Olbermann Spews Lefty Blog Anti-Gun Bile at Beck, NRA for 'Murdering Policemen'

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A few weeks ago, MSNBC "Countdown" host Keith Olbermann got exercised at Brit Hume's crediting the Media Research Center for providing fodder for the "Political Grapevine" of his FNC show "Special Report." He was quickly shown as a hypocrite for taking that very information from a left-wing blog. 

On April 7, Olbermann was at it again, taking banter from left-wing blogs to attack individuals that promote and celebrate the 2nd Amendment during his "Worst Person in the World" segment.

First, he went after the National Rifle Association because someone sold an anti-Obama T-shirt outside an event at which the NRA was recruiting new members.

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"Runner up, the unidentified sellers of this ‘Hitler Gave Great Speeches, Too' T-shirt," Olbermann said, naming the "Worser Person in the World" for that episode. "They told the Washington Independent that they had sold out of three boxes of the shirt by 3:00 p.m. Saturday at the Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot outside Louisville - the gun shoot, at which new members were being recruited by the National Rifle Association."

For their guilt-by-association, Olbermann lectured the NRA, advising them to respond or "become synonymous with murdering policemen," and bizarrely, "racism."

"And this message to the NRA, if you do not want your organization to become synonymous with racism, treason, hatred, paranoia and political assassination fantasies, you better do something and fast," Olbermann exclaimed. "Oh, and murdering policemen, I forgot - if you don't want your organization to become synonymous with murdering policemen."

That was a segue into the next part of Olbermann's grotesque presentation. Following right along with the likes of the mouthpieces on the Daily Kos, Olbermann went after conservative radio and Fox News Channel host Glenn Beck, tying him to the recent gun violence in Pittsburgh.

"Bringing us to our winner, Harold Hill - I'm sorry, Glenn Beck," Olbermann said. "Richard Poplawski killed three Pittsburgh policemen on Saturday because he was afraid of, a friend said, quote, ‘the Obama  gun ban that's on the way.' He, quote, ‘didn't like our rights being infringed upon.' When several websites correctly pointed out that this sounded awfully like one of Beck's his hysterical rantings or maybe his interview last month with the head of the NRA, Beck immediately went back to his normal speed, high, stupid, dudgeon."

Beck has repeatedly said on his radio and TV shows that this sort of violent behavior deplorable and unacceptable. However, Olbermann ignored that and read a transcript from Beck's April 6 program, which Beck metaphorically explained how ridiculous it is to try to blame him.

"Blaming anyone except that nut job for what happened in Pittsburgh is crazy. Police officers over the weekend were killed by a crazy with a gun. And blaming anyone else besides him is like blaming the flight attendant after a terrorist takes down a plane. Giving passengers a nice little safety talk to prepare them doesn't mean you are responsible should a terrorist actually make that worst case scenario happen."

Then Olbermann attempted to refute Beck's statement by misinterpreting the rhetoric Beck has been using to promote his 9/12 project.

"See, here is where you go wrong - you are not the flight attendant on the plane," Olbermann said. "Thanks for invoking that image again. You, Beck, are one of the cowards, safely on the ground, telling the nut job on the plane it is time to, quote, ‘Rise up.' You remember March 19, right? You probably don't."

Once again, the "Countdown" host read a transcript from Beck's show, during which the Fox News host expressed his concern for President Barack Obama's attitude toward gun ownership. During the 2008 presidential campaign, Obama dismissed people who "cling" to guns.

"The 2nd amendment is under fire. We knew that they were going to try to bring the assault weapon ban back. Now they are blaming it on Mexico. The 9/12 Project, which is kind of a grassroots thing where you can go meet other people who think like you and think about values and principles and want to do something to take your country back."

According to Olbermann's psychoanalysis of Americans who watch or listen to Beck's programs - this was what was causing them to have the urge to "shoot other people."

"And then you proceeded to read a letter from a women who said that since the election, she had gone out and bought a handgun and joined the NRA," Olbermann continued. "So when you talk about taking your country back, and then you read letters from people who are stock-piling guns, do you think these things are unconnected? That people even crazier than you, who you are encouraging to do something to take your country back, that they have bought these guns as paperweights? They bought them to shoot other people with."

However, Olbermann saved the worst of his scathing vitriolic attack for last - tying Beck's television antics to future gun violence.

"You, Glenn Beck, you personally are encouraging Americans to shoot other Americans," Olbermann stated. "Maybe, especially if you are right about your religion, maybe not this psychotic in Pittsburgh. Maybe he is not your fault. I hope not. What about the next one, Glenn? You want to cry about something on television. Cry about the next one. Beg him to ignore you. Beg the kids the next one orphans to forgive you. Glenn Beck, today's worst person in the world."

 


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"You, Glenn Beck, you

"You, Glenn Beck, you personally are encouraging Americans to shoot other Americans," Olbermann stated" 

You, Keith Olbermann, will make up any lie - anything - to denigrate people who have better ratings than you

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

You, Keithamphetimine...

are encouraging Americans to have you analzyed by psychologists and referred to a psych ward for your fitting for one of those jackets where there are buckles and straps at the ends of the sleeves...

2010: A GOP Hill

Keith may be crazy....

...but he ain't dumb.

Keith knows better than to open his trap outside of his little world protected by MSNBC security guards.

Same with Al Gore and others who fear facing opposing viewpoints more than glo-bull warming.

The way they dodge and run from debates would earn them gold medals if it were an Olympic sport.

And yes, Keith, I do buy guns to shoot people. They work so much better than just asking robbers and murderers, very nicely, to 'pretty please take your hands off of my wife'.

If Keith's got a problem with that...perhaps he could spare me one of his security guards.

NOLI PUGNARE ME OCCIDERE

Childish

My eleven year old has more common sense and ability to rationalize things, and he still uses words like poophead. Olberman is not smarter than a fifth grader.

 Seriously, why is he even on the air? Forgetting Beck for a minute, he just called everyone in the NRA a bunch of racists and a bunch of other things. Getting him off the air would be a good thing. Contacting his sponsors maybe? Think that would do it?

http://www.americanw...

Freedom to be a coward

When did we get to the point where TV bubbleheads can say anything they want? Olbermann feels free to say anything he wants, no matter how insulting, disrespectful, libelous, or cowardly. And they complain about Limbaugh?

In the same freedom, then, I happily call Olbermann a coward.

Enough of this senseless

Enough of this senseless jabber.

Olbermann needs a good old-fashioned John Wayne/Chuck Norris-style ass-whipping.

There.  I said it out loud.  And yes, I do feel better.

Encouraging Americans to shoot other Americans!

I sure hope someone doesn't shoot Olbermann, not because it would be wrong, it would be the waste of a perfectly good bullet.

 

The Democratic Creed- Vote emotionally not logically.

Morons like Olberpuke fail

Morons like Olberpuke fail to grasp that there are plenty of Americans that want to shoot, rob, rape, etc. other Americans, but the leftard anti-2nd amendment idiots don't want us to be able to defend ourselves against them.

Olbermann is a useful idiot.

Olbermann is a useful idiot. When someone tells me that they regularly watch Olbermann or that they like Olbermann, I can immediately classify them. I can classify them as someone not worth my time or effort. They clearly have no critical thinking skills.

Good to see that Olbermann is putting his Moo U diploma...

...to good use.

What an idiot.

-Dave

This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.

well - when in the agricultural program

invariably you learn to shovel cow poo.

_____________________________________________________
Obama does not perform as advertised.  I'd like a refund.
Taxed Enough Already.

Olberdork

"...learn to shovel cow poo."

At least that's what Olberdork said he was doing when he was in the barn with the cows. Yeaaaaaah Olby, that's the ticket!

Gary

"Things can only bother you if you let them bother you" -My Dad

Three things

The shirt is a masterful use of our first amendment rights

Glenn Beck is kicking Olbermann's butt in the ratings

Olbermann is a penis.  No doubt about it.

"To sin by silence when we should protest, makes cowards of men" -Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Olbermann

Olbermann he is quite a gal!!! I bet he sits down to take a piss.

 Nearly Nobody's News

Geez

   I can only come to the conclusion that Olberman got his ass beat in grade school on a regular basis. He is one delusional, bitter man. I wonder if he sleeps with a teddy bear and a pacifier.

 Olberman  does need a 

 Olberman  does need a  good old-fashioned John Wayne/Chuck Norris-style ass-whipping as was suggested but he prefers a good old BDSM three-way with obama and old home boy from North Korea.

Ick.

Thanks for that, Slickster. 

I shall now have to watch Nancy Grace to erase that mental image from my head.  Or any Jeannine Garafolo movie.

i would

hate to give this warped idiot any publicity but oh how i would love to see him appear on limbaugh or beck's show and watch him get humiliated. the guy is a pyschiatrist's nightmare.

Olbermann is a charlatan

Olbermann is a charlatan who will attack a conservative, twisting the person's words, warp the context, and outright lie to get to a pre-determined "guilty verdict" that his die hard liberal audience will accept without question because it feeds into their pre-conceived prejudices. They want to see him pull off his latest smarmy broadcast con job. They cheer him on. 

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

    What kind of

    What kind of malfunctioning brain sputters to these conclusions?...... Ultimately people who go on shooting sprees are insane and responsible for their own actions. That being said, many gun owners are buying more guns and ammunition because of the perception that Obama and the self promoting liberal horde intend to ban or restrict these items. 

    But to blame Beck or other conservative voices runs counter to any shred of logic  Olbermann may have. If anything Olbermann and the lefty blogs that think for him are responsible for these people snapping. They are constantly deriding, chiding, castigating and marginalizing gun owners and all things conservative.

    So Keith, stop being so divisive, stop pushing people over the edge, stop being the worst person in the world. 

I disagree with your

I disagree with your premise because a person has to first admit that Olberman has a brain, knows how to use it, and knows what 'logic' is. See my point?

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