Olbermann's special comment on exploitation of 9/11

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  • catch22
    catch22 Posts: 1,081
    cincybearcat wrote:
    He's an ass...he's using 9/11 for political exploitation. Why can people here see the ridicoulousness of Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, and Bill O'Reilly and then they miss the same thing about the Olbermann's?

    doesn't mean he's wrong. all of these people are ridiculous, but even o'reilly is sometimes on the mark.
    and like that... he's gone.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,296
    brandon10 wrote:
    Olbermann tells it how it is. And that really frightens the conservatives. You can see it on this board.

    Same could be said for O'Reilly. Try again.
  • QuestionAuthority
    QuestionAuthority Idaho Posts: 327
    spat wrote:
    no, now there's an ass ;)

    No.. he is without a doubt consistantly one of the "worst in the world!"
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  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    bootlegger10 wrote:
    The worst part of this Special Comment was the part regarding McCain's Bin Laden comments. Olbermann is grasping at straws here, and this is a clear example of the false outrage that Obama was talking about yesterday. Just because McCain says he knows how to get Obama, does not mean he hasn't brought this strategy to the government. McCain during the entire Iraq war has been pushing for more troops as the solution, and guess what, for 4 years he was ignored. Finally, they send more troops in and things improve. Whose to say his strategy to get Obama is a strategy that the Bush administration is too weak to take?

    Olbermann does not know this. Olbermann gets angry and assumes. And that is why he is and sounds like a fool.

    just quoting this ... who exactly should the US be going after?
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  • SoonForgotten2
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    floyd1975 wrote:
    The same exact thing could be said for O'Reilly.

    Except for the fact O'Reilly ignores facts, shouts over people instead of engaging them in discussion, is a massive hypocrite and his propaganda has supported a war that has claimed thousands of lives and measures that strip Americans of constitutional rights.
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  • brandon10
    brandon10 Posts: 1,114
    bootlegger10 wrote:
    Same could be said for O'Reilly. Try again.

    Ok I'll try again. O'Reilly is a slimey piece of shit cocksucker who likes to violate little boys and Olbermann tells it like it is.
  • QuestionAuthority
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    brandon10 wrote:
    Ok I'll try again. O'Reilly is a slimey piece of shit cocksucker who likes to violate little boys and Olbermann tells it like it is.

    Wow! Violate little boys? Am I missing something?
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  • blackredyellow
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    SoonForgotten2 wrote:
    Except for the fact O'Reilly ignores facts, shouts over people instead of engaging them in discussion, is a massive hypocrite and his propaganda has supported a war that has claimed thousands of lives and measures that strip Americans of constitutional rights.

    I agree about O'Reilly's interview tactics and hypocracy, but one thing that I will give him credit for, is that he actually brings guests on his show with opposing viewpoints. He shouts over them and cuts them off a lot of times, but he brings them on.

    Olbermann's on the other hand is like an echo-chamber. I actually agree with him on most things, but I just get bored with his one-sided show.
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  • VictoryGin
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    floyd1975 wrote:
    It was actually not a bad speech. I thought he was pretty effective.

    Did you have a good time out there? Denver is awesome. I actually was supposed to go to both conventions but wound up not going to either one.

    absolutely, the dnc was amazing. although i'm not a huge fan of the city of denver (sorry!). it's way spread out.

    you should have hit the conventions. i have feeling the dnc was probably more fun though.
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  • meistereder
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    O'Reilley is a blow-hard, and I have never heard him say one thing that isn't a Republican talking point. He's the slimmer version of Rush Limbaugh, but without the oxycontin and illegal nanny.

    Olberman is definitely left-wing, but he makes a lot of sense.
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  • meistereder
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    VictoryGin wrote:
    absolutely, the dnc was amazing. although i'm not a huge fan of the city of denver (sorry!). it's way spread out.

    you should have hit the conventions. i have feeling the dnc was probably more fun though.


    Probably more fun? Would you want to hang out with a bunch of 70-year-old men in cowboy hats clapping their hands without rhythm to Christian anthems?
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  • brandon10
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    blackredyellow wrote:
    I agree about O'Reilly's interview tactics and hypocracy, but one thing that I will give him credit for, is that he actually brings guests on his show with opposing viewpoints. He shouts over them and cuts them off a lot of times, but he brings them on.

    Olbermann's on the other hand is like an echo-chamber. I actually agree with him on most things, but I just get bored with his one-sided show.

    I agree with you. But I'm not sure he could control his temper. And I think he realizes this as well. But it would be nice to see him debate. He is really quick witted.
  • VictoryGin
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    meistereder wrote:
    Probably more fun? Would you want to hang out with a bunch of 70-year-old men in cowboy hats clapping their hands without rhythm to Christian anthems?

    well that's just what was happening during business hours (that and reliving 9/11 even though the vast majority of people there were not in nyc when it happened). but don't forget about the afterhours events. secret gay sex! bathroom stalls! painkillers!
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  • meistereder
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    VictoryGin wrote:
    well that's just what was happening during business hours (that and reliving 9/11 even though the vast majority of people there were not in nyc when it happened). but don't forget about the afterhours events. secret gay sex! bathroom stalls! painkillers!


    I stand corrected. Yeah, count me out for those things too.
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  • inmytree
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    darkcrow wrote:
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/olbermann-slams-republica_n_125525.html

    wow, nice job by Keith...love him or hate him, you can't deny the fact he is correct....
  • digster
    digster Posts: 1,293
    Forget about Olbermann for a second, I just have a question (or 4) to pose to the Republican-leaning members of the board. Would you deny that...

    1) The RNC video is a means of exploting 9/11 to get votes
    2) That there is an attempt by the Republican leadership to claim the tragedy of that day, and to defame the city liberals who "just don't get it" (despite the fact that it was those city liberals that died in NYC that day)
    3) That through use of the language in that video, the language by Sen. McCain and others, want to make America fear that by voting for someone like Barack Obama, you are ensuring that something tantamount to 9/11 or even worse would happen.

    and finally....

    4) Don't you think that's really fucking slimy and offensive?

    After all, I mean NYC will probably vote overwhelmingly for Barack Obama, but it's not like NYC knows anything about terrorism.
  • fugawzi
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    Fuck all these Olbermann haters. There's no reason to hate him unless you just don't like to hear the truth. He's one of the only people in the media who actually keeps it real. That's why he'll always have haters because some people just can't handle it. It's not like he talks out of his ass and says things like the U.S. massacred Nazis in Malmedy (O'Reilly) or that there was a link between Iraq and Al-Qaeda pre-911 (O'Reilly) Keith calls people out on their BS and I guess some people just don't like that. Oh well.
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  • bootlegger10
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    jimed14 wrote:
    just quoting this ... who exactly should the US be going after?

    Osama...obama....same thing. J/k .
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,959
    Pj_Gurl wrote:
    Normally i'm on the same page as you cincy with most things but not this time ;)
    McCain was the one who used 9/11 for political exploitation. Olbermann was merely pointing out what an ass he is. At least that's how i see it.


    I never said that McCain and the Republicans haven't used 9/11...they certainly have. Here's the thing, I actually think we should be talking about it...it's an important issue, terrorism. It reminds us of the terrible loss of life. It reminds us of the waste of it all. All American's should have this in their thoughts at ALL times...especially people who want to run the country. They shoudl be thinking of how to protect America. They should be thinking about it when they are dealing with other countries...so as we can wrk to eliminate some of the hate/support for this type of act. They should be thinking about the loss of life before deciding to deploy troups, etc. They should be talking about it.

    Now, for sure, the Republicans are way on 1 side of the spectrum on this...but I think the Democrats are way on the other side...and both are wrong.

    Final point...Olbermann is an ass. He's a hate monger, a hate stirrer, and opportunist...he's just as bad as the Ann Coulter's....Sean Hannity's, etc. We'd all be better off if he found another country to be a part of.
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  • cincybearcat
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    fugawzi wrote:
    Fuck all these Olbermann haters. There's no reason to hate him unless you just don't like to hear the truth. He's one of the only people in the media who actually keeps it real. That's why he'll always have haters because some people just can't handle it. It's not like he talks out of his ass and says things like the U.S. massacred Nazis in Malmedy (O'Reilly) or that there was a link between Iraq and Al-Qaeda pre-911 (O'Reilly) Keith calls people out on their BS and I guess some people just don't like that. Oh well.


    I call bullshit...please listen to him. It's not the truth he says, it's his opinion disguised as the truth. Sometimes he's right, others he is not. The problem is he has no interest in being a news person. He's an ass...plain and simple. Bill O'reilly with glasses.
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