Keith Olbermann: The Pied Piper of Identity Politics

[Crooked Moon]

the howard beale act is wearing thin, keith.

he's been an obama partisan from the jump, and he's using his quivering lip© and faux outrage to drive ms. clinton from a presidential race by playing the hyper-tolerant white progressive.

the people peddling the sum total of subjectively-interpreted ads, political criticisms and comments as genuine racism are planting the seeds of destruction for the democratic party.

[LakeSamish706]

1. I think that you better take a reallity check... Your OP is BS... n/t

[Crooked Moon]

13. you're entitled to your opinion.

but by the time the republicans start in on him, he will have played the entire deck of race cards, and he'll be perceived as the boy who cried wolf.

outrage will be muted and exhausted from overuse.

but, by all means. continue to pretend obama and his supporters are confident they have it in the bag by the votes and the delegates. the fact is, they're very worried about the process and have been reduced to simultaneously pointing in every directions and screaming "racism".

it's a recipe for disaster.

[roguevalley]

20. take your recipe elsewhere. or better yet, examine your conscience.

[Crooked Moon]

22. i'm sorry..

are you a mod? a bouncer? just a fucking blowhard who only believes in the big tent when you can piss in your own corner?

don't tell me where to go.

[tabasco]

2. Clinton has resorted to reprehensible tactics in her campaign.

Olberman speaks the truth.

[Kittycat]

26. And that shouldn't be a surprise. They told us they (clinton) was going to throw the kitchen sink.

And there it is, shattered in the middle of the room. Like a 3yo throwing a tantrum, she broke it - and now she can't fix it.

[LittleClarkie]

3. Was it faux outrage when he was against Bush and everyone cheered?

Oh how fickle the public is.

[Nitrogenica]

4. FYI: Hillary Clinton is Rush Limbaughs allie against Obama.

And now her campaign mimics Rush.

[high density]

5. Thanks for helping me build my ignore list.

Joy of joys.

[SeattleGirl]

6. Blah, blah, balh.

Want some cheese with that whine?

[muntrv]

7. Yes it is identity politics. If you consider condemning Ferraro's ignorant remarks

as racist identity politics.

[ProSense]

8. The denial is astounding as Hillary's campaign goes into the tank! n/t

[NJSecularist]

9. We need a journalist willing to tell the truth in her campaign of lies

[melody]

10. I thought it was brilliant and compassionate -- he could have rightly ripped her a new one

She is acting like the most reprehensible of Republicans.

To see any Democrat defending her sickens me.

[LakeSamish706]

24. "To see any Democrat defending her sickens me" Now that is the one thing that blows me away... n/t

[melody]

32. Why is that? n/t

[Johnny__Motown]

11. you can't blame him for her actions ,just can't do it

[azmouse]

15. But Hillary's supporters will sure as hell try to.

[vi5]

12. Hahaha....I love this...

I really wished I had saved all the posts weeks ago from Obama supporters claiming that Keith was clearly supporting Hillary when he was criticizing Obama and all the Hillary supporters who said he was just being honest.

Honestly, this place is pathetic.

[backscatter712]

14. Here come the Hill-Shills.

Again, after all Olbermann has done for progressive causes, he's now the Antichrist for calling Hillary and Geraldine on their bigotry.

He is right. After the photo of Obama in Somali garb, the equivocation in her "denial" that Obama's a Muslim, after the comments Bill Clinton made in S. Carolina, and after Ferraro's repeated and repeated comments, a pattern is indeed emerging.

A pattern of bigotry. A pattern of dog-whistling to all the closet racists in this country.

Despicable. Absolutely despicable.

[housewolf]

16. I think you need to watch again with open ears

What I heard was him trying to tell Hillary something important: that she's upsetting a lot of folks including manyof her supporters, and causing harm to the Democratic Party, and to wisen-up and quit this sh*t.

That's not a slam or pro-Obama... it's PRO DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

[jean627]

17. Wah! Wah! Blame someone else.

I am sooooo sick of that mindset after 7 years of Bush.

Now they want us to put up with 8 years of it from Clinton??

NOOOOOOOOOOO...PLEASE...GO AWAY HILLARY!!

[Usrename]

18. You're not dealing with reality. Keith said the same thing about Rush.

When Rush made his idiotic statement about McNabb and lost his job on Monday Night Football, Keith was right there with the same commentary. What do you think has changed? Certainly it isn't Keith or the Obama supporters, they have remained consistent. What is it about this kind of talk that makes it unacceptable when Rush does it, but acceptable when the Clinton campaign does it?

Keith isn't the one who is lost, you may be.

[Brundle_Fly]

19. if we all plainly see the pattern

we all must have been blinded? Seriously, this cannot wash, and anyone defending this, ...

...

I honestly have no idea how you can call yourself a democrat.

[Crooked Moon]

21. i didn't realize obama was a litmus test...

"I honestly have no idea how you can call yourself a democrat."

i shall proudly remain one until the post-election purge...

Brian: Excuse me. Are you the Judean People's Front?
Reg: Fuck off!
Brian: What?
Reg: Judean People's Front! We're the People's Front of Judea! Judean People's Front! Cuh!
Francis: Splitters.
Brian: Can I... join your group?
Reg: Nah, piss off.

[Cha]

23. No he hasn't ..get your facts and then post.

KO actually had good things to say about hilary until hilary pulled the fuckin' Fear Card and then he started pointing out her inconsistancies.

But, you keep on whining 'cause hilarys have nothin' else.

[apocalypsehow]

25. The use of the phrase "Identity Politics" is a right-wing talking point.

Let me guess: you're for Clinton, right? Figures.

[Crooked Moon]

27. is it now?

have you studied its origins and historical applications?

or is your ignorance merely a convenient vehicle on which to deliver a juvenile ad hominem attack?

[apocalypsehow]

28. Yes, it is, and yes, I have. And your use of the phrase "ad hominem" in this context tells the

discerning reader that you are unaware of its actual meaning. Please try again.

[Crooked Moon]

29. you essentially called me a right-winger and further smeared ms. clinton

by implying that she is a right-winger.

so the use and context are absolutely correct.

[apocalypsehow]

31. Wrong. An "ad hominem" (Latin: "to the person") would be if I accused *you* directly of being a

right-winger. I stated that the talking point in your OP, i.e., "Identity Politics," was a right-wing meme, which it is. Further, since "ms. (Sic) clinton (Sic)" is not a part of this conversation, the relevance of any supposed "smear" I aimed her way is negligible.

Therefore, the use and the context are quite incorrect, period.

[anonymous171]

30. KO is black then? How is he an identity politician?