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Keith Olbermann Opens Up About Suspension: “But Back To The Subject Of Me”

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Keith OlbermannThough Keith Olbermann joked about his four-day suspension from MSNBC in a lighthearted cold open and several times throughout his show tonight (“Just my luck: I get a four-day weekend after the World Series is over,” he cracked before one commercial break), it took fifty minutes before he directly addressed the elephant—or should we say donkey?—in the room. When Olbermann finally did open up about his “indefinite” suspension, he talked mostly about how much publicity it had garnered and, unlike in the statement he made last night, generally refrained from criticizing MSNBC president Phil Griffin for taking him off the air.

Olbermann began by citing the support he received from various internet users after his suspension: 300,000 people signed a petition to get him reinstated at MSNBC. He also received 20,000 sympathetic tweets in the 72-hour period following MSNBC’s announcement. The outpouring felt like “a universal hug,” Olbermann said, before noting that he wished he could read the name of every petition signer on air.

He continued the segment by apologizing to his viewers for “subjecting” them to the drama of his suspension, then clarified that despite some reports, he donated to Rep. Raul Grijalva after Grijalva appeared on Countdown—not before. Olbermann then issued more thanks, to his defenders, to those who stuck up for him despite not agreeing with him politically, and to a few of his colleagues at MSNBC.

Finally—after “getting back to the subject of me” by playing clips of Jay Leno and Jon Stewart joking about the suspension—Olbermann gently criticized the policy that led to his brief sojourn from the air. “It’s not a stupid rule,” he said of MSNBC’s policy against letting journalists donate to political campaigns—despite having called it “probably not legal” earlier in his bit. “It just has to be adapted to the realities of 21st century journalism.”

All in all, the segment was heavy on gratitude (and, counter-intuitively, ego) and light on fury, which may have disappointed both Olbermann’s fans and his detractors. Video below.

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  • Cancon2

    How much smoke can a single man blow out of his ass?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dave-Allen/100000077637523 bohratom

    Other then Pelosi being back as Minority Leader I can’t think of anything better for Republicans then Keith with his egotistical and narcissistic personality at MSNBC…

  • dummy123

    Cancon2 said:
    How much smoke can a single man blow out of his ass?

    How you seen the size of that ass??

  • Atticus Draco


    WOW,, it’s a pity he doesn’t have any real influence!
    If he did,, this would be a helluva story!

    YAWN!

  • http://politicsofdestruction.com/ Bobomatic

    What a horses ass…

  • felixw

    “The Subject of Me” — that would make a much better name than Countdown for Olbermann’s nightly show.

  • dhg

    More people signed his petition than have ever watched his show.

    An irrelevent host on an irrelevent network tries to make an irrelevent event about him and only him,who he of course believes is 100% in the right and all others involved in the wrong.

    Oh well,we now return you to the regularly scheduled waste of time already in progress.

  • ProgLib

    If he is so irrelevant why does he bother you all so much?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tony-Westover/1496648721 Tony Westover

    Don’t care.

  • lris

    “But Back To The Subject Of Me”

    I think this says it all about this guy.

  • Seeing 2012 From My Window

    Keith, I have one question; what happened to your porn-stache and coke-bottle glasses?

    Keith Olbermann’s first network TV appearance

    http://www.theblaze.com/blog/2010/11/09/keith-olbermanns-first-network-tv-appearance/

  • mlong

    KO just wanted a long weekend and since he’s run out of dying parents to exploit he had to resort to this stunt…after all KO has MSNBC in his back pocket he never was in any real danger of losing his job.

  • Rogue-Comic

    What the fuck is up with all the fuckin Olbermann crap here? Did http://www.olbermannwatch.com/ buy this place out? Damn, the guy is like last dingle berry Michael Moore missed when he wiped his ass with his hand before he “re-cycled” his waste with his mouth.

  • RunSarahRun

    Wow… a few more digs at Olberman from the Follicly Challenged One’s minions… I’m stunned. Every other post here is about Olbie (99% with some sort of negative slant) … obsess much?

    Seriously, can FCO (aka. Dan A) come clean in a post and let everyone know what exactly KO did to him to warrant this type of bias? Did he hide Dan’s toupe right before had to go on live TV?? Please FCO, let us know the real story!!

  • Rogue-Comic

    RunSarahRun said:
    Wow… a few more digs at Olberman from the Follicly Challenged One’s minions… I’m stunned. Every other post here is about Olbie (99% with some sort of negative slant) … obsess much?

    Well, when every fucking thing here is about the biggest fuckface ever to asshat his way into political discourse, what the fuck else are we supposed to talk about?

  • the real john t

    All the RWers on here used to yell and scream about all the topics about Sarah Palin, but now they’re about Olbermann they can’t get enough of them.

  • Rogue-Comic

    the retardl john t said:
    All the RWers on here used to yell and scream about all the topics about Sarah Palin, but now they’re about Olbermann they can’t get enough of them.

    Well, forgive me for commenting on 99.9% of the topics covered here, retard. If they write about Palin, I’ll comment about Palin. If they write about Olbermann, I’ll comment about Olbermann. What do you want to do; talk about how the Cowboys suck?

  • rorschach

    Rogue-Comic said:
    What do you want to do; talk about how the Cowboys suck?

    Hey Rogue , How’s tricks ?

  • the real john t

    Rogue-Comic said:
    Well, forgive me for commenting on 99.9% of the topics covered here, retard.

    Did I say anything to you about commenting on them? I was just stating my opinion, asshole. So take your retard comment and shove it back up your ass where it came from.

  • Rogue-Comic

    rorschach said:
    Hey Rogue , How’s tricks ?

    Simple and effective.

  • Rogue-Comic

    the retard! john t said:
    Did I say anything to you about commenting on them? I was just stating my opinion, asshole. So take your retard comment and shove it back up your ass where it came from.

    I don’t know if I should take it as compliment or an insult to know you think about my ass, retard.

  • rorschach

    Rogue-Comic said:
    Simple and effective.

    Lotta Hatful of Hollow around.

  • Rogue-Comic

    rorschach said:
    Lotta Hatful of Hollow around.

    Seems to be the reason for the season.

  • rorschach

    Rogue-Comic said:
    Seems to be the reason for the season.

    Maybe earflaps will make a comeback .

  • the real john t

    Rogue-Comic said:
    I don’t know if I should take it as compliment or an insult to know you think about my ass, retard.

    You’re the one that onetime complained about people not being civil on here. I make a comment and you rush in to call me a retard. You’re one two faced hypocrite.

  • Rogue-Comic

    rorschach said:
    Maybe earflaps will make a comeback .

    Have I come back only to jump the shark?

  • rorschach

    Rogue-Comic said:
    Have I come back only to jump the shark?

    God forbid that this place becomes a touchstone Eh ? Frightening. Look above the tide has come in .

  • Rogue-Comic

    the rememberance john t said:
    You’re the one that onetime complained about people not being civil on here. I make a comment and you rush in to call me a retard. You’re one two faced hypocrite.

    Aww, I feel like Bea Arthur in-between Maude and the Golden Girls.

  • the real john t

    Rogue-Comic said:
    Aww, I feel like Bea Arthur in-between Maude and the Golden Girls.

    Maybe that’s your wife commenting now like you claimed before. Do you put your wife (blow up doll) on your lap when you want to claim she’s typing it?

  • rorschach

    Rogue-Comic said:
    Aww, I feel like Bea Arthur in-between Maude and the Golden Girls.

    Star Wars Holiday Special ?

  • Rogue-Comic

    the real john t said:
    Maybe that’s your wife commenting now like you claimed before. Do you put your wife (blow up doll) on your lap when you want to claim she’s typing it?

    Now I remember why I left here. Talk about me all you want lib/con/whatever. No big deal. When you talk about family you cross a barrier.

  • the real john t

    Rogue-Comic said:
    Now I remember why I left here. Talk about me all you want lib/con/whatever. No big deal. When you talk about family you cross a barrier.

    I mentioned a blow up doll. Murf and other RWers has accused me of sleeping with my sister my mother. I doubt you would have said a word to them about that. You would have probably joined in.

  • rorschach

    Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he’s depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says “Treatment is simple. The Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up.” Man bursts into tears. Says “But, doctor…I am Pagliacci.” Good joke. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains. Fade to black.

  • Rogue-Comic

    the real john t said:
    I mentioned a blow up doll. Murf and other RWers has accused me of sleeping with my sister my mother. I doubt you would have said a word to them about that. You would have probably joined in.

    Don’t care about “other RWers” and what they said. Just you. We’ll talk soon.

  • the real john t

    Rogue-Comic said:
    Don’t care about “other RWers” and what they said. Just you.

    So any RWer can say anything they want and it’s just fine with you. Like I said you’re a two faced hypocrite.

  • Rogue-Comic

    the real john t said:
    So any RWer can say anything they want and it’s just fine with you. Like I said you’re a two faced hypocrite.

    No, I’m going to find out who you are through my own connections in the iron-worker’s union and kick your ass for talking shit about my my wife.

  • the real john t

    Rogue-Comic said:
    No, I’m going to find out who you are through my own connections in the iron-worker’s union and kick your ass for talking shit about my my wife.

    Give me your email address and I’ll tell you where to find me tough guy. Ask murf, he was going to “kick my ass” so I let him know where to find me. Guess what? He backed down. You guys always are tough guys over the internet.

  • the real john t

    Rogue-Comic said:
    No, I’m going to find out who you are through my own connections in the iron-worker’s union and kick your ass for talking shit about my my wife.

    BTW, You just give me your email and I’ll tell you where to find me. You’re not going to find out a damn thing through your Ironworkers “connections”. You idiot.

  • Latin2

    He is such a sick egomanic….and why did he close out his ‘special commentary’ with “JOHN BOEHNER, WHERE ARE THE JOBS”..

    The idiot Olbermann knows that the new Republican house don’t come in until January 1 2011.

    What he should be saying is “BARACK OBAMA…WHERE ARE THE JOBS?”

    So Olbermann are you going to ask Obama where are the jobs? He has been in charge for 2 years.

    Since HE is the president…AND even if he Republicans get into office…Obama still has a veto pen.

  • jrcmi

    Cancon2 said:
    How much smoke can a single man blow out of his ass?

    Bend over while we get the meter.

    Atticus Draco said:

    WOW,, it’s a pity he doesn’t have any real influence!
    If he did,, this would be a helluva story!

    YAWN!

    He had enough influence to get a lame response out of YOU. Hmm . . . .

    Bobomatic said:
    What a horses ass…

    Deep thoughts from “shallow RIGHT field.”

    felixw said:
    “The Subject of Me” — that would make a much better name than Countdown for Olbermann’s nightly show.

    How about “Felix the Gnat”?

    dhrag: “More people signed his petition than have ever watched his show.”

    Provably false . . . not that righties often care about facts.

    “An irrelevent host on an irrelevent network tries to make an irrelevent event about him and only him,who he of course believes is 100% in the right and all others involved in the wrong.”

    Also probably false. Olbermann apologized for causing the ruckus – unlike O’Reilly, who seems incapable of acknowledging any possibility of error.

    ProgLib said:
    If he is so irrelevant why does he bother you all so much?

    Ka-zinggg! Right-whiners get their panties in a wad about KO while their new “friends” in Congress prepare to take us ALL back to the “Bush League.”

    Tony Westover said:
    Don’t care.

    Why comment?

    “Keith, I have one question; what happened to your porn-stache and coke-bottle glasses?”

    Had you actually bothered to WATCH before shooting off your . . . mouth? . . . you would have seen him address this very subject in a much more humorous manner than your own, er, flaccid attempt.

    mloon said:
    KO just wanted a long weekend and since he’s run out of dying parents to exploit he had to resort to this stunt…

    May YOUR parents run out of living children. Soon.

    “why did he close out his ’special commentary’ with “JOHN BOEHNER, WHERE ARE THE JOBS”.. The idiot Olbermann knows that the new Republican house don’t come in until January 1 2011.”

    It don’t?

    From: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/124629-boehner-where-are-the-jobs-refrain-is-part-of-national-lexicon

    “Boehner: ‘Where are the jobs?’ is part of national lexicon
    By Michael O’Brien – 10/18/10 08:39 AM ET

    “Republicans have made House GOP Leader John Boehner’s refrain of “Where are the jobs?” into a central theme of the campaign, the Ohio lawmaker’s office claimed Monday.

    “Boehner, who would likely become Speaker of the House under a Republican majority next year, released a new Web video featuring several media figures echoing the question he’s been known to repeat at virtually every public appearance in the past year. . . . ”

    You’re so inured to Glenn Blech-h-h’s sledgehammered “satire” that you doesn’t recognize genuine sarcasm when you hears it.

    You is also unaware that the stimulus created between one-plus million and three-plus million jobs. Unemployment would be worse than it is had Obama not taken action. His only error was in not making the stimulus bigger.

    john t: Like his blow-up doll, I suspect the hilarious Rogue-Comic is full of hot air.

  • ChrisNH

    I’m quite certain that, statistically speaking, Lib media hacks have a much higher incidence of domestic and spousal abuse than any other slice of our population. I mean, who else to take out their endless amounts of anger and rage on? Even a milquetoast like MadCow probably has her share of ‘incidents.’

  • Big Eddie

    jrcmi said:
    Bend over while we get the meter. He had enough influence to get a lame response out of YOU. Hmm . . . . Deep thoughts from “shallow RIGHT field.” How about “Felix the Gnat”? dhrag: “More people signed his petition than have ever watched his show.” Provably false . . . not that righties often care about facts. “An irrelevent host on an irrelevent network tries to make an irrelevent event about him and only him,who he of course believes is 100% in the right and all others involved in the wrong.” Also probably false. Olbermann apologized for causing the ruckus – unlike O’Reilly, who seems incapable of acknowledging any possibility of error. Ka-zinggg! Right-whiners get their panties in a wad about KO while their new “friends” in Congress prepare to take us ALL back to the “Bush League.” Why comment? “Keith, I have one question; what happened to your porn-stache and coke-bottle glasses?” Had you actually bothered to WATCH before shooting off your . . . mouth? . . . you would have seen him address this very subject in a much more humorous manner than your own, er, flaccid attempt. May YOUR parents run out of living children. Soon. “why did he close out his ’special commentary’ with “JOHN BOEHNER, WHERE ARE THE JOBS”.. The idiot Olbermann knows that the new Republican house don’t come in until January 1 2011.” It don’t? From: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/124629-boehner-where-are-the-jobs-refrain-is-part-of-national-lexicon “Boehner: ‘Where are the jobs?’ is part of national lexiconBy Michael O’Brien – 10/18/10 08:39 AM ET “Republicans have made House GOP Leader John Boehner’s refrain of “Where are the jobs?” into a central theme of the campaign, the Ohio lawmaker’s office claimed Monday. “Boehner, who would likely become Speaker of the House under a Republican majority next year, released a new Web video featuring several media figures echoing the question he’s been known to repeat at virtually every public appearance in the past year. . . . ” You’re so inured to Glenn Blech-h-h’s sledgehammered “satire” that you doesn’t recognize genuine sarcasm when you hears it. You is also unaware that the stimulus created between one-plus million and three-plus million jobs. Unemployment would be worse than it is had Obama not taken action. His only error was in not making the stimulus bigger. john t: Like his blow-up doll, I suspect the hilarious Rogue-Comic is full of hot air.

    Media Matters windbag returns .

  • omega919

    mlong said:since he’s run out of dying parents to exploit

    CHRIST!!!! This is why, more often than not, I can not stand the comment section here.

    I know a lot of you don’t like to think beyond “He’s a liberal! He’s evil!” or “He’s a conservative! He’s evil!” But, seriously, to accuse a man you DON’T KNOW, have NEVER MET, and don’t know anything about beyond what you see of him for an hour on TV (or a couple minutes on Youtube clips) of exploiting his parents’ death is ridiculous.

    Yes, I know Olbermann is a horrible man who voted for Barack Obama and makes fun of Sarah Palin, but that doesn’t mean he is a soulless human being who cares more about ratings than his own family.

    But, no, he disagrees with you on politics, so obviously he’s the spawn of Satan. Totally logical.

  • Dave Richards

    Same old Olbermann. Still a pompous asshole. Some things never change.

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  • Probably NOT wrong

    I wonder how many Martini’s Griffin had to drink to get the taste
    out of his mouth?

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    Hillary, you didn’t mention that Olbermann addressed Tommy’s column which theorized that the whole thing was a publicity stunt. That comment made me think that Olbermann actually reads the stories here on Mediafight.

    Really, I was hoping that Tommy was going to write this story, so we could get his reply to Olbermann addressing his theory.

  • BlackWidow

    Bobomatic said:
    What a horses ass…

    You mean horses ass like BECK?

  • Cecelia

    Olbermann left out the part about the three virgins that the Left sent up to Mt. St. Helen’s in order to appease the gods by jumping into the volcano on his behalf.

    They’re going to miss Digby, Markos Moulitsas, and Elenore Clift.

  • Cecelia

    It just goes to show you, that it should have been Keith Olbermann who held a rally, rather than Ed Schultz.

    Course that would have meant that Olbermann would have have actually breathed the same air as his supporters, and that’s not going to happen.

  • Dave Richards

    BlackWidow said:
    You mean horses ass like BECK?

    More like you.

  • StewartIII

    ChickaBOOMer: Olbermann Returns Mainlining Psychopathic Megalomania and Narcissism
    http://chickaboomer.blogspot.com/2010/11/olbermann-returns-mainlining.html

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    Cecelia says:
    “Olbermann left out the part about the three virgins that the Left sent up to Mt. St. Helen’s in order to appease the gods by jumping into the volcano on his behalf.

    They’re going to miss Digby,….”

    I thought you meant it when you wrote “virgins.” Shows how little you know.

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    BlackWidow says:
    “You mean horses ass like BECK?”

    You are insulting horses everywhere.

    StewartIII says:

    “Olbermann Returns Mainlining Psychopathic Megalomania and Narcissism”

    When it comes to megalomania, Olbermann does not hold a candle to Beck, especially in the lead up to his “historic” rally to restore something that he’s not remotely familiar with: honor.

    http://www.sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/2010/07/glenn-beck-gods-messenger-or.html

  • Cecelia

    GlennBeckReview said:
    Cecelia says:
    “Olbermann left out the part about the three virgins that the Left sent up to Mt. St. Helen’s in order to appease the gods by jumping into the volcano on his behalf.

    They’re going to miss Digby,….”

    I thought you meant it when you wrote “virgins.” Shows how little you know.

    ehhh…no, GBR, I was joking about the “virgin” part, I only “meant” that some lefties jumped into a volcano…

    Sheesh…

  • Cecelia
  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    Cecelia says:
    “ehhh…no, GBR, I was joking about the “virgin” part,….”

    ehhhh, no Cecelia, I was really gently mocking your notion to make a bigger point, namely that what you wrote was a string of empty and meaningless words.

    Sheesh indeed!

    I’ll check out the link to Olbermann Watch. I consider that blog to be a right wing version of what I’ve been doing about Beck’s lies and hypocrisy for 7 months.

  • cjd ohio 1

    probably the same 300,000 people that voted for alvin greene lol

  • cjd ohio 1

    i cant be mediaite censored part of the thread where i discuss how hillary had her facts wrong unreal

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    cjd ohio 1 says:
    “i cant be mediaite censored part of the thread where i discuss how hillary had her facts wrong ”

    Would you like some cheese to go with that whine, cracker?

  • Cecelia

    GlennBeckReview said:
    ehhhh, no Cecelia, I was really gently mocking your notion to make a bigger point, namely that what you wrote was a string of empty and meaningless words.

    It’s was a JOKE, dope.

    Sheeesh! again…

  • Cecelia

    GlennBeckReview said:
    ’ll check out the link to Olbermann Watch. I consider that blog to be a right wing version of what I’ve been doing about Beck’s lies and hypocrisy for 7 months.

    No, I’m afraid not, GBR.

    Olbermann Watch is rational, logical, accurate AND it has a sense of irony.

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    GlennBeckReview said:
    “I’ll check out the link to Olbermann Watch. I consider that blog to be a right wing version of what I’ve been doing about Beck’s lies and hypocrisy for 7 months.”

    Cecelia says
    “No, I’m afraid not, GBR.
    Olbermann Watch is rational, logical, accurate AND it has a sense of irony.”

    We’re dealing with a completely different animals Cecilia. Beck completely ignores the news. Olbermann talks about the news every night. Beck says things that are “completely insane,” while Olbermann “merely” uses hyperbole. I could go on and on with the differences between the subjects of the two blogs.

    Your insinuation suggests to me that you haven’t been to The Glenn Beck Review. I have to spend a lot more time fact checking Beck because he pulls a lot more out of his enormous rectum than Olbermann does (although he does lie too). The Review is rational, logical, analytical and accurate. The subject, Glenn Beck, is too absurd to warrant “irony.”

    Both subjects are arrogant: Olbermann’s arrogance is based upon his education, intelligence and grasp of the facts. Beck’s arrogance is based upon self-righteous ignorance about the facts and an anti-intellectualism. I guess that’s ironic.

    When Beck has the word Trust on his chalk board, THAT’s ironic. Beck is the least trust-worthy propagandist on television.
    http://www.sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/2010/07/who-trusts-glenn-beck.html

  • Cecelia

    GlennBeckReview said:
    When Beck has the word Trust on his chalk board, THAT’s ironic. Beck is the least trust-worthy propagandist on television.
    http://www.sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/2010/07/who-trusts-glenn-beck.html

    Oh, great! He can find irony in Beck’s chalkboard declarations, he just can’t find it in Olbermann’s “hyberbole”

    Just like he can’t find it in jokes about Olbermann and human sacrifice…

    Anyone see a pattern here?…

  • jrcmi

    ChristNoHope: “I’m quite certain that, statistically speaking, Lib media hacks have a much higher incidence of domestic and spousal abuse than any other slice of our population.”

    Idiotic, baseless assertion from an idiotic, baseless, fact-free . . . idiot.

    “Even a milquetoast like MadCow probably has her share of ‘incidents.’”

    Projecting your own mania onto others is infantile, pointless and all too typical right-wingedness.

    Big Enema: “Media Matters windbag returns.”

    This is request #29 for proof of factual error by Media Matters . . . and not for your unsubstantiated claims from the “India Shopping Gazette.”

    Your absurd lies about Obama’s trip, along with those of the rest of the Reich-Wing propaganda machine, serves only to prove your moral, ethical and factual vacancy.

  • Nahu Tuk

    rorschach said:
    Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he’s depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says “Treatment is simple. The Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up.” Man bursts into tears. Says “But, doctor…I am Pagliacci.” Good joke. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains. Fade to black.

    One of my favorite operas.

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    GlennBeckReview said:
    “When Beck has the word Trust on his chalk board, THAT’s ironic. Beck is the least trust-worthy propagandist on television.”
    http://www.sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/2010/07/who-trusts-glenn-beck.html

    Cecelia says:
    “Oh, great! He can find irony in Beck’s chalkboard declarations,…”

    Irony? Beck having the word Trust behind him on a chalkboard transcends “irony” Cecelia; it’s a ploy to manipulate his gullible viewers who WANT to trust Beck.. To your point, is there irony in Olbermann’s hyperbole. Could well be. You won’t get an argument that he is hyperbolic sometimes. His reaction to CU v. FEC was probably understated even though he compared it to the Dred Scott decision which led us to the so-called “Civil” War.

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    jrcmi says:
    “This is request #29 for proof of factual error by Media Matters .”

    They “know” that Media Matters “smears” because Beck tells them that they do.

    For Beck’s loyal sheep, that’s all they need to understand. If Beck said it, then it must be true.

    Facts only makes them dig their heels in deeper. I’ve been trying to get through, but it’s pretty hopeless. I do have an associate who realized on her own that Beck is not the hero she, a Libertarian, thought that he was; but that is a rare individual.

    http://www.sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/2010/07/seeking-truth-on-road-from-supporter-to.html

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