Ten days after ESPN sportscaster Dana Jacobson's "F*** Jesus" outburst, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann made a dopey crack that made light of the Christian belief that Jesus was resurrected in an immortal body from the dead.
The remark came at the end of his "World's Best Persons" feature on the January 21 program as Olbermann relayed the story of one Feliberto Carrasco of Chile, who awoke from an apparently deep slumber in a casket at a wake being held for the presumed-to-be-dead elderly gentleman.
Quipped Olbermann as he eased into a commercial break, "So do I have the etiquette correct here, does Mr. Carrasco get his own religion now, or what happens? Is there a vote?"
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To be fair, Olbermann's remark is, to my judgment, hardly incendiary, at least in comparison to Jacobson's rant, but it was dopey and lame, needlessly dismissive of the beliefs of many people in his own viewing audience.
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No shock
January 25, 2008 - 14:42 ET by cvgbuckeyeNo shock here. He just proved that he is exactly what I thought he was AND he is representing msnbc and nbc appropriately.
Welcome to Olby planet.
January 25, 2008 - 15:21 ET by kgWelcome to Olby planet.
Right
January 25, 2008 - 14:43 ET by candanceBecause this Mr. Carrasco was beaten to a pulp, stabbed in the gut to make his blood pour out, and left in the sun to bake for hours until the police were good and sure.
And he also healed sick people, turned water into wine, and did other sundry miracles?
But what do expect from the guy who thought anno domini marked his crucifixion? I just wish these libs would at least get their facts straight before talking about Christianity.
Not long from now
January 25, 2008 - 14:49 ET by KC MulvilleOlbermann is a bombthrower. He's getting closer and closer to throwing the bomb that explodes in his face.
Sooner or later, he's going to shoot his mouth off about Obama or Hillary. Then his little snarky act won't seem so funny to General Electric. Then he'll be a weekend weatherman at a local cable access station in Buffalo.
I think you owe all of the
January 25, 2008 - 15:23 ET by johnwaddI think you owe all of the local cable access weathermen in Buffalo an apology. At least they have a useful purpose in life.
No insult intended
January 25, 2008 - 15:35 ET by KC MulvilleI do apologize. Someone has to say "no snow" for a couple weeks in the summer, and "snow" the rest of the year.
Name change
January 25, 2008 - 15:14 ET by appst38Name change required.
From Countdown with Keith... to Meltdown with Keith...
It amazes me that this guy who can't get any ratings in his time slot is lawded as a success. But what can you really expect from the extreme left. Failure to them is success.
You can thank 'postmodernism' for that.
January 25, 2008 - 20:05 ET by KStormYou know, the philosophy where lies are facts, and vice versa, and if you feel the sky is green when it is in fact blue, well then, it's blue, et al. Liberals swallow it whole.
Just another lame attempt at
January 25, 2008 - 15:16 ET by mattmJust another lame attempt at humor by an unfunny boob.
olbie...baby steps
January 25, 2008 - 15:18 ET by LionKingFirst, you should probably start with a made up holiday like...kwanzaa.
Meh
January 25, 2008 - 15:20 ET by sentforth5It's all going in the book, Keithy..we'll see ya on the Lord's Day.
Keefie
January 25, 2008 - 21:01 ET by Emma GrumpI wouldn't want to be Keefie on Judgement Day.
(treading lightly) I took
January 25, 2008 - 15:38 ET by balboa(treading lightly)
I took this as "Cripes, the guy comes back from the dead, he deserves a religion of his own, doesn't he?", not mocking the religion that already exists.
I know, I know, it was a slap in the face of Christians, etc.
We know, we know. No bias
January 25, 2008 - 15:53 ET by RESTLESS 1We know, we know. No bias here. Just move along. Thanks for setting us straight once again Bal.
Just tryin' to help.
January 25, 2008 - 15:58 ET by balboaJust tryin' to help.
No balboa -- he may have
January 25, 2008 - 16:04 ET by lotrNo balboa -- he may have been insinuating something along the lines of: "Cripes, we all know this dude DIDN'T really rise from the dead, yet uneducated religious fanatics will claim that he did, and design a clever mythical religion around him."
That said, I don't think he intended any direct slight.
that's easy
January 25, 2008 - 15:38 ET by szampAttacking Christians is very easy and has no consequences in Mr. Olbermann's land. He likes to show off as a tough guy but I bet he is not tough enough to make similar remarks about Islam. The Christian community needs to be more agressive against these types.
He doesn't look that tough
January 25, 2008 - 15:52 ET by RESTLESS 1He doesn't look that tough to me. I bet his boyfriend doesn't think so either.
Imagine, for a brief
January 25, 2008 - 16:10 ET by drillanwrImagine, for a brief moment, you are the floor on which Olbermann swings his smelly feet over the bed and steps onto in the morning ...
Oh! The weight of that crap shilling ogre!
I feel sorrow and pity for that floor.
Olbermann's remarks
January 25, 2008 - 18:08 ET by fiddledancer@restI was listening to him when he said this and I was taken aback.
"There is only one
January 25, 2008 - 18:23 ET by rbosque"There is only one quality
worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head" -- Theodore Roosevelt
Must've heard dopermann coming a mile away!
He can believe anything he
January 25, 2008 - 19:25 ET by fiddledancer@restHe can believe anything he wants! I was taken aback because he is (for now) media talking. Media should be unbiased, shut-up and read the news!
Road Hog!
January 25, 2008 - 19:29 ET by Kirk TurnerMr. Magoo strikes again
Do you see him as \mr.
January 25, 2008 - 20:27 ET by fiddledancer@restDo you see him as \mr. \magoo\/
Excuse me?