Keith, you have crossed the line. Gone are the days of you being a commentator who provided an alternative to Fox News. You have now become just another Bill O’Reilly---someone so obsessed with himself and his ego that he must go after individual politicians who he personally dislikes.
Keith, you say that you don’t endorse Barack Obama. Exactly who do you think you’re kidding? For the past 2 months, you have gone after Sen. Clinton night after night while providing glowing commentary on Obama. Your disdain for the Clintons is evident and your love for Barack Obama is well-known.
Keith, you indeed need to apologize to Sen. Clinton. You, last night, implied that she is a racist and compared her to David Duke. That is absolutely disgusting. The Clintons have done more for the African American community than any other politican in the last 35 years.
Secondly Keith, you and everyone else in the media should be ashamed by the way you've spun Geraldine Ferraro's comments. Did you bother to read them? Did you bother to look at the facts on which Ferraro based her remarks? Why do you think Obama has done so well in South Carolina, in Georgia, in Alabama, in Louisiana, in Mississippi? What do you think proved to be the deciding factor in the extremely close primary in Missouri? I’ll tell you Keith: the African American vote.
Why is it suddenly taboo to say the truth? Is it that you truly think that Obama, if he weren’t African American, would get 85-90% of the black vote? Are you that blind Keith?
It’s not that I or Ferraro, as she has explained, finds any fault nor is it degrading for African Americans to vote for their own. I, as many, understand the pride African Americans must have voting for one of their own. As do women concerning Sen. Clinton. Is it racist to say that the only reason Obama is getting such a large chunk of black votes is because he himself is black? Is it racist to say that Obama would have not likely won South Carolina, Missouri, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi if he were indeed white? Of course it isn’t. It’s not that Obama has a message that is so overly appealing to African Americans as compared to Sen. Clinton's.
Again, I stress that it is not a bad thing for African Americans to vote for Obama. But, Keith, it is a bad thing, no, a horrible thing, for you to say that anyone who says what I've just said is racist.
No one has said that the only reason Obama is where he is is because he is black. But it is undeniably one factor. We shouldn’t be so politically correct and censored that we can’t say that. Obama has run a terrific campaign. He is a great speaker. He has energized people of all races, men and women. But he has won many contests because he is black. That is a fact backed up by the exit polls.
So, Keith, get off Ferraro’s back for stating the truth that others are simply afraid to say. I'm not sure why they're afriad, since she didn’t say anything degrading or anything to belittle Obama, but whatever. She simply stated her analysis---which happens to be backed up by the exit polls.
And lastly, Keith, you say that Clinton is dividing the party? Excuse me? Who injected race into the battle for South Carolina when his campaign released memos accusing the Clintons of racism? Who dug up this Ferraro comment? Who refused to rise above the fray and won’t let this harmless story rest? Who has spun this quote from Ferraro from a simple analysis of the race at hand, into a sign of racism? You know the answer Keith---the Obama campaign.
And you, by posting your disgusting special comment and continuing your daily bias coverage of this campaign, are dividing this great party.
Not only should you apologize, but you should be removed from MSNBC’s election night coverage. You have let your personal opinions get in the way of what you’re supposed to be doing---covering a particular election.
I once though you were going to bring a voice for progressives to the world of cable news, but instead you brought a voice for one candidate----Barack Obama. You have implied, as recently as last night, that Clinton should not be considered a Democrat and neither should her supporters. Well, Keith, I am a Clinton supporter and I am a Democrat. What are you, though, Keith? I’ll tell you: just another pundit who can’t give fair coverage or analysis of anyone or anything for anything. If it doesn’t help your candidate, Barack Obama, it doesn’t get on your show. But if it does help him, you’ll spend days on it.
My request: stop thinking and reporting as if only Barack Obama is right on everything and everyone else is scum. Hillary Clinton is not scum. Bill Clinton is not scum. Geraldine Ferraro is not scum. For that matter, Barack Obama is not scum. But you, Keith, might just be.---
Keith Olbermann: today’s worst person in the world!!!
