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In an earlier post, I presented reactions from two right-wing bloggers to the initial news that Keith Olbermann had received fake anthrax in the mail. As I said, these were the minority; many right-wing bloggers expressed the sentiment that such an act is criminal and should not have been perpetrated on anyone. But even those bloggers received comments to their blogs such as the ones I reproduce below.
I think they make interesting reading in light of what we know now.
Comments sent to on Outside the Beltway:
Obermann’s criticisms of Bush boost the morale of and give support to terrorists.
Luckily Congress is on the cusp of giving Bush the authority to arrest and torture guys like this.
Posted by: Triumph at September 28, 2006 21:00
Paula Froelic aside, though, and in all seriousness… Olberman’s reaction speaks volumes, and is direcly in line with my inital read of the guy. Say what you will about the validity of the tactic. I’m likely to agree with you. But Olberman’s frantic reaction to this, can hardly be ignored.
Posted by: Bithead at September 28, 2006 21:42
...while he has been publicly chastising everyone for being afraid of terrorism, and reacting badly to the terrorists, when the time comes for him to confront the bag full of powder that shows up in the mail, he turns into whimpering baby, just like those he criticized. In short, he hasn’t the courage of his convictions. If there is a message in that entire story, it is that. The guy is precisely what I read into being in the first place; a blowhard that would melt at the first test...
Posted by: Bithead at September 30, 2006 20:18
Comments sent to Captain’s Quarters:
I am happy to hear, Mr. Olbermann was not hurt in any manner.
However, knowing how desperately deceitful Mr. Olbermann is, I would like to see some proof.
His unethical efforts have grown, and I would not put it past Olbermann to create a stunt gain attention…
A letter with some flour inside, is easy to send from 'anyone' in California, even a desperate producer for ratings.
If I seem deeply skeptical, your right. I would not trust Mr. Olbermann.
Posted by: Brooklyn at September 27, 2006 06:54 PM
Doberman is right out of 'Network'. He's a joke. A grotesque charicature of a new professional. He very likely staged the whole thing.
Posted by: mercy at September 27, 2006 07:22 PM
Wow. Did anyone else just catch Olberman's delusional rant about this incident?
He used it to launch a tirade on Rupert Murdoch because one of his newspapers published something "that the government asked us not to publicize",
You mean like leaking classified documents from the State Department and CIA Keith?
Posted by: Gahrie at September 27, 2006 07:45 PM
…Keith Olberman says what he says because he believes that there are no consequences attendant to his words.
…Please NOTE I am NOT advocating sending hate mail to keith olberman. But I am saying that these people need to recognize that they are pissing people off and that has a negative result…
…While we retreat in the face of the liberal onslaught, our opponents become bolder. If somebody threatened Keith Olberman with a broken nose (again, I am NOT suggesting this) it would put a damper on his nastiness.
the Post took him to task for his pussiness. Good for them. he gets a threat and it unmans him. What a total weenie. What the f word did he expect? PIss off the world and everybody would be OK with that? Everybody has the same sense of self restraint?...
...Let's bring back dueling and watch the Madonnas and Olbermans change their tune. Let's connect their piss poor behavior with some consequences and let them think about that while they run off at the mouth.
Again I am not defending the actions of the letter sender. But I am wondering when we'll get around to forcing these nasty people to face the consequences of their nastiness.
Posted by: skip at September 27, 2006 08:28 PM
I think the whole exercise was taken from the Clinton playbook of faking it. Why anyone believes this clown is beyond comprehension. Name a position he didn't lie about, then come talk about how this "white powder" was anything but staged. Your falling for BS, Captain. The Post didn't. Kudo's to them.
Posted by: TrueLiberal at September 27, 2006 09:14 PM
The world is full of all kinds of dangers and, frankly, it's really hard to get protection these days, but for Keith Olbermann, I suggest a full sized prophylactic. Having watched his poor excuse for a news program, I'm sure he will be rate at home.
Posted by: Neo at September 27, 2006 09:42 PM
Prove he didn't send it to himself. Then I'll think otherwise. Since he has consistently proven himself to be a untrustworthy person through his nationally broadcast words, albeit to a small audience compared with others, I have no reason to believe what he is saying is the truth now.
Posted by: CJ at September 27, 2006 09:59 PM
My point is that Keith Olberman has to expect some sort of reaction based on his personal assaults…
If I made my living insulting people on air, I would expect some sort response. it seems that this attack is a surprise to him but I wonder why.
Posted by: skip at September 27, 2006 10:04 PM
This is all much ado about very little indeed. Is it in fact illegal to mail detergent powder using a pseudonym? And is there not a moral to this story, that a journalist shouldn't go bats**t before the homework is done?
Posted by: TomTom at September 27, 2006 11:15 PM
it seems he was more upset about the NY POST, then the actual ugly mailing.
his suggestion he employs some journalistic integrity is downright silly.
somehow, he tries to exploit this issue, involving some nut, or someone with a bad sense of humor, into political points.
the NY POST note is not nice. It is not responsible, and I do not approve. However, it seems the article was inspired in a reaction to the volumes of hatred, lies, slander, Mr. Olbermann has been peddling on his show. Being as cold as Mr. Olbermann is pathetic.
now apparently, this fool is now showing outrage, for the same disgusting garbage he provides.
more hypocrisy...
Posted by: Brooklyn at September 28, 2006 12:12 AM
Olberman sowed and now he has reaped. He's a pussy. If he lacks the courage to face the consequences of his harsh words then he should shut up. If he's too stupid to understand that he's making enemies and some of them are not completely stable then I guess he's the perfect liberal: Angry and thoughtless.
These pompous gas bags exhale their nonsense all over us and we have to be OK with it? Well, dave, we're not. Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences.
Somebody sends this boy a teaspoon of baby powder in an enevelop and he shits his pants. Wow, what a paragon of virtue.
Spare me the moral preening dave and welcome to the real world.
Posted by: skip at September 28, 2006 05:59 AM
I don't know why an ardent lefty could not have dreamed up this stunt - c'mon, if the police make an arrest and the guy explains he was simply trying to call attention to Bush's failure to crack the anthrax case five years on, what will Olby do? Afwer he coronates the guy, lauds his imaginative exercise of free speech ritghts, and denounces an obvious political prosecution menat to stifle dissent, that is.
Posted by: Tom Maguire at September 28, 2006 08:44 AM
Adults understand that their actions have consequences. Adults own the results of their choices.
…for mr Olberman to be frightened by this foolish prank simply demonstrates that he is not an adult, nor a man. He lives in some bubble where he can be as viscious as he likes and still be untouchable. That's bullshit…
…both the Muslims and Mr Olberman are BULLIES. Get it? did this effete snob think he owned the entire school yard because he's got hairspray and a microphone?...
…Keith thinks he owns the world because he lives in the rarified air of a pamper media brat. both believed that they were untouchable.
I'm not saying that Mr Olberman DESERVED this. I'm saying that only a self absorbed fool won't realize that he was making enemies.
You people need to get over yourselves here. All this moral self congratulation will bring on diabetes it's so damned "sweet". The world is filled with angry and unhinged people. Not every body is Mother Theresa. If keith olberman is so egotistical that he believes himself beyond the reach of the enemies he's fabricated for himself then he's every bit the fool people claim he is.
sure he can say what ever the heck he pleases. but he must own the consequences of his words…
… Keith made his bed, now he must lie in it.
Posted by: skip at September 28, 2006 08:53 AM
Comments sent to Newsbusters.org:
Dan The Man 2 Says:
September 27, 2006 - 12:34
Sounds like some kind of PR move by Doberman.
MightyMouth Says:
September 27, 2006 - 12:41
Cmon Amigo, You wouldn't put it past him? It's a stunt!
balboa Says:
September 27, 2006 - 13:06
I wouldn't put it past him, or O'Reilly, or any number of other talking heads.
mattm Says:
September 27, 2006 - 14:06
I have to admit that was my first thought. Which means I'm either cynical about MSM types, or MSM types, especially lunatics like Olbermanic, deserve to be doubted...
Galvanic Says:
September 27, 2006 - 12:45
That's the first thing that popped into my mind when I read it. Many may recall the stunt pulled by the late big-mouth TV host Morton Downey Jr. back in the '80s, where he faked an assault on him by some alleged neo-Nazis, to include inscribing a swastika on his head with ink. Exposure was the last nail in the coffin carrying his career.
TC Lynch Says:
September 27, 2006 - 16:49
"Whether they gave him a lollipop on the way out isn't known."
Richard Johnson and the PAGE SIX kids Rule!
Spaceman Spiff Says:
September 27, 2006 - 12:36
Laughing my my Spiffy little A$$ off! Bwahahahahahahah!
Newsbusterbrown Says:
September 27, 2006 - 12:38
He asked to be taken to ******** Hospital, where doctors looked him over and sent him home.
Doctors also x-rayed his head and found nothing there.
Ba-dum-CHA!
But seriously folks...:-)
Why would anyone want to kill this loser? He helps the conservative cause everytime he opens his trap.
futbolisgreat Says:
September 27, 2006 - 13:52
Mean Gene,
I wouldn't put it pass a Libeal to do this so that Olberemann and the crazy left wing MSM went on a rant against Conservatives.
TC Lynch Says:
September 27, 2006 - 16:53
Gene, why do you even believe it happened the way Olby played it out?
I think he was pissed that Frank Rich aced him on the Amazon sales charts and just wanted his name pushed forward.
tumbler Says:
September 27, 2006 - 12:42
Olbiustard is near soap himself. I wonder how I could get his home addy myself?
Don't misunderstand. I wouldn't mail him anthrax or Ricin. Just a greeting card, with my opinion of his mother and his sisters. A friendly note, OK?
Chris Norman Says:
September 27, 2006 - 13:24
I think he'll be slightly more subtle than to blame the big boys, directly. He'll try to pin the blame on "the right-wing nuts who watch Fox and voted for Bush". So, indirectly, Rush, etc. will be responsible, as Olbie will say they "inspire their fans to dastardly acts" - much like Clinton tried to assign the ultimate blame for the Oklahoma City bombing to conservative talk radio.
MightyMouth Says:
September 27, 2006 - 12:47
Raise your hand if you have ever gotten a "sample" of a new laundry soap in the mail?
I have!
Anyone else? :-p
sguild2 Says:
September 27, 2006 - 12:51
where doctors looked him over , laughed, and then sent him home where Dana Milbank was there waiting.
I-Burn Says:
September 27, 2006 - 13:28
...I'd also like to see the pic of him standing there in urine soaked pants - cause I'll bet he did. ;-)
RightWired Says:
September 27, 2006 - 13:08
I guess he'll have to wait another day for his Paris Hilton sex tape.
Ten7s Says:
September 27, 2006 - 13:33
Probably had nothing to do with his "show" which few watch, fewer listen to, and still fewer take seriously. It was probably something personal, ex-girlfriend, someone he got fired, someone he bullied in high school, something of that nature.
ladyluck Says:
September 27, 2006 - 13:37
Maybe the letter was sent because of his finger pointing------oops that was the spinmeister, Clinton. Who knows maybe he sent it to himself for ratings or is that rantings.
number 7 Says:
September 27, 2006 - 13:44
If he knew it was a "suspicious looking" package, Why did he open it? Even marginal national (quasi) "celebrities", know there are idiots out there. They do stupid things for no reason, he should have known that. Smells like a set up for publicity.
TE Says:
September 27, 2006 - 13:41
Boys and girls, this is not a difficult mystery to solve. Odormann went to California and mailed the soap to himself in a failed attempt to portray this fraud as an actual threat to Odormann. I can't wait to hear Odormann's hysterical response to his own fraud.
Jason Says:
September 27, 2006 - 13:48
You know what says a lot? Not a single person so far has posted that they wished he received real Anthrax.
I remember reading the libs threads when the two Fox journalist were kidnapped and probably 90% of them were joyous and hoping it was Geraldo or one of many other journalist from Fox that they hoped would be beheaded.
Things like this make it very easy to see what party is right and what party is wrong.
Chris Norman Says:
September 27, 2006 - 13:57
Jason,
You're right. Because we aren't immature haters. I don't wish physical harm on anyone (well, there is Osama Bin Laden and some others). However, if it was uncovered that this was a self-produced publicity stunt (unlikely) I would be laughing my head off...
bigtimer Says:
September 27, 2006 - 14:56
...but the real question is...did he get his lollipop?
Inquiring minds want to know!
Dan The Man 2 Says:
September 27, 2006 - 17:03
More to the point, who knew and when and what did they know about the lollipop. We want the information about the LOMD (Lollipop of More Deliciousness)
ex buff e-dub Says:
September 27, 2006 - 14:30
Little weasel probably pi$$ed himself where he stood...
Coulter Culture Says:
September 27, 2006 - 14:50
1. He should of poured the soap powder into his filthy, lying, liberal mouth and gargled with Scope. 2. He should mail the soap powder to me so I can use it to try to scrub off the disgusting film of filth I feel on my skin when I accidentally flip on MSNBC and hear a few seconds of his poor excuse of a show. "Liberals have a preternatural gift for striking a position on the side of treason...Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy." --- Ann Coulter (my hero)
misterbill Says:
September 27, 2006 - 14:55
Rumor has it that KOLB was not offered a lollipop because the staff believed he already sucked!!!!!!!
skeptic1 Says:
September 27, 2006 - 16:28
I know the imbecile mailed it to himself....the truth will come out.
MidWester Says:
September 27, 2006 - 18:56
Maybe this was the first time anyone every sent him a present. He got so excited he threw caution to the wind.
For a guy who dedicates himself to creating mass hatred against those he perceives as enemies, he certainly has a great deal of concern for his own welfare.
Bush in the cross-hairs, kill-Bush novels - just too funny. But it isn't funny if it is you, or your loved ones.
I say the monkey did it
Grits Says:
September 27, 2006 - 23:58
Jeeze! Next think you know this guy is going to faint when he sees his own dandruff on his shoulders.
bigtimer Says:
September 28, 2006 - 16:11
...as long as it's just over-rated leftist talking heads it's okay with me....
Just send baby powder next time.
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