Lou Dobbs - you can love him or hate, but sometimes he makes a point that will get your attention.
The CNN host of "Lou Dobbs Tonight" gave his evaluation of MSNBC "Countdown" host Keith Olbermann on his Aug. 11 radio show. According to Dobbs, Olbermann was a neophyte until MSNBC gave him a primetime show in 2003.
"First, I want to share with you something that just, I mean shocks me," Dobbs said. "Over at MSNBC, Keith Olbermann is their resident moron over there. He knows nothing about politics, nothing about economics. He has never covered politics until they put him in that chair and said, ‘Hey, you know, go try it out.' I mean, it's crazy. He's just - oh my gosh."
But Dobbs' point was leading up to a larger point - that there is a concerted effort by voices on the left, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and now by MSNBC's Carlos Watson to marginalize opposition to President Barack Obama's initiative to reform health care.
"But they got a new fellow over there," Dobbs said. "His name is Carlos Watson. And Carlos Watson has come up with the ultimate - you know the White House has been trying to marginalize everyone protesting and demonstrating against health care, the president's plan. They tried to marginalize, I mean the other day Nancy Pelosi, yesterday Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer, the Democratic leadership inr the House, calling people un-American who are protesting loudly and - they called them un-American."
Dobbs specifically pointed out an effort by Watson, which he likened using the word "socialist" to describe some of the policies put forth by Obama and congressional Democrats to a racial epithet.
"Well, now they raised it to a new level - the effort to marginalize those who do not want to follow, like some sort of phalanx of zombies, this president," Dobbs added.
Dobbs was referring to comments Watson made on his Aug. 10 MSNBC program, which lumped all various elements frequently covered on his network.
"What concerns me is when in some of those town hall meetings including the one that we saw in Missouri recently where there were jokes made about lynching, etc., you start to wonder whether in fact the word socialist is becoming a code word, whether or not socialist is becoming the new N-word for frankly for some angry upset birthers and others," Watson said. "I hope that's not the case."
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I think Chris Matthews may
August 12, 2009 - 07:16 ET by Roger the ShrubberI think Chris Matthews may have a thing or two to say about Olbie having that title.
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I agree.
August 12, 2009 - 07:57 ET by TexndocMaybe Olbermann's act has grown stale but seems to me the Drama Queen of the Week diamond-studded tiara does this week go to Matthews.
you start to wonder whether
August 12, 2009 - 07:19 ET by motherbeltyou start to wonder whether in fact ....... "I hope
that's not the case." (emphasis mine)
I know we talked about this yesterday (?) but I'll say again, this is a tactic of the left: to make an accusation cleverly disguised as a question.
It's absolutely unconscionable.
Olberman
August 12, 2009 - 07:28 ET by sevenThe new cesspool of television. One day he will be gone and their ratings can go up.
He's right.
August 12, 2009 - 07:36 ET by superconOlbermann is a hack and Watson is clearly trying to throw some bombs.
"What concerns me is when in some of those town hall meetings including
the one that we saw in Missouri recently where there were jokes made
about lynching, etc., you start to wonder whether in fact the word
socialist is becoming a code word, whether or not socialist is becoming
the new N-word for frankly for some angry upset birthers and others,"
Watson said. "I hope that's not the case."
He makes a charge he can't back up and then labels the people he just invented as birthers. He is the one using code words. We all know what he means when he says "birthers". He's calling those people racists and kooks. The media would sell their mothers if they could find an example of someone using swastikas or nooses or calling Obama the n-word. They can't so they just make the claim anyways.
" if Republicans are able to stop Barack Obama on health care, 'it will be his Waterloo, it will break him...." -Sen. Jim DeMint
Watson = race baiter
August 12, 2009 - 11:10 ET by vastateofmindGood points, supercon. I'd also say that MSDNC is putting Carlos Watson out there to make such allegations and assumptions because, you know, it's more politically correct if you have an African American man making these wildly inaccurate statements. Very simply, he can get away with it, and if conservatives of any color criticize him on points of policy or principle, Carlos gets to play "victim," and critics get branded "racist."
"I hope that's not the case," says Watson. Au contraire, Carlos - that's EXACTLY what you hope, and in the absence of PROOF, you're willing to voice your "hopes" as facts. Shame on you - but really, I expect nothing more/less from MSDNC. Here's to you and your network's ratings going further down the toilet than they already are...
Lou &
August 12, 2009 - 07:40 ET by mjfitchLou & (C)ommunist(N)itwit(N)etwork see the writing on the wall, which they are up against.The majority of American's are sick and tired of their(so-called msm) leftnut lunacy.I say good ridance!!
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." -Winston Churchill
Dobbs
August 12, 2009 - 08:01 ET by KC MulvilleIt isn't just that some like him and some not, as if we only have one opinion of him. Sometimes I like him, sometimes I don't ... several times, all within the same day. C'est la vie, I guess. In this case, I agree with Dobbs, so I guess I like him ... this morning.
MSNBC is just a ship of fools, aren't they? And it's worth remembering that the people in front of the camera are only as outrageous as the people behind the camera want them to be. There are editors and producers over there who condone that attempt at provoking outrage. Then they cry in their beer about how stupid the audience must be, because they're getting whomped every night in the ratings.
I smell.....
August 12, 2009 - 08:03 ET by notinstl....a worst person in the world award in the air.......
Worst Person in the World
August 12, 2009 - 14:26 ET by blazermaniacDoes anyone really care about Olberdork's pathetic list? I'm sure that Lou Dobbs or anyone else with a pulse, could care less. If Olberdork wants to do this list correctly, all he needs to do is look at his own network. There are always plenty of candidates for the worst person in the world. And Olberdork only needs to look into a mirror for the most obvious choice.
I wonder if Dobbs knows
August 12, 2009 - 08:34 ET by black47211I wonder if Dobbs knows that Olbermann actually said polite things about The 912 Project recently? Beck had the sound bite on his show on Tuesday.
Dobbs attacks Olbermann...Olbermann says nice things about The 912 Project...it's like the Twilight Zone in the MSM these days. I am expecting Rachel Maddow to say she is getting married to a man and becoming a Conservative. That would clinch it for me!
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August 12, 2009 - 10:43 ET by jessieH"Resident Moron". That's good. I'll have to remember that one.
O'Reilly is back on the attack
August 12, 2009 - 11:10 ET by OxyConHe's been pointing out MessNBC's flaws and attacking GE too. I love it.
BATH-TUB-BOY...
August 12, 2009 - 11:28 ET by danybhoyHere is an easy way to look at the feud between O'Reilly & BathTubBoy...They are both shopping at an upscale retailer, both are unhappy with something in regards to service. Keith is bitching at the clerk at the service counter. Bill asks for the person who can fire the clerk behind the service counter.
"...How blind can you be, don't you see...
...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."
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Olbergoebbels...
August 12, 2009 - 11:40 ET by adamsmithOlbergoebbels has become the biggest joke in broadcasting right along with MSNBC. Take away Bush, Palin, and the "birthers" and the idiot has no show....His nightly contradictions are little more than amusing at this point, and his credibility is right up there with the "ONE"..........The country doesn't believe these Marxists anymore................
Re BOR
August 12, 2009 - 12:08 ET by slickwillie2001Yes, good to see that he hasn't backed off. That whole story on some kind of 'truce' between BOR and the GE/NBC/MSNBC cabal may have been bogus.
Demonizing your opponents'
August 12, 2009 - 11:43 ET by snaggletoothieDemonizing your opponents' vocabulary is what you do when you just can't get yourself to recognize your obvious defeat.
Dobbs said it all...and
August 12, 2009 - 15:35 ET by bigtimerDobbs said it all...and then some!
msnbc is beyond help.
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