Olbermann Undermines GOP Response Speaker as 'Birther' Who Was 'Sued for Malpractice'

Olbermann Undermines GOP Response Speaker as 'Birther' Who Was 'Sued for Malpractice'

By Brad Wilmouth (Bio | Archive)
September 9, 2009 - 23:45 ET

During MSNBC’s live coverage of President Obama’s speech to Congress, anchor Keith Olbermann tried to discredit Congressman Charles Boustany immediately after the Louisiana Republican finished giving the Republican response, as the MSNBC host informed viewers that Boustany – a heart surgeon – had been "sued for malpractice three times," allegedly subscribes to the "Birther" conspiracy theory raising questions about Obama’s citizenship, and was even supposedly taken in by a scam as he tried to purchase the British title of "Lord."

Olbermann:

Congressman Boustany, we should note, has been sued for malpractice three times. He is a "Birther" who believes there are questions about the President’s citizenship, and, as Rachel [Maddow] reported last night, he is a man recorded in court papers to have fallen for a scam in which he tried to buy the British royalty title of "Lord."

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The MSNBC host even took a dig at Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, tagging as an "epic failure" his speech responding to Obama’s State of the Union last February.

Moments later – after the night’s special Countdown show had started airing – Olbermann again mocked Boustany over being scammed: "In the Republican response, the goal would seem to be delaying reform. Congressman – would-be Lord – Boustany of Louisiana proposing that lawmakers chuck everything out and start over."

By contrast, Olbermann reacted to Obama’s speech by oozing that the speech possessed a "touch of greatness": "It was, to say the least, a broad and forward thinking speech. On the rhetoric and the phrasing and the pacing and the design of the speech itself there seems to have been a touch of greatness."

Below is a transcript of the relevant portions of the Wednesday, September 9, coverage of President Obama’s speech and the Republican response on MSNBC:

KEITH OLBERMANN, AT 9:10 P.M.: Congressman Boustany, we should note, has been sued for malpractice three times. He is a "Birther" who believes there are questions about the President’s citizenship, and, as Rachel [Maddow] reported last night, he is a man recorded in court papers to have fallen for a scam in which he tried to buy the British royalty title of "Lord." He gave the Republican answer tonight. Governor Jindal’s epic failure after the State of the Union should have reminded all: Never write the rebuttal before you read the speech.

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OLBERMANN, DURING COUNTDOWN AT 9:18 P.M.: In the Republican response, the goal would seem to be delaying reform. Congressman – would-be Lord – Boustany of Louisiana proposing that lawmakers chuck everything out and start over.

—Brad Wilmouth is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.

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Which doctor isnt being sued in this trial lawyer

September 9, 2009 - 23:57 ET by jondelwiche

dominated country? Obie is an idiot of epic proportions.
That is why we are spending 500 or 600 billion EVERY
year in defensive medicine.
There will be no decelerating our health costs without:
1. tort reform
2. honest end of life discussions
3. Personal responsibility re: obesity and exercise

You have fallen into a trap

September 10, 2009 - 06:28 ET by richb313

I am afraid you have fallen into the trap of believing the popular notion that excercise, while good, has not really shown to improve the later years in life. The only thing excersise can garuntee is a good looking corpse. Obesity has been defined downwards for the last 50 years. We all know when we see an obese person but what you probably do not know is that unless you can maintain a low bodyfat index, which is considered dangerously low for some people, you are obese. What is important is if you are healthy, not how much bodyfat you carry. As far as an honest end of life discussion it never really happens. Do I think that extrodinary efforts should always be used, no. The problem is that when any end of life discussion as a policy is used by either insurance companies or government you get more than the cessation of advanced techniques you also get things like the withdrawl of food and water which not only hastens but garuntees death. I am sorry that is not anyones decision to make but Gods.

Huh?

September 10, 2009 - 07:56 ET by jondelwiche

So I've fallen into the trap of thinking exercise is not good? Or are you saying exercise is NOT good.....
And obesity has been defined down? Huh? Do you look around as you walk a street or mall?
I am afraid you live in an alternate universe from me, but I wish you well.

And end of life discussion can be cheap and easy---people should be encouraged to visit/volunteer at a nursing home once a month. Much would be learned about length of live vs quality of life.

I love Rush, but he drives

September 10, 2009 - 08:41 ET by Newsbusterbrown

I love Rush, but he drives me crazy when he talks about exercise. I have to mute him until he finishes his rant.

“There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)

When the enemy within have

September 10, 2009 - 00:00 ET by bigtimer

When the enemy within have to keep lowering themselves to this level...you know we are winning.

Desperation...work in progress...the Prez oozed that tonight.

'Go Green...Recycle Congress'

Lowering himself? Keith's

September 10, 2009 - 06:30 ET by motherbelt

Lowering himself? Keith's been down there forever!

He doesn't even know how to talk about someone not on his side without an ad hominem attack!

If I were Keith Olbermann, I think I would be busy deciding...

September 10, 2009 - 00:15 ET by R D Helm

...which communist Hell-hole of a country I wanted to be deported to at gun point, along with the members of my family.

After all, his choices are somewhat limited, and he is running out of time.

-Dave

Even when the government tries to kiss you, it is just a prelude to a good screwing. -Neal Boortz

Olbergoebbels....

September 10, 2009 - 06:06 ET by adamsmith

Olbergoebbels won't have to move anywhere. When it comes to that point, he'll be swinging at the end of a rope with "traitor" carved into his fat ass, dripping tar and feathers...

Olbermann has no family, since Frau Olbermann passed

September 10, 2009 - 06:40 ET by SickofLibs

Unless you can call the gold-digging cheesewhore he's shacked up with 'family'.

Spread it far and wide

September 10, 2009 - 00:11 ET by Texndoc

"Olbermann

Congressman Boustany, we should note, has been sued for malpractice three times."

Whoo-boy , want to make every physician furious in the US just go ahead and publicize this comment as widely as Chris Matthew's "thrill up my leg" was publicized. Number one - high risk specialists have a higher number of lawsuits just because they take care of patients more likely to be critically ill to begin with (didn't the Dr. say he was a heart surgeon?). Number two - how many malpractice suits were successful against him?

Olbermann is a complete HACK.

Are there any facts to

September 10, 2009 - 00:14 ET by rockyracoon

Are there any facts to back-up the smears? Olberdouche is a pathetic little man. My guess is that he figures if he continues to throw up enough mud something will eventually stick!

Olberwomen=putz

I can't find anything on that lord business.

September 10, 2009 - 02:11 ET by JWF

If you try to google boustany and lord, you get about 50 million hits with leftists passing on the same thing. Can't find an actual news item on it through all the trash.

Sincerely,

a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.

yea. I can't find an actual news article.

September 10, 2009 - 02:26 ET by JWF

there are supposed to be court records. there is these 2 guys. Stefanos Kollakis and Martin Lewis. I have a year. 1996. no 1995

national Democratic campaign organization says Republican 7th Congressional District candidate Charles Boustany Jr. had higher aspirations before he began running for Congress - hoping to become British nobility. "Greg Speed, with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said researchers for the party turned up a 1995 lawsuit Boustany, a recently retired heart surgeon, filed against two men in Britain for defrauding him in a $50,000 investment and in the $18,500 purchase of a "title." "Court records show the two men from England - Martin Lewis and Stefanos Kollakis - were charged and found guilty in an English court in the mid-1990s for having sold bogus British noble titles to several Americans, among other nationalities.

But nothing, accusations, some democrat strategist saw some court records somewhere. What is up with this? This sounds a lot like slander. Hell, even the wikipedia does not have this lord title nonsense.

You would figure a man smart enough to be a surgeon would know you cannot buy nobility. What gives? This is fishy.

Sincerely,

a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.

That's it. I quit. This is a lie.

September 10, 2009 - 02:37 ET by JWF

Best I can do is something called the yellin report, some sophomores blog. There is no news article. Nobody of real consequence reported this lord business.

Olbermann passed on internet scandal. This is slander. And sad.

Sincerely,

a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.

Oh, Keithy

September 10, 2009 - 00:17 ET by sergeant stogie

Perhaps we could arrange for the good doctor, Congressman - would-be Lord - Boustany to arrange for, and botch badly, some much-needed liposuction from Uberdouche's head.

It appears Olbermann is a

September 10, 2009 - 00:40 ET by ConservativeRex

It appears Olbermann is a 'deserver'. They are the most despicable Americans imaginable. Git a rope!

birther smears? really?

September 10, 2009 - 00:53 ET by candance

From someone who defended a truther in Obama's administration? That's rich.

That's right he did.

September 10, 2009 - 01:00 ET by rockyracoon

That's right he did. Typical liberal, completely blinded by the double standard.

Good thing Olbermann is being reported on in...

September 10, 2009 - 02:57 ET by jawebster1

NewsBusters, otherwise no one would know what he is saying. Most people watched Fox, as usual. Count me as a "Birther", because I would like to see Obama's original hospital Birth Certificate. Is that too much to ask, especially since every other Presidential candidate that has been asked, has produced theirs? Jim Webster

haha - he was probably sued

September 10, 2009 - 04:14 ET by M.Lucatra

haha - he was probably sued frivolusly (sp?)

the correct response in this lawsuit-crazy country is "3 times, thats it!?"

my god, this guy makes me sick

Seems he has a case of slander if this is him

September 10, 2009 - 04:41 ET by Dragonsbreath

If he is the Jr. or the Sr the LA medical board has no complaints on either of them.

http://www.lsbme.louisiana.gov/apps/verifications/lookup.aspx

One would think the medical association would keep track of things like that. I wish I had access to Nexas/Lexas to see how many times the tingle boy has been sued and for what.

“Less 1984 — More 1776"

canuck

September 10, 2009 - 06:24 ET by canuck

Malpractice....Obendover should have been sued by every woman he has dated for false advertising and malpractice.

msnbc's

September 10, 2009 - 07:19 ET by ron

resident ted baxter, as i shall refer to him from now on, should be thankful he can't be sued for news reporting mal-practice.

BATH-TUB-BOY...

September 10, 2009 - 11:32 ET by danybhoy

ron,

I thought about JOURNALIST MALPRACTICE within 2 seconds of Obly's wiseass remark. This a 2nd rate weekend sports guy at best, so considering he's MSNBC's "Top Dog", says alot about why MSNBC is in the rating toilet.

"...How blind can you be, don't you see...

...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."

Nightwish

I guess it's been a while

September 10, 2009 - 08:20 ET by Bruzilla

I guess it's been a while since KO's been out looking for a doctor. There aren't very many out there that haven't been sued for malpractice at one time or another. The prevelance of bogus lawsuits means even the best doctors get sued.

Bathtub Boy says, "we

September 10, 2009 - 08:33 ET by HockeyKid

Bathtub Boy says, "we should note". Just why should we?

Moreover, who outside of a high school population uses the adjective "epic"? Apparently Mrs. Olbermann's little boy has an epic grasp of the English language.

Paddle on, Keith.

"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me

Awwww! What's a matter Keefy?

September 10, 2009 - 09:00 ET by Rukus

You gettin' all thumb-tacked up? Poor widdle fella. : (

Gary

Levi Johnstoned: The One Trick Phoney!

Hey, jawebster1, you ...

September 10, 2009 - 09:22 ET by SentryDan

Hey, jawebster1, you are now a "right-wing" extremist. Since, you refuse to take obama at his word that he was born in Hawaii. All I can say is welcome to the group, for you are in good company.

Remember folks, Freedom isn't Free. It was bought with the blood and sacrifice of the men and women who are serving and who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.

For those who fought for it, Freedom has a flavor that the protected will never know.

Also remember folks, that the way to SUPPORT THE TROOPS is to support their mission. Anyone who says that they support the troops but don't support their mission is lying about supporting the troops. And if you want to know, yes I do have a dog in the fight, he is a United States Marine.

Well, Keith

September 10, 2009 - 11:27 ET by StarAZ

You are a sportscaster who has been fired a lot--your point is...?

yuk

September 10, 2009 - 11:32 ET by cajun2

Dr. Boustany has no illusions to royalty. He is of cajun descent and proud of it. He seems quiet, no, he is simply a gentleman. Hard to recognize since there are so few of those left in the world. He is a conservative with strong convictions and is well liked and respected here. He is also an excellant example of the need for tort reform.