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4/15/2011

Keith Olbermann Admits There Is Something Bad About Abortion (And is a Hypocrite, But You Already Knew That) (Update: Cupp and Red Eye Respond)

Filed under: General — Aaron Worthing @ 7:04 am



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Update: Ms. Cupp responds!

And I will respectfully disagree with her on one thing. Personally I find the death threats I get now and then to be hilarious, in their impotence. But she’s entitled to feel differently. Also Red Eye weighed in:

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I am tempted to ignore this just so that Olbermann can disappear into oblivion, but frankly the hypocrisy is too juicy to give up.  So yesterday we get the usual eliminationist rhetoric from the left, this time from Keith Olbermann, wishing via Twitter that S.E. Cupp’s parents had received the benefits of Planned Parenthood:

On so many levels she’s a perfect demonstration of the necessity of the work Planned Parenthood does RT @meow_6 #worstpersons S.E Cupp bashing PP on Joy Behar last nite. http://j.mp/hktGUX,

Later on when he started getting pushback on that comment, he explained he didn’t mean she should have been aborted, but instead meant her parents should have used birth control, writing with his usual charm:

@oakdogg I said no such thing. Only 3% of PP’s work is abortions. Unless you’re moron Jon Kyl

So just to make it all clear, he didn’t wish Ms. Cupp was killed in the womb, but rather that she had never been conceived in the first place.  Indeed as of now, you can see the following tweet on his feed:

To wrap it up: @SECupp lied slandered PP in public; I said her parents could’ve benefitted from PP counseling – since they raised a liar

I won’t pretend to know what was going on between his ears.  It is plausible for Olbermann to associate PP primarily with birth control rather than abortion, so I will credit his clarification as honest.

But there’s a few funny things about that statement.  First, doesn’t that implicitly mean that in Keith Olbermann’s mind that there is something wrong with abortion?  I mean if there was nothing wrong with abortion then wishing her to be aborted is no worse than wishing her mother took the pill, right?

Second, does it shock you that all of this is more than a little hypocritical of Olbermann?  Here he is, for instance, blaming Bill O’Reilly and company for the death of George Tiller:

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(Transcript, here, if you can’t view the video.)

So, Keith…  aren’t you doing pretty much the same thing?  You are saying that the world is better off without a person because she is, in your mind, a liar.  Now besides the obvious fact that by your logic we should wish you were never born, then isn’t it fair to say that if anyone should attack or kill Ms. Cupp, that this would be your fault?  Sure, you didn’t ask for her death, but it is not a large leap for a deranged Olbermann fan* to decide that if she should never have been conceived, she should not continue living, either.

As if he hadn’t demonstrated his hypocrisy one hundred times over by having that regular “Worst Person in the World” segment.  Indeed, watch that whole clip to see him hypocritically denounce Bernard Goldberg for his book 100 People Who are Screwing Up America.  Seriously, what on earth is the difference between writing that book and telling people on a regular basis that someone you merely disagree with is one of the worst persons in the world, beating out dictators and terrorists?

So finally, Keith, have you no shame?

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* Pardon the redundancy.

[Posted and authored by Aaron Worthing.]

33 Responses to “Keith Olbermann Admits There Is Something Bad About Abortion (And is a Hypocrite, But You Already Knew That) (Update: Cupp and Red Eye Respond)”

  1. NO!

    AD-RtR/OS! (8b1e97)

  2. Olberman is a flamer. But then we all knew that. You have to realize that this clown has been fired from every job he ever had. And for good reason.

    Mike Myers (0e06a9)

  3. First, doesn’t that implicitly mean that in Keith Olbermann’s mind that there is something wrong with abortion?

    No.

    So, Keith… aren’t you doing pretty much the same thing?

    No.

    You probably should have stopped writing after you wrote:

    I won’t pretend to know what was going on between his ears.

    Kman (5576bf)

  4. You really are a little twit, kmart.

    JD (318f81)

  5. Kman

    well, with that detail of argumentation, how can i refute it.

    seriously, there is no logic or reason in your disagreement, just pure “grrrr! Aaron is attacking a liberal i like, so i have to defend him and attack Aaron!”

    Aaron Worthing (e7d72e)

  6. seriously, there is no logic or reason in your disagreement, just pure “grrrr! Aaron is attacking a liberal i like, so i have to defend him and attack Aaron!”

    Actually, that was my point regarding you. It’s sort of like attacking Olbermann just for the sake of it.

    You ADMIT you don’t know what goes on in his head, and then spend the balance of the post attacking him for what you THINK is happening in his head.

    File under “lame”.

    Kman (5576bf)

  7. A thought occurred to me, K(eith Olber)man, no not really, but a borderline trig truther, with violent
    anti American idiocy

    narciso (8a8b93)

  8. That’s right, kman. Olbermann just didn’t want to appear to be a monster by suggesting that S.E. Cupp should have been aborted.

    Hmm, so Why would that make him appear to be a monster?

    Icy Texan (6d2703)

  9. Kman

    > You ADMIT you don’t know what goes on in his head, and then spend the balance of the post attacking him for what you THINK is happening in his head.

    No, i attack him for his words and deeds which cannot be reconciled.

    I don’t have to know whether he means what he says to criticize what he says. he did with S.E. Cupp what he denounced Bill O’reilly for doing.

    And why would he bother to deny he wished she was aborted, if he didn’t think there was something wrong with that? i think liberals considered a fetus just a clump of cells and there was no more morality involved in the abortion decision than taking out an appendix? Again, judging by the import of his words.

    Aaron Worthing (e7d72e)

  10. Keef is entitled to his stupidity, no one else would want ownership of it, but seriously have you
    seen S.E. Cupp, what’s wrong with you.

    narciso (8a8b93)

  11. Olbermonkey: To wrap it up: @SECupp lied slandered PP in public; I said her parents could’ve benefitted from PP counseling – since they raised a liar

    — Funny. I didn’t know that Planned Parenthood counseled parents on how not to raise a liar. Or perhaps thay have a special screening test that detects untruthfulness in fetuses?

    Care to weigh in on that one, kman? (and Yes, this will entail actually expressing your own opinion, as opposed to merely dismissing the opinion of others)

    Icy Texan (6d2703)

  12. kfap always seems to know what others are thinking. I’ll make sure to point it out the next time it does it.

    Embrace your idiocy, kfap. Better yet, post your blog web address, so we may see first hand the “wisdom” that you imply you possess.

    ∅ (e7577d)

  13. I don’t have to know whether he means what he says to criticize what he says.

    You don’t care what he means, AW.

    You only care about what you can SPIN it to mean.

    And why would he bother to deny he wished she was aborted, if he didn’t think there was something wrong with that?

    Your problem is that you have convinced yourself that liberals think that abortions are a GOOD thing. Which is about as stupid as if I said, “Conservatives think war is a good thing”.

    You’re confused because you make assumptions about the opposing person’s argument, and never bother to actually understand the opposing person’s argument.

    I mean, what are you saying? That Olbermann thinks there is something wrong with abortions? And he’s been — what — hiding it from his liberal buddies? He’s really pro-life?

    Kman (5576bf)

  14. Icy asked kmart an interesting question.

    That’s right, kman. Olbermann just didn’t want to appear to be a monster by suggesting that S.E. Cupp should have been aborted.

    JD (318f81)

  15. It took a mere two minutes for kfap to tell Aaron what Aaron’s comment really means. Congrats!

    ∅ (e7577d)

  16. Kman – What do you think Olbermann meant and why did he back off his comment the way did?

    daleyrocks (bf33e9)

  17. Kman

    > [me] I don’t have to know whether he means what he says to criticize what he says.

    > [you] You don’t care what he means, AW.

    No, but your excellent reading comprehension is on display as usual. Funny that a man with a reading disability is better at discerning meaning that one with no apparently disabilities (unless a complete lack of moral fiber counts).

    I was clearly saying I didn’t know if Olbermann was conveying his honest thoughts or just putting on a lying show. So I will take him at his word. I will assume what he says is what he actually believes.

    If you want to defend him by claiming he was full of sh-t, be my guest. You would be an expert.

    > Your problem is that you have convinced yourself that liberals think that abortions are a GOOD thing

    No, generally I think the pro-choice position is to think it is a neutral act, neither good nor evil. Although there was one famous pro-choicer who said a woman shouldn’t be “punished” with a baby.

    Aaron Worthing (e7d72e)

  18. Your problem is that you have convinced yourself that liberals think that abortions are a GOOD thing.
    — No. Liberals follow the unspoken philosophy of ‘out of sight, out of mind’ when justifying “a woman’s right to choose”. When one violates that tenet, say by attaching a name and/or face to the potential abortee (S.E. Cupp has a name and a publicly visible image), this leads to the full-blown retreat into the mantra of ‘safe, legal & rare’.

    Which is about as stupid as if I said, “Conservatives think war is a good thing”.
    — Considering who was POTUS and what the composition of Congress when we entered WWI, WWII, Korea & Vietnam . . . yeah, it would be stupid on your part.

    Icy Texan (6d2703)

  19. actually war can be a good thing.

    Especially if you are a jew in Germany in the 1940’s, or in isreal in the 1940’s or the 1960’s, or a slave in the 1860’s, an American in 1776, and so on.

    Aaron Worthing (e7d72e)

  20. So I will take him at his word. I will assume what he says is what he actually believes.

    But you don’t take him at his word. He says he wasn’t talking about abortions, but rather, birth control.

    So how can Olbermann be saying something bad about abortions, when he was referring to BIRTH CONTROL?

    You can’t have it both ways, AW.

    Kman (5576bf)

  21. I wish kmart’s parents had availed themselves of PP’s services.

    JD (0d2ffc)

  22. I would say that Mr. Olbermann is an ignorant pig but that would be unkind to swine. Compared to him a pig is an intelligent and sensitive creature.

    Douglas (392f36)

  23. Kman

    > But you don’t take him at his word. He says he wasn’t talking about abortions, but rather, birth control.

    Because he takes umbrage at the suggestion he was talking about abortions.

    Aaron Worthing (e7d72e)

  24. Because he takes umbrage at the suggestion he was talking about abortions.

    All he says (or tweets) is that he said no such thing. It’s a denial… where’s the “umbrage”?

    Kman (5576bf)

  25. And by that, I did not mean I wish they had aborted kmart. I meant I wish kmart’s parents had availed themselves of PP’s mammogram services.

    JD (d56362)

  26. The irony being that Olbermannequin believes that abortion IS a completely valid form of birth control.

    Icy Texan (6d2703)

  27. Says the lefty that insists on raising taxes for the rich but whines that Michael Al-Moore is paying too much taxes.

    DohBiden (6655ba)

  28. All he says (or tweets) is that he said no such thing. It’s a denial… where’s the “umbrage”?

    In his hysterical and transparently dishonest denials, of course. He acts like he resents the truth of what he did, of course. Do you even know what the word means? I know you’re not much of a reader.

    Dustin (c16eca)

  29. Olberman wants abortion legal to avoid someday having a comley ewe give birth to a lamb with the face of a famous Ag school graduate.

    Have Blue (854a6e)

  30. Olbermann? On twitter?

    What, no word on what the monkeys down at the zoo are scribbling on their enclosure’s walls in a medium best described as “indescribable”?

    Bigfoot (8096f2)

  31. He collects baseball cards.

    He’s really good at it.

    Trading pieces of printed cardboard for, ummm, other pieces of printed cardboard. Shouldn’t every trade, therefore, be a tie?

    East Bay Jay (2fd7f7)

  32. So Keef says: “@oakdogg I said no such thing. Only 3% of PP’s work is abortions. Unless you’re moron Jon Kyl”

    Actually, those statistics he is parroting are false, too. Which is obvious to every with a pulse.

    Unless you’re moron Keith Olbermann.

    5th Level Fighter (dd5bcf)

  33. He does not really even try to hide his misogyny at all.

    SPQR (26be8b)


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