Don't forget AIDS is their gift to the world. 

Exactly!  The way they

Exactly!  The way they contradict themselves tickles me.  But just you watch.  Somebody will inevitably counter with "Its not considered hatred if what we are saying is a fact!"  

Keithamphetimine....

Keith was, is and always be a neurotic egotistical self-absorbed Wal-Mart sack of monkey sh*t.

Drill ANWAR

Since there is no such word

Since there is no such word as homophobe, can we start calling him a heterophobe or maybe an intellegenceophobe? We can make up words too.

Better yet a

Better yet a loveophobe...since all he does is spew hate and fear.

www.theholyrosary.org

"There is no problem, I tell you, no matter how difficult it is, that we can not resolve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary." -Sister Lucia

Or truth-o-phobe,

Or truth-o-phobe, fact-o-phobe, common-sense-o-phobe, sanity-o-phobe, character-o-phobe, objectivity-o-phobe, morals-o-phobe, and most probably, a Christ-o-phobe.

When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).

Since there is no such word

Since there is no such word as homophobe...

That is incorrect, and seems to be a widely-believed enthymeme in conservative circles, where people often want to criticize or belittle homosexuals but become rattled when that criticism is characterized in a certain way.

Semantics aside, this much is true: both nouns homophobia and homophobe are proper, idiomatic English words, and you might note that neither one is considered slang. Now, we could surely get into a rousing prescriptivist vs. descriptivist debate concerning psycholinguistics and modern usage, but these are, I'm afraid, existing words. I've seen people with anti-gay sentiment try to dispute their meaning/implication, but this is the first claim I've seen that they do not exist. Very interesting.

"Issue-driven politics in red-and-blue America is like a man whose
appetite for steak is greatly enhanced by his contempt for vegetarians."

heterophobe is official

heterophobe is official then! thanks J

KO is the charter member, congrats KO

Yep, I concur. Heterophobe

Yep, I concur. Heterophobe should be made an official word. Somebody call dictionary.com to let them know.

First of all, myself and other believers do not have homophobia. We do not fear Sodomites. Rather, we have theophobia. That is, we fear God. And what saith the Lord God about the "life style" being promoted and defended by the left?

"Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. Neither
shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither
shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is
confusion." Leviticus 18:22 & 23

There is nothing new under the sun.

"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." Acts 16:31

Hey that's cool and all

But not everybody lives by your standards...you have a book...awesome...I own some Vonnegut.

...and you will remember on

...and you will remember on that day that you stand before the "Judge of all the earth", it was your choice.

"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." Acts 16:31

Sure

Certainly....it's my choice to mock your reading habits.  Not a choice to be gay...only a blessing.

"Not a choice to be

"Not a choice to be gay...only a blessing."

You need therapy.  

45 Communist Goals for America http://www.nationmakers.com/com_goals.htm

Good idea.  Please go to

Good idea.  Please go to the Yellow Pages and find me a therapist that teaches one how to hate themselves and be ashamed of themselves.  I'm sure they are in great abundance and have quite a number of referrals. 

when you learn to love

when you learn to love yourself - you'll stop doing gay stuff

wish you well with that

and I'm here to help:)

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2008/07/17/olbermann-slams-homophobe-jesse-helms#comment-662531 

cb...

I can only hope that someday you will understand. 

45 Communist Goals for America http://www.nationmakers.com/com_goals.htm

That is not the therapist he

That is not the therapist he was speaking of. But if that is what is needed, I can do the ashamed and hate yourself thing for ya.
 

Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!

Well you go right ahead. 

Well you go right ahead.  Others have tried and it just really hasn't done much good.  But if you the need the busy work, you go right ahead.  Me?  I'd just rather to do the Soduko or something.

Good luck with that.  Have a good time.  Buy me a present.   

not a choice?!?!? so

not a choice?!?!?

so you've been forced to have gay sex?

must have been for some public school science class

→ Call the cops

There's laws against forced sex, ain't there?

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quite a few:)

quite a few:)

No force needed (if you know what I mean)

If being gay is a choice and not natural...then every man at some point makes this choice...which means every man at some point has to wonder if they want to have gay sex.  Now I don't think every man has thought about sleeping with men and made one choice or another...because I've never thought about sleeping with women. Never needed to...I was never attracted to them. 

So think what you will....but the more you say it's a choice, the more I just think you think about gay sex. Especially the forced kind TruthMonger. Ouch, it hurts so good.

Think Well.

Speak for yourself,

Speak for yourself, jquam.  When you turn 17, the government sends out a form where you have to pick whether or not you want to be gay or straight.  Yours undoubtedly got lost in the mail.

I got the form.  Weighed the pros and the cons.  I mean, here I was, a young healthy white male.  Nothing stopping me.  I could be president someday if I wanted.  But that just wouldn't do.  I needed *something* to hold me back.  Something that could label me as sick or diseased or in need of therapy. 

Bingo!  I checked the "gay" box, threw out the Penthouse magazine I had stashed under my mattress, and I never looked back. 

dude you rock now if we

dude you rock

now if we could just get the peds to do this as well

they deserve equal rights too dammit

free toaster

Is it true you get a free toaster for recruiting an new gay to your movement?  Hey, it worked on Ellen.

<sarc>

all my gay friends got one

all my gay friends got one

They finally upped the

They finally upped the reward to a trip to Branson, Missouri.  And its about time they gave us some better recognition.  The sheer number of man hours involved in brainwashing somebody over to our side...It takes time.  But naked pictures of Bea Arthur seems to speed up the process.

Bea Arthur?

There is your problem if you want to convert conservatives try naked pictures of Helen Thomas or Janet Reno.  Not that Bea Arthur isn't liberal enough but they show Golden Girls on The Family Channel and there is the immunity factor.

will and grace was a damn

will and grace was a damn fine help

brokeback mountain was groovy

and all of the other pro-gay story lines in thousands of other films, tv shows, books, songs

pro-gay churches

HR policies and insurance supporting gay partners

annual Pride festivals

judges overturning laws to support the gay lifestyle, and marriage

but it is too bad you don't get more help

→ Bea Arthur

You got the cheap package (so to speak).

The holdouts got to see K.D. Lang.

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you don't think bea is a

you don't think bea is a damn sexy guy?

he's dishy

→ No Truthie

He's a little old for my proclivities

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there's just no accounting

there's just no accounting for closet gay taste is there

naught queer as folk

i do think about it all the

i do think about it all the time...!

and also the ped thing... 

this guy's good people

Finally!  I was wondering

Finally!  I was wondering how long it would take for somebody to bring back that old cherished standby:  The pedo comparison.  You know, comparing two consenting adults to the victimization of a child. 

Now just trot out the beastiality thing, and for a little variety, maybe we can try something new....Like sex with a blow-up doll. 

absolutely - all

absolutely - all conceivable sexual deviency (it's only fair - we don't want to discriminate, right:)?

let's get er all on the table and see what happens

→ Keep it up

Maybe if we concentrate on making every thread about "homosexuality - choice or biology?" it will be recognized as a matter of belief.  From there it's just a hop and a skip over to calling it a religion, and voilla!  No more gay chat at NB.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE

How very Rube Goldberg of

How very Rube Goldberg of you. 

Instead of all that subterfuge, if you find "gay chat" bothersome, it might even be easier to just simply ignore it.

 

actually, i think he's

actually, i think he's saying that free and open discussion is a good thing

but becoming more and more difficult on NB every day:)

DP  

DP

 

That is a fun book. 

That is a fun book.  Fantastic opening number.  God creates the earth and light all within six days.  Flashy!  Of course, the nitpickers will tell you that the Earth actually formed about 4 billion years ago.  Then, apparently God sat around for about 3.9 billion years until he realized he forgot to do the whole Adam and Eve thing.  But first he decided to have a go with dinosaurs.  And when that didn't work out as planned, he waited another 65 million years and then went with the Adam and Eve thing.  Of course, those scenes made it to the cutting room floor and don't appear in the book. 

So we just need to wait until the Official Bible Companion Guide (TM) that tells us definitively which passages we should take literally as the word of God and which passages were just kind of made up by over-enthusiastic interns who worked on the Bible project 2000 years ago. 

the Good book

i love easy questions

i take them all literally:)

So it really did only six

So it really did only six days to create the world.  Not all that nonsense about how gases expanded after the birth of our sun and over millions of years they slowly cooled and coalesced into chunks of matter that eventually formed our planet.  I stand corrected.

Those mischevous scientists.  They'll make up any kind of foolishness to appear on The Discovery Channel.

tell me aboutthat

tell me about it

that ridiculous evolution thing alone gets all kinds of press

"The words of the LORD are

"The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever." Psalms 12:6 & 7

Apparently, God is the only editor His word requires.

 

"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." Acts 16:31

Defending Your Book Using Your Book

Brilliant...Now I could defend my views with more of my views (and as many people here know, I do like to do that) but that doesn't seem to help...defending the bible with the bible doesn't mean anything when your opponents already don't care what it says.  

Think Well.

Brilliant...you have just

Brilliant...you have just stumbled upon one of the greatest truths of all time. God's word validates itself. It doesn't need a bible companion guide or any such thing. The sure word of prophecy which precisely decribes today's "culture" and events prove that its Author really does know all things.

"Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying,
Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep,
all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. For this they
willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of
old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: But the heavens
and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store,
reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly
men." 2 Peter 3:3-7

"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." Acts 16:31

Possibly

If you have faith.

we all have faith in

we all have faith in something

and it's all we have

faith is important

I believe I know what you mean by "it's all we have" but to many of us that don't have our faith based in religous beliefs that phrase seems a bit over-the-top.  Within most religions gods grants you many gifts on the earth and to say all you have is faith sounds like you are turning your back on those gifts in a form of fanatical devotion. 

I am thinking that the meaning behind your phrase is something more along the lines of everything comes through faith or faith comes first and leads to the acceptance and appreciation of Gods gifts on earth but I could be wrong.

by jove he does get it:)

by jove he does get it:)

watch your step

watch your step dude

NB religous police are watching

The edict was concerning

The edict was concerning attacking other people's religions. Therefore, if I stick to just quoting scripture without naming any religious organizations, I should be safe from banishment.  ;)

"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." Acts 16:31

famous last words you

famous last words

you would think so

unless a another new edict pops up like a weed

happens quite a bit around here:)

Well that God can certainly

Well that God can certainly spin a tall tale. 

Psychiatrists do say that the most convincing delusions are the ones that are constructed and defined in such a way where contradicting proof cannot possibly be obtained.

It must be true if a third party tells us that God said it was true. 

walking on

walking on water

miraculously healing the sick

raising the dead

it's all right up there with global warming/cooling/climate-change/whatever

crazy stuff man

I know.  Those were some

I know.  Those were some nifty tricks.  Imagine, never having to worry about a big puddle ruining your shoes.  We need to bring that back. 

the great thing is it never

the great thing is it never goes away:)

just gets ignored once in a while...

did you do anything for the Pride fest in June?

→ Cureboy

Try taking your shoes off during sex.  Less chance of the puddle getting al over them.

Just a thought.

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:)  (image

:) 

(image delete)

(wipe coffee off monitor)

(replace keyboard)

Um.  Yeah.  Thanks.

Um.  Yeah.  Thanks.

Cureboy, I notice you

Cureboy,

I notice you capitalize God and Him when appropriate. Do you do this out of respect for the majority reading your posts or is it because you think there may be that outside chance that He does exsist?

No harm done either way, correct?

Now, about that sarcastic tone about Him...

Truthfully.  I do believe

Truthfully.  I do believe there is a God.  But not a God belonging to any religion.  I don't think there is a God telling Christian people one thing, Jewish people another thing, Muslims something else, Hindus something else and so on.  I do not believe God sat a bunch of scribes down 2000 years ago and said, "OK.  Got a pencil?  I need to tell you a few things"  I believe religions are philosophies. 

But I do believe there is a God.  And I pray to Him sometimes and I don't think He hates me or thinks I am an abomination.  And that way of thinking is my own particular philosophy.

those are some nice

those are some nice thoughts I think 

I'm a Christian fundie

my God love you alot, and so do I

Thank you.  That warms my

Thank you.  That warms my heart to the point of limitless joy.

now that's more like it -

now that's more like it - we be friends now

(big hug)

praise Jesus 

→ Excellent Truthie

BTW, my cockles are warmed.  Can I join in?

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a 3-way virtual guy

a 3-way virtual guy hug?!!

as if you even have to ask!!!

"We have also a more sure

"We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye
take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day
dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." 2 Peter 1:19-21

"Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination." Leviticus 18:22

You have created a god in you own mind after your own image.

"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." Acts 16:31

Honestly, repeating Bible

Honestly, repeating Bible passages over and over and over isn't really going to move me.  Like I said, I believe the Bible reflects the philosophies of those who wrote it.  I don't agree with those philosophies.  So your reaction to continue to post even more of those philosophies puzzles me. 

But who knows?  Maybe you're just trying out the cut & paste utility on a new computer or something. 

"For this cause God gave

"For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their
women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: An