In his special comment tonight, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann hammered Sarah Palin for her death panel statement. He said, “Madam, you are a clear and present danger to the safety and security of this nation,” and suggested that she should not be allowed to hold any position of responsibility or trust at any level of government.
Here is the video:
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Talking about Palin’s claims of an evil Obama death panel, Olbermann said, “There is no death panel. There is no judgment based on societal productivity. There is no worthiness test, but there is downright evil, and Ms. Palin you just served its cause. You shouted fire in a crowded theater, a hot theater, and then today tried to roll it back with, no, no sorry, not fire, I meant flashlights, too little, too late, too obvious.”
He continued, “Madam, you are a clear and present danger to the safety and security of this nation. Whether the death panel is something you dreamed, or something you dreamed up, whether it is the product of a low intellect and a fevered imagination, or the product of a high intelligence and a sober ability to exploit people, you should be ashamed of yourself for having introduced it into the public discourse, and it should debar you for all time from any position of responsibility or trust in the governance of this nation or any of its states or municipalities.”
Olbermann kept on going, “Ms. Palin you might as well have declared that the government is being run by a coven of witches with fake Kenyan birth certificates, and you might as well have told the vast unthinking throng that mistakes your ability to wink as leadership that they should start shooting at Democrats…”
Olbermann called Palin out on exploiting her kids, “And incidentally madam, you have also forfeited your right to be taken seriously the next you claim offense when somebody mentioning your children. You have just exploited your youngest child, dangled him in front of a mindless mob, as surely as if you were Michael Jackson. You have used this innocent infant as an excuse to pander to the worst and least of us in this nation. You have used him to create the false image of death panels. The only death panels Ms. Palin are the figurative ones you have inspired with such irresponsible, dangerous, facile, vile, hate speech, the death of common sense, the death of logic, the perhaps of democracy at the hands of mob rule.”
The host also took on Glenn Beck and the congressional Republicans who are spreading lies, like Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX). He also took aim at the birthers and Lou Dobbs. He also took the time to make it clear that healthcare reform is not going to euthanize grandma, and that there is no death panels. It has come down to this, Republicans and healthcare reform opponents know that they can’t stop the bill, so they are trying to scare people away from it.
Sadly there are enough uninformed distrustful people out there that can be motivated by fear to make this tactic viable. He tried to debunk all of the lies about healthcare, but the problem is that the liberal MSNBC host is preaching to the choir. The viewers of his show already know the truth about the proposed healthcare reform.
It is those who would rather follow Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck who won’t take the time to think and learn the truth. The hard core right wingers will never support this proposal, but it is important that their noise not be allowed to overwhelm the debate and influence the confused middle, because there is where the fate of true reform rests.
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sara palin is a redneck ”elly mae” iq fool, but wait, elly mae was smart.
Exactly… Maybe Mr. Olbermann still reads these comments…I just want to point out that
the ” Health care ” bill was changed and ” death panel” was taken out. !!!..Thx to Ms. Palin !!
I hope you remember to mention that in your show..Who is the lunatic now, SIR !!!…
I think it is time for you to burn some bridges again behind you and take a retirement… One of the days , you will pop a vein in your head , and will need some Obamacare !!..
ALL that ranting of hot air and dislike …
- You have such hate towards Ms. Palin..and you get your support from folks like
Margaret Carlsson…Oh..please !!..
- Who really showed off his kids was Prez Kennedy ..Remember SIR ?? Cute Caroline under his desk, cute Caroline in Camelot.cute Caroline on a pony….little JJ playing with dad… whole family in a boat showing the richy lifestyle in Hyannis Port…ALL THOSE PHOTOS !!!..Remember SIR !!!….
- Don’t you feel shame that a show like yours is bringing down the whole network !!..
Not that I care….
OBER-SCAM IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN JUST ANOTHER ATTACK DOG OF THE DNC EXTREME LEFT. ANYONE WHO BOTHERED TO READ THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE MARXIST OBAMANATION MANIFESTO KNOWS THAT 1) YOUR DOCTOR WILL BE FORCED TO TURN OVER ALL OF YOUR CONFIDENTIAL PATIENT RECORDS TO GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS,2) YES, YOUR CARE WILL BE RATIONED SEVERELY AND CRITICAL LAB TESTS DENIED YOU. 3) HIGHLY POLITICIZED MARXIST BUREAUCRATIC CLERKS OF THE DNC UNIONS WILL GET TO GIVE YOUR DOCTOR ORDERS AS TO HOW MUCH MEDICAL CARE TO PROVIDE AND WHEN TO PULL THE PLUG, 4) AS IN CANADA, ANY DOCTOR OR PROVIDER WHO SEES PATIENTS OUTSIDE OF THE MANDATED HEALTH PLAN WILL BE IMPRISONED BY THE (TOTALITARIAN) STATE. 5) ANY DOCTOR OR PROVIDER WHO REFUSES TO GO ALONG WILL BE FORCED TO GIVE UP THEIR PRACTICE. 6) ANY DOCTOR WHO REFUSES TO DISCLOSE HIS CONFIDENTIAL TO GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS WILL BE IMPRISONED, AND FACE LOSS OF HIS/HER LICENSE.
THIS IS TOTALITARIAN MARXISM, PURE AND SIMPLE. OBAMA AND HIS RADICALIZED DNC ARE TRYING TO HOODWINK THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. DON’T BELIEVE THE CORRUPT TRAITORS. THEIR NEXT STEP IS TO FORCE IMPLANTABLE COMPUTER CHIPS UNDER YOUR SKIN (THEY ALREADY DO THIS WITH DOGS AND THE ELDERLY) TO IDENTIFY YOU.
Mr. Olbermann, you have hit the nail on the head. Fear and panic have ruled this nation for years and people like Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck have certainly done their share to add to both. If anyone who can read, which I sometimes doubt if Conservatives can, knows there are no death panels.
I think sometimes, that we have been “ruled” and brainwashed so long by Conservatives who are so afraid of change, that some can know longer can think for themselves.
Instead of calmly sitting down and discussing our view points there are some who want their way of thinking and no other to exist and there are some who just want to yell and create violence.
I hope sanity returns soon to this country or else all I can see is more hate and more violence.
I also hope a Polar Bear eats Sarah Palin, soon. Oh, oh, am I creating a death panel?
Its a shame that no one heard what he said other than here. Have you seen his ratings lately??? he has none.
it has to be attention through inflammatory remark…or olberman is still smarting from the black eyes ann coulter keeps giving him.
I think Mr. Olberman is dead on. Thank you for your insightful commentary. Sarah Palin is an political opportunist and has no political intelligence. She has no alternative plans to anything currently up for debate. To add her comments “Death Panel” to the debate was careless and dangerous. The Conservative fringe of the Republican party is out of control and have put this country in a very percarious position. I have seen one of them act as outrageous as they have when it became clear that the war in Iraq was based on lies or when Dick Cheney/George Bush illegally wiretaped Americans. If we are going to be upset, let’s be upset with the real villians in this story – THE INSURANCE COMPANIES – they in fact have death panels when they decide you can’t have a procedure because it costs too much…did you all conveniently forget the 14 year old girl that died last year one day after CIGNA, under public pressure, approved a liver transplant that they previously denied as too costly? Now there’s a death panel for you!
the guy is non stop rant ragging liberal – i liekd him better on ESPN -
I haven not watched msnbc for 2.5 years now – this article proves it -
olberman should have stuck with sniffing jockstraps
I doubt so. She’s a harmless Hockey Mum.
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sarah palin is a raving hypocritical idiot who will never be anything more than a reality TV star. she just doesnt have the mental horsepower and her mannerisms are highly annoying, and her voice is screechy. she wont last long
Awesome comment!
I thank you for saying what I could like to say about Sara Palin to the world.
she makes me shame to be a woman, we are suppose top be smart than that, she has the brain of a flee.
she is a dangerous woman. and there are some many crazes out there listtening to her. She is that person that yells fire and if someone dies in the process, she will say i didn’t mean to say that or that is not what I meant.
Great article! Thanks!!!
and any station, person or newspaper who gives her any type of coverage is to be taken as seriously.
A threat to national security? Find a real story Keith. You are no different than the right, by going after those they don’t like with anything they can dig up no matter how mundane. First, you ridicule and dismiss her and call her stupid and now she is important enough to be a threat to national security. (?). Pleease!
She is no more a clear and present danger to our nation than you are to clear and rational thinking. I do not vote along party lines I vote along what is right for me and my country. It is people like you that try to take the right to free thinking away. Maybe if you put the facts out there instead of opinion we wouldn’t have people doing their own fact finding. you are a FOOL Mr. Olbermann.
She is no more a threat to national security, than Keith Olbermann is a threat to serious journalism.