Keith Olbermann asks why Mark Levin hates our troops! Audio of Levin Unloading on Olbermann Added
By Trent

Tue May 20, 2008 - I'm flipping around the channels late last night and I stop on MSNBC to see what nonsense Keith Olbermann is spouting. I hear him say something about his comments about murderers and mercenaries and the far right's reaction to him. I knew EXACTLY what he was talking about, so I stayed tuned in to see how he was going to spin it.

Last week Keith Olbermann said on his low rated cable show on MSNBC, "Mr. Bush, at long last, has it not dawned on you that the America you have now created, includes 'cold-blooded killers who will kill people to achieve their political objectives?' They are those in, or formerly in, your employ, who may yet be charged some day with war crimes."

Mark Levin took exception to that quote last week and blasted Olbermann for denouncing our brave troops as cold blooded killers and suggested that MSNBC suspend him.

Last night Olbermann says the following to try to spin his way out of his remarks.

"Strangely, when the terms cold-blood killers and mercenaries were used in a public forum, my critics in the lunatic fringe, rather than even considering that the criticism even might be directed at the Pentagon or the administration or Blackwater USA, immediately decided that these were descriptions of our American heroes fighting in Iraq.

It is perhaps instructive, I think, that to the right wing commentators and right wing blogs those terms should first invoke not the war-mongers of the Pentagon, nor the gunmen from Blackwater, but U.S. troops.

I can not imagine that kind of evil knee-jerk reflex. I feel very sorry for those who have shown it. It seems to me that these right wingers have inadvertently shown then their true colors, their instinctive hatred for and contempt for those self-sacrificing Americans who have been needlessly placed in harm`s way by these very commentators and the politicians they support. They hear criticism of our nation`s collective conduct in Iraq and they immediately assume it`s the fault of the soldiers."

He then ended it with the following quote:

"In the wake of an insult that exists only in their minds and never in my words nor in my heart, there remains, I think, only one question to ask: Laura Ingraham and Mark Levin, why do you hate our troops?"

I'm not quite sure what Laura Ingraham said about Olbermann's remarks, but I did hear Mark Levin take him on last week. There is not a single rational person who has ever listened to Mark Levin who could possibly say that Mark Levin hates our troops. He shows nothing but respect and admiration for these men and women who serve our country.

All I can say is that I can not wait to hear Mark Levin's response today.

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Comments : 2 Comments

Libertygrrl commented, on May 21, 2008 at 10:06 p.m.:

And Olberman tries to weasel out by saying he was misunderstood! Everyone else hates the military, not him. Poor bastard. How come everyone picks on him? Boo hoo. He should get a screaming case of jock itch that lasts the rest of his life. Just remember, Obie, you can go to hell for lying as fast as you can for stealing!

Scareypete commented, on May 23, 2008 at 10:07 a.m.:

I was about to comment on the fact that the Pentagon employees ARE soldiers.... then 8 mins or so into the Levin audio the great one beats me to the irony punch. My Friend was home on leave when that jet crashed intot he Navy side of the pentagon, his boss was killed. I am pretty sure the pentagon is part of the armed forces... at least thats what they tell us in training. Olberman's a dick, my buddies aren't war criminals, they are veterans, no different than my grandfathers and their buddies, well there is one difference, we lost as many people in the average week in the wars my grandfathers fought in as we have lost in the entire duration of the Bush administration.