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Keith Olbermann Blasts John McCain In Special Comment

huffingtonpost.com — Thursday night's "Countdown" brought, as promised, a Special Comment from Keith Olbermann on John McCain's comments that it doesn't matter when we bring the troops home from Iraq on the "Today" show.

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  • mbot565, on 06/13/2008, -23/+201Keith nailed it out of the park, AGAIN!!! Thank you Keith for being a lonely voice out there echoing what a lot of us are thinking.

    Sen. McCain wanted context, well sir...Keith just served you your context.
    • DigitAl56K, on 06/14/2008, -2/+12"nailed it out of the park" ? :)
      • Kyan, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1You can do that, you know. It's like mixing drinks - may be a bit potent for some, but definitely a trip!
    • kuatto, on 06/14/2008, -9/+0"Keith Olbermann Blasts John McCain In Special Comment"

      :O
      I'M SHOCKED!!!!
    • mirunit, on 06/14/2008, -10/+1Newsflash : Keith Olbermann "blast" anyone who is not Barack Obama. Listening to this idiot really makes me want to reconsider my vote.
      • ozydingo, on 06/14/2008, -0/+5Whether or not Keith happens to have become a little more left-wing, even extremely so if you choose to think so, does not mean you should reconsider your vote. That someone exists that seems to support someone so fervently, even too fervently, does not mean that that candidate no longer deserves or needs your support.
      • bravo1995, on 06/14/2008, -0/+4Newsflash: The third-person conjugation of the verb "to blast" is "blasts."

        Also, if you consider Keith Olbermann to be an idiot, then your political ideologies probably don't line up as well with Mr. Obama as others' do.

        You're putting the cart before the horse.
      • mirunit, on 06/14/2008, -1/+1I think Olbermann has a fundamentally flawed reasoning process, I honestly put him on the level of Sean Hannity when it comes to being overtly partisan and aggressive. Regardless of how well structured his special comments are, they only really affect people who already share his world view - anyone else watching is asking themselves what is wrong with him. The best are his Bill Oreilly rants, granted Oreilly does get a temper on his own show at times Olbermann manages to essentially talk to himself about his inner loathing for a person who is not even there nor has anybody to represent him. He partakes in these ridiculous rants fairly frequently and it appears to me only people already of his convictions agree with them.
    • kayala, on 06/14/2008, -0/+6I watched his special comment the other day, and I swear he was going to cry.
    • JettaMan, on 06/14/2008, -7/+3The Hillary-Obama thing really showed me the warped mindset of the left. If Obama did not exist, Hillary would have been portrayed as an angel who could do no wrong. But the left turned on her en masse, therefore she became pure evil. We've seen people on the right become "the great devil" all the time, and fully expect this to happen with McCain. It's just so funny to me how the left is so irrational. They can't look at a person and say "This is what is good, and this is what is bad about them." The right seems able to do this without succumbing to cynicism. With the left, you are either 100% evil or 100% good, no in between. It's purely an emotional calculus with that mindset.
      • CalmYourself, on 06/14/2008, -1/+4Right. Because it was the left who said "You are either with us or against us." Or, in 2002, in the State of the Union address, labeled Iran, Iraq and North Korea as the "Axis of Evil." In 1983, it was the left who said that the Soviet Union was the "evil empire."

        Yes, it's the left who has problems seeing shades of gray. The right never ever fall into this mindset.

        Seriously though, broad labels are too easy to prove false. As humans, we overlook the faults of those we agree with, and exaggerate and vilify those we disagree with. It isn't a problem of one party or another, and I believe it's being way way *way* too simplistic to assume otherwise.
    • chukd, on 06/14/2008, -2/+3I am an independent and see things for what they really are. While John McCain has problems so does Obama. Keith is too busy being a Obama fanboy to see the truth about him and the Democrats. When will he rant about the ***** that is being fed to the American people from the left. Every Special Comment he makes is against the Right. There are two parties at fault in the current political climate. Yes, Bush has done wrong. The republicans have done wrong. However, the situation was certainly helped along by the Democrats. The Dems voted for the resolution for going into Iraq with no questions. They have repeatedly voted for funding the war instead of standing up and keeping spending bills get passed. Democrats have not stood up to the platform that got them elected to power in the Congress in 2006. While you go and pat all yourselves on the back, you need to ask certain questions. What happened to the Democrats standing up to the Bush policies? Are they all gutless? Or are they standing by and watching the country go to hell so it makes it easier for them to get the Presidency? Either way, it makes them just as bad or worse than the Republicans and Bush
    • kingjam, on 06/14/2008, -1/+1That guy is a dumb ass...read some of his comments from 6 years ago. What a dumb ass.
  • davidrools, on 06/13/2008, -17/+137I like Countdown but often I think of Keith's "Special Comments" more as "Angry Rants," but last night's was a little different. He seemed less angry at McCain and more sorrowful for our troops.

    Edit: after watching again today he pretty much says exactly that: "thoughts offered more in sorrow than in anger" in the beginning.

    Also WTF is up with the lighting?
    • Persian5Life, on 06/14/2008, -2/+19yes i noticed that to, at the end it almost appeared as he was about to burst in to tears i sure was a bit emotional.
      • Vonauda, on 06/14/2008, -1/+12I thought he was about to burst into tears too. I also noticed that at one point, the camera angle allowed you to see the teleprompter in th glass behind him. Do you think this was an accident or does this always happen?
    • FriedMoose, on 06/14/2008, -15/+2Does Olbermann have a son in Iraq? No, he doesn't. John McCain's son, Jimmy, served over there.
      • musicbear, on 06/14/2008, -0/+10And?
      • zwaldowski, on 06/14/2008, -3/+2Operative word... served.
      • Tanishh, on 06/14/2008, -0/+15The fact that McCain has served in war and his son has served in war only makes it worse that he seems to really not give much of a damn about the troops.
      • mchugh22, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1McCain's son is not in harms way.
    • ZedX, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2I think the lighting was a little screwy because of the windows behind him. If they didn't change the lighting on him between shots, they'd have all sorts of gnarly reflections of the glass.
    • 1337chic, on 06/14/2008, -0/+13He does often rant and rave, BUT look around us. Why isn't anyone else screaming and yelling about the loss of habeas corpus (yay supreme court recently) or all the other VERY VERY scary ***** going on. It is only raving lunacy if what you are talking about isn't worth yelling and screaming about. Olbermann is only trying to get people to wake up and realize what is happening around us.
      • nickr753, on 06/15/2008, -0/+1I like to think of Olbermann as an anti-Bill O'Reilly
    • azuzus, on 06/14/2008, -0/+4All emotions can be used for good or evil. Anger is much healthier and "good" than meekly tiptoeing around isses for FEAR of offending the offensive...
  • WomenObama, on 06/13/2008, -13/+89Keith did a brilliant job last night on his "Special Comments". It was to the point, based on facts and factual information. Well done Keith, you are a true Journalist.
  • R0am3r, on 06/14/2008, -80/+19Huffingtonpost == SPAM
    • zephyear, on 06/14/2008, -9/+48"I disagree with the political ideology promoted by this site and therefore it is spam!"
      • heliox, on 06/14/2008, -21/+3HuffPo is the liberal side of Fox New. You guys butch and complain about Fox, but you hold everything HuffPo says like ***** gospel. It's spam and you guys are hypocrites.
        • zephyear, on 06/14/2008, -3/+11the difference is huffington post doesn't claim to be "balanced", it's a liberal site and it doesn't say otherwise, while fox tries to paint itself as neutral when in reality it's heavily republican biased
        • ozydingo, on 06/14/2008, -1/+8Also, I don't consider Fox News "spam." Extreme, loony, with a not-so-subtle agenda, sure. Doesn't make it spam. Unless I'm too old and am missing a new definition of spam.
        • thatsmyaibo, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2@zeph

          Who cares? That is a poor reason to be a hypocrite. If you don't like it, don't watch it. I hate Fox News and HuffPost because they are both extreme partisan outlets and the battle between the left and right is leaving this country neglected. Stop attacking each other and start working together and ***** might be done.

          As far as far and balanced...the aren't. But if you let that slogan bug you that much you have issues. I have about 20 places selling "the world's best burger" by my house but I can assure you none of them are the best. Corporate slogans. Get over it.
        • sp1900, on 06/14/2008, -1/+0@ thatsmyaibo

          The hamburger analogy is a bad one. You're basically comparing apples and oranges. Fox News is a news organization and has a responsibility to the public to provide objective information. If they choose not to then they should at least inform the public that what they report is opinion. That is why the one of the oldest forms of news media (the newspaper) has a separate section in the back called "Editorials."

          However, they do the opposite of that and claim that they are "fair and balanced." I believe this is much more heinous than claiming that a hamburger is the "world's best."

          Basically, I am saying that news organizations have a greater responsibility to the public than your hamburger stand for providing the truth (or at least objectivity).
    • vinod1978, on 06/14/2008, -9/+9R0am3r == UNORIGINAL
    • catcher6250, on 06/14/2008, -8/+8R0am3r, you might as well just admit that you are a ***** idiot.
    • BlacklabelSAR, on 06/15/2008, -0/+1Behold your amazing power of rebuttal.
  • bryan567, on 06/14/2008, -31/+10Keith for VP!!!
    • badassninja, on 06/14/2008, -8/+4lol, yeah and Ron Paul for Prez. AKA, a perfect world.
    • tumatakuru, on 06/14/2008, -5/+4I don't think McCain will have him now
      • Netwatcher, on 06/14/2008, -2/+8Silly tumatakuru,

        The loser doesn't get to decide the VP, the winner does.
  • chadillak, on 06/14/2008, -7/+189my staunch republican father was walking through the room when this came on TV. He froze in his steps and watched the whole thing. After it was over he said "Woah" and walked out of the room.
    • blackjack75, on 06/14/2008, -8/+130To be fair it was the first time he saw you not watching cartoon network.
    • RRJackson, on 06/14/2008, -36/+2A lot of people have that reaction when they see something completely irrational on television.
      • theaceoffire, on 06/14/2008, -3/+5Don't bury him, he is talking about McCain.
    • YogiWanKenobi, on 06/14/2008, -1/+29Is your dad's name Neo?
      • chadillak, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2no, but he's always going on about his kung fu skills.
    • mwmccullough, on 06/14/2008, -0/+25Was it a "Whoa" of disbelief or disgust? Because, context and all.

      P.s. It's okay, I still watch Cartoon Network, too.
    • LimeParrot, on 06/14/2008, -10/+2LOL. Thanks for the laugh. Great writing style.
    • mrASSMAN, on 06/15/2008, -0/+3A riveting story with a shocking twist at the end. two thumbs up.
  • crowbar77, on 06/14/2008, -10/+53I don't understand when McCain talks about staying 100 years in iraq and tries to justify it by mentioning places like Japan, that no one brings up Saudi Arabia. You know the place where Bin Laden and the 911 hijackers came from. The same place that it's citizens share much of the same culture as iraq.
    • vinod1978, on 06/14/2008, -5/+15Maybe it's because the Saudi's have a close relationship with the Bush Dynasty:

      FACT: $1.4 billion in contracts and investments from Saudi Arabia to companies in which the Bushes and their friends have had key roles.

      FACT: Saudi money bailed out Harken Energy when George W. Bush was on its board of directors.

      FACT: Bush, Sr. and James Baker traveled to Saudi Arabia repeatedly for the Carlyle Group to woo Saudi investors and win contracts.

      We need Obama who does not have any of these conflict of interests. He's as squeaky clean as a presidential candidate can possibly be.
      • kurinten, on 06/14/2008, -2/+0Not that I'm a fan of the current administration, but for the purpose of verifying your "facts", could you cite your sources next time? I have heard the claims you've made above before, but they've only been spoken of in the context of conspiracy theory.
    • Pillage, on 06/14/2008, -12/+4Japan you know the place where those pearl harbor attackers came from, you know the culture that promoted self sacrifice (plunging your plane into an enemies ship) over being captured.
      • notoneofus, on 06/14/2008, -4/+5What does this have to do with the comment you're responding to?

        Kamikaze was not a last ditch effort but an offensive tactic. It was the point. Nothing to do with avoiding capture.
        • Pillage, on 06/14/2008, -1/+2I was pointing out the posters ignorant by thinking that suicide tactics are new and that they can't be defeated. But hey, downvote down vote downvote and it'll be an echo chamber just how you like.
      • Netwatcher, on 06/14/2008, -1/+4Too bad after the Japanese were defeated they turned to Eisenhower as if he were the new Emporer, and embraced anything he said as if it were their own.

        Meanwhile border guards on the 39th parallel have to stand with half their bodies behind buildings just in case of sniper fire, and were not even at war with Korea.
        • Pillage, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2that's a lie. there were people still hold up in caves and jungles fighting the Americans even after they knew they lost.
    • Starshope, on 06/14/2008, -1/+2Hi excuse me did you say the place where they both share a common culture? I'm sorry but NO. Yes they are both muslim and Arabs. However NO ONE I repeat NO ONE likes Saudi's. I have known many Iraqis ( as well as other Arabs) and they share a extreme hatreds of Saudi's ( they go as far as to say if they found out a man was a Saudi they would kick him out of their house). The Wahhabi's there and the Shi'te and Sunni are very very different parts of a large spectrum. You need a PhD to understand who hates who in the middle east at any given time and even then things change by minute to minute. The only person who knows what an Arab is thinking is an Arab.
      • 5toedsloth, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2It's true! I am the only one who knows what I'm thinking! I just never made the connection that it is because I'm an Arab.....
      • crowbar77, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1It's irrelevant whether or not they like each other. My point is there is a much better chance of them reacting the same way as the Saudi's did, than someone like the Japanese.
    • roblub, on 06/14/2008, -1/+0Bin Laden was expelled from Saudi Arabia in the 90's and got his passport taken away. They sort've don't like him there
  • Branchex, on 06/14/2008, -32/+11When will people realize that why we went in is not important anymore, its why we are there now and that is to build Iraq into a peaceful nation that has decent living standards. Screw the Bush administration and their horrible planning, and everything else that is corrupt that has to do with Iraq. If we leave before the Iraqi government can handle things we condemn every Iraqi to a world of chaos that makes what is going on now look tranquil. What's happening to the troops is horrible but at least they get to come home to America, Iraqis can't.

    We need to start doing this right and others countries need to get involved. Iraq is not the way it is today just because of America's invasion, years of European imperialism are a big part too, that is why Iraq is a country of three groups that hate each other. It is time for the West to take responsibility for what it has done.

    Ya I am going to get digged down by a lot of people, but I ask you to just think what happens to the Middle East after we leave and why Afghanistan is all right to rebuild but not Iraq.
    • giskard88, on 06/14/2008, -2/+18your argument presumes that the longterm success or failure of iraq is dependent on the presence of US troop in the near term. We could probably go on with the status quo for quite a long time, but ultimately we have the iraqi government on life support. the only way the problem will be solved is to make it clear to iraq and it's neighbours that the US is on it's way out and that they need to come to an accord. The iraqis will do so because very few of the true leadership, like the awakening councils and the Mahdi army, want a costly bloodbath that may splinter the country, and the neighbours will be willing to take a seat at the table because no-one wants a failed state on their border.

      When it comes down to it, foreign troops may be stopping the country from bleeding out, but they are also part of the problem, proping up a series of unworkable and artificial power structures that are perpetuating the violence.
    • Wartyboskfapped, on 06/14/2008, -5/+5***** the middle east. Why are we the police of the world? We neither want to be, nor are we good at it.

      It's not healthy to fix up other peoples' problems. They will never learn if we are their goddamn nanny. They must sink or swim.

      Ever heard that saying about teaching a man to fish rather than giving him a fish? Think about it.
      • ncc1701, on 06/14/2008, -1/+2Well, because we went in there and created many of those problems, and it would be irresponsible to just leave them to clean up the mess.

        That said, our continued presence there is likely causing more problems than it's solving, and withdrawing from Iraq may indeed be the more responsible course of action. But that's not the same as saying, "***** you, not our problem," and ignoring our role in the events leading up to the present day.

        Yeah, digg me down...
        • vinod1978, on 06/14/2008, -0/+4As far as I am concerned we can hang up another Mission Accomplished banner and bring our troops home. It didn't mean anything the 1st time, and it won't mean anything now, but if victory is what McCain wants before we are out of there, then by all means let's declare victory.
    • vinod1978, on 06/14/2008, -1/+3@Branchex - Where to begin.

      1st - it does matter why we went there, saying it doesn't matter means that no one is held accountable for their mistakes. That is a horrible precedent to set for our future leaders.

      2nd - The government in Iraq will never be ready to handle the different sects. Whether we stay or leave, eventually there will be riots which would be the best case, or an outright civil war, being the worst case. There are not just Sunnis & Shiites, there are also Kurds - and they all want a piece of the oil fields and part of Iraq to call their own. The problem is that they all want the same piece of land, and there is absolutely nothing our soldiers are doing to fix this problem.

      3rd - We've made it worse. There are 4 million Iraqis that are displaced - leaving in mostly Jordan & Syria. Many of these Iraqis worked for the US during the initial invasion, and shortly thereafter, however rebels have threatened them. The US promised them that we would help them & their families be safe, but we turned a blind eye when it came time to pony up support. Instead we are now paying Iraqi rebels with cold, hard, American dollar bills to NOT blow up our soldiers. There isn't less violence because of the surge, there is less violence because the United States are paying the same people that were trying to kill us a year ago.

      4th - Why help Iraq when their leaders are stealing from us? It was known back in 2006 (BBC broke the story), that corruption is costing the United States a minimum of $4 Billion a year - some of this ends up right back in the hands of the same rebels that are trying to kill us. In addition to stolen money there were over 14,000 weapons that were "lost". Where do you think that ends up? Right back in the hands of the rebels that we are fighting.

      Please give me a reason to stay.

      -- www.bigredmat.com
    • catcher6250, on 06/14/2008, -3/+1we are being told to leave by the iraqi government...

      everybody ***** hates us there
  • TheWorm, on 06/14/2008, -11/+61Olbermann is the most dramatic television personality I've ever watched, but he surely gets the point across. Towards the end I half expected him to breath fire.

    Here's a youtube link if you're like me and sick of huffington post spam on the front page: http://youtube.com/watch?v=vHcu1-3zteQ
    • Polly, on 06/14/2008, -3/+9I expected him to breathe fire throughout the entire thing until the end, then it sounded like he was getting legitimately choked up reading off the names and their families' response to whether it mattered.
  • GorfTron, on 06/14/2008, -13/+5Olbermann is the blast master. I don't mean the show either. I mean ... have you seen the guns on that guy? Wow! He could outmuscle Ron Coleman.
  • Persian5Life, on 06/14/2008, -11/+89wow at least one journalist is doing his job right.
    • johnkelly84, on 06/14/2008, -7/+10Whether or not you agree with the opinion presented by Olbermann, you must admit this segment is not at all journalism, but a political commentary, a rant.

      The context of the quote "not too important" is, after being asked if he knows when American troops will be able to leave Iraq, Sen. McCain answers,

      "No. But that’s not too important. What’s important is the casualties in Iraq. Americans are in South Korea. Americans are in Japan. American troops are in Germany."

      McCain is stating that it is not having troops stationed in Iraq which is the problem, it is having them in the line of fire, getting hurt and killed in an active conflict.

      Olbermann asserts:

      "The full context is that the Iraq you see, is a figment of your imagination. This is not a war about 'honor and victory,' Sir. This is a war you, and the President you support and seek to succeed, conned this nation into. Yes, sir. You."

      This video excerpt is not nonpartisan, unbiased, objective, and thus does not represent the code of ethics a journalist is expected to demonstrate. Because of that, Olbermann is not doing his job properly.
      • Kyan, on 06/14/2008, -1/+5It's an editorial, stupid.
      • AugustusOsari, on 06/14/2008, -2/+3I suppose you're just going to ignore, like McCain, the fact that the fighting WILL NOT END unless we attempt genocide or pull out, then?

        Awesome. Buried.
    • BuzzFriendly, on 06/14/2008, -1/+5Sometimes I agree with Olbermann sometimes I do not. Like Rush or insHannity he provides opinion journalism. And while I do not have a problem with this it is often taken by folks that listen to these guys as fact.
  • PeTeRZz, on 06/14/2008, -20/+42Olbermann is the man.
  • elitedw, on 06/14/2008, -15/+35Olbermann is my hero. He cannot be kept silent!
    • heliox, on 06/14/2008, -11/+2That's like having a crack whore as an idol.
    • Kyan, on 06/14/2008, -8/+2He'd be really bad if he was anonymous, huh?
  • jbrand45, on 06/14/2008, -6/+34It pleases me greatly to see "influential" media personalities standing up for what the common Americans have been thinking for a long time now.

    Straight talk your way out of that one, Bush Jr.
  • pitdog, on 06/14/2008, -13/+22Keith is the man etc, but why he is always "blasting", "tearing a new one" and "slamming"? Will we ever see a headline with Keith just saying something? He is able to speak normally, isn't he?
    • Mejari, on 06/14/2008, -2/+20"Keith Olberman Pleasantly Discusses Something With A Friend!"

      I'd watch that.
    • Vonauda, on 06/14/2008, -1/+17"Keith Olbermann calmly explains the concepts of journalism to Oreilly attack producers."

      It could happen...
    • catcher6250, on 06/14/2008, -2/+16His regular show is calm and funny but his special comments are the part of his show that he cares deeply about.
      • RRJackson, on 06/14/2008, -5/+3It's his indignation schtick. It's show business.
    • thh204, on 06/14/2008, -8/+2"Keith Olbermann realizes he is a biased liberal 'journalist' just as O'Reilly is a biased conservative 'journalist'. "

      Honestly, do people even realize that MSNBC and Olbermann lean left(and pretty far left at that)? This guy has not said one bad thing about Obama (at least that has been publicized). I guess the only type of bias diggers see is that which isn't liberal.
      :rollseyes:
      • Neiby, on 06/14/2008, -0/+4What has Obama done or said that even compares to Bush and McCain?
      • peterdangit, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Ooo, he's not talking bad about Obama, he must be biased. Haven't even crossed your mind that maybe, just maybe, there aren't that many bad things to say about Obama, or at least not as outrageous as the things McCain talks about...
    • HappyProgrammer, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3If you are not angry about the current state of things then you are not paying attention.
    • BlacklabelSAR, on 06/15/2008, -0/+1"Keith is the man etc, but why he is always "blasting", "tearing a new one" and "slamming"? "
      Did you watch the video? If so, watch it again and try listening.
  • yivkX360, on 06/14/2008, -5/+36If only everyone watched his special comments...
  • rhustang, on 06/14/2008, -34/+11I agree with what olbermann says most of the time, but he's really just the liberal version of bill o'reilly.
    • tehsilentcircus, on 06/14/2008, -7/+11Except Bill Orly is a complete and utter neocon liar who couldn't back ***** up with facts if his life depended on it. So yeah, it's not a comparison at all. For future reference, do not say things like this.
    • yivkX360, on 06/14/2008, -7/+15Oreilly uses his voice, olbermann uses evidence and rational thinking.
      • tehsilentcircus, on 06/14/2008, -2/+5Right, O'reilly has nothing but a voice, which is the core of the problem.
    • vinod1978, on 06/14/2008, -2/+3I'll do it ***** live!
    • rhustang, on 06/14/2008, -2/+4i find it funny that i'm getting dugg down. if you don't think olbermann is just as manipulative as o'reilly, you are drinking the kool-aid. like i said, i agree with olbermann's viewpoints, but the way he presents the information is intended to play on people's emotions and stir them up (so they post him on digg), just like big bill.
      • AugustusOsari, on 06/14/2008, -2/+0No one is going to listen to you if you speak of sensitive and emotion-invoking matters with apparent apathy. Or they'll listen and then think you're twisted for not caring.

        The point of being a good journalist isn't to avoid injecting emotion into your statements. It's to avoid injecting emotion into your reasoning in place of logic. Rationalism, not apathy, is the key.
  • locitman, on 06/14/2008, -45/+7im sure he loves all of you sucking his *****.
    • vinod1978, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3@locitman - his rather then Bush's. - wait - that doesn't sound right.
    • toastybeast, on 06/14/2008, -1/+1insightful...

      reported.
    • torressr3, on 06/14/2008, -1/+3And you sucking bush-cheney-mccain's
      You got a lot of sucking to do, better get started.
    • nalen33, on 08/29/2008, -0/+1No, no, he enjoys his mistresses doing that sort of thing.
  • ericdano, on 06/14/2008, -43/+6Buried. Ogermann......enough said
    • catcher6250, on 06/14/2008, -0/+11Buried, too much blatant ignorance...
    • bsmang, on 06/14/2008, -1/+4Funny, looks like you're the buried one. Olbermann appears to be fairly well dugg upward.
  • Pillage, on 06/14/2008, -36/+9full of the patented camera switch, mournful head down then up, quivering lip, water in the eye, low to high crescendo and into the grand finale and a quite "good night and good luck" (go on watch his past ones... I'll wait). Olby phoned this one in for a desperate attempt to beat O'Reilly in the rating. Not sure if pimping out the Kos Kids for ratings will work, but hey he's got to try.
    • catcher6250, on 06/14/2008, -3/+6Are you one of those Fox News Body Language Experts that try to ignore people's validity by attacking how they look?

      Buried, too much ignorance...
      • Pillage, on 06/14/2008, -1/+2no, I'm one of those free-thinking people that see Olbermann for the hack that he is.
        • catcher6250, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3Well, if you can disprove anything he said, let us know, because I see that in your original post you fail to even mention anything he actually said in the video.
  • Ryan166, on 06/14/2008, -26/+5http://www.olbermannwatch.com/
    Reality based news for the belligerently uninformed (^ digg users).

    • catcher6250, on 06/14/2008, -1/+6Lol this is some funny *****
    • logicalnoise, on 06/14/2008, -1/+610 whole members who all comment with the same inane statements.
  • Fun4Two, on 06/14/2008, -28/+9He tries so hard to be Walter Cronkite. He always seems to say "you sir or I must exalt" or something like that. Is he suppose the democratic/liberal spokesman for the next couple of years because hes starting to get annoying quick.
  • sr59899, on 06/14/2008, -11/+19Keith is great
    • heliox, on 06/14/2008, -18/+3A great douche
      • torressr3, on 06/14/2008, -0/+5And McCain is sooooooooo much better, ain't he?
      • Clouse, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2and you're a great douche that's been dugg down.
  • vinod1978, on 06/14/2008, -4/+34It's rare, but when he's not pandering to southern baptists, or to pissed off Clinton supporters, and is unprepared for an interview the truth comes out. There is no way veterans can vote for a man that does not care about his fellow soldier.

    This is from the INTERVIEW WITH U.S. POW McCAIN in Havana Feb. 6, 1970

    "He showed himself to be intellectually alert during the interview. From a morale point
    of view he is not in traumatic shock. He is neither dejected nor depressed. He was
    able to be sarcastic, and even humorous indicative of psychic equilibrium. From the
    moral and ideological point of view he showed us he is an insensitive individual
    without human depth, who does not show the slightest concern, who does not appear to
    have thought about the criminal acts he committed against a population from the almost
    absolute impunity of his airplane, and that nevertheless those people saved his life,
    fed him, and looked after his health, and he is now healthy and strong. I believe
    that he bombed densely populated places for sport. I noted he was hardened, that
    he spoke of banal things as if he were at a cocktail party."

    Take it for what it's worth.
    You can read it in full here : http://cryptome.org/cia-mccain-pow/cia-mccain-pow. ...

    --www.bigredmat.com
    • catcher6250, on 06/14/2008, -5/+4I'm a dem and a die hard keith supporter but i mean c'mon that ***** is way too liberally biased. that crap is what gives republicans their stupid liberal bias arguments
      • vinod1978, on 06/14/2008, -0/+4I see your point, but I also think it's another nail in the coffin to show a reporter's point of view of a soldier - not a man running for president. Usually reporters have positive feelings towards "war heroes", but not this time.

        As I said before - take it for what it's worth.
      • jazisded, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3I'd like for you to explain to me just how this showed a "liberal" bias? Was it because it was anti-war, or because it supported the troops, or perhaps because it called out doublespeak, lies, corruption that this war is based on?

        I don't think that anyone even knows the true meaning of being a liberal or conservative anymore. It comes down to you are conservative if you agree with the flag wavers and liberal if you are against, which is exactly how the gov't and media want you to understand it.

        Two polar opposites being told what to fight about while never thinking about the arguments or making any progress towards understanding and reconciliation.

        • catcher6250, on 06/14/2008, -1/+1Because the author puts in his own feelings about the subject and adds things in that he doesn't have any proof to back up, for example:

          "From the moral and ideological point of view he showed us he is an insensitive individual
          without human depth..."

          Lol wtf? That is obviously the author's opinion. There are no facts here that show him as "an individual without human depth". Look, I hate McCain's guts, but that is seriously obviously biased reporting.

          "...who does not show the slightest concern, who does not appear to
          have thought about the criminal acts he committed against a population from the almost
          absolute impunity of his airplane.."

          Now the author goes and attacks McCain for doing his duty to our country, what he was ordered to do, killing enemy soldiers from his airplane... With this logic, the author should accuse every soldier of being a criminal...

          "...and that nevertheless those people saved his life,
          fed him, and looked after his health, and he is now healthy and strong."

          I'm pretty sure this is actually completely wrong here. McCain was actually a PoW and was tortured, the people who "saved" him only kept him alive to get information out of him. And now we know McCain gave them a substantial amount of information.

          Then the author puts in his own two-cents:
          "I believe that he bombed densely populated places for sport. I noted he was hardened, that
          he spoke of banal things as if he were at a cocktail party."

          There is no evidence to even backup this last statement.

          This is the bias I am talking about.

          "I don't think that anyone even knows the true meaning of being a liberal or conservative anymore. It comes down to you are conservative if you agree with the flag wavers and liberal if you are against, which is exactly how the gov't and media want you to understand it."

          I'm pretty sure a lot of people know exactly what the difference between being liberal and conservative is.
  • tehsilentcircus, on 06/14/2008, -2/+66I'm surprised this man can get through special comment without going crazy and screaming obscenities; I surely couldn't. You can tell this man has heart and soul regarding his special comments, and NO ONE in the media has that now a days; and it sickens me no one can tell it like it is anymore.

    A vote for McCain is a vote for the further idiocracy of this country; and, YES, that is the way it is.
  • allengeer, on 06/14/2008, -12/+2p0wn3d.
  • heliox, on 06/14/2008, -27/+5WOW KO bitching about a republican...that's new.
    • Kannebas, on 06/14/2008, -2/+8Yeah, remember when he went off on Clinton for the "assasination" statement and Ferraro for the "lucky to be a black man" statement. Always bitching about Republicans...




      Your skill is not enough...
    • logicalnoise, on 06/14/2008, -2/+6get a ***** life. two of his comments in recent memory have been about hillary.
    • nalen33, on 08/29/2008, -1/+1If you changed your statement to read "anyone who isn't a staunch supporter of my boy Obama" instead of "republican", you would have had something.
  • ippa, on 06/14/2008, -11/+5I like Olbermann -- he often nails stuff perfectly. Even though most of what he said in this segment was correct, I think he slipped on one thing.

    He repeats the "Not so important" remark from McCain (regarding when the troops can come home). And to make that McCain remark seem stupid he repeatedly lists injured and dead soldiers.

    That's partly faulty cause McCain's remark specifically came with the "As long as there's no Americans in harms way". McCain meaning that the timing is less important then the safety. So even though Olbermann spends alot of the opening in this segment to get context, he misses the context of the "Not so important" remark.

    That being said, the American people were conned into the Iraq-war and it should be stopped ASAP, bush sucks and Obama for president :).
    • Phylodome, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3I think Olbermann's point was that, as these men are...um...dead..., many of our troops will remain in harms way as long as we stay in Iraq.
    • bsmang, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2Yeah, his point was that he named 10 soldiers who were killed this month... not 2 years ago - which illustrates perfectly the insanity of the "not so important" remark from McCain. i.e. How could it be "not so important" when 10 soldiers (and 4 who are so far unnamed) have been killed just this month?

      ***** McCain and his "victory" talk. We had victory a long time ago. Bushie himself announced mission accomplished. Saddam was hanged. Bringing them home has NOTHING to do with 'defeat'.
  • prax, on 06/14/2008, -18/+7Bah! Whether it's O'Reilly or Olbermann.. all of the smug jack asses on tv should just swallow their own vomit and drown.
    • thh204, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1You'll get dug down if you compare O'Reilly to Olbermann. Didn't you forget that Olbermann is a great, non-biased 'journalist' while O'Reilly helped plan the Iraq war with Bush and also helped orchestrate the genocide in Darfur????
  • deadbaby, on 06/14/2008, -15/+10I want to like Olberman but pointing out stupid stuff like McCain's beer slip up just cheap. Vote against McCain because he's a flip flopper making a desperate attempt to appease the radical right by cozying up to the Bush legacy -- but don't vote against him because he stumbled in a speech and said beer. Our side can do better than that.. the facts are on our side.
    • ippa, on 06/14/2008, -3/+4well said deadbaby.
    • toeMas, on 06/14/2008, -1/+13I agree that cheep shots are not necessary but Olbermann's other remark about McCain not knowing the difference between sunni and shiite or iran training al qaeda is a shoot that everyone should take at McCain. Do we really need another president that has no idea who is fighting who?
    • rebotfc, on 06/14/2008, -1/+4You need to re-watch the video, he mentioned the beer comment in reference to 'silly' things that could be reported and contrasted that with McCains more serious errors.
    • jazisded, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1It's also important to mention because McCain can't get a friggin sentence out of his mouth without his brain scrambling the words and meaning. Don't think that is a good trait for the "leader" of the "most powerful nation on earth". Half the time he has Joementum by his side correcting him on every screwup.

      The man is borderline senile.
    • ozydingo, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2Agreed, I don't know why he included that remark. It seemed entirely unnecessary and a little belittling to his own point.
    • Marc39, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2I agree with not making much of the beer gaffe but the number of verbal slip ups makes me wonder about his mind at his age. He's an experienced politician who has given countless speeches for years.
  • graeh, on 06/14/2008, -4/+5When Keith allows his content to provide the impact, and focuses on his delivery making that content accessible, rather than shrill volume and breathless diction - he seems a lot more credible, and as importantly, a lot more sincere.

    Did someone hit him with the "tone down the delivery a little, you're compromising your content" obvious stick in the last few days? If so - good.

    He seems less Michael Bay in his delivery.
  • Chip53, on 06/14/2008, -23/+5Dug down as lame for obvious reasons.
  • whitecranberry, on 06/14/2008, -7/+32Olbermann just tore that old wrinkled ***** a new one. sweet!
  • dejay181, on 06/14/2008, -15/+6this is ridiculous....he's not a freaking HERO!! what is it with everybody just throwing that word around for any little purpose these days?everyone writes that on huffington post...*fawning* he's a hero cause he likes to talk crap about the right and the bush administration. he's a news commentator...a A**hole of one to boot, no different that oreilly or hannity or any of those guys. ok ok we all know he's very left wing and go's after the bush guys and everything on the right...ooooohh...big freakin deal, who doesnt do that? thats not special.
    • vinod1978, on 06/14/2008, -3/+5If you watch his show regularly you would see he actually discusses things that the mass media won't touch. He usually gives insightful opinions about things that matter - not just politically, but ethically and morally. And yes, I am a democrat and that is probably why I enjoy his show and respect him, but there are liberal programs that I can not stand because it's pure bias - Keith is no Tim Russert, but now he's the closest thing we have.
  • flip2trip, on 06/14/2008, -17/+10Keith Uberdouche speaks and the digg kids stampede over each other trying to plant their lips on his ass.
  • iLemon, on 06/14/2008, -15/+6This smug jackass chuckled while reading what Tim Russert was doing when he died.
    • vinod1978, on 06/14/2008, -2/+9Yes, because Russert was doing what he loved. Working on Meet the Press, and he found some happiness in that? I still don't get the negative implication...
  • trevor98, on 06/14/2008, -15/+7It amazes me that anyone has confused Olberman for a journalist. He is merely a cheerleader for Obama at this point and can't be said to report the news. He selectively writes the news instead of reports it and so many people confuse his editorial for actual news. He is infotainment rather than news and has as much credibility as the rest of the fluff "news."
    • jazisded, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3If you are watching American news, you have never seen something strictly reported - that would be so dry that nobody would ever watch it, except people who cared to be informed i.e. < 1%.

      American news is a 24 hour soap opera. At least Keith has the sense to tell you that a special comment is an op-ed piece.
    • JCizle, on 06/14/2008, -1/+2"It amazes me that anyone has confused O'Reilly for a journalist. He is merely a cheerleader for McCain/Bush/Cheney at this point and can't be said to report the news (or to have ever reported the news). He selectively writes/edits/talks over the news and differing opinions instead of reports it and so many people confuse his editorial for the gospel truth. He is infotainment rather than news and has zero credibility."

      fix'd

      Not everyone in the US is a sheep that believes everything MSM pops on the screen. We take obvious editorials like this and several other accounts to form OUR OWN OPINION on a matter. Thank you internet age.
    • foofighter828, on 06/15/2008, -0/+1Substantive response to the video's content please.
  • dionysius89, on 06/14/2008, -17/+11Although I dislike McCain, and although I agreed with Olbermann in this special comment, the whole segment seemed contrived.

    Olbermann seemed to make overly dramatic pauses that were obviously pre-planned to correspond to switching camera angles. He feigned "compassionate" moments where tried to hold back tears, but it's apparent superficiality was embarrassing to watch.

    Olbermann is easily one of the most egocentric TV personalities. He engages his competitors with excessive scorn and he relishes the mention of his television ratings. The special comment was engineered by Olbermann to pander to a liberal audience: to get them riled up, and, more importantly, to show his audience that he's their news guardian.

    I had my lingering (yet fading) doubts. Maybe I was a cynic. Then, the coup de grace:

    "Good night and good luck."

    "If only I could be as glorious and righteous as Edward R. Murrow, bringing truth to the masses about the unreasonable ultra-conservative forces!"

    Olbermann wants to make it big as a commentator, first and foremost. He's smart. He sees a new niche expanding: the nation is growing more and more dissatisfied by the right. He's an amazing capitalizer. He's filling the niche well.
    • vinod1978, on 06/14/2008, -4/+2All TV personalities have big egos.
    • DTJunkie07, on 06/14/2008, -2/+8I agree mostly with what you claimed in your comment but when I watch Keith Olbermann I see a man who is sick of the ***** that is being fed to the American people and is doing something about it. And while you might have a point in your assessment of Keith's motives you cant deny that what he is saying is anything but spot on.
      • dionysius89, on 06/14/2008, -2/+4It was spot on. That's the difference between Olbermann and O'Reilly.
        • Jackson0909, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1No............ that's the difference in points-of-view.
      • chukd, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1When will he rant about the lack of action and the gutlessness of the Democrats. They were elected to power to counter the Bush Policies. They have done nothing but stand by and watch. It is far worse to be idle and watch the situation get worse. They are too concerned with their own Presidency ambitions for their party to do the right thing. I want to see Keith rant about that situation. It will never happen because he has his head so far up the asses Obama, he wouldn't want to jeopardize Obama's chance. Call things for what they are!
        • miraimatt, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Why do Republicans frequently have atrocious grammar?
        • chukd, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1I noticed it but it wouldn't let me go back and fix it. it should say up the asses of Obama and the Democrats. Mistakes happen, you make them too. I am sure if I look at all your comments on digg, I could find one or two.
    • JCizle, on 06/14/2008, -1/+1He is a TV personality first and foremost. It really isn't his fault that the country who turned a blind eye for 8 years is finally listening to, and more agreeing with what he has to say. He has to yell louder and go bigger than the other side who has sat comfortably spewing whatever they wanted for so long.
    • UK4Life58, on 06/14/2008, -1/+3He ends every show with the phrase "Good night and good luck."
  • RRJackson, on 06/14/2008, -21/+5Well, that just convinced about a million more people to vote for McCain. Keep up the good work. Douchebags help the cause immensely.
    • bsmang, on 06/14/2008, -3/+2Yeah, just like you, eh?
      • RRJackson, on 06/14/2008, -4/+1This is show-business. It's *exactly* like Bill O'Reilly's schtick. Functionally, it polarizes. People who share O'Reilly's or Olbermann's views are energized and people who don't are repulsed. What these kinds of douchebags do is eliminate the potential for centrist discussion.
        • bsmang, on 06/14/2008, -1/+2What's perplexing is how there can be so many people (28%?) who are so intensely wrong about certain very important things. Why can't everyone be as civilized as everyone else? Would that simply make the world too boring a place to be?
  • bobh1234, on 06/14/2008, -19/+6The left wing bias in the news is amazing. Thank God for FOX.
    • theaceoffire, on 06/14/2008, -1/+2Yes, they are awesome...

      "What can we do to fix Iraq?"
      "***** Democrats, Bush Rocks."
  • FriedMoose, on 06/14/2008, -16/+3McCain is 100x more credible than Olbermann, or any of us, on the Iraq war. He knows more about war than we do, and his own son served in Iraq.
  • sleepbox, on 06/14/2008, -15/+7No claim of LIBERAL BIAS on MSNBC eh? Gotta hate those conservatives at Fox News though.
    • bronowiczj, on 06/14/2008, -2/+7We know that MSNBC leans to the left, there is little doubt. The clear difference is that MSNBC reports the news based on facts with opinions attached while FAUX news reports opinions without facts attached. MSNBC lays out clear arguments however biased they may be. Those arguments contain an approach to journalism that does not regard that American public as idiots. FAUX on the other hand lays out contrived manipulative arguments. Those arguments contain an approach to shock or degrade American intellect with either the shouting down of opponents or unabashed fear mongering.

      08ama!
      • Jackson0909, on 06/14/2008, -1/+0No, you see you the facts how you wish to see them. You attribute anything reported on FOX as opinion.
      • majinosity, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1because it is...
    • eriksanerd, on 06/14/2008, -1/+2Show me a MSNBC news piece with the heading "Outraged Conservatives: Stop picking on McCain's baby mama!" Then we'll talk

      There is some bias on MSNBC, but it's nothing compared to what's on FOX
      • Jackson0909, on 06/14/2008, -0/+0Show me a segment on Keith Olbermann where he has a 5-minute rant on Barack Obama.
    • JCizle, on 06/14/2008, -1/+1Yea! Where were all the internet msg boards MSNBC cited for fact checking... oh wait.

      Where were the racial undertones and elitist divisions in that opinion piece?? Oh... dammit...

      Hey smart guy... FNC began as a news channel that reported "fair and balanced" news because all the other majors had leftist slants. People now pan FNC because they are anything BUT "fair and balanced"

      Are you attempting to expose the "leftist MSM"... ie: attempting to expose what people have been calling it for years?
  • flipdoubt, on 06/14/2008, -4/+27I just can't wait for the debates. Obama is gonna OWN McCain!
    • Jackson0909, on 06/14/2008, -11/+2Doubtful. Obama's strength is "jive-talkin" speeches. The man can't hold a drink of water when it comes to debating issues with a face-to-face opponent. Why do you think he is hiding from McCain? Obama has proposed one debate; on the 4th of July. What a joke.
      • Me1000, on 06/14/2008, -0/+4All he has to do is point out the idiocies of McBush's (il)logic...
        How hard can that be?
      • flipdoubt, on 06/15/2008, -0/+2I suppose we'll just have to wait and see then, hmmm?
  • truck87bp, on 06/14/2008, -11/+5Keith,
    If this is truly how you feel about the war, why didn't you support Ron Paul for the Rep choice when he joined the running. Ron isn't that much different than Barry and would have made a truly head to head battle for the Office. Ron's credentials are a hundred times better that McCains.
    Your spewing is becoming meaningless when YOU, Keith O, my fellow American, YOU are unable to select a viable person to run against Barry Obama.
    • zwaldowski, on 06/14/2008, -1/+4Democrats really don't have a choice in the Republican candidate. They're called primaries, biatch.
    • Diderotten, on 06/14/2008, -1/+3"Ron isn't that much different than Barry"
      Are you joking? Seeing them in the same room would be like dividing by zero.
    • freedomwv, on 06/15/2008, -0/+1good point truck87bp
  • bronowiczj, on 06/14/2008, -1/+7"Ron isn't that much different than Barry" ... someone is living in a dream world.....
  • bsmang, on 06/14/2008, -1/+32What's with these (apparent) conservatives labeling articulation and intelligence as "liberal"?
  • rl41, on 06/14/2008, -5/+10Olbermann's rants are one of the most entertaining things on television. He's a great journalist.
    • chukd, on 06/14/2008, -3/+2He is a left wing partisan commentator, not a journalist. A journalist never lets his political beliefs get in the way of his reporting.
  • LLLSecretChimp, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3I'm beginning to think Olberman doesn't like Republicans.
  • liquidtaco, on 06/14/2008, -7/+2i have a "special comment" for keith olbermann: GTFO
    • anonymousleaf, on 06/14/2008, -2/+1I have a "special comment" for liquidtaco: GTFO
  • Juicediggs, on 06/14/2008, -6/+1The only thing king Olbermann blasts is his own ego. It makes me sick to my stomach that there are actually people out there who can listen to him. He has lost all touch with reality.

    So I better not hear a peep about Fox News and their "agenda" again out of you Olbermann fluffers. He is by far the most biased and hateful person on TV.
    • BedPost, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Yeah, silly things like "facts" and "logic" shouldn't be allowed in journalism.
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