How enraged is Keith Olbermann with Joe Lieberman for announcing that he would filibuster a health care bill that contains a government-control provision? Enough that, without presenting any evidence whatsoever, the Countdown host has slyly implied that Lieberman might be on the take from insurance companies in his home state of Connecticut.
You had to listen carefully, but Olbermann slipped the scurrilous suggestion into his diatribe against Liebermann on tonight's Countdown.
Here was Olbermann . . .
KEITH OLBERMANN: Two months ago, Lieberman offered different rationales including the public options's supposed unpopularity with the public. Except a new NBC News poll today finding that 73% of Americans think that people should have the choice of a public option. In his own state, 68% favor the public option, including 83% of Democrats, 73% of independents--and all those Republicans who already have one.Given the political contribution reporting requirements, it's hard not to interpret Olbermann's snide "that we know of" as other than a suggestion that Liebermann may have taken something off the books.
But his own state has other constituents--bigger people, if you will. Connecticut is insurance-company Ground Zero. Lieberman has gotten more than a million dollars in the last five years from the health insurance and medical sectors—a million that we know of.
Olbermann has the courage of a man who knows that libel laws make it virtually impossible for a public figure like Liebermann to successfully sue him for slander. But that doesn't make the Countdown host's totally unsubstantiated charge any less contemptible.
—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.
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So Mark,
October 27, 2009 - 19:50 ET by DeskpilotWere you the only one watching Olberdork tonight?
Thanks for falling in the sword for us loyal NB types. I been lucky and healthy enough to avoid the pig flu so far, but I know that I still can't stomach him. The doctors last prescription for Olberdork induced vomiting was to pull the plug on the TV completely.
If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you can read it in English, You're welcome - Deskpilot, AM(H)1 (AW), USN (Ret)
total disgustitude
October 28, 2009 - 03:14 ET by konoOlbermann thoroughly disgusts me, too -- even more than Matthews (though that's hard to believe). For some reason I keep having the mental image of the two of them humping Bammie's legs like out of control dogs, while screaming curse-laced epithets about Dubya. (shudder)
Olbermann needs to be fired from NBC's NFL broadcasts
October 27, 2009 - 19:52 ET by paulfvIt is time to begin an earnest campaign to force NBC to remove Oblermann from its NFL broadcasts. His continued presence there, particularly after what was done to Rush Limbaugh, is not acceptable.
Thank goodness for actual thinkers such as Charles Krauthammer, who earlier tonight called out Barack Obama for Obama's "disgusting" attacks on George W. Bush:
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paul... I more than
October 27, 2009 - 20:03 ET by bigtimerpaul...
I more than Second that...
Thanks for links...hope to get to them after a bit.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
Thanks, bigtimer
October 27, 2009 - 21:13 ET by paulfvThank goodness for people like Charles Krauthammer. If the leftist radicals are to try to take down the nation which the Founders created, then we have to make sure that they are forced to confront the truth of people like Krauthammer and ourselves.
Time for conservatives to band together. There's a lot of work to be done.
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Game, set, match!!
October 27, 2009 - 21:31 ET by motherbeltKrauthammer, as usual, nails it!
This President is shameless....."finally getting it right after years of drift"
Finally getting it right? WTH???
Continually postponing a decision is getting it right??
We have a President who appears incapable of doing anything except kicking the can down the road!
Does no one in his innner circle have the nerve to tell him that not making a decision is ALSO a decision? One that "decides" to let events proceed unhindered...
We think we've seen the
October 27, 2009 - 20:01 ET by bigtimerWe think we've seen the worst of Bath-Tub-Boy at times..his anger/insanity you wouldn't think could go any further without him being committed at the nearest nuthatch....
We ain't seen nothing yet if OCare dies on the vine...
msnbc has given it's all...as Dr. Nancy Synderman...the whole network will go bonkers...or better yet...belly-up.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
I knew this was coming
October 27, 2009 - 20:31 ET by tim413when I saw/heard Lieberman on the news. I had to watch NCIS at 6:00, but I want to catch most of the Olberf--ka-s (I am getting enough practice that I can type his name fairly quickly.) rerun at 8:00. I hope the entire "reform" idea goes down in flames. What happened to getting everyone "covered"? (I stopped calling it health care "insurance" years ago.)
I proposed in an earlier comment that well-to-do liberals should "adopt" folks who need h/c coverage. How many will Olberf--ka-s adopt? Will Farrell? Etc.? I'm sure that conservatives and middle-of-the-roaders would follow suit.
Stop federal judges from foisting their notions of "fairness" on the States. Amend the 14th Amendment! - tim413
Context
October 27, 2009 - 20:01 ET by KC MulvilleNow remember, this is the same jerk who takes everything Rush Limbaugh says as clear evidence of racism. Let's see this clown beg for the benefit of the doubt in how we interpret his running mouth.
Let's see... a senator
October 27, 2009 - 20:04 ET by MidAmericaLet's see... a senator who represents employees of large corporations in his state is 'slyly' accused of wanting to protect his state and those jobs. How evil!
The Sickening Part Is...
October 27, 2009 - 20:16 ET by The_Pumpcrop... I have family members who, along with their Libby friends, hold this guy up like he's a stone-cold intellectual who "has his fingers on the pulse of real news". They watch Obby, admireing his "big words" and oft-times parrot those words, believing everything he utters!!! They actually consider MSNBS more "informational" and "trustworthy" the FOXNews, which they, again, parot like Obambies, calling for FOX's downfall. And when Obby places these "zingers" in his show, I can hear them squeal with glee, high-fiving and laughing like loons. Sad... And according to them, their group keeps growing.
"Doesn't Mika look like Granpa Munster in drag?".... Overheard at work
Hay Noel, Opps Mark, Time for a science experiment...
October 27, 2009 - 20:42 ET by upcountrywaterI'm serious, if NB would boycott the PMSNBC gang just for 30 days... Call Rush and ask him to do the same thing... I think the ratings of this "network" would fall through the floor...
Why? Because lots of folk hear about these goons, via Rush and NB..
Of course heards of Gay Curious, opps Kook Curious folk will tune in, THERBY BOOSTING THE RATINGS, THIS MUST STOP...
In the interest of science of course. Come on just 30 days...
Time it durning sweeps week.
State controlled health care is Tort Reform. Update! music video.
"a million that we know of"
October 27, 2009 - 20:48 ET by MightyMouthKind of like the one chick (that we know of) that Keith has converted to lesbianism! And after only one encounter! What a guy!
"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"
What's next for Olbermann?
October 27, 2009 - 21:22 ET by BarkerAccusing 54 year-old bachelor Senator Lindsey Graham of being blackmailed into submission, David Souter-style?
Not likely....
October 27, 2009 - 23:21 ET by TrickletownOlbermann is quite sensitive about being, himself, a 50 something never married man.
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Takes ones to know one?
October 27, 2009 - 21:24 ET by SlyrrI can't speak for Lieberman. But Olberdork works at MSNBC, no? The same network that runs Chris Matthews?
The same Matthews who said it was 'his job' to make Obama look good?
Meaning that Matthews and his entire network are nothing but Obama's media whores?
Meaning Olberdork is 'on the take' for Obama as part of the network which is selling itself for money in exchange for favorable coverage to the socialist president and his fascist cabal?
Why does he not promise to sign up for it?
October 27, 2009 - 21:48 ET by octaviojDid he ever made a promise to sign up for it? Why does he not lead by example? Sign a contract on the air, certified, that if the public option is passed he will sign up for it. Otherwise move one to the next conservative bashing diatribe.
Well, if Keith Olbermann says it..
October 27, 2009 - 21:53 ET by jefflebowskiIt MUST be true! That's right people, Lieberman...the liberal Connecticut "independent" who caucuses and votes right along with the DemonRats...is on the take! Has MSNBC ever let us down before? Keith Olbermann...how do people like him get on tv and stay there?
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Another Example Of Olberfuher's Manipulative Accusations...
October 27, 2009 - 22:28 ET by The7SticksSee, Sen. Lieberman is his own man, not taking guff from either the left or the right. He follows his conscience regardless of what fallout that might cause, whether he supported John McCain for president and supported President Bush on our War against Islamic terror (which, needless to say, pissed off the left), or his support for gay rights and abortion (which, needless to say, pisses off the right). I disagree that he would want to block a government option for healthcare (seeing as how I've read parts of the bill that explain that it can pay for itself every year, but I'll have to check up on that), but since he's following his conscience, who's Olberfuher to say that Lieberman should follow lock-step with any group, left or right?
I don't
October 27, 2009 - 22:30 ET by jessieHI don't believe anything that comes out of this freak's mouth, but if anyone would know about who's on the take, it wouldn't be this putz.
Olbermann has not auditioned
October 28, 2009 - 01:15 ET by FlashmanOlbermann has not auditioned for any donkey shows in Tijuana .... "that we know off".
Olberman is disgusting
October 28, 2009 - 06:41 ET by Blogger Guy00001Lieberman is one of the few democrats worthy of respect. He's a liberal, but unlike most liberals, he is principled.
Well, Lieberman is a dirty,
October 28, 2009 - 09:44 ET by Roger the ShrubberWell, Lieberman is a dirty, filthy Joo, right? </sarc>
Bonus points to Mr. Finkelstein for using the word scurrilous.
what???
October 28, 2009 - 10:19 ET by Patriot IIMaybe with some encouragement, Lieberman will sue the crap out of this idiot for defamation of character and then maybe there will be silence from the peanut gallery!!!
Have you noticed that
October 28, 2009 - 13:59 ET by texanbychoiceHave you noticed that when McCain turns his back on conservatives to side with liberals, he's a "maverick".
When Lieberman turns his back on liberals, he's "on the take".
Courage is not the absence of fear, it's the mastery of it.
So what if he is? Can't
October 28, 2009 - 15:55 ET by RR GOPSo what if he is? Can't see how that'd be any different from everyone else up on the Hill.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
How about Queen Nancy???
November 1, 2009 - 23:05 ET by Patrick MichaelLet's see I wonder how Keith Olderman would interpret Nancy Pelosi's $2,500 a plate fundraiser held for her by....wait for it!.....Health Insurance Lobbyist Steve Elmendorg?(http://www.openleft....)It seems to me that this might fall under the heading of hypocrisy.
Stay Free!!!
PM.... What a precious
November 1, 2009 - 23:18 ET by bigtimerPM....
What a precious find...thank you!
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