Keith Olberman pimp slaps Ann Coulter

It has all even come to the attention of the blithe agitator of the far right, Ann Coulter, who yesterday not only wrote of the election irregularities but, I’m proud to say, slimed and misquoted me. “In a major report on ‘Countdown with Keith Olbermann’ last Monday,” my fellow Cornell alum writes, “Olbermann revealed that Bush’s win in Florida— and thus the election—was ‘attributable largely to largely Democratic districts suddenly switching sides and all voting for Mr. Bush at the same time’!”

It made for fascinating reading, because it made me think for a moment that I had been on television while in a coma. I couldn’t recall making such a broadly ridiculous remark— and it turns out I didn’t. Ms. Coulter, living up to her usual standards which many of us in the Alumni Association nightly pray she didn’t learn at the university, took a quote from a transcript of the November 8th show completely out of context, and entirely twisted its meaning.

The actual quote follows, with the key portion discarded by Ms. Coulter indicated in bold face:

“There (Florida), county totals in Tuesday’s election might be attributable largely to largely Democratic districts suddenly switching sides and all voting for Mr. Bush.”

Thus, a comment indicating how President Bush might have legitimately achieved majorities in some Florida counties, is transformed into a contention that the entire election turned on those county margins.

It’s a neat trick— the journalistic equivalent of the dog who learns to balance the biscuit on her nose and then flip it into her mouth on voice command.

Never tried it myself.

What do you think? Email me at KOlbermann@msnbc.com


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very serious.

is that she's a stupid slimy troll.

a loading dose of antipsychotics and a ball gag until they kicked in wouldn't cure.

so he didn't get anything on him!

If someone said "Osama has done a good deal of damage"

A republican would say..."my opponent said Osama has done good!"

You know, I never started watching Keith Olbermann until some friends recently suggested I watch him (they knew I was a fan of Jon Stewart)...The more I watch him, the more I like him...he's been the only mainstream media anchor on Cable TV to really address the voting irregularities and I respect him for it...even Aaron Brown whom I normally prefer, has seemingly "side-stepped" the issue of voter irregularities and possible fraud as being mainly "conspiracy" and "conjecture"...

Olbermann atleast has approached it with seriousness while keeping his consistency on humor and skepticism of everything about our "system"....which is good when its a healthy dose of it...

But now I think I love Keith Olbermann....bitch-slapping Mann Coulter whom I deem to be one of the most irresponsible and grossly negligent "so-called journalists" is just delicious....

Thank you Keith - :loveya:

Here is a copy of the e mail that I sent to Keith Olberman:

Mr. Olbermann,

I can understand how you would be insulted and possibly upset by this misconstrued statement by AC. You really should just consider the source and leave it at that. The woman is a lying witch that has a following of unthinking radicals that wouldn't be within your realm of viewers anyway.

Mention her comments as you have and then just leave AC's comments be. Giving AC any more air time than is necessary would be counter productive for you and beneficial for AC.


Keep up the great work on the election, there are many of us following you and in desperate need of your voice.

Sincerely,

It's a Whoremoan imbalance!

I love how Kieth dealt with the geek!

Even sent him an Atta'boy last night!

Keith is the greatest for keeping those Ohio stories alive. He has shamed the rest of the press for going home after Kerry "conceded".

point that out to your wide audience' and then move on. Might be good to blatantly 'misquote' her and then say "just kidding folks".

You should immediately misquote her...

Making it sound for all the world like she agrees with you, or espouses some other than troglodyte philosophy. Tie her up in linguistic knots of her own design. It would be so much fun to watch (from here in the safety of the ether, you brave guy)