Olbermann Mocks Bachmann Over U.S. Constitution, Wanting to Dine with Jesus, Ann Coulter, Mark Levin
On Monday’s Countdown show, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann mocked Minnesota Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, tagging her as "Worst Person in the World," for her recent declaration in an interview with World Net Daily that she would like to dine with Jesus Christ, Ann Coulter and a number of other historical and public figures. In addition to cracking that Coulter would accuse Jesus of being gay and that conservative talk radio host Mark Levin would "run out on the check," the MSNBC host concluded that Jesus would try to stop Bachmann and presumably other conservatives from "mak[ing] the House of Representatives a house of morons."
Olbermann: "Coulter would question Jesus’s sexuality. Levin would run out on the check. And Jesus would shout, "Get these out of here. Do not make the House of Representatives a house of morons," and then turn over the table. You know, like in the Real Housewives of New Jersey."
The Countdown host went on to mock the conservative concept of adhering to the original intent of the Constitution as meaning slavery would be legal and that women would not have the right to vote. Olbermann:
The original size would presumably be after the first Senate convened in 1789. That would mean only 26 Senators, only 69 Congressmen, and there are only 13 states and thus no representatives from Minnesota, and the government only attends to the needs of what the population of the country was back then: four million. Original constitutional limitations would mean there’s no Bill of Rights, slavery is legal, and women can’t vote. Michele "do you ever get the feeling she should be going not to Congress, but to a sixth grade American history class" Bachmann, today's "Worst Person in the World."
Below is a transcript of the relevant portion of the Monday, October 18, Countdown show on MSNBC:
KEITH OLBERMANN: But our winner, Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. A double header from an interview with "paranoia.com," better known as World Net Daily. Question, "If you could sit down to dinner with any eight people who ever lived and they could all for this one occasion speak English, who would be on your guest list?"
Answer: (IMITATING BACHMANN’S VOICE) "Jesus, George Washington, Adam – the first man – the Apostle Paul, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ann Coulter, Ronald Reagan and Mark Levin. It would be a very interesting combination."
(BACK TO NORMAL VOICE) Yes, Reagan would turn back into a Democrat. Washington would read her his farewell address warning against forming political parties. Adam would reconsider celibacy. Paul would announce he’d gone blind again. Bach would play the harpsichord loud enough to drown out her voice. Coulter would question Jesus’s sexuality. Levin would run out on the check. And Jesus would shout, "Get these out of here. Do not make the House of Representatives a house of morons," and then turn over the table. You know, like in the Real Housewives of New Jersey.
Part two, World Net Daily also asked, question, "If, with the snap of your fingers, you could you change anything about America, what would it be?"
Answer: (IMITATING BACHMANN’S VOICE) "Reduce the federal government to its original size and constitutional limitations and to restore the Ninth and Tenth Amendments."
(BACK TO NORMAL VOICE): The original size would presumably be after the first Senate convened in 1789. That would mean only 26 Senators, only 69 Congressmen, and there are only 13 states and thus no representatives from Minnesota, and the government only attends to the needs of what the population of the country was back then: four million. Original constitutional limitations would mean there’s no Bill of Rights, slavery is legal, and women can’t vote. Michele, do you ever get the feeling she should be going not to Congress, but to a sixth grade American history class Bachmann, today's "Worst Person in the World."
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Levin would run out on the
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 6:41am.
Levin would run out on the check???
Is that a JEW joke, Olbermann?????
We look forward to your abject apology and commission of yourself to rehab.
MB
Submitted by Iron Tigers Vet on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 7:03am.
You really should think of the source...
Anyone who tweets from bogus and debunked info can't be all too well informed. He couldn't face nary a one of those three without "leaning forward" and grabbing his ankles.
He is an embarrassment to journalism and to the human race.
Only The Worst....
Submitted by GeneralAl on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 7:18am.
Only the worst commentator on TV, heck on anything, could make such a anti-semetic statement like this. MSNBC should do the right thing and fire this moron!
"Old Soldiers never die, they just fade away"!
Levin would run out on the
Submitted by Newsbusterbrown on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 7:33am.
Levin would run out on the check???
Is that a JEW joke, Olbermann?????
Exactly what I was thinking.
“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)
Great catch, motherbelt
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 9:19am.
We need to barrage MSNBC's website with EMails. It ain't the first time Olbermann has exposed his prejudice.
Sounds like a plan!!
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 9:43am.
Here's the contact form from their website
Done!
Submitted by Newsbubba on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 10:38am.
Contact form works great, folks. Shut down their servers!
Don't bother....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 10:57am.
Imagine if they didn't receive ONE protest letter.
That would accurately reflect
Submitted by Roger the Shrubber on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 11:50am.
That would accurately reflect Olbie-poo's ratings...
what do you expect?
Submitted by spepper on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 6:46am.
What do you expect? Olbermann et al have no valid arguments, so they daily (or nightly, check your local listings) resort to this kind of personal attack-- if you like pure venom spit in your face, he's your guy!
Anybody else
Submitted by Injest on Wed, 10/20/2010 - 2:57am.
Anybody eles think he would be doing this even if he didn't have a show?
In his bathtub, with his Palin wig on his blowup doll (IMITATING BACHMANN’S VOICE) "Jesus, George Washington, Adam – the first man – the Apostle Paul, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ann Coulter, Ronald Reagan and Mark Levin. It would be a very interesting combination."
I apologizes if you were eating when that image popped in yur head.
Ignorance in the shape of a Man
Submitted by Thoreau on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 6:50am.
Rick Sanchez part two. Seriously Olbermann? These racist commi freaks are in enough trouble as it is.
Don't they realize what's coming?
Do the people that own this Network... nevermind, Jeffrey Immelt owns the network, and he's bucking to suck off the government tit of taxpayer funded windmills and solar powered vibrators.
No, there's no hope for MSLSD.
How about we just ignore them so the internet can match their sorry ghetto ass TV ratings.
Forget Olbermann, KUDOS to Chris Matthews!
Submitted by Texndoc on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 7:25am.
I'm picking my lower jaw off the floor to say that I think Chris Matthews (of all people!!!) deserves a big round of applause for an interview I saw parts of just now with that Dem Senate candidate Conway (or whatever) in Kentucky. He really really decimated him, in front of college students all waving Conway signs at that. His Rand Paul religion attack ad apparently is back-firing big and it was pure joy to see Matthews in mad-dog mode on a big liberal. That candidate reminds me so much of John Edwards, BTW.
On Moaning Joe, the panel including Matthews says this guy is over in Kentucky. Wonder if Matthews was actually standing on principle or just joining in kicking the man when he's down (like everyone did with R. Sanchez of CNN)
I'm sure this guy is going to run to Olbermann, Special Ed, and Maddow - where his wounds will be lovingly licked. He's not showing up with Tingles again that's for sure.
I'd like dinner with...
Submitted by P. Aaron on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 7:31am.
...Michelle Bachman. She's smokin' hot!
Olbermann's bitter 'cause his alternative is being stuck having dinner w/Barbara Mulkowski (D-MD) who ain't.
This is a strategy, not a mini-stroke
Submitted by c5then on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 7:35am.
Olberman is simply executing the Progressive strategy to demonize any conservative and to put up false strawmen in all his rabid criticisms to make it seem as if all conservatives are lunatics (like the progressives really are). They are doing this because they think that the democratic base is stupid and unable to reason things out on their own. The progressives have tried to create this situation by destroying the public schools in order to create a large mass of idiots that they can control.
Anyone who supports strict Constitutional interpretation of course means including all the amendments too. I know no individual who would believe that anyone would even think that re-instituting slavery was a good idea or even an idea at all.
Olberman has gone so far over the line here of defamation and blasphemy that even I am offended. He needs to be fired and probably sued for liable, slander and defamation.
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
Lib thinking...
Submitted by retrocon on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 1:38pm.
The libtards always use this argument against strict interpretation of the Constitution, remember Whoopie on the View?
They ignore the Amendments because they are threatened by the amendment process. If their dumbtard sheeple find out that there's actually a prescribed way to change the Constitution, they would not go along with every dictate of the liberal court "interpretations."
Of course, amending the Constitution is more difficult than appointing a judge or passing a law. Since they wouldn't be able to change it so easily, they are threatened, and therefore, they have to hide how slavery really ended, how women got the vote, by implying that it was "interpreted" law, so to speek.
Olberdork's
Submitted by Iron Tigers Vet on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 7:59am.
September lineup of guests on Olbie's show from Olbermann watch:
liberal/progressive - 44
conservative/traditional - 0
democratic politicos - 15
republican politicos - 0
Needless to say I think he's a tad bit of a chickensh*t to even have guests that are of the party he wants to bash. Therefore he doesn't get his "theories" trashed like his ratings.
I Can't Imagine
Submitted by NoMoreChange on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 8:24am.
I can't Imagine a greater compliment than to be selected as Keith's worst...Michelle must be doing something right.
Original intent
Submitted by KC Mulville on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 8:47am.
Olbermann's distortion of conservatism is on full display here. His argument is that original intent means that we want to go back to the laws of 1789. That's simply stupid.
Original intent comes from the most basic principle of our law: consent of the governed. That's what bestows authority on law. To discover how to interpret a law, you go back to what the lawmakers actually consented to. Like an ordinary contract, one of the parties is not allowed to re-interpret the terms based on his current needs or perspectives. The contract is what they both agreed to at the time. If they have both changed perspectives, they can make a new contract.
When a judge reinterprets law to fit current circumstances, he's basically imposing a new contract on the parties, taking for granted that the parties would have agreed to his new formulation. Well, no, the law doesn't allow anyone to assume agreement on the part of someone else.
Olbermann confuses the idea of original intent with the idiotic idea that conservatives want the original law. It's either ignorance or outright lying.
Excellent argument, KC
Submitted by ThisnThat on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 10:00am.
!
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“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
Would anyone hear . . .
Submitted by rick.bren on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 8:58am.
what this idiot had to say if he wasn't cited on NB??
Uneducated Idiot
Submitted by Anniee451 on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 9:14am.
Original constitutional limitations mean there would be no Bill of Rights??? Why doesn't HE go to a 6th grade American History class (as though they teach that anymore) and get a clue?
The constitution was *not* ratified and wasn't going to BE ratified until the Bill of Rights was formulated and put onto it. Then and only then would they formalize and ratify it. You weren't going to have the Constitution without the first ten amendments, period. That *is* original.
Dinner for four?
Submitted by Tomorama on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 9:22am.
Olbermann's dinner guests would be whom exactly?
Alinsky, Ayers and the Devil.
The Devil needs to be there, you see they made a "deal" that allows for Olberdouche to keep his job in spite of being stupid and no ratings.
When Obama admitted to lying about NO SHOVEL READY JOBS, did he make the Worst person in the world?
Nah, just kidding.
What Bacchmann said was more important.
A typical Olbermann spineless, wuss move.
Submitted by ML Stovall on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 9:30am.
He is in panic mode and now at the point that the rest of the Dim Libs are - mindless insults and racist comments. Anti-semite much, Olbermann? Maybe Kweef needs a little visit from the Bear Jew...?
That special "grand slam"?
Submitted by Beukeboom on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 11:48am.
That special "grand slam"?
One can only dream, eh,
Submitted by ML Stovall on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 12:36pm.
One can only dream, eh, Beukeboom?
Olbermann is still on the
Submitted by inquiringmind on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 9:55am.
Olbermann is still on the air?!?
Comcast hasn't taken over
Submitted by Beukeboom on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 11:47am.
Comcast hasn't taken over yet.
It wouldn't be too hard to
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 9:58am.
It wouldn't be too hard to make the case that the House of Representatives HAS become the House of Morons........especially these days......with Harry the Weasel running the show, and the 3-ring circus that answers to him.
In fact, I think Keef would fit in quite easily with some of the delusional dorks who are in public office.............
Olberman really seems to have an insecurity complex about smart, good-looking, conservative women......ya gotta wonder what he's trying to hide...............
Dems have a lot
Submitted by mattm on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 10:27am.
Dems have a lot of simple-minded one-liners to attack republicans with, and a lot of simple-minded media people preaching to a lot of simple-minded people.
Dems have a lot
Submitted by mattm on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 10:26am.
Dems have a lot of simple-minded one-liners to attack republicans with, and a lot of simple-minded media people preaching to a lot of simple-minded people.
Stupidity....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 11:02am.
....unlike intelligence, knows no bounds. Witness K.O.
Quotes that apply directly
Submitted by Beukeboom on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 11:46am.
Quotes that apply directly to Keith Olbermann:
"You can't fix stupid."
- Ron White
"...stuck on stupid."
- Gen. Russel L. Honoré (ret.)
"Do not make the House of
Submitted by Beukeboom on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 11:43am.
"Do not make the House of Representatives a house of morons"?
Too late.
"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself."
- Mark Twain
"All Congresses and Parliaments have a kindly feeling for idiots, and a compassion for them, on account of personal experience and heredity."
- Mark Twain
"It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress."
- Mark Twain
Jesus was very manly
Submitted by nkviking75 on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 12:13pm.
Keith, you ought to read No More Christian Nice Guy by Paul Coughlin. He makes a pretty good case that our image of "Jesus meek and mild" is a false one, and that Jesus was very manly. I don't think anyone who met Jesus questioned his sexuality.
“Always love your country — but never trust your government!" -- Bob Novak (1931-2009)
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
I found out that Keefy
Submitted by texasborngranny on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 12:58pm.
I found out that Keefy Olberdork has a blog on MLB.com.
As a lifelong baseball fan (go Rangers!!!) I think it is throughly disgusting that the MLB allows such a misogynistic, egotistical antisimite to blog on their site.
Unfortunately, the world of
Submitted by ML Stovall on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 2:21pm.
Unfortunately, the world of sports media is overrun with retarded liberal groupthink, texasborngranny. I would guess that MLB.com is hardly any different. And that other bastion of socialist media hacks, ESPN, seems to be proud of its liberally slanted sorry excuse for 'journalism'. Shoot, they would give MESSNBC a run for their money with their "tingle-up-my-leg" coverage of all things Obama.
How Does Dolbermann...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 3:42pm.
...get fired twice in one year?
"Countdown to Jobless" starring Edward R. Olberdouche, can't wait to see that show...
anyone else want to start a
Submitted by Captain Evilstomper on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 4:06pm.
anyone else want to start a pool on olbermann's (probably inevitable) nervous breakdown?