Olbermann names NPR's Rudin "Worst Person" for comparing Clinton to Close in "Fatal Attraction"

[DeepModem Mom]

Media Matters for America: Tue, Apr 29, 2008
Olbermann named NPR's Rudin "Worst Person" for comparing Clinton to Glenn Close in "Fatal Attraction"

....From the April 28 edition of MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann....

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...our winner, NPR political reporter Ken Rudin. On CNN yesterday, he broke a new bar. "First of all," he said, thus forgetting rule one, any time your statement begins with "first of all," stop immediately. It's a bad idea whatever it is. "First of all, let's be honest here," he said. "Hillary Clinton is Glenn Close in 'Fatal Attraction.' She's going to keep coming back, and they're not going to stop her," unquote.

Greeted by a disbelieving, "What, Ken?" he added, "Well, we'll figure that out, there's a lot of ways to imagine that."

Look, you can choose a bad analogy. You can really screw it up. You can even say something innocent and clichéd and it comes out sounding utterly inappropriate. *TRUST ME, I DID THE LATTER. But after comparing Senator Clinton to the insane, murderous, kidnapping, stalking, knife-wielding, suicidal, bunny-boiling character of Alex Forrest, who has to be drowned and shot to be finally stopped in 'Fatal Attraction,' even the harshest critic of Senator Clinton is probably beginning to think, you know, that might be a little harsh. Maybe an apology is in order.

Instead, a full minute later, Mr. Rudin wrapped up his guest appearance by adding, quote, "She'll say, look I'm in it until the end. And I expect her to be in it until the end, as Glenn Close was." OK, I'm not seeing any contrition here. Ken Rudin of NPR, at the movies, so to speak, today's "Worst Person in the World."

http://mediamatters.org/items/200804290003?f=h_latest

* NOTE: "TRUST ME, I DID THE LATTER." Olbermann is referring to his recent comment about Senator Clinton, for which he apologized on-air, "Somebody who can take her into a room and only he comes out." Thanks to KO for this "Worst," and for the integrity of his acknowledgment.

[TexasLady]

1. He lives up to his last name..RUD(e)-in

good for KO, I saw that last night.

[LisaM]

2. Good for KO

Maybe I'll un-boycott his show for a day (though not till the playoffs are over....)

[stevietheman]

3. That was indeed a despicable attack against Hillary.

Of course, if she does end up staying "in the fight" even after the SD's have made up their mind in June and put Obama's delegate count above 2025, then we might have to take a second look at what Rudin said.

[IowaGirl]

4. Wow, I thought it felt cold under my feet.....

Now I know why!

[Hydra]

5. Olbermann certainly has his moments

But this is one of his better, outside of his special comments.

[Greyskye]

6. how many of the KO haters will acknowledge this?

Very few, I'll wager. It would cause some cognitive dissonance in order to acknowledge that KO was defending Hillary.

After all, everybody knows that KO's only objective in the past few months has been to make her look as bad as possible. :sarcasm:

[Hydra]

7. Almost none

Open minds have become a rarity...even on DU. That's sad commentary in itself.

[catnhatnh]

8. But, But, He's an OBAMAJAINIAN......

and dead to us and such....Who cheated on the Hillary Pledge and watched him???

[Fearless]

9. I almost cried when everyone started complaining about KO supporting Obama...

...from laughter.
:rofl: