Intern Killer Joe: "Reckless and sad" for Olbermann to call Brown a "homophobic racist reactionary"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Scarborough slams Olbermann’s rant against ‘homophobic, racist’ Brown

By David Edwards and Daniel Tencer
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 -- 10:50 am

http://rawstory.com/2010/01/scarborough-slams-olbermann/



A political war of sorts has broken out inside MSNBC, with Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough criticizing prime-time talking head Keith Olbermann for his scathing criticism of Scott Brown, the Republican candidate in Tuesday's special Senate election in Massachusetts.

"Olbermann calls Brown a 'homophobic racist reactionary' who 'supports violence against women.' How reckless and how sad," Scarborough, a former Republican member of the House, Tweeted Monday evening.

In a "quick comment" section on his show, Countdown, Monday night, Olbermann referred to reports that Brown had speculated that President Obama was born out wedlock; his opposition to funding Massachusetts Red Cross workers who went to help in the 9/11 rescue efforts; his support of a Constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage; and his (disputed) approval of a supporter's urgings that someone "shove a curling iron up" the backside of his Democratic opponent, Martha Coakley.

"In short, in Scott Brown, we have an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model teabagging supporter of violence against women and against politicians with whom he disagrees," Olbermann said. "In any other time in our history, this man would have been laughed off the stage as an unqualified and a disaster in the making by the most conservative of conservatives. Instead, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is close to sending this bad joke to the Senate of the United States."

It was that comment that got Scarborough's blood boiling. In another Tweet later Monday night, Scarborough said, "It is no longer enough to simply disagree with someone. These days some feel the need to call opponents evil. It happens on both extremes."

[Vincardog]

1. These days some feel the need to call opponents evil. OK Scarborough is evil

[monmouth]

2. Oh Joey, remove wad from bloomers, Keith only speaks the truth,

something you fail to recognize...

[bluestateguy]

3. If he's waiting for KO to apologize, Joey will have a long wait

KO is not Dick Durbin or John Kerry. He stands for something and makes no apologies for it.

[graywarrior]

4. What a pinhead.

[a kennedy]

5. can't scar face get a job at faux......I'm sure they'd appreciate him

:thumbsdown: :grr:

[louis-t]

6. Happens in both extremes?

Only when Dems decide to defend themselves against the lies of the right.

Oh, and find ONE THING in what Olbermann said that's NOT TRUE. Asshole.

[gratuitous]

7. Poor Joe! Someone get him the smelling salts

Apparently nothing gets to Joe quite like a bit of truth-telling. Such a delicate fellow, decrying the fact that "some feel the need to call opponents evil." Note well that Olbermann never called Brown "evil"; just unqualified, irresponsible, racist, homophobic and reactionary, all qualities of Mr. Brown well-grounded in fact. But Joe has a sob story to tell, so "evil" must be invoked.

But Joe seems to be fine when some other folks call their opponents evil, in so many words. In fact, he regularly invites them on his show to do just that. I wonder when he's going to get his knickers in a twist about them? Prolly never.

[Skidmore]

8. Joey's been emboldened by the late night family feud on NBC.

Perhaps he has vision of driving KO off of the network and getting that prime time spot on MSNBC.

[railsback]

9. What A Intern Killing Pud.

Nothing upsets Joe more than someone attacking a fellow member of the He-Man Woman Hater's Club.

[Berry Cool]

10. And Keith has held his own fire against Joe for all these years,

no doubt wanting to be a "team player" and not make waves at his employer's. Hell, he never even goes after Pat Buchanan, and he never said a word about Tucker Carlson until he left MSNBC's employ.

Fat lot of good it did him.

Joe, you wuss. You know Keith can't punch back at you because if he does, he will be accused of having gone back to being "Keith Olbermann, Problem Employee Who Doesn't Know When Not to Bite The Hand that Feeds Him." Nice.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

11. Thanks, Joe. For spreading the story.