MSNBC's Keith Olberman Blames Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' Shooting On Republicans Sarah Palin (Who Put Bullseye On Giffords' Name) & Glenn Beck. Is He Right? [Video + Poll]

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In 9-minute commentary on MSNBC Saturday, Keith Olbermann sought to attribute 'death fantasies and dreams of blood lust' to the Tea Party movement and to the Republican Party in general.


The shooting of Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was addressed in a 9 minute segment of commentary by MSNBC's Keith Olbermann on Saturday, taking a fresh opportunity to affix a national tragedy to those who espouse beliefs not shared by Mr. Olbermann: the Tea Party movement and the Republican Party in general.

Citing a report in The Guardian, Congresswoman Giffords remains in critical condition following the horrific shooting outside a grocery store in Tucson, Arizona.

 

Gabrielle Giffords

Six other people died in the attack, including a 9-year-old girl. 18 people in total were shot - and the doctors operating on Giffords believe she is going to survive.

"I can tell you at this time I am very optimistic about her recovery," Dr. Peter Rhee said, according to The Guardian. "We cannot tell what kind of recovery, but I'm as optimistic as it can get in this kind of situation."

But Keith Olbermann sought to tether this tragedy to a political agenda, attaching the madness of this shooting to Sarah Palin, Sharon Angle, Glenn Beck, and a host of other right-leaning figures.

"If Sarah Palin, whose website put and today scrubbed bulls-eye targets on 20 representatives, including Gabby Giffords does not repudiate her own part - however tangential in amplifying violence and violent imagery in American politics - she must be dismissed from politics," Olbermann said. "She must be repudiated by the members of her own party. And if they fail to do so, each one of them must be judged to have silently defended this tactic that today proved so awfully foretelling."

 

Sarah Palin's Bullseye Target List

By widening the scope of those individuals in Sarah Palin's community of colleagues, Mr. Olbermann is extending blame to the entirety of the Republican Party.

"If Sharon Angle, who spoke of Second Amendment remedies does not repudiate that remark and urge her supporters to think anew and again of the terrible reality of what her words implied, she must be repudiated by her supporters in Nevada," Olbermann said.


And then Mr. Olbermann turned his attention to Fox News hosts Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly.

 

Bill O'Reilly

"If Glenn Beck who obsesses nearly as strangely as this Mr. Loughner did about gold and debt - and who wistfully joked about killing Michael Moore - and Bill O'Reilly who blithely repeated 'Tiller the Killer' until the phrase was burned into the minds of his viewers; if they do not begin their next broadcasts with solemn apologies for ever turning to the death fantasies and the dreams of blood lust, for ever having provided just the oxygen for those deep in madness for whom violence is an acceptable solution then those commentators and the others must be repudiated by their viewers and listeners, by all politicians who would appear on their programs - including President Obama and his planned interview with Fox on Superbowl Sunday, and repudiated by the sponsors and by the networks that employ them."

 

Source:  Digital Journal

 


 



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Comment by Erock on January 13, 2011 at 5:40pm
Your obviously uneducated if you believe Beck, Palin, and O'Reilly are to blame. Go to school and say no to drugs.
Comment by michael rafael on January 11, 2011 at 12:41pm
@godfrey, naw its msnbc's fault for the last three tragedies thats occured...the last three tragedies, discovery channel hostage take ova, da guy who shoot up da teachers in FL n left a giant V in the building,and now this was all performed by liberals...ITs Al Gores Fault!!
Comment by Godfrey 'CL' Matale on January 11, 2011 at 6:20am
i dont holly agree with keith on this 1 but i do have to concede dat i do holly agree wth the notion dat atleast to sum degree the repulicans entourage amalgated wth fox news have a predominant part in the rhetoric that ushers an incentive for people to engage in such endevours!
Comment by DOLLA $LICK on January 11, 2011 at 12:31am
sarah palin,glenn beck r indeed fueling the flames of violence!!!
Comment by Pawel on January 10, 2011 at 7:34pm
It was an angry mexican !!! Ja rule how u doin papi ? Are u reaching for the soap?
Comment by Special K on January 10, 2011 at 6:46pm
Stop the white on white crime! LOL
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Comment by michael rafael on January 10, 2011 at 6:02pm
@c i completely disagree wit u...u didnt hear sh!t from the rethugicans when that nut went into the school and shot at teachers, after leavin a giant V for Vendetta  symbol...u didnt hear rethugicans accuse Al Gore for insinuating violance when that fool took hostages over the summer at the Discovery Channel building because they werent showing enough documentaries on climate change..the thing is, is that this fool who did this isnt even a republican!! He thinks Bush was responsible for 9/11, he's a truther...his favoriete book is Communist Manifesto!! Like Reagan said, Big government isnt the answear to our problems, big government IS the problem!! If republicans r responisble for this, then 50cent and 2pac r responsible for all the crimes thats been committed from anyone who listens to rap...
Comment by C on January 10, 2011 at 5:38pm
@ Michael Rafael  I whole-heartedly disagree with your worldview
Comment by michael rafael on January 10, 2011 at 5:26pm
@jimmie...ur a fukcin retard...if i get money,like all these rappers say, i'm not obligated to give anyone anything...if u read da bible, jesus said that he wanted charity to b givin out of the goodness of ones heart...charity shouldnt b enforced, and the government shouldnt go into yours or my pockets to get it!! fukc is wrong wit u, do u not listen to what da hell u say? if u get rich by sellin music, does that mean, if u make a $1million dollars, that after taxes, ur forced to give $500,000 to charity? hate da rich all u want, but ur poor a$$ neva gave me a job, just sumone wit money...
Comment by C on January 10, 2011 at 5:24pm
What this article fails to mention is that he apologized for his comments that he made that were understood as violent, and he's right, the Right has been spewing this violent imagery and rhetoric and its not a surprise that this happened.  Did he blame the Republicans?  No, he blamed those that continue with these calls to violence, and many are Republicans.  Sharon Angle said "Well it's to defend ourselves. And you know, I'm hoping that we're not getting to Second Amendment remedies. I hope the vote will be the cure for the Harry Reid problems."  Sounds like she insinuated that if the ballot doesn't work, the bullet will...  Sarah "Dont retreat, Reload!" Palin is guilty of it too, so how is Olbermann wrong for calling out these incitements to violence?  Let's no forget "they're going to kill grandma," "Death Panels," "Obama is destroying our country with his socialist agenda," "Don't tread on me" and a number of racial slurs tossed at members of Congress during the Healthcare debate(by the tea partiers) and bringing guns to political rallies...



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