Comments on: Olbermann on Hillary’s Assassination Comment

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:24:37 +0000

Olbermann is unique though because he’s a liberal.

By: soxfan17881

soxfan17881 — Tue, 27 May 2008 20:33:13 +0000

I agree that it was a stupid thing to say, but Olberman is going overboard.

By: enkidu

enkidu — Mon, 26 May 2008 18:16:19 +0000

link didn’t seem to work right
try this

crooksandliars.com/Media/Download/29556/1/052508_fnl_clinton.wmv

or this

dailykos.com/story/2008/5/25/15389/8576/115/522617

By: enkidu

enkidu — Mon, 26 May 2008 18:14:42 +0000

http://www.crooksandliars.com/Media/Download/29556/1/052508_fnl_clinton.wmv
Liz Trotta, the former New York bureau chief of The Washington Times and a contributor for FAUX News (and all-around rwnj partisan hack)

Nope, no little joke about assassination here! har har har! I think it will be a minor miracle to have Obama serve two terms without rwnjs going postal.

Take the word assassination out and substitute something like ‘RFK was still running in CA in June’ and there would have been no controversy.

KO is a bit dramatic and histrionic, but I am glad someone is saying these things because the rest of the rightwing media (basically all of it) is not serving their mandate as the fourth estate. No wonder Bilious O’lie-ly is up in GE’s grill.

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 26 May 2008 03:25:09 +0000

Other than the fact that it was a really dumb thing to specifically reference in trying to make her thin rationale for staying in the race into June, this is going to be another political tempest in a teapot. A member of the Kennedy family has accepted her explanation, as has the ever-present Al Sharpton. And Obama himself has tried to take the air out of the hysteria as well.

I’ve read some lefty websites that are convinced that Hillary really hopes that Obama gets killed. That, frankly, is crazy talk. Anyone who believes otherwise is not reasoning with a full deck.

She has made this specific analogy before, in a March interview with TIME. No one raised an eyebrow then, but now, with tensions so high by the Obama media supporters and bloggers to get Hillary to quit, we now get this “outraged” reaction.

And as far as Olbermann is concerned, he is a partisan hack, and another political mouthpiece pushing his agenda. I lump him with the Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck, and O’Reilly’s of the world. A talking head with no real meaningful or constructive ability to move intelligent political discourse (if there is such a thing anymore) forward. Partisan-driven entertainment for those who are like-thinking.

Nothing more, nothing less.

By: hossman

hossman — Sun, 25 May 2008 22:18:39 +0000

Olbermann uses the word Assassination an awfully lot for someone who’s central argument is that it’s horrific to use the word Assassination, and that “the politics of this nation is steeped enough in blood, [...] you can not and must not invoke that imagery; anywhere, at any time.”

PS: Mr Olbermann, I’ve seen footage of Edward Murrow, I respect Edward Murrow, and you sir are no Edward Murrow … good night and good luck to us all.