How does Keith Olbermann view pre-Obama America? Apparently akin to the Soviet Union, and South Africa under apartheid. Here was his statement from the top of tonight's DNC coverage.
CHRIS MATTHEWS: It is an iconic night in history: we'll all remember this night as long as we live. This is the night that the first Western government, the first Western political power, or party, has nominated an African-American, someone of African heritage, to lead the country. It's something that took a long time to happen, almost like an old Polaroid film developing. But here it is. It happened officially last night, and tonight it is crowned, this achievement. And it's going to happen at a football field.KEITH OLBERMANN: And it happens as suddenly in some respects as the Soviet Union crumbled or apartheid was beaten in South Africa. These seemingly invincible hurdles that could never be overcome and within a short period in our historical timespan, suddenly they're gone. And almost nobody saw it coming. Certainly no one at all saw it coming more than four years ago.
View video here.
So that's how Olbermann sees America: until the Dem party nominated the most liberal member of the Senate, we were in the same class of outlaw regimes as the brutal totalitarians of the Soviet Union or the racists of South Africa. Speak for yourself, Keith.
Note: beyond his invidious view of America, Olbermann is simply wrong in asserting no one could have imagined an African-American candidate more than four years ago. The GOP nomination was virtually Colin Powell's for the taking in 2000.
—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.
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...and the continued
August 28, 2008 - 22:18 ET by KStorm...and the continued existence of MSNBC (which stands for McCain Sucks, National Barack Channel) is like the fall of intelligent journalism.
Interesting analogies
August 28, 2008 - 22:19 ET by KJ_sezAnd, by the same yardstick that bathtub boy uses, he probably believes himself to be the smartest, most effective, most attractive TV personality of all time (FWIW, I almost puked on my keyboard while typing this).
After MSNBC helps his sorry ass out the door, I'm sure there's a perfect job waiting for him on "The View". He'd fit right in as another ignorant, whiney little bitch, right alongside Bejar.
Matthews: "It's something
August 28, 2008 - 22:27 ET by RESTLESS 1Matthews:
"It's something that took a long time to happen, almost like an old
Polaroid film developing. But here it is. It happened officially last
night, and tonight it is crowned, this achievement. And it's going to happen at a football field."
Now THAT, my friends, is some deep commentary by a true journalistic genius. </sarc>
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
I can't wait to see the
August 28, 2008 - 22:50 ET by MidAmericaI can't wait to see the commentary Mutt and Jeff here give us at the Republican Convention. Newsbusters will be like the old teletype machines, humming, clacketing and spitting reams of news reports till they pile up on the floor. mmmm yum... red meat.
Whoa Obie..........
August 28, 2008 - 23:10 ET by zoro7957...............you and your brethren of the MSM are now spouting of the new cold war. Make up my mind ,will ya?
MSNBC THE Place for..........
August 29, 2008 - 02:38 ET by connman.....Partisan Politics!
I was reading Keith's monumental BHO nomination to comparisons to the fall of the Soviet Union. I got to wondering how often Keith the tool has mentioned the Fall in any of his previous news stories, and wouldn't you know, yea, only when ridiculing a Republican Administration. I'm sorry, I just couldn't sit through this monumental buildup from him and Chrissy, and (all the other MSM talking heads) to the appearance from "The One". Do you suppose they all got their TP's from the Obama campaign at the same time? Man, we just made so much History tonight! (Yawn).
Chris Matthews: Obama's Win a 'Magic Moment,' Like 'Camelot'
This town needs an enema! - The Joker
Olbermann Is Mistaken
August 29, 2008 - 00:36 ET by BondPlainBondThat's one of the things that differentiates my thinking from Olbermann's upon viewing the same event... Obama was really pushing hard his view of the perfect American society under a governance in the style of Marxism/Communism/Socialism.
How many times did Obama say, "I am my brother's keeper," during the evening (including the opening personal video)?
His brother
August 29, 2008 - 00:41 ET by Cool ArrowHis brother lives in a luxurious box in Kenya
Torches & Pitchforks
His Brother
August 29, 2008 - 00:45 ET by DC2280Is that all you have to say ?
Well no
August 29, 2008 - 01:02 ET by Cool ArrowObama's Brother enjoys a cost of living of $20 per year.
Kenya must be a great place to live.
Torches & Pitchforks
I think that is enough in
August 29, 2008 - 08:34 ET by Dan The Man 2I think that is enough in reference to being his brothers keeper. Just think he will be our brother and we will be kept like he keeps his brother. Yep a truely remarkable idea.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
History in the Making
August 29, 2008 - 00:58 ET by Rush FanAll the print media and the networks are touting Barack Hussein Obama’s nomination as the first black nominee as history in the making. As ABC News headlined: Barack Obama Makes History as First African American Nominee of Major Political Party.
I couldn’t agree more that Barry Obama’s nomination is history in the making but not because he is black but because:
1. He is one of the least experienced presidential nominees in modern history as a first term United States Senator with approximately 143 days of experience in the Senate.
2. He is the first presidential nominee to have a close and current friendship with radical unapologetic terrorists.
3. He is the first presidential nominee in modern history to have radical-left ties and decades-long beliefs espoused by Michael Pfleger, Jeremiah Wright, Saul Alinsky and the above-mentioned terrorists.
4. He is the first presidential nominee in modern history to have an intimate and long-term association with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (Acorn), the largest radical group in America.
Yes, indeed! History in the making.
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“There is no sane movement in a sane environment that would back a man with his credentials such as they are for the highest office in the land.” ~ Rush Limbaugh on Democrats backing Obama
History
August 29, 2008 - 01:03 ET by DC2280You folks are really scared aren't you !
yep
August 29, 2008 - 01:08 ET by Dee Bunkyou got that right - terrified
DC2280
August 29, 2008 - 01:11 ET by Cool ArrowWe see you there smoking that Ice.
Stop picking your face. It looks like a bloody sacrifice.
Torches & Pitchforks
Scared of Obama?
August 29, 2008 - 01:40 ET by KJ_sezNah. I am worried that some people take him seriously (how can you take him seriously on "his" platform of "change" when he's trying to get people to buy into all the same failed ideas of the past?). After his acceptance speech this evening, he should have a new campaign slogan: "Empty suit - empty rhetoric - empty head!"
You folks are really scared
August 29, 2008 - 08:39 ET by Dan The Man 2You folks are really scared aren't you - I am not scared as I looked at the back of the book and We win. I am really concerned about the short term though. Obama is as good for America as Hitler was for the world.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
The mouth
August 29, 2008 - 06:13 ET by KansasgirlThe MSM can try all they want to elect this buffoon. It won't happen. Can't wait to see these libs when it doesn't go down the way they expect.
Nutcases
August 29, 2008 - 07:11 ET by 10ksnookerSeem to gravitate towards MSNBC, for some odd reason.
I wonder what he sees the civil war as? Probably just an opportunity for the Democrat party to get their terror wing up and running, the KKK served Democrats for over a century.
apartheid was beaten in
August 29, 2008 - 07:13 ET by USA4freedomapartheid was beaten in South Africa??
Ob, why don’t you pay them a visit down there.
Murder rate is 2nd in the world per capita.
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.
Racist Black Maxist in the White House
August 29, 2008 - 07:24 ET by ChasvsAnd how does he think this is a good thing?
If he thinks having a lieing Black Racist and Marxist in the White House is a good thing, then he has gone way over the deep end!