"Olbermann: Hannity & Limbaugh ‘Haven’t Called Obama the "N" Word ... Yet"
On Monday’s Countdown show, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann attacked Sean Hannity for his recent declaration on FNC's Hannity's America that Obama;
"Can’t point to a single instance in which President Bush or McCain or Karl Rove or Sean Hannity or talk radio or any other major Republican has made an issue of Obama’s race." Because they haven't, it is Mr. Obama who continuously brings his race into the contest.
Misconstruing Hannity’s point that conservatives are not attacking Obama for being black or suggesting voters should be afraid to vote for him because he is black, Olbermann cited quotes from Hannity and Rush Limbaugh which, in the MSNBC host’s mind, proved Hannity wrong, and that "short-term memory is often the first thing to go right after ethics." Olbermann mocked Hannity and Limbaugh by concluding that, "What Hannity means when he says nobody has made an issue of Obama’s race is:
"He and Limbaugh haven’t called him the ‘N’ word." After a brief pause, Olbermann added: "Yet."
How un-racist of Kieth to say such a thing!.
Olbermann also read past quotes from Hannity about Obama and the race issue without conveying the context that Hannity was referring to Obama’s links to the Reverend Jeremiah Wright and Louis Farrakhan, who are known for espousing racist views.
After suggesting that Hannity was lacking "short-term memory" and "ethics," Olbermann read portions of quotes from the FNC host, which can be found in the Media Matters article, without conveying to viewers that Hannity was talking about Obama’s links to Wright and Farrakhan. You talk about unethical!
Olbermann: "March 2nd of this year, Hannity said: ‘It seems that the change candidate has all the same problems with race as those before him.’ And then he said, ‘It’s only fair to ask do the Obama’s have a race problem of their own?’"
Olbermann did not read, for obvious reasons, it would have muted his silly point, the below comments from the March 2 Hannity's America on FNC that would have clarified Hannity’s meaning:
"For both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, this has been one of the ugliest primary seasons in recent memory. Both sides have been accused of using the race card, turning what could have been a season of coming together for the Democrats into a nasty free-for-all. And while much of the attention for racial politics has been focused on the Clinton campaign, Barack Obama has waded into his own problems."
"As more is learned about Barack Obama's positions, his past, and his affiliations, it seems that the "change" candidate has all the same problems with race as those before him. Let's start off with the recent endorsement given to Barack Obama by the Nation of Islam's head, Louis Farrakhan. Now, while Obama has refused Farrakhan's support and has condemned his past anti-Semitic statements, it wasn't until Tuesday night's debate that he went as far as some would have liked in distancing himself from the man who once referred to Judaism as a gutter religion."
BARACK OBAMA: I have been very clear in my denunciation of Minister Farrakhan's anti-Semitic comments. I think that they are unacceptable and reprehensible. I did not solicit this support.
Why wait till then to denounce his comments? Why not call them when they were uttered like the rest of civilized society?
HANNITY: And, of course, we can't forget the connection that Farrakhan has to Obama's own Trinity United Church of Christ. Their minister and Obama's spiritual adviser, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, honored Farrakhan for lifetime achievement saying, quote, "He truly epitomized greatness." Now, that's in reference to the same Louis Farrakhan who once referred to the white man as the skunk of the planet Earth. So how can someone who has verbally expressed such hate for others receive such an honor? Now, this wasn't a problem created by a nasty campaign ad. Barack Obama did this to himself."
After reading a few short mis-contexted quotes from Limbaugh, Olbermann concluded:
"What Hannity means when he says nobody has made an issue of Obama’s race is: He and Limbaugh haven’t called him the ‘N’ word – yet."
Kieth oberman is a scumbag, and should be called out on this by liberals, wher are the liberal voices now?
Shame, shame, shame,....
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Olbermann should be called out for having the wrong "opinion?"
A host of an 5 day a week op-ed entertainment show on a 24 hour MSM program is loose with the facts, say it ain't so.
In our society, people are rewarded for pretending to be certain about things they're clearly not certain about. -- Sam Harris,
But don't hold any one else to those standards!
I like you're up late, everything else I'm not sure about.. ;-)
Err......
As if Hannity does not hold himself to that standard?
You lose this in a heartbeat...It just shows the hypocrisies on behalf of the liberals?
"A society that puts equality before freedom will have neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both." ~ Milton Friedman
In 1983 we were glad to be Americans....
...And we are today as well!
"A society that puts equality before freedom will have neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both." ~ Milton Friedman
"She Blinded me with Science, Science!"
Since you brought up something that is older than me....
My oh my, how the times have changed.
Stevie, Marvin, and Thomas Dolby
Dolby was telling Stevie Wonder how Dolby wanted his version of the National Anthem to sound...
In our society, people are rewarded for pretending to be certain about things they're clearly not certain about. -- Sam Harris,
Dunno about Hannity
But Limbaugh's "Magic Negro" song probably qualifies. I'm not saying it was racist, but I think it "made an issue of Obama’s race."
I presume the Media Matters article you refer to is this one
. There are plenty of other quotes in there besides the one that you provide some context for.
Personally, I think Hannity was foolish to include "talk radio" in his list of people that have never made an issue of Obama's race, because that is blatantly untrue. Leaving that out would have at least made the statement defensible.
We are the environment. There is no distinction. What we do to the earth we do to ourselves. —David Suzuki
The Horror, the horror, quote mining by Hannity.
After "For example:"
Hannity taking quotes out of context and asking questions must be better than taking quotes out of context and then giving opinions based on out of context quotes.
In our society, people are rewarded for pretending to be certain about things they're clearly not certain about. -- Sam Harris,