Amidst the innumerable excuses we're bound to hear for Martha Coakley's defeat, credit Keith Olbermann with likely the most loathsome. The Countdown host would explain away the Scott Brown victory by accusing his supporters of . . . racism. [H/t reader Will H.]
Olbermann floated his despicable theory to Howard Fineman: "the Republicans and the Tea Partiers will tell you what happens with Scott Brown tonight whether he wins or comes close is a repudiation of Obama policies. And surely one of Obama's policies from the viewpoint of his opponents is it's OK to have this sea-change in American history—to have an African-American president. Is this vote to any degree just another euphemism the way 'states rights' was in the '60s?"
I was hoping Howard would have the honesty and guts to immediately tell Olbermann where to go. To the contrary, Fineman initially played along: "wow, that is a good question." But by the end of the segment Fineman screwed his courage to the sticking point and proclaimed that he didn't see racism as a big factor.
KEITH OLBERMANN: One last aspect, and this is not necessarily pretty. 1964, 1965 the greatest years of civil-rights change in this country since Emancipation and in the 1966 midterms the Republicans took 47 seats from the House from the Democrats, and most of those elections had clear racial undertones, man had overtones.
The Republicans and the Tea Partiers will tell you what happens with Scott Brown tonight whether he wins or comes close is a repudiation of Obama policies. And surely one of Obama's policies from the viewpoint of his opponents is it's OK to have this sea-change in American history--to have an African-American president. Is this vote to any degree just another euphemism, the way 'states rights' was in the '60s?
HOWARD FINEMAN: Wow, that is a good question. I would look first at the polls. If you look at polling, all the new polls including the NBC poll and the CBS poll, Barack Obama is overwhelmingly liked personally by the American people. I think for most of the American people race is no respect a part of the equation. Maybe not in Massachusetts but maybe in some places there are codes, there are images, there are pick-up trucks. You can say there's a racial aspect --
OLBERMANN: O-o-o-f. What were the Scott Brown ads, though? Every one of the Scott Brown ads had him in a pick-up truck.
FINEMAN: That's why I mentioned pick-up trucks. My mind goes back to Fred Thompson down in Tennessee. I really don't think, having covered some of the Tea Party events down in Kentucky, which is where I used to be a reporter, and knowing the history of this, I don't think it's so much a matter of race or even very, very much a matter a race at all, Keith. I think it's a matter of people in the suburbs and people outside of the cities feeling themselves not paid attention to by the quote elites.
This is a problem that the Democratic party has had year in and year out for decades. It's a code that Bill Clinton cracked, it's a code that to some extent Barack Obama cracked during the campaign. He won Virginia, he won other places where rural votes, where exurban votes really mattered. And I think race really in the end wasn't a factor for him overall. I don't see it. You asked a question, I don't see it as a big factor yet in the Tea Party movement. I don't know that it will be.Olbermann began by saying his comment wouldn't necessarily be pretty. He was, at least, truthful in that.
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This is pretty fun -
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:10 ET by leeanthonyvawatching Maddow, Olberman and the gang go completely mental over this slaughter...
It's Official...
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:14 ET by leeanthonyvaMaddow just blamed Bush for Brown's victory. Huh wha?
Drunk....
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:52 ET by rgallegosI drank everytime Bush, race, and tea party was mentioned or blamed. I was drunk in 5 minutes! What a bunch of sore losers!!!
Good one...
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 00:26 ET by unkeeafYou should take tomorrow off - consider it a national holiday for all Americans who actually work.
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Man up Rachel!
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 00:06 ET by kgShe looks like she is going to cry!!!
"DumbAssity of Dope"
Wesley Crusher and Co. .....
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 07:14 ET by adamsmithNovember can't come soon enough. I feel like "Flounder" from "Animal House"- "This is gonna be GREAT!!!!!"
The new game in town....Six
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:39 ET by motherbeltThe new game in town....Six degrees of Racism.....
Reply to motherbelt...
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:45 ET by adamsmithNot a new game at all. They have used the race card to the point where it's like when you use a credit card so much, the magnetic strip is shot and will not swipe. Unfortunately they don't get a reissue card this time. Conservatives value individuals over groups, and people are fed up with the herd mentality of this administration and their zombies.....Bring back the Constitution and TERM LIMITS!!!!!
I know racism charges aren't new...
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:48 ET by motherbeltApparently you missed the "Six Degrees" reference?
mb,I got it. That's very
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 11:34 ET by Chris Normanmb,
I got it. That's very astute. They now attempt to twist anything and draw lines between imaginary dots to arrive at "It's racism!" Don't you hate it when you make what you know is a good observation and the first reply completely misses your point? :)
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Maddow did a good Linda Blair impression
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:18 ET by sanderson13She and Matthews were discussing what message the Brown victory sent. Amazingly, Matthews said it sent a clear message that people were discontent with where the country was headed.
Maddow flipped! She absolutely could not deal with the notion. It was like watching a vampire being hit with a water gun loaded with garlic water.
It's been an incredibly fun night to watch MSNBC.
You're right, sanderson13
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:24 ET by GalvanicShe looks like she's on the verge of tears, and she's in total denial.
The image of Olbermann, Maddow, and Matthews trying to assess the cause and the damage is priceless. Someone should put it on a velvet tapestry framed by two dogs playing poker.
Olbermann, Maddow, and
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:43 ET by BeukeboomOlbermann, Maddow, and Matthews trying to assess the cause and the damage is a demonstration of mass confusion and denial.
This is one of the few
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:29 ET by NewsbusterbrownThis is one of the few times that I have watched MSNBC in years and it has been great. Chrissy looks like he's going to cry. :-)
“There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
ratings
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 02:49 ET by MaratI wonder if MSNBC's ratings will finally soar tonite (one nite only) as it seems many were watching the clowns! I believe they even put off Martha's concession for quite awhile.
It was the Independents
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 17:50 ET by coolfl33It was the Independents that voted for Scott Brown and now for Keith and the other RACIST Bastards to call the Independents RACIST, just proves that they only use African-Americans and don't give a dam about them.
I hope African-American will see once and for all that these people do not care about them they just use them to further their causes.
SAD, SAD. What are they going to call the Independents now?
KERRY IS NEXT.
Just Shut Up Olby ... seriously shut up
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:11 ET by dark_dsJust Shut Up Olby ... seriously shut up
_______ Him and the Unicorn he rode in on
Betcha he works some snarky
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:44 ET by BeukeboomBetcha he works some snarky comment about the election on the next NFL game on NBC.
No More NFL
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 09:45 ET by ScottyKUtahWhich is exactly why I gave up on the NFL.
Can't watch the Super Bowl with my kids without someone's tits flashing on television.
Now trying to watch football, I have to sit through political commentary? Forget it.
Rush Limbaugh isn't good enough to be a minority owner of a team, and this fool broadcasts every Sunday night?
I really don't care what
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:12 ET by creekratI really don't care what color he is, it is his policies that I oppose !
Howard Dean
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:13 ET by leeanthonyvaJust said "Martha can still pull this out." With 65% reporting. Sad. Lol.
Don't forget . . .
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:25 ET by GalvanicDean was the Presidential candidate who went from a front runner to a has-been in just a few months. His political judgment has always been suspect.
Suspect...
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:49 ET by adamsmithIt's more than just his judgement. It's his sanity that is suspect. EVERYBODY'S head turned when he gave the bloodcurdling YEEEEEAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!! Even far lefties were, "Is this guy alright????? I don't want his fingers anywhere near the red button....."
Dean should get a real job
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 07:17 ET by woburn828Dean is lucky he is a trust fund baby. The dude needs a real job. No one from the right listens, from the left they are trying to forget his name. He flashed brightly for a moment in Vermont years ago amongst the leftys. He hit the national stage and pow- lost all juice. Now he is history.
also...
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:12 ET by michiganruthDean also said "We're going to stop working with the Republicans and just get things done." oh, STOP working with them, because your problem is you were working too closely with them before? yeah right.
I have never enjoyed watching MSNBC so much as I have tonite!
Just wait...
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 07:20 ET by adamsmithWait until November 2nd. MSNBC will be hysterical on that night. I may even break down and get a DVR to record Olbergoebbels, "Tingles" Matthews, Butch Maddow and Company for posterity. That "network" is going to need Xanex by the barrel. Personally I'm looking forward to Olbergoebbels falling to the floor in a "foaming at the mouth" seizure, placed on a stretcher in a straightjacket, and mumbling, "Bush,Bush,Bush...."
Euphamistic?
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:45 ET by BeukeboomEuphamistic?
Was he talking about her
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 09:57 ET by FishFace222Was he talking about her head out of a certain orifice?
→ Yeah, that's it!
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:13 ET by Cool ArrowMass. is 7% black.
Of course it's purely racist.
Barack Ѡbama - The new seat of power
Huh?
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:16 ET by Mansonlamps"I was hoping Howard would have the honesty and guts to immediately tell Keith where to go."
Why on earth would you expect Howard Fineman to display any sort of balance to Keith Olbermann or any liberal on MSNBC? The only difference between Fineman and a Democratic Party operative is that Fineman doesn't get paid to toe the party line.
"I was hoping Howard would
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:22 ET by marpel"I was hoping Howard would have the honesty and guts to immediately tell Keith where to go."
That would be implying Howard Fineman was mentally stable...as Michael Savage says, "Liberalism is a Mental Disorder".
He volunteers to toe the
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:46 ET by BeukeboomHe volunteers to toe the party line?
Olbermann has sunk to a new level of absurdity
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:27 ET by GalvanicSo, Brown's truck is a symbol of racism?
And Fineman finds the theory interesting? Doh!
Massachusetts voted for Obama over McCain by almost 2:1 in 2009. The folks who elected a black Republican Senator 38 years ago. Has the commonwealth gone racist in just over one year?
But don't despair. He's not alone. Hannity reports that House Majority Whip Steny Hoyer claims "the disaster in Massachusetts is evidence of the voters showing their anger at the GOP!" Ow-ee.
Hey, what's Rachel Maddow got to say? Oh, Rachel . . .
I'm glad MRC and others are capturing all this nonsense.
Blacks had to sit at the
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:00 ET by FishFace222Blacks had to sit at the back of the bus. Was Wellstone's use of a bus racist?
That is just as ridiculous as your comment Keiffy.
Let's grab the popcorn and
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:18 ET by marpelLet's grab the popcorn and watch Keithie and his 12 yr old son, Rachel get even more crazy than they already are.
MSNBC stands for Mentally Sick Now Beyond Chris. LMAO
got mine
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:22 ET by leeanthonyvai've watched msnbc more tonight than the rest of my life combined. its great theater!
→ Me too
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:23 ET by Cool Arrowbut I couldn't stay with it.
I'm back to FOX
Barack Ѡbama - The new seat of power
I had to turn it back to
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:32 ET by marpelI had to turn it back to Mentally Sick Now Beyond Chris (MSNBC). Thumb Tack Olbermann's son, Rachel and Mr. Malaria, Chris Matthews are trying to rationalize their loss. The Nutjob Network. Pathetic...
I had to turn it off too, Cool.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 00:14 ET by RESTLESS 1They become even bigger idiots when they lose.
"If the man, with the power, can't keep it under control...some heads are gonna roll." -Judas Priest
Agreed
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:57 ET by GalvanicCall it schadenfreude if you will, but I'm enjoying it, too.
Where's that tingle now,
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:47 ET by BeukeboomWhere's that tingle now, Chris?
Now Sissy's tingle is from
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:54 ET by BO STINKSpoor circulation - he's giving himself a stroke!
"..we rarely talk about the 35/40 mil. abortions since R.v.W and how many of those babies were black. When your position on black abortion is identical to the KKK's, maybe it's time to reconsider."~Ann Coulter
Quit....can it get any better?
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 00:00 ET by countmein5050A stroke? On air...!!! Say it ain't so.
To quote Sebelius (the Queen of the Baby Killers)...after a Dem win:
"The sun is shining and God has shown how much (She) loves Democrats."
I think God must really love conservatives....AND MA VOTERS ROCK!!!
count, hah, totally meant the
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 00:06 ET by BO STINKSphysical ailment and then realized after I posted.... then thought what the hey, let it be! Whooa
"..we rarely talk about the 35/40 mil. abortions since R.v.W and how many of those babies were black. When your position on black abortion is identical to the KKK's, maybe it's time to reconsider."~Ann Coulter
Irony was all I was thinking, Bo
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 00:20 ET by countmein5050I was just thinking of the irony of Malloy's comment about Beck wishing he'd commit suicide on air...never occurred to me your comment was a DOUBLE ENTENDRE!! Impressive.
LOL
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:24 ET by Brad90956O-o-o-f
LOL
I'll bring the cheese....
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:25 ET by tampamom25We're going to need it to go with the whine..... Olberman is a typical liberal, can't get up any good arguments so he calls names and invokes the almighty race card. Whenever I see him on tv I renew my thanks for the mute button on the remote, and my ability to change channels with very little effort. What I do hope to see is his eyeballs bugging out and his face turning bright purple when Brown wins. Hopefully he'll be rendered speechless as well.....
I sincerely hope someone
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:48 ET by BeukeboomI sincerely hope someone puts a video montage together of all the libs flipping out over this and posts it here or Hot Air (or both).
I knew this was coming before the night was out.
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:26 ET by R D Helm-Dave
When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered. -Dorothy Thompson
Scott Brown wins....This
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:26 ET by marpelScott Brown wins....This Texas Girl is thrilled for Newborn Red State, Mass!!!
Let's see how much crap the Dems are going to sling now that they just got their A$$es handed to them.
YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOARD...
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:35 ET by danybhoyThe Bay State does the right thing, & Coakley concedes. WOW!
As for Olby, screw him. He's over, & he knows it. He deserves to be the bitter, angry man he is. Enjoy the fact that this election result will piss BathTubBoy off.
"Please awake & see the truth, he can only be if you believe what he tells you...Remember who you are, what you stand for...There will always be way"- WITHIN TEMPTATION http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fir0Cffv1ng&featured=related
Marpel,
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 00:17 ET by RESTLESS 1This Texas guy is happy too, but let's not forget that this is but the first shot out of the cannon. The full volley comes in November.
You think watching msnbc is fun tonite...
"If the man, with the power, can't keep it under control...some heads are gonna roll." -Judas Priest
He's a doofus. He's gonna
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:27 ET by balboaHe's a doofus. He's gonna pull something trying to stretch something that far.
A real Visa Moment
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:32 ET by ParagrouperOnline contribution to the Scott Brown Campaign: $100.00
Election night refreshments: $14.82
The look on Rachel Maddows face when she annouced Brown's victory: Priceless!
"Beware the fury of the patient man." - John Dryden
Put Olby on suicide watch. I
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:32 ET by shmergoPut Olby on suicide watch. I almost feel sorry for him. Almost.
Suicide? Nahh...I'd
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:51 ET by BeukeboomSuicide?
Nahh...I'd worry more about him climbing a clock tower with a Kalashnikov.
But the reality is he'll probably just get in his tub and have his bubble-bath then use his spray-on tan.
Aw hell, let's just blame
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:34 ET by mostlymoderateAw hell, let's just blame everything on "racism". Does this mean that when Obama is elected OUT of office in a few years, America is a bunch of red-neck, pickup-truck driving-cracker-bigots? Seriously, I think that is what Olbermann is implying.
all over the place!
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:36 ET by jon_torlinSome of the comments from madcow and the not-so-clean dean are just hilarious. Saw something about "obeyme promising deliverance" and so forth, and I was thinking "yeah, Mass. just delivered their notice!"
-Jon
what was extra special
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:40 ET by ParagrouperWas when Dean blamed Brown's victory on, you guessed it, Bush.
"Beware the fury of the patient man." - John Dryden
→ Ѡbama's Deliverance
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:40 ET by Cool ArrowAnd he thinks America is Ned Beatty
Barack Ѡbama - The new seat of power
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:36 ET by jessieHForget about Olbermann, he's nothing. Brown wins for the people! CAN THEY HEAR US, NOW?
→ Juan Williams
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:37 ET by Cool ArrowJuan Williams keeps saying Ѡbama will now double down. Reminds me of something,
No, I'm not saying Obama is Satan. But Ѡbama runs to the store to get cigarettes for him.
Barack Ѡbama - The new seat of power
Actually Olbermann is probably a racist...
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:39 ET by MightyMouthLike Tiger Woods prefers white chicks so does Olbermann. Only difference is Olbermann can't get any chick "off". I am sure he and Chris Matthews have a pretty good relationship though.
"I'm madder than a midget with a yo-yo" --Larry the cable guy.
Coakley has conceded! MSNBC in shock! Who's to blame?
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:39 ET by GalvanicMatthews speaks like he's the orator at a memorial service for his father.
Rachel Maddow: "I don't think this was a vote about policy. I think it's a vote for a message, and that message is insanity."
Howard Dean: "I don't think this is a vote against health care reform. It's a vote against Washington."
Howard Dean: "Actually, I think it would've been a better bill had the Democrats only had 59 votes to begin with."
Madcow (or Bull?)
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:41 ET by jaywlMadnow is on MSNBC now and blaming Coakley. She ask some stiff if this was really any different than the election of 4 Republicans out of the last 5 governors! As if Mass was a Red State, right! Now she has Chris Matthews saying Brown won for the same reason Obama won, because the American People are just Dissatisfied. Yes, we are intrinsically just a dissatisfied People. What must they really think about us in the comfort of their wine cellars and ivory towers?
Oh what a joke
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:42 ET by libfailKeith Olbermann you are a tool!!!
http://libfail.com
marpel
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:43 ET by Mark FinkelsteinLet's raise the tone.
Olberdork cries racism!
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:46 ET by blazermaniacOlberdork will be crying for quite some time. If he thought this evening was bad, wait until November 2nd. He'll absolutely be bawling on that night. And it couldn't happen to a bigger asshole than Olberdork!
Olbermann???
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:44 ET by pbthinkerHow on earth does Keith Olbermann still have a job? I have never heard anyone on Fox News express this sort of hateful rhetoric yet the White House Press Office thinks Fox isn't a proper news outlet. There's little doubt that MSNBC is little more than the media wing of the Democratic party and has no relation to a news operation at all.
Election 2008-God's way of showing us that elections count.
He was hired by Jeff
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:45 ET by marpelHe was hired by Jeff Zucker...nuff said.
The Harpie-in-Residence,
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:44 ET by marpelThe Harpie-in-Residence, Nora O'Donnell looks like she's at a funeral...wearing black, talking about an autopsy of the Coakley campaign, wa wa wa....
These MSNBC nuts are in shock...I love it!!!
exactly!
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:17 ET by michiganruthI've been watching election nights since I was 10 (that's about 40 years) and never have I seen a reporter at the winning candidate's party look so grim. I thought she looked like she'd been crying.
the real newsmen of old, if they were covering the loser they would be rueful, if they were covering the winner they would pick up the jubilant mood of the room. now? not so much.
Somebody should shove some teabags in Olbermanns fat trap
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:45 ET by OxyCon...I recommend he goes on Anderson Cooper 360.
Couldn't resist...
Where's Fat Ed. Couldn't
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:45 ET by FishFace222Where's Fat Ed. Couldn't convince enough people to stuff the ballot box enough times.
This nothing of a man must understand: it's just begun...
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:46 ET by ThalpyThis nothing of a man must understand: it's just begun and we're coming.
Olby's Tiny Elitist Mind
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:49 ET by TenebrousI too noticed that according to the latest libthink that PICKUP TRUCKS ARE RACIST. Hurry, tell all your friends. This is the new way to divide America: those who drive pickups and those who do not. Sure, those rural hicks were always suspect and hard to control, but now the great roaming liberal intellect has pieced together the secret symbol of racism -- pick-up trucks.
My geez. Somebody get the People's Cube on this. It's too good not to satirize.
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pickup truck owner here!
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:54 ET by jon_torlinI think I'm gonna use that as an ice breaker when I meet someone new. "Hi, I drive an F-150. What do you drive?" If it's someone liberal, they'll run screaming, if it's conservative, we'll talk truck and everything else. ;-)
-Jon
wow.
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:49 ET by sawing battaThe man is ill...
Racism? Olberman's a
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:54 ET by TN MomRacism? Olberman's a jackass idiot.
Racism ???
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:57 ET by LionKingDidn't Obama carry this state with 60% of the vote?
Olbermann truly is brainless.
Here's to Scott Brown. I
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:00 ET by marpelHere's to Scott Brown. I hope he will be able to change some of the landscape in DC for the better.
Now, I'm changing the channel to watch The Animal Planet.
I Wonder
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:00 ET by crimsonsparkHas anybody been on HuffPo or DailyKos? I think I'd get A LOT of pleasure watching their heads explode.
ObamaCare - flatly rejected even in Massachusetts
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:00 ET by Retired GeekI want to encourage Barack Obama to campaign for all Democrats running for election this year!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go in Campaign mode Barry - Go Barry Go!!!!!
Liberals have held that Senate seat 47 years and because of ObamaCare they lost that seat.
87% vote in
Brown 52%
Coakley/Obama 47%
Keep pushing ObamaCare Liberals!!
Dear Keith, Please just
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:10 ET by BeukeboomDear Keith,
Please just shut up.
The next few days will be
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:12 ET by rbosqueThe next few days will be hilarious watching the left go ape-sh!t.
Let the show begin...
They are so out of touch!!!!
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:12 ET by PoljunkOlberman and Fineman, what a pair of losers!
More craziness from Rachel Maddow
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:13 ET by GalvanicMaddow: "Maybe the message to Democrats is that they have to be more progressive now."
Rachel ... that's it
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:16 ET by LionKingKeep moving further and further to the left. That will work.
Another "brain-dead" liberal with baseless analysis. Voters elected a conservative because the liberal wasn't liberal enough ... makes sense in her myopic world.
Olbermann, et al
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:15 ET by tonesCan we not all agree to simply ignore Olbermann and the other ranting heads with ratings lower than Cartoon Network's late night "Adult Swim" block?
I find it confusing that talk radio hosts with more listeners (or news sites with more visitors) than MSNBC has viewers, continue to take seriously the blatherings of Olbermann, Maddow, Shultz, or the other loud mouths who seek attention by being the naughty student in class. Keith's reporting of the facts is usually muddled, his conclusions are always incorrect, and his opinions are frequently insulting and often bizarre.
Let him rant, let him rave, let him howl in impotent rage into the empty wilderness of his shrinking viewership. The comments from this pinhead in the last week alone should disqualify him from serious treatment by adults. There's no way that even he thinks he's going to win any hearts or minds with these "arguments" or his descriptions of Scott Brown. Like a little boy who just learned new dirty words, he's trying to get attention and thus stave off the day when even his own network considers him irrelevant.
Hasten that day - ignore him; he will not be missed.
Hey Keith.....
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:15 ET by ckc1227We win.
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
To Quote Obama....
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:21 ET by countmein5050We won....you lost...get over it.
I think Olbermann is right
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:21 ET by hungarianfalconI've known all along that blue-staters are nothing but a bunch of segregationist racists. They spend all their time breaking people down into demographic groups so why shouldn't the most blue state of all set the best example?
HF
Oh my Keith just had a
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:23 ET by Radical1979Oh my Keith just had a tantrum on tv. One of the many funny things was when he called Brown unqualified. The dems started that trend with Obama.
Rad... I had to turn it
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:28 ET by bigtimerRad...
I had to turn it when it was just Bath-Tub Boy...no can do...especially not tonight.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
The talking heads
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:37 ET by cajun2The talking heads, congress critters, the fringe media, and the elitist snobs in DC have all had a civics lesson tonight. THE PEOPLE run this country. It is only fitting that a second revolution, the will of the people, begins again in Mass. as a reminder to them all.
NEXT!
Olbermann just now repeated
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:27 ET by ThisnThatOlbermann just now repeated his name-calling against Senator Brown that initiated last night. He added the word "sexist".
Actually, he started out by saying "I want to apologize for what I called Senator Brown last night by calling him a ...... I apologize for not adding the word Sexist".
Olbermann is nothing but a disgusting sub-human being. He's really not fit to breath the same air of freedom the rest of us enjoy. He's vile, disgusting, and arrogant. He's been given a forum to call people hateful names -- apparantly with the complete blessing of NBC management, who must think he's very clever and entertaining. I will make a vow -- I will never, ever watch anything on NBC again.
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"If you can beat them here [MA],
.... you can beat them anywhere".- Chris Mathews sounding the alarm
Don't You Admire Liberals
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:33 ET by countmein5050don't you just love the gracious way liberals take a beat down? I mean, they've been nothing if not willing to shake the hands of those who beat them fairly and squarely. Real Model Americans....I have to quit...I'm making myself sick.
Chris Matthews
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:28 ET by FranklinROk, I admit I just did a little dance in front of the TV. I told my friend that Chris Matthews probably isn't feeling any tingles now. She said, "No, he's feeling the pee going down his leg."
Sorry for the gross out, I just couldn't help it!
WeeHaa
It is racism
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:44 ET by sevenIt is Obama's racism. When he and the other black ganged up in Cambridge against a white cop, it is racism. This stunt by Obama was in the middle of the state. This was not forgotten.
Olbermann
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:54 ET by NotFondOfLibskeith olbermann is such a pathetic person, personally and professionally. Does this ill tempered creep have any friends? Who would want to be his friend with his disposition?
MSNBC and CNN both cut out of the victory speech early
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:52 ET by averageschmoeSore Losers....
Olberman, you like gettin'
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:53 ET by rfpzzzzzOlberman, you like gettin' teabagged!
Now the question comes up:
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:53 ET by BeukeboomNow the question comes up: will the Dems try to delay seating Brown?
A celebratory poster for Scott Brown's victory in MA
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 23:56 ET by tanzaniteVictory! Welcome Sen. Scott Brown to The People’s House!
http://jeffersonsrebels.blogspot.com/2010/01/victory-welcome-sen-scott-brown-to.html
Pick-up trucks?
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 00:01 ET by nwahsOLBERMANN: O-o-o-f. What were the Scott Brown ads, though? Every one of the Scott Brown ads had him in a pick-up truck.
This is just plain dumb. Pick-ups are racist? Quick, someone tell Howie Long!
http://www.redcross.org/
I wonder if Keith, Rachel,
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 00:20 ET by marpelI wonder if Keith, Rachel, Ed and Chris will lose their jobs once Comcast purchases MSNBC. I wonder if Comcast will be smarter than GE....
I wonder if they're going to want to back out of the deal after seeing this Gong Show tonight.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Sad
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 08:28 ET by needleOber’s is a complete disgrace. And irrelevant. Anyone, admitting to watch him, is actually pleading that they need psychiatric help.
- Relying upon the State Run Media for your information is like relying upon an embezzler for your portfolio management.
- Brown for US Senate
YES!
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 01:59 ET by DaMamaIt's so nice to see Olbermann having a nervous breakdown over this. He must have a huge mental vacancy to try and blame racism on Coakley's loss.
This was a HUGE message to Obama and the Democrats. People are tired of the liberal clap trap. They are tired of government taking over banks, auto makers and health care. They are tired of the socialist policies of the Obama administration. It has NOTHING to do with color - but with incompetency.
It will be interesting to see what pure, unadulterated hate comes out of Olbermann, Maddow, Schultz and Matthews tomorrow morning.
Geeze
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 02:35 ET by hbnolikeeeI felt sure that his head would have exploded.
Keith
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 02:58 ET by JPPHe is simply a deranged true believer with a one track mind. Ignore him, no one listens to his diatribes except other true believers.
Once again NBC should be ashamed to have this very troubled man on the air. He needs to use the great mental health benefits that I'm sure Jeff Zucker/NBC gives him.
Fineman on Republicans
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 04:02 ET by BondPlainBondHoward Fineman, Newsweek's Chief Political Correspondent, Senior Editor and Deputy Washington Bureau Chief responding to a question from MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, January 19, 2010:
Wow. He actually said that out loud.
Bond
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 05:05 ET by well99I heard it also.I was surprised that NB didnt have this blogged.
Olberwrought presents a poser
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 05:47 ET by Quasi-socialistWhen can you have an African American president and not have policies that could be repudiated?
Hey, Genius, the president that you guys all think is one of the smartest presidents we've ever had has already said that it is NOT racism behind what opposes him. Perhaps you don't think a black guy can tell for himself whether racism is behind things. Yeah, that's the ticket. Olberwrought just can't take the word of a black "intellectual".
I would say his muscling of GM senior investors out of their share was a little more old style Chicago mobster (white) than Cryp and Blood.
Obie
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 06:53 ET by TheAssessorThis rabid d'olberman needs to be quarantined. I never, never watch Messnbc but last nite I went by to gloat a little and found this guy. He needs a vet. What an awful, disgusting person.
→ Obama's impasse
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 08:30 ET by Cool ArrowRemember that line from Robert Frost's "Death of the Hired Hand"?
Looks like Shotwad Ѡbama is plumb bumfuzzled.
NOOOO! And this is more appropriate . . . Pete Seeger!!
Barack Ѡbama - The new seat of power
"Olbermann" is code for *sshole.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 08:56 ET by SickofLibsGee, and Olbermann was such a big cheerleader for Clunkers-For-Cash. Guess he didn't realize it was part of the racist master plan, since the F150 was the biggest seller and all.
But then what does Olbermann know - he doesn't drive and is limoed from the studio directly to his penthouse. He probably cowers in fear when his limo pulls up next to the rare pickup in Manhattan.
Too bad the Golden Globes are over - watching him writhe and foam last night was better than Avatar.
2 points on Olberdouche's show
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 09:24 ET by theduck6Did I imagine Olberdouche actually saying "I called Brown everything except late for dinner and no one has refuted it yet"(p)
Don't you have to back up a claim to have something TO refute?
And the bar MadCow was broadcasting from must have been the homely hen cafe. When the ladies at the bar behind her made her look presentable by comparison. shiiiiivvvver!
YES I watched Keith. I can't ask someone why they don't like Beck et al when they've never listened to him if I don't do the same. Of course I scare all the neighborhood kids by my screaming at the screen but...
One must conclude that
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 11:10 ET by pcantidoteOne must conclude that KeithO, after going to the racist well yet again, and seemingly consumed by race himself, is the real racist here.
Enforce Term Limits if They Won't: Vote Against ALL Incumbents in 2010.
Medical Problem
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 11:21 ET byOlbermann is living proof that banging your head repeatedly against the wall over political disappointment can seriously damage your brain. Walking around all day with a load in your pants doesn't help either.
Lefty pundit media types.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 19:06 ET by BabylonandonThis reminds me that there are certain things that just have to placed together.
Hell, I always try to use the phrases "New York Times" and "soiled toilet tissue" in the same sentence.
Same story with any quotes from Olberdork and "excreted by a syphilitic rat".
It helps with the symmetry and logical analysis of the subject.
Scott Brown is from my
Wed, 08/25/2010 - 13:51 ET by annafitzgeraldScott Brown is from my hometown, and I just think it's interesting that he used his average "truck" (which seems to be souped up with truck accessories) as his election slogan. There is so much drama surrounding him and his family, but perhaps he should have thought about that before he got his family involved. Thoughts?
~Anna~