Keith Olbermann is a regular guest on the Dan Patrick show during the middle hour. Today, they were discussing the John Amaechi story, and making the inevitable comparisons to Jackie Robinson. Olbermann let loose with this:
Imagine what would have happened if he [Robinson] had hit .197 instead of .297 in 1947. We would have had literal apartheid in this country. That's how important that [season] was.
This is a quote.
Now, I know that 1947 was important, and that Branch Rickey worked hard to make sure that Robinson was a success: waiting until he found someone with a tough temperment, making sure he was seasoned in the minor leagues before being called up, and so on. But to claim that the difference between the civil rights movement and South Africa rested on Robinson's ability to plunk down a couple of extra hits a week is rather, ah, disproportionate, don't you think?
Most of the attention paid to Olbermann is because of his nice-sounding and deeply misguided and ignorant commentaries on Countdown. But every afternoon, for an hour, he has the chance to fly below the radar. Those who don't listen to the Dan Patrick Show might assume he's just slumming, enjoying slinging around some sports with an old pal. Instead, the show increasingly serves as another forum for his slipshod brand of leftist politics.
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HOW DO THESE TOTAL IDIOTS CON
February 13, 2007 - 15:21 ET by kathleenirishHOW DO THESE TOTAL IDIOTS CONTINUALLY GET TO SPOUT OFF TOTAL NONSENSE ON T.V.? Will someone PLEASE explain WHY???
But, because he is such a nut job, no one blinks when Olbermann spews. People with dementia make more sense and meaning from the world than that dope. He's outdone himself. What a boob.
"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere" -Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, 4th Islamic Caliph
"HOW DO THESE TOTAL ID
February 14, 2007 - 13:16 ET by SomerTeeth"HOW DO THESE TOTAL IDIOTS CONTINUALLY GET TO SPOUT OFF TOTAL NONSENSE ON T.V.? Will someone PLEASE explain WHY???"
Great question. I don't know how O'Reilly and Hannity get to spout off total nonsense on TV. I wish I had the answer.Mr. Sharf is correct. Politic
February 13, 2007 - 15:26 ET by Roger the ShrubberMr. Sharf is correct. Politics almost always ends up injected into Dan Patrick's show when Keefy is on.
And if Abe Lincoln slipped on
February 13, 2007 - 15:29 ET by Mica the MagnificentAnd if Abe Lincoln slipped on a banana peel in 1830 and cracked his head open, we would have literal apartheid in this country. What's your point, Keith?
The Klingons planet died from global warming. - -Even if Al Gore said this, the MSM and the brain dead would believe he may have a point.
Mica,Didn't you hear? Obama
February 13, 2007 - 15:50 ET by Scout FinchMica,
Didn't you hear? Obama doesn't think Lincoln is the Great Liberator of slaves.
These lying con-men (and women) just keep getting bolder and bolder in their idiocy.
SF: No, I didn't know that. W
February 13, 2007 - 16:01 ET by Mica the MagnificentSF: No, I didn't know that. Who does Obama think wrote the Emancipation Proclamation? Jesse Jackson?
What a deep thinker. This symbolizes the pollution our country produces every single day and our contribution to global warming! What an incredible statement! - - What the MSM would believe if Obama sent them a loaded diaper
I can't get the knack for lin
February 13, 2007 - 16:13 ET by Scout FinchI can't get the knack for links here at NB, but it's a quote from NewsMax, and I got the link from Rush.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/6/27/112312.shtml
Oberman
February 13, 2007 - 15:38 ET by ricklailSeveral weeks ago I was at home getting over an illness. I listened to ESPN Radio most of the day until Dan Patrick came on at 2 PM EST with Oberman. I couldn't take another forum for him to spout his hate. I turned it to O'Reilly when he came on.
"...ah, disproportionate
February 13, 2007 - 16:30 ET by Chris Norman"...ah, disproportionate, don't you think?"
Yes. On the other hand, I've never thought of anything Olbermann has said or does as being proportionate to anything.
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
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Jackie Robinson, and his Amer
February 13, 2007 - 17:34 ET by InfomanOhioJackie Robinson, and his American League counterpart Larry Doby, put up with tons of racial abuse from "fans" around the country, and did it with style and a level of patience beyond most mortal men. The fact that these men could play baseball and play it well had nothing to do with their skin color - they were just naturally talented and gifted athletes.
I'd like to believe both of these men would gladly put ol' Keith in his place, but they were much too gentlemanly to do it.
BTW, I doubt ol' Keith could hit .197 in a softball league.
The truth may be ugly, but it is still the truth.
keef
February 13, 2007 - 17:55 ET by mmodano77are you kidding me? how much time do you guys have ON your hands? i know it has been bad few weeks for NB, what w/ fox news superstar, tony snow, shooting down "planegate" & falafel booted from his keynote address, but to tell the truth, e'en for this troll, e'en i am disappointed how BORING NB has been lately. i mean, how long are you gonna go on about GW? yawn...luckily the frontline thing starts tonight, i expect you will work yourselves in to a suitable lather about THAT, or at least i hope you do. otherwise there's just not much point trolling here anymore if you guys dont have the STUFF to back up your (liberal)media busting mission statement. dont forget to watch falafels tv icon segment on friday! THAT GUY'S got the stuff, for sure!
Once again, Olbermann's hyper
February 13, 2007 - 18:14 ET by GalvanicOnce again, Olbermann's hyperbole distorts history.
One could just as easily make the ridiculous statement that had Branch Rickey left baseball in 1946 to sell shoes, rather serve as Dodger general manager and sign Jackie to a contract, we'd have had 'literal apartheid.' (Whatever that hell that means.)