I don't track Keith Olbermann's descents into mean-spirited bad taste systematically enough to definitively proclaim that he has charted a new low. Let's just say that he has once again indulged his proclivity to traffic for political purposes in the worst of ill-will.
Readers will recall during that during the 2004 presidential campaign, both members of the Dem ticket went clumsily out of their way to alert voters to the fact that Dick and Lynne Cheney have a gay daughter, Mary. In that same mean spirit, on tonight's Countdown Olbermann acidly observed: "the Vice-President is about to become a grandfather for the sixth time. Daughter Mary having a baby with her partner. You have to wonder if that is in the Christmas card for the conservative base."
The program later aired what might have been a straightforward news story about the coming baby. But Olbermann couldn't resist, in segueing to the next segment, taking a parting shot at the Cheneys as a "dysfunctional family that doesn't live by its own rules."
Merry Christmas to you too, Keith.
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You know my mother always do
December 6, 2006 - 21:19 ET by tkeefeYou know my mother always said do unto others. Well I must say mom im sorry!! This is on sob that i would not mind seeing very bad things happen to. He is the scum of the earth without a doubt!!!!
Olber-compensating
December 6, 2006 - 21:21 ET by Tim GrahamBrother Keith: You don't "have to wonder" if a two-mommies Christmas card is the card of the conservative base. It is not. At Christmas time, as conservatives consider the drama of sin and redemption in the coming of Jesus, lesbians living in sin is not the picture of repentance or worship. It is, instead, a picture of "finding yourself" and losing God. As sinners, we need to pray for every lamb to find and follow the Good Shepherd. And so, we pray for you, Keith, that you might find a way to understand the Word of God and understand the people who struggle to cherish it and live up to it.
...I pray that Olby shows us
December 7, 2006 - 11:23 ET by TruthMonger...I pray that Olby shows us all his lovely high-heels, fishnet stockings and official drool bucket on his card : ) !
Cheney
December 6, 2006 - 21:44 ET by SanityClauseAccording to the click through article, Dick Cheney's "rule" is that people "ought to be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to".
Apparently Olbermaniac cannot understand that.
Besides, since Dick Cheney is not planning to run for any political office, I would think he can send out whatever Christmas note he feels like to whomever he feels like.
But he should not bother sending one to Krazy Keith--That guy is afraid of envelopes these days, and one from a Republican would probably send him even further over the edge.
Wonder if Keith's parents put him on a card?
December 7, 2006 - 00:13 ET by terrigGee Keith, do your parents mention you on a card or in one of those silly "family newsletters"-Again this year our Keithie is the most obnoxious person on television. We're so proud to announce that his one night stand with some woman was announced on her little blog for all of New York & the world to see. Yes, another year has come and almost gone but our jerk of a son, Keith keeps going on.
Hold on...Did I read that rig
December 7, 2006 - 07:22 ET by fosstenHold on...
Did I read that right?
Dick Cheney's daughter is a lesbian?
Classless
December 7, 2006 - 08:50 ET by MikeCNothing more...the ultimate turd burglar
KO is going to implode one da
December 7, 2006 - 08:57 ET by Steve L.KO is going to implode one day soon. Like most people of his ilk, he will slowly begin to believe that he is the real story and that he in untouchable. He'll end up biting the hand of his Democratic friends and they will cut him loose. He hang around for a while but will eventually fade away.
Olbermann
December 7, 2006 - 10:54 ET by iveseenitallWhat has Dick Cheney's personal life have do do with anything? Besides, this is "only about sex" isn't it? Girlyman Olbermann should be home gossiping with the old housewives over the backyard fence. What the hell is this guy doing on a national "news" show? Liberals are such hypocrites.
NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal
iveseenitall,Hey, that is my
December 7, 2006 - 11:55 ET by msh1973iveseenitall,
Hey, that is my line (liberals are hypocrites), just kidding you. You are correct in your statement. What is the card suppose to say, "Merry Christmas from our family and our pregnant lesbian daugher", how stupid.
This is just another lame a
December 7, 2006 - 14:28 ET by Tom1969caThis is just another lame attempt by the left to turn the GOP's conservative Christian base against Bush and Cheney. It was bad enought when Kerry and Edwards used it in the midst of the 2004 campaign; the fact that neither Bush or Cheney are ever going to run for anything again makes KO's rehashing of the issue even more disgusting than Kerry/Edwards'.
And another question: if being gay is an acceptable lifestyle choice, then why do liberals always go out of their way to out gay Republicans (or their gay children) as if there's something wrong with that? If he were true to what liberals say they believe, KO should be embracing Mary Cheney's "courageous choice" rather than using her as a wedge between the GOP and the Christian right.
There I go again - expecting logic from liberals!
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Liberals and gays
December 7, 2006 - 18:21 ET by SanityClauseDo you remember the Polaner All Fruit commercial?
About a dozen people are sitting around an elegant breakfast table, and several of them ask for the Polaner All Fruit to be passed to them. Then one guy with a hillbilly accent says, "Will somebody please pass the jelly?" and the old lady faints--the thought of their beloved All Fruit being referred to as "jelly".
I think some liberals have this thought about conservatives and homosexuality or the word "gay"--like we are going to faint when it is mentioned that someone, especially someone with a Republican connection, is gay.
Dear Keith, Do the world a fa
December 8, 2006 - 10:56 ET by The Real TonyDear Keith,
Do the world a favor and drop dead.
Sorry, folks, there simply isn't a better way to say it.
Fight Terrorism at home - defeat a liberal!