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Keith Olbermann, Media Matters Pressure CNN To Fire Dana Loesch Over Urinate-Gate

by Tommy Christopher | 1:05 pm, January 16th, 2012

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CNN contributor and Editor-in-Chief of Big Journalism Dana Loesch took a lot of flak over the weekend for her declaration of solidarity with the four Marines who videotaped themselves urinating on the corpses of alleged Taliban fighters, in which she said “I’d drop trou and do it too.”

Countdown host Keith Olbermann and liberal watchdog Media Matters, among others, have called for CNN to fire Loesch over the remark, and according to Big Journalism, even Politico is in on the act. Lest you think that this is all a bunch of ginned-up liberal outrage, however, a conservative think-tank in Illinois also backed away from Loesch over the comments, withdrawing an invitation for her to appear at their ”Women, Liberty, and America’s Future” event.

Olbermann took to Twitter to slam CNN, and to add some trademark innuendo:

A) why hasn’t CNN fired her already; b) she sounds way too familiar w/topic @DLoesch says she’d urinate on dead Taliban

He also paid Loesch a backhanded compliment, while also saying she was worse than the Taliban:

Actually, no. They are unthinking religious fanatics. You’re worse RT@DLoesch So @KeithOlbermann thinks I’m the Taliban? So ridiculous.

The implication there is that, unlike the Taliban, there is thought behind Loesch’s remarks.

Big Journalism‘s John Nolte notes that Politico, like Mediaite, reached out to CNN for comment on Loesch’s remark, but went the extra mile by wondering “whether or not it will have any impact on her role at CNN.”

CNN responded with this statement to Mediaite:

CNN contributors are commentators who express a wide range of viewpoints—on and off of CNN—that often provoke strong agreement or disagreement. Their viewpoints are their own.

Media Matters, though, has gone full-bore at Loesch. In addition to a Twitter barrage from Eric Boehlert challenging Loesch to repeat the sentiment on CNN’s air, their investigative reporter Joe Strupp has published an article in which numerous CNN on-air sources (anonymously attributed) express displeasure and embarrassment at Loesch’s remarks.

That last item is probably the biggest reason for concern for Loesch, who could probably count on CNN to ignore pressure from liberals, but might lend a more attentive ear to internal voices. Loesch’s supporters can tell themselves that Strupp’s reporting is meaningless because the sources are unnamed, but he’s a real reporter with a real reputation. Those quotes are real, and depending on the relative juice of the speakers, could signal trouble for Dana Loesch.

As someone who knows a thing or two about being fired over political speech, I think it would be wrong of CNN to fire Dana Loesch over this. Within reason, my philosophy is that more speech is always better than less speech. Most of the speech-related firings of the past few years could have been handled more productively, in my view, by expanding the dialogue, rather than shutting it down.

In this case, rather than see Dana Loesch fired for saying something so silly and wrong, I’d rather see her defend those remarks on a panel with people like Bill Maher (who, while not cheering the desecration, said he didn’t see what all the fuss was about), former Marine Goldie Taylor, and maybe even Sen. John McCain, who knows a thing or two about war atrocities. Like it or not, Loesch’s false bravado resonated with a lot of people, and such a discussion could prove clarifying for Loesch and her defenders. Alternately, Loesch could possibly smoke them all in a debate, and we’d all run out to look for an appropriate corpse to piss on. Who knows?

The point that the “fire Loesch” crowd misses, and that CNN apparently gets (if their statement is any indication), is that aside from being offensive and cheap, Loesch’s remarks were revealing in a way that true journalism is supposed to be. Having disparate viewpoints represented on their air has value to CNN viewers because they come away knowing something they previously didn’t. In this case, I learned that if Loesch is going to be at my funeral, I’d better request a closed casket.

There are cases in which pressure campaigns like boycotts are justified, but often, efforts like this are led by people who aren’t watching in the first place. Except in extreme cases, my solution is simple. If I don’t want to see someone on my TV, I change the channel. For example, I was very disappointed in the way Joe Scarborough handled Ann Coulter‘s slurring of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy on Morning Joe a few months back. Before that, I was a fairly regular viewer of Scarborough’s program.

I didn’t call for a boycott of Morning Joe, or for Scarborough to be fired. In fact, I still tune in every once in a while, but the incident soured me on the program, tainted the collegial vibe that was key to its appeal. As a result, Morning Joe lost a loyal viewer. Now, who knows, maybe they also gained a bunch of fans who groove on that sort of thing.

For CNN, it’s probably tougher to gauge Loesch’s performance in terms of viewers, and I don’t think I’ve seen enough of her segments to pass judgment on them, but I don’t think they hired her to play tiddlywinks.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_G6WAK2FDYYCIIKQGXD5BLQORHY Not a happy camper

Do we get to see Dana’s vulva when she drops trou on CNN? I’m up for that!
Henry Wood

Floesh Loesh!
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

”I learned that if Loesch is going to be at my funeral, I’d better request a closed casket.”
Why, you aren’t a Taliban terrorist, are you?

But, you are right, more speech is better than less speech. Instead of engaging in dialogue about the topic, and all the issues that have arisen under different Presidents, it would be beneficial to have a dialogue about the hypocrisy involved, and why she and others support the soldiers. Sadly, the reaction tends to be, more often then not, the desire to stifle free speech.

Many factors are unknown – what happened leading up to the video, their mental state, etc. and others could be discussed, like how soldiers cope during war, how this is nothing new in war, how Gaddafi was desecrated, yet some Liberals were complaining that Obama wasn’t getting enough credit for his death, Bush was held responsible and called a war criminal when similar things happened under his watch, yet nada wrt Obama, etc.

Media Matters and Olby want to shut her down because she is a female conservative with a voice. They can’t seem to stand it.
Anonymous

Keith Who?
http://twitter.com/Paulied_D Paul_D

Uh huh “wimmens is fer
lookin’s!” Ahuyuck!
Anonymous

I think I love Loesch. Goldie Taylor, not so much.
Anonymous

I think that they should giver her her own show… not only would I watch but I bet it would be the highest rated show on the network.
Anonymous

ummmm did Keithy check with his idol Bill Maher? Even Bill is siding with the Marines on this one. This is war people. Not some yuppie paint ball game.
Anonymous

Dang! Dana has no idea what she’s gotten herself into! They have unleashed their legions of 10!
Mr Washee Washee

Keith is a bit of expert in “firing” .
Anonymous

While I’m all for Loesh being fired, I have to say, she looks like she’s peeing in the picture above. Ewwwwwww………
Anonymous

Maher didn’t side with the Marines. He said they’ve done worse and “Who cares?” Yjat’s not siding with them.
http://twitter.com/Zamir Zamir

i’m still finding it hard to be outraged
http://twitter.com/HighlyRandom Highly Random

i don’t support her comments by any means but man oh man, dana loesch looks to be one sexy woman… i’d drop trou with her anytime
Anonymous

Ohh the horror of the thought of a good looking woman peeing. Or is it the thought that she is a conservative that grosses you out? Me thinks the latter!!
Anonymous

If she doesn’t have better control over the filter between her brain and her mouth than this, she doesn’t belong on television.
Anonymous

Did you get the names of the Americans that desicrated Gaddafi? They should be brought up on….oh, wait. Bush is held responsible for initiating these wars and instituting a regime of torture and inhumanism, which apparently all his supporters believe is an acceptable attribute to associate with America and then wonder why we’re not accomplishing anything in the Middle East. I won’t say Obama isn’t free of blood staining in this whole ordeal (in fact, he is far too much IMO), but he is no where as splattered as W.
Anonymous

She should not be forced out for expressing an opinion, she should be fired because she is an absolute idiot. It’s like they took the dumbest ditto-head in the world and gave her a voice heard by millions. She should just go back to being one of Breitbart’s brainless minions.
Anonymous

Wow things will happen if Keith and media matters want something done. I bet right now those 5 people at Occupy wall street are outraged…I think they should keep doing what they do best and crap on another cop car and abandon there children to protest this outrage of Dana Loesch.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WH3ZLMM7CUKUHUIMK4TKXW6SQE John

If you are one of the few conservatives on T.V. your days are numbered. No matter what you say or do there will be a massive effort by liberals to silence you. See Pat Buchannan, Glenn Beck, Andrew Breitbart, Dana Loesch, and Rush Limbaugh.
Anonymous

Keith is just mad that no one pissed on him.
http://twitter.com/bohratom Bohr Atom

Wow and another lie bites the dust…Here is a quote from Maher

” If they were real Taliban, if they were people who burned down girls’ schools, and, you know, do honor rapes and throw acid in people’s faces, I’m not that upset about pissing on them.”

Google is amazing when you find the facts…
http://twitter.com/bohratom Bohr Atom

For once I agree with Maher…

” If they were real Taliban, if they were people who burned down girls’ schools, and, you know, do honor rapes and throw acid in people’s faces, I’m not that upset about pissing on them.”
Anonymous

The remarks were not offensive and cheap. That’s the core of this entire argument. It’s not about if Loesch should be fired, it’s about people LYING about being offended by remarks which are almost universally accepted as unoffensive by people who do not have an ulterior motive (like getting Loesch fired).

You know these comments don’t offend you. The Marines urinated on a dead Taliban corpse. Nobody cares. Your half-hearted defense of Loesch here is indicative that you now admit that these comments do not really offend anyone not sympathetic with our terrorist enemies. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Bill Maher deserves credit for publically giving the honest reaction, instead of generating faux outrage for partisan political gain.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Bart-Morgay/100001554351938 Bart Morgay

This disgusting woman wants to out-gross hatemonger Pamela Gellar.
Anonymous

She’s routinely the smartest person to appear on CNN. Apparently your Dunning-Krueger is blinding you.
Bobby Brady

“That last item is probably the biggest reason for concern for Loesch,
who could probably count on CNN to ignore pressure from liberals, but
might lend a more attentive ear to internal voices.”

Nice unintentional irony there Tommy!
http://my.care2.com/gilligan13 insaneredneck

I agree, don’t fire her,let these RWNJ’s spew their filth and hate,let the whole world see for themselves that so called christian conservatives are proof that pure unadulterated evil does exist and they are the living embodiment of it.
Duke Chesnut

Once again the Media Matters trolls, and Olberman, have their marching orders from George Soros. The left screams for free speech during the Bush years, but wants to stifle free speech from any opposition to their progressive narrative. They have been emboldened by CNN’s firing 2 of their best newsmen in 2008: Glen Beck and Lou Dobbs. CNN’s ratings have been in the basement since these 2 broadcasters left CNN, only to be replaced by the stupidist man on TV; Rick Sanchez. It is time for CNN to stand up this time for fair and balanced reporting and commentary. I am sure that CNN has seen the ratings index on MMfa’s internet hits, or the ratings for Olberman on current TV, That they have been exposed for the Hypocricy and Lies both outlets spew.
http://twitter.com/stlactivisthub STL Activist Hub

I’m generally a fan, but I don’t think you’ve really backed up your claim that Media Matters is “pressuring CNN to fire Loesch over urine gate.” Obviously, they’re not big fans of hers (for good reason). But criticizing her and criticizing CNN is not the same thing as calling for her to be fired. Now, I wouldn’t be surprised if they did call for her to be fired, but I don’t see any evidence for it in your piece.
Anonymous

So a vitriolic hack with poor viewership and a fringe advocacy group based on ideological hypocrisy are pressuring CNN? Looks like they have nothing to worry about.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PKEQSTA4WOBYU5Z7QNSBUR2LXI MASSMURDERMEDIA

i like how olby assumes the role of personnel director of cnn when he can’t even get his own shit together at current…
12voltman1

Classy girl.
NDanielson

Well, for the first time, I agree with Olbermann and MM. And If CNN fires Loesch, I will agree with them, because she probably wants nothing to do with them. Dana really should quit contributing to CNN. I hope she demands a raise.
Anonymous

Olby’s cursed people out on his show, calling them a-holes. Perhaps that should be examined? Don’t think Dana should be fired.
Duke Chesnut

Please re-read the above article about Eric of MMfa’s twitter attack against Loesch. I did not critize CNN about Dana yet, but about CNN caving in to MMfa’s threatened boycott that got Beck and Dobbs fired in 2008.
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

If Obama gets credit for killing Gaddafi, shouldn’t he also get credit for what happened to him between the capturing, and killing? He was sodomized, beaten, and killed once captured.
This is reported to have occurred in Afghanistan. Isn’t this now “Obama’s war”? Didn’t he ramp up the troop numbers, refocus from Iraq to Afghanistan, and call it a ”war of necessity”?

Where was all the outrage when Gaddafi was desecrated? I recall people dancing in the streets, celebrating his death, and wanting Obama to get credit.
Duke Chesnut

I predict Olby will once again be fired before the 2012 election. With his track record…
Anonymous

Keith who? OH. That guy. I’d piss on him even if he’s not dead yet.
Anonymous

“I learned that if Loesch is going to be at my funeral, I’d better request a closed casket.”

I didn’t know you were a Taliban Terrorist Tommy??? When did that happen???
Anonymous

Occasionally Bill Maher gets it right! This is one of those times!
Anonymous

Goldie Tyler was a Marine Public Affairs official in Indiana, never went overseas nor saw combat. I think CNN owes it’s audience this fact.

ps… Someone else posted out this fact.
Anonymous

Yeah that’s not standing with them, nor is it the full quote.
Anonymous

The smartest person on CNN is like the best chef at McDonalds.
Anonymous

The New Testament tells us that when the angry crowd was about to stone an alleged prostitute to death, Jesus told the crowd: “Let him who has not sinned cast the first stone.” The crowd dispersed.

Keith Olbermann and Media Matters are like the angry crowd. They have both sinned and they should not be casting any stones.

The United States Marine Corps should appoint a group to piss all over Keith and give him a “golden shower” during an edition of Countdown! The only problem is that nobody watches his show and we would never know unless Al Gore tells us when he fires Keith.!

I do not think “Media Matters” has any readers since the collapse of the Soviet Union!

We love Dana!
Anonymous

Interesting how the alternate strategies of
a) Fire him/her! and
b) If you don’t like it, change the channel/don’t watch
are adopted by the left dependent upon whether they agree with the politics of the person involved. TC is an exception, to his credit.
Anonymous

“This disgusting woman. . .” should run for President, but another strong conservative woman would cause so may liberals to have high blood pressure and the health problems that accompany the problem, that Obamacare would go broke unless the Chinese can lend us another 5 trillion dollars!
Bobby Brady

I’m guessing that Goldie Taylor is physically unable to ever become outrageously outraged at Barack Obama.
Anonymous

That’s not it at all, I just thought all conservatives had colostomies and Foley tubes with bags.
http://twitter.com/weaselzippers Weasel Zippers

This quote from crankypants Tommy Christopher on MediaMatters “reporter” Joe Strupp could be the dumbest thing I’ve read all year:

“but he’s a real reporter with a real reputation. Those quotes are real”

He works for MediaMatters. He is not a reporter. Actual reporters should be objective and not biased. Case closed.(Facepalm)
Anonymous

Look, saying she’s “one of Breitbart’s brainless minions” is redundant but oh so true.
Bobby Brady

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Anonymous

Question: Is there anywhere you do not see George Soros’ fingerprints and do you see him in your dreams?
Guest

I don’
Anonymous

CNN needs to FIRE all of its REPUBLICAN “PUNDITS”
mac691

Spoken like a true leftist: Lobotomized.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PKEQSTA4WOBYU5Z7QNSBUR2LXI MASSMURDERMEDIA

bloggers can indeed be real reporters… but not when they work for a so called watchdog group whose only charge is an opposing ideology in the media…

btw, mmfa is a real website with a real reputation… those trolls are real…
http://twitter.com/runforfun54 American

If NBC didn’t fire trump for his revolting raced based comments, no way will CNN fire Dana Loesh.
http://twitter.com/runforfun54 American

Oh, would that be the same Obama care that has provided jobs, insured millions of young Americans, eliminated pre=existing conditions, and certain copays? THAT obama care? Typical Republican jerk that puts $$$ over the health and safety of the Americans they are elected to protect.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Henderson/1171206063 Michael Henderson

Correction – They did. He’s just angry because he had to pay for it.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_I54KYG7W4S7SHYPCGVMEWJ2W64 Daisy

Olbermann tweeted to Dana that she’s worse than the Taliban & hasn’t said crap to Bill Maher. Do you really think he should be the one to call for her to be fired? Leftist won’t be happy until every conservative is silenced.
Anonymous

Meanwhile Breitbart’s idiot pal James O’Keefe is in big trouble….
Anonymous

is oberdork still urinating under his desk during taping of his shows?
http://twitter.com/xxashyy ash

Since when is losers like Olbermann and Propaganda Matters in any position to get anyone fired?
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_I54KYG7W4S7SHYPCGVMEWJ2W64 Daisy

Yes because heaven forbid a leftist stand with those who protect our country & communities. I’m tired of these armchair cops & soliders, who think by viewing a video they have the full scoap of the situation. People make dumb statements like, “I would never do that.” Yeah, how do you know? Leftists are always shoving their “do not judge” mantra on the rest of us but it only to a conservative. They, on the other hand, may do & say as they please. I support Dana & am proud to say she’s a strong, conservative woman.
http://conurls.com/ Chris Jones

This is what the left always does. They have a totalitarian mindset. They want to silence voices they disagree with. There are many people (including myself) who agree with what Loesch said.
Cecelia

It is a puzzle isn’t it. Tommy Christopher may be opposed to CNN firing Loesch, but both he and Keith Olbermann should thank their lucky stars that she said what she did.

Loesch’s remark gave them a way to vent their spleens (just breathtaking via Twitter) and to wax hyperbolic WITHOUT having to do it to the very troops who were guilty of the action.

They could make the thing about a conservative blogger rather than the trickier issue of criticizing military members or asking the sort of question that would have been automatic under a Republican administration.

As it stands the matter is chiefly Loesch, Loesch, and more Loesch. Nothing about an Obama/Panetta military culture or an Obama/Panetta Pentagon.

Some people might have been under the impression that these guys, of all people, would at the least think that the WH should be held somewhat accountable, if only for changing something they might not have started.

Nope. Not when you can boldly and courageously excoriate one Dana Loesch.

sheesh….
Dead_Air

The people who violated Gaddafi in his last moments weren’t members of the US armed forces. So your point is invalid.
Anonymous

haha I stand corrected!
Anonymous

Yeah, if she pissed on a crucifix instead and called it art, KOKO would be the first to defend her freedom of so called expression.
Lesson learned, just put a religious symbol on a dead terrorist b4 you piss on them, and watch the left scratch their head in confusion.
And NO I am not proud of the marines behavior, just think the left are hypocrites.
Anonymous

http://rt.com/usa/news/loesch-big-journalism-rt-919/
Pablo

And have you noticed that it never happens because conservatives started screaming for him to be fired? It’s always because he’s worn out his welcome all by himself.
Pablo

So, are Olbermann and Media Mutters going after Maher’s job too?
Pablo

Hmmmm….

http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/sep2009/id20090914_256776.htm
Pablo

Obama’s down almost 2 million jobs and the cost of insurance is skyrocketing. But at least he eliminated pre-existing conditions! The man is a miracle worker! Who needs insurance at all when all the sickness is eliminated?
Anonymous

It’s all so childish. Slow news day.
Pablo

CNN didn’t fire Beck until he announced he’d signed with Fox. And in fact, he still wasn’t fired, they just took him off the air.
Anonymous

Keith Olbermann is drunk again….
http://www.facebook.com/people/Bart-Morgay/100001554351938 Bart Morgay

Her boss, Andrew Breitbart, now there’s a man who enjoys a golden shower.
http://twitter.com/goldietaylor goldietaylor

Bad guess. I already have– on air. But thanks.
http://twitter.com/goldietaylor goldietaylor

Nope. Never saw combat. My grandfather, stepfather, nephew and brother did. I received a medical discharge. Shrug.
http://www.madcharles.com/ MadCharles

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http://twitter.com/#!/Staciisa_bitch Staci Chase

“I NEVER weigh in on the trash that get’s posted here…...”

Except when you do .

I see that a day really does make a difference.
Bobby Brady

Goldie Taylor: “It is difficult to criticize an African-American president. We are the kind of people who will circle the wagons no matter what the criticism is, you know, whether it’s valid or not valid, and you’ll see a lot more of that play out as this election wears on.”

You said that right after you used “N*****head Rock” to bash Hermain Cain, without even a hint of irony in your voice.

Your welcome. Keep on poisoning race relations in America, all in service to Obama…you’re a champ at it.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NPUP22FNTPVCXRUMWJEURGQGD4 JonasP

I mean she is crude and rude, but so what? She is no different than most of her ilk. Let her talk trash.
Bobby Brady

“My grandmother never used words like that, but she certainly believed in “circling the wagons.”
…
“What choice do we have, after all? Many believe that speaking negatively about the Obama administration’s policies will weaken his ability to win re-election and plays into the hands of his GOP opponents.
Who can he depend on if we will not stand up for him? Certainly not the so-called “professional left”. White progressives have made their dissatisfaction widely known. If we don’t have his back, who will?”
…
Grandma Alice would say, “He ain’t perfect, but he’s ours.”

http://www.thegrio.com/politics/obama-aint-perfect-but-hes-ours.php
Anonymous

You cons really can’t take a joke, can you?
http://twitter.com/ednagarrett Edna Garrett

Dana Loesch is into watersports. This is well-know throughout the industry.
http://twitter.com/ednagarrett Edna Garrett

I bet you like to urinate on your wife as foreplay.
Anonymous

Olbermann and MM has more sense than to attack a Pit Bull like Bill Maher. No he will get a pass, and they will lick his hind quarteres….as usual.
Anonymous

Media Matters exists to silence conservative voices through the use of lies and mischaracterization. Why bother to reprint their trash Mediaite? Tommy feeling depressed and needed a pick me up?
Anonymous

No need to apologize for not having been in combat, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.
Anonymous

Again?
Anonymous

I dont agree with what Dana Loesch said but I dont think CNN should fire her. Every one has an opinion wether you agree with it or not.
Anonymous

I don’t even want to know how you would know that.
Anonymous

The issue is you libs can rarely make a political joke that’s ACTUALLY funny. I’d take your joke if it was funny.
Anonymous

She made the comments on CNN, so no one noticed.
Anonymous

If the shoe was on the other foot and it was video of Taliban urinating on dead American soldiers, Loesch would be the first one calling for a war of annilhilation and the utter outrage of it all. She can argue it flat or round. Just another BS artist.
Anonymous

Wait! Is Keith olbermann really pushing to have CNN fire this woman for her off color comments? Really? Does anyone, TOMMY, see the hypocracy here? Olbermann has spouted off more hate speech than anyone I can think of and he was never fired, yet he is pushing for this. WOW, I mean WOW.
david r

How did she get the name “Goldie?”
Anonymous

Go watch a video of Taliban beheading soldiers while they are still conscious then come back with your claims of equivalency. An offensive and rude act isn’t the same as an act of terror or maiming or murder.
Anonymous

It is rather interesting that to say something of condoning actions of urinating on the enemy (regardless of how they are evil and we hate them) is acceptable to do. Yet if I request for Teabagger Dana to open hersef to participate in a golden shower, R. Kelly style that is wrong for me to say? Wow God bless hypocrisy of America!! SMH
david r

Boris? LOL!
david r

”Goldie?”
Anonymous

Sad you don’t understand the difference.
Pablo

I think the problem is that you can’t tell one. They’re supposed to be funny, you know.
Anonymous

Interesting. They never called for HBO to drop Maher for supporting her comments.
South Park Conservatives

Who knew Olby and Brock didn’t like golden showers? Whats thisworld coming to?
Anonymous

You’re actually debating whether the acts of these marines is Obama’s or Bush’s fault? As far as I’m concerned, the POTUS, present or past, is hugely irrelevant in this matter. What concerns me is that these men are supposed to represent us and our honor and values. The fact that some people are trying to justify their actions, while some are of the “shouldda s%^t on them as well” crowd, tells me honor and values are not significant words in our country these days.
Anonymous

Obama didn’t control the war, it was the UN with additional aircraft mostly from Britain and France. In addition, what happened to Gaddafi was from the anti-Gaddafi forces in Libya, not other foreign forces. The only forces on the ground were Libyans looking for independence from Gaddafi. How could Obama possibly be responsible? It’s a ridiculous accusation to say the least, that Obama was involved in any way. Only the far right conservatives, or FOX News could draw that conclusion.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_I54KYG7W4S7SHYPCGVMEWJ2W64 Daisy

Oh, because you saints to the left never say anything but pure, kind, clean, beautiful words. Some of the most racist, judgmental, bigoted, cruel, wicked, etc people I’ve known have been leftists. Your comments just prove my point. Before you attack others, perhaps you ought to take a look in the mirror.
Anonymous

They should fire her.. As pretty as she is that’s how much class she is. Not’s nothing to be proud about.
Anonymous

I’ll second that.
Anonymous

perfectly said.
Anonymous

Now I wonder dose KO still have Markos Moulitsas his pal from Daily Kos on his show?…you know the same Markous who response to the murder of 4 American contract workers in Iraq whose body’s were hung over a bridge was “Screw them”….I mean would having Markos on his show after saying things that while demanding the firing of Loesch be just a little hypocritical?

Meanwhile while people want Loesch and Buchanan fired from their networks..a racist and antisemitic like Al Sharpton is still on the air…the same Sharpton that started riots against Jews and Koreans in NY that directly lead to people getting killed.

Love the double standards.
Anonymous

Damn it, Daisy! If you expect people to take you seriously, at *least* learn to correctly write a sentence in your own native language.

I’m sick of having to read these mangled Republican comments ten times because they couldn’t be bothered to pay attention in school a decade ago.

You can’t correctly write a sentence, but I bet your insights regarding politics and current affairs are VERY profound.

Heaven help us…
Anonymous

If only that were actually *true*.
Anonymous

Yeah! I just noticed that FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, my health insurance premiums increased.

Darn that Obama!
Anonymous

One of the most horrible people I know uses the name ‘Daisy’ when she comments on news.

Therefore…
Anonymous

Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin are in on this too?
Anonymous

You quote the New Testament , than follow it up with ‘piss’ and ‘golden shower’?

Hell is waiting for you and the other Repuglicans.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KV4RFCL74WV652VV43U3GDPAEY Stephen W

Dana Loesch is exactly correct and she is my new hero. Go girl.
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

“How could Obama possibly be responsible? It’s a ridiculous accusation to say the least, that Obama was involved in any way. Only the far right conservatives, or FOX News could draw that conclusion.”

Howard Kurtz Asks If Media Too Slow To Give President Obama Credit For Muammar Gaddafi Killing
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/howard-kurtz-asks-if-media-too-slow-to-give-president-obama-credit-for-muammar-gaddafi-killing/

Bill Maher On GOP: They Are All Like The Banks – They Won’t Give A Black Man Credit
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/bill-maher-slams-gop-reaction-to-gaddafis-death-like-the-banks-wont-give-a-black-man-credit/

Jon Stewart On GOP Reaction To Gaddafi’s Death: ‘What The F*ck Is Wrong With You?’
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/jon-stewart-on-gop-reaction-to-gaddafis-death-what-the-fck-is-wrong-with-you/

Sarah Palin To Hannity: The Left Is Being Hypocritical When It Comes To Gaddafi
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/sarah-palin-left-is-being-hypocritical-when-it-comes-to-gaddafi/

Rush Limbaugh: The Media Is ‘Having Orgasms’ Over Obama Killing Gaddafi
http://www.mediaite.com/online/rush-limbaugh-the-media-is-having-orgasms-over-obama-killing-gaddafi/

Playing Politics: Marco Rubio Champions ‘French And British Who Led This Fight’
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/playing-politics-marco-rubio-champions-french-and-british-who-led-this-fight/

Mitt Romney Reacts To Reported Muammar Gaddafi Killing: ‘It’s About Time’
http://www.mediaite.com/online/mitt-romney-reacts-to-reported-muammar-gaddafi-killing-its-about-time/

Report: Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton Deserves Credit For Gaddafi Ouster
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/report-secretary-of-state-hillary-clinton-deserves-credit-for-gaddafi-ouster/
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

No, I’m not. I’m saying that things that happened while Bush was POTUS all became his fault. That has not been the case under Obama.
What is “not significant in our country” these days is respect and support for the complete self sacrifice and horror these young men and women make daily, for years, fighting and killing and living under horrible conditions. You have no idea what these soldiers endured leading up to that video. You have no idea of their current mental state, and the measures they use to deal with having to murder other human beings. Dehumanizing the enemy in order to deal with the atrocities of war is quite common.

If these young men need to dehumanize the Taliban terrorists, in order to cope, so they might return home whole, let them pee away. The uproar is because they were filmed – doing something that soldiers have done since the beginning of war.
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

Liberals and the MSM cheered his death. He was captured alive, and then tortured, killed and desecrated. And as I said, they all wanted Obama to get credit for it.
http://www.facebook.com/joshuabozeman Joshua Taj Bozeman

Her remarks about not having problems with pissing on terrorists who kill innocent men, women, and children is offensive and cheap?

Can you be any more of a little girl, Tommy?

Jesus Christ, what has happened to this great nation when we whine like little bitches about pissing on lunatic madman terrorists?! And liberals are batshit crazy with this hypocrisy- you don’t embrace gay marriage, you’re hate filled and should be removed from polite society forever. But if you oppose the taliban and have no respect for them in this manner, you’re hate filled too. You folks are walking contradictions of nonsense.
http://www.facebook.com/joshuabozeman Joshua Taj Bozeman

Liberals= totally cool to hate pro-life Americans who want to protect children. But totally terrible (“offensive and cheap”) to hate taliban terrorists who murder children.
Anonymous

Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned!
Anonymous

She was found in the bed of an under aged bear after eating his porridge!
Anonymous

Her last name is “Locks.”
Anonymous

You’re not gifted, you’re “special,” and your mommy probably told you so.
Anonymous

How did Goldie Hawn get her name?
Anonymous

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KbQVtFU-4s&feature=player_detailpage&list=UUczrL-2b-gYK3l4yDld4XlQ
Anonymous

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KbQVtFU-4s&feature=player_detailpage&list=UUczrL-2b-gYK3l4yDld4XlQ
Anonymous

http://rt.com/usa/news/loesch-big-journalism-rt-919/
Anonymous

You wound me Pablo, you know full well I’m funny, and for God’s sake don’t say “funny looking.” Wasn’t it you who once dubbed me the “Viking ninja?” I ooze funny(it’s a metaphor), I got a shot for the other oozing issue I had.
morganfrost

Keith Olbmermann would piss on his own mother if he thought it would get him some attention. Good for Dana; give her a raise. As to the Marines and the terrorist scum, as far as I’m concerned they should have pissed on the Taliban first and killed them afterwards.
Anonymous

Another Murcuhn “Values” creature. Yup.
Anonymous

They’re pretty bad as well. But here its about Olbermann and MM. Its funny how hacks in the media get all outraged when someone on the other side says something they don’t like. All while they themselves are prime offenders and turn their heads when its one of their own. Personally I don’t see what CNN has to lose by ignoring someone like Olbermann, or an idealistically driven organization like MM. They are both at a point where they’ve lost the notion of being taken seriously. Of course they want a conservative commentator fired. If Ann Coulter wanted a liberal fired would you give it much credence?
Anonymous

lunatics? Or 15 year olds conscripted into the taliban? Do you know? Do you care?

I’m betting we have ourselves ANOTHER small government conservative, who just happens to believe everything the govt tells him when it comes to the murder of foreigners.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S06nIz4scvI

From Full Metal Jacket….Dana Loesch’s philosophical father. “Get some!”
Anonymous

Yeah, we should show them we’re better than them by being just like them!

Faultless logic, Chuck
http://www.facebook.com/joshuabozeman Joshua Taj Bozeman

Wait, so it’s okay to kill people if others tell you to?

Your comment says a lot about you- the “murder of foreigners?” Yeah. Okay.
Anonymous

uh, duh, thousands of Americans do it everyday.

your calling Afghans terrorists and mindlessly parroting govt propaganda says something about you, as does your allowing the [GET SOME!] desecration of the dead.
http://newsbusters.org/ AliveStiIIKickin

I don’t know about you but I would drop trou and urinate on both Media Matters and Keith Olbermann.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Politics-culture-Reasoned-America/100001284363960 Politics-culture Reasoned Amer

That THUD you heard was “the pressure” NOT WORKING!

LMAO!

So all of a sudden Olbermann cares about the Taliban? – or just besmirching more US soldiers?
Anonymous

The Taliban is a militant and political group. That is not he same as making them a military. For some one that spent eight years in college, you sure are stupid.
http://newsbusters.org/ AliveStiIIKickin

“…being just like them”???????

If you had to make the choice of being pissed on or beheaded….I would bet my money that you would choose the former….although with a beheading….you still would have lost nothing…..timb 116
http://openid.aol.com/mwa1k Guest

“If she doesn’t have better control over the filter between her brain and her mouth ”
HAHAHA- so NOT original- You must have just watched the Transformers movie and thought it was sooo clever that you couldn’t wait to post hahaha….
Anonymous

http://wordsofwhizdumb.com/
To me anyway, it is not so much a matter of if they were Taliban or not. We send 18 and 19 year olds into horrific conditions where they are shot at, have friends die in front of them and see all sorts of horror all while doing their 4th and 5th tours of duties. The fact that some may break with civility in these conditions, at least in my view is expected.
http://twitter.com/raazza Raj Sharma

Loesh should be sent to Afghanistan to fulfill her desire!!!! In the meanwhile there are enough talented and mature journalists to replace this crazy woman.
Anonymous

And nobody cares about Keith Olbermann or Media Matters so Dana Loesch still has her job at CNN.