Msnbc,Keith Olbermann,Top 3 Countdown Worst Person 10-27-08

Countdown Worst Person 10-27-08

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Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann, Worst Person 10-27-08

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Big upvote for Olberman actually practicing what he preaches.

written by srd

| 1 year 3 weeks ago | CH

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I think that guy is getting a lot of bad press over a pretty harmless joke. It's almost Halloween, and he threw up some "scary" mannequins of some people in the Presidential race. What's the big deal? If he hung a dummy up that looked like Osama Bin Laden or Tom Cruise or something, no one would care. Being a presidential candidate doesn't make you better or more worthy of respect than anyone else. The fact that they are in the spot light means they have to learn to deal with people not liking them.

It's Halloween, It's funny, and if nothing else, it was a political statement. Take a deep breath, realize it doesn't matter, and get off the mans back.

written by LordOderus

| 1 year 3 weeks ago | CH

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^Lordoderus

Being president is probably the most dangerous desk job in the US, it might even be safer to sell crack. 9 have survived imminent assassination attempts, and at least 4 have been killed.

Since we have only had 43 presidents, thats a 13/43 ~35% likelihood of being the target of an actualized assassination attempt. We have good reason not to take threats against presidents or candidates lightly.

Implying that that any of the candidates should not only die, but die in exceedingly violent and painful ways, apparently at the hands of a mob, is , and should be socially unacceptable, and it also happens, because of the inherent threat to the lives of people in their position, to be illegal.

Mimicking burning and lynching is not a "political statement". Sometimes it's appropriate to suggest that the masses are going to rise up and kill some terrible dictator by burning him in effigy, but let us be clear, that is a threat of violence, just as this is.

The "I was just joking around when I was point my toy-gun at the cops" argument can not and should not be taken seriously.

written by dgandhi

| 1 year 3 weeks ago | CH

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Imagine of he had hung an Obama mannequin like that. There would be outrage in the streets, activists marching at his house. That was Olbermann's point.

In my opinion, hanging, burning, destroying an effigy of any person is not acceptable.

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