HRC supporters attacking Olbermann, he is giving her the benefit of the doubt!!!

[wndycty]

I just watched the "Special Comment" and I think HRC supporters who are flipping out over this are reacting to the fact he had the nerve to criticize her, not what he said.

From the very beginning he talked about how the "Special Comment" was not something he wanted to do, he spoke highly not only of Hillary and Bill, but of her mother and brother.

THROUGHOUT the "Special Comment" he was very careful to call out her advisers and constantly pleaded with her to do something about them and their advice. He was appealing to her, he still believes she can right the ship, he was in a sense trying to save her. He was giving her the benefit of the doubt.

I know you guys are upset but he was extremely fair, he was critical of her advisers. He was critical of the strategy. He was not as hard on her as many of you want to believe he was.

Watch it again. . .you will see he gave her the benefit of the doubt.

[gerrilea]

1. B.S. I watched it live and didn't get that impression!

[Tellurian]

18. I would rather have watched him eat lint... than the ragging that went on much too long

beyond the Welcome mat! I detest pomposity in any form, from anyone!

[AX10]

2. Mark Penn aside,

I will defend her advisors.
Mark Penn is aa ass(as is David Axelrod) and I wish that Penn would disappear already.
I still will defend the others, including Ferrero.
If you left wing PC-nuts can't take the heat, then get out of the kitchen.

[GarbagemanLB]

4. 'left wing pc nuts'? Aren't you supposed to be on FreeRepublic?

[Lerkfish]

10. Hillary supporters have been calling out "left wingnuts" since before the primary

if it walks like a duck....

[MrSlayer]

11. "...left wing, PC-nuts..."?

Interesting choice of words. So everything is fair game and simple decency be damned? Racism/sexism/bigotry is ok, lying is ok, fearmongering is ok and anything goes as long as you win? Sounds an awful lot like the philosphy of the far right absolute scumbag pigs who have been in power for the past 7 years.

[Usrename]

14. Your hood is showing a little.

left wing PC-nuts?

[Umbram]

19. Damn librul PC talkin' yankees! Go Hillray!

:sarcasm:

:puke:

[C_U_L8R]

3. Keith seemed pretty darned careful

and considered in his choice of words (and targets).
We'll see how long the Clinton's keep up this strategy.
I'm very curious how it will impact the polls.

[Saturday]

5. Keith's poll numbers will be down. He angered 50% of his

base viewers. Don't know how it will effect Obama.

[C_U_L8R]

9. That's quite a claim. We'll see won't we.

[eShirl]

17. no, he pleased 150% of his viewers

see, I can pull figures out of my ass too

[Lucinda]

6. I'm gonna bet he is just protecting himself from getting Schustered.

[UALRBSofL]

7. And he did a terrible job trying his best to Slime her

But he was thrown off his game tonight from the unexpected resignation from Ferraro this afternoon. He had it all planned out yesterday when he announced yesterday of his big flame on Clinton.

[jenmito]

15. That's because he wasn't TRYING to slime her. It looked like it PAINED him to say what he did...

He said she should stop listening to her advisers, stop letting people who work for her say things without condemning them or telling them to stop, and be herself (the person he respects). He's the same advocate for the truth today as he was when he was calling out Bush, Condi, etc. Try listening with unbiased ears.

[AX10]

21. And her resignation really took any wind out of his already...

deflated sails.

[Johnny__Motown]

8. Anything that is not kissing her ass is clearly wrong.... sorry, they won't understand

[Lerkfish]

12. DING DING DING we have a winner, folks

its that whole "entitlement" thing again.

[eShirl]

13. yep, it's like trying to engage a brick wall in conversation

or a broken record

[Catherine Vincent]

16. Too bad his comment was too late.

Ferraro had already stepped down.

[GarbagemanLB]

20. Oh he mentioned the 'resignation' letter on his commentary, don't worry!