»» Columnists

Keith Olbermann Mines Ancient History to Name Bristol Palin ‘Worst Person in the World’

video

by Tommy Christopher | 10:13 pm, November 29th, 2010

» 100 comments

Two weeks ago called, Keith. They want their news back.

Viewers of Countdown might have thought they had tuned in to a rerun tonight, as host Keith Olbermann pegged his retrofitted “Worst Persons in the World (Not Really)” award to a two-week-old abstinence and safe sex PSA starring Bristol Palin and Jersey Shore’s “The Situation.”

Worse than that, though, Olbermann criticizes perhaps the only redeeming thing about the cringe-worthy spot, and makes a tone-deaf comparison to George W. Bush and 9/11.

Olbermann is seriously in need of some catchup. Not only is the PSA in question old-ish news, but after watching a clip from the spot, he exclaims “She’s the Candies spokesperson for abstinence?”

Actually, she has been for a year-and-a-half, now. Also, we have a black President.

Here’s the clip from tonight’s Countdown, from MSNBC:

And here’s the original PSA, in case you can’t remember back that far:

Now, there’s a lot wrong with this clip, from the awkward line readings to the cringe-inducing spectacle of “The Situation’s” singsong display of his “Mag-nums!” (a surer sign of overcompensation than a Humvee with a mirrored ceiling and a pair of “Truck Nutz”), but if there’s anything to applaud, it’s Palin’s embrace of safe sex alongside abstinence as a way to prevent unwanted pregnancy or disease. Amid all the natural revulsion at the two leads’ sand-and-water chemistry, this is a message that deserves some credit, a break from stereotypical social conservative orthodoxy.

Perhaps it is Olbermann’s intention to draw fire from Mama Grizzly Sarah Palin, and he probably will. Certainly, anti-Olbermann sites like Johnny Dollar are already working on their “Keith Olbermann Compares Bristol Palin’s Child to Terrorist Attack” headlines, but even a fair-minded person would find his quip jarring. Not only is it bad form for such a vocal critic of Palin to go after her child (a context that just made the bit seem mean-spirited), but using 9/11 as a punchline is a tiny needle to thread, and this misses by a lot.

Bristol Palin, Bristol Palin pregnancy, Bristol-Palin-Abstinence, Candies, Countdown, George W. Bush, keith olbermann, Palin Teen Pregnancy, Sarah Palin, Teen Pregnancy, The Candies Foundation

Big Eddie

Reminds me , was walking in the cow pasture today . Need to scrape the Olbermann off the shoes tomorrow .
http://www.facebook.com/people/Kevin-Nelson/100000843821605 Kevin Nelson

Touche, Mr. Christopher.
dhg

Don’t all of Olbermann’s shows seem like a rerun and have tone deaf comparisons to GW Bush?

Olbermann needs to play catch up alright,to the fact that he has become irrelevent.
Sean68

Just a minor blip in the otherwise good work he does. Ahem.
TonyClifton

Must be a slow day, there were only two column about the Palins on Mediaite.

C’mon, I’m sure Sarah mispronounced a word today. That’s gotta be enough for at least two more stories.
Pablo

I’ve got TruckNutz hanging off of my Prius, which makes me the Best Person In The World and a total badass, all at the same time.
dummy123

Keith is a bully!
I don’t think he likes girls.
He’ll calm down when baseball seasons begins and he can take pictures in the Yankee locker room of hot sweaty men.
tigerprez

Another hard-hitting piece of journalism from the Edward R. Murrow of his generation. I’m surprised that he didn’t imply that Bristol was molested by her mother.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Antony-Dupuy/1194612935 Antony Dupuy

I don’t think there’s any reason for Sarah to attack Olbermann. I mean, Keith is already a man who’s already down.

He ain’t got no friends, he lives in a little shitty apartment; he ain’t got no family that i know of; he ain’t got no taste; he’s a racist, he’s a sexist, he’s a lyin’ bigot horse’s ass. Attacking him is throwing shit on top of a big shit pile that’s already got too much shit in it.
milynily

So boring tonight I flipped to CNN, did anyone notice who was filling in for Parker? Edie Hill,she sure improved that show, maybe she’s in, Parker’s out. Just sayin!
Fox News: Better that we sell Hate than Crack

Agreed. The time for being a role model on abstinence, is prior to making the decision to screw around.

Be a role on practicing safe sex all you want Bristol—or just STFU.
CosmosDan

Wow Keith, that was tacky and somewhat pathetic. What was wrong with the ad? Nothing. And she gets worst person for doing a public service ad? You’re messed up Olby
ImRubberYoureGlue

dummy123 said:
I don’t think he likes girls.

OMG you are so right. That’s why I call him a ‘pussy:’ because he’s a sexist pig and I know it’s an insult to him.=)
ImRubberYoureGlue

Fox News: Better that we sell Hate than Crack said:
just STFU.

Please take your own advice and just STFU.
ImRubberYoureGlue

Fox News: Better that we sell Hate than Crack said:
Agreed. The time for being a role model on abstinence, is prior to making the decision to screw around.

Be a role on practicing safe sex all you want Bristol—or just STFU.

Is your icon a photo of someone sucking your penis? That’s what it looks like…that or a toothpick in someone’s mouth.

One of the two….
Fox News: Better that we sell Hate than Crack

ImRubberYoureGlue said:
that or a toothpick in someone’s mouth.

It is a noodle. Like in Chow Mein.
Pablo

Fox News: Better that we sell Hate than Crack said:
It is a noodle. Like in Chow Mein.

Huh. It looks like you might be insane.
ImRubberYoureGlue

Fox News: Better that we sell Hate than Crack said:
It is a noodle.

Aww that’s a cute name for your penis: noodle.
Tommy Christopher

Antony Dupuy said:
Attacking him is throwing shit on top of a big shit pile that’s already got too much shit in it.

I can’t decide if this is stupid, or comic genius.
Pablo

ImRubberYoureGlue said:
Keith Olbermann is a…

Dude, that is not necessary, nor is it especially helpful. Grow up a little, k? We all know what Olby is about. There are far better ways to express it.
Pablo

Tommy Christopher said:
I can’t decide if this is stupid, or comic genius.

Comic genius. 10 pounds of shit and a 5 pound bag. You know the rest.
ImRubberYoureGlue

Pablo said:
Dude, that is not necessary, nor is it especially helpful. Grow up a little, k? We all know what Olby is about. There are far better ways to express it.

I am a dudette. And ‘Olby’ trashes women and suggests people take them into a dark room and beat them. SO fuck off. I fight back.
ImRubberYoureGlue

Pablo said:
Dude, that is not necessary, nor is it especially helpful. Grow up a little, k? We all know what Olby is about. There are far better ways to express it.

Oh and kiss my ass, you piece of shit.

Go slam your sausage into a WORTHY man.
Pablo

ImRubberYoureGlue said:
I am a dudette. And ‘Olby’ trashes women and suggests people take them into a dark room and beat them. SO fuck off. I fight back.

You can do that and be better than he is. Why get into the gutter with him when you can just curbstomp him while he’s down there? Metaphorically, of course.

I take it you haven’t been watching Dexter.
ImRubberYoureGlue

Pablo said:
You can do that and be better than he is. Why get into the gutter with him when you can just curbstomp him while he’s down there? Metaphorically, of course.

I take it you haven’t been watching Dexter.

Fuck that. I go to the gutter with trash like him.
Pablo

ImRubberYoureGlue said:
Go slam your sausage into a WORTHY man.

OK, that’s pretty weird.
ImRubberYoureGlue

Pablo said:
OK, that’s pretty weird.

Yeah it is weird how men defend men, even when they are trash like Olby. He deserves no better and you know it. Go police someone who gives a shit.
Pablo

ImRubberYoureGlue said:
Fuck that. I go to the gutter with trash like him.

Well, then. You go, grrrrrrrrl. Waaaaaaaaaaaaay over there, preferably.
Rusty Shackelford

Comcast is coming,comcast is coming,comcast is coming.
Pablo

ImRubberYoureGlue said:
He deserves no better and you know it.

It isn’t about what he deserves. It’s about what the readers here deserve and they don’t deserve your psychoerotic musings. You should slow your roll. You might do something worthwhile.
ImRubberYoureGlue

Pablo said:
Well, then. You go, grrrrrrrrl. Waaaaaaaaaaaaay over there, preferably.

Dude, you are going to be shocked and saddened to learn that you can’t tell me where to go and what to do and expect that I follow your directions.
RobDavis

Alright Abrams where you be now? Somebody here’s gotten waaaaaaaaaay off topic. lolol
WildMan

No Keith Oversizebutt, it is you who is the WORST person in the world.Little msnbc is the WORST cable network in the world for hiring totally, worthless and classless idiots like you and obese Edie Schultz and Chrissy Tingles. Here’s hoping that Dan Abrams will break free of little msnbc and hook up with FOX or CNN. msnbc is at the bottom of a deep, dark and smelly cesspool. Taking a look at the ratings I have to ask myself why is little msnbc even on the air they are so bad.
roxsteady

Get real! This young woman is not a child. Don’t worry though because if you look like this, you won’t have to worry about anyone wanting to have sex with you!

http://www.imagebam.com/image/6cbf77106897382
roxsteady

Try to keep up Wildman! Abrams got dumped when Rachel Maddow came aboard and brought higher ratings with her in Dan’s old timslot. Keith and Rachel are the reason MSNBC is now second only to fox and cnn is dead last!
Fox News: Better that we sell Hate than Crack

roxsteady said:
Get real! This young woman is not a child. Don’t worry though because if you look like this, you won’t have to worry about anyone wanting to have sex with you!

http://www.imagebam.com/image/6cbf77106897382

I am hoping that isn’t post-dancing.
sticks

FFS !!!…. She’s (Bristol Palin) not even close to the worst person in the world today, or any other day, for that matter… I hope comcast fires him… Not because he’s a progressive, but just because he’s him… Gawd, what a rotten excuse for humanity !!!.. He and others of his ilk are alot of the reason we have sunk so damn low in this country…
felixw

Olbermann is so boringly predictable and predictably vile. First he engages in a totally vacuous attack on a Palin family member — an attack that (in typical Olbermann fashion) has no bearing on any significant issue of the day. And then (even more predictable), Olbermann tosses in a barb at George W. Bush. Does this guy every update his material? Does he ever do anything except personal attacks? Who possibly can watch this stuff, except for laughs at how pathetic it is?
murf

LOL , Oueef can’t help himself sorta like TRRK attacking conservative women.. Needle dicks gonna’ hate
George C

I’m yawning , I’m yawning some more . And ….ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
BarneyFranken

Keith doesn’t understand the meaning of “wives and children are off limits.”

Just to clarify for you Keith, it means you can’t attack them- it doesn’t mean you aren’t allowed to have a wife and children yourself.

No, cats do not count.
Erebys

“Not only is it bad form for such a vocal critic of Palin to go after her child.”

Perhaps it’s wrong to attack her child in an effort to damage or provoke Sarah Palin; however, Bristol is way past the point of being the innocent child immune to social criticism. She is now a public figure in her own right. She has been on Dancing with the Stars and participates in a national abstinence campaign. Sorry, but she’s considered an adult in our society now, and there’s no putting the genie back into the bottle.
Big_F-ing_Deal

To quote Jon Stewart…

Keith…”I can’t believe you’re making me side with the Palins!”

Stfu Olby
mlong

Really KO going after a 20yr old girl?….just when I wonder how low the Palin haters will go by attacking her kids I remember that the Daily Kos started the attacks on her kids on day 1 by going after her son Twig so they already hit the bottom a while ago but they keep digging…meanwhile if anyone was to dare say anything about Obama 2 little angels you just know KO would be the first to be “outraged”.
Jackyboy

Just when you though Keith could not go any lower.
JacobArmando

C’mon Keith. I’m not the biggest fan of the Palin’s but this is just pathetic. Leave the politician’s kids alone.
the real john t

Bristol Palin and her mom put her in the spotlight. So if she’s going to milk it for all it’s worth then she’s fair game. And she’s not a kid, she’s a mother and an adult.
sarainitaly

“Certainly, anti-Olbermann sites like Johnny Dollar are already working on their “Keith Olbermann Compares Bristol Palin’s Child to Terrorist Attack” headlines, but even a fair-minded person would find his quip jarring.”

Good post, Tommy. Olby is truly pathetic. He even throws in her son! And what he chooses to ignore is that she became a spokesperson for abstinence because she said she now knows the consequences first hand – being an unwed mother, and how difficult it is to be a young girl with a child to raise. “Girls need to imagine and picture their life with a screaming newborn baby and then think before they have sex. Think about the consequences.” Her message is about what happens when you “mess up”, like she did – consequences.

But the above quote from you, is what I was referring to in another thread. It seems you just can’t criticize a liberal and leave it at that. You have to always take a stab at or write something snarky about *something conservative*, whether it has anything to do with the story or not.

Criticize Olby, he deserved it. It’s not necessary to throw in some sort of jab at J$/conservative sites just to keep your cred with liberals.
Just4thefax

Fact: Post on the guy is like a phenomenon called the Olbermann effect it works like a black hole. It sucks the light and everything around it and nothing comes out! Liberals black hole is used in science not race.
Bunny

the real john t said:
Bristol Palin and her mom put her in the spotlight. So if she’s going to milk it for all it’s worth then she’s fair game. And she’s not a kid, she’s a mother and an adult.

Hi, John. I agree that Bristol is an adult now and is a public figure in her own right. I take issue with him because she didn’t do anything to deserve Olbermann’s bizarre targeting of her. With all that is going on now — bomb-plotting teen in OR, the Wikileaks stuff, cholera and corruption in Haiti, North Korea going nuts — he decides to pick on this girl for doing a PSA with a positive message for young people.

Do you think he would have attacked this girl and her PSA had her mother been anyone other than Sarah Palin? It’s obnoxious, spiteful and petty to pick on someone because they (not of their own choosing) happen to be related to someone he loathes. I mean, really…was she deserving of a worst person in the world award?

KO appears to really be losing it — not only in his choice of Bristol as prey, but in the manner of his attack. He is obviously stirring the pot in an attempt to get a feud going with Sarah Palin so that he can use her for ratings fodder. I’m no fan of Palin and don’t much care what he says about her, but attacking her kid because he needs some press/ratings is just a pissy thing to do. Pathetic.
skyfet

What has Black President has to do with this crappy issue?
disenlightened

I hope this wakes a lot of people up. This is not a man – this is a despicable, limp-wristed, flaccid, woman-hating coward. Even the worst kind of theaving liberal has to recognize that this man has crossed a line that should not be crossed. And if you don’t, then you’re as filthy as he is.
The Real Royal King

Fox News: Better that we sell Hate than Crack said:
roxsteady said:
Get real! This young woman is not a child. Don’t worry though because if you look like this, you won’t have to worry about anyone wanting to have sex with you!

http://www.imagebam.com/image/6cbf77106897382

I am hoping that isn’t post-dancing.

The picture is rather like unto the elderly Imelda Marcus, isn’t it?
The Real Royal King

sarainitaly said:
“Certainly, anti-Olbermann sites like Johnny Dollar are already working on their “Keith Olbermann Compares Bristol Palin’s Child to Terrorist Attack” headlines, but even a fair-minded person would find his quip jarring.”

…

Criticize Olby, he deserved it. It’s not necessary to throw in some sort of jab at J$/conservative sites just to keep your cred with liberals.

The Koldys remark is highly appropriate because the same toxic environment which has created Mr. Olbermann and Beckerhead, created Koldys. It isn’t enough that he uncritically adores and beatifies all things PHOX, but he also relentlessly bashes Mr. Olbermann to no particular end and, oddly, the Newshounds, inviting the most egregious misogynistic comments on his site. Saying that doesn’t in any way diminish the criticism of Mr. Olbermann. In fact, in giving it context, it makes Mr. Olbermann’s comments all the more disgusting. Mr. Olbermann, Beckerhead and Koldys are all part of the same pathology. The fact that Koldys is the most minor of players is merely a question of degree, not of kind.
TfT

Keith is one “sick puppy”. Poor NBC, to have to be associated with such scum.
The Real Royal King

TfT said:
Keith is one “sick puppy”. Poor NBC, to have to be associated with such scum.

The fact is TfT, those who turn any of these media personalities into heroes or villains of such magnitude that their lives are in any measure defined by them are swimming in a scum laden pond. In that regard, the quagmire is no greater for Mr. Olbermann’s “fans” than for those of the Beckerhead.
cconservative

“Hummer and Truck Nutz”, classic. Bottom line here is that KO is a tool. I would be willing to bet that most of his viewers are conservatives looking for something to make fun of the guy about.

http://crazyconservative.wordpress.com/
Penguin60

cconservative said:
I would be willing to bet that most of his viewers are conservatives

Only with a strong dose of Zofran.
Lincolntf

I’ve got to laugh at how far and fast the Libs have fallen. A couple years ago they were on a righteous moral crusade against a “war criminal” and racing against time to save our planet from imminent destruction. Now they’re reduced to snarking at Bristol Palin and sending threatening notes to the Chamber of Commerce.
What a bunch of chumps.
Jack Bauer

Keith Olbermann is an ignorant cnut and a classless lout..

It’s really that simple.
DonnaK

Let’s not give this silly girl anymore publicity than she has already gotten. Someone without talent, no personality, just made$ 350,000. Hopefully, this will be the end for her, if we stop talking about her, after all isn’t this the way her Mama grizzle got attention? Let’s learn from that horrendous mistake!!
Jack Bauer

The Real Royal King says:
November 30, 2010 at 7:54 am The Real Royal King(Quote)

Give the unctuous sanctimony a frigging rest. You truly are are one mighty bore oozing hyprocrisy from every orrifice.
Jack Bauer

Make that ‘hypocrisy.’
Tony the Fist

I want to be on that list. If Olby thinks I’m the worst (not really – rolls eyes) person in the world, I figure I’m doing something right.
rocky road

skyfet said:
What has Black President has to do with this crappy issue?

He is just making the point about old news. As if Olbermann just realized that Palin did this PSA which happened a while ago and as if Olbermann just realized we have a black president which happened a while ago.
The Real Royal King

Jack Bauer said:
Make that ‘hypocrisy.’

While you’re at it, make it “orifice” as well.
Guess what? At least I can spell.
Probably NOT wrong

He meant your asshole you sanctimonious phony asshole!
jukin3

Keith needs a crotch punch. The man has the emotional maturity of an eleven year old.
Penguin60

Add spelling troll to misogyny another in the royal queen’s best traits. Congrats!
possumdearie

Too bad Olby’s mother didn’t abstain. I hereby declare her The Worst Person in the World.
The Real Royal King

Penguin60 said:
Add spelling troll to misogyny another in the royal queen’s best traits. Congrats!

Sorry. I don’t share your fondness of ignorance.
Sue

Almost hate to add my comment there is so much hate to wade through. We all know who is the worst person in the world: Olbermann himself….but, in this case, he has reduced himself to the absolute lowest position possible in the universe: Hell. Now he picks on young people. There is simply no way to describe such ugliness.
JamesA1102

sarainitaly said:
Olby is truly pathetic.

Sara (who loves America so much she lives in a foreign country where she spends all day watching Cable News on satellite TV) is the last person to call anyone pathetic.
lane

The Pause before you play ad was cute. Yes, neither can act, but they’re both well known and the combined message was ‘just right’. Yes, we’d like the kids to wait until they’re emotionally mature, but either way, do it safely is the priority.

Keith is just Keith. I’d be surprised if he wasn’t being an arrogant jerk at this point….
lane

oops, forgot to mention that grown men calling a teenager ‘worst person’ is really pathetic. Kids are supposed to be immature and learn by making many mistakes. A grown man should know better.
notsofast

It’s nice to see that KO will always be an asshole.
The Real Royal King

lane said:
oops, forgot to mention that grown men calling a teenager ‘worst person’ is really pathetic. Kids are supposed to be immature and learn by making many mistakes. A grown man should know better.

All the Marys in Heaven, Brisket is not a teenager. She got herself knocked up and now she goes out and shakes her stuff all around. You make it sound like she’s Nancy Drew.

notsofast said:
It’s nice to see that KO will always be an asshole.

Most people don’t seem to think it’s so nice to see this orifice, but, as I always say: à chacun son goût.
CAconservative

When is MSNBC going to practice a little abstinence with Olbermann? This guy is becoming a caricature of himself. With all the REAL news going on, he chooses to attack a young women?! He’s become the “Jerry Spinger” of cable news.
Dave Richards

disenlightened said:
I hope this wakes a lot of people up. This is not a man – this is a despicable, limp-wristed, flaccid, woman-hating coward. Even the worst kind of theaving liberal has to recognize that this man has crossed a line that should not be crossed. And if you don’t, then you’re as filthy as he is.

Absolutely correct. Olbermann hit bottom along time ago but this puts him under the snake’s belly.
Dave Richards

JamesA1102 said:
Sara (who loves America so much she lives in a foreign country where she spends all day watching Cable News on satellite TV) is the last person to call anyone pathetic.

You seem to be more pathetic than Sara. You seem to have an obsession problem.
Penguin60

The Real Royal King said:
She got herself knocked up and now she goes out and shakes her stuff all around.

This level of misogyny and hatred holds no bounds, congrats. You up for an award from the He-Man Woman Haters Club?

The Real Royal King said:
Sorry. I don’t share your fondness of ignorance.

Oh but you do love ignorance Blanche, you wallow in it daily. Case in point 99% of your posts.
Dave Richards

Hey, Tommy, I checked around that Dollar site and I see nothing about your silly comment about Olbermann, child or terrorist attack. Just another one of your drive by attacks.
writer

Anyone who develops such a deep personal hatred for a twenty year old girl is demented.
njoy-d-ride

Olbermann just has no class. Karma will pay him a visit…
Bronco46

I usually go out of my way to listen to keith olbermann, and this is why. This one actually explains a lot. Since olberman seems to feel free to comment on all manner of things he has absolutely no experience with. Ms. Palin is trying to help other girls avoid the mistakes she made in her life by making this TSA. And he finds that something to criticize. This guys politics and his over arching need to keep his job and thereby his sweet contract have blinded him to reality, and decency.
Tommy Christopher

Dave Richards said:
Hey, Tommy, I checked around that Dollar site and I see nothing about your silly comment about Olbermann, child or terrorist attack. Just another one of your drive by attacks.

That was a joke.
Scott_in_MI

writer said:
Anyone who develops such a deep personal hatred for a twenty year old girl is demented.

Is anyone surprised by this vile attack? He’s an obvious hater of females. Olbermann has a long history of making misgynist remarks such as:

Makes fun of assults on females.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eat-the-press/2006/10/10/todays-worst-person-in-t_e_31430.html

Taking Hillary Clinton into a closet and beating her.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/25/keith-olbermanns-idea-for_n_98557.html

Beating physically females who don’t agree with him.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/10/27/air-america-calls-out-olbermann-sexist-attack-michelle-malkin

Calling females stupid.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1649255/posts

If his words aren’t enough to prove his contempt for females, listen to what his fellow Progresssives say about his piggish attitude:
http://www.mediaite.com/online/journolist-members-trash-keith-olbermann-as-misogynist-pompous/

This could go on and on. This poor fellow must have some mother issues to HATE females so much.
Dandee

This is unbelievable that this many people lower themselves to listen to trash such a Olbeerman I do not, but when I see this many people that probably watch this poor excuse for a human being, I cannot believe it. Get yourselves a LIFE!
beavoux

Keith is right on! The abstinence ship has long sailed for that fat little Hoe, she is an adult and calling Caribou Barbie a “politician” is a stretch. She’s an entertainer!
ramjet

Take heart Dandee,

5 times more folks watch Sarah Palin’s Alaska then Keith Olbermann’s Countdown.

Might have something to do with him using “Ancient History” in order to smear a Palin kid.
writer

Gotta love that far left reasoning. If someone is an ‘adult’ and appears in public, then that’s all the excuse you need to have a bitter, seething hatred towards that person. Doesn’t matter if it’s someone you’ve never met and has never done you any harm.
Jayson

Bristol Palin is not a child, she’s a young woman. I’m amazed at how everyone thinks or writes that she’s a child. Make your bed, lie in it. She’s got a child of her own. How can that represent abstinence? The young woman is making herself out to be a fool by creating this newfound, I believe in abstinence farce. The media will take advantage of it as long as she continues. Thats what they’re paid to do.
Sunnyr

Does this smarmy cockroach have nothing better to do than rag on a young girl whose Mother he despises? This DIRTBAG is beyond intellectually bankrupt. Nauseating POS!
Jelperman

Tommy Christopher said:
That was a joke.

Your whole article is a joke. Since when is seven years ago “ancient history”?
Biscuit

What hypocrites the conservatives are. If they aren’t calling women feminazis, bitches, or worse, they are pretending to respect womenkind. What a joke. No wonder why intelligent, decent, and classy women don’t want to have anything to do with them.

Right, whatever, guys….go back to telling the world what worthless garbage you think your mothers, wives, sisters and daughters are. It’s FUNNY…..and learn to get a sense of humor.
writer

Saying Bristol should never mention abstinence is like saying no person who used to be fat should ever talk about dieting. The people who have learned from their mistakes often have more insight than someone who has never experienced the same problems. But since the left hates Sarah, that’s all it takes. The entire family must be hated too.
unclesamonmars

I’m certainly happy I found a comment section on the innerwebs where people criticize with facts and not personal attacks.
StewartIII

Bristol Palin: Mr. Olbermann–Sorry We Can’t All Be As Perfect As You
http://www.facebook.com/notes/bristol-palin/mr-olbermann-sorry-we-cant-all-be-as-perfect-as-you/174283895932837
nrgetick

hA HA AH HA her facebook is funny,.,.jeeezus i’ve never seen so many kiss asses in my life. Hows that bubble working out for you porky?!?!
110th

Wow… after all this controversy and discussion, the author of the article still managed to include,

“but if there’s anything to applaud, it’s Palin’s embrace of safe sex alongside abstinence as a way to prevent unwanted pregnancy or disease. ….this is a message that deserves some credit, a break from stereotypical social conservative orthodoxy.”

If you were actually able to watch this ad and see anything other than idiocy in 1) the people in the ad, 2) the fact that the main spokesperson is an unwed teen mother, and 3) the only reason Bristol Palin even has anything to say on the subject is because her mother was made “luckiest woman on earth” by a senile old presidential candidate. Its certainly not because she has any reason speaking as any sort of authority on the matter. Whatever logical statements she made concerning abstinence are immediately overshadowed and become downright humorous upon considering her life experience.

So I will certainly agree with you, the author, that it is quite unorthodox for a promiscuous teen mother who was raised in a single stoplight town in Alaska by a fourth place ex beauty queen who couldn’t name a supreme court justice if she had to, to be doing PSA’s promoting abstinence.