Keith Olbermann Calls Florida Representative Brad Drake An ‘A**hole’

On Wednesday Night’s Countdown on Current, Keith Olbermann named Florida Representative Brad Drake as one of his “Worst Persons In The World” for sponsoring legislation to replace lethal injection as a execution method with electrocution or by firing squad. Drake had said if it was up to him, he would “throw them off the Sunshine Skyway Bridge and be done with it.” Olbermann responded, “You first, asshole!”

Olbermann finished his segment by saying “There it is, America 2011, laws written by sociopaths like Brad Drake inspired by bloodthirsty goobers he met at the Waffle House!”

Olbermann’s obscenity aired uncensored. The lefty political commentator may have been making a legitimate point that Drake was foolish to base capital punishment laws on conversations he’s had at breakfast fast-food chains, but gratuitously hurling invective at the politician debases our political discourse and makes his entire network look bad.

MSNBC suspended Mark Halperin for calling President Obama a dick. It seems unlikely Al Gore will punish his flagship star at all for his use of profanity on the air, but viewers of his channel deserve better.

Watch the segment below via Current:

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