Olbermann Rues Wasteful “Destruction” of Soldiers, Wilson’s Wife

Media Research Center ^ | 1-29-04 | Medial Reseach Center

[FlyLow]

MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann on Wednesday night delivered a snotty take on CIA weapons inspector David Kay’s conclusion that there are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, as if the war could not be justified on any other grounds. On his Countdown show, Olbermann rued how “no WMD does not mean no destruction. Ask the 500 American service personnel dead in Iraq or the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson.”

At the top of his January 28 show, the MRC’s Brad Wilmouth noticed, Olbermann asserted: "Good evening. Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction. Nothing newer than 1991 at worst. But no WMD does not mean no destruction. Ask the 500 American service personnel dead in Iraq or the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson or whoever is going to end up at the wrong end of the inevitable Washington game of 'pin the tail on the scapegoat.' Our fifth story on the Countdown tonight, chief U.S. weapons investigator, Dr. David Kay, testifies to the Senate. His message today: Though U.S. intelligence agencies misjudged the threat posed by Saddam, Saddam Hussein was still worth deposing. Rather than summarize Dr. Kay's testimony, we're going to give you highlights of it, about two-and-a-half minutes worth."

[Vesuvian]

Olbermann = "Barf Alert"

[Delta-Tango]

Those of us from Southern California who had to suffer "KO" could tell you stories about this egomaniac that would curl your hair....suffice to say, he ain't here anymore, and he has about, what, SIX viewers of his MSNBC show?

Couldn't happen to a nicer AS*H**E

[clintonh8r]

Olbermann is a dick. He always has been. I remember when he quit MSNBC during the clinton scandals because, well, reporting on that kind of stuff was far beneath his standards.

[MEG33]

Fair and balanced KO!..LOL

[Williams]

How about if we ask the 45 million freed Iraqi's, the raped women, the families of the mass grave victims, the American pilots shot at, the Kurds, the Shiites, and best of all - how about if we ask that piece of demonic garbage, Sadaam Hussein, as he sits in an American cell where he belongs.

[mombonn]

Thanks to olbermann appearing opposite o'blowhard, I've found many more pleasant ways to spend the 8:00 to 9:00 hour.

Changing the kitty litter, ironing my husband's long underwear, and listening to the audio book of sinator hillary! are just a few such pleasures.

[yooper]

What else would one expect from a failed sportscaster........

[Criminal Number 18F]

Ask the 500 American service personnel dead in Iraq

I have read way too many death letters. I have helped guys who had no way with words write a few, and I have written my own, which always have gone into the shredder at the end of the operation. So far, anyway. As I write this, I am waiting to hear the latest casualty names; hoping selfishly that none of them are men I know, and expecting that I am wrong about that.

Most of the letters have expressed a desire for the recipient to understand that the casualty did not wish to die, but accepted the risk in a worthwhile cause. For Olbermann to insult these dead is despicable.

It is most irritating to me when people like Olbermann, who look down on, and never miss an opportunity to insult, service people, suddenly declare themselves our champions... just so's they can wave our bloody shirts.

God damn you, Keith Olbermann.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[Delta-Tango]

appearing opposite o'blowhard

What a *great* (and accurate) description! This is one of the best posts I have seen in awhile...thanks for the most theraputic laugh I've had in a year.